Speedy Zia swims to win

WARWICK SMITH/Manawatu Standard

SWIMMING VICTORY: Riverdale Primary School student Zia MacDermid won the year 6 division of the inter-school triathlon at Cloverlea School.

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The boys were hot on the heels of a speedy girl at the inter-primary triathlon at Cloverlea School.

More than 50 students from 15 Manawatu Schools took part in the triathlon yesterday.

Sweeping to the top of the year 6 division was Riverdale Primary School student Zia MacDermid.

The 10-year-old athlete lapped girls and boys in the cycle section, before racing through her final swimming lap just as the runner-up entered the pool.

"I like the feeling of finishing and knowing you've done as hard as you could [have] done," Zia said.

Her mum Fiona, an international mountainbiking competitor, could not be there as she was competing down south.

But Zia's grandma, Jane, shouted support from the sideline.

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