Local triathlete wins Monterrey Ironman

Local triathlete wins Monterrey Ironman | iNFOnews.ca
Kelowna athlete Heather Wirtele won the Women’s Pro division in Monterrey Sunday with an overall time of 4.07.47, almost six minutes ahead of second place. Facebook

KELOWNA – A local woman from Kelowna beat out thousands of athletes to win the Monterrey Ironman in Mexico.

Heather Wirtele took the Women’s Pro division title Sunday with an overall time of 4.07.47, almost six minutes ahead of second place.

The triathlon happened in Nuevo Leon, Mexico and included a 1.5 mile swim in the man-made Santa Lucia River, a 56 mile bike course finishing near the Palacio de Goberno and a 12.8 mile run through Fundidora Park.

More than 2000 athletes from around the world competed for a professional grand prize of $50,000 and a chance to enter the 2014 Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec.

Tim Don of Great Britain won the men’s event with an overall time of 3.46.59.

A complete list of athletes and their times, can be found at the Ironman website.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Adam Proskiw at aproskiw@infotelnews.ca, call (250) 718-0428.

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Adam Proskiw

Adam has lived in B.C. most of his life. He was born in the Caribou, grew up in the Okanagan, went to university on Vancouver Island and worked as a news photographer in Vancouver. His favourite stories incorporate meaningful photography and feature interesting, passionate locals. He studied writing at UVic and photojournalism in California. He loves talking tractors, dogs and cameras and is always looking for a good story.


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