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Ironman Lake Placid 2026 – Analyzing Results

2023 LakePlacidCourse Conditions

This year was one of the slowest in Lake Placid – tough conditions across all three legs. You have to go back to 2019 to find slower conditions. Nonetheless, men’s winner Marten van Riel set a new overall course record by more than eight minutes (Matt Marquardt was also under his old mark). He was in the lead for most of the day, he also set a new course record for the run. 

Female winner Paula Findlay also had an even performance across all three legs, she set a new bike course improving last year’s mark by second-place finisher Marta Sanchez.

Kona Qualifying

As an Ironman Pro Series race, Lake Placid offered four Pro slots each for the men and women. Since we’re almost at the end of the qualifying period, a good number of athletes already had their slot so the rolldown went quite far. New qualified athletes are:

  • Jason West, Frederic Funk, Dominik Sowieja and Kristian Hogenhaug for the men
    and
  • Paula Findlay, Rhianne Hughes, Lara Hernandez-Tome and Samatha Skold.

In addition, Chelsea Sodaro validated her AQ slot by finishing a tough marathon. You can find all Kona qualifiers here.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money PTO Points
1 Marten Van Riel BEL 00:47:05 (2) 04:14:46 (3) 02:34:49 (1) 07:41:57 -13:40 US$ 18,000 93.72
2 Matthew Marquardt USA 00:49:49 (6) 04:13:56 (1) 02:37:24 (3) 07:46:11 -17:04 US$ 11,500 90.32
3 Ben Kanute USA 00:48:05 (4) 04:21:44 (5) 02:43:48 (7) 07:58:23 -14:36 US$ 9,000 83.98
4 Jason West USA 00:50:11 (8) 04:28:11 (9) 02:37:19 (2) 08:00:44 -05:14 US$ 6,000 81.45
5 Rudy von Berg USA 00:50:10 (7) 04:22:51 (6) 02:44:54 (9) 08:03:02 01:36 US$ 5,000 79.04
6 Frederic Funk GER 00:51:27 (10) 04:27:53 (8) 02:39:00 (4) 08:04:29 00:26 US$ 4,000 77.02
7 Cameron Wurf AUS 00:55:22 (23) 04:17:59 (4) 02:49:21 (10) 08:07:24 -03:40 US$ 3,000 74.52
8 Trevor Foley USA 00:55:21 (22) 04:14:06 (2) 02:55:34 (15) 08:09:52 00:45 US$ 2,500 72.26
9 Dominik Sowieja GER 00:55:23 (24) 04:30:14 (10) 02:43:21 (5) 08:14:30 -07:00 US$ 2,000 69.25
10 Kristian Hogenhaug DEN 00:53:28 (15) 04:23:33 (7) 02:53:42 (13) 08:16:21 11:03 US$ 1,500 67.35
11 Diego Mentrida Zamarra ESP 00:54:26 (16) 04:33:42 (11) 02:43:21 (5) 08:18:21 -01:55   65.46
12 David Reynolds USA 00:55:19 (21) 04:36:23 (13) 02:44:29 (8) 08:22:31 -36:42   62.79
13 Adam Feigh USA 00:55:26 (25) 04:37:15 (15) 02:50:27 (12) 08:28:58 -16:24   59.32
14 Fraser Minnican GBR 00:47:04 (1) 04:43:25 (19) 02:59:35 (17) 08:35:29 -08:47   55.88
15 Martin Ulloa CHI 00:51:28 (11) 04:49:27 (22) 02:49:46 (11) 08:37:01 07:39   54.37
16 Matthew Schafer USA 00:49:47 (5) 04:45:58 (21) 02:58:14 (16) 08:40:58 -00:43   51.99
17 Elliot Bach USA 00:55:26 (25) 04:34:46 (12) 03:06:47 (20) 08:42:57 -12:42   50.40
18 Victor Arroyo Bugallo ESP 01:03:58 (34) 04:37:10 (14) 02:54:37 (14) 08:43:08 06:02   49.54
19 Matthew Collins GBR 00:50:13 (9) 04:42:47 (17) 03:04:46 (18) 08:43:28 00:23   48.66
20 Lukas Stahl GER 00:55:29 (28) 04:38:39 (16) 03:09:40 (23) 08:50:37 11:03   45.23
21 Matthew Guenter USA 00:51:31 (12) 04:55:43 (27) 03:06:09 (19) 09:00:41 n/a   40.73
22 James Hayes USA 00:54:28 (17) 04:42:57 (18) 03:20:19 (27) 09:03:15 -24:34   39.11
23 Matt Kerr NZL 01:00:22 (30) 04:52:33 (24) 03:07:14 (21) 09:07:24 32:41   38.07
24 Pamphiel Pareyn BEL 00:51:34 (13) 05:01:49 (30) 03:09:46 (24) 09:09:16 38:25   37.48
25 Kyle Martinelli USA 01:03:53 (32) 04:52:50 (25) 03:09:24 (22) 09:11:43 n/a   36.93
26 Jason Quinn USA 00:53:25 (14) 05:01:37 (29) 03:12:35 (25) 09:15:50 00:17   36.41
27 Thomas Gordon USA 00:48:01 (3) 04:57:12 (28) 03:27:08 (30) 09:18:22 04:39   35.91
28 Cody Beals CAN 00:55:18 (20) 04:54:25 (26) 03:27:03 (29) 09:22:11 48:56   35.43
29 John Reed USA 00:55:17 (19) 05:07:03 (32) 03:14:50 (26) 09:23:19 -41:08   34.98
30 Scott Coombs CAN 01:01:08 (31) 05:02:28 (31) 03:20:32 (28) 09:31:08 n/a   34.55
31 Matthew Richard USA 00:59:57 (29) 04:43:50 (20) 04:22:34 (31) 10:12:13 1:20:58   34.15
  Yang Pan USA 01:03:54 (33) 04:50:55 (23)   DNF      
  Robert Swan USA 00:55:27 (27) 05:15:33 (33)   DNF      
  Paul Loiseaux FRA 00:55:14 (18)     DNF      
  Ross Baldwin USA 01:06:34 (35)     DNF      

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money PTO Points
1 Paula Findlay CAN 00:55:43 (6) 04:50:26 (1) 02:55:49 (3) 08:47:43 n/a US$ 18,000 92.05
2 Marta Sanchez ESP 00:53:28 (3) 04:52:26 (2) 02:59:33 (4) 08:51:30 -14:16 US$ 11,500 88.99
3 Rachel Zilinskas USA 00:53:19 (2) 04:56:52 (5) 03:07:51 (7) 09:04:13 -16:02 US$ 9,000 83.03
4 Tamara Jewett CAN 01:01:17 (10) 05:08:32 (7) 02:48:13 (1) 09:04:53 -02:17 US$ 6,000 81.18
5 Lisa Perterer AUT 00:58:35 (8) 04:55:30 (3) 03:05:16 (6) 09:06:04 09:29 US$ 5,000 79.25
6 Grace Thek AUS 00:57:21 (7) 05:00:09 (6) 03:08:58 (8) 09:12:19 08:11 US$ 4,000 75.69
7 Rhianne Hughes GBR 01:07:14 (18) 05:13:11 (10) 03:02:20 (5) 09:28:17 -07:28 US$ 3,000 68.97
8 Lara Hernandez-Tome ESP 00:52:13 (1) 05:09:28 (8) 03:19:17 (10) 09:28:45 -05:46 US$ 2,500 67.49
9 Samantha Skold USA 01:15:37 (27) 05:13:24 (11) 02:55:31 (2) 09:30:51 06:48 US$ 2,000 65.53
10 Shiva Leisner DEN 01:04:03 (12) 05:14:28 (12) 03:19:33 (12) 09:44:52 -08:39 US$ 1,500 59.65
11 Fiona Moriarty IRL 01:06:03 (13) 05:09:38 (9) 03:29:06 (16) 09:50:52 03:45   56.52
12 Rebecca Kawaoka USA 01:08:36 (21) 05:24:20 (15) 03:11:52 (9) 09:53:11 20:57   54.66
13 Danyella Eberle AUS 01:07:11 (17) 05:18:59 (13) 03:27:56 (15) 10:01:02 05:03   51.02
14 Leslie Homol USA 01:06:44 (15) 05:33:29 (16) 03:19:24 (11) 10:06:17 -00:23   48.29
15 Miranda Tomenson CAN 01:01:16 (9) 05:36:57 (17) 03:22:04 (13) 10:09:02 -04:54   46.45
16 Chelsea Sodaro USA 00:54:41 (5) 04:56:23 (4) 04:14:00 (22) 10:11:21 1:08:57   44.80
17 Romina Palacio Balena ARG 01:01:19 (11) 05:37:14 (18) 03:37:07 (18) 10:23:18 15:16   41.73
18 Annette Rogers USA 01:07:09 (16) 06:01:06 (22) 03:27:36 (14) 10:42:39 17:58   40.93
19 Abbie Sullivan USA 01:07:28 (19) 05:56:21 (21) 03:36:13 (17) 10:47:22 n/a   40.18
20 Emily Pincus USA 00:54:39 (4) 06:05:42 (23) 03:38:47 (19) 10:50:17 n/a   39.47
21 Heather Low CAN 01:12:57 (24) 05:51:58 (20) 03:59:46 (21) 11:14:11 -07:32   38.79
22 Vanessa Foerster USA 01:15:28 (26) 06:11:26 (24) 03:55:49 (20) 11:31:44 n/a   38.14
  Annamarie Strehlow USA 01:06:04 (14) 05:19:06 (14)   DNF      
  Sloane Tilley USA 01:14:54 (25) 05:50:52 (19)   DNF      
  Olivia Dietzel USA 01:18:55 (28) 06:32:28 (25)   DNF      
  Caitlin Alexander USA 01:08:10 (20)     DNF      
  Anne Basso FRA 01:09:23 (22)     DNF      
  Carolyn Olsen USA 01:10:30 (23)     DNF      

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