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The second annual Potcakeman Triathlon was a thrilling morning at Jaws Beach on Saturday September 20th 2014. Over 200 participants took part in the 750m swim, 21km bike and 5k run or the shorter distanced \u2018puppy tri\u2019.<\/p>\n
Featuring chip timing sponsored by Purina, the first person over the finish line was part of the Freeport based team \u2018Executive Marine\u2019. Kelly Kramp was crowned overall men\u2019s winner finishing with a time of 1:12:08 and newcomer Ashleigh O\u2019Mahony won the women\u2019s division in 1:19:20. The new champions were presented with dog-bone shaped trophies plus an Ironman Watch donated from John Bull and a Kenneth Cole leather bag from The Shoe Village.<\/p>\n
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The forth discipline \u2018party\u2019 swung into action as finishers got to enjoy a refreshing Sands Light beer and kids a Dairy Queen dilly bar while they were entertained by paddleboard demos at the beach.\u00a0 Winner Kelly Kramp said it was one of the most fun and best-organized races he has competed in.<\/p>\n
Event sponsors also included Albany, Think Simple, ClubOne, Bell Island, Subway, PappaSurf, BEC, Golden Wings Charter and Mario Carey Realty. Thanks to their generosity 100% of athletes entry fees will be put towards Baark\u2019s spay \/neuter and education programs. Race director Lori Roach said \u201cOur race would not have been so successful without the local businesses who sponsored, provided for or donated to the event. Our volunteers were also amazing and integral to the event\u2019s success.\u201d<\/p>\n
Karla Wells-Lisgaris representing presenting sponsor Powerade won her age division , female 20-29\u00a0 \u201cWe at Caribbean Bottling Co. were thrilled to be apart of this event\u201d she said\u201d Not only is it an athletic event, encouraging Bahamians to go out there and be active, the proceeds go to an honorable organization. While animals are not consumers of our products they are a part of the wider community and contribute immensely to the quality of our lives in so many ways., We are happy to be able to support the\u00a0 efforts to quell the population of uncared for strays and with the reintroduction of our sports drink PowerAde back in The Bahamas, the partnership is a natural fit\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cGolden Knight\u201d 400m athlete Ramon Miller presented the awards noting how proud he was to support and be a part of local sporting events like these and may even consider a triathlon himself at some point.\u00a0 A raffle draw concluded proceedings with the top prize of a Micargi Avant road bike donated by Cycles Unlimited.<\/p>\n
More information be found out www.baarkbahamas.org<\/a><\/p>\n