Race Conditions
In previous years, the adjustments for IM Louisville have been changing quite a lot, probably an influence of the weather on race day (which would mainly show up on the run when the heat and humidity take their toll) but likely also because of course changes (especially on the swim and bike).
This was the first year since 2014 that IM Louisville was a professional race, and the adjustments were not very consistent with earlier years. The swim appears to be quite a bit slower, the bike a bit faster and the run faster by quite a bit – I’m not sure if there have been changes to the course that might explain these changes.
Overall, the conditions seem to have been favorable for quick times, but the new records that were set are also indicative of great performances by the respective athletes. Lisa Roberts set new records for the bike (by 6 minutes over the 2009 bike split by Lisbeth Kristensen), the run (again by 6 minutes over the 2009 marathon by Kim Loeffler) and also overall (by 14 minutes over Nina Kraft’s 2009 winning time). On the men’s side Andy Starykowicz’s bike time was an improvement of 21 minutes over Chris McDonald’s time from 2013, also helping him to set a new overall course record (by 11 minutes). Definitely a day for new records and dominating performances!
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money | KPR Points |
| 1 | Andrew Starykowicz | USA | 00:47:33 | 04:08:19 | 03:07:24 | 08:10:11 | -17:12 | US$ 8,000 | 2000 |
| 2 | Callum Millward | NZL | 00:51:12 | 04:26:45 | 02:53:39 | 08:18:03 | -03:18 | US$ 4,000 | 1600 |
| 3 | Markus Thomschke | GER | 00:51:15 | 04:26:26 | 02:56:22 | 08:21:05 | -14:35 | US$ 3,000 | 1280 |
| 4 | Eric Limkemann | USA | 00:49:50 | 04:24:35 | 03:04:40 | 08:26:14 | -05:21 | US$ 2,500 | 960 |
| 5 | Gregory Close | USA | 00:55:59 | 04:27:10 | 02:56:17 | 08:26:24 | -22:58 | US$ 1,500 | 720 |
| 6 | Jonathan Shearon | USA | 00:53:51 | 04:29:33 | 02:57:13 | 08:27:43 | -06:31 | US$ 1,000 | 540 |
| 7 | Patrick Jaberg | SUI | 00:55:31 | 04:27:42 | 02:59:13 | 08:29:29 | -11:44 | 405 | |
| 8 | Tripp Hipple | USA | 00:51:20 | 04:28:47 | 03:06:01 | 08:32:43 | -05:30 | 305 | |
| 9 | Paul Ambrose | AUS | 00:51:14 | 04:32:11 | 03:05:44 | 08:36:33 | -00:49 | 230 | |
| 10 | Jozsef Major | HUN | 00:57:16 | 04:35:01 | 02:55:37 | 08:36:34 | -02:04 | 170 | |
| 11 | Blake Becker | USA | 00:55:37 | 04:38:37 | 03:06:07 | 08:46:51 | -31:29 | 120 | |
| 12 | Jesse Vondracek | USA | 00:51:18 | 04:40:48 | 03:08:44 | 08:47:43 | -09:42 | 85 | |
| 13 | Daniel Clarke | CAN | 00:58:01 | 04:37:20 | 03:07:35 | 08:49:54 | -28:02 | 60 | |
| 14 | Ryan Rau | USA | 00:56:11 | 04:47:42 | 02:59:09 | 08:51:39 | -14:10 | 40 | |
| 15 | Adam Feigh | USA | 00:53:46 | 04:38:24 | 03:18:29 | 08:57:25 | n/a | 30 | |
| 16 | Mike Schifferle | SUI | 00:58:49 | 04:38:14 | 03:12:38 | 09:00:33 | 02:35 | 20 | |
| 17 | Josh Terwoord | USA | 01:04:43 | 05:01:28 | 02:46:51 | 09:00:57 | 13:33 | 15 | |
| 18 | Konstantin Bachor | GER | 00:51:17 | 04:31:19 | 03:32:32 | 09:01:57 | 31:56 | 10 | |
| 19 | Jordan Monnink | CAN | 00:51:23 | 04:41:10 | 03:25:35 | 09:05:03 | 22:26 | 8 | |
| 20 | Matthew Shanks | USA | 00:58:04 | 04:53:24 | 03:07:24 | 09:05:34 | -16:59 | 5 | |
| 21 | Douglas MacLean | USA | 00:57:11 | 04:55:07 | 03:07:07 | 09:10:12 | 06:44 | 3 | |
| 22 | Scott Cooper | CAN | 01:01:37 | 04:48:02 | 03:11:19 | 09:10:34 | 02:15 | 3 | |
| 23 | Derek Kidwell | USA | 00:51:06 | 04:31:29 | 03:41:05 | 09:11:08 | n/a | 3 | |
| 24 | Jonathan Fecik | USA | 00:55:34 | 04:50:28 | 03:20:25 | 09:13:18 | -12:53 | 3 | |
| 25 | Karl-Johan Danielsson | SWE | 00:51:12 | 04:29:25 | 03:53:44 | 09:22:01 | 42:37 | 3 | |
| 26 | Peter Kotland | CZE | 01:00:31 | 05:05:30 | 03:23:59 | 09:41:00 | 09:50 | 3 | |
| Maurice Clavel | GER | 00:47:37 | 04:17:03 | DNF | |||||
| Stephen Kilshaw | CAN | 00:51:09 | 04:45:34 | DNF | |||||
| Marcus Vinicius Fernandes | BRA | 00:47:33 | 04:54:41 | DNF | |||||
| Vinicius Canhedo | BRA | 00:51:06 | 04:56:10 | DNF | |||||
| Fabian Rahn | GER | 01:01:39 | 04:45:47 | DNF | |||||
| Kevin Ryan | USA | 00:47:40 | 05:01:39 | DNF | |||||
| Patrick Brady | USA | 01:04:27 | 04:48:25 | DNF | |||||
| Michael Van Cleven | BEL | 00:53:29 | 05:13:05 | DNF | |||||
| Patrick Schuster | USA | 01:26:43 | 05:57:14 | DNF | |||||
| Thomas Gerlach | USA | 00:51:19 | DNF | ||||||
| Christopher Stock | USA | DNF |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money | KPR Points |
| 1 | Lisa Roberts | USA | 01:02:40 | 04:56:45 | 02:59:09 | 09:06:06 | -06:10 | US$ 8,000 | 2000 |
| 2 | Lesley Smith | USA | 00:55:55 | 05:13:17 | 03:06:12 | 09:23:35 | n/a | US$ 4,000 | 1600 |
| 3 | Nicole Valentine | USA | 00:59:13 | 05:12:46 | 03:11:14 | 09:29:55 | -22:55 | US$ 3,000 | 1280 |
| 4 | Kelly Fillnow | USA | 01:02:23 | 05:10:25 | 03:21:43 | 09:42:09 | -01:36 | US$ 2,500 | 960 |
| 5 | Beth Shutt | USA | 00:59:01 | 05:16:52 | 03:22:53 | 09:46:43 | -01:11 | US$ 1,500 | 720 |
| 6 | Robyn Hardage | CAN | 01:01:54 | 05:17:12 | 03:25:09 | 09:51:43 | n/a | US$ 1,000 | 540 |
| 7 | Ashley Paulson | USA | 01:16:13 | 05:25:07 | 03:04:24 | 09:53:14 | 03:10 | 405 | |
| 8 | Holly Benner | USA | 00:54:06 | 05:15:21 | 03:37:09 | 09:53:59 | n/a | 305 | |
| 9 | Stephanie Jones | USA | 01:05:26 | 05:23:49 | 03:16:19 | 09:54:46 | 12:17 | 230 | |
| 10 | Nicole Luse | USA | 01:07:07 | 05:21:45 | 03:19:27 | 09:56:34 | -13:53 | 170 | |
| 11 | Kaitlin Curbeau | USA | 00:51:44 | 05:31:04 | 03:32:19 | 10:03:54 | -11:27 | 120 | |
| 12 | Kathryn Thomas | USA | 00:54:09 | 05:11:12 | 03:55:32 | 10:09:05 | 10:24 | 85 | |
| 13 | Miranda Tomenson | CAN | 00:54:39 | 05:24:10 | 03:47:03 | 10:13:39 | 07:13 | 60 | |
| 14 | Caroline Gregory | USA | 00:56:46 | 05:39:25 | 03:56:31 | 10:40:43 | 39:06 | 40 | |
| 15 | Katy Cargiulo | USA | 01:08:11 | 05:48:53 | 03:32:42 | 10:41:07 | 06:33 | 30 | |
| 16 | Amber Ferreira | USA | 00:54:46 | 05:21:35 | 04:44:41 | 11:09:50 | 1:33:29 | 20 | |
| 17 | Caroline Martineau | CAN | 01:05:55 | 05:37:50 | 05:09:31 | 12:02:34 | 1:32:11 | 15 | |
| Carrie Mccoy | USA | 01:14:31 | 09:22:38 | 06:08:33 | DNF | ||||
| Dede Griesbauer | USA | 00:51:39 | DNF | ||||||
| Kelly O’Mara | USA | 00:59:07 | DNF |