National athlete Rory Butler outshone his challengers and sibling Tamiko Butler had a creditable performance at the 2011 Toyota Rainbow Triathlon & 5K Sprint competition in Trinidad over the weekend.
One other national athlete, Andre Simon, failed to complete the event after picking up a puncture during the cycling stage.
Rory captured the Rainbow Cup Sprint Race and finished ahead of the competition with times of 12:33 in the swim, 35:41 on the bike and 21:33 in the run.
His performance put him ahead of Trinidad and Tobago’s Daniel Koo who was second overall but first in the Male 30-39 category. Koo clocked times of 12:53 in the swim, 35:00 on the bike and 21:39 in the run.
Another T&T athlete, 17-year-old Akil Baptiste, copped the bronze medal position with a third place finish. The youngster, who competed in the 16-19 age category, recorded times of 11:52 in the swim, 35:28 on the bike and 23:41 in the run.
Antigua’s Simon, who also competed in the Sprint Tri 20-29 competition finished at the bottom of the lot at position 95 after failing to complete the course.
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The capable Simon was hindered by a flat tire just 46 seconds into the bike stage after he had done 17:25 on the swim.
The nation’s lone female competitor, Tamiko, was the fourth of her gender to cross the finish line in the Olympic Tri division, but finished 10th overall.
She clocked 30:42 on the swim and was the 12th athlete out of the water before clocking 1:12:25 on the bike to finish fifth in that section.
The determined youngster ran in 1:05:43.
England’s Piers Vallance captured the Olympic distance with impressive times of 25:50 in the swim, 1:08:51 on the bike and 44:28 in the run, and was the first overall and first male to complete the event.
He was followed by Ancil Greene and Ryan Mendes both of T&T for silver and bronze, respectively.
Claire Vallance was the first female across the finish line with times of 25:23 in the swim, 1:14:49 on the bike and 48:34 in the run.
Clare Morrall of Grenada and Inga Karasek of Canada were second and third, respectively, in the female division, all finishing ahead of Tamiko
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