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)  3:48:56

2. Matt White (AUS)  3:56:07

3. TJ Tollakson (USA)  4:00:36

4. Devon Palmer (USA)  4:01:47

5. Eric Bean (USA)  4:04:32

6. Zach Ruble (USA)  4:09:40

7. Troy Jacobson (USA)  4:11:35

8. Jeremy Sipos (USA)  4:13:15

9. Joshua Rix (AUS)  4:13:37

10. Chris Wichert (USA)  4:13:44

Top 10 Women

1. Samantha Warriner (NZL)  4:17:42

2. Kate Major (AUS)  4:17:55

3. Desiree Ficker (USA)  4:22:51

4. Carrie Lester (AUS)  4:25:08

5. Amanda Lovato (USA)  4:34:58

6. Morgan Chaffin (USA)  4:39:43  *W25-29

7. Amber Kardosh (USA)  4:44:11  *W30-34

8. Stacey Richardson (USA)  4:44:42

9. Chandra Dehaan (Sarnia, ON, CAN)  4:45:54  *W25-29

10. Lisa Mueller (USA)  4:47:16  *W25-29

Lieto and Carfrae win Vineman 70.3

Sandquist wins age group, McQuaid 4^th, Naeth 5^th

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)  3:54:05

2. Kieran Doe (NZL)  4:00:23

3. James Cotter (USA)  4:02:39

4. Jamie Whyte (NZL)  4:04:21

5. Paul Attard (AUS)  4:05:01

6. Nicholas Thompson (USA)  4:08:30

7. Graham O’Grady (USA)  4:09:02

8. Chris Boudreaux (USA)  4:10:06

9. Philippe Kozub (USA)  4:12:50

10. Tim Sheeper (USA)  4:14:47  *M45-49

Top 10 Women

1. Mirinda Carfrae (AUS)  4:15:51

2. Leanda Cave (GBR)  4:22:03

3. Tyler Stewart (USA)  4:25:11

4. Melanie McQuaid (CAN)  4:27:02

5. Angela Naeth (CAN)  4:27:17

6. Dede Griesbauer (USA)  4:27:23

7. Meredith Kessler (USA)  4:29:16

8. Michelle Bremer (NZL)  4:35:47

9. Rachel Challis (USA)  4:39:50

10. Deanna Newman (USA)  4:43:20