New Zealand's Joanna Lawn makes it two from two after winning Busselton 70.3 Triathlon

Just 6 days after stamping her authority on the Port Macquarie 70.3 Joanna Lawn has won the Busselton 70.3. She didn't have it all her own way as Belinda Granger and Elly Franks took it to her on the bike and put a three minute gap on Lawn by the time they started the run. […]

Just 6 days after stamping her authority on the Port Macquarie 70.3 Joanna Lawn has won the Busselton 70.3. She didn’t have it all her own way as Belinda Granger and Elly Franks took it to her on the bike and put a three minute gap on Lawn by the time they started the run.

Lawn showed her strength on the run however and eventually came home in 1:22:57 just under three minutes quicker that Rebekah Keat who Lawn had been with on the swim and ride.

After posting the fastest bike split of the day Elly Franks may have left everything out on the bike.

Christie Sym was disappointed with her race after a solid preparation left her feeling like she would put in a good race in Busselton. She specifically did not race Port Macquarie to instead focus on just one 70.3 in the lead up to Challenge Cairns. “I made a few mistakes which caused me huge problems on the day, mistakes that I shouldn’t be making at this time in my career, a big wake up call. These mistakes were nutrition related and I lost 4-5 minutes on the 2nd lap of the run.”

Christie took some positives out of this and will be making some changes for future racing that should have been implemented over 6 months ago. “Ironically I nailed my nutrition in my first Ironman, had a fantastic race, and then changed this. I haven’t performed to my potential in any of my races since. Hopefully others can learn from this when I say do what works for you, not what others tell you. If you train on something that works, then race on it.”

“I will be making some big nutritional changes for Cairns (I’ve gone full circle) and hope to have the race I know I’m capable of!”

POS	ATHLETE	AGE/DIV	SWIM	BIKE	RUN	TOTAL
1	LAWN, Jo	37/Pro	0:26:20	2:20:38	1:22:57	4:13:23
2	KEAT, Rebekah	33/Pro	0:26:48	2:20:40	1:25:19	4:15:55
3	GRANGER, Belinda	40/Pro	0:26:54	2:17:30	1:28:56	4:16:35
4	FRANKS, Elly	28/Pro	0:26:59	2:17:20	1:37:04	4:24:33
5	SYM, Christie	27/Pro	0:28:19	2:25:13	1:29:51	4:26:56
6	OLDFIELD, Madeleine	23/Pro	0:26:57	2:25:53	1:33:36	4:29:06
7	MERCER, Katrina	29/Pro	0:26:56	2:29:42	1:29:45	4:29:26
8	SMITH, Rachael	35/Pro	0:31:54	2:28:59	1:26:55	4:30:55
9	WILLIS, Janine	36/35-39	0:30:54	2:32:44	1:29:53	4:37:04
10	MCCOMBIE, Kelly	32/30-34	0:31:03	2:30:36	1:32:02	4:37:22
11	DUFFIELD, Michelle	25/Open	0:29:28	2:34:59	1:30:31	4:37:44
12	COUSINS, Dannielle	29/Open	0:28:42	2:34:43	1:32:00	4:39:25
13	GIBB, Katey	24/Open	0:28:20	2:35:30	1:32:46	4:39:56
14	CROWE, Sandy	26/25-29	0:31:20	2:31:07	1:35:54	4:41:45
15	JAREB, Nera	28/Open	0:34:35	2:32:33	1:30:05	4:42:20
16	BRIDGLAND, Caitlin	24/25-29	0:26:52	2:34:53	1:39:09	4:44:50
17	KING, Helen	23/18-24	0:33:17	2:33:51	1:35:02	4:45:44
18	DUFFIELD, Katy	25/25-29	0:29:39	2:34:42	1:39:44	4:47:23
19	LLOYD, Felicity	28/25-29	0:31:21	2:32:11	1:40:10	4:48:30
20	LAURENDEAU, Nathalie	41/Open	0:31:41	2:30:47	1:42:04	4:48:52
21	ROSE, Lisa	25/25-29	0:33:21	2:45:41	1:28:18	4:50:52
22	HANCEY, Tineke	29/Open	0:29:20	2:34:32	1:44:59	4:51:45
23	DELAURENTIS, Lisa	30/30-34	0:27:04	2:35:57	1:45:29	4:53:18
24	JONES, Lauren	27/25-29	0:31:47	2:42:07	1:34:12	4:53:48
25	FERGUSON, Janet	50/50-54	0:33:50	2:37:09	1:38:44	4:53:59
26	GLASS, Leah	28/25-29	0:37:22	2:33:41	1:38:35	4:55:09
27	HAZELL, Anna-Lee	27/25-29	0:26:53	2:48:11	1:35:38	4:55:11
28	GRAYSON-CASSEY, Gina	37/Open	0:33:56	2:49:04	1:28:22	4:55:29
29	BROWN, Penny	24/25-29	0:32:57	2:41:12	1:39:11	4:57:05
30	GARSIDE, Tessa	23/18-24	0:29:02	2:41:08	1:44:06	4:57:36
31	FISHER, Joanna	30/30-34	0:31:56	2:40:26	1:41:53	4:58:18
32	O’NEILL, Lisa	29/30-34	0:27:23	2:37:56	1:49:19	4:58:37
33	ASHBY, Caroline	33/30-34	0:34:10	2:46:00	1:33:50	4:59:02
34	WHITCHER, Skye	26/25-29	0:30:19	2:38:28	1:48:24	5:00:38
35	WARD, June	49/50-54	0:31:37	2:46:36	1:39:20	5:01:26
36	MARSH, Morgan	28/25-29	0:31:43	2:41:17	1:45:44	5:01:58
37	LILLEY, Eleisha	26/25-29	0:30:16	2:45:38	1:43:43	5:03:20
38	WESLEY, Loretta	47/45-49	0:32:41	2:44:24	1:42:20	5:03:28
39	DILLON, Jasmin	29/25-29	0:31:23	2:40:15	1:50:08	5:06:00
40	WRIGHT, Kara	26/25-29	0:26:23	2:53:48	1:42:14	5:06:35
41	MCCLURE, Alice	36/35-39	0:33:14	2:42:31	1:47:12	5:07:16
42	SCOTT, Robyn	52/50-54	0:29:47	2:38:44	1:55:39	5:08:05
43	HILL, Meredith	28/25-29	0:35:26	2:44:09	1:44:35	5:08:22
44	CALTON, Sarah	26/25-29	0:29:59	2:46:02	1:48:13	5:08:36
45	TYRRELL, Janet	49/45-49	0:36:24	2:39:52	1:48:30	5:08:45
46	LEFROY, Ann	30/30-34	0:30:02	2:56:23	1:37:35	5:09:15
47	COSTELLO, Carina	46/45-49	0:36:04	2:41:12	1:48:44	5:09:30
48	GREENFIELD, Katie	39/35-39	0:35:10	2:42:44	1:48:47	5:10:35
49	WEBBER, Susanna	50/50-54	0:35:55	2:43:08	1:47:13	5:10:41
50	MARTIN, Anne	43/40-44	0:34:07	2:52:02	1:44:04	5:13:48
51	AUSTIN-OLSEN, Juliana	40/40-44	0:34:04	2:41:26	1:54:39	5:14:21
52	OGDEN, Raija	42/40-44	0:38:42	2:45:44	1:45:14	5:14:26
53	BARWOOD, Danielle	34/30-34	0:36:23	2:47:02	1:46:52	5:14:41
54	MCCLURE, Grace	31/30-34	0:38:08	2:44:00	1:49:23	5:15:13
55	KOCIK, Joanna	29/25-29	0:34:05	2:45:45	1:50:19	5:15:25
56	HOLBEN, Alana	38/35-39	0:33:50	2:40:50	1:57:29	5:15:58
57	COBB, Melanie	35/35-39	0:38:48	2:52:37	1:40:05	5:16:01
58	FERGUSON, Lauren	28/25-29	0:42:00	2:48:46	1:39:17	5:16:24
59	DENNING, Janine	37/35-39	0:36:36	2:49:32	1:44:38	5:16:52
60	RUSSELL, Julia	30/30-34	0:32:10	2:49:39	1:50:37	5:17:52
61	O’CONNOR, Jacinta	43/40-44	0:37:37	2:49:15	1:45:03	5:18:00
62	LAWTON, Hannah	39/35-39	0:32:55	2:49:22	1:51:49	5:18:41
63	SCOTT, Susan	45/45-49	0:32:53	2:49:03	1:53:24	5:19:50
64	FINLAYSON, Rebecca	33/30-34	0:33:52	2:49:29	1:51:26	5:20:00
65	WOLF, Katharina	34/30-34	0:37:52	2:43:19	1:51:42	5:20:03
66	MURRAY, Catherine	46/45-49	0:39:02	2:53:32	1:43:08	5:20:26
67	MURPHY, Kate	36/35-39	0:29:43	2:47:12	1:59:12	5:20:30
68	SPURGEON, Leila	29/30-34	0:32:37	2:45:16	1:57:16	5:21:00
69	SMITH, Kerrie	33/30-34	0:31:57	2:51:12	1:52:43	5:21:04
70	CLEMIE, Judi	43/40-44	0:35:25	2:49:16	1:51:43	5:21:13
71	YOUNGSON, Rochelle	32/30-34	0:40:23	2:52:11	1:43:22	5:21:17
72	ROCKLIFF, Clair	21/18-24	0:35:41	2:53:56	1:47:28	5:21:39
73	THOMSON, Sarah	29/25-29	0:36:24	2:50:59	1:50:15	5:21:51
74	LIBBIS, Susan	47/45-49	0:36:53	2:49:20	1:51:14	5:21:51
75	KEMPE, Deb	52/50-54	0:37:50	2:48:16	1:50:23	5:22:01
76	SIMPSON, Katie	29/30-34	0:33:32	2:55:27	1:48:34	5:22:26
77	NEIL, Michelle	36/35-39	0:37:32	2:54:50	1:44:52	5:22:45
78	RASH, Yvonne	45/45-49	0:36:45	2:50:17	1:50:36	5:22:57
79	WATSON, Connie	45/45-49	0:35:35	2:47:47	1:53:17	5:23:02
80	NEWITT, Pene	32/30-34	0:33:07	2:54:44	1:48:53	5:23:08
81	SCOTT, Dianne	50/50-54	0:35:32	2:45:14	1:56:23	5:23:13
82	MCDONALD, Megan	38/35-39	0:36:03	2:58:13	1:45:30	5:23:56
83	BROWN, Tanya	37/35-39	0:36:05	3:00:05	1:43:28	5:24:25
84	LADYMAN, Christina	31/30-34	0:33:52	2:56:07	1:47:24	5:24:37
85	TRAVIS, Lyndsey	30/30-34	0:47:14	2:47:48	1:44:51	5:24:41
86	ANNSON, Nicole	32/30-34	0:32:19	2:57:30	1:48:19	5:25:13
87	ALEXANDER, Jenny

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