{"id":17998,"date":"2019-11-27T09:48:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T09:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/uncategorized\/steven-mckenna-and-kerry-morris-claim-victory-at-challenge-iskandar-puteri\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T15:46:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:46:11","slug":"steven-mckenna-and-kerry-morris-claim-victory-at-challenge-iskandar-puteri","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/news\/steven-mckenna-and-kerry-morris-claim-victory-at-challenge-iskandar-puteri\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven McKenna and Kerry Morris claim victory at Challenge Iskandar Puteri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s Steven McKenna and Kerry Morris were a class above as they won the <em><strong>CHALLENGE<\/strong>ISKANDAR PUTERI<\/em> men and women\u2019s pro athlete races at Puteri Harbour, Johor, today. The 28-year-old McKenna recorded the fastest time in the 1.9km swim\/90km bike\/21km run event in 3 hours, 54 minutes and 43 seconds in the men\u2019s race, while Kerry clocked 4:21:41 seconds to top the women\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p>McKenna, a former Australian Rules Football player, led all the way to the finish line for the crown, followed by Italian Domenico Passuello (3:55:48) and Jakub Langhammer of the Czech Republic (3:59:21). It was McKenna\u2019s third victory of the season in the <em><strong>CHALLENGE<\/strong>FAMILY<\/em> Series after wins in the <em><strong>CHALLENGE<\/strong>GUNSAN-SEAMANGEUM <\/em>and <em><strong>CHALLENGE<\/strong>VIETNAM<\/em> rounds.<\/p>\n<p>McKenna, was however feeling anxious at the start of the swim leg of the race when someone told him that there were crocodiles in the Puteri Harbour Marina. \u201cI think that person was joking, but I still felt a bit worried. Maybe, it pushed me a little harder to complete the 1.9km swim leg as quickly as possible,\u201d said McKenna jokingly. The Australian said overall he is happy to have won the challenging race in his first visit to Malaysia. \u201cIt is really exciting for me to win here and would like to return to defend my title next year. I think it was really challenging due to the humidity. Nobody likes to race in the heat as it drains you. However, I managed to maintain my pace to clinch the title on this beautiful course. The organisers were amazing in all aspects and were very professional,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s race, Kerry was against a tough competitor in fellow Australian Felicity Sheedy-Ryan during the race but the former managed to beat her best friend to the title by over three minutes. Felicity clocked 4:24:53, while compatriot Kate Bevilaqua took third in 4:33:10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kerry was understandably delighted with her first crown since returning to the sport from a back injury, sustained when she fell off her bike in training in April. \u201cFelicity pushed me hard during the race and there was no room to switch off. We pushed each other until the finish line. I am glad that she also did well here. I am obviously delighted to win my first race after suffering a fracture to my T12 thoracic vertebrae in April in training. Luckily, it did not require surgery, but I had to undergo rehab to get back on my feet. The <em><strong>CHALLENGE<\/strong>ISKANDAR PUTERI<\/em> is a great race and the organisers took good care of the athletes. I would definitely like to race again here,\u201d said the 31-year-old.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Men&#8217;s pro race:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Steven McKenna 3:54:43<br \/>\n2. Domenico Passuello 3:55:48<br \/>\n3. Jakub Langhammer 3:59:21<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women&#8217;s pro race:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Kerry Morris 4:21:41<br \/>\n2. Felicity Sheedy-Ryan 4:24:53<br \/>\n3. Kate Bevilaqua 4:33:10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s Steven McKenna and Kerry Morris were a class above as they won the CHALLENGEISKANDAR PUTERI men and women\u2019s pro athlete races at Puteri Harbour, Johor, today. The 28-year-old McKenna recorded the fastest time in the 1.9km swim\/90km bike\/21km run event in 3 hours, 54 minutes and 43 seconds in the men\u2019s race, while Kerry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":17999,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[25,78],"class_list":["post-17998","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-challenge-family","tag-challenge-iskandar-puteri"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Steven McKenna and Kerry Morris claim victory at Challenge Iskandar Puteri - 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\/steven-mckenna-and-kerry-morris-claim-victory-at-challenge-iskandar-puteri\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Steven McKenna and Kerry Morris claim victory at Challenge Iskandar Puteri - Challenge Family\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Australia\u2019s Steven McKenna and Kerry Morris were a class above as they won the CHALLENGEISKANDAR PUTERI men and women\u2019s pro athlete races at Puteri Harbour, Johor, today. 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