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When all the tumult and shouting subsided, Tripp Hipple of Denver won the men’s race and multiple ITU Olympic distance World Championship medalist Laura Bennett of Boulder won the women’s title at the inaugural 106 West Triathlon.
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Hipple combined a men’s 2nd-fastest 28:33 swim, men’s 2nd-fastest 2:23:13 bike split and a men’s 2nd-best 1:30:40 half marathon run to finish in 4:24:59, with a 13:47 margin of victory over Tim Hola of Highlands Ranch and 15:23 over 3rd-place Matthew Britton of Loveland for an all-Colorado podium.
Bennett, who won a $200,000 check for winning the 2007 Hy-Vee Triathlon, combined an 18:27 swim (10 minutes faster than Hipple), a 2:47:30 bike split, and a 1:41:22 run to finish in 4:51:36, giving her a 16:29 margin of victory over runner-up Molly Smith of Denver and 30:15 over 3rd-place Adelaide Perr of Boulder.
Bennett, who won a $200,000 check for winning the 2007 Hy-Vee Triathlon, combined an 18:27 swim (10 minutes faster than Hipple), a 2:47:30 bike split, and a 1:41:22 run to finish in 4:51:36, giving her a 16:29 margin of victory over runner-up Molly Smith of Denver and 30:15 over 3rd-place Adelaide Perr of Boulder.
