Champions

Even a 15-second penalty wasn't enough to stall McQuaid in her unstoppable march to victory.

Jacobs had been knocking on the door after Kona last October, when he finished ninth and posted the fastest run split at 2:41.

Anything could have happened in that last half of the run, so you had to maintain concentration and back yourself.

In some tough race conditions, Maxim Kriat of the Ukraine and Catriona Morrison of Great Britain, who won in 2009 and 2010, took the victories in Christiansted

I didn't train so much on the bike when I raced at the short distance. Now I have to!