Bozzone and Hauschildt win Ironman 70.3 Mandurah
New Zealand’s Terenzo Bozzone led the swim (21:15) at Ironman 70.3 Mandurah, but surrendered the lead to Australia’s Tim Berkel by just two seconds after the completion of the bike. After a quick T2, Bozzone held a slim 9 second margin over Berkel at the start of the run and he then ran a race best 1:15:52 half marathon to take the overall victory in 3:42:59.
Top 10 Men
| 1 | BOZZONE, Terenzo | New Zealand | 00:21:15 | 02:03:20 | 01:15:52 | 03:42:59 |
| 2 | BERKEL, Tim | Australia | 00:21:20 | 02:03:16 | 01:17:15 | 03:44:31 |
| 3 | APPLETON, Sam | Australia | 00:21:18 | 02:03:20 | 01:17:46 | 03:45:02 |
| 4 | JURKIEWICZ, Jeremy | France | 00:21:16 | 02:03:18 | 01:19:19 | 03:46:50 |
| 5 | KAHLEFELDT, Brad | Australia | 00:21:17 | 02:09:46 | 01:16:45 | 03:50:32 |
| 6 | PASSUELLO, Domenico | Italy | 00:24:10 | 02:05:29 | 01:18:17 | 03:50:46 |
| 7 | MUNRO, Casey | Australia | 00:21:21 | 02:05:35 | 01:24:26 | 03:54:19 |
| 8 | OGDEN, Courtney | Australia | 00:21:53 | 02:09:16 | 01:22:08 | 03:56:25 |
| 9 | BURTON, Matt | Australia | 00:24:29 | 02:06:40 | 01:24:21 | 03:58:21 |
| 10 | STANLEY, Jamie | Australia | 00:21:45 | 02:10:09 | 01:24:20 | 03:59:15 |
Australia’s Melissa Hauschildt came from behind after a 23:39 swim, to take charge of the race with a 2:14:23 bike, which gave her a 1:55 lead over fellow Aussie Annabel Luxford by the time she left T2. Hauschildt then closed with another top women’s split of 1:22:49 on the run to claim the Ironman 70.3 Mandurah win in 4:03:46. Victoria’s Melanie McQuaid finished fifth in 4:20:08.
Top 9 Women
| 1 | HAUSCHILDT, Mel | Australia | 00:23:39 | 02:14:23 | 01:22:49 | 04:03:46 |
| 2 | LUXFORD, Annabel | Australia | 00:22:30 | 02:16:27 | 01:25:23 | 04:07:15 |
| 3 | VODICKOVA, Radka | Czech Republic | 00:21:53 | 02:18:43 | 01:26:46 | 04:10:20 |
| 4 | BENNETT, Laura | United States | 00:22:01 | 02:29:36 | 01:24:14 | 04:18:45 |
| 5 | MCQUAID, Melanie | Canada | 00:24:52 | 02:16:59 | 01:35:29 | 04:20:08 |
| 6 | HAMMOND, Candice | New Zealand | 00:27:19 | 02:27:41 | 01:23:04 | 04:21:35 |
| 7 | BURKE, Melanie | New Zealand | 00:27:46 | 02:24:35 | 01:31:07 | 04:27:28 |
| 8 | WILLIS, Janine | Australia | 00:26:37 | 02:28:08 | 01:32:34 | 04:31:27 |
| 9 | OLDFIELD, Madeleine | Australia | 00:24:56 | 02:34:41 | 01:43:14 | 04:46:03 |