Lionel Sanders made a splash in his first race of the season on Saturday, as the Canadian put together one of the best performances of his career to take the win at IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside.
Overlooked by so many for so long now, the Windsor native rolled back the years and proved once again that age is no limit in middle distance triathlon, taking down a stacked field six weeks after his 36th birthday.
In second, Sam Long started off his Oceanside-Singapore double header with a strong race, whilst Jackson Laundry made it three Oceanside podiums in a row, repeating his third place finish from 2023.
Further down the field there was good news for Braden Currie – who was disqualified for speeding but later had that penalty overturned and was reinstated into the results.
IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside Men’s Full Results
Here is the full finishing order with times from Oceanside on Saturday:
- 1. Lionel Sanders (CAN) – 3:46:24
- 2. Sam Long (USA) – 3:47:35
- 3. Jackson Laundry (CAN) – 3:48:22
- 4. Jelle Geens (BEL) – 3:50:01
- 5. Maximillian Sperl (GER) – 3:50:38
- 6. Braden Currie (NZL) – 3:53:37
- 7. Marc Dubrick (USA) – 3:55:25
- 8. Justin Riele (USA) – 3:55:43
- 9. Chris Leiferman (USA) – 3:57:41
- 10. Joe Skipper (GBR) – 3:57:53
- 11. Federico Scarabino (UGY) – 3:58:30
- 12. Dylan Gillespie (USA) – 3:58:40
- 13. Matt Hanson (USA) – 3:59:34
- 14. Benjamin Zorgnotti (LEB) – 3:59:44
- 15. Andre Lopes (BRA) – 4:00:25
- 16. Florian Angert (GER) – 4:01:09
- 17. Patrick Lange (GER) – 4:01:09
- 18. Magnus Manner (GER) – 4:01:13
- 19. Matthew Sharpe (CAN) – 4:01:45
- 20. Liam Lloyd (GBR) – 4:02:17
- 21. Michael Arishita (JPN) – 4:03:50
- 22. Sven Wies (GER) – 4:04:31
- 23. John Thelwell (GBR) – 4:04:35
- 24. Nicholas Chase (USA) – 4:05:23
- 25. Andy Krueger (USA) – 4:06:29
- 26. Nicolas Saez (CHI) – 4:06:45
- 27. Robby Webster (USA) – 4:07:32
- 28. Lewis Donovan (GBR) – 4:08:41
- 29. Yegor Martynenko (UKR) – 4:09:53
- 30. Strahinja Trakic (SEB) – 4:10:04
- 31. Nicholas Scott (CAN) – 4:10:13
- 32. Devin Volk (USA) – 4:10:47
- 33. Joshua Monda (USA) – 4:10:51
- 34. Rinel Pius (EST) – 4:11:16
- 35. Samuel Huerzeler (SUI) – 4:11:54
- 36. Jose Luis Cordova Perez (MEX) – 4:12:23
- 37. Simon Shi (USA) – 4:13:04
- 38. Connor Weaver (USA) – 4:13:05
- 39. Evan Price (USA) – 4:13:18
- 40. Matthew Guenter (USA) – 4:14:13
- 41. Yu Hsiao (OLY) – 4:14:29
- 42. Read Zeigler (USA) – 4:14:39
- 43. Christopher Hammer (USA) – 4:16:16
- 44. Lewis Elliot (USA) – 4:16:43
- 45. Tomas Rodriguez Hernandez (MEX) – 4:18:22
- 46. Jacob Burgener (USA) – 4:18:49
- 47. Robert Swan (USA) – 4:20:01
- 48. Andrea Cloarec (FRA) – 4:20:34
- 49. Matti Weitz (GER) – 4:22:43
- 50. Max Kohll (USA) – 4:23:40
- 51. Nick Cosman (CAN) – 4:23:55
- 52. Benjamin Ford (USA) – 4:24:21
- 53. Antoine Francoeur (CAN) – 4:25:47
- 54. Kevin Bishop (USA) – 4:27:03
- 55. Thomas Inigo (USA) – 4:29:18
- 56. Branden Scheel (USA) – 4:30:43
- 57. Kyle Warrick (USA) – 4:31:03
- 58. Denis Pyrev (USA) – 4:31:19
- 59. Zach Aldrich (USA) – 4:31:25
- 60. Tyler Woodward (USA) – 4:33:35
- 61. Taylor Days-Merrill (USA) – 4:38:04
- 62. Brian Folts (USA) – 4:45:05
- 63. David Guenthardt (USA) – 5:10:47
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