Ironman New Zealand hailed a pair of new champions today as Kiwi multisport ace Braden Currie and rising American star Jocelyn McCauley ended the lengthy reigns of Cameron Brown and Meredith Kessler respectively during two pulsating races in Taupo. An elated Currie become the fourth Kiwi male to win Ironman New Zealand following Scott Ballance, Brown and Bevan Docherty, who like Currie won on debut. Currie, a three-time Coast to Coast winner, has in more recent times focused on Ironman racing. A blistering run enabled McCauley, as befitting a former gifted US collegiate cross country runner, to claim an emphatic maiden Ironman NZ success with an assured display. The Texan stamped her authority in the run, producing a race time of 9:09:46, passing Kessler at the 14km mark.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 04, 2017 04:52 UTC