Magog ITU Pan American Cup – Men’s race

The race took place in the clear waters of Memphremagog Lake. As expected, the faster swimmers like Tyler Bredschneider, Matt Sharpe, Ryan Bice and Aaron Thomas took the lead from the gun. At the first buoy a small gap separated the two main groups and grew throughout the last 900m of the swim. The lead group of 11 including Matt Sharpe (CAN), Andrew Russell (CAN) and Lawrence Fanous (JOR) had a 25 second on the chase group including favorite Alexander Hinton who had recently medalled in a World Cup race.

The lead group immediately got organized into a nice paceline. The gap on the chase group kept going bigger: 45sec after lap 1 of 5. Everybody took turns at the front and seemed to be more organized than chase group that was losing time at every lap. By the end of the bike, the leaders had over 2min on the chasers. It was now almost impossible for a strong runner to comeback for the win.

Ryan Bice went out really fast over the first 2k’s of the 10km run. Right on his shoulders were Matt Sharpe and Andrew Russell. Ryan Bice then faded and was passed by Lawrence Fanous, Matt Vierula (CAN) and Chris Lutz (USA). Russell and Sharpe battled until last lap when Russell made a surge at the turn around, Sharpe couldn’t respond.

The two guys seemed pretty excited about their races giving high-fives to the crowd in the finish chute. Sharpe got his first U23 Canadian national title to go with his 2^nd place overall. Fanous claimed third.

Trimes would like to thank the race organization for the risk they took to host an ITU race. It was a fun race, great atmosphere and fun course with a few hills. Magog remains one of the best race organizations in Quebec with this other exciting weekend of racing they gave us! They once again set the bar higher.

 

Full results:

 

Pos	First Name	Last Name	Country		Time	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run
1	Andrew	Russell	CAN		01:49:42	00:18:45	00:00:34	00:58:11	00:00:26	00:31:43
2	Matthew	Sharpe	CAN		01:49:58	00:18:39	00:00:39	00:58:15	00:00:29	00:31:54
3	Lawrence	Fanous	JOR		01:50:40	00:18:56	00:00:31	00:58:03	00:00:26	00:32:43
4	Matt	Vierula	CAN		01:50:49	00:18:47	00:00:34	00:58:11	00:00:26	00:32:49
5	Chris	Lutz	USA		01:51:31	00:18:42	00:00:37	00:58:14	00:00:32	00:33:23
6	Ryan	Bice	USA		01:52:08	00:18:36	00:00:32	00:58:23	00:00:26	00:34:11
7	Tyler	Bredschneider	CAN		01:52:34	00:18:34	00:00:37	00:58:21	00:00:26	00:34:34
8	Andrew	Bysice	CAN		01:52:43	00:19:26	00:00:34	00:59:43	00:00:26	00:32:30
9	kris	Loshack	CAN		01:53:08	00:19:30	00:00:34	00:59:37	00:00:26	00:33:00
10	Aaron	Thomas	CAN		01:53:22	00:18:45	00:00:31	00:58:14	00:00:29	00:35:22
11	Yanik	Leduc	CAN		01:53:56	00:19:33	00:00:31	00:59:40	00:00:29	00:33:41
12	Antoine	Jolicoeur-Desroches	CAN		01:53:58	00:18:46	00:00:31	00:58:16	00:00:31	00:35:52
13	Dan	Feeney	USA		01:54:12	00:19:29	00:00:34	00:59:42	00:00:26	00:33:59
14	Alexander	Hinton	CAN		01:54:33	00:19:29	00:00:34	00:59:41	00:00:31	00:34:18
15	Jordan	Bryden	CAN		01:54:44	00:19:29	00:00:34	00:59:40	00:00:31	00:34:27
16	Taylor	Reid	CAN		01:55:43	00:19:28	00:00:34	00:59:39	00:00:31	00:35:29
17	Derek	Quick	CAN		01:57:00	00:18:49	00:00:34	00:58:11	00:00:31	00:38:56
18	Carlos	Lesser	MEX		01:57:28	00:19:17	00:00:39	00:59:49	00:00:32	00:37:10
19	Nicholas	Sterghos	USA		02:00:58	00:22:10	00:00:36	01:03:20	00:00:31	00:34:20
20	Alexander	VanderLinden	CAN		02:02:14	00:22:45	00:00:34	01:03:56	00:00:36	00:34:22
21	Dan	Theleen	USA		02:02:27	00:19:26	00:00:39	01:06:03	00:00:34	00:35:46
23	Jon	Slaney	CAN		02:03:03	00:22:40	00:00:37	01:03:56	00:00:26	00:35:22
25	Martin	Lacasse	CAN		02:04:11	00:22:08	00:00:36	01:03:22	00:00:29	00:37:37
26	Brendan	Gribbons	CAN		02:05:05	00:22:45	00:00:36	01:03:54	00:00:31	00:37:18
28	Doug	Lewis	CAN		02:05:33	00:22:43	00:00:32	01:03:55	00:00:27	00:37:53
29	Andrew	Hall	CAN		02:06:22	00:20:28	00:00:34	01:05:14	00:00:51	00:39:12
41	Jean-Christoph	Lacasse	CAN		02:14:22	00:20:38	00:00:32	01:06:03	00:00:36	00:46:32
DNF	Marc-Antoine	Christin	CAN		00:00:00	00:18:46	00:00:34	00:58:14	00:00:27	00:00:00
DNF	Alexander	Hansen	CAN		00:00:00	00:24:35	00:00:43	00:00:00	00:00:00	00:00:00
DNF	David	Hopton	CAN		00:00:00	00:22:35	00:00:36	00:00:00	00:00:00	00:00:00
DNF	Chris	Malin	CAN		00:00:00	00:18:50	00:00:36	00:00:00	00:00:00	00:00:00
DNF	Mathieu	Plaisance	CAN		00:00:00	00:24:07	00:00:39	00:00:00	00:00:00	00:00:00
DNF	Devin	Wittig	CAN		00:00:00	00:29:05	00:00:39	00:00:00	00:00:00	00:00:00