Ironman Lake Stevens 70.3 Preview

Ironman Lake Stevens 70.3 Preview

Gambles is back to defend, Victoria’s McQuaid to race

Joe Gambles, last year’s champion, returns to defend his Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens title tomorrow. Also returning is the 2008 champion Luke Bell.

There will be a new champion on the women’s side. The race should be very competitive with the likes of Victoria’s three-time XTERRA world champion Melanie McQuaid, and current Ironman Coeur d’Alene champion Linsey Corbin in the field. Canadian’s Christine Fletcher, Amy Kirkham, and Ayesha Rollinson are also expected to race in Sunday. Check out the start list below.

1 JOE GAMBLES

2 LUKE BELL

3 LUKE MCKENZIE

5 MATT LIETO

6 BRIAN FLEISCHMANN

7 CHRISTOPHER BAGG

8 CHRIS BOUDREAUX

9 DAMON BARNETT

10 DEVON PALMER

11 GRAHAM O’GRADY

12 GUY CRAWFORD

13 JAMES COTTER

15 JEMANI FRANCIS

16 JIM LUBINSKI

18 KARL BORDINE

19 KEVIN EVERETT

20 MATTHEW SHEEKS

21 MATT SHRYOCK

22 MICHAEL GORDON

23 NICHOLAS THOMPSON

24 NICK WANINGER

25 PAUL AMBROSE

26 PHILIPPE KOZUB

27 MAXIM KRIAT

28 KIRK NELSON

29 JUAN CARLOS RAMIREZ

30 ADAM JENSEN

41 JOANNA ZEIGER

42 KATE MAJOR

43 MELANIE MCQUAID

44 MEREDITH KESSLER

45 HEATHER JACKSON

46 EMILY COCKS

47 EVA JANSSEN

48 HALEY COOPER‐SCOTT

49 JENNIFER LUEBKE

50 KRISTIN IAVARONE

51 MEGAN GASKILL

52 LAUREN HARRISON

53 CHRISTINE FLETCHER

54 AMANDA STEVENS

55 AMY KIRKHAM

56 AYESHA ROLLINSON

57 AMANDA BALDING

58 SARAH BRYANT

59 LINSEY CORBIN

60 MACKENZIE MADISON

61 KELLY WILLIAMSON

62 TYLER STEWART

63 AMANDA LOVATO

Ironman 70.3 European Championship Preview

Wiesbaden, Germany tomorrow

There will be many big names trying to grab European 70.3 titles tomorrow. For the women there is Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED), Desiree Ficker (USA), Nicole Leder (GER), and Susan Dietrich. For the men there is Björn Andersson (SWE), Philip Graves (GBR), Lothar Leder (GER), Michael Raelert (GER), Maik Twelsiek (GER), and German Ironman legend Thomas Hellriegel.

Professional Women and Men Start List

Susan DIETRICH GER

Desiree FICKER USA

Nicole HOFER SUI

Sonja JAARSVELD NDL

Rachel JOYCE GBR

Nicole LEDER GER

Kristin MOELLER GER

Heike PRIESS GER

Diana RIESLER GER

Jenny SCHULZ GER

Sarah SCHÜTZ SUI

Ulrike SCHWALBE GER

Andrea STEINBECHER GER

Yvonne VAN VLERKEN NDL

Inge VANCAUWENBERGHE BEL

Debbie VERSTRAETEN BEL

Julia WAGNER GER

Björn ANDERSSON SWE

Gerhard DE BRUIN RSA

Sean DONNELLY GER

Nicolas FERNANDEZ FRA

Sean FROST GBR

Philip GRAVES GBR

Mathias HECHT SUI

Thomas HELLRIEGEL GER

Joel JAMESON GBR

Toby JAMESON GBR

Sebastian KIENLE GER

Stanislav KRYLOV RUS

Damien LANDON FRA

Cédric LARGAJOLLI FRA

Lothar LEDER GER

Filip OSPALY CZE

Michael RAELERT GER

Felix SCHUMANN GER

Maik TWELSIEK GER

Ollie WHISTLER AUS

Uwe WIDMANN GER