Potts and Snow win 70.3 Florida

Americans took top honours at today’s Ironman 70.3 Florida.

Andy Potts led from start to finish. His race best swim (23:25) put him in front right from the start, and he added a race best 2:08:44 bike ride to go along with it. Potts finished off with a 1:17:44 run to cross the line in 3:53:14, close to four minutes ahead of the Ukraine’s Maxim Kriat (3:57:10). Orillia’s Brent Poulsen ran a second best 1:17:37 half marathon to move up to ninth overall (4:07:44).

Caitlin Snow showed once again that she is one of the top runners in the sport by posting an untouchable 1:20:30 half marathon to come from behind to take the win (4:22:31) over Germany’s Nina Kraft (4:28:36). New Zealand’s Anna Cleaver held the lead after the swim (26:00) and bike (2:23:32), but could not hold on to her torrid pace during the run and fell to sixth (4:36:10). Quebec’s Annie Gervais overcame a slow swim and worked her way into fifth (4:35:35) upon crossing the finish line.

Men

1 Potts, Andy  3:53:14

2 Kriat, Maxim  3:57:10

3 Kahn, David  3:58:13

4 Krylov, Stanislav  3:59:01

5 Castillo, Andres  4:02:01

6 Kotsegarov, Kirill  4:02:24

7 Cotter, James  4:03:12

8 Hodges, Andrew  4:07:40

9 Poulsen, Brent  (CAN) 4:07:44

10 Pedraza, Sebastian  4:08:25

Women

1 Snow, Caitlin  4:22:31

2 Kraft, Nina  4:28:36

3 Leiggi, Heather  4:32:14

4 White, Kristin  4:33:49

5 Gervais, Annie  (CAN)  4:35:35

6 Cleaver, Anna  4:36:10

7 Gollnick, Heather  4:38:30

8 Huelster, Suzanne  4:40:46

9 Gregory, Caroline  4:43:29

10 Jones, Stephanie  4:45:48

11 Fletcher, Jenny  (CAN) 4:46:17