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McQuaid and Serrano capture ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships

Melanie McQuaid and Francisco Serrano were tops on the trails in taking the ITU Cross Triathlon World Championship in Penticton, Canada.

Kevin Mackinnon | August 24, 2017 | NEWS

Melanie McQuaid (CAN) thrilled the Penticton crowd with a hometown win at the ITU Cross Triathlon World Championship. The Canadian came out of the water in a group of four that included Jacqueline Slack (GBR), Suzanne Snyder (USA) and Laura Gomez Ramon (ESP, then powered away on the bike and entered T2 with a comfortable lead that she never relinquished as she reclaimed the title she first won in 2011.

“I think it is really special when you can win a World Championships in your home country because you just have that extra support and more of your family and friends around, so it is awesome,” McQuaid said after the race. “I told my coach Kelly that this was the world championship course I always prayed for when I was focusing on the off road stuff, so I really knew it was going to be a great course for me. Then when I went out there it just was one of those magical days where I just was having so much fun, nothing hurt and I just was loving it.”

Slack finished second, while Switzerland's Ladina Buss rounded out the podium.

Serrano claims first world cross title

Ruben Rufaza (ESP) was behind out of the water, but it wasn't long before the three-time cross world champ moved to the front of the race out on the challenging 31 km bike course and arrived in T2 with a 30-second lead on Ben Allen (AUS), Kyle Smith (NZL) and Francisco Serrano (MEX). Then the seemingly impossible happened - Rufaza was run down by a fast-moving Serrano, who blasted through the run to take his first world title, the first time he's ever beaten the Spaniard.

“I can’t believe it, it is a great feeling. I really worked hard for it, I trained for it," Serrano said after the race. "I was confident that I was going to have a great race, I had a good lead up. Everything here went so smooth. Once I got to Penticton, everything is just so beautiful, every single detail went great; the house was good, the bed was perfect, the food was great, the training went perfect, no crashes, no mechanical problems for the race. During the race every single detail came right where it needed to be and I came up with the win. I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to beat Ruben (Rufaza), I have never beaten him. So today is a good day to come ahead of him.”

Rufaza added a silver to his impressive list of gold medals, while Smith rounded out the top three.

ITU Cross Triathlon World Championship | Women

August 23, 2017 | Penticton, B.C., Canada

	Name	Country	Total	1.5 km Swim	31 km Bike	8 km Run
1	Melanie Mcquaid	CAN	2:34:35	0:22:58	1:31:58	0:37:15
2	Jacqueline Slack	GBR	2:36:40	0:22:54	1:35:47	0:35:33
3	Ladina Buss	SUI	2:39:08	0:25:22	1:34:49	0:36:32
4	Eleonora Peroncini	ITA	2:39:24	0:25:59	1:35:09	0:36:02
5	Penny Slater	AUS	2:40:01	0:25:20	1:34:10	0:38:02
6	Katelyn Button	CAN	2:41:02	0:25:23	1:33:52	0:38:36
7	Kara Lapoint	USA	2:41:59	0:26:43	1:36:31	0:35:50
8	Laura Gomez Ramon	ESP	2:44:30	0:23:01	1:41:38	0:37:11
9	Zoe Dawson	CAN	2:44:42	0:26:40	1:37:40	0:37:14
10	Anne-Sophie Maréchal	BEL	2:47:13	0:26:39	1:40:30	0:37:11
11	Emma Garrard	USA	2:48:24	0:25:19	1:44:12	0:36:04
12	Jessie Roberts	GBR	2:48:49	0:25:21	1:39:10	0:41:21
13	Annie Usher	USA	2:50:15	0:28:07	1:40:59	0:37:48
14	Debby Sullivan	USA	2:54:15	0:27:08	1:44:01	0:39:58
15	Suzanne Snyder	USA	2:54:54	0:23:03	1:47:08	0:41:56
16	Leela Hancox	AUS	2:55:36	0:25:20	1:44:15	0:43:20
17	Kelly Montgomery	USA	3:01:52	0:25:18	1:52:36	0:40:26
18	Annie Bergen	CAN	3:09:31	0:34:22	1:47:07	0:44:37

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ITU Cross Triathlon World Championship | Women

August 23, 2017 | Penticton, B.C., Canada

	Name	Country	Total	1.5 km Swim	31 km Bike	8 km Run
1	Francisco Serrano	MEX	2:09:25	0:20:52	1:17:41	0:28:57
2	Ruben Ruzafa	ESP	2:09:36	0:21:39	1:16:01	0:29:53
3	Kyle Smith	NZL	2:10:16	0:20:15	1:18:17	0:29:46
4	Ben Allen	AUS	2:10:42	0:20:18	1:18:09	0:30:12
5	Josiah Middaugh	USA	2:11:02	0:22:31	1:17:30	0:28:55
6	Brice Daubord	FRA	2:11:10	0:20:22	1:19:31	0:29:18
7	Marcello Ugazio	ITA	2:13:53	0:21:44	1:21:21	0:28:41
8	Karsten Madsen	CAN	2:14:39	0:20:44	1:22:27	0:29:30
9	Arthur Forissier	FRA	2:16:09	0:21:39	1:22:44	0:30:03
10	Doug Hall	GBR	2:16:17	0:21:40	1:21:04	0:31:10
11	Filippo Rinaldi	ITA	2:16:29	0:21:46	1:22:28	0:29:59
12	Dominik Wychera	AUT	2:17:47	0:24:08	1:20:05	0:31:23
13	Matt Lieto	USA	2:18:31	0:20:51	1:24:30	0:30:49
14	Branden Rakita	USA	2:18:47	0:20:46	1:22:27	0:33:26
15	Michael Szymoniuk	AUT	2:19:36	0:24:08	1:20:03	0:33:11
16	Mattia De Paoli	ITA	2:19:58	0:23:16	1:22:26	0:31:49
17	Jan Pyott	SUI	2:21:06	0:22:33	1:23:30	0:32:53
18	Henry Sleight	GBR	2:21:48	0:24:06	1:21:01	0:34:32
19	Thomas Kerner	GER	2:26:29	0:25:05	1:27:31	0:31:26
20	Gregory Schott	USA	2:27:06	0:25:46	1:25:16	0:33:43
21	Anthony Flinois	FRA	2:28:14	0:26:01	1:27:05	0:32:43
22	Chris Ganter	USA	2:29:03	0:25:36	1:27:39	0:33:32
23	Michael Nunez	USA	2:32:02	0:22:17	1:28:56	0:37:26
24	Nathan Killam	CAN	2:33:17	0:22:33	1:35:52	0:32:01
25	Jordan Bryden	CAN	2:37:43	0:21:39	1:39:23	0:33:45
26	Tomas Behun	CZE	2:43:31	0:25:29	1:35:03	0:40:22
DNF	Kieran Mcpherson	NZL	DNF	0:21:27	2:00:14	0:00:00
DNF	Will Kelsay	USA	DNF	0:26:29	0:00:00	0:00:00
DNS	Jean-Philippe Thibodeau	CAN	DNS	0:00:00	0:00:00	0:00:00

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