Tollakson and Carfrae win 70.3 EagleMan

Ottawa’s Tenille Hoogland (26:27) trailed American Amanda Stevens (26:05) out of the water but grabbed the lead during the bike (2:20:24) to lead the race by over two minutes heading out onto the run.

However, despite the 4-minute gap that she had on Australia’s Mirinda Carfrae at the start of the run, Carfrae passed Hoogland with the top run 1:21:39 to win her second (last won in 2009) Ironman 70.3 EagleMan title in 4:15:31. American Tyler Stewart, who rode the top split of 2:19:33, added a 1:26:12 half marathon to claim second in 4:21:31, and defending champion Samantha Warriner (NZL) got third (4:23:02). Hoogland hung on for fourth (4:23:38), and Quebec’s Annie Gervais, Annie placed eighth (4:33:43).

American TJ Tollakson had a typically strong ride (a race best 2:03:41), and he ran a steady 1:22:28 to stay ahead for his second EagleMan title (last won in 2007) in 3:54:39. Australian Richie Cunningham used a 1:16:56 run to come from well back to finish second (3:57:43). Russia’s Stanislav Krylov got third (3:58:13).

Canadian Age Groupers in the Top 3

2^nd

Curwin, Julie  F45-49  4:50:15

3^rd

Balabuck, Jonathan  M30-34  4:09:56

Beech, Jeff  M40-44   4:29:26

Smalec, Jackie  F50-54  5:05:11

Top 10 Women

1. Carfrae, Mirinda  4:15:31

2. Stewart, Tyler  4:21:28

3. Warriner, Samantha  4:23:02

4. Hoogland, Tenille (CAN) 4:23:38

5. Stevens, Amanda  4:23:56

6. Andrews, Kristin  4:32:10

7. Ficker, Desiree  4:33:33

8. Gervais, Annie (CAN) 4:33:43

9. White, Kristin  4:36:57

10. Franks, Elly  4:39:04

Top 10 Men

1. Tollakson, TJ  3:54:39

2. Cunningham, Richie  3:57:43

3. Krylov, Stanislav  3:58:13

4. Reed, Matty  3:59:42

5. Bowstead, James  4:00:27

6. Caiazzo, Mike  4:00:30

7. Cotter, James  4:02:19

8. Pawlaczyk, Kyle  4:06:13

9. Bozzone, Terenzo  4:07:32

10. Hodges, Andrew  4:08:58