Avondale College of Higher EducationLecturer wins adventure triathlon
Brenton Stacey
Public relations officer
Avondale College of Higher Education
Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia
A health and exercise science lecturer at Avondale College of Higher Education has won an adventure triathlon at his first attempt.
Darren Morton crosses the finish line in first place.
Dr Darren Morton completed the 20-kilometre mountain bike ride, the 11-kilometre kayak paddle and the nine-kilometre run at the Gloucester Mountain Man Tri-Challenge on Sunday (September 8) in two hours and 40 minutes. He finished almost 10 minutes ahead of the person in second place.
Just out of the placings after the bike leg—his weakest, but one that saw last year’s first place getter, a nine-time winner, crash—Darren made up time during the paddle to lead into the run. “I thought to myself, They’re going to have to be pretty quick to catch me now.”
Darren, president of the Lake Mac Triathlon Club, received $1000 and a new paddle for winning the race. He also received $100 for completing the fastest run of the day—his time even bettered those completing the leg in teams.