Race Conditions
This year’s IM Wisconsin was pretty quick – mainly because of a faster than usual run (8:36 compared to new run course rating of -0:10). Not surprisingly there were a number of new course records: Andrew Starykowicz posted a new bike course record (4:24:08, improving on Konstantin Bachor’s 4:31 from 2014), Patrick McKeon’s 2:43:09 was a new run course record (improving on a 2:50 by Daniel Bretscher from 2014), and Luke McKenzie posted a new overall course record (the only record was also from Daniel Bretscher’s 2014 win).
Male Race Results
Not surprisingly it was Andrew Starykowicz who dominated most of the race: With a new bike course record he stormed to the front and built an eight-minute lead by T2. But then Luke McKenzie’s superior run speed was the deciding factor, with a 2:49 Luke won by eleven minutes over TJ Tollakson who was third in T2 and ran just under eight hours. Patrick McKeon had the fastest run of the day with a 2:43, he was also able to overtake Andy who finished in fourth place.
| Rank |
Name |
Nation |
Swim |
Bike |
Run |
Time |
Diff to exp. |
Prize Money |
KPR Points |
| 1 |
Luke McKenzie |
AUS |
00:49:44 |
04:31:47 |
02:49:00 |
08:17:19 |
-15:05 |
US$ 15,000 |
2000 |
| 2 |
TJ Tollakson |
USA |
00:49:36 |
04:33:31 |
02:58:45 |
08:28:17 |
-02:59 |
US$ 7,500 |
1600 |
| 3 |
Patrick Mckeon |
USA |
00:55:04 |
04:43:57 |
02:43:09 |
08:28:36 |
-09:19 |
US$ 5,000 |
1280 |
| 4 |
Andrew Starykowicz |
USA |
00:49:40 |
04:24:08 |
03:11:55 |
08:32:27 |
-18:37 |
US$ 3,250 |
960 |
| 5 |
Stefan Schmid |
GER |
00:54:53 |
04:43:20 |
02:48:45 |
08:34:22 |
00:03 |
US$ 2,750 |
720 |
| 6 |
Justin Daerr |
USA |
00:54:52 |
04:43:55 |
02:57:04 |
08:42:02 |
00:52 |
US$ 2,000 |
540 |
| 7 |
Leon Griffin |
AUS |
00:49:41 |
04:51:48 |
02:59:37 |
08:48:21 |
12:26 |
US$ 1,500 |
405 |
| 8 |
Sam Long |
USA |
00:56:03 |
04:48:58 |
03:04:20 |
08:54:57 |
03:14 |
US$ 1,250 |
305 |
| 9 |
Scott Defilippis |
USA |
00:55:39 |
05:04:08 |
02:53:06 |
09:00:44 |
-08:17 |
US$ 1,000 |
230 |
| 10 |
Thomas Gerlach |
USA |
00:54:56 |
04:52:09 |
03:07:57 |
09:02:50 |
14:16 |
US$ 750 |
170 |
| 11 |
Ryan Rau |
USA |
01:01:39 |
05:03:21 |
03:00:17 |
09:11:58 |
-09:35 |
|
120 |
| 12 |
Blake Becker |
USA |
01:00:34 |
05:00:42 |
03:12:34 |
09:20:28 |
-28:26 |
|
85 |
| 13 |
Colin Laughery |
USA |
00:59:14 |
05:04:56 |
03:12:41 |
09:24:56 |
16:43 |
|
60 |
| 14 |
Patrick Brady |
USA |
01:03:23 |
04:57:01 |
04:22:08 |
10:29:26 |
1:11:35 |
|
40 |
| |
Matthew Russell |
USA |
00:55:01 |
04:52:28 |
|
DNF |
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| |
Paul Matthews |
AUS |
00:49:31 |
05:03:46 |
|
DNF |
|
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| |
Christian Brader |
GER |
00:56:05 |
05:07:37 |
|
DNF |
|
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|
| |
Gergely Nagy |
HUN |
00:55:36 |
05:08:55 |
|
DNF |
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|
| |
Jarrod Shoemaker |
USA |
00:49:30 |
05:41:06 |
|
DNF |
|
|
|
| |
Barrett Brandon |
USA |
00:49:28 |
|
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DNF |
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