More than 80 athletes tested their fitness on Sunday morning in another accident free event, which resulted in Nicholas Mitchell coming home first in 1:07.28 and Ancel Greene second in 1:07.45. Renee Chin Lee came in first female in 1:18.58.
The Chaguaramas course saw slight changes in the ride and run segment. Those were mainly to ensure, that everything was within correct distances as the national juniors and seniors battled for tickets to the Panamerican Cup in Edmonton, Canada next month.
Greene made the qualifying time in the seniors while among the juniors, Mitchell was the lone athlete matching the time of 1:10.00.
Aleen Mohammed came close with 1:11.12 and Renee Chin Lee had also a near miss with her time as the set was 1:15.00 for the girls. Joshua Ho was also within five minutes of the qualifying time with 1:13.52.
In the duration, Avarish Anomala put out an impressive 1:08.55. Unfortunately, he came to a five-minute halt with a flat in front of the transition area, which had the spectators see him sprinting to his coaches car to pick up the spare and change the wheel to get back going.
Despite that he still had over one minute advantage at the finish over second placed Marlon Scott with 1:10.05.
Next stop is Edmonton for some while the Rainbow Cup will take pride of place on June 22. The National Championship will be held on July 21.
