Widney and Kemper win ITU Monroe

Edmonton’s Chantell Widney maintained a position near the front of the race and once she got to the 10 km run, she steadily built an insurmountable lead with the top run split (37:19) to take her first international race victory (2:01:35). The Americans, Kaitlin Shiver (2:01:49) and Annie Warner (2:02:00) grabbed second and third.

American Hunter Kemper crushed the men’s field, winning by over 2 minutes (1:49:51). Victoria’s Andrew Russell ran well (34:16) but had to settle for third (1:52:21) behind the USA’s Ben Collins (1:52:06).

Elite Women

1 Chantell Widney (CAN)  2:01:35

2 Kaitlin Shiver (USA)  2:01:49

3 Annie Warner (USA)  2:02:00

4 Annabel Luxford (AUS)  2:02:07

5 Kelly Whitley (USA)  2:02:54

6 Jennifer Spieldenner (USA)  2:04:27

7 Lisa Marangon (AUS)  2:04:58

8 Amanda Felder (USA)  2:08:31

9 Martina Wan (CAN)  2:10:49

10 Lauren Goss (USA)  2:11:02

Elite Men

1 Hunter Kemper (USA)  1:49:51

2 Ben Collins (USA)  1:52:06

3 Andrew Russell (CAN)  1:52:21

4 Brian Fleischmann (USA)  1:52:44

5 Felipe Barraza (CHI)  1:52:55

6 Dustin McLarty (USA)  1:53:05

7 Lawrence Fanous (JOR)  1:53:31

8 Barrett Brandon (USA)  1:53:46

9 Andrew McCartney (CAN)  1:54:05

10 Peter Schokman (AUS)  1:54:29

11 Aaron Thomas (CAN)  1:55:33

Full results here.