ONE NEWS: NZ Mixed triathlon squad named

The squad has been confirmed for the Mixed Team Relay Triathlon at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Andrea Hewitt, Nicky Samuels, Tony Dodds and Ryan Sissons will back up after their individual races this morning.

Hewitt had the best result of the quartet finishing fourth in the women’s race just 29 seconds behind the winner England’s Jodie Stimpson.

Samuels who finished 10th has ousted Kate McIlroy from selection.

Triathlon New Zealand High Performance Director Graeme Maw confident the two day’s rest will be adequate. “This is a strong team, one that we have selected based on performance and form.
“We are disappointed for Kate (McIlroy), she has not quite made it back to the form she had previously, before surgery. But equally we are delighted for Nicky for the work that she has put in and indeed for all four of them to gain selection and to have them go and perform at the best of their ability. They are all determined to do well and put the disappointment of the individual racing behind them, they have form in that regard in that they turned around reasonably disappointing individual results in Hamburg before claiming silver in the 2013 World Championships and as a team they are very tight and thrive in this environment.
“The keys to a good race and outcome are for them all to fulfil their individual roles in the team, lead off is important, then each person must use their strengths to keep us there. If the individual races were tough races from an endurance point of view, then this is fast and furious.”

The course consists of a the 250m swim, 6km cycle and 1600m run.