There was a little bit of everything for competitors in this year's Whitehorse Triathlon.

While some participants preferred to specialize in one or two events, others took on all three, beginning and ending at the Canada Games Centre.

The annual competition has grown in popularity throughout the years and the 11th edition was no different. A record number of more than 90 individuals took part on Sunday.

The first relay was in the pool at 8:30 a.m. Cycling followed swimming and the final event was running.

Similar to previous years it featured two distances: olympic and sprint.

Thirty-one competitors took part in the olympic division, which included a 1,500-m swim, 40-km bike ride and then a 10-km run. The only change in the olympic class came as a result of road construction that ended up forcing organizers to re-route the course to include Miles Canyon.

This went better than expected, which has the city's leisure program co-ordinator Kathryn Zrum considering making it a permanent change.

"At first people were a little apprehensive, but after doing it, I received some favourable comments," she said. "Even though Miles Canyon is tough with the hills, it seemed to go OK, which was great.

"It's a little tougher on the triathletes, but the ones doing the olympic are usually a little more serious competitors, so it would help them prepare for other triathlons they do Outside."

The sprint distance included a 500-m swim, 20-km bike ride and then a five-km run. It featured more than 60 competitors.

Around 30 volunteers took part doing various tasks such as helping out at a water station for both run turnarounds and assisting the transition between cycling and running.

Greg Kent, Marg White and Linda Stratis helped out with the timing.

"They are key for that timing site to be working," said Zrum. "We got fast results, the last competitor was at about a quarter to 1 p.m. and within 10 minutes we had the results."

Colleen Latham was the big winner in the female olympic individual category, finishing with a first place time in each discipline. Latham's final time was 2h23:53 and was more than 11 minutes faster than her closest competitor in the olympic individual female adult group.

She said she has been participating in triathlons since 2004 and enjoys the challenge of having to complete three different disciplines.

"For me anyways it's just fun," she said. "It's a challenge to go from the three disciplines."

Latham was particularly impressed with her cycling time (1h16:41), saying she tried to improve her skills on the bike over the winter. She said her time was proof that her work is starting to pay off a bit.

The next triathlon Latham plans on participating in is the Kelowna Apple, which will be held in August.

Julia Gerlach placed second in the olympic individual female adult category, finishing at 2h35:02, while Laura Salmon rounded out the top three, coming in at 2h38:23.

Sierra Van De Meer came in fourth (2h55:01) and Andrea Buckley's time of 2h59:37 was fifth fastest in the category.

Fifteen-year-old Julia Fedoriak also had a good showing on Sunday. Fedoriak, along with her dad Brian, finished with the top time in the sprint family team category, completing it more than six minutes faster than the next closest group.

Julia was too young to ride her bike at the Whitehorse Triathlon, but entered both the swimming and running disciplines.

This was the first time she took part in the triathlon.

"I just wanted to try it out to see how it would go," she said.

Julia, who is also a member of the Glacier Whitehorse Bears, said she had fun.

"I just enjoyed spending the day outside and getting to enjoy doing the run and cheering him (my dad) on."

Olympic/Individual/Male/Adult

First place: Joel Macht (2h21:33)

Second place: Stefan Wackerhagen (2h22:06)

Third place: Jud Dueling (2h26:16)

Olympic/Team/Adult

First place: Try 2 B Fit (2h08:14)

Second place: Haley's Comet (2h15:39)

Third place: Tri'n 2 B Athletes (2h22:23)

Olympic/Team/Family

First place: Go Iz (3h10:02)

(no other competitors)

Sprint/Individual/Female/Adult

First place: Holly Goulding (1h15:48)

Second place: Meagan Wilson (1h16:05)

Third place: Stephanie Dick (1h18:22)

Sprint/Individual/Male/Adult

First place: Brian McDonald (1h11:52)

Second place: Brett Cross (1h16:21)

Third place: Robert Bowerman (1h18:11)

Sprint/Individual/Male/Senior

First place: Jim Newnham (1h30:46)

(no other competitors)

Sprint/Team/Family

First place: Last minute Crew (1h20:27)

Second place: Caz mm (1h27:34)

(no other competitors)

Sprint/Team/Adult

First place: SuperJ (1h13:16)

Second place: Turnips (1h18:11)

Third place: The Strugglers (1h23:44)

Sprint/Team/Family

First place: Boomer (1h19:43)

Second place: Fafoune (1h25:45)

Third place: WB2 (1h28:26)

Sprint/Team/Senior

First place: Sizzlin' Sexy Seniors (1h24:30)

(no other competitors)