(8-17-09) This year's Lake Stevens Ironman 70.3 Triathlon brought some of the country's top triathletes to the small community just outside of Seattle, WA. Once again, the contenders did not disappoint with the men's course record being broken by Joe Gambles, and Becky Lavelle outrunning the competition.
Notably, Gambles lost by one second to Luke Bell during last year's event, but his 2009 performance was very different - breaking the course record by 3 minutes, 40 seconds, and besting second place by more than seven minutes.
Lavelle clocked the best swim of the day, but came into T2 in second place behind Heather Wurtele, nearly a half a minute back. But a 1:24:29 half marathon would put her in the lead and provided her the overall win by over a minute.
Top Northwest finishers were Matt Lieto (Bend, OR) in 7th place - 4:12:24, and Linsey Corbin (Missoula, MT) in 6th - 4:39:25.
Complete race results can be found HERE. More information about the event and information about the 2010 edition of this event can be found at www.lakestevens703.com.
Lake Stevens 70.3
August 16, 2009
Lake Stevens, WA
Male Overall Results
1. Joe Gambles, 3:56:36
2. Jeffrey Symonds, 4:03:46
3. Justin Park, 4:07:26
4. Eric Limkemann, 4:09:48
5. Jamie Whyte, 4:11:26
6. James Hadley, 4:11:41
7. Matt Lieto, 4:12:24
8. John Flanagan, 4:12:44
9. Mike Neill, 4:15:02
10. Adam Jensen, 4:15:21
Female Overall Results
1. Becky Lavelle, 4:28:16
2. Heather Wurtele, 4:29:24
3. Michellie Jones, 4:31:07
4. Melanie McQuaid, 4:36:19
5. Samantha Warriner, 4:39:23
6. Linsey Corbin, 4:39:25
7. Alexis Smith, 4:42:57
8. Britta Martin, 4:44:00
9. Crystal Anthony, 4:46:54
10. Sara Gross, 4:50:16
