70.3 St. George (May 6th) – Top Seeded Athletes

This weekend there’s the on of the highlights of the 70.3 season: 7.3 St. George is the North American Championship and always attracts a large and strong field. On the male side we the next edition of “Lionel vs. Germany”, while the female side has Heather Wurtele aiming for her third St. George title.

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2014	Jan Frodeno (GER)	03:45:21	Meredith Kessler (USA)	04:11:53
2015	Tim Don (GBR)	03:51:56	Heather Wurtele (CAN)	04:17:58
2016	Lionel Sanders (CAN)	03:48:18	Heather Wurtele (CAN)	04:16:48
2017	Alistair Brownlee (GBR)	03:41:58	Holly Lawrence (GBR)	04:12:07

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Alistair Brownlee	GBR	00:23:18	02:01:39	01:14:49	03:41:58
2	Lionel Sanders	CAN	00:26:25	02:01:24	01:12:19	03:42:31
3	Sebastian Kienle	GER	00:25:23	02:01:53	01:16:10	03:46:20

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Holly Lawrence	GBR	00:24:56	02:17:46	01:26:57	04:12:07
2	Jeanni Seymour	ZAF	00:25:03	02:25:00	01:22:36	04:15:12
3	Ellie Salthouse	AUS	00:24:59	02:25:40	01:28:25	04:22:25

KPR points and Prize Money

70.3 St. George is a P-1500 race. It has a total prize purse of 100.000 US$.

Top Seeded Male Race Participants

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Overall
1	1	Lionel Sanders	CAN	03:47:09	03:49:26	00:26:25	02:04:22	02:34:17	01:12:52	2
2	2	Sebastian Kienle	GER	03:48:32	03:50:20	00:25:24	02:04:57	02:33:50	01:14:42	4
3	6	Sam Appleton	AUS	03:53:05	03:55:26	00:23:29	02:08:52	02:35:52	01:17:13	11
4	4	Joe Gambles	AUS	03:53:27	03:56:08	00:24:06	02:09:34	02:37:10	01:16:17	15
5	3	Tim Reed	AUS	03:53:37	03:55:18	00:23:25	02:12:17	02:39:12	01:14:25	10
6	5	Michael Raelert	GER	03:54:17	03:55:31	00:23:19	02:10:02	02:36:50	01:17:27	12
7	9	Michael Weiss	AUT	03:55:04	03:58:12	00:27:22	02:12:39	02:43:31	01:11:33	34
8	7	Matt Hanson	USA	03:58:09	03:58:44	00:25:59	02:14:36	02:44:05	01:14:04	39
9	10	Trevor Wurtele	CAN	03:58:56	04:00:59	00:25:32	02:11:44	02:40:46	01:18:10	55
10	17	Antony Costes	FRA	03:59:58	04:06:45	00:23:50	02:11:03	02:38:23	01:21:35	125

Top Seeded Female Race Participants

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Overall
1	35	Heather Wurtele	CAN	04:18:33	04:21:06	00:27:15	02:23:47	02:54:32	01:24:01	5
2	36	Meredith Kessler	USA	04:20:13	04:27:53	00:25:13	02:25:24	02:54:07	01:26:06	(23)
3	37	Jeanni Seymour	ZAF	04:21:57	04:27:26	00:26:06	02:28:19	02:57:56	01:24:01	18
4	39	Alicia Kaye	USA	04:23:38	04:25:02	00:25:22	02:25:05	02:53:56	01:29:42	11
5	38	Sarah True	USA	04:23:42	04:27:10	00:25:22	02:31:38	03:00:30	01:23:12	16
6	43	Paula Findlay	CAN	04:28:36	04:34:01	00:26:10	02:34:38	03:04:19	01:24:17	(55)
7	55	Pamella Oliveira	BRA	04:30:06	04:33:01	00:25:23	02:32:12	03:01:05	01:29:01	48
8	52	Kirsty Jahn	CAN	04:30:08	04:36:40	00:29:02	02:32:21	03:04:53	01:25:15	70
9	44	Michaela Herlbauer	AUT	04:31:38	04:33:07	00:27:09	02:34:48	03:05:27	01:26:11	50
10	42	Katy Evans	USA	04:32:47	04:38:40	00:26:24	02:33:30	03:03:24	01:29:23	(82)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Lionel Sanders: 54% (1-1)
• Sebastian Kienle: 34% (2-1)
• Sam Appleton: 6% (15-1)
• Tim Reed: 3% (30-1)

Female Race Participants

• Jeanni Seymour: 31% (2-1)
• Heather Wurtele: 30% (2-1)
• Meredith Kessler: 24% (3-1)
• Alicia Kaye: 8% (12-1)
• Sarah True: 7% (13-1)