Ferguson - Lawn dominate NZ

1 FERGUSON, Gina 00:52:05 05:12:47 03:08:11 09:18:25
2 LAWN, Joanna 00:52:21 05:09:51 03:15:22 09:23:07
3 PAUL, Charlotte 00:54:42 05:21:54 03:08:14 09:30:24
4 KRISTENSEN, Lisbeth 00:54:39 05:04:30 03:28:40 09:32:50
5 BAYLISS, Bella 00:55:10 05:17:42 03:22:28 09:41:03
6 SHIONO, Emi 01:11:05 05:05:31 03:32:16 09:54:16
7 WARD, Nicole 00:54:39 05:32:40 03:23:42 09:56:03
8 MARTIN, Britta 01:03:14 05:12:54 03:34:02 09:56:17

Granger on Langkawi

1 Granger, Belinda 00:53:56 04:48:08 03:36:10 09:21:10
2 Leder, Nicole 00:58:29 05:16:31 03:17:56 09:36:40
3 Nishiuchi, Maki 00:53:12 05:08:28 03:52:44 09:57:13
4 Phelan, Donna 00:55:12 05:05:40 03:59:12 10:03:18
5 Waitz, Christine 01:02:26 05:29:09 03:30:26 10:05:32
6 Streiter, Ute 01:06:15 05:17:05 03:45:33 10:12:51
7 Miyazaki, Yasuko 01:01:42 05:42:56 03:29:17 10:17:05
8 Shigaki, Megumi 00:58:29 05:30:12 03:50:06 10:22:27
9 Kinnegim, Irene 01:06:15 05:07:36 04:10:33 10:29:04
10 O'hara, Erin 01:02:35 05:29:00 04:06:28 10:41:25

NZ field

NZ will be held on March 7. Here's the pro women on the start list as of today.

Bella Bayliss United Kingdom FPro
Britta Martin New Zealand FPro
Celia Kuch Germany FPro
Charlotte Paul Australia FPro
Diana Riesler Germany FPro
Emi Shiono Japan FPro
Gina Ferguson New Zealand FPro
Joanna Lawn New Zealand FPro
Kerryn Bell New Zealand FPro
Lisbeth Kristensen Denmark FPro
Melissa Holt New Zealand FPro
Miranda Alldritt Canada FPro
Miranda Stacey-Davidson New Zealand FPro
Nicole Ward Australia FPro
Rebekka Essmüller Germany FPro

Lawn has won for six years in a row on her home course.

http://www.ironman.co.nz/main.cfm?id=1

Malaysian field

Feb 28 Malaysia. It has drawn a much deeper field than in recent years.

1 Streiter, Ute AUT
2 Miyazaki, Yasuko JPN
3 Harsanyi Dr., Zsuzsanna HUN
4 Balding, Amanda AUS
5 Shigaki, Megumi JPN
6 Inoue, Yukako JPN
7 Kinnegim, Irene NLD
8 Bij De Vaate, Heleen NLD
9 Leder, Nicole DEU
10 Granger, Belinda AUS
11 Alldritt, Miranda CAN
12 Niederfriniger, Edith ITA
13 Waitz, Christine Waitz DEU
14 Kubota, Saki JPN
15 Csomor, Erika HUN
16 Phelan, Donna CAN
17 Nishiuchi, Maki JPN
18 Wong, Jocelyn USA

In 2008, Granger won with Yvonne van Vlerken taking second.

http://www.ironmanmalaysia.com.my/home.html

Geelong reviewed

It was a hot day at the recent 70.3 race in Geelong, Australia in more ways than one.

It was one of the highest profile pro women fields outside a major championship. There was Yvonne van Vlerken, the Dutch woman who broke Paula Newby-Fraser's iron distance record last season, as well as the current ITU World Champ Samantha Warriner. Also on the start line were Ironman champions in Kate Major, Charlotte Paul and Rebekah Keat.

Warriner won the race in 4:14:33, almost 10 minutes faster than a year ago with a margin of victory of just 52 seconds. In comparison, Mirinda Carfrae won a year earlier in 4:24:27 with almost three minutes to spare.

In reviewing the top 10 women across the line, there was a gap of 16 minutes and 25 seconds this year. A year ago the difference was 19 minutes and 24 seconds. This year nine women crossed the line in less than 4:30; just three did a year ago.

Third place finisher Keat posted the fastest run split on the day in 1:20:44 - one second faster than Warriner.

Words

“He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone at her.”

Geelong 70.3

1 WARRINER, Samantha 00:22:45 02:27:32 01:20:45 04:14:33
2 VAN VLERKEN, Yvonne 00:27:14 02:22:20 01:21:20 04:15:25
3 KEAT, Rebekah 00:23:19 02:29:44 01:20:44 04:17:35
4 MAJOR, Kate 00:24:47 02:30:36 01:24:10 04:23:48
5 TAYLOR, Pip 00:22:13 02:31:14 01:28:44 04:25:56
6 BEVILAQUA, Kate 00:27:27 02:30:59 01:25:35 04:28:11
7 PROWSE, Tara 00:26:25 02:36:48 01:21:47 04:28:48
8 PEARSON, Amelia 00:24:47 02:31:55 01:29:07 04:29:34
9 PAUL, Charlotte 00:26:32 02:31:59 01:26:51 04:29:48
10 LANE, Renee 00:24:37 02:31:36 01:30:57 04:30:58

More Team TBB changes

Team TBB's personnel changes are continuing with a post on the team's website this week saying that Rebecca Preston and Nicola Spirig have decided to return to school.

That adds to the departures of Chrissie Wellington, Belinda Granger and Hillary Biscay.

So who's still on the team?

Well according to the photos on the website:

Bella (Comerford) Bayliss
Donna Phelan
Erika Csomor
Lisbeth Kristensen
Jocelyn Wong
Lucie Zelenkova
Maki Nishiuchi
Tereza Macel

Who's racing where?

Yvonne Van Vlerken - she has Ironman Germany and Kona on her list as well as 1/2 ironman events in Geelong, Singapore, Barcelona and Germany.

Gina Ferguson - she has Challenge Wanaka, Ironman NZ, Challenge Roth, Challenge France and Kona.

Jo Lawn - she will race Ironman NZ and the Tauranga half.

Hillary Biscay - she will race Wanaka.

Charlotte Paul - she's racing at Ironman NZ, Roth and Kona, then WA as well as the 1/2 event in Geelong.

More to follow ...

Van Vlerken hires Mark Allen

Yvonne Van Vlerken is the latest to switch coaches, today announcing the hiring of Mark Allen.

She also announced today that she won't seek to defend her title in Roth, opting instead to race in Frankfurt at Ironman Germany.