Race Conditions
The field for IM Australia was pretty small – not much of a surprise with all the attention (and points and money) that IM Melbourne was getting. We had only 9 pro athletes finishing the race. The adjustment was at 9:26 – a quicker race than in the past, but still in line with the last years (new course rating of 4:41, mainly as a result of slower results in the earlier years).
Male Results
Paul Ambrose won the race leading from start to finish, but he faced a strong run by Tim Berkel who managed to make the race a bit more interesting towards the end:
Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Actual Time Expected Time 1 Paul Ambrose GBR 00:46:18 04:31:25 02:57:12 08:17:38 08:45:00 2 Tim Berkel AUS 00:48:49 04:42:04 02:47:20 08:21:11 08:41:58 3 Jason Shortis AUS 00:50:28 04:53:51 02:51:57 08:40:02 08:47:26 4 Leon Griffin AUS 00:48:53 04:48:26 03:15:26 08:55:54 08:53:12 5 Chris Dmitrieff AUS 00:51:46 05:10:03 03:18:59 09:24:21 09:08:08 6 Dan Brown PHI 00:56:46 05:42:34 06:44:37 13:29:04 08:48:41
Female Results
The three women came off the bike very close together, and Aussie Michelle Mitchell put in a soli 3:08 marathon to win the race:
Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Actual Time Expected Time 1 Michelle Mitchell AUS 00:51:48 05:29:57 03:08:38 09:34:57 09:32:06 2 Nicole Ward AUS 00:51:50 05:28:57 03:20:47 09:44:40 09:54:22 3 Hillary Biscay USA 00:50:40 05:29:13 03:34:04 09:58:19 10:03:55