Rebekah Keat and Matt Chrabot win Ironman 70.3 Austin

Vancouver’s Rachel McBride takes second

American Katy Blakemore led the swim (25:04), then rode 2:22:13 to stay in front and take a 1:17 lead over Australia’s Rebekah Keat heading into the half marathon. Vancouver’s Rachel McBride, the defending women’s champion trailed by 4:40 and sat in fifth place once she left T2. Blakemore actually outsplit Keat in all three segments but encountered some issues in T2 where she clocked an 11:36 transition time. Keat finished the run in 1:24:27 to take the Ironman 70.3 Austin win in 4:15:59. McBride ran 1:24:26 to move up into second (4:19:24). Blakemore eventually got back on track and ran 1:24:02 to secure 7^th (4:24:15). Canada Sue Huse finished 9^th in 4:25:49.

Women

1	Rebekah	Keat	00:25:05	02:23:11	01:24:27	04:15:59
2	Rachel	McBride	00:27:20	02:24:20	01:24:26	04:19:24
3	Mandy	McLane	00:27:22	02:23:39	01:25:41	04:20:06
4	Sarah	Piampiano	00:30:19	02:20:35	01:26:57	04:21:24
5	Shannon	Radle	00:27:22	02:26:51	01:25:35	04:22:59
6	Ruth	Brennan Morrey	00:31:58	02:28:48	01:19:50	04:24:09
7	Katy	Blakemore	00:25:04	02:22:13	01:24:02	04:24:15
8	Jessica	Meyers	00:29:15	02:27:08	01:25:54	04:25:41
9	Sue	Huse	00:32:47	02:26:47	01:21:39	04:25:49
10	Danielle	Kehoe	00:30:33	02:27:42	01:27:08	04:29:01

 

American Matt Chrabot used the top run of the day to nail down the victory. Fourth out of the water (23:24), he finished the ride in second place and then took over the race lead by mile 4 of the run. Charbot finished with a 1:11:12 half marathon to claim the overall win in 3:48:49. Victoria’s Stephen Kilshaw ran 1:15:14 to move up from 13^th place after the bike to finish 7^th (3:57:11).

Men

1	Matt	Chrabot	00:23:24	02:11:13	01:11:12	03:48:49
2	Richie	Cunningham	00:24:13	02:10:21	01:14:25	03:51:52
3	Ben	Hoffman	00:25:17	02:11:26	01:15:00	03:54:56
4	Francisco	Serrano	00:25:42	02:11:02	01:15:31	03:55:13
5	George	Bjalkemo	00:26:33	02:12:21	01:12:57	03:55:18
6	Joe	Umphenour	00:23:21	02:13:46	01:16:00	03:56:16
7	Stephen	Kilshaw	00:26:47	02:12:01	01:15:14	03:57:11
8	Daniel	Bretscher	00:25:41	02:13:09	01:15:44	03:58:12
9	James	Hadley	00:24:28	02:12:20	01:18:31	03:58:34
10	Jared	Milam	00:25:59	02:12:59	01:17:09	03:59:28

 

Terenzo Bozzone defends and Helle Frederiksen leads the whole way at Ironman 70.3 Miami

Defending champion Terenzo Bozzone trailed American Ben Collins by 41 seconds after the bike, but the Kiwi ran the top split of 1:11:16 to hold on to his Ironman 70.3 Miami title in 3:41:17.

Men

1	Terenzo	Bozzone	00:24:09	02:03:33	01:11:16	03:41:17
2	Filip	Ospaly	00:24:04	02:05:19	01:11:42	03:43:12
3	Nils	Frommhold	00:24:10	02:03:29	01:14:00	03:44:15
4	Leon	Griffin	00:24:21	02:05:07	01:12:21	03:44:29
5	Ben	Collins	00:24:04	02:02:51	01:16:22	03:45:55
6	Yvan	Jarrige	00:24:18	02:05:17	01:16:31	03:48:30
7	Todd	Skipworth	00:24:00	02:05:21	01:16:39	03:48:38
8	Oscar	Galindez	00:26:32	02:06:20	01:15:31	03:50:55
9	Ritchie	Nicholls	00:26:34	02:10:09	01:12:11	03:51:24
10	Arturo	Garza	00:24:13	02:05:07	01:20:09	03:52:07

 

Denmark’s Helle Frederiksen led from start to finish to take the title (4:04:38) away from defending women’s champion Leanda Cave who finished sixth in 4:21:50.

Canada’s Lisa Mensink finished fifth (4:17:48), Karen Thibodeau 8^th (4:23:27), and Caroline St-Pierre 10^th (4:36:10).

Women

1	Helle	Frederiksen	00:25:26	02:15:23	01:20:19	04:03:38
2	Erika	Csomor	00:28:57	02:18:41	01:21:24	04:11:48
3	Eimear	Mullan	00:28:51	02:23:18	01:17:41	04:12:39
4	Katrien	Verstuyft	00:27:08	02:24:41	01:21:30	04:16:24
5	Lisa	Mensink	00:26:30	02:21:06	01:27:31	04:17:48
6	Leanda	Cave	00:26:26	02:21:12	01:31:25	04:21:50
7	Amber	Ferreira	00:28:05	02:23:44	01:27:18	04:22:15
8	Karen	Thibodeau	00:27:06	02:25:32	01:27:56	04:23:27
9	Erin	Green	00:32:12	02:26:04	01:31:18	04:32:39
10	Caroline	St-Pierre	00:28:45	02:35:05	01:29:48	04:36:10