Previewing Ironman 70.3 Texas
The race goes Sunday April 7 in Galveston.

For Sunday’s fourth installment of Ironman 70.3 Texas we know for sure there will be a new men’s champion and that can also happen on the women side. However, American Kelly Williamson will be back to make sure that will not be a possibility.
Williamson won the title last year with a dominant 1:18:04 half marathon. She will hope for much of the same this coming weekend but will have a number of obstacles in her way including Caitlin Snow (who she outran last year), Jessica Jacobs, Canadian Sara Gross, Germany’s Sonja Tajsich, and the rest of the women on the start list below.
Professional women start list
50 Kelly Williamson USA
51 Caitlin Snow USA
52 Jessica Jacobs USA
53 Sara Gross CAN
54 Sonja Tajsich DEU
55 Liz Lyles USA
56 Natasha Van der Merwe USA
57 Morgan Chaffin USA
58 Molly Roohi USA
59 Katherine Bruck-LaGala USA
60 Jennie Hansen USA
61 Leslie LaMacchia USA
62 Haley Chura USA
63 Jennifer Tetrick USA
64 Tami Ritchie USA
65 Malaika Homo USA
66 Kristi Johnson USA
67 Mirjam Weerd NZL
68 Anne Basso USA
69 Stephanie Jones USA
70 Heather Leiggi USA
71 Andrea Hutchins USA
72 Sierra Snyder USA
73 Amanda Kourtz USA
74 Tatiana Vertiz USA
American Tim O’Donnell will not make the return trip to Galveston to defend his title on the grounds of Moody Gardens, but there will be plenty of men ready to do battle. If all of the men on the start list below attend, it will be a doozy.
Professional men start list
2 Richie Cunningham USA
3 Paul Matthews USA
4 Pedro Gomes PRT
5 Chris McDonald AUS
6 Will Clarke GBR
7 Tim Don GBR
8 Rod De Kanel FRA
9 Jason Watson USA
10 Christopher Baird USA
11 Patrick Schuster USA
12 Weslie Anderson USA
13 Matthew Pellow AUS
14 Darby Thomas FIN
15 Adam Bohach USA
16 Henry Beck DEU
17 Mark Hillers USA
18 Ryan Rau USA
19 Andres Casillo Latorre COL
20 Markus Ressler AUT
21 Kyle Pawlaczyk USA
23 Thomas Gerlach USA
24 Olivier Cardoen BEL
25 Tim Snow USA
26 Chris Boudreaux USA
27 Timo Gronlund FIN
28 Chad Holderbaum USA
29 AJ Baucco USA
30 Mitch Robins AUS
31 Trevor Delsaut MEX
32 Jose Jeuland FRA
33 Mark Saroni USA
34 Graham O’Grady NZL
35 Yves Moubayed DEU
36 Paul Eicher USA
37 Mike Hermanson USA
38 Allen Gardner USA
39 Tim Berkel AUS