IM Cozumel

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2009	Rutger Beke (BEL)	08:18:40	Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED)	09:06:58
2010	Andy Potts (USA)	08:15:57	Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED)	09:07:08
2011	Michael Lovato (USA)	08:23:52	Simone Braendli (SUI)	09:14:08
2012	Ivan Rana (ESP)	08:15:07	Mary Beth Ellis (USA)	09:15:38
2013	Michael Weiss (AUT)	07:55:23	Rachel Joyce (GBR)	08:52:28
2014	Michael Weiss (AUT)	08:12:16	Nicola Spirig (SUI)	09:14:07
2015	Stefan Schmid (GER)	08:12:27	Corinne Abraham (GBR)	09:06:40
2016	Frederik Van Lierde (BEL)	08:03:09	Michelle Vesterby (DEN)	09:08:06
2017	Sebastian Kienle (GER)	07:48:11	Lisa Roberts (USA)	08:54:00

Last Race’s TOP 3

Here’s the full analysis of last year’s results.

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Sebastian Kienle	GER	00:41:36	04:10:48	02:51:42	07:48:11
2	Michael Weiss	AUT	00:44:56	04:12:45	02:50:47	07:53:27
3	Ivan Rana	ESP	00:39:19	04:31:26	02:43:41	07:58:39

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Lisa Roberts	USA	00:49:16	04:59:57	02:59:19	08:54:00
2	Kirsty Jahn	CAN	00:44:53	04:56:31	03:11:54	08:58:27
3	Sonja Tajsich	GER	00:51:07	05:02:16	03:02:01	09:00:53

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:48:11	Sebastian Kienle	2017-11-26
Swim	overall	00:39:17	Jarrod Shoemaker	2017-11-26
Bike	overall	04:10:48	Sebastian Kienle	2017-11-26
Run	overall	02:43:41	Ivan Rana	2017-11-26
Total	female	08:54:00	Lisa Roberts	2017-11-26
Swim	female	00:41:49	Alicia Kaye	2017-11-26
Bike	female	04:42:35	Rachel McBride	2017-11-26
Run	female	02:57:02	Kelly Williamson	2014-11-30

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Cozumel is 09:07.

Race Adjustments for IM Cozumel

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2009	11:20	07:57	02:18	01:13	31 of 34	11:20	07:57	02:18	01:13
2010	11:02	01:27	14:13	-04:40	35 of 42	11:11	04:42	08:16	-01:44
2011	13:11	02:02	14:29	00:47	46	11:51	03:49	10:20	-00:53
2012	05:01	-03:32	07:32	-00:03	61	10:09	01:59	09:38	-00:41
2014	-04:12	03:45	00:01	00:58	39 of 53	07:16	02:20	07:43	-00:21
2015	02:28	04:45	03:46	01:08	34 of 49	06:28	02:44	07:03	-00:06
2016	10:18	03:51	11:36	-00:02	45 of 53	07:01	02:54	07:42	-00:06
2017	23:47	13:22	18:11	03:35	31 of 37	09:07	04:12	09:01	00:22

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Cozumel has 1m+1f Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 80.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 14% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency	Overall
1	1	Michael Weiss	AUT	08:09:04	08:25:08	00:50:03	04:18:44	05:13:48	02:55:16	88% +2% -10% (23)	28
2	3	Matthew Russell	USA	08:12:47	08:24:29	00:49:54	04:25:44	05:20:38	02:52:09	52% +30% -19% (48)	26
3	2	Ivan Rana	ESP	08:14:27	08:27:50	00:44:31	04:35:52	05:25:22	02:49:05	75% +2% -24% (17)	32
4	4	Igor Amorelli *	BRA	08:24:08	08:32:18	00:44:11	04:27:50	05:17:01	03:07:07	68% +8% -24% (19)	54
5	8	Trevor Delsaut	FRA	08:26:00	08:48:56	00:48:09	04:37:20	05:30:30	02:55:30	25% +13% -61% (30)	107
6	19	Samuel Huerzeler	SUI	08:29:25	08:45:15	00:48:37	04:38:35	05:32:11	02:57:14	75% +25% -0% (13)	97
7	7	Thiago Vinhal *	BRA	08:29:43	08:41:17	00:45:56	04:42:57	05:33:53	02:55:50	54% +25% -21% (17)	85
8	6	Justin Daerr	USA	08:32:45	08:42:31	00:48:24	04:36:43	05:30:06	03:02:39	81% +3% -17% (36)	89
9	24	Marc Unger	GER	08:35:06	08:55:27	00:48:48	04:33:53	05:27:41	03:07:25	17% +53% -30% (4)	135
10	10	Victor Arroyo Bugallo	ESP	08:36:15	09:02:19	00:52:36	04:43:42	05:41:18	02:54:57	40% +0% -60% (2)	(153)
11	14	Gregory Close	USA	08:39:57	09:08:02	00:53:01	04:39:28	05:37:30	03:02:27	16% +28% -57% (12)	(170)
12	12	Alan Carrillo Avila	MEX	08:40:21	08:59:04	00:48:12	04:38:17	05:31:29	03:08:52	67% +33% -0% (3)	142
13	21	Markus Liebelt	GER	08:46:35	09:25:45	00:51:25	04:36:38	05:33:03	03:13:32	14% +0% -86% (4)	(214)
14	23	Philipp Mock	GER	08:48:21	09:08:30	00:54:41	04:33:36	05:33:17	03:15:04	100% +0% -0% (2)	(173)
15	20	Matthias Knossalla	GER	08:49:51	09:23:44	00:59:45	04:33:18	05:38:03	03:11:48	7% +16% -77% (5)	(213)
16	11	Scott Bradley	USA	08:57:39	09:20:02	00:56:00	04:38:45	05:39:44	03:17:55	63% +37% -0% (6)	199
17	18	Oliver Gonzalez Miranda	MEX	09:13:57	09:34:19	00:47:12	05:09:38	06:01:51	03:12:06	100% +0% -0% (8)	231
18	22	Michael Louys *	BEL	09:14:04	09:30:43	00:59:54	04:49:41	05:54:36	03:19:28	45% +4% -51% (15)	223
19	15	Inaki De La Parra	POL	09:23:06	09:46:09	00:55:02	04:49:26	05:49:28	03:33:38	43% +0% -57% (2)	(243)
20	16	Ivan Dominguez *	USA	10:03:03	10:28:51	00:51:21	05:06:51	06:03:12	03:59:51	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(263)
	5	Mauricio Mendez Cruz	MEX	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	9	Elliot Bach	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	17	Arturo Garza	MEX	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.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 8% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency	Overall
1	32	Michelle Vesterby	DEN	09:10:04	09:21:44	00:49:13	04:58:19	05:52:32	03:17:32	85% +1% -14% (27)	21
2	33	Angela Naeth *	CAN	09:10:21	09:29:37	00:54:35	04:51:48	05:51:22	03:18:59	19% +56% -26% (11)	37
3	31	Lisa Roberts	USA	09:10:52	09:22:59	00:58:07	05:06:59	06:10:06	03:00:46	75% +14% -11% (25)	23
4	36	Laurel Wassner	USA	09:32:29	09:50:28	00:50:58	05:14:52	06:10:49	03:21:40	64% +9% -28% (13)	(70)
5	35	Kelsey Withrow	USA	09:47:35	10:12:43	00:48:13	05:27:07	06:20:20	03:27:15	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(107)
6	38	Anne Basso	FRA	09:57:03	10:21:00	00:52:31	05:22:10	06:19:41	03:37:22	48% +4% -48% (20)	118
	34	Sarah Haskins	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	37	Monica Adler	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	39	Cindy Dubois	CAN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	0% +0% -100% (2)	(n/a)
	40	Svenja Thoes	GER	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

Male Race Participants

• Michael Weiss: 53% (1-1)
• Matthew Russell: 28% (3-1)
• Ivan Rana: 13% (7-1)
• Igor Amorelli: 4% (27-1)
• Thiago Vinhal: 2% (65-1)

Female Race Participants

• Lisa Roberts: 45% (1-1)
• Michelle Vesterby: 34% (2-1)
• Angela Naeth: 18% (5-1)
• Laurel Wassner: 3% (38-1)

IM Cozumel has 1m+1f Pro Kona slots.

Update October 21st:

• Added Angela Naeth, Lisa Roberts, Svenja Thoes, Laurel Wassner, Kelsey Withrow (F)
  Alan Carrillo Avila, Matthias Knossalla, Markus Liebelt, Mauricio Mendez Cruz, Philipp Mock, Marc Unger, and Thiago Vinhal (M)
  

Male Race Participants

Name	Nation
Victor Arroyo Bugallo	ESP
Elliot Bach	USA
Alan Carrillo Avila	MEX
Justin Daerr	USA
Inaki De La Parra	POL
Trevor Delsaut	FRA
Ivan Dominguez	USA
Arturo Garza	MEX
Samuel Huerzeler	SUI
Matthias Knossalla	GER
Markus Liebelt	GER
Michael Louys	BEL
Mauricio Mendez Cruz	MEX
Philipp Mock	GER
Marc Unger	GER
Thiago Vinhal	BRA

Female Race Participants

Lauren Brandon has indicated that she will also race in Mar del Plata but is not yet on the official entry list.

Name	Nation
Anne Basso	FRA
Cindy Dubois	CAN
Angela Naeth	CAN
Lisa Roberts	USA
Celine Schaerer	SUI
Svenja Thoes	GER
Laurel Wassner	USA
Kelsey Withrow	USA

Race Conditions

This year was very fast for Cozumel – with a new course rating of 9:07 the 2017 adjustment was 23:47, meaning that the race was in the order of 15 minutes quicker than normal. This was caused by a fast swim (there was no talk about a shortened swim, so it was either misplaced buoys or currents aiding the swim) but also a quick bike (based on the numbers roughly 8 to 10 minutes quicker than normal) and a not quite-as-hard-as-normal run.

The fast conditions helped the winners race extremely fast and post new course records. Discarding the shortened 2013 race, Lisa Roberts is the first woman to go sub-9 (she broke Corinne Abraham’s 2015 time of 9:06:40 with a 8:54), and Sebastian Kienle is the first athlete to go sub-8 in Cozumel (his 7:48 broke Frederik Van Lierde’s 2016 record of 8:03:09). Sebi also posted a new bike course record, while Jarrod Shoemaker set a new swim course record and Ivan Rana improved his own run course record. On the female side, Alicia Kaye posted a new swim course record and Rachel McBride set a new bike course record.

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	KPR Points
1	Sebastian Kienle	GER	00:41:36	04:10:48	02:51:42	07:48:11	03:17	US$ 15,000	2000
2	Michael Weiss	AUT	00:44:56	04:12:45	02:50:47	07:53:27	-13:23	US$ 7,500	1600
3	Ivan Rana	ESP	00:39:19	04:31:26	02:43:41	07:58:39	-07:36	US$ 5,000	1280
4	Stefan Schmid	GER	00:41:33	04:25:31	02:47:53	07:59:44	-11:52	US$ 3,250	960
5	Trevor Delsaut	FRA	00:41:47	04:28:55	02:52:16	08:07:10	-17:37	US$ 2,750	720
6	Samuel Huerzeler	SUI	00:41:38	04:33:07	02:52:53	08:12:23	-13:00	US$ 2,000	540
7	Victor Arroyo Bugallo	ESP	00:45:59	04:35:51	02:52:38	08:18:15	n/a	US$ 1,500	405
8	Justin Daerr	USA	00:41:39	04:27:42	03:05:54	08:19:28	-00:36	US$ 1,250	305
9	Alan Carrillo Avila	MEX	00:41:37	04:28:52	03:06:33	08:21:14	-21:39	US$ 1,000	230
10	Andrey Lyatskiy	RUS	00:41:31	04:42:55	03:01:49	08:30:52	-04:09	US$ 750	170
11	Albert Moreno Molins	ESP	00:41:36	04:36:51	03:07:51	08:32:19	n/a		120
12	Raymond Botelho	USA	00:45:52	04:30:14	03:34:38	08:55:31	-02:41		85
13	Oliver Gonzalez Miranda	MEX	00:41:34	04:58:33	03:11:36	08:56:20	-08:19		60
14	Jarrod Shoemaker	USA	00:39:17	04:58:00	03:15:00	08:56:38	21:28		40
15	Michael Poole	NZL	00:41:32	04:35:23	03:36:56	08:58:06	n/a		30
16	Eduar Villalta	VEN	00:49:16	04:42:08	04:34:35	10:10:57	n/a		20
	Denis Chevrot	FRA	00:40:30	04:26:34		DNF
	Sam Long	USA	00:46:02	04:35:06		DNF
	Max Biessmann	USA	00:43:33	04:59:50		DNF
	Jordan Bryden	CAN	00:41:39			DNF
	Gregory Close	USA	00:45:57			DNF

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	KPR Points
1	Lisa Roberts	USA	00:49:16	04:59:57	02:59:19	08:54:00	-05:49	US$ 15,000	2000
2	Kirsty Jahn	CAN	00:44:53	04:56:31	03:11:54	08:58:27	-16:33	US$ 7,500	1600
3	Sonja Tajsich	GER	00:51:07	05:02:16	03:02:01	09:00:53	-05:07	US$ 5,000	1280
4	Anja Beranek	GER	00:41:50	04:48:50	03:28:12	09:03:41	05:32	US$ 3,250	960
5	Sue Huse	CAN			03:13:51	09:13:18	n/a	US$ 2,750	720
6	Jessie Donavan	USA	00:54:40	04:53:11	03:22:08	09:14:49	-00:39	US$ 2,000	540
7	Rachel McBride	CAN	00:41:52	04:42:35	03:47:49	09:16:27	07:48	US$ 1,500	405
8	Ashley Paulson	USA	00:58:42	05:09:02	03:06:33	09:18:48	-20:57	US$ 1,250	305
9	Nicole Valentine	USA	00:50:28	05:06:40	03:18:21	09:20:18	-15:41	US$ 1,000	230
10	Christine Hammond	USA	00:44:49	05:18:08	03:21:12	09:28:47	-04:01	US$ 750	170
11	Steph Corker	CAN	00:44:58	05:16:08	03:23:14	09:29:25	-27:07		120
12	Alicia Kaye	USA	00:41:49	05:05:55	03:46:02	09:38:11	26:14		85
13	Anne Basso	FRA	00:45:05	05:16:01	03:34:12	09:41:21	-01:40		60
14	Palmira Alvarez	MEX	00:53:08	05:07:50	03:40:11	09:45:56	-08:38		40
15	Kendra Goffredo	USA	00:57:27	05:20:36	04:08:45	10:32:24	n/a		30
	Ewa Bugdol	POL	00:44:51			DNF

Kona Qualifying Implications

It’s still early in the season, but a number of athletes have raced Cozumel with an eye towards Kona 2018:

• Sebastian Kienle validated his Automatic Qualifier slot.
• Ivan Rana scored enough points to be safe for a July slot. 
• Lisa Roberts has won two IMs, but she’ll need a few more points for a slot – for now she’s “in the bubble”. However, she should be able to secure her slot just by racing 70.3s in spring 2018.

Update Nov 9th: Michelle Vesterby has stated that she’ll be racing IM Arizona.

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2009	Rutger Beke (BEL)	08:18:40	Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED)	09:06:58
2010	Andy Potts (USA)	08:15:57	Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED)	09:07:08
2011	Michael Lovato (USA)	08:23:52	Simone Braendli (SUI)	09:14:08
2012	Ivan Rana (ESP)	08:15:07	Mary Beth Ellis (USA)	09:15:38
2013	Michael Weiss (AUT)	07:55:23	Rachel Joyce (GBR)	08:52:28
2014	Michael Weiss (AUT)	08:12:16	Nicola Spirig (SUI)	09:14:07
2015	Stefan Schmid (GER)	08:12:27	Corinne Abraham (GBR)	09:06:40
2016	Frederik Van Lierde (BEL)	08:03:09	Michelle Vesterby (DEN)	09:08:06

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Frederik Van Lierde	BEL	00:43:46	04:22:37	02:52:42	08:03:09
2	Matthew Russell	USA	00:48:20	04:21:28	02:51:18	08:04:24
3	Chris Leiferman	USA	00:48:28	04:21:09	02:55:58	08:09:11

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Michelle Vesterby	DEN	00:50:30	04:54:14	03:19:18	09:08:06
2	Lauren Brandon	USA	00:45:43	04:58:52	03:23:53	09:12:43
3	Camilla Pedersen	DEN	00:50:26	04:54:16	03:25:34	09:14:11

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:03:09	Frederik Van Lierde	2016-11-27
Swim	overall	00:41:48	John Kenny	2009-11-29
Bike	overall	04:17:45	Michael Weiss	2016-11-27
Run	overall	02:44:05	Ivan Rana	2012-11-25
Total	female	09:06:40	Corinne Abraham	2015-11-29
Swim	female	00:45:43	Lauren Brandon	2016-11-27
Bike	female	04:45:20	Simone Braendli	2011-11-27
Run	female	02:57:02	Kelly Williamson	2014-11-30

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Cozumel is 07:01.

Race Adjustments for IM Cozumel

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2009	11:20	07:57	02:18	01:13	31 of 34	11:20	07:57	02:18	01:13
2010	11:02	01:27	14:13	-04:40	35 of 42	11:11	04:42	08:16	-01:44
2011	13:11	02:02	14:29	00:47	46	11:51	03:49	10:20	-00:53
2012	05:01	-03:32	07:32	-00:03	61	10:09	01:59	09:38	-00:41
2014	-04:12	03:45	00:01	00:58	39 of 53	07:16	02:20	07:43	-00:21
2015	02:28	04:45	03:46	01:08	34 of 49	06:28	02:44	07:03	-00:06
2016	10:18	03:51	11:36	-00:02	45 of 53	07:01	02:54	07:42	-00:06

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Cozumel is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 80.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 18% of a typical Kona field.

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. T2	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	1	Sebastian Kienle	GER	07:59:59	08:05:31	00:48:32	04:15:13	05:08:45	02:51:14	99% +0% -1% (15)	2
2	3	Michael Weiss	AUT	08:15:55	08:37:53	00:50:56	04:22:11	05:18:07	02:57:48	81% +3% -16% (20)	70
3	8	Ivan Rana	ESP	08:16:56	08:27:20	00:45:24	04:36:34	05:26:57	02:49:59	75% +4% -21% (13)	28
4	2	Stefan Schmid *	GER	08:19:02	08:32:44	00:49:35	04:29:10	05:23:46	02:55:16	54% +20% -26% (16)	50
5	5	Jeff Symonds *	CAN	08:22:58	08:44:34	00:48:46	04:43:10	05:36:55	02:46:03	41% +0% -59% (11)	(87)
6	13	Jens Petersen-Bach *	DEN	08:26:16	08:36:02	00:47:54	04:40:13	05:33:07	02:53:09	41% +13% -46% (20)	65
7	17	Miquel Blanchart Tinto *	ESP	08:26:59	08:34:19	00:46:17	04:42:20	05:33:36	02:53:23	85% +3% -12% (18)	60
8	9	Denis Chevrot	FRA	08:28:31	08:34:07	00:45:12	04:38:19	05:28:31	03:00:00	77% +4% -19% (13)	59
9	10	Thiago Vinhal *	BRA	08:29:40	08:45:36	00:46:24	04:42:02	05:33:26	02:56:14	47% +47% -6% (14)	89
10	4	Justin Daerr	USA	08:32:06	08:42:04	00:50:20	04:38:34	05:33:54	02:58:12	70% +4% -26% (33)	81
11	6	Jeremy Jurkiewicz *	FRA	08:32:20	08:39:45	00:46:10	04:41:28	05:32:37	02:59:43	83% +0% -17% (14)	74
12	11	Trevor Delsaut	FRA	08:33:52	08:51:30	00:50:23	04:40:11	05:35:34	02:58:18	35% +5% -60% (28)	115
13	14	Jonathan Shearon *	USA	08:37:06	08:50:19	00:51:12	04:35:23	05:31:35	03:05:31	61% +7% -32% (19)	107
14	24	Samuel Huerzeler	SUI	08:38:01	08:52:20	00:50:48	04:41:19	05:37:08	03:00:53	43% +57% -0% (9)	120
15	20	Gregory Close *	USA	08:43:18	08:57:14	00:54:25	04:40:54	05:40:19	03:02:59	25% +43% -32% (10)	140
16	7	Patrick Evoe	USA	08:45:58	08:59:11	00:52:38	04:37:19	05:34:58	03:11:00	59% +2% -39% (28)	150
17	26	Sam Long *	USA	08:48:51	08:58:24	00:54:11	04:38:29	05:37:40	03:11:11	100% +0% -0% (3)	146
18	27	Andrey Lyatskiy	RUS	08:48:55	08:57:31	00:48:01	04:49:43	05:42:44	03:06:11	92% +2% -5% (31)	142
19	12	Jarrod Shoemaker	USA	08:53:15	09:09:38	00:45:17	05:02:21	05:52:38	03:00:37	20% +50% -30% (4)	181
20	19	Alan Carrillo Avila	MEX	08:59:14	09:21:29	00:52:13	04:51:36	05:48:50	03:10:24	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(221)
21	21	Martijn Dekker *	NED	09:00:01	09:32:11	00:46:13	04:41:26	05:32:39	03:27:22	18% +0% -82% (4)	(249)
22	18	Jordan Bryden	CAN	09:01:59	09:26:17	00:47:38	04:49:48	05:42:26	03:19:33	30% +62% -8% (9)	(234)
23	22	Frederic Garcia	FRA	09:04:12	09:27:20	00:57:34	04:56:31	05:59:05	03:05:07	52% +0% -48% (4)	(236)
24	23	Oliver Gonzalez Miranda	MEX	09:16:25	09:33:57	00:47:59	05:12:29	06:05:28	03:10:57	100% +0% -0% (6)	256
25	29	Sebastian Pedraza *	ITA	09:30:21	09:44:26	00:55:18	04:57:18	05:57:36	03:32:45	82% +1% -17% (17)	275
26	25	Peter Kotland	CZE	09:36:57	09:51:47	00:57:19	05:03:02	06:05:20	03:31:37	80% +12% -8% (27)	282
27	16	Max Biessmann	USA	10:06:25	10:29:52	00:50:04	04:56:03	05:51:07	04:15:18	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(308)
	15	Victor Arroyo Bugallo	ESP	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	28	Albert Moreno Molins	ESP	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	30	Michael Poole	NZL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	31	Eduar Villalta	VEN	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.

Female Race Participants

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

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. T2	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	41	Michelle Vesterby *	DEN	09:10:51	09:25:37	00:50:06	04:58:44	05:53:50	03:17:01	75% +2% -23% (23)	25
2	43	Anja Beranek	GER	09:14:26	09:27:43	00:49:50	04:55:54	05:50:44	03:23:42	46% +4% -49% (12)	32
3	50	Lisa Roberts	USA	09:16:34	09:23:20	01:00:56	05:07:44	06:13:40	03:02:54	72% +18% -10% (20)	20
4	52	Sonja Tajsich	GER	09:20:13	09:29:49	00:59:41	05:04:23	06:09:04	03:11:09	87% +2% -10% (25)	34
5	42	Kelly Williamson *	USA	09:25:09	09:36:45	00:50:58	05:26:39	06:22:36	03:02:33	92% +4% -4% (16)	42
6	55	Jennie Hansen	USA	09:26:52	09:35:12	01:00:05	05:11:05	06:16:10	03:10:42	82% +0% -18% (11)	40
7	47	Alicia Kaye	USA	09:27:53	09:43:11	00:49:35	05:10:18	06:04:53	03:23:00	39% +27% -34% (4)	57
8	53	Alexandra Tondeur *	BEL	09:28:23	09:38:54	00:56:54	05:10:30	06:12:24	03:15:59	45% +18% -37% (7)	48
9	56	Rachel McBride	CAN	09:29:34	09:44:42	00:52:28	05:01:33	05:59:01	03:30:33	100% +0% -0% (2)	(59)
10	51	Celine Schaerer	SUI	09:30:19	09:37:12	00:49:02	05:14:10	06:08:12	03:22:07	80% +0% -20% (11)	45
11	45	Jessie Donavan *	USA	09:32:26	09:39:54	01:02:53	05:02:19	06:10:12	03:22:14	97% +3% -0% (16)	52
12	59	Ewa Bugdol	POL	09:33:27	09:55:38	00:51:09	05:15:24	06:11:32	03:21:55	63% +0% -37% (2)	(79)
13	49	Kirsty Jahn	CAN	09:34:03	10:02:13	00:56:27	05:20:50	06:22:17	03:11:46	32% +0% -68% (2)	(90)
14	44	Dede Griesbauer *	USA	09:37:44	09:57:38	00:50:39	05:08:06	06:03:46	03:33:58	28% +17% -55% (27)	(79)
15	61	Camille Deligny	FRA	09:45:41	10:02:47	01:00:12	05:04:02	06:09:14	03:36:27	51% +0% -49% (5)	92
16	67	Nicole Valentine	USA	09:48:04	10:06:41	00:59:26	05:24:25	06:28:51	03:19:13	58% +42% -0% (5)	99
17	65	Christine Hammond	USA	09:51:40	10:03:50	00:52:38	05:21:57	06:19:34	03:32:06	100% +0% -0% (8)	(94)
18	66	Ashley Paulson	USA	09:58:01	10:10:24	01:09:47	05:30:08	06:44:55	03:13:06	86% +0% -14% (7)	108
19	58	Anne Basso	FRA	10:00:02	10:14:42	00:55:42	05:20:28	06:21:09	03:38:53	52% +7% -41% (18)	(116)
20	63	Caroline Gregory *	USA	10:03:14	10:36:38	00:53:37	05:32:28	06:31:05	03:32:09	35% +5% -60% (14)	151
21	57	Palmira Alvarez	MEX	10:04:56	10:26:35	01:04:09	05:21:33	06:30:41	03:34:15	68% +32% -0% (4)	133
22	60	Steph Corker	CAN	10:15:21	10:27:50	00:56:30	05:35:15	06:36:45	03:38:36	100% +0% -0% (3)	136
23	64	Rachel Hallam	GBR	11:01:31	11:27:06	00:54:50	05:20:07	06:19:57	04:41:34	51% +0% -49% (2)	(163)
	46	Helle Frederiksen *	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	48	Sue Huse	CAN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	54	Kelsey Withrow	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	62	Kendra Goffredo	USA	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

Male Race Participants

Sebastian Kienle has changed his season plan a bit, this year he’ll be trying to do an early validation of his Kona slot and of course he is the clear favorite for Cozumel. Of course there will be a slight question mark how fresh he is going to be just six weeks after Kona, but that applies to most of his competition as well.

• Sebastian Kienle: 79% (1-1)
• Michael Weiss: 7% (12-1)
• Ivan Rana: 6% (17-1)
• Stefan Schmid: 3% (30-1)

Female Race Participants

The female race also features a number of athletes that have raced Kona, but Michelle, Anja, and Sonja haven’t quite had the race they were looking for. Lisa Roberts will be on the start line coming off a win at IM Louisville one day after Kona.

• Michelle Vesterby: 51% (1-1)
• Lisa Roberts: 23% (3-1)
• Anja Beranek: 11% (8-1)
• Sonja Tajsich: 6% (17-1)

In addition to the athletes who already have a lot of experience on the IM distance, Helle Frederiksen is also on the start list (though it’s not clear if she’ll race here or in Arizona a week before) and will be looking to mix things up.

Update Oct 24th: Added Jessie Donavan, Rachel Hallam, Jennie Hansen, Kirsty Jahn, Rachel McBride, Angela Naeth, Michelle Vesterby, Kelsey Withrow (MPRO); Barrett Brandon, Martijn Dekker, Patrick Evoe, Jeremy Jurkiewicz, Andrey Lyatskiy, Jens Petersen-Bach, Michael Poole, Matthew Russell, Jarrod Shoemaker, Cameron Wurf (MPRO)

Update Oct 25th: Added Palmira Alvarez, Anja Beranek, Steph Corker, Helle Frederiksen, Kendra Goffredo, Caroline Gregory, Christine Hammond, Sue Huse, Alicia Kaye, Lisa Roberts, Sonja Tajsich, Alexandra Tondeur (WPRO); Blake Becker, Gregory Close, Sebastian Kienle, Peter Kotland, Kennett Peterson, Stefan Schmid, Jonathan Shearon (MPRO)

Male Race Participants

Name	Nation	KPR points	KPR races
Sebastian Kienle	GER	7805	1+1
Cameron Wurf	AUS	2880	2+0
Jens Petersen-Bach	DEN	1620	1+1
Jeremy Jurkiewicz	FRA	1045	1+1
Miquel Blanchart Tinto	ESP	960	1+0
Gregory Close	USA	720	1+0
Stefan Schmid	GER	720	1+0
Jonathan Shearon	USA	640	1+1
Justin Daerr	USA	540	1+0
Albert Moreno	ESP	345	0+1
Sam Long	USA	305	1+0
Martijn Dekker	NED	280	0+1
Matthew Russell	USA	240	0+1
Patrick Evoe	USA	235	1+0
Blake Becker	USA	205	2+0
Jarrod Shoemaker	USA	180	0+1
Trevor Delsaut	FRA	150	0+2 (0/50)
Alan Carrillo Avila	MEX	90	0+1
Max Biessmann	USA	15	0+1
Sebastian Pedraza	ITA	11	1+1
Peter Kotland	CZE	6	1+1
Barrett Brandon	USA	0	0+0
Frederic Garcia	FRA	0	0+0
Samuel Huerzeler	SUI	0	0+0
Andrey Lyatskiy	RUS	0	0+0
Kennett Peterson	USA	0	0+0
Michael Poole	NZL	0	0+0

Female Race Participants

Name	Nation	KPR points	KPR races
Lisa Roberts	USA	2000	1+0
Helle Frederiksen	DEN	1970	0+1
Jessie Donavan	USA	1280	1+0
Kirsty Jahn	CAN	990	0+1
Celine Schaerer	SUI	980	1+1
Kelly Williamson	USA	960	1+0
Kelsey Withrow	USA	960	0+2 (0/320)
Anja Beranek	GER	900	0+2 (0/400)
Alexandra Tondeur	BEL	775	1+1
Alicia Kaye	USA	715	0+1
Ashley Paulson	USA	710	2+0
Anne Basso	FRA	485	0+2 (0/140)
Angela Naeth	CAN	400	0+1
Sonja Tajsich	GER	340	1+0
Camille Deligny	FRA	230	1+0
Sue Huse	CAN	125	0+1
Jennie Hansen	USA	100	0+1
Palmira Alvarez	MEX	85	1+0
Caroline Gregory	USA	40	1+0
Rachel Hallam	GBR	20	1+0
Steph Corker	CAN	0	0+0
Kendra Goffredo	USA	0	0+0
Dede Griesbauer	USA	0	0+0
Christine Hammond	USA	0	0+0
Rachel McBride	CAN	0	0+0
Michelle Vesterby	DEN	0	0+0