Germany's Michael Raelert and Australia's Mirinda Carfrae, who are arguably their respective gender's premier half distance racers, reinforced the argument with big wins over amazingly deep fields on March 27 at Ironman California 70.3 in Oceanside. Raelert out-raced runner-up Matt Reed of Boulder, CO by almost two minutes. Carfrae's margin over 2nd-placing Scot, Lesley Paterson, was a porcine 5:02. RESULTS
Here's how the Minnesotans did:
- DAN COHEN - 4:31:19
- JMATT KEIL - 4:52:32
- NATHANIEL TOLLEFSON - 5:03:44
- MARTA LEWINSKI - 5:18:24
- GARY NELSON - 6:17:30
- MATT MOSHER - 7:40:35
