There were 16 Next Level athletes racing at the Noosa Triathlon this year and those racing included some first timers, developing athletes and elite age groupers. Charles Ellis recorded a stunning victory in the 45-49 category, Phil Davies slipped to a second place by just a few seconds to my old mate John Hill and I was also pleased to get a podium in the teams with Dave Aherne swimming for me.

As well as celebrating podium finishers it was great to see so many athletes improving on previous results despite the challenging conditions and taking their results to the Next Level