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Reggie runs second to US Triathlete!!
Miranda Fellows maintains dominance...
By Pauline Waruguru
Nevis Reporter-SKNVibes.com
 OUALIE BEACH, Nevis – IN an extremely ardent battle on the course of Sunday’s Senior Male and Female Triathlon, local and OECS champion Reggie Douglas was narrowly beaten into second place by visiting US-triathlete Neal Dunn, while Miranda Fellows maintained her dominance in the sport discipline.
Twenty-three athletes, including students of the Medical University of the Americas and a number of tourists, braved the windy afternoon of Sunday, April 13 to test their physical prowess at the gruelling triathlon organised by the Nevis Cycle and Triathlon Federation.
The nation’s triathlon hero and OECS champion, Reggie Douglas, maintained his form to hold off the stiff challenge of former champion James Weekes, but was unable to do the same against US-triathlete Neal Dunn, who had beaten him into second place.
Dunn, the better swimmer of the two, took an early lead but Douglas showed his strength on the bike course to close the five-minute advantage Dunn had over him and was the first athlete to start the run. Douglas maintained his lead for the first two laps but Dunn overtook him on Hurricane Hill to cross the finish line at Oualie Beach Hotel to win the event by less than a minute.
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Dave Cook of the USA was third while on the distaff side, Dunn’s partner, Rene Russo, was busy providing a challenge to Nevis’ top female triathletes Miranda Fellows and Kristina Stoney. But it was Fellows’ day, as she demonstrated the ability that made her number one and finished the race very strong and unchallenged. Margie Tonnies, one of the athletes vacationing on Nevis, placed second in this category.
Notable performances came from 13-year-old Shaun Brear, Jessups’ all-star Godfrey Todd in his first sprint, and a determined Sarah Petre-Mears, whose tyre went flat near Camps and she ran with her bike all the way back to complete the Olympic-distance event.
By completing an event of this nature, Olympic hopefuls are able to gain international recognition and valuable points on the PATCO and ITU ranking systems.
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