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Results from Port Macquarie, Australia

Winners from Ironman and Ironman 70.3 Australia.

It was a very busy day in Port Macquarie, Australia today. Two races at one venue and all in one day.

Australia’s Pete Jacobs swam 46:29, biked 4:41:04, and ran 2:59:14 to lead the race from start to finish and claim the men’s title in 8:29:28. Switzerland’s Caroline Steffen dominated the bike (5:12:39) to comfortably take the women’s win in 9:29:54.

Calgary’s Scott Curry finished 8th (9:06:31), and Mississauga’s John Wragg added to his 100+ Ironman finish count by crossing the line in 14:51:54.

Ironman Australia

Men

1 JACOBS, Pete (AUS)  8:29:28

2 VERNAY, Patrick (NC)  8:35:50

3 SHORTIS, Jason (AUS)  8:46:07

4 NEYEDLI, Scott (SCO)  8:47:16

5 OGDEN, Courtney (SCO)  8:49:56

6 WHITMORE, Luke (AUS)  8:54:57

7 ANDERSON, Mitch (AUS)  8:56:15

8 CURRY, Scott (CAN)  9:06:31

9 ORR, Ben (AUS)  9:07:08

10 CHAPMAN, Leigh (AUS)  9:08:45

Women

1 STEFFEN, Caroline (SUI)  9:29:54

2 PEARSON, Amelia (AUS)  9:38:23

3 MOLLOY, Kirsten (AUS)  9:43:55

4 WARD, Nicole (AUS)  9:49:23

5 EVELEIGH, Rebecca (AUS)  10:07:57  *W30-34

6 SPITLER, Erin (USA)  10:08:33

7 GORDON, Elizabeth (AUS)  10:12:16  *W25-29

8 PHILIPP, Rebecca (AUS)  10:14:32  *W25-29

9 GRAY, Kylie (AUS)  10:31:46  *W25-29

10 SIMPSON, Jessica (AUS)  10:33:14  *W18-24

Australia’s Joe Gambles gained the race lead with the top bike split (2:14:11), and that enabled him to hold off faster runs posted by Australia’s Tim Berkel (1:15:22) and Cameron Brown (1:16:53) to take the win in 3:58:15. New Zealand’s Joanna Lawn went unchallenged in the women’s race, leading from wire to wire to win by over 7 minutes (4:29:36).

Ironman 70.3 Australia

Men

1 GAMBLES, Joe (AUS)  3:58:15

2 BERKEL, Tim (AUS)  4:01:40

3 BROWN, Cameron (NZL)  4:03:22

4 KEMP, Christian (AUS)  4:04:11

5 LAMPE, Joseph (AUS)  4:08:59

Women

1 LAWN, Joanna (NZL)  4:29:36

2 OLDFIELD, Madeleine (AUS)  4:37:24

3 WU, Michelle (AUS)  4:41:10

4 GRANGER, Belinda (AUS)  4:43:53

5 COCKSHUTT, Melinda (AUS)  4:50:38  *W35-39