IM Canada

Note: The race had to be cancelled due to severe wildfires in the area.

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2005	Chris Lieto (USA)	08:33:32	Karen Holloway (USA)	09:51:31
2006	Jasper Blake (CAN)	08:33:58	Belinda Granger (AUS)	09:25:13
2007	Kieran Doe (NZL)	08:32:45	Lisa Bentley (CAN)	09:41:01
2008	Bryan Rhodes (NZL)	08:30:12	Belinda Granger (AUS)	09:17:58
2009	Jordan Rapp (USA)	08:25:13	Tereza Macel (CZE)	09:11:20
2010	Viktor Zyemtsev (UKR)	08:32:28	Meredith Kessler (USA)	09:13:46
2011	Jordan Rapp (USA)	08:28:09	Mary Beth Ellis (USA)	09:03:13
2012	Matthew Russell (USA)	08:48:30	Gillian Clayton (CAN)	09:46:07

Last Race’s TOP 3

The last race on the Penticton course was in 2012, this were the Top 3 finishers:

Male Race Results (Penticton 2012)

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Matthew Russell	USA	01:03:04	04:48:41	02:53:34	08:48:30
2	Olly Piggin	CAN	00:56:51	04:48:43	03:05:25	08:54:17
3	Christian Brader	GER	00:57:29	04:48:19	03:09:52	08:58:59

Female Race Results (Penticton 2012)

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Gillian Clayton	CAN	01:08:32	05:16:51	03:17:08	09:46:07
2	Karen Thibodeau	CAN	00:55:41	05:30:09	03:21:43	09:50:52
3	Janelle Morrison	CAN	01:06:46	05:16:47	03:25:57	09:53:20

Between 2013 and 2019, IM Canada was held in Whistler, the last years as single-gender Pro races. Here are the final Whistler podium finishers:

Male Race Results (Whistler 2018)

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Brent McMahon	CAN	00:51:37	04:43:36	02:53:16	08:31:33
2	Jeff Symonds	CAN	00:51:44	04:49:20	02:56:24	08:40:27
3	Matthew Russell	USA	00:57:50	04:46:24	02:56:58	08:45:33

Female Race Results (Whistler 2019)

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Heather Wurtele	CAN	00:53:18	05:01:47	03:21:24	09:20:41
2	Jen Annett	CAN	00:58:24	05:12:57	03:12:47	09:27:43
3	Kelsey Withrow	USA	00:53:12	05:18:11	03:22:06	09:38:28

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:25:13	Jordan Rapp	2009-08-30
Swim	overall	00:45:57	Jan Sibbersen	2008-08-24
Bike	overall	04:25:26	Chris Lieto	2005-08-29
Run	overall	02:48:12	Jasper Blake	2006-08-27
Total	female	09:03:13	Mary Beth Ellis	2011-08-28
Swim	female	00:49:59	Meredith Kessler	2010-08-29
Bike	female	04:52:41	Belinda Granger	2008-08-24
Run	female	03:03:53	Mackenzie Madison	2010-08-29

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Canada is 08:56.

Race Adjustments for IM Canada

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2005	15:43	00:28	16:35	-02:54	49	15:43	02:02	16:35	-02:54
2006	06:49	-00:22	06:44	-00:30	54	11:16	01:19	11:40	-01:43
2007	07:26	-01:02	01:21	06:35	55	09:59	00:43	08:16	01:01
2008	14:59	00:20	10:06	03:53	57	11:14	00:47	08:43	01:44
2009	03:48	00:29	01:46	01:26	55	09:45	00:45	07:20	01:40
2010	11:27	01:50	04:46	04:23	50	10:02	01:01	06:55	02:07
2011	05:16	-00:39	04:33	00:49	32	09:21	00:51	06:34	01:56
2012	06:00	-00:12	09:02	-03:31	22	08:56	00:49	06:53	01:15

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Canada has 1 Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 5% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	6	Jason Pohl	CAN	08:08:51	08:31:56	00:50:43	04:27:09	05:22:52	02:45:59	24% +36% -41% (12)
2	3	Cody Beals	CAN	08:11:18	08:19:54	00:49:12	04:28:49	05:23:00	02:48:18	69% +0% -31% (13)
3	4	Sam Appleton	AUS	08:11:58	08:21:20	00:46:35	04:25:12	05:16:46	02:55:12	71% +0% -29% (4)
4	2	Josh Amberger *	AUS	08:12:35	08:19:24	00:46:22	04:24:03	05:15:25	02:57:10	93% +1% -6% (15)
5	1	Jeff Symonds	CAN	08:20:04	08:38:48	00:49:13	04:38:20	05:32:32	02:47:32	46% +0% -54% (14)
6	14	Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches	CAN	08:20:14	08:33:37	00:47:42	04:33:06	05:25:48	02:54:26	53% +31% -16% (6)
7	15	Vincent Terrier	FRA	08:20:35	08:47:03	00:51:41	04:25:46	05:22:27	02:58:08	0% +0% -100% (2)
8	8	Matthew Russell	USA	08:20:56	08:32:12	00:54:00	04:26:36	05:25:36	02:55:20	85% +5% -10% (65)
9	5	Justin Metzler *	USA	08:22:40	08:33:55	00:48:21	04:31:05	05:24:26	02:58:14	31% +36% -33% (9)
10	7	Trevor Foley *	USA	08:25:27	08:42:05	00:55:25	04:26:10	05:26:36	02:58:51	71% +0% -29% (3)
11	13	Matt Kerr	NZL	08:32:42	08:49:50	00:49:15	04:40:28	05:34:43	02:57:59	100% +0% -0% (2)
12	9	Stephen Kilshaw	CAN	08:33:31	08:50:14	00:52:32	04:41:18	05:38:50	02:54:41	73% +6% -22% (17)
13	21	Jameson Plewes	CAN	08:38:58	09:01:00	00:51:23	04:41:58	05:38:21	03:00:37	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
14	22	Tom Oosterdijk	NED	08:39:05	08:52:30	00:56:12	04:33:58	05:35:10	03:03:55	63% +0% -37% (3)
15	18	Ben Hamilton	NZL	08:39:28	09:01:31	00:54:42	04:40:56	05:40:38	02:58:50	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
16	24	Trevor Delsaut	FRA	08:39:52	09:02:30	00:51:45	04:43:45	05:40:30	02:59:22	15% +4% -81% (36)
17	12	Isaac Diaz	USA	08:40:14	09:02:19	00:51:21	04:37:41	05:34:02	03:06:12	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
18	11	Robby Webster	USA	08:40:32	09:07:20	00:54:19	04:43:39	05:42:58	02:57:34	42% +58% -0% (2)
19	17	Jordan Bryden	CAN	08:58:37	09:21:04	00:51:19	04:42:35	05:38:54	03:19:43	26% +31% -43% (14)
20	26	Ben Stern	USA	09:14:21	09:37:53	00:54:06	04:50:58	05:50:04	03:24:17	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
21	23	Mikael Staer Nathan	CAN	09:26:23	09:50:25	00:54:46	05:01:33	06:01:19	03:25:04	41% +0% -59% (3)
22	16	Nick Cosman	CAN	09:27:55	09:43:40	00:55:22	05:01:06	06:01:29	03:26:26	89% +11% -0% (6)
23	20	Rodrigo Romero Garcia de la Cadena	MEX	09:28:32	09:48:31	00:56:27	05:07:41	06:09:08	03:19:24	52% +0% -48% (6)
	10	Devin Volk	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	19	Loren Nelson	CAN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	25	Brett Clifford	NZL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	27	Carson McComb	CAN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Jason Pohl: 32% (2-1)
• Cody Beals: 24% (3-1)
• Josh Amberger: 21% (4-1)
• Sam Appleton: 17% (5-1)
• Matthew Russell: 3% (39-1)
• Justin Metzler: 2% (40-1)

Updates:

• August 18th: Added Heather Low, Katie Morales, Angela Naeth (WPRO)
  Nathan Killam, Jason Pohl, Jimmy Sosinski (MPRO)

Kona Slots and Prize Money

IM Canada has 1m+1f Pro Kona slots. It has a total prize purse of 75.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

Name	Nation
Cody Beals	CAN
Nick Cosman	CAN
Adam Feigh	USA
Nathan Killam	CAN
Jason Pohl	CAN
Jimmy Sosinski	USA
Mikael Staer Nathan	CAN

Female Race Participants

Name	Nation
Lauren Babineau	CAN
Melanie Baumann	SUI
Heather Low	CAN
Melanie McQuaid	CAN
Katie Morales	USA
Angela Naeth	CAN
Zuzana Trnovcova	SVK

Course Conditions

The final Ironman in Whistler was once again relatively slow, an adjustment of -2:00 is pretty much in line with the course rating of -4:53.

Kona Qualifying

There were two female Kona Pros slots at IM Canada. These go to

• Jen Annett
  and
• Kelsey Withrow.

Winner Heather Wurtele declined her slot.

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Heather Wurtele	CAN	00:53:18	05:01:47	03:21:24	09:20:41	-12:23	US$ 15,000
2	Jen Annett	CAN	00:58:24	05:12:57	03:12:47	09:27:43	01:47	US$ 7,500
3	Kelsey Withrow	USA	00:53:12	05:18:11	03:22:06	09:38:28	-09:39	US$ 5,000
4	Dede Griesbauer	USA	00:54:11	05:01:28	03:46:04	09:46:32	-01:33	US$ 3,250
5	Jodie Robertson	USA	00:58:11	05:15:40	03:26:05	09:47:58	21:06	US$ 2,750
6	Naomi Washizu	JPN	00:58:26	05:31:10	03:20:04	09:53:58	n/a	US$ 2,000
7	Natasha Van der Merwe	USA	01:03:45	05:22:24	03:26:01	09:57:25	-02:27	US$ 1,500
8	Erin Green	USA	01:02:20	05:35:49	03:23:12	10:08:52	01:57	US$ 1,250
9	Kaitlin Allen	USA	01:06:59	05:39:01	03:26:55	10:16:44	n/a	US$ 1,000
10	Melanie McQuaid	CAN	00:54:28	05:26:38	03:53:03	10:18:49	19:50	US$ 750
11	Caroline Livesey	GBR	00:56:00	05:34:19	03:51:40	10:26:37	27:59
12	Sarah Graves	USA	01:04:42	05:38:20	03:39:59	10:30:44	04:29
13	Laura Nadeau	GUM	01:12:50	05:32:48	03:42:52	10:34:35	n/a
14	Zuzana Trnovcova	SVK	01:03:50	05:30:13	03:56:24	10:37:39	26:15
15	Ashley Paulson	USA	01:14:10	06:09:21	03:20:07	10:49:22	44:29
	Angela Naeth	CAN	01:03:47			DNF

Update July 10th: Skye Moench has said that she won’t be racing in Whistler.

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2013	Trevor Wurtele (CAN)	08:39:33	Uli Bromme (USA)	09:28:13
2014	Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL)	08:16:10	Bree Wee (USA)	09:46:58
2015	Viktor Zyemtsev (UKR)	08:49:46	Danielle Mack (USA)	09:46:19
2016	Andy Potts (USA)	08:20:23
2017			Linsey Corbin (USA)	09:17:12
2018	Brent McMahon (CAN)	08:31:33

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results (2018)

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Brent McMahon	CAN	00:51:37	04:43:36	02:53:16	08:31:33
2	Jeff Symonds	CAN	00:51:44	04:49:20	02:56:24	08:40:27
3	Matthew Russell	USA	00:57:50	04:46:24	02:56:58	08:45:33

Female Race Results (2017)

The results analysis of the last WPro race in Whistler can be found here.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Linsey Corbin	USA	00:56:04	05:08:52	03:08:12	09:17:12
2	Jen Annett	CAN	00:58:32	05:08:31	03:14:48	09:24:55
3	Rachel McBride	CAN	00:51:21	05:06:41	03:25:46	09:27:15

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:16:10	Marino Vanhoenacker	2014-07-27
Swim	overall	00:47:03	Andy Potts	2016-07-24
Bike	overall	04:31:07	Andy Potts	2016-07-24
Run	overall	02:40:34	Jeff Symonds	2014-07-27
Total	female	09:17:12	Linsey Corbin	2017-07-30
Swim	female	00:51:21	Rachel McBride	2017-07-30
Bike	female	05:06:41	Rachel McBride	2017-07-30
Run	female	03:06:53	Uli Bromme	2013-08-25

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Canada is – 05:22.

Race Adjustments for IM Canada

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2013	02:06	00:34	01:26	00:06	24	02:06	00:34	01:26	00:06
2014	01:11	01:00	00:38	-00:27	15 of 17	01:38	00:47	01:02	-00:10
2015	-18:45	00:16	-14:10	-04:51	23 of 33	-05:09	00:37	-04:02	-01:44
2016	02:15	00:36	-00:24	02:03	12 of 15	-03:18	00:37	-03:07	-00:48
2017	-00:03	01:20	-01:03	-00:20	13 of 17	-02:39	00:45	-02:42	-00:42
2018	-18:59	-02:47	-08:10	-08:03	12 of 15	-05:22	00:10	-03:37	-01:56

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Canada has 2 Pro Kona slots. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 24% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency	Overall
1	8	Skye Moench (KQ)	USA	09:19:20	09:28:54	00:55:37	05:05:02	06:05:39	03:13:41	7% +82% -11% (6)	37
2	4	Angela Naeth *	CAN	09:23:52	09:31:06	00:59:05	05:01:37	06:05:42	03:18:10	2% +58% -39% (12)	43
3	1	Jen Annett	CAN	09:25:29	09:23:50	00:59:49	05:04:23	06:09:12	03:16:17	60% +37% -3% (11)	27
4	2	Jodie Robertson	USA	09:29:38	09:30:20	01:01:30	05:10:45	06:17:14	03:12:24	45% +9% -46% (7)	40
5	3	Heather Wurtele	CAN	09:39:28	09:30:59	00:55:00	05:16:52	06:16:52	03:22:36	71% +0% -28% (23)	42
6	18	Lenny Ramsey	NED	09:44:39	09:45:51	01:05:19	05:27:45	06:38:04	03:06:35	57% +43% -0% (3)	62
7	7	Kelsey Withrow *	USA	09:44:40	09:51:50	00:53:29	05:23:06	06:21:35	03:23:05	71% +29% -0% (4)	72
8	5	Melanie McQuaid	CAN	09:45:40	10:02:39	00:57:03	05:16:25	06:18:28	03:27:12	16% +0% -84% (5)	81
9	6	Dede Griesbauer	USA	09:50:00	09:57:42	00:53:08	05:12:24	06:10:31	03:39:29	35% +7% -59% (31)	(78)
10	12	Sue Huse (KQ)	CAN	09:57:44	10:13:52	01:03:23	05:38:59	06:47:22	03:10:22	43% +0% -57% (2)	(96)
11	15	Caroline Livesey *	GBR	09:59:50	10:08:18	00:59:51	05:24:15	06:29:06	03:30:44	51% +14% -35% (10)	(84)
12	20	Natasha Van der Merwe	USA	10:00:46	10:09:39	01:03:15	05:23:02	06:31:16	03:29:30	43% +28% -30% (15)	85
13	17	Ashley Paulson	USA	10:09:54	10:08:31	01:13:01	05:38:01	06:56:02	03:13:52	77% +13% -10% (9)	84
14	9	Erin Green	USA	10:12:27	10:10:42	01:01:41	05:32:21	06:39:02	03:33:25	93% +7% -0% (8)	89
15	19	Zuzana Trnovcova	SVK	10:18:10	10:27:29	01:05:54	05:22:41	06:33:35	03:44:35	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(108)
16	11	Sarah Graves	USA	10:26:38	10:30:10	01:12:19	05:38:23	06:55:42	03:30:56	59% +0% -41% (7)	110
17	14	Jennifer Lentzke	CAN	10:56:26	11:03:29	01:13:10	05:48:41	07:06:51	03:49:35	48% +24% -28% (4)	(125)
	10	Kaitlin Allen	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	13	Kayla Kobelin	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	16	Laura Nadeau	GUM	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	21	Naomi Washizu	JPN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Winning Odds

Female Race Participants

• Skye Moench: 39% (2-1)
• Jen Annett: 30% (2-1)
• Angela Naeth: 17% (5-1)
• Jodie Robertson: 9% (10-1)

Updates:

• June 25th: Added Angela Naeth

Kona Slots and Prize Money

IM Canada has 2 Pro Kona slots. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Female Race Participants

Name	Nation
Jen Annett	CAN
Sarah Graves	USA
Dede Griesbauer	USA
Sue Huse (KQ)	CAN
Kayla Kobelin	USA
Jennifer Lentzke	CAN
Caroline Livesey	GBR
Danielle Mack (KQ)	USA
Melanie McQuaid	CAN
Skye Moench	USA
Laura Nadeau	GUM
Angela Naeth	CAN
Ashley Paulson	USA
Lenny Ramsey	NED
Jodie Robertson	USA
Zuzana Trnovcova	SVK
Natasha Van der Merwe	USA
Naomi Washizu	JPN
Heather Wurtele	CAN