New Zealand's Michelle Bremer wins Sunsmart Ironman Western Australia on Debut

After moving to the Sunshine Coast in Australia earlier this year to focus on becoming a full-time triathlon professional New Zealand's Michelle Bremer has made it all worthwhile by winning on debut the 2011 Sunsmart Ironman Western Australia. Darwin's Michelle Mitchell overcame a large

After moving to the Sunshine Coast in Australia earlier this year to focus on becoming a full-time triathlon professional New Zealand’s Michelle Bremer has made it all worthwhile by winning on debut the 2011 Sunsmart Ironman Western Australia.

Darwin’s Michelle Mitchell overcame a large bike deficit to run a very fast 3:08 and take out second place overall. Chasing down a class act like Carrie Lester must have been very satisfying to Mitchell.

Elly Franks raced well for 4th overall to show that she is getting stronger and stronger as each race goes by.

Bremer did her first race longer than a half ironman in October when she won the inaugural Ultimate Triathlon in Forster. Bremer and husband Clay made many sacrifices, as most pros do, to make Australia home this year. Bremer’s husband will feel today that making the move from his career in NZ was all worth it. After winning Forster Bremer knew what she needed to work on heading in to Ironman Western Australia. Her swim was slightly off pace and she would need to spend more time.

ATHLETE	AGE/DIV	SWIM	BIKE	RUN	TOTAL
BREMER, Michelle	28/Pro	0:58:16	5:00:37	3:22:22	9:25:38
MITCHELL, Michelle	29/Pro	0:53:16	5:21:26	3:08:31	9:28:07
LESTER, Carrie	30/Pro	0:58:15	5:04:42	3:25:26	9:32:44
FRANKS, Elly	29/Pro	0:56:53	5:03:18	3:32:59	9:37:51
BISCAY, Hilary	33/Pro	0:54:41	5:12:27	3:26:45	9:39:41
BEVILAQUA, Kate	34/Pro	0:57:00	5:05:56	3:36:14	9:43:37
GRICE, Yvette	31/Pro	0:56:45	5:24:14	3:27:02	9:53:33
BRIDGLAND, Caitlin	25/2529	0:54:35	5:21:53	3:35:51	9:57:25
SHIONO, Emi	31/Pro	1:09:27	5:08:38	3:37:36	10:00:23
BOYES, Michelle	41/4044	1:06:02	4:59:19	3:50:22	10:00:42
M?LLER, Kristin	27/Pro	1:09:28	5:28:22	3:25:20	10:07:05
CROWE, Sandy	27/2529	1:05:49	5:14:03	3:38:39	10:08:16
JONES, Lauren	27/2529	1:00:45	5:21:09	3:39:10	10:08:46
FINCH, Sara	42/4044	1:04:32	5:18:52	3:40:26	10:10:08
JAREB, Nera	29/2529	1:11:30	5:14:37	3:38:30	10:11:10
WILLIS, Janine	37/3539	1:01:25	5:10:11	3:55:14	10:12:14
LLOYD, Felicity	29/2529	1:06:34	5:09:27	3:53:24	10:16:21
JURJEVIC, Marina	30/3034	1:16:16	5:18:11	3:38:24	10:19:18
ELLIS, Erika	33/3034	1:12:31	5:26:47	3:38:03	10:22:42
DUKE, Dimity-Lee	28/2529	1:05:42	5:27:23	3:44:41	10:23:57

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Karl is a Gold Coast based father of 3, a keen home improver and an age group triathlete who races on the M5 Acadamies triathlon team. ‘A good life balance is incredibly important’.

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