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Luke Bell and Rebecca Hoschke earn Ironman Australia Port Macquarie titles

Penticton's Kevin Cutjar finishes 10th overall.

Australia’s Luke Bell and Rebecca Hoschke earned relatively easy victories today at Ironman Australia Port Macquarie. It was the first career Ironman titles for both athletes.

Bell led the men’s pro race from start to finish (swim – 47:25, bike 4:46:02, run – 2:53:48) to finish in 8:30:23. While Hoschke put up solid splits in all three segments (57:05, 5:15:01, 3:18:46) to stop the clock in 9:34:55.

Penticton’s Kevin Cutjar finished tenth overall. The 47-year-old age grouper swam 57:03, biked 5:20:21, and ran 3:04:54 to finish in 9:25:42 – winning his 45-49 age group by over 25 minutes!

Top 10 Men

BELL, Luke Australia 00:47:25 04:46:02 02:53:48 08:30:23 1
EVOE, Patrick United States 00:53:20 04:51:16 02:54:58 08:42:58 2
WHITMORE, Luke Australia 00:52:49 05:08:23 02:58:37 09:03:30 3
FRANKISH, Monty Australia 00:51:04 04:59:50 03:13:45 09:08:58 4
MEADE, David Australia 00:54:43 05:00:17 03:10:26 09:09:24 5
MARTIN, Levi Australia 00:52:41 05:08:43 03:06:45 09:12:31 6
CHAPMAN, Corey Australia 00:52:33 05:12:28 03:06:45 09:16:45 7
O’BRIEN, Paul Australia 00:48:59 05:12:18 03:13:11 09:19:24 8
RICHARDSON, Aaron Australia 00:55:32 05:07:32 03:12:54 09:19:52 9
CUTJAR, Kevin Canada 00:57:03 05:20:21 03:04:54 09:25:42 10

Top 10 Women

HOSCHKE, Rebecca Australia 00:57:05 05:15:01 03:18:46 09:34:55 1
CASTLE, Ange Australia 01:01:19 05:12:06 03:23:19 09:41:38 2
FLEMING, Jessica Australia 01:00:29 05:15:54 03:30:20 09:50:46 3
WARD, Nicole Australia 00:54:24 05:38:08 03:16:38 09:52:31 4
DUFFIELD, Michelled Australia 00:59:53 05:36:59 03:30:24 10:12:01 5
WILLOUGHBY, Kacey Australia 01:06:15 05:32:51 03:33:54 10:17:45 6
HILL, Meredith Australia 01:01:22 05:34:12 03:42:52 10:23:37 7
WHITMORE, Tarryn Australia 01:00:05 05:41:25 03:42:36 10:29:25 8
ELLIS, Erika New Caledonia 01:19:11 05:38:47 03:34:01 10:37:11 9
RICHARDS, Jessica Australia 01:13:16 05:24:15 03:56:49 10:41:49 10

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