Ironman North America News

From: Subject: Ironman North America News Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 08:41:02 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="text/html"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01C4C4A5.834D5DB0" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C4C4A5.834D5DB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Location: http://www.ironmannorthamerica.com/fullstory.php?storyid=473 =EF=BB=BF Ironman North America News

= ;Evans, Jones=20 win the 2004 Ironman Florida Triathlon
By: = Shane=20 Facteau November 6, 2004

PANAMA CITY BEACH, = Fla.-Canada=E2=80=99s Tom Evans and=20 Australia=E2=80=99s Michellie Jones claimed the men=E2=80=99s and = women=E2=80=99s titles=20 respectively at the 2004 Ironman Florida Triathlon held on = Saturday in=20 Panama City Beach, Fla.

    Considered one of the most grueling = events in=20 all of sports, an Ironman Triathlon consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a = 112-mile bike and a complete marathon (26.2 miles) all run in = succession.=20 Athletes have 17 hours to complete the event. =
    Evans=20 won his second Ironman title of the year (the 36-year-old won = Subaru=20 Ironman Canada back in August), used a very balanced effort in all = three=20 legs to post an overall time of eight hours, 31 minutes, and seven = seconds.
    Evans was able to overtake = Sweden=E2=80=99s Bjorn=20 Andersson on the run portion of the event and held off = hard-charging=20 Olivier Bernhard of Switzerland to take the men=E2=80=99s title. = Andersson led for=20 the entire bike portion of the event, but was forced to drop out = with a=20 foot injury on the marathon portion.
    = Bernhard=20 posted the fastest marathon time of the day (2:48:14) to finish = second=20 with an overall time of 8:35:30. Bernhard, 36, won Ironman = Switzerland=20 earlier this year.
1999 Ironman Florida champion Lothar Leder = finished=20 third with a time of 8:37:00, with Swen Sundberg (Germany) fourth = in=20 8:44:35 and two-time Ironman Wisconsin champion Dave Harju = (Canada) fifth=20 in 8:48:36.
    Jones, the 2000 Olympic silver = medallist=20 in triathlon, started her Ironman career with a bang by winning = the=20 women=E2=80=99s title with an overall time of 9:28:54. A two-time = ITU short-course=20 triathlon world champion, Jones was competing in the first-ever = Ironman=20 event of her career. The 32-year-old Australian took control of = the event=20 on the 112-mile bike and never looked back in earning the=20 win.
    Two-time Ironman Florida champion Bella = Comerford (Scotland) finished second with a time of 9:34:54. = Comerford,=20 who had won the last two Ironman Florida women=E2=80=99s titles, = had the fastest=20 marathon time (3:10:40) among the women=E2=80=99s field at the = 2004=20 event.
    Barbara Buenahora (Argentina) = finished third=20 with a time of 9:36:27, with Natasha Filliol (Canada) fourth in = 9:37:24=20 and Sheri Fraser (Canada) fifth in 9:42:44.
    = 2,122=20 athletes started the event, which took place for the sixth time in = Panama=20 City Beach. Athletes were competing for a $50,000 pro prize purse = as well=20 as 100 qualifying spots to the 2005 Ironman Triathlon World = Championship=20 being held in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii in October. =
    For=20 more information on Ironman Florida, log onto http://www.ironmanflorida.com/.=20


Results from the 2004 Ironman = Florida=20 Triathlon
Saturday, November 6,=20 2004

Men
1.   Tom Evans, Canada,=20 8:31:07
2.   Olivier Bernhard, Switzerland,=20 8:35:30
3.   Lothar Leder, Germany,=20 8:37:00
4.   Swen Sundberg, Germany,=20 8:44:35
5.   Dave Harju, Canada,=20 8:48:36
6.   Tom Soderdahl, Finland,=20 8:50:02
7.   James Bonney, Austin, Texas,=20 8:51:30
8.   Nils Goerke, Germany,=20 8:54:58
9.   Federico Girasole, Italy,=20 9:01:20
10.   Michel Kraeuchi, Switzerland,=20 9:01:20

Women
1.   Michellie Jones,=20 Australia, 9:28:54
2.   Bella Comerford, = Scotland,=20 9:34:54
3.   Barbara Buenahora, Argentina,=20 9:36:27
4.   Natasha Filliol, Canada,=20 9:37:24
5.   Sheri Fraser, Canada,=20 9:42:44
6.   Andrea Fisher, Austin, Texas,=20 9:43:37
7.   Charlene Waldner, Canada,=20 9:50:35
8.   Heather Haviland, Waukesha, Wisc.,=20 9:50:38
9.   Jackie Hatherly, Canada,=20 9:53:26
10.   Heidi Jesberger, Germany,=20 10:02:46

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