Ironman 70.3 South Africa in Bryan McCrystal’s words.
After an under par performance due to cold conditions in Ironman 70.3 Galway, Bryan McCrystal headed for sunnier climates at Ironman 70.3 South Africa. This was also Bryan’s first race in the pro category.
Two quality results from the Irish Triathletes breaking into the international ranks. Conor Murphy won the Mombasa ITU Triathlon African Cup, a race which Emma Davis won back in 2007. Bryan McCrystal finished 7th in a stacked field at the Lanzarote ‘Ocean Lava’ half-ironman distance triathlon.
Professional athletes from far flung corners of the world are descending on Ireland’s shores this week, in preparation for the Galway Ironman 70.3. But they will have their work cut out for them. Our own home-grown talent will also be competing at the top. To name only two Irish competitors with their eyes set on [...]
Bryan McCrystal (Setanta tri/Primera Sports) has just finished 2nd at TriStar Estonia. The TriStar 111 series distances are 1km swim, 100km cycle, 10km run. Bryan moved up steadily throughout the bike passing former ITU world champion Olivier Marceau (Swi) to enter T3 in 3rd place. Then closed the 2min gap to Kirill Kochegarov (Est) in 2nd place [...]
Numbers may have been down, but the quality of the men’s field was sky high as ever at Lough Dan for the Beast of the East olympic distance triathlon.
At the sharp end of the swim, Stephen Early (Belpark) led Bjorn Ludick (Base2Race/Active multisport) out of the still waters of Lough Dan. Ludick soon took the lead and was extending it on the bike leg.
There was a stacked field for the Irish Triathlon Championships (Sprint Distance) in Athlone today. Gavin Noble (Specialized Factory Racing) and Aoife Lynch (Base2Race/Pulse) are the new sprint champions. Bryan McCrystal (Setanta/Primera TBUK) had almost an 11min margin of victory in the Olympic, with Deirdre O’Toole (Belpark) taking the women’s Olympic by 4mins from her club mate Ellen Murphy (Belpark).
Terrific sunshine greeted the first day of TriAthy 2011. Provisional Results forDOUBLE OLYMPIC, OLYMPIC, and TRYAthy now available. . Double Olympic In the double olympic; Stephen Early (Belpark) had almost a 15minute lead on the main contenders coming out of the water, including 2009 Irish Tri Champ Bryan McCrystal (Setanta/TBUK Primera), Alan Ryan and 2010 Irish Duathlon [...]
Bryan McCrystal (Setanta Tri) & Mary Laverty (Setanta Tri) made it back to back victories at the final Sportsman Duathlon organised by Setanta Triathlon Club. The opening run was lead out by multiple Irish Triathlon Champion Brian Campbell (Hi-elbo) with Karl Kilday opening a 30sec gap on the rest of the field over the opening [...]
Results & photos from today’s Sportsman Duathlon in Dundalk, which was the 3rd race in Setanta Tri Club’s race series.
The cold temperatures didn’t stop the large entry for the first of Setanta Tri Club’s duathlon series at the Sportsman. Judity Lowry started her season off with a convincing win, while rookie Cian Delaney won the men’s by almost a minute from Phill Wood. Start video – with Johnny McCabe’s commentry Winners prizegiving photos Report [...]
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