JWOC Sprint!

The team kicked off JWOC with their first race today--the sprint! Word on the street was that it was a hot day with some tough courses. We're looking forward to getting an on the ground perspective!

Great effort from all, especially as the first race of JWOC tends to have especially high nerves and energy. The official results can be found here, with a highlight of the Canadian's results below.

For females, the course was 2.450m, and there was 135 starters (126 finishers).

Place	Name	Country	Time	Difference
1	Simona Aebersold	SUI	13.56
2	Heidi Mertensson	NOR	14:06	+0:10
3	Karoliina Ukskoski	FIN	14:30	+0:34
28	Emma Waddington	CAN	16:04	+2:08
93	Pia Blake	CAN	18:43	+4:47
121	Emma Sherwood	CAN	22:36	+8:40

For males, the course was 2.910m, and there was 154 starters (142 finishers).

Place	Name	Country	Time	Difference
1	Tim Roberston	NZL	14:31
2	Aleksi Niemi	FIN	14:34	+0:03
3	Algirdas Bartkevicius	LTU	14:57	+0:26
103	Alexander Bergstrom	CAN	18:17	+3:46
114	Michael Svoboda	CAN	18:42	+4:11
121	Trevor Bray	CAN	19:10	+4:39
133	Jan Erik Naess	CAN	20:15	+5:44
139	Caelan Mclean	CAN	20:58	+6:27

The middle qualification race is tomorrow. Be sure to check out http://www.jwoc2015.org/ for live results, an audio and video stream, and GPS on some athletes. Start times are between 11:30 - 14:30 in Norway (6 hours ahead of Ottawa; 9 hours ahead of Vancouver). We're cheering for our team! Go Canada go!