August 5, 2012 – Boulder, Colorado
August 5, 2012 (Boulder, CO) — Australian Joe Gambles, who trains in Boulder, repeated as champion of the Ironman 70.3 Boulder this year. Gambles clocked a time of 3 hours 44 minutes 4 seconds to break the previous record of 3:45:35 that he set in last year’s race. Jordan Jones of Golden took second in 3:47:41, and Boulder’s Ben Hoffman finished third in 3:48:22. In the women’s race, Liz Blatchford made up for not being selected to Britain’s Olympic team by winning in Boulder with a time of 4:07:48. Melissa Huschildt placed second in 4:09:44 and Leanda Cave took third in 4:10:55.
Women
1. Liz Blatchford, 4:07:48
2. Melissa Hauschildt, 4:09:44
3. Leanda Cave, 4:10:55
4. Elizabeth Lyles, 4:20:52
5. Katy Blakemore, 4:22:02
6. Uli Bromme, 4:24:21
7. Whitney Garcia, 4:25:45
8. Mandy McLane, 4:26:18
9. Danielle Kehoe, 4:29:45
10. Madeline Oldfield, 4:31:43
11. Christine Anderson, 4:33:28
12. Trish Deim, 4:33:43
13. Jeanni Seymour, 4:38:19
14. Sonja Wieck, 4:38:19
15. Terra Castro, 4:40:38
Men
1. Joe Gambles, 3:44:04
2. Jordan Jones, 3:47:41
3. Ben Hoffman, 3:48:22
4. Joe Umphenour, 3:40:10
5. Santiago Ascenco, 3:50:49
6. Leon Griffin, 3:52:09
7. Matty Reed, 3:53:19
8. Marcus Fernandes, 3:53:44
9. Josh Rix, 3:55:44
10. Brian Fleischmann, 3:56:38
11. Bryan Rhodes, 3:56:54
12. Mario De Elias, 3:58:31
13. Michael Fox, 4:04:57
14. Ryan Rau, 4:05:50
15. Mark Hillers, 4:06:46
