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Andrea Fernández finished fifth in the National School Triathlon selections

01 July 2015 - 00: 00

Last weekend was played in Aguilas Spain Championship Triathlon regional teams of school age, it consists of three tests Triathlon Championship Spain female and male school age and finally a mixed relay test.

Andrea Fernández during the test

Each test assigns a score to the regional selection and the sum of the scores of the three tests, the final score is obtained. Participants selections of 17 Spanish communities more autonomous city of Melilla, each of the selections provided 4 4 male and female triathletes.

The test began at 10 hours race Championship Spain female school age in line on the edge of the Beach Eagles. They took part 72 triathletes horn ear shot out towards the buoys to complete 750 meter swim.

Andrea Fernández He made a good start managing to get away from the shore in the first positions, he came 19th with a time of 10'55 "to the first transition to catch his bike 40 seconds from the head of the race.

The bike segment of 10 km was performed on a track that had to give four laps, Andrea made a good transition and soon led a group of 10 triathletes who threw very hard time cutting head race.

He got off his bike in third place having made the fastest lap of the bike segment with 17'50'', then he began a tough race walk 2.5 km in a circuit along the promenade which got two laps.

Andrea paid the effort on the bike and lost three positions in the first lap of the race, and at the sixth position he held until absence of 300 meters made a change of pace, managing to regain the fifth place with 10 seconds apart. Its total test time was 38'50''a just one minute from the winner.

By autonomies, the team of Valencia could not win the title of Champion of Spain last year despite getting the top spot in the women's team event and second place in the triathlon mixed relay because in the men there were abandonment and two disqualifications running out rate, yet was achieved a creditable fourth.

The fifth single square obtained by Andrea gives direct pass to the European Youth Triathlon Championship to be held in Banyoles (Gerona) next July 25 in which was part of the Spanish team.

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