Pete Jacobs took the Nepean Triathlon title before winning the Australian Ironman in 2011 followed up by a World Ironman Championship in Hawaii in 2012. Melissa Vandewater made it known that she is still a force in the women’s ranks…
Two international athletes took the honours in the 2008 Nepean Triathlon, the first time this has occurred. Ireland’s Bryan Keane won the men’s title with Chile’s Barbara Riveros taking the women’s title. Barbara also took the outright title for the women…
Joanne King returned to the Nepean Triathlon 10 years after her last victory in 1997 to claim her 3rd Nepean title overall. Another former winner, Brad Beven, who won in 1990, returned as a guest of the event to compete…
This year saw the running of the 25th anniversary Nepean Triathlon which drew a number of past winners back to either compete or participate in the weekend of racing. Again the handicap format was held for deciding the outright winner.…
The year the locals took their race back. The handicap system was again used which saw two Penrith teenagers and training buddies, Adrian Comminotto and Brittany Orr, fight it out for the outright honours. Adrian managed to catch Brittany with…
Race organisers were faced with the cancelling of the event for the first time, as approval to close the road for the cycle leg was withdrawn at the last minute. Negotiations were made to use less of the public road…
The days of all the best pros in Australia racing in the Nepean Triathlon take a temporary pause with the range of national and international competition available making it hard to fit into the elite calendar. The race committee (all…
The Saturday enticer events became a permanent part of the Nepean Weekend. The competitor numbers begin to pick up (almost reaching 1000) with the Saturday events becoming more and more popular. Race winner from the ACT Academy of sport was…
Now getting settled at the new venue the race organisers decided to include some kids and shorter triathlons on the Saturday before the Nepean Triathlon (The Nepean Enticer Triathlons). This move increased the participation for the weekend to almost 900,…
The Olympics had just been held in September in Sydney with Triathlon featuring for the first time with Aussie Michellie Jones taking silver in the women’s event. Triathlon has appeared in the Olympics ever since. Leigh Chapman returned in 2000…