Team Advantage gets a taste of Trophy air

Team Advantage brings endurance athletes together. Next year, the association will also be the new stage organizer of the Mountain Trophy.

Zug Trophy project manager Reto Benz is in the middle of preparations for the 2021 event. In his search for an association to take charge of the Zug - Zugerberg stage, he found Team Advantage in Zug. The still young club focuses on the triathlon sports of swimming, cycling and running in summer and cross-country skiing in winter. "At the Trophy, individual athletes compete with themselves and others and exercise in the great outdoors, which fits in perfectly with our club philosophy," says Sara Hübscher, the new stage manager. President Arthur Mathis is also delighted: "It's great that members are motivated to take on tasks and volunteer to supervise the stages."

Trophy launch
Monday is running day and because Team Advantage always meets at Herti for training, the Zug Trophy circuit was on the agenda for once. On the one hand, it was a challenging training session, and on the other, an introduction for team members who are not yet familiar with the Zug Trophy. Although 21-year-old Olivia Keiser was not on the road with her team that evening, she led the Trophy rankings for a while with a course record over the 5.9 kilometers.

Young team leader
Olivia Keiser trains around 20 hours a week alongside her biomedical studies. Last year, the passionate triathlete was runner-up in the 20-24 age group at the ITU World Triathlon Final in Lausanne. Over the last two weekends, she has once again demonstrated her capabilities. Second place at the U23 Swiss Championships over 5000 m was followed last Sunday by the U23 Swiss Championship title in the duathlon (10 km run / 43 km bike / 6.6 km run). In nasty conditions, Olivia Keiser achieved a sensational 4th place overall behind the winner Nicola Spirig and two other national team members.

 

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