Course Conditions
With an overall adjustment of -1:23, this year saw the slowest conditions ever for Chattanooga (new course rating of 8:26). The swim was quick as usual, the bike a little bit on the slow side, but the run seemed to be very challenging (adjustment of- 12 minutes!), evidenced by the fastest marathons being 3:06s by Matt Russell and Sam Long and a 3:10 by Lisa Roberts.
Sam Long laid the basis for his win with a new bike course record, his 4:23 broke Marino Vanhoenacker’s 4:27 record time from 2016.
Kona Qualifying
IM Chattanooga had two qualifying slots, these go to the winners
- Sam Long
and - Angela Naeth.
Male Race Results
Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
1 | Sam Long | USA | 00:47:42 | 04:23:51 | 03:06:53 | 08:22:21 | -20:01 | US$ 8,000 |
2 | Matthew Russell | USA | 00:47:49 | 04:33:12 | 03:06:05 | 08:31:49 | 06:39 | US$ 4,000 |
3 | Nicholas Chase | USA | 00:44:18 | 04:36:00 | 03:23:40 | 08:49:30 | -43:28 | US$ 3,000 |
4 | Patrick Brady | USA | 00:49:37 | 04:47:29 | 03:12:09 | 08:54:52 | -17:45 | US$ 2,500 |
5 | Adam Feigh | USA | 00:47:25 | 04:39:21 | 03:26:30 | 08:58:56 | 03:51 | US$ 1,500 |
6 | Clay Emge | USA | 00:47:55 | 04:48:19 | 03:24:43 | 09:07:16 | 16:31 | US$ 1,000 |
7 | Benson Hall | USA | 00:47:50 | 04:57:41 | 03:23:52 | 09:18:09 | -02:11 | |
8 | Eliot Scymanski | USA | 00:44:14 | 04:56:25 | 03:32:56 | 09:19:08 | 12:20 | |
9 | Colin Laughery | USA | 00:47:13 | 04:49:05 | 03:48:58 | 09:31:58 | 19:55 | |
10 | Marcus Hultgren | SWE | 00:51:54 | 04:57:00 | 03:42:53 | 09:37:40 | 13:47 | |
11 | Peter Kotland | CZE | 00:51:53 | 05:01:17 | 03:51:47 | 09:52:13 | -00:17 | |
12 | Rodrigo Romero Garcia de la Cadena | MEX | 00:47:51 | 05:10:05 | 03:50:57 | 09:57:21 | 49:54 | |
13 | Andrew Talansky | USA | 00:47:05 | 04:34:20 | 04:55:02 | 10:21:06 | 52:14 | |
Pedro Gomes | POR | 00:44:17 | 04:39:09 | DNF | ||||
Jonathan Fecik | USA | 00:47:48 | 05:21:25 | DNF | ||||
Romain Babin | CHI | 00:47:38 | 05:31:41 | DNF | ||||
James Lubinski | USA | 00:57:42 | 05:32:18 | DNF | ||||
Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches | CAN | 00:43:02 | DNF |
Female Race Results
Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
1 | Angela Naeth | CAN | 00:51:24 | 05:00:51 | 03:20:47 | 09:18:45 | -07:48 | US$ 8,000 |
2 | Lisa Roberts | USA | 00:53:53 | 05:12:58 | 03:10:25 | 09:22:31 | -03:46 | US$ 4,000 |
3 | Lenny Ramsey | NED | 00:53:49 | 05:09:45 | 03:16:36 | 09:27:16 | -14:15 | US$ 3,000 |
4 | Kelly Fillnow | USA | 00:54:01 | 05:19:25 | 03:30:41 | 09:50:22 | -10:14 | US$ 2,500 |
5 | Kaitlin Allen | USA | 00:57:35 | 05:29:52 | 03:37:06 | 10:09:55 | -06:07 | US$ 1,500 |
6 | Melanie Baumann | SUI | 00:59:24 | 05:41:03 | 03:29:52 | 10:17:15 | -03:09 | US$ 1,000 |
7 | Katy Cargiulo | USA | 00:53:57 | 05:46:47 | 03:44:01 | 10:32:11 | -04:28 | |
8 | Palmira Alvarez | MEX | 00:53:52 | 05:24:10 | 04:09:47 | 10:34:04 | 16:53 | |
9 | Kristin Louderback | USA | 00:54:51 | 05:47:29 | 04:08:08 | 10:56:58 | n/a | |
10 | Robyn Hardage | CAN | 00:53:46 | 05:36:11 | 04:24:43 | 11:00:42 | 53:08 | |
Katie Morales | USA | 00:48:21 | 05:21:45 | DNF | ||||
Maddy Pesch | USA | 00:51:23 | 05:33:16 | DNF | ||||
Amy Vantassel | USA | 00:53:49 | 06:26:43 | DNF |