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Ironman South Africa 2018 (April 15th) – Entry List

Update March 20th: Added

  • WPRO: Patricia Bueno Perez, Lucy Charles, Carolin Lehrieder
  • MPRO: Peru Alfaro, Reece Barclay, James Cunnama, Darby Thomas

Update March 10th: Added

  • WPRO: Linsey Corbin, Monica Juhart, Katja Konschak, Martina Kunz, Asa Lundstroem, Charlotte Morel, Michelle Vesterby, Annah Watkinson
  • MPRO: Josh Amberger, Alberto Casadei, Gerhard De Bruin, Eneko Llanos, Dylan McNeice, Giulio Molinari, Hans Muehlbauer, Evert Scheltinga, Jonathan Shearon, Matt Trautman, Cameron Wurf

Male Race Participants

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
James Cunnama ZAF 6500 1+2 (5250/500)
Ben Hoffman USA 3845 1+1
Cameron Wurf AUS 2880 2+0
Maurice Clavel GER 2205 0+2 (0/435)
Ruedi Wild SUI 1860 1+2 (1100/220)
Jonathan Shearon USA 1720 2+2 (540/100)
Matt Trautman ZAF 1535 0+2 (0/750)
Josh Amberger AUS 980 1+1
Ronnie Schildknecht SUI 915 1+2 (235/180)
Philipp Koutny SUI 875 2+1
Pedro Gomes POR 615 1+2 (540/30)
Evert Scheltinga NED 540 0+1
Dylan McNeice NZL 520 1+1
Alessandro Degasperi ITA 450 1+0
Michael Raelert GER 400 0+1
Eneko Llanos ESP 340 1+0
Giulio Molinari ITA 340 1+0
Alberto Casadei ITA 240 0+1
Michael Ruenz GER 231 1+1
Gerhard De Bruin ZAF 140 0+1
Bruno Joaquim BRA 140 0+1
Darby Thomas FIN 120 1+0
Alain Djouad-Guibert MOR 5 0+1
Peru Alfaro ESP 0 0+0
Christian Jais GER 0 0+0
Aleksander Kochetkov LTU 0 0+0
Philippe Lamberty LUX 0 0+0
Sebastian Norberg SWE 0 0+0
Artem Parienko RUS 0 0+0
Reece Barclay GBR    
Hans Muehlbauer GER    

Female Race Participants

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
Lucy Charles GBR 7840 1+1
Susie Cheetham GBR 5160 1+1
Emma Pallant GBR 3620 0+2 (0/920)
Linsey Corbin USA 2735 1+2 (1900/400)
Maja Stage Nielsen DEN 2480 1+1
Asa Lundstroem SWE 1780 2+1
Angela Naeth CAN 1425 0+2 (0/640)
Manon Genet FRA 1280 1+0
Charlotte Morel FRA 1280 1+0
Saleta Castro Nogueira ESP 1140 1+1
Katja Konschak GER 960 1+0
Michelle Vesterby DEN 960 1+0
Rachel McBride CAN 840 1+1
Monica Juhart AUS 775 1+2 (305/125)
Gurutze Frades Larralde ESP 740 1+1
Martina Kunz SUI 720 1+1
Annah Watkinson ZAF 625 0+2 (0/280)
Leslie DiMichele Miller USA 490 1+1
Judith Corachan Vacquero ESP 390 0+2 (0/170)
Katharina Grohmann GER 340 1+0
Nikki Bartlett GBR 220 0+1
Lina-Kristin Schink GER 220 0+1
Patricia Bueno Perez ESP 160 1+1
Corina Hengartner SUI 10 1+0
Camille Donat FRA 0 0+0
Carolin Lehrieder GER 0 0+0

Deep Dive Into 2017 Triathlon Money List

For the 2017 season, I’ve been looking at the results of all Ironman and 70.3 races, the Challenge racing series, the highest level of ITU racing (the “World Triathlon Series” WTS) and a few independent races. With this data, I’ve helped Challenge produce their regular Money List updates. Challenge publishes the current Top 50 athletes on their website on a regular basis and will likely to continue to post updates for the 2018 season. This post has a closer look at the different segments and some overall trends for the 2017 season.

Overview

First, here is an overview of the races that are included in the money lists and a comparison to the 2016 season. The total is shown in US$, for races that paid their prize purse in a different currency the amounts have been converted into US$.

Type Description Total Money Change to 2016 # Races # Athletes
Ironman WTC Ironman-branded races $2.676.750 -1,8% 33 284
70.3 WTC 70.3-branded races $2.363.000 -9,8% 73 397
Challenge Challenge-branded full and half-distance
races (incl. European bonus pool)		 $1.083.472 22% 34 240
ITU ITU WTS races (incl. bonus pool) $2.335.000 n/a 10 125
Other SuperLeague Hamilton Island and Jersey,
Bilbao Triathlon, Escape From Alcatraz,
Alpe D’Huez L, Embrun, Island House,
ITU Long Distance World Championships,
XTerra World Championships		 $1.225.802 n/a 9 117
Total $9.684.024 159 784

Since preparing the Money Lists for 2016, I have added the ITU World Triathlon Series races and a number of non-branded races that also have a significant prize purse. Because these are new or expanded types, it doesn’t make sense to compare the 2016 numbers to the 2017 season.

Comparing the other types between the 2016 and 2017 seasons, it’s interesting to note that the prize money in Ironman-branded (-1,8%) and 70.3-branded races (-9,8%) has decreased (total WTC money has decreased by 5,7%) while the Challenge prize money has significantly increased by 22% (and is likely to continue to increase in 2018 with the new prize purse of $200.000 for Challenge Roth).

The number of races includes a few single-gender races in the Ironman and 70.3 categories. Also, the first SuperLeague race on Hamilton Island (AU$ 215.000, roughly US$160.000) was a male-only race. While the total number of races is the sum for each of the categories, the total for the number of athletes can’t be easily added up from the categories as there are a lot of athletes that have been able to make money in different types of races.

Overall Money List

The overall list is of course dominated by athletes that have raced well in the “Big Money Races” such as the Ironman or 70.3 World Championships  ($650.000 and $250.000) or big-purse independent races such as SuperLeague ($130.000) or Island House ($500.000) or those that placed well in a number of ITU WTS races and consequently also in the ITU Bonus Pool ($855.000).

With the exception of second place Daniela Ryf (who won both the Ironman and 70.3 Championships), the top spots are dominated by athletes who made the lion-share of their 2017 prize money in ITU races. It is not a surprise that the best-placed athletes are the overall champions (and therefore winners of the first place in the ITU bonus pool). Flora Duffy had a fantastic season (also winning the XTerra Championships and Island House), as did Mario Mola who also placed well in the first SuperLeague race.

Duffy

It’s interesting to note that this year all the Money Lists (overall and broken down into sub-categories as listed below) are topped by female athletes. However, this is not a sign that it’s “easier” for the women to earn a lot of prize money, but that there are currently very dominating females in the different categories.

# Name Gender Total Money Ironman 70.3 Races Challenge ITU Other
1 Duffy, Flora F $295.500 $215.500 $80.000
2 Ryf, Daniela F $240.101 $150.000 $72.500 $17.601
3 Mola, Mario M $221.539 $178.900 $42.639
4 Gomez, Javier M $196.654 $68.000 $122.600 $6.054
5 Murray, Richard M $173.128 $5.000 $70.450 $97.678
6 Zaferes, Katie F $171.900 $98.900 $73.000
7 Sanders, Lionel M $155.000 $75.000 $40.000 $30.000 $10.000
8 Gentle, Ashleigh F $142.200 $122.200 $20.000
9 Blummenfelt, Kristian M $137.049 $14.000 $102.400 $20.649
10 Charles, Lucy F $128.632 $80.000 $3.500 $45.132
11 Lange, Patrick M $126.500 $123.500 $3.000
12 Crowley, Sarah F $118.250 $100.000 $8.250 $10.000
13 Kienle, Sebastian M $117.500 $67.500 $19.000 $15.000 $16.000
14 Lawrence, Holly F $109.000 $74.000 $35.000
15 Kanute, Ben M $106.950 $24.750 $1.000 $81.200
16 Bozzone, Terenzo M $102.146 $28.000 $27.000 $2.146 $45.000
17 Kasper, Kirsten F $100.350 $69.350 $31.000
18 Hewitt, Andrea F $86.150 $74.150 $12.000
19 Brownlee, Jonathan M $82.550 $70.550 $12.000
20 Van Vlerken, Yvonne F $73.388 $10.500 $5.500 $57.388

WTC Races

The first “sub category” of the Money List I want to take a closer look at is the money earned in WTC races (i.e. Ironman-branded and 70.3-branded races). This list is clearly dominated by athletes that did well in the two “biggest money races”, Kona and the 70.3 Championships – the two top spots are occupied by the Kona winners Daniela Ryf and Patrick Lange.

Daniela Ryf

# Name Gender WTC Money Total Money Overall Rank
1 Ryf, Daniela F $222.500 $240.101 2
2 Lange, Patrick M $126.500 $126.500 11
3 Sanders, Lionel M $115.000 $155.000 7
4 Crowley, Sarah F $108.250 $118.250 12
5 Kienle, Sebastian M $86.500 $117.500 13
6 Charles, Lucy F $83.500 $128.632 10
7 Lawrence, Holly F $74.000 $109.000 14
8 Don, Tim M $70.000 $72.000 21
9 Gomez, Javier M $68.000 $196.654 4
10 Cheetham, Susie F $61.000 $61.000 28
11 Sali, Kaisa F $59.750 $67.506 22
12 McNamee, David M $56.000 $59.756 30
13 Bozzone, Terenzo M $55.000 $102.146 16
14 Cunnama, James M $54.500 $56.003 34
15 Seymour, Jeanni F $52.250 $56.006 33
16 Lyles, Elizabeth F $51.250 $51.250 39
17 Jackson, Heather F $49.500 $49.500 40
18 Amberger, Josh M $48.750 $56.750 32
19 Luxford, Annabel F $47.250 $67.245 23
20 Hoffman, Ben M $46.750 $46.750 41

Ironman (outside of Kona)

When looking at a list just for Ironman races, it’s interesting to exclude Kona (as including Kona would skew the rankings towards those that did well there). Without the Kona money, this list is dominated by multiple winners (or at least podium finishers) such as Sarah Crowley (who won the Regional Championships in Cairns and Frankfurt), Sebastian Kienle (winner in Frankfurt and Cozumel) or Susie Cheetham (third in South Africa and winner in Brasil). Fourth place is tied by the other athletes who won a Regional Championship in 2017.

# Name Gender Ironman Total Money Overall Rank
1 Crowley, Sarah F $60.000 $118.250 12
2 Kienle, Sebastian M $45.000 $117.500 13
3 Cheetham, Susie F $38.000 $61.000 28
4 Ryf, Daniela F $30.000 $240.101 2
4 Don, Tim M $30.000 $72.000 21
4 Sali, Kaisa F $30.000 $67.506 22
4 Amberger, Josh M $30.000 $56.750 32
4 Hoffman, Ben M $30.000 $46.750 41
4 Hanson, Matt M $30.000 $41.250 52
4 Robertson, Jodie F $30.000 $36.750 58
11 Joyce, Rachel F $26.250 $31.000 72
12 Piampiano, Sarah F $25.750 $40.250 54
12 Gossage, Lucy F $25.750 $34.734 65
14 Tajsich, Sonja F $23.500 $23.500 105
15 Roberts, Lisa F $23.000 $41.991 49
15 Currie, Braden M $23.000 $36.350 59
17 Cunnama, James M $22.500 $56.003 34
17 McMahon, Brent M $22.500 $25.500 93
19 Lyles, Elizabeth F $21.500 $51.250 39
19 Buckingham, Kyle M $21.500 $25.500 93

70.3 (outside of 70.3 Championships)

Similar to the Ironman list above, leaving out the Championships shows athletes that have raced well across a number of 70.3s in the 2017 season. The list is topped by Holly Lawrence (winner of six 70.3s), Jeanni Seymour (five wins) or Lionel Sanders (four 70.3 wins).

# Name Gender 70.3 Money Total Money Overall Rank
1 Lawrence, Holly F $74.000 $109.000 14
2 Seymour, Jeanni F $46.750 $56.006 33
3 Sanders, Lionel M $40.000 $155.000 7
4 Appleton, Sam M $35.000 $61.995 27
5 Salthouse, Ellie F $27.750 $46.750 41
6 Ryf, Daniela F $27.500 $240.101 2
7 Bozzone, Terenzo M $27.000 $102.146 16
8 Collington, Kevin M $25.250 $32.750 67
9 Don, Tim M $25.000 $72.000 21
10 Wilson, Dan M $23.750 $29.804 74
11 Gomez, Javier M $23.000 $196.654 4
12 Roy, Stephanie F $22.750 $22.750 110
13 Withrow, Kelsey F $22.500 $22.500 112
14 Reed, Tim M $21.250 $26.839 87
15 Butterfield, Tyler M $21.000 $35.000 62
15 Watkinson, Amelia F $21.000 $24.500 101
17 Brownlee, Alistair M $20.000 $41.756 50
18 True, Sarah F $19.750 $45.750 44
18 Pallant, Emma F $19.750 $43.506 48
20 Jackson, Heather F $19.500 $49.500 40

Challenge

The Challenge money list is dominated by athletes who focused their summer racing on the European Challenge races and placing well in the Challenge Bonus Pool (140.000€, about US$ 150.000). Yvonne Van Vlerken won the Bonus Pool by placing third at Challenge Roth, winning Challenge Almere and placing well in five Challenge half-distance races (even if she didn’t win any of them). Joe Skipper and Lukas Kraemer shared the win in the male bonus pool.

# Name Gender Challenge Money Total Money Overall Rank
1 Van Vlerken, Yvonne F $57.388 $73.388 20
2 Siddall, Laura F $48.992 $65.742 25
3 Charles, Lucy F $45.132 $128.632 10
4 Skipper, Joe M $39.064 $40.064 55
5 Kraemer, Lukas M $34.933 $34.933 63
6 Wurtele, Heather F $30.752 $56.002 35
7 Sanders, Lionel M $30.000 $155.000 7
8 Heemeryck, Pieter M $28.882 $38.382 56
9 Goos, Sofie F $27.420 $32.420 69
10 Steger, Thomas M $22.752 $24.002 102
11 Luxford, Annabel F $19.995 $67.245 23
12 Aernouts, Bart M $18.352 $23.352 106
13 Ryf, Daniela F $17.601 $240.101 2
14 Croneborg, Fredrik M $17.586 $19.586 129
15 Allan, Dougal M $17.578 $25.328 95
16 Kienle, Sebastian M $15.000 $117.500 13
17 Raphael, Jan M $14.756 $14.756 151
18 Krivankova, Simona F $12.021 $12.021 186
19 Wurtele, Trevor M $10.676 $15.426 146
20 Phillips, Mike M $10.080 $23.330 107

ITU

As noted above, the ITU Money List is a reflection of the order of athletes in the final WTS rankings, the top athletes are this year’s champions Flora Duffy and Mario Mola.

# Name Gender ITU Money Total Money Overall Rank
1 Duffy, Flora F $215.500 $295.500 1
2 Mola, Mario M $178.900 $221.539 3
3 Gomez, Javier M $122.600 $196.654 4
4 Gentle, Ashleigh F $122.200 $142.200 8
5 Blummenfelt, Kristian M $102.400 $137.049 9
6 Zaferes, Katie F $98.900 $171.900 6
7 Hewitt, Andrea F $74.150 $86.150 18
8 Brownlee, Jonathan M $70.550 $82.550 19
9 Murray, Richard M $70.450 $173.128 5
10 Kasper, Kirsten F $69.350 $100.350 17
11 Alarza, Fernando M $60.450 $60.450 29
12 Luis, Vincent M $59.650 $59.650 31
13 Learmonth, Jessica F $53.950 $53.950 36
14 Bishop, Thomas M $43.600 $43.600 47
15 Brown, Joanna F $41.500 $41.500 51
16 Birtwhistle, Jake M $39.550 $65.753 24
17 Klamer, Rachel F $37.250 $64.250 26
18 Le Corre, Pierre M $35.400 $35.400 61
19 Sissons, Ryan M $33.100 $33.100 66
20 Spivey, Taylor F $30.050 $31.050 71

Ironman New Zealand 2018 (March 3rd) – Seedings

IMNZLogoPrevious Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Cameron Brown (NZL) 08:20:15 Joanna Lawn (NZL) 09:30:14
2006 Ain-Alar Juhanson (EST) 03:31:05 Joanna Lawn (NZL) 04:10:32
2007 Cameron Brown (NZL) 08:26:33 Joanna Lawn (NZL) 09:20:02
2008 Cameron Brown (NZL) 08:24:49 Joanna Lawn (NZL) 09:16:00
2009 Cameron Brown (NZL) 08:18:05 Gina Crawford (NZL) 09:18:26
2010 Cameron Brown (NZL) 08:21:52 Joanna Lawn (NZL) 09:14:35
2011 Cameron Brown (NZL) 08:31:07 Samantha Warriner (NZL) 09:28:24
2012 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 03:55:03 Meredith Kessler (USA) 04:22:46
2013 Bevan Docherty (NZL) 08:15:35 Meredith Kessler (USA) 09:17:10
2014 Marko Albert (EST) 08:17:33 Meredith Kessler (USA) 09:08:46
2015 Cameron Brown (NZL) 08:22:13 Meredith Kessler (USA) 09:05:45
2016 Cameron Brown (NZL) 08:07:58 Meredith Kessler (USA) 08:56:08
2017 Braden Currie (NZL) 08:20:58 Jocelyn McCauley (USA) 09:09:47

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Braden Currie NZL 00:48:11 04:39:55 02:48:23 08:20:58
2 Cameron Brown NZL 00:53:17 04:43:46 02:42:29 08:24:32
3 Cyril Viennot FRA 00:53:23 04:42:28 02:43:39 08:25:43

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Jocelyn McCauley USA 00:59:14 05:05:24 02:59:40 09:09:47
2 Laura Siddall GBR 00:59:16 05:05:00 03:12:47 09:21:53
3 Meredith Kessler USA 00:53:23 05:10:54 03:18:11 09:27:19

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:07:58 Cameron Brown 2016-03-05
Swim overall 00:44:26 Dylan McNeice 2015-03-07
Bike overall 04:22:13 Dougal Allan 2016-03-05
Run overall 02:41:20 Matt Hanson 2016-03-05
Total female 08:56:08 Meredith Kessler 2016-03-05
Swim female 00:46:30 Monica Byrn 2005-05-03
Bike female 04:51:39 Lucy Gossage 2016-03-05
Run female 02:59:10 Jess Draskau-Petersson 2004-03-06

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM New Zealand is 07:50.

Race Adjustments for IM New Zealand

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2005 31:32 00:29 03:46 44:39 38 31:32 00:29 03:46 44:39
2007 13:55 01:32 01:36 03:11 24 22:43 01:00 02:41 23:55
2008 11:36 02:09 04:31 03:41 36 19:01 01:23 03:18 17:10
2009 10:19 00:34 05:26 02:37 38 16:50 01:11 03:50 13:32
2010 09:24 01:38 03:03 04:02 22 15:21 01:16 03:40 11:38
2011 -04:08 00:50 01:34 -01:19 24 12:06 01:12 03:19 09:28
2013 00:01 01:14 03:44 -00:07 24 10:23 01:12 03:23 08:06
2014 05:41 01:27 01:01 02:44 31 of 41 09:47 01:14 03:05 07:26
2015 05:53 01:33 03:54 04:58 22 of 27 09:21 01:16 03:11 07:09
2016 06:06 02:21 09:30 03:31 37 of 49 09:02 01:23 03:49 06:48
2017 -04:08 -02:45 -00:06 01:02 27 of 40 07:50 01:00 03:27 06:16

KPR points and Prize Money

IM New Zealand is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 60.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 15% of a typical Kona field.

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. T2 Exp. Run Consistency Overall
1 6 Mike Phillips NZL 08:12:40 08:32:11 00:48:47 04:29:58 05:23:45 02:48:55 42% +58% -0% (2) (50)
2 4 Terenzo Bozzone NZL 08:14:00 08:21:08 00:46:21 04:31:12 05:22:33 02:51:27 51% +33% -16% (15) 15
3 1 Braden Currie NZL 08:14:48 08:29:45 00:45:47 04:37:26 05:28:14 02:46:34 39% +26% -35% (4) 37
4 2 Cameron Brown NZL 08:14:50 08:26:49 00:49:34 04:38:18 05:32:52 02:41:58 63% +9% -28% (35) 25
5 19 Joe Skipper GBR 08:15:21 08:27:43 00:52:46 04:32:29 05:30:15 02:45:06 57% +14% -29% (19) 30
6 3 Cyril Viennot FRA 08:18:44 08:33:41 00:49:52 04:36:06 05:30:58 02:47:46 61% +8% -31% (21) 55
7 15 Callum Millward NZL 08:18:56 08:32:38 00:48:24 04:36:48 05:30:12 02:48:44 71% +0% -29% (9) 52
8 7 Dougal Allan NZL 08:21:57 08:34:01 00:56:17 04:27:04 05:28:21 02:53:36 88% +5% -7% (10) 57
9 21 Jan Van Berkel SUI 08:26:00 08:33:49 00:48:22 04:38:12 05:31:35 02:54:25 63% +17% -20% (16) 56
10 10 Stephen Kilshaw CAN 08:28:05 08:56:46 00:52:19 04:39:22 05:36:40 02:51:25 15% +41% -44% (12) 133
11 14 Dylan McNeice NZL 08:37:04 08:55:03 00:45:01 04:47:57 05:37:58 02:59:06 41% +11% -48% (16) (122)
12 23 Chris McDonald AUS 08:37:05 08:48:45 00:52:01 04:40:39 05:37:41 02:59:24 57% +9% -34% (48) 100
13 5 Simon Cochrane NZL 08:38:13 08:56:09 00:49:39 04:45:18 05:39:57 02:58:16 65% +13% -22% (21) 127
14 8 Guy Crawford NZL 08:44:56 09:13:15 00:48:42 04:36:01 05:29:43 03:15:13 28% +32% -40% (15) 187
15 11 Sam Long USA 08:48:02 09:03:47 00:56:05 04:42:20 05:43:25 03:04:37 70% +0% -30% (4) 160
16 17 Carl Read NZL 08:52:31 09:23:07 00:52:44 04:58:15 05:55:59 02:56:32 50% +5% -45% (13) 217
17 18 Nathan Shearer AUS 09:00:20 09:27:12 00:56:05 04:51:09 05:52:14 03:08:06 49% +51% -0% (2) (227)
18 12 James Lubinski USA 09:01:56 09:19:11 01:02:27 04:54:41 06:02:08 02:59:48 54% +30% -17% (21) 203
19 9 Lachlan Kerin AUS 09:05:37 09:30:28 00:52:03 04:54:30 05:51:33 03:14:04 18% +62% -19% (3) (234)
20 20 Leigh Stabryla AUS 09:08:41 09:25:19 00:49:08 05:17:11 06:11:18 02:57:23 55% +0% -45% (4) (222)
21 16 Michael Poole NZL 09:16:25 09:38:49 00:50:31 04:47:55 05:43:26 03:32:59 71% +0% -29% (2) (258)
22 22 Valentin Zasypkin RUS 10:00:03 10:17:59 01:07:34 05:20:19 06:32:52 03:27:11 20% +63% -17% (10) 287

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 6% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 25 Jocelyn McCauley USA 09:04:31 09:25:56 00:54:52 05:05:47 06:05:38 02:58:53 30% +52% -18% (8) 25
2 26 Laura Siddall GBR 09:09:48 09:20:53 00:56:13 05:00:06 06:01:18 03:08:30 64% +31% -4% (13) 11
3 33 Jessie Donavan USA 09:33:43 09:39:47 01:05:38 05:06:33 06:17:10 03:16:33 98% +2% -0% (17) 45
4 27 Fawn Whiting CAN 09:48:36 09:58:56 01:03:22 05:26:40 06:35:01 03:13:35 100% +0% -0% (3) 74
5 29 Kate Bevilaqua AUS 09:52:13 10:10:11 00:55:36 05:23:44 06:24:21 03:27:52 35% +4% -61% (30) 104
6 30 Jessica Mitchell AUS 09:55:33 10:13:24 01:03:34 05:23:27 06:32:01 03:23:32 38% +62% -0% (4) 112
7 39 Caroline St-Pierre CAN 09:57:20 10:09:33 00:56:40 05:40:14 06:41:54 03:15:26 74% +0% -26% (4) 102
8 32 Palmira Alvarez MEX 10:06:52 10:23:46 01:06:02 05:23:43 06:34:46 03:32:06 79% +21% -0% (5) 122
9 34 Julia Grant NZL 10:10:28 10:24:17 00:59:12 05:37:50 06:42:02 03:28:26 58% +0% -42% (7) (123)
10 35 Caroline Gregory USA 10:11:08 10:36:38 00:55:43 05:41:39 06:42:22 03:28:46 35% +5% -60% (14) 142
31 Teresa Adam NZL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
36 Helena Kotopulu CZE n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
37 Indy Kraal NZL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
38 Alise Selsmark AUS n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

There is a large number candidates for the win on the men’s side: Terenzo Bozzone has had a couple of great Ironman races in the last years, but he’s still looking for the first title in his home Ironman race. When Joe Skipper is racing well, he’s clearly one of the fastest IM-distance athletes. Braden Currie is back to defend his title from last year, while Cam Brown has always raced well in Taupo and has won IM New Zealand twelve times already. Mike Philips hs only finished two IMs yet, but he’s already gone sub-8 and won last December’s 70.3 Taupo.

  • Terenzo Bozzone: 25% (3-1)
  • Joe Skipper: 21% (4-1)
  • Braden Currie: 18% (5-1)
  • Cameron Brown: 15% (5-1)
  • Mike Phillips: 10% (9-1)
  • Cyril Viennot: 4% (23-1)

Female Race Participants

On the female side, there are two main contender’s for the win: Last year’s winner Jocelyn McCauley and last year’s second place finisher Laura Siddall. Laura is clearly the faster athlete on the bike and is the likely T2 leader, but if Jocelyn manages to run a sub-3 marathon as she did last year, she’ll be hard to beat.

  • Laura Siddall: 46% (1-1)
  • Jocelyn McCauley: 45% (1-1)
  • Jessie Donavan: 6% (15-1)

Age of Kona Winners

After the latest race in Kona it’s time to update my graph on the Age of Kona Winners. Technically, the graphs show the how old the winners of Ironman Hawaii (mostly Kona, but also the early years on Oahu) at the time that they won the race. (Click on the images for high-res versions.)

AgeKonaWinners

A few observations:

  • The winnings streaks of Dave Scott (six times between 1980 and 1987) and Mark Allen (six times between 1989 and 1995) clearly stand out.
  • Paula Newby-Fraser’s eight wins occurred over a span of ten years (1986 to 1996).
  • Natascha Badmann took six wins over seven years, her reign was broken twice by Lori Bowden.
  • The progression of the men’s winners in the early 2000s looks like another dynasty, in fact it’s three different athletes (Stadler, McCormack and Alexander) that are almost the same age.
  • In the last few years, there are three “serial winners” on the female side: Chrissie Wellington (four wins), Mirinda Carfrae and Daniela Ryf (both three wins).

Here is another view on the data:

AgeKonaWinnersBar

This “text bar chart” makes it easier to spot a few other things:

  • The youngest female winners are Kathleen McCartney (1982) and Sylviane Puntous (1983) at 22 years.
  • The youngest male winner was Scott Tinley (also in 1982) with 25 years.
  • Most of the “young winners” are from the early years of the race. Daniela Ryf was the youngest winner in the 2000s, she was 28 in 2015, but there were eleven female winners that were younger than her. On the male side, Faris Al-Sultan was 27 when he won in 2005, he’s the only winner in the 2000s who was younger than 30.
  • Craig Alexander (2011) and Natascha Badmann (2005) are the oldest male and female winners at 38 years of age.

Ironman New Zealand 2018 (March 3rd) – Entry List

  • Feb 7th: Added Teresa Adam, Jessie Donavan, Julia Grant, Indy Kraal, Jessica Mitchell, Caroline St-Pierre (WPRO);  Cameron Brown, Simon Cochrane, Lachlan Kerin, Stephen Kilshaw, Sam Long, James Lubinski, Dylan McNeice, Mike Phillips, Nathan Shearer, Joe Skipper (MPRO)

Male Race Participants

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
Mike Phillips NZL 2350 1+1
Simon Cochrane NZL 1500 1+2 (1280/80)
Guy Crawford NZL 1030 1+2 (720/30)
Cameron Brown NZL 960 1+0
Nathan Shearer AUS 720 1+0
Joe Skipper GBR 540 1+0
Dylan McNeice NZL 435 0+1
Jan Van Berkel SUI 340 1+0
Sam Long USA 305 1+0
Leigh Stabryla AUS 230 1+0
James Lubinski USA 170 1+0
Lachlan Kerin AUS 145 0+1
Valentin Zasypkin RUS 2 1+0
Stephen Kilshaw CAN 0 0+0
Cyril Viennot FRA 0 0+0

Female Race Participants

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
Jocelyn McCauley USA 4490 1+2 (3100/640)
Kate Bevilaqua AUS 2215 1+2 (1600/75)
Jessie Donavan USA 2165 2+1
Laura Siddall GBR 1810 1+1
Fawn Whiting CAN 540 1+0
Julia Grant NZL 250 0+2 (0/115)
Palmira Alvarez MEX 125 2+0
Caroline Gregory USA 40 1+0
Tracy Douglas AUS 0 0+0
Jessica Mitchell AUS 0 0+0
Natascha Schmitt GER 0 0+0
Caroline St-Pierre CAN 0 0+0
Teresa Adam NZL    
Helena Kotopulu CZE    
Indy Kraal NZL    
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