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Kelowna veterans second and third at Peach Classic Triathlon

While professional hometown favourite, Jeff Symonds, did what he was expected to do by winning the annual Peach Classic Triathlon on Sunday, a pair of veteran competitors from Kelowna surprised many by finishing second and third in the Olympic-distance portion of the event.

Symonds, a two-time Challenge Penticton winner (2013 and 2014) and 2015 Asia-Pacific Ironman champion, swam (1.5 kilometres), cycled (40 km) and ran (10 km) away with the Peach Classic title in a time of 2:00:47.

<who>Lorne White/KelownaNow </who>Gary Wade of Kelowna finished second overall in Peach Classic.Gary Wade (45-49 age category) of Kelowna placed a distant — but respectable — second (2:13:22) in the event that attracted 171 participants, including 102 men. Third place went to Kelowna’s Ian Crosthwaite (40-44) who was clocked at 2:14:11.

Jen Annett, another pro, made it an all-Penticton gold-medal day by finishing first among 62 women in the race and fifth overall in a time of 2:15:08.

Sean Nugent of Kelowna broke into the top-10 with a ninth-place finish overall and was first in his age group (25-29) in a time of 2:24:26. Ian Bishop of Kelowna placed 15th overall and second in his age category (35-39) with a clocking of 2:27:30.

Second place among the women went to Kelowna’s Carmelle Guidi-Swan (40-44) who crossed in 2:28:09. Ashley Yip (25-29) of Kelowna took fifth place among the females in a time of 2:38:10.

The sprint (750 swim, 20 km bike, 5 km run) portion of the Peach Classic saw Kelowna’s Jake Van Allen take top spot despite arriving in Penticton with only one wheel for his bike. Fortunately for the 29-year-old triathlete, he was able to find one at the nearby Bike Barn in Penticton and went on to win the event (145 participants) in 1:06:12.

<who>Lorne White/KelownaNow </who>Jessica Deglau of Kelowna won the women's sprint race.Owen Harris, 17, of Kelowna finished second in 1:10:03, while Kelowna’s Ian Sharp (35-39) was third in 1:11:55. Lake Country’s Joel Deleenheer placed fifth overall and first in the 40-44 age category in 1:12:44.

Jessica Deglau (35-39) of Kelowna came from behind to win the women’s race over 17-year-old Janae Hoel of West Kelowna who had finished first ahead of Deglau at the Cherry Blossom sprint in May in Kelowna. Deglau posted a time of 1:15:24 in Penticton with a stronger run (23:03) than Hoel’s (25:48).

For many of the participants, the Peach Classic was a lead-up to the annual Pushor Mitchell Apple Triathlon being held Aug. 20-21 in Kelowna. To Register



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