Chris Legh and Mirinda Carfrae win Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens

It was a 'long time between wickets' but Chris Legh showed some of his old form with a blistering 1:14:26 run to take the win at Lake Stevens over pre-race favourite Timothy O'Donnell. Legh's swim was slightly off the pace but hiss 2:29 bike split was the second fastest and h

It was a ‘long time between wickets’ but Chris Legh showed some of his old form with a blistering 1:14:26 run to take the win at Lake Stevens over pre-race favourite Timothy O’Donnell. Legh’s swim was slightly off the pace but hiss 2:29 bike split was the second fastest and he finished it off in style running around 4mins faster than O’Donnell. Trevor Wurtele finished a close 3rd.

Chris Legh, of the Gatorade commercial fame, has been winning triathlons as far back as the mid 1990s. Legh was instrumental in bringing Ironman to Melbourne last year and at 39 is showing a return to form. Amongst many great races Legh narrowly missed a win at Ironman Australia in 1998 after racing side by side with 3 x Ironman World Champ Peter Reid. At the end it came down to a sprint finish.

Michael Fox punctured but stuck it out to be 9th pro and 22nd overall. This race was promising for Fox as his form has been progressing well. He has had some bad luck on the East Coast and this race delivered more. He brought home a solid 1:22 run.

In the women’s race Mirinda Carfrae put in one of her trademark blistering runs to take the win ahead of age grouper Sheila Croft and pro Tenille Hoogland who was 3rd.

Carfrae looks to be building very strongly as the world 70.3 champs and Ironman world champs get closer.

Name	Country	Swim	Bike	Run	Finish	Div. Rank	Overall
Legh, Chris	AUS	0:25:27	2:19:36	1:14:26	4:01:29	1	1
Odonnell, Timothy	USA	0:22:52	2:18:59	1:18:18	4:01:49	2	2
Wurtele, Trevor	CAN	0:25:18	2:20:27	1:14:34	4:02:29	3	3
Bordine, Karl	USA	0:28:09	2:22:21	1:21:31	4:14:16	4	4
Bagg, Chris	USA	0:25:21	2:25:26	1:21:29	4:14:37	5	5
Lea, Rob	USA	0:23:55	2:27:30	1:23:09	4:17:07	1	6
Russell, Matthew	USA	0:29:20	2:28:01	1:17:58	4:17:45	6	7
Mullenix, Andrew	USA	0:28:16	2:24:20	1:21:55	4:18:48	2	8
Condon, David	USA	0:28:38	2:23:05	1:27:25	4:22:13	1	10
Hummel, Kyle	USA	0:26:56	2:29:01	1:24:27	4:22:45	3	11

Name	Country	Swim	Bike	Run	Finish	Div. Rank	Overall
Carfrae, Mirinda	AUS	0:26:52	2:37:43	1:19:31	4:26:38	1	18
Croft, Sheila	USA	0:30:47	2:33:53	1:24:32	4:33:13	1	30
Hoogland, Tenille	CAN	0:24:54	2:40:38	1:30:14	4:38:28	2	37
Madison, Mackenzie	USA	0:27:18	2:41:14	1:30:26	4:42:27	3	46
Bromme, Uli	USA	0:30:20	2:41:55	1:27:20	4:42:48	4	51
Clayton, Gillian	CAN	0:30:28	2:45:25	1:25:59	4:45:11	5	58
Walsh, Beth	USA	0:28:02	2:48:50	1:26:13	4:45:38	6	59
Anderson, Christine	USA	0:26:51	2:44:51	1:34:17	4:48:28	7	71
Capone, Lauren	USA	0:26:38	2:59:38	1:23:21	4:53:12	1	89
Fletcher, Christine	CAN	0:27:19	2:46:29	1:36:43	4:53:34	8	90

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Karl Hayes

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