First-time champs win at Ironman CDA

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COEUR D'ALENE, ID -- First-time champions dominated the 2010 Ford Ironman Coeur d'Alene on Sunday. Billings resident Linsey Corbin caught first-year pro Meredith Kessler in the marathon leg of the Ironman, crossing the finish line at 9:17:54 to establish a new course record and the women's division.

Fellow American Andy Potts made his highly-anticipated Ironman debut outisde of Hawaii. Potts trailed John Flanagan coming out of the water by 30 seconds, but picked up all but 3 of those seconds by the team they hit the bike course. Potts would cruise from there, picking up the win with a time of 8:24:40.

2010 Ironman Coeur d'Alene, Women's Division

Linsey CORBIN (#40) at 9:17:54:
Meredith KESSLER (#42) at 9:23:52
Kelly WILLIAMSON (#43) at 9:39:23
Haley COOPER-SCOTT (#39) at 9:42:02
Janelle MORRISON (#49) at 9:50:25
Nicole WARD (#50) at 9:56:48
Lauren HARRISON (#47) at 10:00:16
Rachel KIERS (#41) at 10:03:48
Malaika HOMO (#48) at 10:07:15

2010 Ironman Coeur d'Alene, Men's Division

Andy POTTS (#3) at 8:24:14
Courtney OGDEN (#9) at 8:38:17
Michael LOVATO (#2) at 8:41:17
Luke BELL (#6) at 8:43:16
Chris MCDONALD (#5) at 8:48:30
Matty WHITE (#26) at 8:49:04
Patrick EVOE (#16) at 8:52:05
Raul PEREIRA (#22) at 9:04:21
Adam JENSEN (#18) at 9:06:32
Rob JOHNSON (#28) at 9:10:54