National Age Group Triathlon (NAGT) Subic Leg 2017 | Race Results and Review

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Congratulations to the winners and finishers of the National Age Group Triathlon (NAGT) Subic Leg! The 2017 triathlon season is upon us indeed as 400 athletes from all over the country competed at the first major triathlon race of the year and bragging rights for the best in age group crown.

John Chicano delivered the performance of ages as he bested two of the country’s top triathletes today. Nikko Huelgas and Ed Macalalad, who both just came from an intense training camp in Portugal, came out of the water basically at the same time (22:59 and 22:44) to win and finish the NAGT Elite Category in 2:03:07. Huelgas and Macalalad, finished the race in 2:06:45 and 2:07:19, respectively.

Due to a failed strategy on the bike from the leaders, Chicano overcame a 1 minute deficit build a 1 minute cushion of his own as he headed to T2, a full minute ahead of the chase pack. From then on, Chicano never looked back as he blitzed the field with a race best 37:00 run. Building enough cushion to win the race with plenty of time to spare.

In the women’s elite, Claire Adorna (2:19:12) was on a class of her own as she finished the race a full 20 minutes ahead of her nearest competitor, Leyann Ramo. Cianyl Gonzales wrapped up the women’s podium with a 2:55:04 finish time.

It’s too bad Monica Torres DNS’d the race as everyone was looking forward to a possible epic battle between two of the country’s top women elites.

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ELITE MEN’S

1	Chicano	John	M Elite	0:23:49	1:01:08	0:01:09	0:37:00	2:03:07
2	Huelgas	Nikko	M Elite	0:22:59	1:02:02	0:01:18	0:40:26	2:06:45
3	Macalalad	Ed	M Elite	0:22:44	1:02:15	0:01:13	0:41:07	2:07:19

Elite Womens

1	Adorna	Claire	F Elite	0:22:28	1:08:35	0:01:31	0:46:38	2:19:12
2	Ramo	Leyann	F Elite	0:25:02	1:19:19	0:01:49	0:54:40	2:40:50
3	Gonzales	Cianyl	F Elite	0:30:24	1:24:40	0:01:45	0:58:15	2:55:04

The highlight of the day of definitely the junior elites who are competing for a slot at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Buenos Aires 2018.

Iñaki Emil Lorbes bested rest of the YOG male category and finished the race in 47:38. He was followed closely by Joshua Ramos who came in seconds after in 47:46. Russel Villaraza wrapped up the podium as he finished third in 48:43.

In the women’s YOG division, Karen Manayon led the race from start to finish as she used her swimming prowess to build an 18 second lead (10:57) over Lauren Plaza (11:15) and Nicole Eijansantos (11:07). Lauren Plaza made a move on the bike but it wasn’t enough as Manayon came out of T2 ready to suffer and finished the race in 51:54. It was a close battle between Plaza and Eijansantos for second and third place who finished the race in 52:02 and 52:47, respectively.

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YOG Male Category

1	Lorbes	Iñaki Emil	Super Sprint M YOG	0:09:46	0:24:50	0:01:09	0:11:52	0:47:38
2	Ramos	Joshua	Super Sprint M YOG	0:10:18	0:24:43	0:01:20	0:11:24	0:47:46
3	Villaraza	Russel	Super Sprint M YOG	0:10:31	0:24:45	0:01:18	0:12:10	0:48:4

YOG Womens Category

1	Manayon	Karen	Super Sprint F YOG	0:10:57	0:27:14	0:01:17	0:12:25	0:51:54
2	Plaza	Lauren	Super Sprint F YOG	0:11:15	0:26:53	0:01:14	0:12:40	0:52:02
3	Eijansantos	Nicole	Super Sprint F YOG	0:11:07	0:27:03	0:01:22	0:13:15	0:52:47