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Ironman Boulder 2019 – Analyzing Results

IMBoulderCourse Conditions

The main feature of the course in Boulder is an extremely slow run course, this year the adjustment was -7:19. On one hand, this is a result of the altitude, but I’ve also heard reports that the run course might have been long. This year conditions were not quite as slow as in other years, and a complete set of new course records were set.

First of all Lauren Brandon smashed the old female swim record: Her 48:43 was also the fastest swim of the day and faster than the old overall swim course record (including the males). Next up were a set of new bike course records: Kenneth Peterson (the fastest of four males under the old record) and Lauren Brandon have now posted the fastest times. On the run there were new course records by Matt Hanson and Lesley Smith. Lastly, winners Matt Hanson and Lauren Brandon also improved the overall course records.

Kona Qualifying

Boulder had four Pro slots this year, with 15 male and 11 female Pro starters they were split evenly between the males and females. As Lesley Smith and Matt Hanson were already qualified, they go to:

  • Lauren Brandon
  • Danielle Mack
  • Kennett Peterson
  • Tim O’Donnell

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Matt Hanson USA 00:54:01 04:09:17 02:48:34 07:57:03 -24:23 US$ 8,000
2 Kennett Peterson USA 00:54:11 04:07:59 02:54:52 08:01:35 n/a US$ 4,000
3 Timothy O’Donnell USA 00:49:46 04:09:22 03:05:32 08:09:37 00:21 US$ 3,000
4 Tripp Hipple USA 00:54:17 04:15:42 03:02:05 08:17:42 -30:32 US$ 2,500
5 Sam Long USA 00:54:09 04:08:44 03:12:53 08:19:54 -16:47 US$ 1,500
6 Justin Daerr USA 00:54:05 04:24:22 03:02:30 08:26:22 -07:11 US$ 1,000
7 Tyler Butterfield BMU 00:54:09 04:22:45 03:18:21 08:41:37 12:48
8 Pedro Gomes POR 00:54:03 04:35:13 03:09:39 08:44:08 03:44
9 Jeremy Jurkiewicz FRA 00:49:48 04:42:17 03:11:57 08:48:55 23:42
10 Christopher Tommila USA 01:01:57 04:36:59 03:07:51 08:53:03 n/a
11 Colin Laughery USA 00:59:34 04:35:01 03:11:58 08:53:52 -07:24
Brent McMahon CAN 00:49:42 04:19:05 DNF
Ivan Dominguez USA 01:07:16 04:08:22 DNF
Stephen Kilshaw CAN 00:58:42 04:34:26 DNF
Erik Peterson USA 00:59:41 DNF

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Lauren Brandon USA 00:48:43 04:38:06 03:36:33 09:09:09 -13:04 US$ 8,000
2 Lesley Smith USA 00:55:49 05:08:36 03:11:55 09:26:12 14:03 US$ 4,000
3 Danielle Mack USA 01:04:50 04:55:12 03:26:06 09:32:08 -02:56 US$ 3,000
4 Uli Bromme USA 01:06:32 04:59:35 03:29:54 09:43:17 03:59 US$ 2,500
5 Erin Green USA 01:04:49 05:02:56 03:36:37 09:52:02 -07:03 US$ 1,500
6 Zuzana Trnovcova SVK 01:07:23 04:56:38 03:47:32 10:00:14 n/a US$ 1,000
7 Melanie Baumann SUI 01:17:16 05:12:36 03:39:03 10:16:26 -11:40
8 Ginger Howell USA 01:03:52 05:35:35 03:57:22 10:43:33 n/a
Angela Naeth CAN 01:07:03 04:47:30 DNF
Natasha Van der Merwe USA 01:04:43 DNF
Palmira Alvarez MEX 01:07:11 DNF

Ironman Cairns 2019 – Analyzing Results

IMCairnsLogoCourse Conditions

With the low number of Pro athletes this year, it’s a bit tricky to say, but it seems that the conditions were quite slow this year. There were reports of lots of wind on the bike, and it seems that it also took some energy from fast runs.

Even so, there were a few new course records on the female side: Teresa Adam improved on her winning time from last year by roughly five minutes, and Kristin Liepold set a new marathon CR with a 2:54:04 (improving on Beth McKenzie’s 2:55:23 from last year).

Kona Qualifying

As IM Cairns is the Regional Championship for the Asia/Pacific region, there were six Kona Pro slots available. With 9 men and 10 women starting the race, the slots were split down the middle – 3 for the men and 3 for the women.

Unless one of the men decline their slot, the slots will go to the Top 3: Braden Currie, Tim Berkel and David Dellow. On the female side, there will be some rolldown as Sarah Crowley was already qualified. Two of these slots will fo to Kaisa Sali and Kristin Liepold. The last one is tricky and we’ll have to wait for the rolldown meeting: Winner Teresa Adam would normally be expected to go to Kona, but she declined her slot in New Zealand. If she declines again, the slot would roll down to Els Visser. (Update June 10th: Els Visser has posted on Instagram that she has received a Kona slot.)

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Braden Currie NZL 00:47:29 04:28:59 02:44:33 08:04:19 -13:52 US$ 30,000
2 Tim Van Berkel AUS 00:50:03 04:45:22 02:45:03 08:23:48 02:24 US$ 15,000
3 David Dellow AUS 00:49:38 04:45:45 02:53:11 08:32:11 08:02 US$ 8,000
4 Matt Burton AUS 00:52:54 04:32:38 03:10:01 08:39:24 09:50 US$ 6,500
5 Blake Kappler AUS 00:51:56 04:43:25 03:10:01 08:49:12 01:15 US$ 5,000
6 Jarrod Harvey AUS 00:52:33 04:51:43 03:23:56 09:11:35 04:29 US$ 3,500
7 Justin Wendemuth AUS 01:00:31 04:59:56 03:20:15 09:25:21 n/a US$ 2,500
8 Mike Phillips NZL 00:47:35 05:41:00 04:06:19 10:39:51 1:22:44 US$ 2,000
Luke Bell AUS 00:47:36 DNF

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Teresa Adam NZL 00:50:11 04:51:48 03:02:56 08:48:33 -23:43 US$ 30,000
2 Sarah Crowley AUS 00:51:19 04:50:48 03:08:03 08:53:37 -16:25 US$ 15,000
3 Kaisa Sali FIN 00:56:00 04:54:18 03:00:03 08:53:51 -10:51 US$ 8,000
4 Kristin Liepold GER 01:05:37 04:58:41 02:54:04 09:02:09 -40:08 US$ 6,500
5 Els Visser NED 00:59:27 04:59:25 03:12:44 09:14:29 -29:16 US$ 5,000
6 Kelsey Withrow USA 00:55:50 05:16:41 03:29:06 09:46:48 01:56 US$ 3,500
7 Jessica Mitchell AUS 01:05:40 05:18:35 03:34:26 10:04:03 -02:33 US$ 2,500
Sarah True USA 00:50:12 04:51:58 DNF
Melanie Burke NZL 01:05:39 05:05:38 DNF
Chloe Lane AUS 00:55:53 DNF

Ironman Lake Placid 2019 (MPRO only, July 28th) – Entry List

Updates:

  • June 25th: Added James Capparell, Colin Laughery, Brent McMahon, Yann Rocheteau, Steve Rosinski, Matthew Russell and Jimmy Sosinski

Kona Slots and Prize Money

IM Lake Placid has 2 Pro Kona slots. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

Name Nation
Max Biessmann USA
Cedric Boily CAN
Raymond Botelho USA
Scott Bradley USA
Todd Burns USA
James Capparell USA
Sacha Cavelier CAN
Nicholas Chase USA
Balazs Csoke HUN
Eneko Elosegui ESP
Adam Feigh USA
Joe Gambles AUS
Pedro Gomes POR
Tripp Hipple USA
Michael Hofmann GER
Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches CAN
Derek Kidwell USA
Colin Laughery USA
Sam Long USA
Douglas MacLean USA
Brent McMahon CAN
Tim Rea AUS
Yann Rocheteau FRA
Steve Rosinski USA
Matthew Russell USA
Tim Russell USA
Jake Saunders USA
Jimmy Sosinski USA
Andrew Talansky USA
Thiago Vinhal BRA
Jesse Vondracek USA
Andrew Yoder USA

Ironman Hamburg 2018 (July 28th) – Entry List

Updates:

  • July 8th: Added Julia Gajer (WPRO), Thomas Bosch, Benjamin Dicke, Philipp Fahrenholz, Jacob Frandsen, Christian Haupt, Christian Jais, Philipp Mock, Giulio Molinari, Sebastian Norberg, Stefan Overmars, Lukas Polan, Horst Reichel, Stefan Schumacher, Paul Schuster, Marc Unger, Diego Van Looy, and Ruedi Wild (MPRO)
  • June 25th: Added Corinne Abraham, Sarah Lewis, Angela Naeth, Caroline Steffen (WPRO) and Clemente Alonso McKernan, Victor Arroyo Bugallo, Vicenc Castella Serra, Will Clarke, Arnaud Guilloux, Samuel Huerzeler, Bryan McCrystal and Matt Trautman (MPRO)

Kona Slots and Prize Money

IM Hamburg has 1m+1f Pro Kona slots. It has a total prize purse of 80.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

Name Nation
Clemente Alonso McKernan (KQ) ESP
Victor Arroyo Bugallo ESP
Thomas Bosch GER
David Breuer GER
Steeve Brugiere FRA
Vicenc Castella Serra ESP
Will Clarke (KQ) GBR
Hannes Cool BEL
Roman Deisenhofer GER
Benjamin Dicke GER
Philipp Fahrenholz GER
Jacob Frandsen DEN
Sebastian Guhr GER
Arnaud Guilloux FRA
Christian Haupt GER
Kristian Hoegenhaug DEN
Esben Hovgaard DEN
Samuel Huerzeler SUI
Christian Jais GER
Markus Liebelt GER
Bryan McCrystal IRL
Philipp Mock GER
Giulio Molinari ITA
Grigorii Navrotskii RUS
Marek Nemcik SVK
Sebastian Norberg SWE
Stefan Overmars NED
Lukas Pietrek GER
Lukas Polan CZE
Andreas Raelert GER
Michael Raelert GER
Horst Reichel GER
Imanol Sagarzazu ESP
Alexander Schilling GER
Stefan Schumacher (KQ) GER
Paul Schuster GER
Matt Trautman (KQ) ZAF
Marc Unger GER
Diego Van Looy BEL
Ruedi Wild SUI

Female Race Participants

Name Nation
Corinne Abraham GBR
Shannon Chapman AUS
Susie Cheetham (KQ) GBR
Julia Gajer GER
Katharina Grohmann GER
Mareen Hufe (KQ) GER
Simona Krivankova CZE
Martina Kunz SUI
Sarah Lewis GBR
Kristin Liepold (KQ) GER
Janien Lubben NED
Angela Naeth CAN
Sarah Piampiano (KQ) USA
Natalie Seymour GBR
Caroline Steffen (KQ) SUI
Bianca Steurer (KQ) AUT

Ironman Canada/Whistler 2019 (WPRO only, July 28th) – Entry List

Updates:

  • June 25th: Added Angela Naeth

Kona Slots and Prize Money

IM Canada has 2 Pro Kona slots. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Female Race Participants

Name Nation
Jen Annett CAN
Sarah Graves USA
Dede Griesbauer USA
Sue Huse (KQ) CAN
Kayla Kobelin USA
Jennifer Lentzke CAN
Caroline Livesey GBR
Danielle Mack (KQ) USA
Melanie McQuaid CAN
Skye Moench USA
Laura Nadeau GUM
Angela Naeth CAN
Ashley Paulson USA
Lenny Ramsey NED
Jodie Robertson USA
Zuzana Trnovcova SVK
Natasha Van der Merwe USA
Naomi Washizu JPN
Heather Wurtele CAN
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