ETPA Racing

Shout out to the main man Keith Colomb for taking silver in the World Duathlon champs in age 40-44 years.
A true champion never gives in…
Family ✅
Businessman ✅
Still training at 100% ✅

Congratulations Keith, we are so proud of your achievements

VU Swim Squad – the only triathlon specific swim squad in Melbourne’s West

We are blessed to have one of Australia's leading 1500m freestyle swimmers from over a decade ago, and current professional Ironman, coaching on pool deck.

Steph brings a unique viewpoint to triathlon swim coaching. As a 14yr old she swam a 1500m free in 16:46 (1:07/100m) to earn a Bronze Open National medal and she is now racing professional long course triathlon.

This wealth of experience at the top level of multiple sports is unique and means Steph understands the complexity of how to swim fast in a pool and also in a triathlon. Steph, along with head coach Mat, both share the unique ability to tailor our squad training to meet the demands of triathlon swimming.

If you're looking to take your triathlon/open water swimming to the next level, why don't you come down and try a session or two with Steph?

Our swim squad results speak for themselves, evidence based progression year in year out

We had a number of athletes race at the Sri Chinmoy Princes Park Winter Running Festival on Sunday. Congrats all on a fantastic day out with multiple PB's, podiums and race wins!!

10km:
Steph Demestichas, 38:19, 1st
Aimee Dow, 46:51, 3rd
Stuart Mullenger, 43:30
Ifat Perlman-Domy, 50:30, 2nd
Paul Dooley, 56:17
Brian Darcy, 1:07:00
Susan Martin, 1:07:01

5km:
Edward Nguyen, 19:37, 1st
Paul Thomas, 26:05, 2nd

21km:
Gary Nicholls, 1:57:55

Heavy lifting for season 2024/25 has already started.

MT Macedon hill repeats

1st weekend back at Mt Macedon for hill repeats.

Cold, wet and windy morning didn’t stop our hard chargers.

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Congratulations to everyone who competed in this years Ironman Cairns. Big shout out to our first timers, Mark Quin and Abbey Toffolon!

Mark smashed his first Ironman with a fantastic run, stopping the clock in a 10:12. What a well executed race for a first timer.

Abbey Toffolon also had a great day out in her first 70.3 with a massive run split of 1:40, we couldn’t be prouder of your efforts Abbey, well done.

As per normal, etpa athletes carried themselves with pride and passion on the race course, congrats!

Ironman Cairns
Mark Quin, 10:12:06 - 1st timer
Trent Griffith, 11:10:55

Ironman 70.3 Cairns
James Patterson, 5:36:12
Abbey Toffolon, 5:49:07 - 1st timer
Lloyd Toffolon, 6:22:38
Tamara Joyner, 6:41:03

Join the leading junior development triathlon program in Victoria's history.

ETPA is Victoria's only specialist in junior development with unparalleled success in developing kids who want to give triathlon a go into elite athletes racing at the highest level our sport has to offer.

With a proven track record ETPA has helped develop many beginners into elite athletes, including the following athletes in our current stable.

Ty Davis
Nick Frisby
Jack Mitchell
Oliver Moxon

If you're a junior wanting to be an elite athlete one day, send us a message and come down to try out one of our sessions!

We have an inclusive program that supports developing athletes across all levels of performance and education.

Our coaches are keen to chat with you!

Young gun Oli Anthony collecting his winnings from our recent FTP challenge.

Oli held 5.1 watts per kilo for 20mins taking home first prize cash winnings of $50. This officially makes Oli the strongest rider in our squad 😎

Congratulations Oli, spend it wisely!

It was an awesome morning for fast running at Lakeside today with some stand out performances and PBs!

Big, big shout out to Oliver Anthony who bettered his 5k PB by over 30sec with an impressive 15:31 for the first 5k in his 10k event.

We also welcomed not one but two past elite athletes back to racing with Amanda Wilson running a 35:25 and Keith Colomb running a 33:38. Both athletes are in heavy training load in prep for other events so todays run was all about bench marking and we couldn’t be happier with the progression each has made.

Jamie Ruda, 32:22
Keith Colomb, 33:38, PB
Amanda Wilson, 35:25, PB
Oli Anthony, 39:33 (5k PB of 15:31)
Abbey Toffolon, 39:36

Congratulations to all who toed the start line!

Also a special mention goes to Ty Davis who won Victorian Junior Male Triathlete of the year at the Triathlon Victoria 2024 State Awards! This is a culmination of 3 years of consistent hard work and comes off the back of a fantastic race season this year. Ty has shown he is one of the best junior athletes this year and this is a great achievement to reward that!

Race Results

We had athletes achieve fantastic results over the weekend with three top 10's including a podium at IRONMAN in Port Macquarie, valuable international experience at Subic Bay for our U23's and Junior Elites, and a great effort at the Gold Coast Super Sprint Champs!

Check out the full race report and results list via the link below.

Results: Port Macquarie, Subic Bay and Gold Coast We had a great weekend of racing starting on Friday at the Oceania Super Sprint Championships with Oli Moxon making the Elite Mens B Final as a junior in a tough field.Moving to Saturday over in Subic Bay, Philippines with our U23’s and Junior Elite. Ty Davis had a solid outing backing up from Nat...

Take a bow Melissa Wilson.

Never completed a Triathlon, fast forward to now after five years of consistent training and an IRONMAN in Port Macquarie podium getter, 3rd female 40-44 years.

We are so proud of you.

Well done at run squad yesterday morning guys and gals, a solid session in the hills! 😎💪🏼

Its a big race weekend ahead.

Today we start with the 2024 Oceania Triathlon Super-Sprint Championships at Gold Coast with Oli leading the charge in the Elite mens event.

Saturday we have the Asia Triathlon Cup in Subic Bay, Philippines, with Darcy, Jack, Nick and Ty racing in the Elite mens event.

Sunday we have the IRONMAN in Port Macquarie with athletes racing the 70.3 and full distance events.

Race hard Aaron, Chris, Paul, Carolyn, Joe, Tynan, Melissa and Eleanor.

Good luck all, do us proud!

The travelling surfie Nick Frisby hits his straps at the 2024 Asia Triathlon Cup and South Asian Triathlon Championships in Pokhara, Nepal, with a 4th overall. Nick was outsprinted for 3rd with 150m to go. Congrats Nick!

Three ETPA athletes in the top six in Australia Junior Elite!

Massive shout out to Ty Davis, bronze medal in the Australian Junior Triathlon Championships.

Oscar Wootton 5th and Oliver Moxon 6th respectively.

The boys raced out of their skins.

Full results on the way.

Big big shout at to Oliver Moxon, Oliver Anthony, Ty Davis, Jake Smith and Oscar Wootton as they take on all comers at the Junior Australian Triathlon Championships tomorrow at Wollongong.

Go hard boys and do us all proud!

2XU Triathlon Series Podiums

Each time an athlete finished in the top 10 at the six 2XU Triathlon Series races they collected series points. Over the course of the season this results in a leaderboard within each category.

We are proud to say we had six athletes finish in the top 3 within their categories over the series. These athletes consistently performed at a high level at every race, often finishing on the podium.

Darcy Williams had a fantastic season in the Elite Male competition. Four second place finishes in the fastest category highlights his consistency and has lead him to finishing equal first overall. This category included athletes racing in international events, to finish equal first is an extremely impressive achievement!

Our other athlete who claimed a series win was Oscar Wootton. Oscar dominated the Male Junior Elite category, winning every race he started. He had a top 5 fastest time overall in all of his races!

Congratulations to all our athletes on their series results!

2XU Triathlon Series
Darcy Williams, M Elite, =1st
Oscar Wootton, M Jnr Elite, 1st
Madi Carroll, F Youth, 3rd
Carolyn Tonelli, F50-54, 3rd
Penny Tomkinson, F60-64, 3rd

Fun Tri
Lucas Harris, M14-15, 2nd

Race Results

IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong and 2XU Triathlon Series Race 6

Awesome weekend for the squad!

- 2 World Champs Qualifiers
- 2 overall race wins
- 3 first timers
- Multiple wins, podiums and top 10's!!

Checkout the full report and results on our blog below!

Results: Geelong 70.3 and 2XU Race 6 We had a massive weekend with over 30 athletes racing at two major events. The Ironman crew headed down to Geelong for the 70.3 and claimed 2 World Champs qualifying spots, 4 top 10 finishes and we had 3 first timers over the distance! It was also the last race of the 2XU Triathlon Series. We had a....

Congratulations to Nick and Darcy on another strong race at the 2024 Oceania Triathlon Sprint Championships. They were competing in a tough field against the best athletes from Australia and New Zealand. Each race at this level is a great chance for them to learn and improve going forward!

Some of our juniors competed at the School Sport Australia nationals race last week. They all did an amazing job representing Victoria against the best kids around Australia!

Special mention to Jake Smith who had a breakout race. A strong swim set him up in a good bike pack to come away with 7th in a strong field!

Jake Smith - 7th
Florence Lamari - 29th
Mackinlee Carroll - 32nd

Thanks Angus Crisp for the photos!

Massive congrats to Oscar Dart on becoming the U23 Australian Sprint Champion in Devonport yesterday.

Yesterdays race completed the set; he has now won the Aus Youth, Junior and U23 Australian titles. Such a rare feat that shows the quality of his performance over a long period of time.

For our small part in his development we are proud of him and his continued development into a true elite athlete

Congratulations Dartman you should be extremely proud!

Goodluck to Nick Frisby and Darcy Williams racing the 2024 Oceania Triathlon Sprint Championships in Devonport. You can watch their race from 3pm today using the link below!

https://www.triathlonlive.tv

Our juniors have headed over to Perth for the School Sport Australia Triathlon this Thursday. Some of them will be competing in their first nationals event, what an awesome experience! We can't wait to see how they perform!

Junior Girls:
Florence Lamari

Junior Boys:
Mackinlee Carroll

Intermediate Boys:
Jake Smith

Senior Girls:
Lauren Hanna

School Sport Victoria

2XU Triathlon Series Race 5 Results

✅ 1st overall
✅ 2nd overall
✅ 3rd overall
✅ Heaps of top 10's

What a day!

Check out the full report and results below!

www.etpa.com.au

Absolute domination at 2XU Triathlon Series

Ty Davis 1st
Darcy Williams 2nd
Oscar Wootton 3rd

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Full results list on the way

The junior squad had a great weekend of racing in Napier, NZ.

Lauren Hanna - Fantastic effort in her first ever international triathlon. Lauren gave it everything she had and has taken away a heap of learnings.
Oscar Wootton and Ty Davis were caught up in a crash while in the lead group. Hard day for the boys and leaves a bad taste in the mouth. These boys were the only two from the crash who got back on the bike and finished the race. Shows how physically and mentally tough they are! Plenty of motivation coming from them now for the back end of the summer.
Oli Anthony had three solid disciplines and has come away with a benchmark race he can build from. Oli is still very young and has plenty of upside in the coming years.

Oli Moxon let off a ripper and evaded the crash in the front group meaning he was off the bike with the eventual race winners. Oli pushed until the end finishing in a fantastic 12th overall in his first year of juniors!

Results:
Jnr Women
Lauren Hanna - 18th

Jnr Men
Oli Moxon - 12th
Oscar Wootton - 17th
Ty Davis - 18th
Oli Anthony - 34th

Check it out, our hard chargers are racing tomorrow in the Oceania Junior Championships at Napier.

send it crew

Lauren Hanna
Oli Moxon
Oli Anthony
Ty Davis
Oscar Wootton

Check them out on Triathlon live, NZ time at 12:45pm for the girls and 2:30 for the boys

2024 Oceania Triathlon Junior Championships Napier Men Watch triathlon live and on-demand

Continental Cup at delivered in spades for the ETPA crew. lead the way with a standout performance coming in 15th overall and running a 39sec PB off the bike for 5k with a 15:48. was close behind with a solid race coming in 27th overall and putting in three solid disciplines. had some technical problems in the swim which meant he was lapped out on the bike but he will re focus now and get up for another race in the coming weeks. All in all we are happy with athlete performances and can’t wait for the next few weeks of jam packed racing