K•SWISS TRIATHLETES CELEBRATE TOP FIVE FINISHES AT 
2011 IRONMAN 70.3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Westlake Village, CA) September 13, 2011 – California Sports Company K•Swiss is proud to congratulate professional triathletes Chris Lieto, Joe Gambles, and Heather Jackson on their outstanding finishes at the Marines Ironman 70.3 World Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 11, 2011.  This was the first year that the Ironman 70.3 World Championships took place in the grueling Las Vegas heat. 

Chris Lieto represented the first American to cross the finish with a race time of 3:58:03. Lieto lived up to expectations completing the 56-mile bike in swift time, arriving first at T2 ahead of the pack.  He maintained tough throughout the run crossing the finish line with a half marathon pace of 1:18:55 resulting in an impressive second-place win.

Australian Joe Gambles celebrated his third year of top-five finishes at the Ironman 70.3 World Championships rounding out the Top 5 with a 4:00:00 race time.  In the women’s field American Heather Jackson also finished in the Top 5 for the second year in a row. In a tight race to the finish, Jackson’s race time was 4:30:21, less than one minute behind third place. 

Lieto finished the race in the K•Swiss K-Ruuz, a high performing, ultra lightweight racing flat that has proven to be an athlete favorite throughout the racing season. Gambles and Jackson each ran the 13.1 miles in the K•Swiss Blade-Light Run, a progressive, ultra-cushioned running shoe featuring cutting edge Blade-Light technology.