The highlight of the day was the break through victory for Ashleigh Prosser in the Junior Female category. Wearing her 2XU Sleeveless Comp 1 suit Ashleigh held of a strong field to take out the event.

Leigh Ryan continued on his strong season with yet another win in the junior category in his 2XU Comp 2 suit. Adam Dinuccio also had a solid swim finishing 3rd in his 2XU velocity suit.

The open category was taken out by Hayden Rydberg, wearing the 2XU Velocity suit, who registered his first win of the season after strong results in other events this season. It was close contest with second place getter Trent Goulding, wearing the 2XU Elite suit, who went stroke for stroke for most of the race before a sprint finish up the beach.

Wilmington, NC–January 8, 2008 – 2XU has joined Set Up Events as its official wetsuit sponsor for the 2008 triathlon season. The sponsorship includes a combination of website and event sponsorship elements. 2XU plans on promoting the new sponsorship with several promotions throughout the season designed to enhance the experience of triathletes competing in events produced by Set Up Events.

“2XU is quickly becoming the preferred wetsuit for triathletes,” said Bill Scott, Set Up Events president. “We are proud to associate the quality and performance of the 2XU brand with ours.”

Set Up Events also renewed it wetsuit rental sponsorship with wetsuitrental.com for the 2008 season rounding out the wetsuit category.

“The partnership makes great sense because Set Up Events reaches so many triathletes of all skill levels and 2XU also has a great working relationship with wetsuitrental.com,” said Richard Verney of Sports Multiplied, the U.S. distributor of 2XU.

“Set Up Events produces four series and about 70 events annually so we are very excited to renew our sponsorship and even more excited that 2XU will be joining the team,” said Dee Dee McCann, co-owner of wetsuitrental.com.

2XU wetsuits will be available to demo at many Set Up Events throughout the 2008 season. Jim Bertrand is 2XU brand representative for the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee, and will assist with the event marketing related to the sponsorship.

The 10th Danger 1000 was again lead by the junior males who showed the way for 2XU with Xavier Agostino crossing the line first in his 2XU Elite suit with Adam Dinuccio continuing on his consistent results with a 3rd place in his 2XU Velocity suit.

The open Male race saw Haydn Tierney in his V:1 Velocity Suit post his best result to date this season with a strong 2nd place behind the undefeated Nick Cordner. Scott Prosser also had a strong showing with a hard fought 3rd place. Scott was also wearing a 2XU Velocity suit.

Lucinda Browne Swam well to take out the junior females in a SC:1 Sleeveless Suit with Tara Willersdorf and Ashleigh Prosser completing a hat-trick of 2XU suits on the podium.

Jacqui Cooper has won her second consecutive World Cup in China, posting a 200-plus score to claim the 21st victory of her career.

Cooper landed both of her triple somersaults in Lianhua Mountain for a total of 204.28 points, defeating her nearest rival, reigning world champion Nina Li, by more than eight points.

Li scored 195.81 points, with Chinese team-mate Shuang Cheng in third place on 188.22 points. Lydia Lassila, Australia’s silver medallist in the opening event, was in fifth position on 179.76 points. The third member of the Olympic Winter Institute team, Liz Gardner, was in 10th place on 156.62 points.

Cooper faced difficult conditions for her second jump, but still managed to land the jump that sealed the gold.
“I’m very excited about the win. It’s been a tough week,” Cooper said.

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Point Lonsdale saw one of the hottest fields assembled in years to compete for the open men’s and women’s categories. Nick Cordner was going for his 4th win at the event but had too take on young gun and 2XU team swimmer Sam Sheppard who was fresh of a win at Point Leo only days before.

The open race was the last too start and as a consequence the juniors were first to race. This saw 2XU team swimmers once again fill the podium in the men’s division with Sam Sheppard 1st (V:1), Xavier Agostino 2nd (E:1) and Zach Charlton 3rd (SC:1).

The win earlier in the day had obviously taken its toll on 16yr old Sheppard as he could only managed 3rd in a very fast paced Open race. Naantali Marshall who, like Cordner has also one the race on numerous occasions, found the pace too quick and finished 2nd in her 2XU Velocity suit.

Once again 2XU was proud to sponsor the event with a number of pre entrants winning the 2XU wetsuits as random prizes on the day.

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The first big open water race of the year saw the 2XU Velocity suit flex its muscle and dominate the Open Men’s category. 2XU team swimmers Sam Sheppard, Hayden Rydberg and Haydn Tierney filled the podium all wearing the 2XU Velocity suit.

The Junior Male category also showed that the 2XU wetsuit range is strong throughout with Mark O’Donell taking out the race in a Velocity, Adam Denuccio 2nd in the Elite and Zach Charlton 3rd in the Sleeveless Comp 1.

There were four lucky winners on the day of brand new 2XU wetsuits. These people were the first in their category to cross the line wearing only bathers. Congratulations on braving the cold! It was well worth it!

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An amazing crash sequence at the recent Revolution Track Series. Click here to view
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