4 Women in the Top 10 Overall
Canadian triathletes Cheryl Murphy and Jasper Blake both posted come from behind victories with world class run performances at the Subaru Vancouver Half and Sprint Triathlon. The race served as the Subaru West Coast Triathlon Series Women’s Championships and the women did not disappoint with 4 top 10 finishes overall. First out of the water was Hawaii’s Bree Wee with a strong 25:50 swim clocking giving her a 2:30 lead. Wee lost her advantage when she went off course allowing Rachel Kiers of Vancouver to move into the front and gain a 6 minute lead by the end of the bike. Kiers stayed solid on the run to retain her lead over Wee but could not hold off a fast charging Cheryl Murphy (Canada) who erased a 10 minute deficit to over take Kiers in thrilling fashion only 200 metres from the finish line to take the title. Wee finished next to complete the exciting women’s podium. Rounding out the top 5 were Americans Caroline Smith and Katya Meyers.
The men’s race was won in similar fashion with Canada’s Jasper Blake posting an incredible 1:09:10 run to erase a large deficit off the bike given up to Andriy Yastrebov of the Ukraine and Canadian Chris Brown, who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. The crowd also enjoyed the celebrity division highlighted by Vancouver mayoral nominee Peter Ladner, model Jenny Fletcher, and Iron Chef Rob Feenie. Rogers Sportsnet will air a 1 hour nationally televised program of the race on Augusts 11th at 8pm (PST).
The Top 5 finishers were as follow:
Men:
1. Jasper Blake (CAN) 4:04:55
2. Andrej Yastrebov (UKR) 4:05:33
3. Chris Brown (CAN) 4:06:24
4. Adrian Walton (CAN) 4:21:58
5. Dan Smith (CAN) 4:36:22
Women:
1. Cheryl Murphy (CAN) 4:34:41
2. Rachel Kiers (CAN) 4:37:46
3. Bree Wee (US) 4:40:12
4. Caroline Smith (US) 4:41.00
5. Katya Meyers (US) 4:50.14
For full results visit Lifesport.ca and more information contact Shantel Cordeiro at shantel@lifesport.ca.
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