After a race-long battle with Lindsey Jerdonek, Sarah Haskins-Kortuem prevailed on the run to extend her St. Anthony’s Triathlon record total to 8 victories. After an impressive win at Oceanside 70.3, Ben Kanute continued his 2019 hot streak with a definitive win at the 36th edition of the classic spring Olympic distance non-drafting contest in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Women
While Haskins-Kortuem has dominated this event race like no other, this year she was extended to the max in a race-long hammerfest with Lindsey Jerdonek.
Jerdonek led the field with a 20:28 swim that gave her a 3 seconds lead on Haskins-Kortuem, which she extended to 8 seconds after a better transition to the bike. After a furiously contended 40 kilometer bike leg, Haskins-Kortuem sliced her deficit to 3 seconds after a women's-best 59:38 split. After a 2 seconds faster bike-to-run transition, Haskins-Kortuem trailed Jerdonek by a single second starting the 10 kilometer run past the elegant homes on the Bay.
Haskins-Kortuem quickly passed Jerdonek and gradually drew away with a women’s-best 37:14 run that brought her to the line in 1:58:54 with a 24 seconds margin of victory over Jerdonek and 4:36 over 3rd place finisher Alicia Kaye.
Men
Kanute and Joe Maloy led the swim in equal 19:09 splits which gave them a 6 seconds advantage over Jason West, 1:15 over Jackson Laundry of Canada and 1:30 over St. Petersburg resident Nicholas Chase.
Maloy matched Kanute’s 41 seconds time in T1 so they headed out on the bike in a virtual tie, 8 seconds ahead of West.
Whereupon Kanute seized absolute control of the race with a by-far race-best 52:38 bike split – reminiscent of newly retired Cameron Dye’s two-wheel pyrotechnics. That gave the 2016 Olympian, 2017 Ironman 70.3 World championship silver medalist and $60,000 Island House winner a 2:54 lead on West and 3:15 lead on Maloy.
West was on fire on the run, but his 31:49 race-best split could only chop 1:03 from Kanute’s lead and Maloy’s 32:07 only reduced his deficit by 45 seconds. So Kanute’s 32:52 run brought him to the finish in 1:46:03 with a 1:53 margin of victory over West and 2:31 over 3rd place Maloy.
St. Anthony’s Triathlon
St. Petersburg, Florida
April 28, 2019
S 1.5k / B 40k / R 10k
Results
Women
1. Sarah Haskins-Kortuem (Eureka MO) 1:58:54 S 20:31 T1 00:46 B 59:38 T2 00:46 R 37:14
2. Lindsey Jerdonek (Boulder CO) 1:59:18 S 20:28 T1 00:41 B 59:43 T2 00:48 R 37:40
3. Alicia Kaye (Clermont FL) 2:03:30 S 20:49 T1 00:49 B 1:02:46 T2 00:54 R 38:14
4. Meredith Kessler (Westerville OH) 2:05:35 S 21:27 T1 00:59 B 1:03:36 T2 1:15 R 38:20
5. Jennifer Spieldenner (Findlay OH) 2:06:05 S 20:27 T1 00:52 B 1:03:55 T2 1:03 R 39:50
6. Sarah Alexander (Ridgewood NJ) 2:06:24 S 22:26 T1 00:59 B 1:04:32 T2 00:54 R 37:35
7. Jacqueline Godbe (Chicago IL) 2:07:22 S 23:42 T1 1:04 B 1:02:32 T2 1:18 R 38:48
8. Kyra Wiens (Tacoma WA) 2:12:45 S 23:49 T1 1:04 B 1:06:31 T2 1:00 R 40:24
9. Ginger Howell (Arlington MA) 2:14:10 S 24:41 T1 1:06 B 1:07:08 T2 00:54 R 40:23
10. Andrea Nunez-Smith (Austin TX) 2:16:12 S 23:46 T1 00:48 B 1:08:17 T2 00:56 R 42:27
Men
1. Ben Kanute (Phoenix AZ) 1:46:03 S 19:09 T1 00:41 B 52:38 T2 00:46 R 32:52
2. Jason West (Boulder CO) 1:47:56 S 19:15 T1 00:43 B 55:24 T 00:47 R 31:49
3. Joe Maloy (San Diego CA) 1:48:34 S 19:09 T1 00:41 B 55:53 T2 00:46 R 32:07
4. Jackson Laundry (Guelph ON) 1:50:20 S 20:24 T1 00:43 B 54:38 T2 00:56 R 33:41
5. Nicholas Chase (St. Petersburg FL) 1:52:53 S 20:39 T1 00:50 B 54:46 T2 00:51 R 35:49
6. Robbie Deckard (Boulder CO) 1:53:19 S 21:12 T1 00:52 B 57:15 T2 00:51 R 33:11
7. Matthew Wisthoff (Boone NC) 1:53:32 S 20:18 T1 00:55 B 54:26 T2 00:48 R 37:07
8. Robby Webster (Tacoma WA) 1:53:35 S 21:09 T1 00:40 B 59:38 T2 00:49 R 31:21
9. Matthew Alford (Coventry RI) 1:53:46 S 20:15 T1 00:52 B 56:32 T2 00:58 R 35:15
10. William Greig (Boulder CO) 1:55:25 S 21:45 T1 00:52 B 56:39 T2 00:57 R 35:13
