Matt Sharpe, Paula Findlay Win St. Anthony’s Tri
Canadians Matt Sharpe and Paula Findlay won the $10,000 top prizes at the 39th St. Anthony’s Triathlon.
Men
Sharpe held off a furious charge on the run by Matt McElroy of the U.S. by one second to take the $10,000 men’s winner’s share at St. Anthony’s Triathlon. McElroy nearly almost made up for a one-minute deficit after the bike leg with a 29:50 10k that left the U.S. star just 5 meters short of victory. Sharpe finished the Olympic distance non-drafting classic with a third-fastest 30:51 run that propelled him across the line in 1:44:14. McElroy crossed the line in 1:44:15 and defending St. Anthony’s champ Ben Kanute took 3rd place in 1:44:19.
Jason West took 4th place, 19 seconds off the winner.
Women
Paula Findlay of Canada won the women’s division on the swim and bike as her 20:02 swim was 1:42 better than runner-up Amelia Rose Watkinson and the Canadian’s 58:08 bike split was 9 seconds better than Watkinson. Thus Findlay’s 1:51 cushion provided enough time to hold off Watkinson, whose 34:57 run was 45 seconds better than Findlay’s 35:42 run leg.
While Amy Sloan’s women’s best 33:49 run advanced her to third place, she fell 1:31 short of the winner and 28 seconds behind Watkinson.
In her first hit out in a while, three-time Ironman World Champion Carfrae finished 8th in 2:02:12, 6:37 behind Findlay.
St. Anthony’s Triathlon
St. Petersburg, Florida
My 1, 2022
S 1.5k / B 40k / R 10k
Men
1. Matt Sharpe (CAN) S 18:14 T1 0:43 B 53:39 T2 0:50 R 30:51 TOT 1:44:14
2. Matt McElroy (USA) S 18:15 T1 0:42 B 54:47 T2 0:42 R 29:50 TOT 1:44:15
3. Ben Kanute (USA) S 17:26 T1 0:44 B 52:48 T2 0:47 R 32:38 TOT 1:44:19
4. Jason West (USA) S 19:09 T1 0:43 B 53:56 T2 0:46 R 30:00 TOT 1:44:33
5. Eric Lagerstrom (USA)_ S 18:13 T1 0:41 B 53:37 T2 0:44 R 31:33 TOT 1:44:46
6. Steven McKenna (USA) S 19:06 T1 0:43 B 53:50 T2 0:49 R 31:41 TOT 1:46:07
7. Jackson Laundry (CAN) S 19:11 T1 0:46 B 53:20 T2 0:56 R 32:14 TOT 1:46:25
8. Marc Dubrick (USA) S 17:24 T1 0:51 B 55:25 T2 0:45 R 32:25 TOT 1:46:48
9. Danilo Pimental (BRA) S 18:16 T1 0:39 B 53:47 T2 0:49 R 33:56 TOT 1:47:24
10. Gregory Harper (USA) S 17:15 T1 0:48 B 55:48 T2 0:47 R 33:08 TOT 1:47:45
Women
1. Paula Findlay (CAN) S 20:02 T^1 0:47 B 58:08 T2 0:58 R 35:42 TOT 1:55:35
2. Amelia Rose Watkinson (NZL) S 21:44 T1 0:51 B 58:17 T2 0:51 R 34:57 TOT 1:56:38
3. Amy Sloan (USA) S 20:43 T1 1:01 B 1:00:43 T2 0:51 R 33:49 TOT 1:57:05
4. Megan Foley (USA) S 20:02 T1 0:49 B 1:00:14 T2 0:55 R 36:38 TOT 1:58:36
5. Milan Agnew (AUS) S 20:28 T1 0:50 B 1:02:13 T2 0:54 R 36:13 TOT 2:00:36
6. Lesley Smith (USA) S 22:05 T1 1:06 B 1:01:28 T2 1:12 R 34:54 TOT 2:00:43
7. Erica Howley (USA) S 20:03 T1 0:41 B 1:02:54 T2 0:54 R 37:14 TOT 2:01:44
8. Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) S 23:16 T1 0:51 B 1:00:03 T2 1:15 R 36:48 TOT 2:02:12
9. Rachel Mensch (USA) S 20:27 T1 1:04 B 1:00:40 T2 1:08 R 39:13 TOT 2:02:30
10. Vittoria Lopes (BRA) S 18:48 T1 0:42 B 1:06:23 T2 0:48 R 36:22 TOT 2:03:00
