Ironman 70.3 St. Croix

  • Welcome to Ironman 70.3 St. Croix.
    This year’s race will have no returning champions on the men’s side as recent champions Tim O’Donnell and Craig Alexander are both focusing on upcoming full Ironman events. That leaves men’s pro race wide open. The women’s side is a different story. Scotland’s Catriona Morrison has won this race the past two years and, in 2009, not only beat current Ironman world champion Carfrae by almost three minutes, she outran Carfrae by almost six minutes. A “dark horse” to watch in the women’s race is Angela Naeth. The 27-year-old Canadian had the fastest bike time in seven of the eight 70.3’s she entered last year and recently outbiked Morrison at the Ironman 70.3 Texas event. (Morrison soundly outran Naeth, though, as they finished first and second.)


    Originally from: ironman.com

  • It's always a party in St. Croix

  • Final bike check

  • Ready to go!

  • Off the bike it was Luke Bell still in the lead, followed a minute-and-a-half later by Maksym Kriat.
    1 2:49:15 5 LUKE BELL AUS MPRO 26:13 2:23:02
    2 2:50:47 3 MAKSYM KRIAT FL UKR MPRO 26:39 2:24:08
    3 2:51:06 1 RICHIE CUNNINGHAM TX AUS MPRO 26:38 2:24:29
    4 2:51:16 7 ALESSANDRO DEGASPERI ITA MPRO 26:42 2:24:35
    5 2:51:50 8 ROMAIN GUILLAUME FRA MPRO 26:35 2:25:15
    6 2:54:45 2 PATRICK EVOE TX USA MPRO 29:42 2:25:04
    7 2:59:34 6 MARKUS FACHBACH DEU MPRO 26:46 2:32:48
  • Luke Bell led out of the water this morning, followed by Romain Guillaume. First out for the women was Amy Marsh, followed by Tami Ritchie and Mirinda Carfrae.
  • By the end of the bike it was Catriona Morrison in the lead, followed by Angela Naeth and Mirinda Carfrae. Morrison leads Naeth by 2:22 and Carfrae by 4:44.
    1 3:03:30 51 CATRIONA MORRISON UK WPRO 28:52 2:34:38
    2 3:05:52 59 ANGELA NAETH BC CAN WPRO 32:05 2:33:47
    3 3:08:14 52 MIRINDA CARFRAE CO AUS WPRO 28:47 2:39:27
    4 3:09:40 53 KATE MAJOR CA AUS WPRO 28:55 2:40:45
    5 3:10:05 60 AMY MARSH TX USA WPRO 27:58 2:42:08
    6 3:10:17 62 LESLIE PATTERSON CA UK WPRO 32:00 2:38:17
    7 3:23:32 57 JACQUI GORDON NJ USA WPRO 32:07 2:51:25
    8 3:29:38 58 TAMI RITCHIE IA USA WPRO 28:40 3:00:59
  • In the end it was Kriat who ran his way to the title. Here are the splits for the top 5:
    1 4:11:43 3 MAKSYM KRIAT FL UKR MPRO 26:39 2:24:08 1:20:56
    2 4:11:59 5 LUKE BELL AUS MPRO 26:13 2:23:02 1:22:45
    3 4:15:50 1 RICHIE CUNNINGHAM TX AUS MPRO 26:38 2:24:29 1:24:44
    4 4:15:51 2 PATRICK EVOE TX USA MPRO 29:42 2:25:04 1:21:07
    5 4:16:24 7 ALESSANDRO DEGASPERI ITA MPRO 26:42 2:24:35 1:25:09

  • The challenging, but beautiful bike course.

  • Morrison takes the women's race! We don't have any details - we should have times momentarily.
  • Catriona Morrison 4:29:28
    Angela Naeth 4:32:07
    Mirinda Carfrae 4:36:01
  • Women's splits:
    1 4:29:28 51 CATRIONA MORRISON UK WPRO 28:52 2:34:38 1:25:58
    2 4:32:07 59 ANGELA NAETH BC CAN WPRO 32:05 2:33:47 1:26:16
    3 4:36:01 52 MIRINDA CARFRAE CO AUS WPRO 28:47 2:39:27 1:27:48
    4 4:39:09 62 LESLIE PATTERSON CA UK WPRO 32:00 2:38:17 1:28:53
    5 4:41:33 53 KATE MAJOR CA AUS WPRO 28:55 2:40:45 1:31:53

  • Festivities at the finish line

  • Catriona Morrison makes it three in a row in St. Croix

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