The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS

Srnior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

GOLD Coast, Australia: Cameron Roach's appearance for the Bahamas in the grueling triathlon at the XXI Commonwealth Games didn't get started or finish as he anticipated on Thursday at the Southport Broadwater Parklands.

The 750 metre swim, 20.0 kilometre bike ride and 5.0km run that began in the pouring rain saw Roach complete the course in one hour, 11 minutes and 31 seconds for 33rd out of a field of 36 competitors.

The gold went to Henri Schoeman of the Republic of South Africa in 52:31, while the silver was awarded to Australia's Jacob Birtwhistle in 52:38 and Marc Austin of Scotland clinched the bronze in 52:44.

Roach, 31, trailed Jamaica's Philip McCathy, who was 32nd in 1:09.19 and he came in ahead of Patrick Newman. Newman was 34th in 1:14.37 and two other competitors came in after him.

Roach is the second Bahamian to compete in a triathlon at the Commonwealth Games. That distinction belongs to Grand Bahamian David Bell, who represented the Bahamas in 2002 in Manchester, England where he was 22nd out of a field of 34 competitors.

Bell also represented the Bahamas at the Pan Am Games in Manitoba in 1999.