Warriner and Alexander win Racine 70.3
Lieto and Carfrae win Vineman 70.3.
Warriner and Alexander win Racine 70.3
Dehaan, Fisher, and Marcine are Canadian standouts
Australia’s Craig Alexander once again used a stunning run split (1:15:19) to take a come from behind win today in Racine, Wisconsin. New Zealand’s Samantha Warriner (4:17:42) put together a 2:21:25 bike and 1:25:39 run combination that turned out to be just enough to stay ahead of Australia’s Kate Major (4:17:55). Sarnia’s Chandra Dehaan was ninth among all women, and placed second in the women’s 25-29 category. Kenora’s Edie Fisher won the women’s 50-54 age group, and Lana Marcine was third among women 60-64.
Top Ten Men
1. Craig Alexander (AUS)Â 3:48:56
2. Matt White (AUS)Â 3:56:07
3. TJ Tollakson (USA)Â 4:00:36
4. Devon Palmer (USA)Â 4:01:47
5. Eric Bean (USA)Â 4:04:32
6. Zach Ruble (USA)Â 4:09:40
7. Troy Jacobson (USA)Â 4:11:35
8. Jeremy Sipos (USA)Â 4:13:15
9. Joshua Rix (AUS)Â 4:13:37
10. Chris Wichert (USA)Â 4:13:44
Top 10 Women
1. Samantha Warriner (NZL)Â 4:17:42
2. Kate Major (AUS)Â 4:17:55
3. Desiree Ficker (USA)Â 4:22:51
4. Carrie Lester (AUS)Â 4:25:08
5. Amanda Lovato (USA)Â 4:34:58
6. Morgan Chaffin (USA)Â 4:39:43Â *W25-29
7. Amber Kardosh (USA)Â 4:44:11Â *W30-34
8. Stacey Richardson (USA)Â 4:44:42
9. Chandra Dehaan (Sarnia, ON, CAN)Â 4:45:54Â *W25-29
10. Lisa Mueller (USA)Â 4:47:16Â *W25-29
Lieto and Carfrae win Vineman 70.3
Sandquist wins age group, McQuaid 4th, Naeth 5th
The USA’s Chris Lieto crushed the field with a 2:08:53 bike split, and added a 1:16:44 run (just 12 seconds off of the top run split) to win his Ironman 70.3 Vineman 70.3 title in a time of 3:54:05, 6:18 ahead of New Zealand’s Kieran Doe. One of the best runners in the sport, Australia’s Mirinda Carfrae threw down the top run split of the day (1:16:52) to move from fifth to top spot on the podium (4:15:51), ahead of Great Britain’s Leanda Cave (4:22:03). XTERRA Legend Melanie McQuaid of Victoria, B.C., finished fourth (4:27:02), and Prince George’s Angela Naeth was fifth (4:27:17).
Jason Sandquist of Duncan, B.C., came out of the water in eleventh (28:29), biked into second (2:24:28) and ran his way into first (1:23:24) to win the men’s 40-44 age group (4:20:52).
Top 10 Men
1. Chris Lieto (USA)Â 3:54:05
2. Kieran Doe (NZL)Â 4:00:23
3. James Cotter (USA)Â 4:02:39
4. Jamie Whyte (NZL)Â 4:04:21
5. Paul Attard (AUS)Â 4:05:01
6. Nicholas Thompson (USA)Â 4:08:30
7. Graham O’Grady (USA)Â 4:09:02
8. Chris Boudreaux (USA)Â 4:10:06
9. Philippe Kozub (USA)Â 4:12:50
10. Tim Sheeper (USA)Â 4:14:47Â *M45-49
Top 10 Women
1. Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) Â 4:15:51
2. Leanda Cave (GBR)Â 4:22:03
3. Tyler Stewart (USA)Â 4:25:11
4. Melanie McQuaid (CAN)Â 4:27:02
5. Angela Naeth (CAN)Â 4:27:17
6. Dede Griesbauer (USA)Â 4:27:23
7. Meredith Kessler (USA)Â 4:29:16
8. Michelle Bremer (NZL)Â 4:35:47
9. Rachel Challis (USA)Â 4:39:50
10. Deanna Newman (USA)Â 4:43:20