Ironman 70.3 Vineman victories for Bevan Docherty and Meredith Kessler
Calgary's Lisa Mensink places seventh.
New Zealand’s Bevan Docherty started off with a 23:08 swim, then worked himself into the lead with the fastest ride of the day (2:06:48). With a two and a half minute lead in his back pocket, he ran 1:12:16 to easily take the win in a course record time of 3:45:10.
Top 10 Pro Men
Docherty, Bevan | US | 00:23:08 | 02:06:48 | 01:12:16 | 03:45:10 | 1 |
Reed, Tim | AU | 00:24:24 | 02:07:59 | 01:11:47 | 03:47:14 | 2 |
Bozzone, Terenzo | NZ | 00:23:01 | 02:09:29 | 01:11:57 | 03:47:21 | 3 |
Gambles, Joe | US | 00:24:28 | 02:08:09 | 01:12:20 | 03:47:59 | 4 |
Don, Tim | GB | 00:22:59 | 02:09:34 | 01:13:11 | 03:48:49 | 5 |
Bell, Luke | US | 00:23:07 | 02:09:22 | 01:14:09 | 03:49:51 | 6 |
Marsh, Brandon | US | 00:23:04 | 02:09:45 | 01:14:33 | 03:50:32 | 7 |
Rapp, Jordan | US | 00:25:11 | 02:11:01 | 01:14:26 | 03:54:36 | 8 |
Jensen, Martin | DK | 00:23:15 | 02:09:09 | 01:19:11 | 03:55:05 | 9 |
Baird, Chris | US | 00:28:16 | 02:14:15 | 01:11:36 | 03:57:57 | 10 |
American Meredith Kessler, racing less full Ironman distance races this year in order to be fresh for Kona, led from start to finish to win with an overall time of 4:13:18. She led the swim 25:03, biked 2:22:49, and had the top run of 1:20:46. Calgary’s Lisa Mensink finished seventh with a time of 4:30:57.
Top 10 Pro Women
Kessler, Meredith | US | 00:25:03 | 02:22:49 | 01:20:46 | 04:13:18 | 1 |
Jackson, Heather | US | 00:27:41 | 02:22:15 | 01:22:11 | 04:15:09 | 2 |
Marsh, Amy | US | 00:25:51 | 02:25:08 | 01:24:57 | 04:19:45 | 3 |
Lidbury, Emma-Kate | GB | 00:25:43 | 02:24:10 | 01:27:01 | 04:20:20 | 4 |
Corbin, Linsey | US | 00:27:37 | 02:28:47 | 01:24:20 | 04:24:41 | 5 |
Cocks, Emily | US | 00:25:36 | 02:31:18 | 01:28:35 | 04:29:02 | 6 |
Mensink, Lisa | CA | 00:26:16 | 02:31:07 | 01:29:45 | 04:30:57 | 7 |
Erickson, Erika | US | 00:27:32 | 02:32:40 | 01:30:49 | 04:34:29 | 8 |
Carvallo, Valentina | CL | 00:27:33 | 02:32:24 | 01:32:12 | 04:35:44 | 9 |
Hengels, Adrienne | US | 00:30:39 | 02:33:19 | 01:30:53 | 04:38:36 | 10 |