News & Racing Triathlon NSW Club Championship Results and Analysis On a damp but still day the Warringah club from Sydneys northern beaches were able to hold off strong challenges from Hills and Balmoral to retain the Compressport Triathlon NSW Club Championship for a record 4th time. In it's last year at Port Stephens the event saw 900 athletes and 27 By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Lisa Marangon has Won the 2010 Busselton Half Ironman Triathlon – Plus Top 100 Womens Results As with the men's race Sydney's Lisa Marangon has shown the importance of a fast swim and bike split in the Busselton Half Ironman. Whilst her half marathon was slower than 2nd place Kate Bevilaqua and 4th placed Nicole Ward her fast swim and bike was enough to keep her 5 minutes ahead o By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Luke McKenzie Wins 2010 Busselton Half Ironman Triathlon – Plus Top 100 Male Results Luke McKenzie has put in fast swim and bike splits to take out the 2010 Busselton Half Ironman Triathlon. He held off Tim Reed and last years winner Tim Berkel to finish over four minutes ahead of these two. Both of the Tims went head to head for the entire race and finished within two […] By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Ford Ironman St. George has Australia’s Luke Bell & Chris McDonald up against some of the World’s Best Triathletes Australia's Chris McDonald and Luke Bell are going head to head with the Czech Republic's Petr Vabrousek and Portugal's Sergio Marques. While former Ironman champion, Australian Kate Major, is up against a host of other Ironman champions in New Zealand's Gina Ferguson, Canadi By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Craig Alexander and Mirinda Carfrae Take on a Star Studded Field in the St Croix Ironman 70.3 Triathlon Australia's Craig Alexander and Mirinda Carfrae will be in the US Virgin Islands this weekend competing in the St Croix Ironman 70.3 triathlon. Both are backing up from the St Anthony's Olympic distance triathlon in Florida last week. They are up against some tough competion. New Zealand By Karl Hayes • 5 min read
News & Racing Compressport NSW Club Champs Set to Start with Record Field Triathlon clubs across New South Wales are gearing up for the biggest event of the NSW age grouper's year: the Cub Championships. Although clearly targeted at age groupers this year's event has also attracted many professionals who are hoping to earn points for their clubs and give back By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Greg Bennett 2nd and Craig Alexander 3rd at 2010 St Anthony’s Olympic Distance Triathlon in Florida – Top Mens Results 10 Seconds separated Greg Bennett and Craig Alexander at the end but it wasn't enough for either to edge out eventual winner Cameron Dye. Dye out swum and out rode both Bennett and Alexander but was almost 2 minutes slower over the 10km run. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing New Zealand’s Terenzo Bozzone and Canada’s Samantha McGlone Win Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Triathlon in Texas New Zealand's Terenzo Bozzone and Canada's Samantha McGlone both used outstanding half marathons to pull of their victories here in Galveston at the Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas. By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Mirinda Carfrae 2nd at St Anthony’s Olympic Distance Triathlon in Florida – Top 15 Women’s Results USA'a Sarah Haskins edged out Australia's Mirinda Carfrae to win the St Anthony's triathlon in St Petersburg, Florida. Haskins recently finsihed 8th in the Sydney round of the Dextro Enegry Triathlon ITU World Championship. Carfrae is focusing on long distance currently and recent By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Jason Shortis Completes his 50th Official Ironman Triathlon with a 4th Place at the 2010 Spec Savers Ironman South Africa Jason Shortis completed his 50th Official Ironman triathlon with a 4th Place at the 2010 Spec Savers Ironman South Africa. In the end Shortis was 16 minutes off the eventual winner Raynard Tissink but along the way made some good inroads at the start of the marathon to look like he had something spe By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Australian Triathletes David Dellow and Clayton Fettell 4th & 5th at Ishigaki ITU World Cup in Japan David Dellow came in 4th with 42 sec gap, and Clayton Fettell was 5th with a 46 sec gap from the winner. Fettell managed a big escape from the pack on the fifth lap of the bike and started the run with a two-minute advantage on the field. Valentin Meshcheryakov claimed his first World Cup title in I By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Australian Triathlete Jason Shortis is Running Strong at the 26km Mark in the 2010 Ironman South Africa Australia's Jason Shortis exited T2 in 7th place, 15 minutes behind the race leader Mathais Hecht. However at the 18km mark Jason has taken almot four minutes of Hecht and is running strong. Shortis had a slow swim and came out of the water almost 8 minutes behind the leaders and lost a bit mo By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Ironman South Africa Press Conference With the PRO athletes in a confident mood the atmosphere at the Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa Pre-Race Press Conference was relaxed before the big day. The press conference was held at the Beach Hotel in Port Elizabeth on 23 April 2010 at 10:00 and was attended by PRO athletes, By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Australian Triathletes Craig Alexander and Greg Bennett go Head to Head in the 2010 St Anthony’s Olympic Distance Triathlon Craig Alexander and Greg Bennett go head to head over an Olympic distance triathlon in the St Anthony Triathlon in St Petersburg, Florida. Up for grabs is a share of the US$65,000 in prize money. In between them both and the money is Matthew Reed and Stuart Hayes from Great Britain who was third las By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing St Anthony’s Triathlon Welcomes World’s Top Triathletes Now entering its 27th year as one of the largest and most competitive Olympic-distance triathlons in the United States, St. Anthony's Triathlon is once again preparing to host some of the world's strongest and most elite professional athletes. Racing will be Craig Alexander; 2009 Ford Ir By Karl Hayes • 3 min read
News & Racing Galveston Island 70.3 Triathlon Set to Get Under Way with Bumper Pro Field Australia is well represented at this years Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 triathlon in Texas. World champions Chris McCormack and Michellie Jones will be hoping to put in strong performances, as will Richie Cunningham and Pip Taylor. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Ironman Western Australia 2010 Set To Sell out Just 200 places left on offer for December event Ironman Western Australia, taking place on Sunday, Dec. 5, will soon be sold out. Only 200 places remain for the 2010 event, with entries being snapped up at a record pace across Australia and the world. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Andy Potts Wins 2010 New Orlean’s Ochsner Ironman 70.3 Triathlon – Top 100 Male Results Champions overcome both hot conditions and a strong field to take 2010 title in New Orleans. By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing New Zealand Triathlete Samantha Warriner Wins 2010 New Orlean’s Ochsner Ironman 70.3 Triathlon – Top 100 Female Results Samantha Warriner's edged out two USA triathletes to win the 2010 Ochsner Ironman 70.3 triathlon in New Orleans. Whilst Warriner was not up to scratch on the bike it was her overall consistancy that proved why she is a great athlete. Warriner has shown that she can step up from Olympic distanc By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Emma Jackson and Josh Maeder win Gold Coast Triathlon Australia's next generation of triathlon superstars showed little respect for triathlon royalty this morning as Emma Jackson raced to victory from Courtney Dutton and Brigitte Fischer while Olympic silver medallist Loretta Harrop finished fourth in her return to elite racing at the Gold Coast By Karl Hayes • 4 min read
News & Racing Australian Triathlete Chris McCormack Heads Field in the 2010 Ochsner Ironman 70.3 Triathlon in New Orleans The men's field for this weekend's race is, in a word, stacked. Wearing race #1 will be former Ford Ironman World Champion, Chris McCormack, but he's not the only world champion in the field. The winners of the 2007 and 2008 Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 races, Andy By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Luke Harrop Memorial / Gatorade Tri Series Attracts Bumper Field This Sunday the Southport Broadwater Parkland will play host to 2,500 triathletes at the Gold Coast Triathlon – Luke Harrop Memorial which also doubles as the grand final of the Gatorade Queensland Tri Series. After seven races from October 2009 to April 2010 the series has seen 12,700 competitors By Karl Hayes • 1 min read
News & Racing Australia’s Jason Shortis in Great Form for Next Weekend’s Ironman South Africa This year spectators will get the opportunity to see Australian Ironman legend, Jason Shortis, display his skills at the Spec-Savers Ironman South Africa. The sixth edition of the event will not only see the biggest amateur field, but also the largest pro field with 51 Pros, 34 of which are men. By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
News & Racing Australian Clean Sweep – Erin Densham & Anthony McSweeny win ITU Singapore Asian Premium Cup Triathlon Olympian Erin Densham made a successful return to racing from heart surgery as Australia claimed a pair of clean sweeps to totally dominate a Continental Cup meet in Singapore over the weekend. Densham underwent an operation late last year to treat tachycardia, a condition that sees the heart rate r By Karl Hayes • 2 min read
