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Three Colorado Men in Top-10 at Ironman 70.3 Santa Cruz

September 9, 2018 | By Nicole Valentine

Ironman 70.3 Santa Cruz
The men’s podium in Santa Cruz (photo by Paul Higgins)

Colorado athletes Ben Hoffman (second), Justin Metzler (third) and Steven Zawaski (ninth) posted top-10 finishes in the men’s pro field at Ironman 70.3 Santa Cruz.

Eric Lagerstrom claimed victory in 3 hours 47 minutes 25 seconds. Hoffman finished about a minute and a half later in 3:49:04, followed by Metzler in 3:51:45. Metzler posted the fastest run split of the day with his impressive 1:15:09 half-marathon.

Zawaski, who just missed the men’s lead pack in the swim, put in a solid 2:10:19 bike split and 1:18:54 run for his ninth-place finish. See what he has to say to about the race dynamics in our video interview.

On the women’s side, Sarah Crowley of Australia, who exited the water in seventh, took the title after coming back from a 1:21 deficit. Crowley’s 2:17:17 bike split (women’s fastest of the day) brought her into the lead. On the run, she managed to hold off Paula Findlay of Canada who was looking to close the gap with her fastest women’s run split of the day in 1:22:39. Skye Moench placed third, 3:27 behind Crowley.

It was a gorgeous day in Santa Cruz with a customary wetsuit swim in the brisk water alongside the wharf. The bike course featured rolling hills and California coastline vistas, and the challenging run took athletes along the coastal bluffs before finishing on the beach. Finishers came in under sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-70s.

Top Pro Men

Name Country Div Rank Swim Bike Run Finish
Lagerstrom, Eric USA 1 00:22:22 02:04:41 01:15:57 03:47:25
Hoffman, Ben USA 2 00:23:45 02:04:43 01:16:01 03:49:04
Metzler, Justin USA 3 00:23:36 02:08:19 01:15:09 03:51:45
Buckingham, Kyle ZAF 4 00:23:38 02:08:17 01:17:05 03:53:38
Cunnama, James ZAF 5 00:24:14 02:07:25 01:19:10 03:55:22
Talansky, Andrew USA 6 00:25:10 02:01:59 01:26:21 03:58:14
Bach, Elliot USA 7 00:23:44 02:08:09 01:22:04 03:58:32
Harrington, Sean USA 8 00:25:09 02:14:33 01:14:05 03:58:36
Zawaski, Steven USA 9 00:25:12 02:10:04 01:18:54 03:58:57
Portmann, Kevin FRA 10 00:25:59 02:09:00 01:19:53 03:59:38

Top Pro Women

Name Country Div Rank Swim Bike Run Finish
Crowley, Sarah AUS 1 00:25:29 02:17:00 01:24:05 04:11:40
Findlay, Paula CAN 2 00:24:18 02:20:39 01:22:38 04:12:09
Moench, Skye USA 3 00:25:55 02:18:34 01:25:26 04:15:07
Norden, Lisa SWE 4 00:24:09 02:18:09 01:32:11 04:19:29
Spieldenner, Jennifer USA 5 00:24:12 02:24:49 01:26:55 04:20:47
Thek, Grace AUS 6 00:25:38 02:30:38 01:24:49 04:26:22
Barnett, Lauren USA 7 00:27:51 02:25:47 01:28:33 04:27:27
Bachelder St-Pierre, Pamela-Ann CAN 8 00:27:55 02:27:56 01:27:00 04:27:51
Laine, Kinsey USA 9 00:25:28 02:29:31 01:27:50 04:28:21
Huse, Sue CAN 10 00:31:23 02:26:22 01:28:08 04:32:16

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