Brady Masik of St. Albert celebrated his 24 birthday Saturday in winning fashion at the Banff triathlon.
Masik placed first in the men’s U24 division in a time of two hours, 14 minutes and six seconds in the Olympic distance event: 1.5-kilometre swim, 40-km bike and 10-km run. He placed 10th overall in the field of 231 finishers.
Other notables from St. Albert included Karen Mazurek, the top finisher in the female 50 to 54 category at 2:39: 22. She placed 103rd overall as the 19th fastest female in the event.
Finishing just ahead of Mazurek in the overall results was the St. Albert trio of Reade Wolansky (2:39:04), Keaton Wolansky (2:39:05) and Brent Ayton (2:39:05) for second, third and fourth place, respectively, in the U24 division.
Overall there were 146 male and 85 female finishers.
Evaluations are underway for Team Canada West hopefuls this week in Canmore in preparation for the 2011 World Junior A Challenge.
The 60-player tryout roster includes four products of the St. Albert minor hockey program: defencemen Craig Bokenfohr of the Camrose Kodiaks, Matt Benning of the Spruce Grove Saints and Colten Parayko of the Fort McMurray Oil Barons and Canmore Eagles’ forward Connor Hoekstra.
They are among 17 Alberta Junior Hockey League players to receive tryout invites. Rounding out the camp roster are players from the British Columbia Hockey League (24), Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (10), Manitoba Junior Hockey League (five) and Superior International Junior Hockey League (four).
The players are divided into three teams for a series of intersquad games and practices.
Bokenfohr is one of four players at the camp from last year’s Canada West line-up.
Canmore head coach Andrew Milne, a St. Albert product and former St. Albert Saint, is an assistant coach with Canada West.
The World Junior A Challenge runs Nov. 7 to 13 in Langley, B.C.
The St. Albert Curling Club is hosting five major bonspiels this winter, highlighted by the Feb. 28 to March 3 Special Olympics Canada Winter Games competition.
Other bonspiels are the St. Albert OK Tire men (Nov. 17 to 20), Mission Liquor Mart mixed (Jan. 26 to 29), Senior Provincial Stick (Feb. 3 to 5) and the ladies (Feb. 23 to 26).
Curling rocks the ice in St. Albert starting Sept. 23.
For more information, contact general manager Lynda Holden at 780-459-7007 or visit www.stalbertcurling.com.
Michael Brown was the fastest St. Albert finisher at the 29th Ironman Canada triathlon recently in Penticton.
Brown completed the 3.86-kilometre swim, 180.25-km bike and 42.195-km run in 11 hours, 29 minutes and 44 seconds for 463rd place overall out of 2,599 finishers.
Also going the distance from St. Albert and Sturgeon County were Don Draginda (12:21:14), Janelle Brcic (12:22:05), Lisa Graham (12:37:46), David Christoffel (12:44:37), Doug Sadler (13:21:16), Braden Thomson (13:25:09), Marcel Mclean (13:32:50), Anita Watts (13:45:20), Colleen Stasiuk (14:17:28), Joanne Graham (15:30:22), Trevor Hart (15:47:44), Dan Barrie (15:51:54) and Ken Keenleyside (16:31:02).
