The World Triathlon Corporation is set to announce Wednesday that Miami will be the host city for the newest Ironman 70.3 event.

The Ironman 70.3 Miami, which will take place Oct. 30, 2010, will consist of a 1.2-mile swim, a 56-mile bike ride and a 13.1-mile run.

The swimming portion will begin at BayFront Park, where participants will return to start the bike ride, which will take them through Watson Island, where riders will take a loop back south toward Homestead. Participants will ride through Coral Gables, Coconut Grove and Pinecrest until returning to downtown Miami. The final run will take participants on a loop around McArthur Causeway before getting to the finish line at BayFront Park.

The race is limited to 2,000 athletes. There will be 50 qualifying slots available to the 2011 Clearwater Florida championships, in addition to a professional prize purse of $36,000 that will be distributed among the top male and female finishers.

For more information, go to www.ironmanmiami.com.

VOLLEYBALL

• Miami Dade College def. Indian River State College 25-11, 25-20, 25-13: Yenifer Calcano had 11 kills and 11 digs, Anne Stebner-Chala hasd six kills and 11 digs and Mima Hajdukovic had 19 assists for MDC (14-2, 7-0 Southern Conference).

WOMEN'S SOCCER

• Lynn 3, Barry 0: Sami Cromartie made four saves for host Barry (2-7). Brittany Evernden, Melissa Ortiz and Alison Ramsey scored for Lynn (6-4).

Join the discussion

The Miami Herald is pleased to provide this opportunity to share information, experiences and observations about what's in the news. Some of the comments may be reprinted elsewhere in the site or in the newspaper. We encourage lively, open debate on the issues of the day, and ask that you refrain from profanity, hate speech, personal comments and remarks that are off point. In order to post comments, you must be a registered user of MiamiHerald.com. Your username will show along with the comments you post. Thank you for taking the time to offer your thoughts.

     Showing: Oldest first Newest first Most-recommended first Least-recommended first

@Nyx.AuthorDisplayName@ wrote on @Nyx.PostedAtTime@:

@Nyx.repliedToText@

@Nyx.replyAnswerText@

Reply to this Comment @Nyx.Recommender@ @Nyx.AbuseReporter@