COMMONWEALTH GAMES GOLD COAST 2018 – SPRINT SELECTION

COMMONWEALTH GAMES GOLD COAST 2018 – SPRINT SELECTION

There are a lot of emails going around about meetings, standards, athletes etc., I know a good number of them are from me! So to help consolidate all the information and hopefully formalise properly for the purposes of good governance and both JTC Committee and Commonwealth Games Association I have drafted this note.

THE EVENT

The Gold Coast 2018 Triathlon has been changed to a Sprint / Team-Relay event, and not “Olympic distance” . People wishing to participate in the Team-Relay event must have taken part in the Sprint event.

This has caused us to re-think who might go, and the standards and KPIs for selection and targeting performance. It may also affect our training plans, training camps, and preparatory races/trials in the period up to Gold Coast 2018.

REGISTERED ATHELETS

I have emailed both the Commonwealth and Island Games athletes to confirm/check who is interested in the Gold Coast 2018 Triathlon Sprint / Team-Relay events. The following have ‘registered’ their interest either via me or Fintan ..

demri@me.com;

tomperchard86@gmail.com;

xxtremeollie@msn.com;

michael charlton minkycharlton@me.com

jenny.obrien@me.com;

jobrien@englandathletics.org;

j.gorrod@salamanca-group.com

samleefitness@gmail.com

POSSIBLE CRITERIA

This is up for debate, but we need to agree soon to give athletes a fair understanding of what is expected. I looked up the UK national sprint champs as a guide

http://www.tri247.com/results_12924.html

It seems reasonable as a standard that Commonwealth Games Gold Coast 2018 athletes are within 10% of being the national champion for their country?

Mens’ Times at  UK national sprint champs

% off Gold	Swim	Bike	Run	Overall
	00:09:14	00:28:10	00:17:07	00:55:59
5	00:09:42	00:29:34	00:17:58	00:58:47
10	00:10:09	00:30:59	00:18:50	01:01:35
15	00:10:37	00:32:24	00:19:41	01:04:23
20	00:11:05	00:33:48	00:20:32	01:07:11
25	00:11:32	00:35:12	00:21:24	01:09:59

Womens’ Times at  UK national sprint champs

% off Gold	Swim	Bike	Run	Overall
	00:11:44	00:31:20	00:20:51	01:05:43
5	00:12:19	00:32:54	00:21:54	01:09:00
10	00:12:54	00:34:28	00:22:56	01:12:17
15	00:13:30	00:36:02	00:23:59	01:15:34
20	00:14:05	00:37:36	00:25:01	01:18:52
25	00:14:40	00:39:10	00:26:04	01:22:09

Database of UK results from various events

http://www.tri247.com/advanced_search.html?search_type=results

NEXT STEPS

I propose that there is a meeting of JTC Committee to review and approve the standards, athletes etc., which are then written up and presented to the Commonwealth Games Association before the end-November.

Kind regards, Tim

Tim HJ Rogers

Mob 07797762051 | Skype timhjrogers

Jersey Triathlon Team Manager

Commonwealth Games Gold Coast 2018 http://www.gc2018.com/

Commonwealth Games Durban 2022 http://www.durban-2022.com/

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