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Ironman Lake Placid 2018 (July 22nd) – Seedings

IMLakePlacidPrevious Winners

Ironman Lake Placid is one of the “single-gender” Pro races, this year it will be contested among the female Pros.

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Heather Fuhr (USA) 09:45:06
2006 Viktor Zyemtsev (UKR) 08:38:18
2007 Belinda Granger (AUS) 09:40:20
2008 Francisco Pontano (ARG) 08:43:32 Caitlin Snow (USA) 09:51:00
2009 Maik Twelsiek (GER) 08:36:37 Tereza Macel (CZE) 09:29:36
2010 Ben Hoffman (USA) 08:39:34 Amy Marsh (USA) 09:27:30
2011 TJ Tollakson (USA) 08:25:15 Heather Wurtele (CAN) 09:19:03
2012 Andy Potts (USA) 08:25:07 Jessie Donavan (USA) 09:47:39
2013 Andy Potts (USA) 08:43:29 Jennie Hansen (USA) 09:35:06
2014 Kyle Buckingham (ZAF) 08:38:43 Amber Ferreira (USA) 09:31:28
2016 Heather Jackson (USA) 09:09:42
2017 Brent McMahon (CAN) 08:13:53

Last Year’s TOP 3

Here are the links to last year’s race results and the 2016 race results when there was a WPRO-only race.

Male Race Results (2017)

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Brent McMahon CAN 00:50:12 04:35:25 02:43:39 08:13:53
2 Andy Potts USA 00:50:10 04:36:00 03:05:50 08:37:46
3 Justin Daerr USA 00:55:54 04:50:00 02:54:46 08:45:40

Female Race Results (2016)

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Heather Jackson USA 01:00:22 04:57:36 03:07:00 09:09:42
2 Annah Watkinson ZAF 00:59:41 05:21:17 03:18:45 09:45:00
3 Alicia Kaye USA 00:54:25 05:24:38 03:28:39 09:53:31

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:13:53 Brent McMahon 2017-07-23
Swim overall 00:45:01 Andy Potts 2012-07-22
Bike overall 04:33:23 Steve Larsen 2001-07-29
Run overall 02:43:39 Brent McMahon 2017-07-23
Total female 09:09:42 Heather Jackson 2016-07-24
Swim female 00:50:48 Tereza Macel 2009-07-26
Bike female 04:57:36 Heather Jackson 2016-07-24
Run female 02:57:05 Caitlin Snow 2009-07-26

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Lake Placid is – 02:07.

Race Adjustments for IM Lake Placid

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2005 -01:26 02:29 -08:54 03:46 21 -01:26 02:29 -08:54 03:46
2006 -07:39 01:06 -10:06 -05:06 29 -04:32 01:47 -09:30 -00:40
2007 -02:27 01:36 -09:51 -00:11 18 -03:51 01:43 -09:37 -00:30
2008 03:44 01:01 -02:36 01:09 38 -01:57 01:33 -07:52 -00:05
2009 -01:29 00:31 -05:59 -01:44 39 -01:51 01:21 -07:29 -00:25
2010 04:37 -02:29 -01:06 01:40 44 -00:47 00:42 -06:26 -00:04
2011 02:23 -02:22 -02:50 01:52 24 -00:20 00:16 -05:55 00:12
2012 -02:11 00:51 -04:56 -00:24 16 -00:34 00:20 -05:47 00:08
2013 -01:18 00:45 -03:27 00:50 32 -00:39 00:23 -05:32 00:13
2014 -06:04 -01:34 -02:55 02:04 24 of 29 -01:11 00:11 -05:16 00:24
2016 -05:25 -01:32 -01:41 -02:56 10 of 12 -01:34 00:02 -04:57 00:06
2017 -08:09 -02:05 -01:46 00:55 18 of 20 -02:07 -00:09 -04:41 00:10

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Lake Placid is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Female 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 Heather Jackson USA 09:07:52 09:06:45 00:57:41 05:01:19 06:04:00 03:03:52 77% +16% -7% (8) 5
2 3 Jodie Robertson USA 09:21:18 09:21:08 01:00:20 05:06:33 06:11:52 03:09:26 40% +16% -43% (5) 20
3 2 Sarah Piampiano USA 09:24:45 09:21:18 01:02:18 05:11:12 06:18:31 03:06:14 80% +7% -14% (22) 21
4 7 Jen Annett CAN 09:26:01 09:34:16 01:01:20 05:02:04 06:08:24 03:17:37 47% +47% -6% (8) 43
5 6 Angela Naeth * CAN 09:35:59 09:51:46 00:59:06 05:04:34 06:08:40 03:27:19 9% +16% -75% (7) 76
6 9 Jennie Hansen USA 09:40:29 09:47:22 01:03:28 05:20:54 06:29:22 03:11:07 56% +0% -44% (12) 65
7 14 Darbi Roberts USA 09:41:53 09:49:33 00:54:24 05:22:36 06:22:00 03:19:53 26% +19% -55% (11) 71
8 8 Amber Ferreira USA 09:43:23 09:59:31 00:56:13 05:20:50 06:22:03 03:21:20 31% +11% -58% (19) 87
9 10 Nicole Valentine USA 09:58:41 10:03:37 01:01:23 05:34:16 06:40:39 03:18:02 67% +33% -0% (6) 96
10 4 Kelsey Withrow USA 10:00:01 10:12:43 00:51:41 05:38:28 06:35:09 03:24:52 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (116)
11 11 Ashley Paulson USA 10:04:17 10:08:27 01:12:36 05:36:45 06:54:20 03:09:57 66% +12% -23% (10) 102
12 12 Robyn Hardage CAN 10:06:29 10:09:34 01:02:33 05:31:57 06:39:29 03:27:00 100% +0% -0% (3) 106
13 18 Caroline St-Pierre CAN 10:10:12 10:10:51 00:56:50 05:44:56 06:46:45 03:23:27 83% +0% -17% (5) 109
14 20 Amanda Wendorff USA 10:12:03 10:19:23 00:59:46 05:18:35 06:23:22 03:48:41 59% +0% -41% (5) 124
15 23 Kelly O’Mara USA 10:12:30 10:31:43 00:58:25 05:40:36 06:44:01 03:28:29 48% +0% -52% (2) (140)
16 15 Maggie Rusch USA 10:13:49 10:22:21 01:03:50 05:33:20 06:42:10 03:31:39 67% +9% -24% (7) 127
17 25 Rachel Jastrebsky USA 10:14:29 10:17:19 01:01:15 05:34:56 06:41:11 03:33:18 41% +32% -27% (7) (122)
18 21 Caroline Martineau CAN 10:33:13 10:59:18 01:03:40 05:41:43 06:50:22 03:42:51 46% +12% -43% (10) 156
19 17 Carly Johann USA 10:44:28 10:58:06 01:01:05 05:33:52 06:39:57 04:04:31 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (156)
20 24 Amy Vantassel USA 10:47:53 10:56:03 01:05:05 06:07:48 07:17:53 03:30:00 51% +0% -49% (4) (154)
5 Sarah True USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
16 Lenny Ramsey NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
19 Valerie Belanger CAN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
22 Elizabeth Nyitray USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
26 Cindy Dubois CAN 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

Female Race Participants

  • Heather Jackson: 72% (1-1)
  • Jodie Robertson: 11% (8-1)
  • Sarah Piampiano: 9% (10-1)
  • Jen Annett: 5% (18-1)

Kona Qualifying Situation

Here’s what position the athletes looking for a Kona slot will need to finish at:

  • Just Finish: Heather Jackson
  • Top 10: Jodie Robertson
  • Top 3: Sarah True
  • 2nd: Jen Annett
  • Win: Kelsey Withrow

Sarah Piampiano is already safe for a slot.

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