Kemper and Cave escape from Alcatraz with wins

Hunter Kemper got away from his competitors late in the race to take the win at the 2010 Escape from Alcatraz triathlon. Leanda Cave battled Jenna Shoemaker all the way on her way to the title in the women's race.

Weiss and Wurtele win St. George

Austrian Michael Weiss rode away from the field and closed out his day with a sub 3 hour run to win the inaugural Ironman St. George. Heather Wurtele took the women's race and has now two Ironman titles to her name.

Raelert, Dibens dominate Wildflower

Michael Raelert and Julie Dibens, 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Champions, continued their domination of the distance with record and near record performances at Wildflower.

McKenzie, Marangon in Busselton

Luke McKenzie added another feather to his cap by winning the 2010 Busselton Half Ironman with a very strong performance. Lisa Marangon was dominant in the women's race and held off Kate Bevilaqua by 5 minutes.

2010 Wildflower Odds

Timothy Carlson sez: Michael Raelert slight edge over Eneko Llanos, Rasmus Henning; Julie Dibens over Virginia Berasategui, Samantha McGlone, Lesley Paterson at Wildflower long course.

The coming of Heather Jackson

Heather Jackson joined the newly formed Trek / K-Swiss team this year but this young Pro is still relatively unknown. We had a few words with her after her 2:15:17 bike split at the Ochsner Ironman 70.3 New Orleans.

Niwata over Blatchford in Ishigaki

Three-time Olympian Kiyomi Niwata of Japan outran Liz Blatchford of Great Britain to take an 11-second margin of victory at the Ishigaki ITU World Cup. Japan's Tomoko Sakimoto rounded out the podium.

Meshcheryakov on top

Valentin Meshcheryakov of Russia outsprinted Japan’s Yuichi Hosoda to win the Ishigaki ITU World Cup and earn his first podium finish. Early leader Clayton Fettell from Australia fell to 5th on the run.