Ironman New Zealand 2019 – Analyzing Results

Course Conditions

This year’s race day was typical for Taupo: A clear but cold morning, some wind picking up during the bike leg and decent conditions for fast running. The conditions did not seem to play a major role in the new course records we’ve seen.

Andrew Starykowicz had a fantastic 4:12 bike leg that blew the men’s race apart. At first glance, his time doesn’t seem that remarkable, but he improved the old record by Joe Skipper by more than seven minutes, and he was quicker by 13 minutes or more than anyone else in this year’s race. It wasn’t too long ago that bike leg in the 4:30s was lightning quick in Taupo. (Just to list the fastest bike splits from 2013 to 2017: 4:35/4:36/4:37/4:22/4:37.)

After the bike fireworks, Starky was able to run just over three hours and it looked like he’d be able to claim his third IM win. But Mike Philips ran a 2:40 marathon (new run course record) and took the lead just a few kilometers from the finish.

On the female side, Jocelyn McCauley had a good bike ride followed by a great run. She finished with a new overall course record of 8:53. Jocelyn’s 2:58 marathon was the run course record for less than an hour – then Kristin Liepold (nee Moeller) finished with a 2:55:34.

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Mike Phillips	NZL	00:47:57	04:32:57	02:40:04	08:05:08	-12:55	US$ 12,000
2	Andrew Starykowicz	USA	00:49:48	04:12:07	03:00:16	08:07:32	-23:00	US$ 6,000
3	Braden Currie	NZL	00:47:57	04:31:02	02:45:51	08:09:04	-06:50	US$ 4,000
4	Matt Burton	AUS	00:52:53	04:25:23	02:49:34	08:12:35	-18:04	US$ 2,750
5	Tim Reed	AUS	00:48:06	04:37:55	02:51:08	08:22:12	-02:46	US$ 2,000
6	Mark Bowstead	NZL	00:48:00	04:38:02	02:54:45	08:25:43	-09:00	US$ 1,500
7	Simon Cochrane	NZL	00:48:02	04:51:26	02:57:16	08:41:17	-03:30	US$ 1,000
8	Mitchell Kibby	AUS	00:50:05	04:50:37	02:57:12	08:42:54	-12:17	US$ 750
9	Dylan McNeice	NZL	00:46:42	04:48:04	03:07:28	08:47:27	10:51
10	Shen-Yen Hsieh	TWN	00:49:49	04:53:19	03:09:43	08:59:12	n/a
11	Carl Read	NZL	00:54:44	05:01:42	03:04:55	09:07:57	07:08
	Terenzo Bozzone	NZL	00:47:59	04:32:56		DNF
	Cameron Brown	NZL	00:52:46	04:47:34		DNF
	Justin Wendemuth	AUS	00:54:48			DNF

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Jocelyn McCauley	USA	00:52:28	04:57:26	02:58:06	08:53:10	-33:49	US$ 12,000
2	Teresa Adam	NZL	00:49:24	05:06:59	03:04:15	09:05:32	-03:28	US$ 6,000
3	Meredith Kessler	USA	00:49:22	05:09:49	03:07:48	09:12:03	-02:23	US$ 4,000
4	Laura Siddall	GBR	01:01:05	05:02:41	03:10:59	09:19:37	08:50	US$ 2,750
5	Rebecca Clarke	NZL	00:49:19	05:10:21	03:27:12	09:32:13	n/a	US$ 2,000
6	Melanie Burke	NZL	01:05:36	05:04:16	03:25:58	09:41:36	07:04	US$ 1,500
7	Kristin Liepold	GER	01:05:27	05:41:05	02:55:34	09:48:47	12:17	US$ 1,000
8	Jessica Mitchell	AUS	01:05:29	05:25:26	03:18:58	09:56:33	-05:44	US$ 750
9	Chloe Lane	AUS	00:58:02	05:21:13	03:30:55	09:57:46	n/a
10	Carly Johann	USA	01:00:38	05:22:55	03:27:58	09:58:43	-21:06
11	Nicole Luse	USA	01:05:32	05:34:07	03:17:04	10:03:41	-11:38
12	Claire Davis	AUS	00:53:07	05:43:41	03:30:06	10:13:52	n/a
13	Karen Toulmin	NZL	01:05:51	05:57:43	03:27:17	10:36:55	n/a
14	Erin Furness	NZL	01:04:00	05:56:37	03:40:11	10:47:35	15:57

Kona Qualifying

IM New Zealand had four Pro slots. With 14 male and 14 female starters, they were evenly split.

On the female side, Jocelyn McCauley and Teresa Adam would have received these slots, but Teresa declined her slot and it rolled down to Meredith Kessler. On the men’s side Mike Phillips and Andrew Starykowicz were able to punch their Kona tickets.

Ironman New Zealand 2019 – Analyzing Results

Course Conditions

Male Race Results

Female Race Results

Kona Qualifying

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