Military Division at Ironman Hawaii

Introduction

This section has been written by Staff Seargent Bradley T. Williams who has served in the Air Force from 2004 to 2014 before becoming a Professional triathlete. If you have any further information or official results from the years that we are missing, please contact Brad or me so we can update this information.

IRONMAN has a long history and connection with the military, dating all the way back to the first IRONMAN in 1978. It all started with Naval Commander John Collins coming up with the first IRONMAN distance race, which was then won by a Navy Communications Specialist, Gordon Haller. Since then the military has had strong ties to the sport of triathlon and IRONMAN.

From the research that we have done the Military Category has existed since as early as 1996 at the IRONMAN World Championships. For the longest time that division was for US service members only, 2015 marked the first year that the division was opened up to military members from around the world. From 1996 to 2013 the slot allocation system changed throughout the years. At one point each service branch (Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines and Navy) were given slots by IRONMAN and they allocated them to their athletes. The number of slots decreased over the years, from as high as five men and three women per service branch all the way down to where it was one male and one female slot in 2013.

In 2014 there was not an “official qualification” process, but there was still a military division. You had to qualify outright, just like any other athlete to compete in the division, and also had to prove military service and possibly endorsement from your country/branch of service. Right around the time of the 70.3 World Championships in 2014, IRONMAN announced the new military division and plans for it. The first qualifying race with military only slots was to be held at Superfrog 70.3, which was only a few weeks before. There were 20 slots allocated to the military athletes racing in 2014.

Since 2014 select races have been set as military qualifying events, usually two to three per year. Since the inception of the program Superfrog 70.3, Bahrain 70.3, Wiesbaden 70.3, and IRONMAN Cairns have all had slots. We are unsure of what races had IRONMAN World Championship slots for 2018 other than Superfrog 70.3, which has 15 total slots.

IM Hawaii (Military Division) (October 15, 2005)

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Michael Hagen	USA	US Army	01:03:06	04:52:19	03:22:17	09:23:07
2	Arthur Mathisen	USA	US Army	01:04:30	04:56:38	03:24:06	09:31:18
3	Scott Jones	USA	US Navy	01:01:06	05:05:46	03:32:17	09:46:12
4	Mike Ferreira	USA	US Coast Guard	01:05:26	05:20:57	03:26:16	09:59:01
5	Andrew Baldwin	USA	US Navy	00:57:24	05:03:10	03:53:56	10:04:36
6	Hector Tovar	USA	US Army	01:14:57	05:17:26	03:39:14	10:19:54
7	Geoff Cleveland	USA	US Air Force	00:54:28	05:33:14	04:04:16	10:37:49
8	Thomas Jackson	USA	US Air Force	01:04:00	05:09:19	04:18:06	10:37:57
9	Erich Rehberg	USA	US Navy	01:11:50	05:49:19	04:00:07	11:11:25
10	John Shafer	USA	US Marine	01:14:49	05:41:44	04:10:32	11:15:26
11	Spence Cocanour	USA	US Air Force	01:05:50	05:15:53	04:47:57	11:18:40
12	Joseph Zwack	USA	US Navy / Coast Guard	01:25:30	05:19:25	04:50:52	11:42:03
13	Matthew Roberts	USA	US Marine	01:09:18	05:55:09	04:37:48	11:50:05
14	Christian Roth	USA	US Coast Guard	01:32:20	05:36:42	04:40:12	11:56:39

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Heidi Grimm	USA	US Army	01:05:04	05:29:54	04:00:51	10:42:03
2	Abigail White	USA	US Air Force	01:05:23	06:04:12	04:20:32	11:36:44
3	Amy Cocanour	USA	US Coast Guard	01:07:20	05:55:34	04:38:53	11:53:17
4	Jessica Utter	USA	US Marine	01:04:23	06:15:38	04:54:58	12:26:15

IM Hawaii (Military Division) (October 21, 2006)

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Scott Jones	USA	US Navy	01:02:16	04:53:16	03:37:20	09:39:20
2	Matthew Lorenz	USA	US Army	01:08:17	04:56:07	03:33:29	09:44:49
3	Peter Ohotnicky	USA	US Air Force	01:00:13	05:10:53	03:25:56	09:46:52
4	Michael Hagen	USA	US Army	01:06:49	05:12:41	03:24:29	09:50:18
5	Arthur Mathisen	USA	US Army	01:09:10	05:09:13	03:27:49	09:53:39
6	Jeffrey Tomaszewski	USA	US Navy	01:16:07	05:22:26	03:31:00	10:15:53
7	Brian Grasky	USA	US Air Force	01:10:48	05:18:10	03:50:21	10:25:57
8	Mike Ferreira	USA	US Coast Guard	01:09:02	05:36:41	03:41:15	10:32:06
9	Chris Whitlock	USA	US Coast Guard	01:13:18	05:40:06	03:42:24	10:43:51
10	Steve Patterson	USA	US Marine	01:14:53	05:23:35	03:58:21	10:44:40
11	Gary Conlon	USA		01:11:14	05:59:38	03:40:24	10:59:26
12	John Shafer	USA	US Marine	01:17:06	05:47:26	04:36:01	11:48:51
13	Christian Roth	USA	US Coast Guard	01:32:00	05:37:15	04:47:42	12:05:19
14	Mitchell Hall	USA		01:03:39	05:39:35	06:34:01	13:26:14

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Heidi Grimm	USA	US Army	01:10:08	05:28:01	03:53:07	10:36:56
2	Maiya Anderson	USA		01:02:12	05:41:31	04:25:48	11:16:56
3	Carolyn Shull	USA		01:16:31	06:04:18	04:24:28	11:51:32
4	Jessica Utter	USA	US Marine	01:05:22	06:01:26	04:47:28	12:02:07
5	Amy Cocanour	USA	US Coast Guard	01:07:17	06:11:53	04:58:42	12:35:15

IM Hawaii (Military Division) (October 13, 2007)

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Brian Monaghan	USA	US Coast Guard	01:00:03	05:08:15	03:19:47	09:34:32
2	Thomas Jackson	USA	US Air Force	01:05:10	05:07:34	03:17:35	09:35:44
3	Greg Price	USA	US Marine	01:06:38	05:08:18	03:18:35	09:39:52
4	Mike Ferreira	USA	US Coast Guard	01:04:45	05:15:36	03:25:07	09:50:40
5	Peter Ohotnicky	USA	US Air Force	00:58:05	05:23:08	03:27:27	09:55:13
6	David Steele	USA	US Marine	01:07:42	05:27:36	03:18:18	10:00:02
7	Andrew Baldwin	USA	US Navy	00:59:00	05:23:53	03:48:23	10:17:08
8	Matthew Lorenz	USA	US Army	01:06:30	05:12:41	04:06:24	10:36:27
9	Geoff Cleveland	USA	US Air Force	00:52:44	05:32:15	04:13:53	10:44:23
10	Arthur Mathisen	USA	US Army	01:03:13	05:25:01	04:08:52	10:44:23
11	Chris Whitlock	USA	US Coast Guard	01:14:41	05:48:00	03:42:53	10:52:42
12	Damon Dixon	USA	US Navy	01:01:07	05:35:10	04:17:49	11:03:12
13	Jason Schuette	USA	US Marine	01:06:35	06:58:40	04:01:46	12:20:00
14	Hector Tovar	USA	US Army	01:12:13	05:38:03	05:30:44	12:33:38
15	Jim Felty	USA	US Navy	01:17:04	08:30:26	05:29:34	15:35:09

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Lisa Newman-Wise	USA	US Air Force	01:05:06	06:22:57	04:00:10	11:35:52
2	Theresa Michal	USA	US Navy	01:02:27	06:20:14	05:02:04	12:32:32
3	Amy Cocanour	USA	US Coast Guard	01:08:32	06:37:08	05:11:07	13:09:53
4	Jessica Utter	USA	US Marine	01:01:43	06:50:18	06:59:25	15:11:04

IM Hawaii (Military Division) (October 11, 2008)

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Brian Monaghan	USA	US Coast Guard	59:18:00	05:20:01	03:11:57	09:36:38
2	Mike Ferreira	USA	US Coast Guard	01:04:37	05:14:45	03:12:08	09:40:42
3	Christopher Bachl	USA	US Army	01:04:23	05:10:06	03:21:51	09:44:10
4	Greg Price	USA	US Marine	01:03:38	05:16:13	03:21:22	09:46:21
5	James Bales	USA	US Air Force	55:13:00	05:18:49	03:30:05	09:51:42
6	David Steele	USA	US Marine	01:06:20	05:28:27	03:24:48	10:05:17
7	John Marinovich	USA	US Navy	55:17:00	05:27:52	03:37:06	10:10:31
8	Thomas Jackson	USA	US Air Force	01:05:42	05:18:10	03:43:22	10:12:54
9	Matthew Lorenz	USA	US Army	01:08:27	05:12:51	03:45:38	10:18:55
10	Jeffrey Tomaszewski	USA	US Navy	01:20:04	05:24:56	03:29:09	10:23:13
11	Damon Dixon	USA	US Navy	58:33:00	05:22:42	04:00:14	10:27:32
12	Spence Cocanour	USA	US Air Force	01:05:42	05:33:39	03:45:05	10:35:01
13	Eric Reid	USA	US Army	01:07:42	05:24:12	04:00:28	10:41:54
14	Chris Whitlock	USA	US Coast Guard	01:16:18	05:49:40	03:50:27	11:04:26
15	Andrew Christian	USA	US Marine	01:06:50	05:26:07	04:39:57	11:21:17

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Samantha Bird	USA	US Army	01:01:37	05:58:52	04:07:13	11:17:37
2	Sara McGrath	USA	US Marine	01:07:13	06:13:27	03:58:42	11:31:56
3	Caroline White	USA	US Air Force	01:18:31	06:25:06	03:42:54	11:36:08
4	Rachel Beckmann	USA	US Coast Guard	01:12:42	06:28:02	03:56:04	11:44:41
5	Kristin Barnes	USA	US Navy	01:18:50	06:01:23	04:18:22	11:47:01

IM Hawaii (Military Division) (October 10, 2009)

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Scott Jones	USA	US Navy	01:01:37	05:08:46	03:31:37	09:49:29
2	Greg Price	USA	US Marine	59:53:00	05:16:27	03:34:35	09:56:55
3	Christopher Bachl	USA	US Army	01:06:08	05:09:04	03:49:32	10:15:48
4	Mike Ferreira	USA	US Coast Guard	01:05:06	05:30:52	03:36:44	10:19:22
5	Lee Guthrie	USA	US Air Force	56:52:00	05:38:18	03:45:10	10:26:44

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Tina Eakin	USA	US Army	01:13:02	05:57:20	03:32:42	10:51:20
2	Laura Springer	USA	US Coast Guard	58:14:00	05:47:29	04:14:22	11:05:49
3	Abigail Ruscetta	USA	US Air Force	01:00:26	06:07:22	04:02:30	11:16:34
4	Darcy Spiese	USA	US Marine	01:05:11	06:33:28	03:59:44	11:49:29
5	Wendy Towle	USA	US Navy	01:26:03	06:16:37	04:51:01	12:42:13

IM Hawaii (Military Division) (October 9, 2010)

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Robert Killian	USA	US Army	01:14:34	04:59:51	03:09:58	09:30:50
2	William Kidd Poteet	USA	US Air Force	01:06:12	05:09:43	03:18:19	09:39:05
3	Mike Ferreira	USA	US Coast Guard	01:07:20	05:18:13	03:38:52	10:10:33
4	Hunter Hobson	USA	US Marines	01:08:33	05:25:05	03:58:36	10:40:54
5	Lee Boyer	USA	US Navy	01:01:45	05:31:39	04:19:55	11:07:29

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Jamie Turner	USA	US Air Force	01:15:43	05:46:27	03:41:26	10:48:31
2	Rachel Beckmann	USA	US Coast Guard	01:15:57	05:49:21	04:17:56	11:31:37
3	Kristin Barnes	USA	US Navy	01:21:54	06:03:47	04:11:58	11:44:45
4	Erica Chabalko	USA	US Army	01:07:28	06:05:26	04:26:35	11:50:49

IM Hawaii (Military Division) (October 15, 2011)

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Rob Hilton	USA	US Marines	01:10:39	04:52:59	03:07:40	09:19:57
2	John Marinovich	USA	US Navy	57:20:00	05:00:44	03:49:28	09:53:18
3	Robert Killian	USA	US Army	01:14:14	05:09:05	03:28:43	09:59:35
4	William Kidd Poteet	USA	US Air Force	01:10:49	05:15:31	03:37:30	10:09:08
5	Mike Ferreira	USA	US Coast Guard	01:08:21	05:15:06	03:41:41	10:11:31

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Tina Eakin	USA	US Army	01:16:17	05:37:00	03:29:02	10:29:22
2	Rachel Beckmann	USA	US Coast Guard	01:16:47	05:34:47	03:47:04	10:46:39
3	Jamie Turner	USA	US Air Force	01:15:23	05:38:56	04:00:00	10:58:51
4	Kristin Barnes	USA	US Navy	01:20:29	05:54:32	04:13:48	11:35:22
5	Christina Rogers	USA	US Marines	01:14:42	06:45:32	05:30:02	13:40:26

IM Hawaii (Military Division) (October 13, 2012)

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Rob Hilton	USA	US Marines	01:09:43	05:01:38	03:14:11	09:32:54
2	Michael Danish	USA	US Coast Guard	01:06:10	05:08:20	03:16:06	09:36:29
3	Brad Williams	USA	US Air Force	01:03:17	05:13:46	03:24:53	09:47:40
4	Brian Eldridge	USA	US Air Force	01:35:22	05:13:05	03:19:53	10:17:10
5	Scott Jones	USA	US Navy	01:01:44	05:27:23	03:46:33	10:22:28
6	Cam Loos	USA	US Navy	58:48:00	05:59:42	04:00:13	11:07:28
7	Felipe Rael	USA	US Marines	01:27:07	05:44:37	04:18:56	11:38:52
8	Michael Spears	USA	US Army	01:06:34	06:18:09	04:19:23	11:55:26
9	Andrew Stiles	USA	US Navy	01:24:55	07:08:47	05:28:20	14:15:47
10	Stephen Smith	USA	US Army	01:13:42	06:58:01	05:59:16	14:33:01

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Jolene Wilkinson	USA	US Air Force	01:07:12	05:24:39	03:52:33	10:31:14
2	Samantha Morrison	USA	US Air Force	01:01:29	05:46:05	03:42:11	10:35:46
3	Priscilla Shaw	USA	US Army	01:44:12	06:14:02	04:14:44	12:24:51
4	Lauren Thompson	USA	US Coast Guard	01:40:50	06:52:08	04:58:41	13:50:47
5	Kristin Barnes	USA	US Navy	01:18:15	06:32:56	05:58:03	13:56:12

IM Hawaii (Military Division) (October 12, 2013)

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Brad Williams	USA	US Air Force	01:01:40	04:41:44	03:14:26	09:03:41
2	Rob Hilton	USA	US Marines	01:05:36	04:54:57	03:16:02	09:23:41
3	Austin Jackson	USA	US Navy	01:00:23	04:57:38	03:37:37	09:43:13
4	Joshua Horsager	USA	US Army	01:07:22	05:06:35	04:04:16	10:26:33
5	John Pryor	USA	US Coast Guard	01:18:53	05:48:19	03:57:09	11:13:20

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Samantha Morrison	USA	US Air Force	55:23:00	05:12:16	03:26:01	09:38:26
2	Rachel Beckmann	USA	US Coast Guard	01:05:45	05:25:22	03:46:35	10:27:30
3	Meghann Nelles	USA	US Navy	01:15:54	06:24:18	04:17:19	12:06:42
4	Jessica Forman	USA	US Army	01:15:40	07:30:14	05:33:18	14:31:24

IM Hawaii (Military Division) (October 14, 2017)

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Brett King	USA		00:53:47	04:53:48	03:22:38	09:15:16
2	Thomas Scovel	USA		00:58:47	04:59:24	03:38:06	09:45:04
3	Jonathan Mason	USA		00:58:20	05:15:02	03:27:47	09:49:36
4	Luke Woodland	AUS		00:54:40	04:54:43	03:55:48	09:53:30
5	Alexandre Boule	CAN		00:59:01	05:07:45	03:39:00	09:53:37
6	Cedric Tourneur	FRA		01:05:01	05:24:10	03:20:40	09:57:25
7	Scott Tonder	USA		01:00:01	05:15:58	04:13:47	10:36:50
8	Chris Thomas	USA		01:02:48	05:23:17	04:14:34	10:51:26
9	Paul Mckay	AUS		01:06:05	05:39:13	04:06:46	10:59:58
10	John Giguere	CAN		01:29:12	05:42:37	04:16:12	11:40:05
11	Stephen Jones	AUS		01:08:45	06:09:31	04:43:02	12:13:31
12	Leigh Coop	AUS		01:08:24	06:20:43	06:52:38	14:53:10
	Joel Maley	CAN		01:08:46	05:16:56		DNF

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Military	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Jessica Lukasik	USA		01:07:49	06:00:17	04:04:16	11:21:02
2	Megan Howard	USA		00:59:54	06:14:50	04:55:01	12:17:46
3	Megan Webber	AUS		01:07:12	06:39:44	04:36:36	12:31:26
4	Sarah Turse	USA		01:14:39	06:21:59	05:20:16	13:11:34
5	Megan Kinne	USA		01:21:26	06:44:23	05:18:58	13:37:33
6	Kara Dreflak-utley	USA		01:39:43	07:24:27	06:16:35	15:44:05
7	Sharon Gunton	AUS		01:35:33	08:31:40	06:08:55	16:31:37