Women
Heather Wurtele of Canada overcame a 3:04 deficit after the swim with a dominating bike split to finish in 4:15:23 with a 53 seconds margin of victory over Jacalyn Hering of the U.S. and 11:54 over 3rd place finisher Lauren Brandon of the U.S.
Wurtele caught lead swimmer Brandon with 10 kilometers to go on the 90 km bike, as her 2:15:00 bike split was 4:32 faster than Brandon and gave the Canadian a 1:27 lead at T2 and a 6 minutes margin on Hering.
By 5k into the run, Wurtele expanded her lead to 4:40 over Brandon while Hering sliced her deficit to 5:03.
On her way to a women's-best 1:22:42 run split, Hering passed Brandon and chopped her gap to Wurtele to 2:25 after 16km While Hering was running at a 3:52 per kilometer pace and Wurtele kept steady at 4:06/km, the outcome was never in doubt. Wurtele finished her run in 1:27:52 with 53 seconds margin on Hering, who gave it her best with a 1:22:42 run.
Out of steam after her scintillating swim and decent bike, Brandon faded with a 1:37:58 run split to take 3rd place, 11:01 behind Hering.
Men
Michel Gonzalez of Mexico led the men’s swim with a 26:07 split that gave him 25 seconds lead on Frederik Van Lierde of Belgium, 45 seconds on Pieter Heemeryck of Belgium, 48 seconds on Ben Hoffman of the U.S., 2:03 on Ricardo Garcia Rivero of Mexico and Tayler Reid of New Zealand, and 2:10 on 2002 ITU World Champion Ivan Raña of Spain. Weiss trailed by 3:04.
After 52 kilometers of the bike leg, Van Lierde led by 1:30 on a three man pack including Heemeryck, Gonzalez and Hoffman. Weiss was slicing through the field and narrowed his deficit to 1:05, while Reid trailed by 3:34, Trevor Wurtele by 3:45 and Matt Hanson of the U.S. by 4:09.
After a 2:00:54 bike split, Van Lierde led into T2 by 2:29 over Weiss (2:00:25 bike split), 3:50 over Heemeryck, 4:02 over Hoffman, 5:43 over Gonzalez and 7:47 over Hanson.
After 5km of the run, Van Lierde held on to a 1:13 lead on Weiss, 1:42 on Heemeryck, 2:40 on Hoffman and 5:17 on Gonzalez.
With 5 km to go, Weiss took over the lead by 32 seconds over Heemeryck and 36 seconds on Van Lierde and 2:04 on Hoffman.
In the final 4km, Van Lierde faded badly and fell to 5th.
After a men’s-best 1:17:12 run, Weiss finished in 3:50:02 with a 1:27 margin of victory over Heemeryck (1:17:33 run), 2:46 on 3rd place finisher Hoffman (1:18:29 run), 5:26 on 4th place Hanson (1:17:29 run) and 8:13 on 5th place Van Lierde (1:27:24 run).
Ironman 70.3 Campeche @ Sunset
Campeche, Mexico
March 17, 2019
S 1.2 mi. / B 56 mi. / R 13.1 mi.
Results
Women
1. Heather Wurtele (CAN) 4:15:23 S 29:41 T1 1:08 B 2:15:00 T2 1:44 R 1:27:52
2. Jacalyn Hering (USA) 4:16:16 S 29:47 T1 1:14 B 2:20:34 T2 2:02 R 1:22:42
3. Lauren Brandon (USA) 4:27:17 S 26:37 T1 1:06 B 2:19:32 T2 2:06 R 1:37:58
4. Maria Eugenia Barrera (MEX) 4:27:58 S 29:42 T1 1:11 B 2:23:27 T2 2:40 R 1:30:59
5. Ewa Komander (POL) 4:34:59 S 31:09 T1 1:07 B 2:23:00 T2 2:16 R 1:37:29
Men
1. Michael Weiss (AUT) 3:50:02 S 29:11 T1 1:16 B 2:00:25 T2 1:59 R 1:17:12
2. Pieter Heemeryck (BEL) 3:51:29 S 26:52 T1 00:55 B 2:04:27 T2 1:44 R 1:17:33
3. Ben Hoffman (USA) 3:52:48 S 26:55 T1 1:04 B 2:04:27 T2 1:54 R 1:18:29
4. Matt Hanson (USA) 3:55:28 S 29:23 T1 1:04 B 2:05:45 T2 1:49 R 1:17:29
5. Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) 3:58:15 S 26:32 T1 00:58 B 2:00:54 T2 2:29 R 1:27:24
