{"id":17337,"date":"2019-02-17T10:38:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T10:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/uncategorized\/kiwis-braden-currie-and-hannah-wells-triumph-at-challenge-wanaka\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T15:46:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:46:34","slug":"kiwis-braden-currie-and-hannah-wells-triumph-at-challenge-wanaka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/news\/kiwis-braden-currie-and-hannah-wells-triumph-at-challenge-wanaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiwis Braden Currie and Hannah Wells triumph at Challenge Wanaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand\u2019s top triathlete Braden Currie crushed his international competition in the run today to win the <em><strong>CHALLENGE<\/strong>WANAKA<\/em>\u00a0centrepiece event the Half distance race in four hours flat. The Wanaka local came out of the water in second place to Christchurch\u2019s Dylan McNeice only to be overtaken on the bike leg by American cycling powerhouse Andrew Starykowicz. Starykowicz who is the world record holder for the fastest bike split in a Long Distance Triathlon kept an impressive lead on the bike but was soon run down on the offroad run along the shores of Lake Wanaka. Australian Matt Burton who was 8th out of the water, put in an amazing bike leg passing all but Starykowicz. Currie was close on Burton\u2019s tail into the second transition and passed the Aussie within the first two minutes of the run. Matt Burton held on for third place holding off a fast young kiwi professional Jack Moody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn&#8217;t the best day, I didn\u2019t feel that great but in the run I got into it and got into a rhythm. I knew Starky would hurt so I kept it going. It is so awesome to win and a really good result,\u201d said Currie. \u201cMaybe a bit of pacing helped me as I felt comfortable till the end. So just looking onto the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know how much this must mean for Braden winning on home soil. And I am proud for him but I will kick his butt in two weeks,\u201d said a conciliatory Starykowicz.<\/p>\n<p>Tauranga\u2019s Hannah Wells has carried on showing impressive form in 2019 and shook the women\u2019s field up by winning and holding off multiple Long Distance and Middle Distance Champions American Meredith Kessler and Brit Laura Siddall. This will be her second professional win and is certainly one to watch in the world of triathlon. Wells came out of the water in third place behind a swift Meredith Kessler and Australian Kerry Morris. Morris managed to overtake Kessler in the last 20km of the bike leg and looked strong coming out of the transition. Kessler and Wells worked well together running down Morris and passing her at the start of the outlet track 7km into the run. The front-runners then played cat and mouse for the rest of the leg, with Kessler proving her strength on the hills but Wells fast legs giving her the eventual win by 1min 7 secs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels amazing,\u201d said a thrilled Wells. \u201cI mean it was super hard but I held it together. The swim was pretty good as I kept with Kerry (Morris) and it is always good to have company in the water. Then once we were on the bike I decided to play it conservatively on the way towards Treble Cone but Kerry decided to push forward but I stuck to my plan and hoped they would come back towards me which happened and set me up for the run. I didn\u2019t want to go too hard on the Outlet Track as I know it can take it out of your legs and decided to tuck up behind Meredith (Kessler) and not do anything silly. On Gunn Road I had a tough spot where she got ten metres on me and I was on struggle street for sure and thought my day was done, but I had quicker downhill leg speed and managed to get a second wind and hold it till the finish. I am stoked.\u201d<br \/>\n404 other individual athletes and 220 teams competed in the <em><strong>CHALLENGE<\/strong>WANAKA<\/em>\u00a0Half and 100 in the Suzuki Aquabike National Championships held today on a sunny Wanaka Saturday with thousands of spectators coming out to cheer the athletes on.<\/p>\n<p>The Suzuki Aquabike National Championships overall winner was won by Brendon Vesty, with Queenstown Adam Wilson in second and Paul Sell in Third. The women\u2019s overall race was won by Nicole Wilson, followed by Aileen Campbell and Claire Badenhorst.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsplits.com\/m3\/race?c=34&amp;r=1126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full Race Results<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About<\/strong> <em><strong>CHALLENGE<\/strong>WANAKA<\/em><br \/>\nChallenge Wanaka is New Zealand\u2019s largest triathlon festival, featuring events for all ages and abilities involving over 2,500 participants, attracting thousands of spectators and a global audience of millions. It features one of the world\u2019s toughest and most honest middle distance triathlon courses set against the stunning alpine backdrop of New Zealand\u2019s Southern Alps and the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage Area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About <\/strong><strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>FAMILY<\/em><br \/>\nBased in Amberg, Germany, <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>FAMILY <\/em>is the leading global triathlon festival race series. With over 40 races annually across 26 host countries, <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>FAMILY<\/em> is the fastest growing mass endurance triathlon brand in the world. <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>FAMILY <\/em>offers \u201cevents for everyone\u201d with a \u201cfestival character,\u201d so that everyone can share in the triathlon experience, from professionals to age-groupers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand\u2019s top triathlete Braden Currie crushed his international competition in the run today to win the CHALLENGEWANAKA\u00a0centrepiece event the Half distance race in four hours flat. The Wanaka local came out of the water in second place to Christchurch\u2019s Dylan McNeice only to be overtaken on the bike leg by American cycling powerhouse Andrew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":17338,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[25,32],"class_list":["post-17337","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-challenge-family","tag-challenge-wanaka"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kiwis Braden Currie and Hannah Wells triumph at Challenge Wanaka - Challenge Family<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/news\/kiwis-braden-currie-and-hannah-wells-triumph-at-challenge-wanaka\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kiwis Braden Currie and Hannah Wells triumph at Challenge Wanaka - Challenge Family\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Zealand\u2019s top triathlete Braden Currie crushed his international competition in the run today to win the CHALLENGEWANAKA\u00a0centrepiece event the Half distance race in four hours flat. 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