Results from Ironman 70.3 Syracuse
Aernouts and Butterfield win.
Belgium’s Bart Aernouts and Australia’s Nikki Butterfield took wins at Ironman 70.3 Syracuse today.
After surrendering over 3 minutes to the major players of the race after the swim (27:10), Aernouts cranked it up during the bike (2:13:54 – top split) to move into fourth, then ran a race best 1:13:18 half marathon to take the win in 3:57:30. Great Britain’s Paul Ambrose led the race after the bike but had to settle for second (4:02:12), and Australia’s Josh Rix moved up a few spots during the run to get third (4:03:40).
Butterfield exited the water eighth but moved into the race lead with a race best 2:22:38 ride, and got further away with a 1:24:16 top women’s run. Her 4:18:57 finish time put her ahead of Switzerland’s Caroline Steffen (4:21:54), and New Zealand’s Samantha Warriner (4:33:31).
The following Canadians won their respective age group categories:
Burrows, Jim 50/M50-54 31:53, 2:34:21, 1:37:52 – 4:49:18
Gallant, Sharon 35/F35-39 37:47, 2:50:00, 1:37:41 – 5:09:55
Plant, Kris 46/F45-49 37:05, 2:55:15, 1:47:35 – 5:27:43
Elkie, Anne 51/F50-54 31:35, 3:16:52, 1:56:38 – 5:52:10
Burke, Viola 59/F55-59 43:25, 3:04:59, 2:15:41 – 6:11:16
Top 5
Men
1. Aernouts, Bart 3:57:30
2. Ambrose, Paul 4:02:12
3. Rix, Josh 4:03:40
4. Hackett, Stephen 4:04:32
5. Allen, Richard 4:05:13
14. Harju, Dave (CAN)Â 4:27:56
Women
1. Butterfield, Nikki 4:18:57
2. Steffen, Caroline 4:21:54
3. Warriner, Samantha 4:33:31
4. Challis, Rachel 4:39:04
5. Sax, Janine 4:40:07
12. Danais, Marie (CAN)Â 4:58:57