Race Conditions
Conditions in Wisconsin were pretty typical: A hot day lead to an adjustment of –2:49 and a new course rating of –3:59.
Male Results
My race favorite Ben Hoffmann pulled away on the bike and held on to that lead on the run, winning by almost 14 minutes:
Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Actual Time Expected Time 1 Ben Hoffman USA 00:52:13 04:37:58 02:56:33 08:32:51 08:49:53 2 Eduardo Sturla ARG 00:54:40 04:49:28 02:55:28 08:46:29 08:46:56 3 Michael Goehner GER 00:54:50 04:48:56 03:04:25 08:54:53 08:43:07 4 Justin Daerr USA 00:54:33 04:45:37 03:09:28 08:55:46 08:52:17 5 Blake Becker USA 00:54:40 04:56:49 02:58:44 08:56:35 10:16:58 6 Thomas Gerlach USA 00:54:42 04:45:21 03:12:19 08:58:20 09:46:40 7 Andres Castillo Latorre COL 00:49:01 04:53:47 03:13:04 09:02:25 09:18:24 8 Kevin Taddonio USA 01:04:47 04:52:15 03:01:50 09:05:35 09:06:05 9 Nick Waninger USA 00:54:35 05:06:22 03:00:54 09:07:35 08:51:33 10 Dominik Berger AUT 00:50:55 04:55:24 03:18:45 09:11:34 09:13:29 11 Billy Edwards USA 01:03:42 04:56:49 03:11:05 09:17:44 09:31:55 12 Markus Ressler AUT 00:54:11 04:53:35 03:29:36 09:24:17 09:12:36 13 Jonathan Shearon USA 00:54:41 04:51:17 03:36:02 09:28:54 08:58:13 14 Jared Milam USA 00:54:36 05:26:16 03:04:59 09:32:40 09:15:39 15 Ernst Moser AUT 00:58:35 05:00:16 03:31:55 09:37:04 09:11:57 16 Jesse Vondracek USA 00:58:48 05:22:50 03:15:53 09:43:54 09:38:35
Female Results
On the females side, Elizabeth Lyles returned to IM racing with a win, beating best-rated Kathleen Calkins, who lead for a long time but finally finished in fourth place:
Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Actual Time Expected Time 1 Elizabeth Lyles USA 01:00:41 05:27:29 02:59:33 09:34:35 n/a 2 Beth Walsh USA 01:01:44 05:30:17 02:59:54 09:38:42 10:05:48 3 Charisa Wernick USA 01:00:41 05:29:57 03:05:58 09:43:54 10:07:43 4 Kathleen Calkins USA 00:54:46 05:21:37 03:23:55 09:48:13 09:31:17 5 Hillary Biscay USA 00:54:39 05:34:27 03:21:06 09:57:53 10:17:34 6 Kim Loeffler USA 01:08:36 05:28:34 03:25:24 10:10:47 09:49:53 7 Whitney Garcia USA 01:01:24 05:33:04 03:32:24 10:14:32 10:06:14 8 Ariane Monticeli BRA 01:08:42 05:46:04 03:18:28 10:20:18 10:21:17