Luke Bell and Tyler Stewart win Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens Triathlon

Australian Luke Bell has won Lake Stevens 70.3. After some recent good form with third placings at Kansas 70.3 in June and Memorial Hermann Ironman in May this year Bell went toe to toe with fellow Australian Paul Ambrose for most of the race until managing to edge home on the run just over 0:01:18

Kiwi Graham O’Grady is putting in some consistent results however would like them to consistently be 1-3 placings. O’Grady has raced 3 half ironman races in the previous four weeks for a 1st and two 4ths. This is a fair bit of racing and he must be looking forward to getting back in to a solid training routine.

O’Grady and Matt Lileto almost didn’t make the race after some transmission troubles on the road trip to Washington. Luckily they got to Everett and then had plenty of assistance from friends.

The plan for O’Grady was to lead the swim then settle down on the bike. “As it was I lead the swim but only by a handful of seconds. Early in the ride I gave up the lead not by choice but because my legs weren’t doing what my mind wanted them too and for the next 30km’s I was riding like I was on a recovery ride, slipping back to 6th place with the rest of the top 10 not far behind. I then saw Matt (Lieto) on the side of the road with a broken chain, I felt so bad for him that our troubles were still continuing and that I couldn’t do anything to help (was ready to give him my wheel if he had a puncture) I thought I have to muster on and get to the finish no matter what.”

O’Grady found his legs and managed to settle down in to a good rhythm on the bike and get to T2. “I managed to come in off the bike in third place beside Jeff Symonds but a good three minutes down on the leaders. We set off into the 13 mile two loop run. Jeff and I ran side by side for the first 6km until the reality of the pace and what I would potentially be like at the 16km mark (more than likely a bit like the manvans drive shaft and casing) I drifted off and settled into a rhythm that I felt a little more comfortable at.” In the end O’Grady ran into the finish shoot in 4th place was stoked. “I could have easily have pulled the pin during this race as things were so awful at points but I hung tough and showed that some will and stick ability you can change the outcome and be proud of a race.”

POS	ATHLETE	AGE/DIV	SWIM	BIKE	RUN	TOTAL
1	Bell, Luke	32/MPRO	0:24:01	2:15:21	1:15:26	3:56:50
2	Ambrose, Paul	27/MPRO	0:24:00	2:15:26	1:16:44	3:57:53
3	Symonds, Jeff	26/MPRO	0:24:47	2:17:27	1:14:09	3:58:29
4	O’Grady, Graham	29/MPRO	0:23:37	2:18:28	1:16:05	4:00:33
5	Kilshaw, Stephen	27/MPRO	0:25:07	2:18:37	1:16:15	4:02:29
6	Duff, James	35/MPRO	0:24:45	2:23:04	1:20:04	4:10:14
7	Anderson, Gavin	33/MPRO	0:23:38	2:20:08	1:24:27	4:10:20
8	Thompson, Nicholas	29/MPRO	0:27:55	2:24:24	1:17:48	4:12:08
9	Shortis, Jason	41/MPRO	0:27:50	2:24:24	1:18:24	4:13:32
10	Ganter, Chris	33/MPRO	0:29:39	2:24:50	1:20:45	4:17:48
11	Thomas, Leroy	39/M35-39	0:31:26	2:24:17	1:21:20	4:19:55
12	Hilton, Robert	38/M35-39	0:32:24	2:23:05	1:22:05	4:20:27
13	Killam, Nathan	25/MPRO	0:27:49	2:26:12	1:24:58	4:21:23
14	Bosse, Ynuk	34/MPRO	0:28:28	2:33:13	1:17:32	4:22:10
15	Marvin, Gerry	28/M25-29	0:28:07	2:26:33	1:24:53	4:22:19
16	Alleckson, Aleck	38/M35-39	0:28:15	2:26:01	1:25:11	4:22:21
17	Sandquist, Jason	42/M40-44	0:30:13	2:28:00	1:21:58	4:23:35
18	Zastrow, Adam	33/M30-34	0:27:00	2:30:41	1:23:47	4:24:26
19	Reeb, Donald	37/M35-39	0:35:44	2:19:16	1:27:21	4:24:29
20	Knox, Allister	38/M35-39	0:30:35	2:29:40	1:22:31	4:25:51
21	Stallard, Shanon	31/MPRO	0:28:28	2:30:13	1:25:03	4:26:03
22	Evans, Tom	43/MPRO	0:24:04	2:28:18	1:32:01	4:27:00
23	Jenniges, Aaron	32/M30-34	0:29:55	2:28:27	1:25:16	4:27:09
24	Dean, Craig	37/M35-39	0:32:02	2:27:13	1:25:04	4:27:10
25	Scheidies, Aaron	29/PC	0:29:47	2:23:21	1:30:51	4:27:27
26	Eldridge, Grant	21/M18-24	0:31:55	2:34:50	1:18:29	4:27:35
27	Meehan, Dan	26/M25-29	0:30:39	2:24:18	1:30:34	4:28:06
28	Matheson, David	40/M40-44	0:29:15	2:31:28	1:24:58	4:28:35
29	Smith, Jason	32/M30-34	0:27:11	2:30:43	1:30:25	4:30:52
30	Folske, Grant	34/M30-34	0:30:49	2:32:08	1:25:28	4:31:05
31	Dudley, Taylor	41/M40-44	0:30:42	2:31:22	1:26:14	4:31:15
32	Bronson, Blair	23/M18-24	0:31:24	2:30:04	1:26:50	4:31:16
33	L’Heureux, Geoff	30/M30-34	0:28:47	2:34:26	1:25:43	4:32:06
34	Blanco, Richard	43/M40-44	0:29:24	2:27:52	1:31:25	4:32:17
35	Barakat, Jake	33/M30-34	0:33:38	2:31:53	1:24:19	4:33:10
36	Nowak, Doug	33/M30-34	0:33:59	2:28:43	1:26:43	4:33:50
37	Vanderhyde, Michael	43/M40-44	0:31:14	2:32:52	1:27:54	4:35:02
38	Cyr, Brent	38/M35-39	0:33:18	2:30:46	1:28:14	4:35:50
39	Garza, Joel	25/M25-29	0:35:40	2:29:35	1:26:29	4:36:36
40	Inch, Matt	23/M18-24	0:27:10	2:33:23	1:33:30	4:37:13
41	Cassiday, Patrick	45/M45-49	0:31:33	2:33:02	1:27:33	4:37:46
42	Sparks, Michael	43/M40-44	0:35:52	2:28:03	1:29:31	4:38:17
43	Torluemke, Keith	27/M25-29	0:31:45	2:42:36	1:20:57	4:38:18
44	Nichol, Mike	47/M45-49	0:30:04	2:28:38	1:35:53	4:38:23
45	Owen, Michael	31/M30-34	0:32:53	2:32:22	1:30:09	4:38:39
46	Opunui, Landon	26/M25-29	0:30:50	2:34:33	1:30:26	4:39:10
47	Senturia, Ethan	25/M25-29	0:30:52	2:35:16	1:30:05	4:39:47
48	Gramann, Lance	38/M35-39	0:31:35	2:33:21	1:32:02	4:40:13
49	Titland, Colby	39/M35-39	0:36:32	2:35:15	1:23:46	4:40:25
50	Webb, Mark	35/M35-39	0:32:42	2:34:06	1:30:57	4:40:43
51	Clarke, Chris	37/M35-39	0:33:12	2:43:13	1:21:24	4:40:53
52	Endsley, Shaun	44/M40-44	0:34:27	2:33:05	1:29:57	4:40:54
53	Oconnell, John	46/M45-49	0:31:50	2:33:28	1:32:54	4:41:54
54	Allen, Chris	47/M45-49	0:29:49	2:36:37	1:32:01	4:42:50
55	Anderson, Don	39/M35-39	0:33:10	2:31:11	1:36:19	4:43:50
56	Nygaard, Jay	32/M30-34	0:29:50	2:39:02	1:31:24	4:43:52
57	Sullivan, Kevin	49/M45-49	0:34:25	2:32:35	1:33:08	4:44:04
58	Guillen, Brian	36/M35-39	0:32:10	2:37:32	1:31:12	4:44:31
59	Hamerlinck, Hugo	34/M30-34	0:33:20	2:36:18	1:31:48	4:44:37
60	O’Brien, James	46/M45-49	0:34:02	2:35:29	1:30:51	4:44:47
61	Keenan, Mike	46/M45-49	0:29:49	2:33:12	1:37:56	4:45:12
62	Watts, Donovan	35/M35-39	0:32:37	2:43:02	1:26:02	4:45:15
63	Clarke, Adam	28/M25-29	0:31:30	2:34:26	1:35:59	4:45:39
64	Zuk, Tim	44/M40-44	0:33:00	2:37:20	1:31:42	4:45:45
65	Robbins, David	38/M35-39	0:31:21	2:42:19	1:28:51	4:45:46
66	Kurian, Jason	36/M35-39	0:33:16	2:34:02	1:34:19	4:46:13
67	Probst, Greg	45/M45-49	0:36:21	2:34:59	1:31:21	4:46:27
68	Reynen, Paul	51/M50-54	0:32:28	2:34:27	1:36:20	4:47:20
69	Matteo, Vincent	44/M40-44	0:32:54	2:37:19	1:33:24	4:47:25
70	Moreno, Sergio	33/M30-34	0:32:18	2:42:07	1:29:57	4:48:10
71	Hanson, Perry	26/M25-29	0:31:07	2:36:42	1:37:18	4:48:16
72	Ursino, Rocky	42/M40-44	0:34:15	2:42:18	1:28:10	4:49:15
73	Zimmerman, Rick	43/M40-44	0:32:01	2:40:14	1:33:23	4:49:26
74	Cappel, Curtis	29/M25-29	0:28:40	2:41:26	1:34:33	4:49:31
75	Maskiewicz, Phillip	33/M30-34	0:30:27	2:39:58	1:35:07	4:49:43
76	Winters, Bruce	41/M40-44	0:32:04	2:36:26	1:37:44	4:49:48
77	Blue, Michael	51/M50-54	0:37:42	2:32:15	1:37:04	4:50:32
78	McDonald, William	49/M45-49	0:33:18	2:30:05	1:41:33	4:51:09
79	Fitchitt, Joshua	38/M35-39	0:37:07	2:39:29	1:30:35	4:51:18
80	Cook, David	38/M35-39	0:35:45	2:39:29	1:31:47	4:51:28
81	Riddle, Paul	33/M30-34	0:30:22	2:40:56	1:35:48	4:51:47
82	Gerschwiler, Lorenz	35/M35-39	0:33:17	2:31:24	1:42:11	4:51:49
83	Addison, Steve	32/M30-34	0:38:33	2:40:09	1:30:04	4:52:22
84	Lewington, Timothy	41/M40-44	0:35:35	2:36:14	1:37:44	4:52:30
85	Burke, Shawn	37/M35-39	0:31:19	2:40:46	1:36:26	4:52:34
86	Muniz, Brian	23/M18-24	0:37:01	2:39:25	1:32:56	4:52:49
87	Kroese, ark	50/M50-54	0:32:18	2:38:11	1:38:35	4:53:06
88	Stebner, Terry	43/M40-44	0:34:38	2:42:09	1:32:47

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