Canada’s Samantha McGlone led the entire way to win the inaugural Ironman 70.3 Syracuse today. First out of the water in 27:34, she rode 2:31:49, and finished with a 1:26:24 half marathon to win with a time of 4:28:55. Australia’s Paul Matthews did the same to win the men’s race and he put up top splits in all categories (swam 24:17, biked 2:08:35, and ran 1:14:23) to finish in 3:49:49.

Top 5 Women

1. Samantha McGlone (CAN)  4:28:55

2. Rachel Challis (USA)  4:30:37

3. Kristin White (USA)  4:31:11

4. Annie Gervais (CAN)  4:31:52

5. Tamara Kozulina (UKR)  4:32:33

Top 5 Men

1. Paul Matthews (AUS)  3:49:49

2. Maxim Kriat (USA)  3:58:01

3. Sean Bechtel (CAN)  4:00:09

4. James Hadley (USA)  4:02:34

5. Mike Caiazzo (USA)  4:06:32

Canadian Age Group Standouts (Top 3)

Cain, Ryan    5/1/2    29/M 25-29   00:28:17             02:20:51      01:23:21      04:15:55

Allaire, Patrick 13/1/2   32/M 30-34    00:29:47       02:21:05      01:25:01       04:19:10

Hamilton, Peter 11/1/1   47/M 45-49   00:32:45       02:25:32      01:34:05       04:37:04

Wilhelm, Stephen  12/7/3   41/M 40-44   00:31:05   02:31:21     01:29:52       04:38:06

Sanderson, Leslie  1/1/1   43/F 40-44     00:26:37     02:37:07     01:29:26       04:38:16

Domina, Sara   3/1/2    31/F 30-34         00:29:26     02:33:50      01:33:32      04:42:19

Grandmaison, Karine  5/3/3  32/F 30-34 00:31:12   02:39:15       01:35:55      04:50:44

Thauvette, Gerry  14/6/3 53/M 50-54      00:35:14    02:37:19     01:36:01       04:53:21

Labarge, Monica    7/4/3   35/F 35-39     00:32:14    02:43:43      01:36:33       04:57:02

Trudel, Cl Mence   5/2/2   28/F 25-29     00:28:59    02:44:38      01:44:49       05:02:46

Belanger, Genevieve  6/2/1 24/F 20-24   00:34:05    02:52:04      01:37:32       05:07:13

Hetherigton, John   8/3/3  62/M 60-64    00:38:57     02:48:02      01:47:40      05:20:31

Clapham, Glenda    8/2/2  50/F 50-54     00:40:03     02:56:42      02:02:35      05:47:04

Hatzlhoffer, Rick    3/2/1   67/M 65-69   00:54:16     03:16:35     02:03:42       06:28:59