Bahrain Victorious 13-supported Crown Racing secured a pair of silver medals at the Chicago stop of the Supertri League Series, keeping its team title defense on track.
Tyler Mislawchuk led the men’s squad with a second-place finish in the relentless Supertri format of nonstop swim-bike-run repeated three times, while Georgia Taylor-Brown matched the achievement in the women’s race later in the day, both edged only by rivals who delivered performances that stunned the field.
With reinforcements in Miriam Casillas Garcia, Emy Legault, Morgan Pearson, and rising Australian star Brayden Mercer joining stalwarts Emma Jeffcoat and Ricardo Batista, Crown Racing focused on consistency across the roster. The result: a solid haul of points to remain in the thick of the standings, now sitting just eight points off the lead in second place.
Mislawchuk showed seasoned grit across all nine legs of racing, staying firmly in the mix throughout. Batista delivered his best result of the series so far with a strong fourth, improving on his sixth-place finish in Toronto. Pearson crossed in ninth, while 21-year-old Mercer placed 14th but underlined his promise with the day’s third-fastest bike split and second-fastest run.
Taylor-Brown impressed with the fastest bike leg of the day en route to her silver medal. Casillas Garcia also proved pivotal, finishing fifth and banking valuable discipline points after clocking the third-best swim and bike splits. Legault and Jeffcoat rounded out the team’s efforts in 11th and 14th place respectively.
Crown Racing remains committed to the chase as the Supertri League season heads toward its next showdown in Jersey next month.
Next week promises a flurry of racing in Bahrain Victorious red across both triathlon and cycling. Cassandre Beaugrand, Emma Lombardi, and Vasco Vilaça take on the World Triathlon Championship Series in Fréjus, while India Lee, Vincent Luis, Léo Bergère, and Jelle Geens line up on the French Riviera for the next stop of the T100 Triathlon World Tour. Meanwhile, Paralympic star Lauren Parker is set to fly once more at the Para-Cycling World Championships.
