Potts and Warriner take Ochsner Ironman 70.3 New Orleans

Champions overcome both hot conditions and a strong field to take 2010 title in New Orleans

Andy Potts led from start to finish, while Samantha Warriner used the days fastest run split to take the titles at Ochsner Ironman 70.3 New Orleans.

After leading out of the water, Potts, the 2007 Foster Grant Ironman 70.3 World Champion put together the day’s second fastest bike split and fastest run split to claim the title, crossing the line more than 3:30 ahead of Terenzo Bozzone and over six minutes up on Paul Amey.

Warriner was in a close battle for third coming into T2, trailing Amy Marsh and swim leader Dede Griesbauer, but also posted the day’s fastest run to take the women’s title in 4:16:44. She ended up just over a minute ahead of Linsey Corbin and over three minutes ahead of Marsh, who rounded out the top three.

For a complete list of the results, click on the live coverage tab on the main page of Ironman.com, or check out the results tab on the Ochsner Ironman 70.3 New Orleans page.

Here are the results for the top-10 professionals:
Men:
1 Potts, Andy 1/2/1 34/M PRO 00:23:58 02:04:52 01:12:40 03:43:44
2 Bozzone, Terenzo 6/1/2 25/M PRO 00:25:36 02:03:25 01:16:32 03:47:17
3 Amey, Paul 10/6/3 37/M PRO 00:25:47 02:06:23 01:15:43 03:49:52
4 Van Lierde, Frederick 3/3/4 31/M PRO 00:25:33 02:03:33 01:18:57 03:50:19
5 Bockel, Dirk 7/4/5 34/M PRO 00:25:36 02:06:29 01:19:50 03:54:02
6 Hoffman, Ben 11/7/6 27/M PRO 00:28:12 02:07:07 01:18:38 03:56:28
7 O'Grady, Graham 2/5/7 28/M PRO 00:25:31 02:06:38 01:23:48 03:58:10
8 Sundberg, Swen 14/11/8 36/M PRO 00:29:23 02:10:05 01:17:20 03:58:53
9 Marsh, Brandon 9/8/9 36/M PRO 00:25:40 02:10:35 01:22:20 04:00:44
10 Csoke, Balaczs 8/10/10 27/M PRO 00:25:38 02:11:24 01:24:14 04:03:28

Women:
1 Warriner, Samantha 4/5/1 39/F PRO 00:32:27 02:20:31 01:21:35 04:16:44
2 Corbin, Linsey 6/3/2 29/F PRO 00:33:10 02:19:07 01:23:10 04:17:51
3 Marsh, Amy 3/1/3 33/F PRO 00:29:42 02:18:25 01:29:59 04:20:23
4 Kessler, Meredith 2/4/4 32/F PRO 00:29:00 02:22:35 01:27:24 04:22:06
5 Harrison, Lauren 9/8/5 33/F PRO 00:34:28 02:22:28 01:29:27 04:28:49
6 Jackson, Heather 11/6/6 26/F PRO 00:37:13 02:15:17 01:33:58 04:29:36
7 Griesbauer, Dede 1/2/7 40/F PRO 00:27:58 02:20:16 01:39:07 04:30:07
8 Gordon, Jacqui 8/9/8 37/F PRO 00:33:52 02:27:22 01:27:38 04:32:12
9 Basso, Anne 5/10/9 27/F PRO 00:33:00 02:30:08 01:30:55 04:36:42
10 Newman, Deanna 12/11/10 40/F PRO 00:37:22 02:31:18 01:33:27 04:45:30