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Sarah Bryant

Born and raised in Dunedin NZ, Sarah has competed as a Triathlete / Duathlete for the past 3 years while also competing as a runner at both national and international level.

To describe this up and coming Triathlete/Duathlete as “naturally talented” would be somewhat of an understatement. Sarah’s performances during the past Four years have been nothing less than astonishing with 9 national titles in three different sports.

Over the past 2˝ years Sarah has convincingly won both the NZ National U19 Duathlon and Triathlon titles twice while also winning the New Zealand Secondary Schools 4000m road running title by over 30 seconds from her nearest competitor. Sarah also finished 3rd at the World Junior Duathlon Championships in Switzerland in the 2003.

While always being a strong running competitor, the greatest improvement in Sarah’s performances over the past 12 months have been in both her swimming and cycling ability. This improvement from strength in one discipline to balanced strength across all three disciplines has seen Sarah become a real contender this year not just at junior level where she has been dominant but also at an open level.

This coming season will see Sarah competing in the World Triathlon Championships in Portugal in the elite U19 field while also beginning to race some of the ITU points races later in 2004.

With this sort of talent and a blistering run leg off the bike, Sarah will be one to watch over the next few years as she becomes increasingly focused on international competition and works towards Commonwealth games and Olympic selection.

Sarah at the 2004 Nationals (Photo NZPA)

 

P r o f i l e   Name: Sarah Bryant Born: 21.03.85 Years Endurance Sport: 3 ˝ Sports: Triathlon, Duathlon, Running Favourite Discipline: Running Occupation: University Student (Dentistry) Greatest Achievement: - National 2003 & 2004 - U19 Duathlon & Triathlon titles - 3rd U19 World Duathlon Champs Sponsors: - Carboshotz - Cycle Surgery - Skeggs Foundation - 2XU Coaches: - Justin Trolle (Head Coach) - Duncan Laing (Swimming)