Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Hansen has rest of field on run

When Joy Hansen is in top form, the signs are obvious.

And they were more than apparent Sunday.

Hansen won the Chicago Sun-Times Triathlon women's title,crossing the finish line in 1:52.12. Hansen finished 42 secondsahead of Carol Montgomery and broke Karen Smyers' streak of 11consecutive victories.

"When she's running well, she's like a gazelle," said Smyers,who finished fifth. "And that's how she looked today.

"She got off her bike, she was on her toes and I said `Uh-Oh,she's the person to beat today.' She bounced off her bike and wasgone," said Paula-Newby Fraser, who took sixth. "It was like `OK,Joy, go on, get lost.' "

But Hansen, …

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