The Woodlands, Texas and northern Harris County once again played host to the 2022 Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas triathlon on Saturday, April 23. Nearly 2,300 athletes, including professionals and age-group athletes took on the popular event to kick off the 2022 North America full-distance IRONMAN triathlon season. The event saw Ben Hoffman sprint away from second place Magnus Ditlev (DNK) in the final stretch of the 140.6-mile race to take the overall victory with a finishing time of 7:57:58. In the women’s professional race, it was Jocelyn McCauley who had a solid race finishing first with a time of 8:58:13
Magnus Ditlev (DNK) making his debut in the full-distance IRONMAN triathlon overcame a punctured tire on the bike portion of the event to finish the event running side-by-side with the eventual winner to claim an impressive second-place finish. Ditlev would finish with an overall time of 7:58:12. Jesper Svensson (SWE) rounded out the podium in third with a time of 8:08:54. In the professional women’s race, Lauren Brandon (USA) took second behind McCauley with an overall time of 9:10:43 while Joanna Ryter (CHE) finished in third with a time of 9:13:24.
MALE PRO:
1 Ben Hoffman USA 7:57:58
2 Magnus Ditlev DNK +0:13
3 Jesper Svensson SWE +10:55
4 Cody Beals CAN +11:56
5 Tomasz Szala POL +17:39
FEMALE PRO:
1 Jocelyn McCauley USA 8:58:13
2 Lauren Brandon USA +12:30
3 Joanna Ryter CHE +15:11
4 Rachel Zilinskas USA +25:22
5 Jen Annett CAN +27:39