ASIDE from the 12 pro triathletes who will compete in Sunday’s XTerra Albay, there will also be 10 Filipino elite triathletes who will be gunning for the Filipino elite title in the most grueling off-road triathlon race in the country.
Of the 10, seven are men and three are female. In the list are Billy Biag of Camsur Tri Team, Boholano Emmanuel Comendador of Paseo de Loon, Rosalito Dagoy of Motorace, Dexter Nonato of TWF-Reliance, Franklin Peñalosa of Green Planet Bikeshop, Benjamin Rana of Active Health Elite Team and Alfredo Sarrosa. They will be joined by Noemi Andrea Galeos of Tri-Generals, Angelica Yvonne Limcojo of Team BMC and Anna Marissa Remigio of Team David’s Salon.
The 12 pro triathletes are defending champion Bradley Weiss of South Africa along with former grandslam champion Ben Allen of Australia, Guam’s Cameron O’neal and Charlie Epperson together with Michal Bucak of Crotia, Taylor Charlton of Australia, Hong Kong’s Hsieh Chung Sing, Australian Brodie Gardner and Cebu’s Joseph Miller.
In the distaff side, those competing are Australians Dimity Lee Duke, Jacqui Slack and Lizzie Orchard and Guam’s Micko Carey.
More than 200 triathletes are expected to join in the race. organized by the Sunrise Events Inc. (SEI).