Ellie Salthouse ran her way onto a second consecutive podium on American soil on Saturday, as the Australian star took the tape in a tight race at IRONMAN 70.3 Boulder.
Beating Danish rising star Sif Bendix Madsen, who finished just +0:34 back, Salthouse won her second race of the season after claiming victory earlier in the year at IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong.
In third place, Belgian short-course athlete Valerie Barthelemy secured a first ever Top 3 in what was just her second attempt at the middle distance, beating Britain’s Jodie Stimpson to the last spot on the podium.
IRONMAN 70.3 Boulder Women’s Full Results
Here is the full finishing order with times from Boulder on Saturday:
- 1. Ellie Salthouse (AUS) – 4:06:12
- 2. Sif Bendix Madsen (DEN) – 4:06:47
- 3. Valerie Barthelemy (BEL) – 4:08:22
- 4. Jodie Stimpson (GBR) – 4:09:51
- 5. Ericka Ackerlund (USA) – 4:14:57
- 6. Lesley Smith (USA) – 4:16:45
- 7. Alycia Hill (USA) – 4:20:45
- 8. Batya Beard (USA) – 4:21:46
- 9. Arlette Gonzalez (MEX) – 4:22:19
- 10. Tyler Hudacek (USA) – 4:23:48
- 11. Simone Mitchell (GBR) – 4:24:18
- 12. Samantha Kingsford (NZL) – 4:25:41
- 13. Ansley Queen (USA) – 4:28:17
- 14. Olivia Dietzel (USA) – 4:28:44
- 15. Alayna Szuch (USA) – 4:29:03
- 16. Kayla Pokorny (USA) – 4:36:54
- 17. Pietra Meneghini (BRA) – 4:37:26
- 18. Anna Guzman (USA) – 4:37:57
- 19. Angharad Llewellyn (NZL) – 4:42:26
- 20. Nicole Levenson (USA) – 4:43:09
- 21. Freya McKinley (USA) – 4:44:29
- 22. Christine Massey (USA) – 4:50:49
- 23. Kayla Bowker (USA) – 4:52:55
- 24. Meghan Dirito (USA) – 5:03:50
- 25. Liz Licea (USA) – 5:07:55
- 26. Gabrielle Suver (USA) – 5:08:04
- 27. Melanie Baumann (SUI) – 5:13:48
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