The 26th annual St. Albert Triathlon, hosted by the St. Albert Road Runners and Triathlon Club, is ready to roll Sunday.
The start time is 7 a.m. at Fountain Park Recreation Centre and the post-race awards and draw prizes begins approximately at 11 a.m. at the finish line.
As of Tuesday there were 200 registered for the sprint distance (750-metre swim, 20-kilometre bike and five-km run), 43 for the try-a-tri (250m swim, 10-km bike and 2.5-km run), five for the team relay and six for the family team relay.
Last year’s triathlon featured an all-time high of 363 registrants.
The sprint champion was Kevin Clark at 59 minutes and 18 seconds and Tammy Laubscher was the fastest female at 1:07:08 11th place overall.
Lauren Millar, a shortstop and first-year U16A St. Albert Angel, has been picked up by the Calgary Adrenaline, the host team for the Canadian Fastpitch Championship.
Nationals start today in Calgary.
The Adrenaline, Red Deer Rage and Lloydminster Rebels are the three Alberta teams in the 24-team draw.
The Adrenaline are in pool four with the Windsor Wildcats, Prince Albert Aces, Winnipeg Lightning, Manitoba Angels and White Rock Renegades 99.
Meanwhile, a successful season for Fastball St. Albert is quickly drawing to a close.
The U18 Angels qualified for westerns last weekend in Lloydminster as the No. 2 Alberta team after finishing third at provincials. The Angels won three and lost three at westerns.
At provincials the Angels also placed second in U10 and were third in U21, while the U12 male Falcons were crowned champions.
At the city championships the Falcons were the top U12 team and the Angels won the U10A, U10C and U14B finals and were the runners-up in U12A, U14C, U16A and U16B.
This year Fastball St. Albert consisted of more than 200 players on 17 teams, which included U8 teams.
