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Brian Morton set the pace for Saturday鈥檚 Long Lake Triathlon.

Morton was first to finish the three legs in a time of one hour, 55 minutes and 10 seconds.

Anthony Bier was just shy of three minutes behind in a time of 1:57:59 and Eric Buchi was third in 2:10:58.

Some 66 athletes participated, including 11 solo men, 12 solo women, 13 teams of three and four teams of two.

The event involved a one-kilometre swim in Long Lake, a 16-kilometre bike ride through the trails in the area and a run of slightly less than six kilometres.

Charlotte Kerjean was the first solo woman to finish, with a time of 2:22:48. Vanessa Younker was second in a time of 2:33:09 and Julia Gerlad was a close third in 2:33:48.

In the team event, Team A OK 鈥� Megan Wilson, Sam Oettli and MacKenzie Downing 鈥� recorded the winning time of 1:49:11. Team Berryman 鈥� John Berryman, Curtis Cash and Brahm Hyde 鈥� was second just under three minutes back in a time of 1:51:52 while Mike Birkett and Todd Pryor were third in 2:11:22.

Rosh Govindasamy and Younker organized the event with the assistance of another eight volunteers.

Govindasamy explained Tuesday the triathlon was renamed the Ric Janowicz Long Lake Triathlon in honour of Janowicz who died suddenly earlier this year.

Janowicz founded the triathlon and organized the event on his own for the first dozen of so years, she said.

鈥淗e just did it by himself,鈥� she said. 鈥淗e organized the whole thing, flagged the whole thing and made it happen.鈥�

Govindasamy said Ric鈥檚 wife Leslie Gomm was there to start the triathlon.

鈥淟eslie started the race with Ric鈥檚 old starter pistol. She also did it.鈥�

This year鈥檚 Yukon River Trail Marathon was also dedicated to Janowicz, as he also founded the marathon.

Govindasamy said the recent warm weather made for a pleasant Long Lake temperature.

鈥淚t was really nice,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t really wasn鈥檛 that cold.鈥�

And for the co-organizer, that was just fine because she only learned to do the front crawl this summer, under the guidance of Stephanie Dixon, the much celebrated paralympic swimmer and former head coach for the Whitehorse Glacier Bears swim club.

But Govindasamy did finish fourth in a time of 2:44:00, or 11 minutes behind Younker, who she very much wanted to catch.

鈥淪he has power legs, so what could I do?鈥�