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Ironman Louisville 2018 (Oct 14th) – Seedings

IMLouPrevious Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2007 Chris McDonald (AUS) 08:38:40 Heather Gollnick (USA) 09:23:25
2008 Maximilian Longree (GER) 08:34:00 Mariska Kramer-Postma (NED) 09:54:19
2009 Viktor Zyemtsev (UKR) 08:25:27 Nina Kraft (GER) 09:20:21
2010 Paul Ambrose (AUS) 08:29:59 Rebekah Keat (AUS) 09:33:15
2011 Chris McDonald (AUS) 08:27:36 Nina Kraft (GER) 09:38:14
2012 Patrick Evoe (USA) 08:42:44 Bree Wee (USA) 09:36:27
2013 Chris McDonald (AUS) 08:21:34 Kate Bevilaqua (AUS) 09:29:02
2014 Chris McDonald (AUS) 08:40:51 Nina Kraft (GER) 09:31:19
2017 Andrew Starykowicz (USA) 08:10:11 Lisa Roberts (USA) 09:06:06

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Andrew Starykowicz USA 00:47:33 04:08:19 03:07:24 08:10:11
2 Callum Millward NZL 00:51:12 04:26:45 02:53:39 08:18:03
3 Markus Thomschke GER 00:51:15 04:26:26 02:56:22 08:21:05

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Lisa Roberts USA 01:02:40 04:56:45 02:59:09 09:06:06
2 Lesley Smith USA 00:55:55 05:13:17 03:06:12 09:23:35
3 Nicole Valentine USA 00:59:13 05:12:46 03:11:14 09:29:55

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:10:11 Andrew Starykowicz 2017-10-15
Swim overall 00:44:54 John Flanagan 2009-08-28
Bike overall 04:08:19 Andrew Starykowicz 2017-10-15
Run overall 02:43:48 Viktor Zyemtsev 2009-08-28
Total female 09:06:06 Lisa Roberts 2017-10-15
Swim female 00:46:51 Nina Kraft 2014-08-24
Bike female 04:56:45 Lisa Roberts 2017-10-15
Run female 02:59:09 Lisa Roberts 2017-10-15

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Louisville is 06:09.

Race Adjustments for IM Louisville

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2007 03:39 01:14 03:45 -06:10 26 03:39 01:14 03:45 -06:10
2008 -03:10 -01:42 03:32 -10:18 28 00:15 -00:14 03:39 -08:14
2009 07:42 -01:14 03:49 02:42 37 02:44 -00:34 03:42 -04:35
2010 -01:16 -00:29 04:55 -09:22 21 01:44 -00:33 04:00 -05:47
2011 11:56 01:27 06:58 00:02 16 03:46 -00:09 04:36 -04:37
2012 06:12 -02:00 05:06 -05:10 17 04:10 -00:27 04:41 -04:43
2013 08:11 04:48 06:43 02:18 21 04:45 00:18 04:58 -03:43
2014 09:44 06:26 08:16 -05:51 17 of 23 05:22 01:04 05:23 -03:59
2017 12:27 00:58 12:53 04:35 43 of 57 06:09 01:03 06:13 -03:02

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Louisville has 1m+1f Pro Kona slots. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 6 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 2% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 31 Chris Leiferman USA 08:12:28 08:20:53 00:51:36 04:24:26 05:21:01 02:51:27 100% +0% -0% (3) 17
2 32 Viktor Zyemtsev UKR 08:17:32 08:23:45 00:49:45 04:32:52 05:27:37 02:49:55 82% +0% -18% (23) (25)
3 38 Stefan Schmid GER 08:24:10 08:30:33 00:51:11 04:32:20 05:28:30 02:55:40 62% +17% -21% (17) 51
4 35 Jeremy Jurkiewicz FRA 08:26:49 08:32:58 00:47:18 04:34:03 05:26:22 03:00:27 91% +0% -9% (17) 62
5 34 Guilherme Manocchio BRA 08:31:14 08:37:03 00:49:06 04:34:08 05:28:14 03:03:00 76% +12% -12% (14) 74
6 37 Jonathan Shearon USA 08:32:53 08:46:08 00:52:43 04:32:12 05:29:55 03:02:58 63% +16% -21% (22) 102
7 52 Gregory Close USA 08:36:45 09:08:02 00:55:37 04:33:36 05:34:13 03:02:32 16% +28% -57% (12) 181
8 40 Sam Long USA 08:36:58 08:49:16 00:54:04 04:31:22 05:30:26 03:06:32 72% +16% -12% (8) 113
9 44 Raul Tejada GTM 08:41:14 08:56:45 00:51:37 04:44:00 05:40:37 03:00:37 100% +0% -0% (2) (144)
10 39 Ivan Risti ITA 08:42:14 09:03:35 00:47:03 04:43:55 05:35:58 03:06:16 26% +17% -57% (13) 167
11 57 Tripp Hipple USA 08:44:50 09:00:53 00:51:03 04:33:50 05:29:53 03:14:57 63% +0% -37% (6) 158
12 43 Andrew Talansky USA 08:48:47 09:08:21 00:53:47 04:26:26 05:25:14 03:23:33 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (183)
13 54 Jose Estrangeiro POR 08:49:43 09:15:04 00:50:11 04:50:10 05:45:22 03:04:21 44% +0% -56% (4) (197)
14 51 Andreas Niedrig * GER 08:53:10 09:15:35 00:46:45 04:33:08 05:24:53 03:28:17 28% +19% -53% (15) (198)
15 56 Adam Feigh USA 09:01:06 09:14:48 00:53:22 04:44:47 05:43:08 03:17:58 100% +0% -0% (2) (197)
16 58 Colin Laughery USA 09:02:10 09:21:47 00:54:59 04:48:20 05:48:19 03:13:51 59% +22% -19% (10) (218)
17 41 Adam Otstot USA 09:03:53 09:17:50 00:52:36 04:58:05 05:55:41 03:08:12 100% +0% -0% (2) (206)
18 49 Raymond Botelho USA 09:09:07 09:23:11 00:54:51 04:40:29 05:40:20 03:28:47 57% +10% -33% (18) 223
19 53 Martijn Dekker NED 09:09:17 09:28:29 00:47:35 04:39:42 05:32:17 03:37:00 36% +0% -64% (6) (230)
20 48 Christopher Bagg USA 09:09:50 09:58:07 00:52:56 04:50:06 05:48:01 03:21:49 2% +10% -88% (17) 264
21 47 Michael Louys BEL 09:17:10 09:30:43 01:02:49 04:48:51 05:56:41 03:20:29 45% +4% -51% (15) 233
22 50 Nicholas Chase USA 09:19:34 09:35:06 00:51:33 04:51:07 05:47:40 03:31:54 57% +0% -43% (4) (245)
23 55 Jonathan Fecik USA 09:23:23 09:46:08 00:55:09 04:53:05 05:53:14 03:30:09 46% +18% -36% (6) 256
24 45 Diego Vasquez ECU 09:30:29 09:51:36 00:53:48 04:57:28 05:56:16 03:34:13 100% +0% -0% (2) (261)
25 36 Robbie Wade IRL 09:53:51 10:40:51 00:57:18 05:03:08 06:05:26 03:48:25 4% +0% -96% (5) (280)
33 Andrew Yoder USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated 0% +0% -100% (2) (n/a)
42 Kevin Portmann FRA 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.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 4% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 1 Lisa Roberts USA 09:14:13 09:22:59 01:01:46 05:05:03 06:11:48 03:02:25 75% +14% -11% (25) 26
2 6 Michaela Herlbauer AUT 09:21:14 09:27:33 00:55:05 05:06:41 06:06:46 03:14:28 69% +9% -22% (10) 35
3 4 Haley Chura USA 09:30:41 09:41:34 00:49:15 05:07:38 06:01:52 03:28:49 67% +4% -30% (13) 57
4 9 Laurel Wassner * USA 09:35:41 09:50:28 00:53:30 05:14:16 06:12:47 03:22:54 64% +9% -28% (13) 74
5 3 Jennie Hansen USA 09:39:14 09:46:16 01:02:21 05:13:36 06:20:57 03:18:17 77% +0% -23% (14) 63
6 12 Lenny Ramsey NED 09:43:22 09:59:12 01:04:31 05:19:09 06:28:40 03:14:42 100% +0% -0% (2) (87)
7 11 Katie Thomas USA 09:43:39 09:55:50 00:53:53 05:08:29 06:07:22 03:36:17 79% +21% -0% (5) 84
8 21 Ashley Paulson USA 09:55:38 10:08:27 01:12:12 05:25:57 06:43:09 03:12:29 66% +12% -23% (10) 107
9 16 Erin Green USA 10:00:41 10:13:51 00:59:48 05:21:51 06:26:40 03:34:01 91% +9% -0% (7) 117
10 17 Olga Kowalska POL 10:01:04 10:17:58 01:03:26 05:26:14 06:34:40 03:26:24 100% +0% -0% (2) (123)
11 18 Nicole Luse USA 10:06:36 10:26:18 01:07:27 05:27:43 06:40:10 03:26:26 53% +47% -0% (4) 133
12 23 Amy Vantassel USA 10:26:13 10:41:31 01:04:53 05:46:17 06:56:10 03:30:03 50% +26% -25% (6) 144
13 19 Caroline Martineau CAN 10:32:20 11:06:57 01:04:13 05:29:38 06:38:51 03:53:29 47% +8% -46% (12) 154
14 20 Elizabeth Nyitray USA 12:16:33 12:43:48 01:02:12 05:56:09 07:03:21 05:13:12 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (159)
5 Sarah Haskins USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
10 Jennifer Spieldenner USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
14 Melanie Baumann SUI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
15 Jennifer Clark USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
22 Sheila Treleaven 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

Male Race Participants

  • Chris Leiferman: 61% (1-1)
  • Viktor Zyemtsev: 26% (3-1)
  • Stefan Schmid: 8% (11-1)
  • Jeremy Jurkiewicz: 3% (32-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Lisa Roberts: 71% (1-1)
  • Michaela Herlbauer: 17% (5-1)
  • Laurel Wassner: 5% (19-1)
  • Haley Chura: 4% (23-1)
  • Jennie Hansen: 2% (63-1)
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