Ratingen.In Drensteinfurt, not far from Münster, the triathlon team Ratingen 08 II celebrated success with second place at the start of the season in the Verbandsliga Mitte.The Mastersliga also opened the 2022 competition year: with two TTR teams taking 16th and 25th place among the 31 trios that started.The Ratinger talents were also doing well in the junior cup of the North Rhine-Westphalian Triathlon Association (NRWTV).Top starter was Marie Louisa Deppmeyer as third in youth A.In the Verbandsliga, Alexander Gossmann (01:57:46 hours), Christopher Reiß (01:58:22 hours), Lennard Böge (02:03:07 hours) and Daniel Held (02:12:24 hours) had to cover a short distance of 800 meters swimming, 40 kilometers on the bike and ten in running shoes only let the Duisburg swimming club go first.TTR head coach Georg Mantyk was very satisfied with his protégés.“That was a strong start to the season, even if not everyone was able to pull off their top performance.The people of Duisburg showed a really good competition.”The second league race with Ratinger participation, also over the short distance, was the Masters competition.Markus Haschke (02:11:38 hours), Ditmar Drenker (02:23:27 hours) and Melanie Haschke (02:36:34 hours) are 16th in the list of results.Alexander Kuppe (02:22:16 hours), Martin Rath (02:27:04 hours) and Lars Terörde (02:28:12 hours) finished in 25th place.A quartet from Ratingen was registered for the NRWTV junior cup.Marie Louisa Deppmeyer celebrated third place in the female A youth group after exactly 1:19:00 hours.In those 79 minutes, she swam 800 meters, cycled 20 kilometers and ran five.Her male peers finished their races in fifth (Jonah Rühlemann in 01:10:08 hours) and eighth (Nico Rogmann in 01:16:07 hours).After swimming 400 meters, cycling ten kilometers and running 2.5 kilometers, Nick Frohnert took seventh place in the student A classification (41:13 minutes).In addition to the league and junior cup starters, a number of other athletes from the Ratingen triathletes found their way to the Münsterland, and again there was a bronze medal.Martin Rühlemann chose the short distance, crossed the finish line after 2:25:16 hours and therefore achieved third place in his age group M50.Stephan Sonnen competed over the longest distance of the Drensteinfurt race day: 1200 meters swimming, 60 kilometers cycling and 15 kilometers running.In a good 03:49:57 hours he finished seventh, also in the AK M50.The family relay was chosen by Lea Milnikel (200 meters swimming), Jannik Milnikel (ten kilometers cycling) and Anna Sowa (2.5 kilometers running).40:58 minutes after their start, they were reunited in the finish area and received the certificates for second place at the award ceremony.The youngest starter of the TTR was Kyara Goldmann, who finished 50 meters swimming and 200 meters running (excluding the transition area) after 04:52 minutes and was fourth in her age group.Jenny Hilger was just as successful in the amateur triathlon, taking fourth place in her AK W45 after 1:22:23 hours.Cathrin Mundt has also completed the so-called amateur triathlon: After 1:23:29 hours she was fifth in her AK W30.The next races for the TTR08 are already on the race calendar for next Sunday.In Gütersloh, the men celebrate their debut in the second triathlon league.In addition, the competition of the NRW league women is on the program.Further information on the Triathlon Team Ratingen can be found at ttr08.de.