Cody Beals, Sarah True Victorious at Eagleman 70.3
Cody Beals of Canada edged Justin Metzler of the U.S. by 1:04 and Sarah True’s women's-best bike split proved superior to Tamara Jewett’s top run at Ironman 70.3 Eagleman.
Women
Rachel Zilinskas’ 24:10 women’s swim split gave her a 6 seconds lead on Jodie Stimpson of Great Britain, 37 seconds on Grace Alexander and 40 seconds on Sarah True, while strong runner – weak swimmer Tamara Jewett of Canada’s 10th best swim split left her 2:49 arrears.
Sonia Catano of the U.S. took charge with a women’s-best 2:14:01 bike split gave her a 10 seconds lead on Sarah True and, after a 2:19:03 bike leg, put Jewett in 8th place, 6:55 in the hole at T2. Jodie Stimpson of Great Britain, a strong ITU Olympic distance veteran new to the long course world, stood in 6th place, 6:33 back of the leader as she began the run.
True put herself in place for the win with a women’s third-best 1:19:57 half marathon, while Jewett clawed into contention with a spectacular 1:14:14 run split that fell 1:13 short of victory. Sophie Watts of the U.S. fought hard with a 1:18:31 run to take the final spot on the podium, 31 seconds behind Jewett.
Men
Andy Potts took his Olympic swim skills to lead the men out of the water after a men’s-best 23:23 split that gave him a 1 second lead on David Mendoza Sanchez of Mexico, 3 seconds over Justin Metzler, 13 seconds over Hunter Lussi and 16 seconds ahead of Canadian Cody Beals.
Potts held on to the lead with a second-fastest 2:03:02 bike split that gave him a 1 second lead on Cody Beals (2:02:47 bike split) and 3 seconds on Justin Metzler (2:03:13 bike split) at T2.
Giving credence to the maxim “swim and bike for show – run for dough” Cody Beals put down a men’s-quickest 1:11:24 half marathon that brought him to the line in 3:41:47 with a 1:03 margin over Metzler (1:12:36 run split) and 3:00 on third place finisher Andy Potts (1:14:04 run split).
Ironman 70.3 Eagleman
Cambridge, Maryland
June 12, 2022
S 1.2 mi. / B 56 mi. / R 13.1 mi,.
Men's Results
1. Cody Beals (CAN) S 23:39 T1 1:56 B 2:02:47 T2 2:04 R 1:11:24 TOT 3:41:47
2. Justin Metzler (USA) S 23:26 T1 1:44 B 2:03:13 T2 1:53 R 1:12:36 TOT 3:42:51
3. Andy Potts (USA) S 23:23 T1 1:56 B 2:03:02 T2 2:25 R 1:14:04 TOT 3:44:48
4. Tayler Reid (CAN) S 23:55 T1 1:57 B 2:03:44 T2 2:35 R 1:19:12 TOT 3:51:21
5. David Mendoza Sanchez (MEX) S 23:24 T1 1:57 B 2:10:18 T2 2:22 R 1:14:01 TOT 3:51:59
6. Benjamin Deal (USA) S 25:08 T1 2:09 B 2:08:12 T2 2:04 R 1:15:35 TOT 3:53:06
7. Hunter Lussi (USA) S 23:36 T1 2:06 B 2:06:34 T2 2:39 R 1:18:27 TOT 3:53:20
8. John Reed (USA) S 24:13 T1 1:55 B 2:09:49 T2 2:13 R 1:16:35 TOT 3:54:42
9. Nick Cosman (CAN) S 25:59 T1 2:05 B 2:07:24 T2 2:34 R 1:17:32 TOT 3:55:31
10. Neal Ross (USA) S 25:13 T1 1:59 B 2:07:22 T2 2:25 R 1:21:14 TOT 3:58:10
Women's Results
1. Sarah True (USA) S 24:51 T1 2:09 B 2:14:27 T2 2:31 R 1:19:57 TOT 4:03:52
2. Tamara Jewett (CAN) S 26:59 T1 2:10 B 2:19:03 T2 2:41 R 1:14:14 TOT 4:05:05
3. Sophie Watts (USA) S 25:35 T1 2:07 B 2:16:554 T2 2:29 R 1:18:31 TOT 4:05:35
4. Sonia Catano (USA) S 25:12 T1 2:03 B 2:14:01 T2 2:29 R 1:27:23 TOT 4:11:06
5. Grace Alexander (USA) S 24:48 T1 2:15 B 2:16:55 T2 2:39 R 1:26:42 TOT 4:13:17
6. Jodie Stimpson (GBR) S 24:17 T1 2:03 B 2:21:30 T2 2:32 R 1:23:52 TOT 4:14:11
7. Rachel Zelinskas (USA) S 24:10 T1 2:21 B 2:18:06 T2 3:15 R 1:27:04 TOT 4:144:55
8. Mollie Hebda (USA) S 26:57 T1 1:59 B 2:18:55 T2 2:27 R 1:25:06 TOT 4:15:22
9. Samantha Snukis (USA) S 30:49 T1 2:50 B 2:20:25 T2 2:51 R 1:22:49 TOT 4:19:41
10. Alycia Hill (USA) S 29:18 T1 2:11 B 2:24:51 T2 2:36 R 1:21:20 TOT 4:20:13.
