Tisseyre and Hoffman win Ironman 70.3 Boise

Canadians dominated the women’s race at Ironman 70.3 Boise today.

American Annie Warner led the way for the women out of the water (26:07), but Canada’s Magali Tisseyre took control of the race during the bike with a 2:23:06 split, and ran a race best 1:24:25 to stay in front to take the win (4:18:28) over fellow Canadians Heather Wurtele (4:20:41) and Rachel McBride (4:22:14).

The outcome of the men’s race was determined by the end of the bike ride. American Ben Hoffman rode an untouchable 2:05:34 to take a commanding lead onto the run where he coasted in for the win (3:52:41). Fellow American Nicholas Thompson ran a race best 1:13:46 half marathon to claim second (3:54:48), and Penticton’s Jeff Symonds had the second best run of 1:14:12 to finish third (3:55:26). Kelowna’s Trevor Wurtele finished sixth (4:01:02).

Canadian Age Groupers in the top 3.

1^st

Colliver, Raymond  M75-79  8:11:37

2^nd

Fishman, Aimee  W25-29  4:54:08

Frank, Richele  W35-39  5:00:55

3^rd

Liversidge, Cath  W40-44  5:17:14

Women

1 Tisseyre, Magali (CAN)  4:18:28

2 Wurtele, Heather (CAN)  4:20:41

3 McBride, Rachel (CAN) 4:22:14

4 Jackson, Heather   4:26:06

5 Wu, Michelle  4:26:54

6 Bromme, Uli  4:28:40

7 Cooper-Scott, Haley  4:31:51

8 Wernick, Charisa  4:32:24

9 Bevilaqua, Kate  4:35:18

10 Warner, Annie  4:37:07

Men

1 Hoffman, Ben  3:52:41

2 Thompson, Nicholas  3:54:48

3 Symonds, Jeff (CAN)  3:55:26

4 Ambrose, Paul  3:57:50

5 Thomas, Jesse  3:59:06

6 Wurtele, Trevor (CAN)  4:01:02

7 Lieto, Matt  4:01:27

8 Crawford, Guy  4:02:34

9 Shryock, Matt  4:05:08

10 Bordine, Karl  4:06:39

15 Kilshaw, Stephen (CAN)  4:13:46