Naeth wins her first 70.3 race

Prince George’s Angela Naeth and Australia’s Joe Gambles took the overall wins at Ironman 70.3 Boulder today.

Naeth, on the cover of our current issue, finally reached the top of the podium after eight runner up finishes at Ironman 70.3 events. American Kelly Williamson led the swim (26:12) with Naeth not too far behind in third (28:32). Naeth then rode a dominating 2:14:23 bike split to take the lead, and once onto the half marathon she just needed to run 1:25:11 to take her first career 70.3 win in 4:10:31. Williamson chased hard with the top run of 1:21:10 but came up short for second (4:12:42). Amanda Lovato (USA) finished third in 4:23:55.

In the men’s race, Gambles also cycled to the front with the top split of 2:03:35, but Great Britain’s Fraser Cartmell was only a few seconds behind. Gambles then threw down the top run of 1:15:50 to get away from Cartmell and the rest of the field to earn the victory in 3:45:35. South Africa’s Raynard Tissink ran his way up into second (3:51:41), and Australia’s Paul Ambrose finished third (3:53:01).

Women

1. Naeth, Angela CAN  4:10:31

2. Williamson, Kelly 4:12:42

3. Lovato, Amanda  4:23:55

4. Garcia, Whitney  4:26:10

5. Bromme, Uli  4:27:16

6. Chong, Jessica  4:33:12

7. Anderson, Christine  4:36:57 *W25-29

8. Gregory, Caroline  4:37:41

9. McDonald, Marilyn  4:39:46

10. Wieck, Sonja  4:41:28 *W30-34

Men

1. Gambles, Joe  3:45:35

2. Tissink, Raynard  3:51:41

3. Ambrose, Paul  3:53:01

4. Umphenour, Joe  3:54:03

5. Russell, Matthew  3:55:44

6. Nelson, Kirk  3:56:28

7. Jones, Jordan  3:57:37

8. Rhodes, Bryan  3:58:07

9. Cartmell, Fraser  3:59:50

10. Middaugh, Josiah  4:00:55