Thomas and Cave win Wildflower
Tisseyre gets third and Hoogland fourth.
In his second year as a professional triathlete, Jesse Thomas put forth a stunning 1:13:53 half marathon run performance to come from behind to win the 29th Wildflower Long Course Triathlon in 4:04:45. The USA’s Dustin McLarty led the swim (21:14), and Sweden’s Bjorn Andersson rode the top bike split (2:15:54) to take the race lead onto the run but he was soon passed by the eventual runner up Clayton Fettell of Australia (4:05:11), and South Africa’s James Cunnama (4:05:59) who also ran well to finish third.
“Holy mole I just won Wildflower,” said Thomas on twitter. “Surreal and humbling.”
Great Britain’s Leanda Cave trailed American Mary Beth Ellis out of the water (24:42) by just two seconds, but after that it was all Cave for the rest of the day. Cave rode the top split of 2:34:20, and ran 1:25:37 to stay ahead of Ellis for the win (4:27:58). Ellis would end up just seven seconds behind for second, and Canada’s Magali Tisseyre used the top run split of the day (1:23:59) to claim third (4:32:06). Ottawa’s Tenille Hoogland finished fourth (4:36:26).
Women
1. Leanda Cave (GBR)Â 4:27:58
2. Mary Beth Ellis (USA)Â 4:28:05
3. Magali Tisseyre (CAN)Â 4:32:06
4. Tenille Hoogland (CAN)Â 4:36:26
5. Virginia Berasategui (ESP)Â 4:37:16
6. Samantha Warriner (NZL)Â 4:39:07
7. Jodie Swallow (GBR)Â 4:43:50
8. Desiree Ficker (USA)Â 4:46:03
9. Annie Warner (USA)Â 4:48:09
10. Julia Grant (NZL)Â 4:51:15
Men
1. Jesse Thomas (USA)Â 4:04:45
2. Clayton Fettell (AUS)Â 4:05:11
3. James Cunnama (RSA)Â 4:05:59
4. Matt Lieto (USA)Â 4:09:05
5. Christopher Legh (AUS)Â 4:09:49
6. Jordan Rapp (USA)Â 4:10:54
7. Nicholas Thompson (USA)Â 4:11:07
8. Timothy Deboom (USA)Â 4:12:08
9. Bjorn Andersson (SWE)Â 4:14:36
10. Dan Hugo (RSA)Â 4:15:41
