New Zealand's Terenzo Bozzone (NZL) had a solid day in the heat and humidity in Mexico on Sunday. The 2008 IRONMAN world champion lead the field out of the water and was accompanied by Matt Charbot (USA) throughout the much of the 90 km bike ride. The lead pair distanced themselves from the field on the course in the sand dunes and laden with cactus Bozzone enjoying the advantage heading into transition. The Kiwi hit the half marathon course hard, which left no option for Chrabot to go on the defensive and attempt to protect his second-place position. Behind the lead pair, Kevin Collington (USA) and Tim O'Donnell were racing shoulder to shoulder for third throughout much of the run. Bozzone would eventually hoist the finish line tape by a winning margin of close to four minutes.
Jeanni Seymour (ZAF) had to endure a bit of drama for her win. The South African was sandwiched among the four lead women late in the bike and assessed a five-minute penalty that was served on the bike course. Instead of starting the run at, or close to the front of the race, Seymour now faced with a 4:09 deficit as she ran out of T2. With each passing km, Seymour managed to reduce the deficit to Angela Neth (CAN), now running in the lead. Seymour made one last hard and determined charge towards Naeth in the closing km's and would eventually eke out the win in the late stages by a winning margin by a mere 13-seconds over Naeth.
Top 5 Pro Men
1 Bozzone, Terrenzo NZL 3:45:34
2 Chrabot, Matt USA 3:49:25
3 Collington, Kevin USA 3:51:03
4 O'Donnell, Tim USA 3:51:43
5 Laundry, Jackson CAN 3:55:53
Top 5 Pro Women
1 Seymour, Jeanni ZAF 4:18:23
2 Naeth, Angela CAN 4:18:36
3 Lester, Carrie AUS 4:21:20
4 McBride, Rachel CAN 4:22:50
5 Jerdonek, Lindsey USA 4:25:54