ALMOST 200 athletes took part in the Taunton Triathlon yesterday (Saturday).

The event started with a 250-metre swim in the pool at Taunton School's sports club.

It was followed by a 21k cycle ride along a reasonably flat route taking in a number of villages surrounding the county town.

The challenge was finished with a 5.7k run based around the town centre and ending up in front of the main school building.

First person home was Jack Batten, the only participant to record a time of under one hour.

TOP TWENTY FINISHERS.

1 Jack Batten, 58 mins, 57 secs.

2 Tom Radley, 1 hour, 18 secs.

3 Mark Wills, 1 hour, 45 secs.

4 Sebastian Broomfield, 1 hour, 52 secs.

5 Graham Smith, 1 hour 53 secs.

6 Ben Jarvis, 1 hour, 1 min, 10 secs.

7 Archie Taylor, 1 hour, 1 min, 52 secs.

8 Adam Farmer, 1 hour, 2mins, 32 secs.

9 Dylan Roberts, 1 hour, 2 mins, 49 secs.

10 Iain McWass, 1 hour, 3 mins, 8 secs.

11 Lewis Smith, 1 hour, 3 mins, 14 secs.

12 Simeon Bayliss, 1 hour, 3 mins, 54 secs.

13 Christian Bisgrove, 1 hour, 4 mins, 15 secs.

14 Taryn Roberts, 1 hour, 6 mins, 7 secs.

15 Bruce Wheatley, 1 hour, 6 mins, 22 secs.

16 Adrian Kraemer, 1 hour, 6 mins, 22 secs.

17 Adele Martin, 1 hour, 6 mins, 36 secs.

18 Rhys Cole, 1 hour, 6 mins, 38 secs.

19 Bob Pearce, 1 hour, 6 mins, 39 secs.

20 Jon Lee, 1 hour, 6 mins, 47 secs.