Male Race Participants

Name	Nation	KPR points	KPR races
Ben Hoffman	USA	6375	1+1
Frederik Van Lierde	BEL	5100	2+0
Boris Stein	GER	4250	1+0
Harry Wiltshire	GBR	3040	3+1 (235/500)
David McNamee	GBR	1900	1+0
Josh Amberger	AUS	1590	0+2 (0/750)
Johann Ackermann	GER	1360	1+1
Ivan Risti	ITA	1280	1+0
James Cunnama	ZAF	980	1+1
Jens Petersen-Bach	DEN	960	1+0
Michael Ruenz	GER	900	1+1
Mario De Elias	ARG	880	0+2 (0/240)
Giulio Molinari	ITA	720	1+0
Drew Scott	USA	625	0+2 (0/280)
Kyle Buckingham	ZAF	540	0+1
Alessandro Degasperi	ITA	450	1+0
Eneko Llanos	ESP	340	1+0
Christian Kramer	GER	320	1+1
Roman Deisenhofer	GER	305	1+0
Andrej Vistica	CRO	285	1+1
Balazs Csoke	HUN	260	1+1
Diego Van Looy	BEL	239	1+1
Jonathan Shearon	USA	175	1+1
Joe Skipper	GBR	155	1+0
Jan Van Berkel	SUI	145	0+1
Urs Mueller	SUI	135	1+1
Freddy Lampret	ZAF	40	0+2 (0/5)
Toumy Degham	FRA	35	0+1
Emanuele Ciotti	ITA	2	1+0
Fredrik Backson	SWE	0	0+0
Erik-Simon Strijk	NED	0	0+0
Carlos Aznar Gallego	ESP
Vinicius Canhedo	BRA
Bekim Christensen	DEN
Greg Close	USA
Victor Del Corral	ESP
Nils Frommhold	GER
Marcus Vinicius Fernandes	BRA
Valentin Zasypkin	RUS

Female Race Participants

Name	Nation	KPR points	KPR races
Daniela Ryf	SUI	10935	1+2 (8000/750)
Kaisa Lehtonen	FIN	6095	1+2 (5250/345)
Laura Siddall	GBR	4360	2+2 (1280/640)
Mareen Hufe	GER	3250	2+1
Astrid Stienen	GER	3040	1+2 (2000/435)
Katharina Grohmann	GER	2240	2+0
Danielle Mack	USA	2170	2+0
Jeanne Collonge	FRA	1880	1+1
Tine Holst	DEN	1700	2+1
Annah Watkinson	ZAF	1625	1+1
Nikki Bartlett	GBR	1405	1+1
Dimity-Lee Duke	AUS	1405	1+2 (880/125)
Kirsty Jahn	CAN	1125	0+2 (0/500)
Natascha Schmitt	GER	1125	1+2 (540/255)
Jodie Cunnama	GBR	1090	1+1
Kate Comber	GBR	855	1+1
Alexandra Tondeur	BEL	805	1+1
Kristin Moeller	GER	775	1+1
Diane Luethi	SUI	720	1+0
Rachel McBride	CAN	720	1+0
Susie Cheetham	GBR	640	0+1
Lina-Kristin Schink	GER	635	2+0
Helena Herrero Gomez	ESP	305	1+0
Gurutze Frades Larralde	ESP	235	1+0
Rahel Bellinga	NED	125	1+1
Camille Deligny	FRA	0	0+0
Julia Gajer	GER	0	0+0
Manon Genet	FRA	0	0+0
Steph Corker	CAN

Race Conditions

Last year’s race in Wanaka saw some strong winds, even leading to a few crashes on the bike. This year’s conditions were very calm, with the adjustment of 3:35 being the quickest in the last years, roughly 14 minutes faster than last year. (The new course rating is -5:01.)

Both race winners, Dougal Allan and Yvonne Van Vlerken, posted new course records, beating times from 2010 (Richard Ussher on the male side) and 2013 (Gina Crawford for the females). Dougal also posted a new bike record (4:27, improving his own time from two years ago by three minutes), and while Yvonne was under the old bike record, Laura Siddall was even a few seconds quicker – her 4:58 was almost ten minutes faster than Gina Crawford’s time from 2013.

Male Race Results

Mike Phillips was not a name frequently mentioned as a contender, but he was leading the race after the swim and in the front bike group with the two Lukes (Bell and McKenzie) and Dougal Allan. At 135k Dougal put down the hammer and by T2 built a lead of three minutes. He also proved to be the fastest runner, steadily increasing his lead and winning in course record time. Mike finished in second, keeping the distance at just under six minutes. Luke Bell was more than fifteen minutes back in third, but as he said on Twitter “at least I beat the NZ boys to popping the cork!”

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Dougal Allan	NZL	00:54:32	04:27:37	03:00:18	08:26:38	-01:37	NZD 14,500
2	Mike Phillips	NZL	00:50:21	04:34:32	03:03:18	08:32:00	n/a	NZD 9,000
3	Luke Bell	AUS	00:50:27	04:36:48	03:10:27	08:42:50	-04:21	NZD 5,000
4	Allister Caird	AUS	01:01:17	04:38:36	03:02:37	08:46:43	-46:15	NZD 3,000
5	Simon Cochrane	NZL	00:50:24	04:49:18	03:04:39	08:48:45	-08:36	NZD 2,500
6	Simon Billeau	FRA	00:55:35	04:45:26	03:13:16	08:59:50	03:43	NZD 1,500
7	Nathan Miller	AUS	00:53:27	05:29:56	03:49:43	10:23:34	n/a
	Luke McKenzie	AUS	00:51:03	04:38:10		DNF
	Per Bittner	GER	00:50:32	04:50:41		DNF
	Bryan Rhodes	NZL	00:50:22			DNF

Female Race Results

This year’s race was very similar to last year – Yvonne and Laura were within a few seconds for the whole day, frequently trading the lead. It was very late in the run until Yvonne built a two-minute lead, and she stared her 2017 season with a win. Laura almost closed the gap towards the end – it’s the third time she fought a hard battle with Yvonne in the last two seasons (Wanaka 2016 – 3:29, Roth 2016 – 2:24, and now Wanaka 2017 0:27).

It just seems to  be a question of time until she’s able to get her first big win on the IM distance – maybe in their rematch in two weeks at New Zealand? At 70.3 Taupo in December she showed that she’s not afraid to mix it up with five-time IM New Zealand champion Meredith Kessler as well.

Third place went to Emma Bilham who was leading after the swim and had the fastest run of the day, but lost too much time on the bike to contend for more than the podium.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Yvonne Van Vlerken	NED	00:58:02	04:59:29	03:14:11	09:15:44	03:05	NZD 14,500
2	Laura Siddall	GBR	00:58:00	04:58:58	03:14:57	09:16:11	-12:00	NZD 9,000
3	Emma Bilham	SUI	00:54:22	05:19:34	03:12:07	09:30:39	06:51	NZD 5,000
4	Alyssa Godesky	USA	01:00:21	05:27:37	03:25:18	09:58:58	-06:05	NZD 3,000
5	Simone Maier	GER	01:07:37	05:13:18	03:34:45	10:03:06	17:25	NZD 2,500
6	Tamsyn Hayes	NZL	01:00:28	05:29:07	03:33:18	10:08:36	-04:37	NZD 1,500
7	Julia Grant	NZL	01:00:26	05:35:02	03:37:29	10:17:22	08:29
8	Bonnie Van Wilgenburg	GBR	01:17:32	05:35:03	03:40:42	10:38:55	n/a
9	Yvette Grice	GBR	00:58:03	05:51:45	03:49:15	10:45:01	41:10
	Julia Viellehner	GER	01:07:03			DNF

Photos by Phil Walter/Getty Images, Copyright Getty Images, 2017

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2005	Cameron Brown (NZL)	08:20:15	Joanna Lawn (NZL)	09:30:14
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

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Cameron Brown	NZL	00:48:37	04:29:13	02:44:54	08:07:58
2	Joe Skipper	GBR	00:53:11	04:25:11	02:45:51	08:09:37
3	Callum Millward	NZL	00:46:49	04:31:13	02:48:01	08:10:57

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Meredith Kessler	USA	00:47:49	04:56:40	03:06:03	08:56:08
2	Lucy Gossage	GBR	00:55:45	04:51:39	03:12:10	09:05:08
3	Carrie Lester	AUS	00:52:14	05:01:22	03:08:13	09:07:19

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 05:55.

Race Adjustments for IM New Zealand

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2007	08:39	00:56	-00:21	06:30	24	08:39	00:56	-00:21	06:30
2008	09:27	01:37	02:46	04:33	36	09:03	01:16	01:13	05:31
2009	08:06	-00:01	03:19	03:03	38	08:44	00:51	01:55	04:42
2010	06:18	01:04	04:33	03:28	22	08:07	00:54	02:34	04:23
2011	-02:24	00:31	00:28	-00:58	24	06:01	00:49	02:09	03:19
2013	01:37	00:43	04:14	01:08	24	05:17	00:48	02:30	02:57
2014	04:18	01:05	00:08	02:35	31 of 41	05:09	00:51	02:09	02:54
2015	07:50	01:13	03:03	05:36	22 of 27	05:29	00:53	02:16	03:14
2016	09:28	01:56	09:17	03:28	37 of 49	05:55	01:00	03:03	03:16

KPR points and Prize Money

IM New Zealand is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 80.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	4	Marino Vanhoenacker	BEL	08:14:06	08:18:37	00:49:11	04:28:30	02:51:25	62% +11% -27% (25)	4
2	1	Cameron Brown	NZL	08:18:16	08:29:10	00:49:24	04:36:36	02:47:16	60% +1% -39% (33)	25
3	3	Terenzo Bozzone	NZL	08:18:26	08:26:06	00:46:41	04:32:44	02:54:01	40% +27% -33% (12)	18
4	2	Marko Albert	EST	08:21:52	08:33:04	00:45:46	04:34:30	02:56:36	94% +4% -2% (16)	33
5	5	Cyril Viennot	FRA	08:26:09	08:32:02	00:49:54	04:34:08	02:57:07	75% +16% -9% (17)	28
6	10	Mark Bowstead	NZL	08:35:27	08:54:17	00:47:19	04:36:54	03:06:14	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(107)
7	9	Per Bittner	GER	08:37:22	08:41:55	00:48:51	04:42:28	03:01:02	57% +11% -32% (20)	71
8	19	Philipp Koutny	SUI	08:39:42	08:56:02	00:50:35	04:41:19	03:02:48	36% +0% -64% (3)	(114)
9	7	Clayton Fettell	AUS	08:40:37	08:50:08	00:46:07	04:38:26	03:11:04	7% +18% -74% (9)	93
10	16	Simon Cochrane	NZL	08:42:29	09:09:00	00:49:29	04:44:56	03:03:04	56% +24% -19% (17)	163
11	6	Braden Currie	NZL	08:43:57	09:00:25	00:49:55	04:52:27	02:56:35	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(134)
12	25	Diego Van Looy	BEL	08:48:27	08:59:40	01:04:51	04:47:14	02:51:21	100% +0% -0% (2)	(131)
13	24	Carl Read	NZL	08:50:35	09:06:05	00:51:42	04:54:25	02:59:28	67% +10% -23% (10)	155
14	17	Scott Defilippis	USA	08:50:57	09:17:40	00:54:56	04:55:05	02:55:56	26% +23% -51% (23)	187
15	11	Guy Crawford	NZL	08:51:19	09:15:58	00:47:50	04:38:05	03:20:25	42% +29% -28% (13)	182
16	8	Bryan Rhodes	NZL	08:56:50	09:17:39	00:46:49	04:45:39	03:19:22	22% +0% -78% (27)	(187)
17	13	Todd Skipworth	AUS	08:59:25	09:34:08	00:44:54	04:53:34	03:15:56	18% +0% -82% (7)	(228)
18	20	Cedric Lassonde	FRA	09:00:59	09:08:30	00:54:12	04:52:42	03:09:05	85% +0% -15% (8)	160
19	18	Guillaume Jeannin	FRA	09:07:00	09:30:02	00:52:04	04:54:00	03:15:56	13% +22% -65% (6)	(222)
20	15	Sam Clark	NZL	09:12:08	09:20:31	00:55:49	04:56:48	03:14:32	24% +42% -33% (3)	194
21	22	Young Hwan Oh	KOR	09:18:40	09:33:35	01:01:13	05:04:10	03:08:18	37% +38% -25% (6)	227
22	21	Samuel Murphy	AUS	09:20:09	09:55:44	00:55:44	05:10:57	03:08:28	49% +0% -51% (2)	(268)
23	12	Graham O’Grady	NZL	09:25:34	09:49:25	00:45:01	04:47:47	03:47:46	56% +0% -44% (3)	(258)
24	14	Allister Caird	AUS	09:27:28	09:53:56	00:55:20	04:56:23	03:30:44	21% +0% -79% (4)	(265)
	23	Cameron Paul	NZL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Female Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	31	Meredith Kessler	USA	09:04:46	09:20:24	00:48:24	05:01:59	03:09:22	60% +10% -30% (26)	11
2	32	Carrie Lester	AUS	09:12:17	09:25:23	00:53:05	05:05:03	03:09:09	57% +31% -12% (20)	18
3	33	Yvonne Van Vlerken	NED	09:14:20	09:16:20	00:57:09	05:00:26	03:11:45	77% +0% -23% (28)	6
4	36	Laura Siddall	GBR	09:18:16	09:37:36	00:56:32	05:01:15	03:15:29	46% +44% -10% (8)	40
5	34	Annabel Luxford	AUS	09:25:23	09:32:02	00:51:28	05:01:16	03:27:39	65% +0% -35% (4)	29
6	37	Emma Bilham	SUI	09:26:34	09:44:46	00:53:29	05:12:43	03:15:23	64% +0% -36% (3)	(52)
7	45	Jocelyn McCauley	USA	09:27:22	09:47:29	00:55:53	05:17:18	03:09:11	28% +30% -42% (5)	57
8	39	Michelle Gailey	AUS	09:41:15	09:52:26	00:53:33	05:24:56	03:17:45	70% +0% -30% (10)	(66)
9	35	Kate Bevilaqua	AUS	09:44:10	10:11:07	00:54:47	05:19:03	03:25:20	22% +6% -72% (28)	(99)
10	43	Mackenzie Madison	USA	09:45:17	09:54:57	00:58:05	05:17:51	03:24:21	53% +0% -47% (12)	68
11	48	Vanessa Murray	NZL	09:48:53	10:02:44	00:53:26	05:24:23	03:26:04	100% +0% -0% (3)	83
12	40	Alyssa Godesky	USA	10:00:39	10:15:06	00:59:33	05:31:10	03:24:56	52% +36% -13% (14)	105
13	41	Yvette Grice	GBR	10:02:27	10:08:08	00:55:59	05:36:03	03:25:25	71% +20% -9% (24)	94
14	44	Wendy McAlpine	AUS	10:07:07	10:20:31	00:56:39	05:25:09	03:40:19	28% +0% -72% (2)	(116)
15	38	Erin Furness	NZL	10:08:10	10:24:40	01:00:36	05:31:31	03:31:02	61% +11% -28% (6)	(120)
16	42	Tamsyn Hayes	NZL	10:09:57	10:23:26	01:00:15	05:23:47	03:40:56	52% +7% -41% (12)	119
17	47	Tracy Morrison	AUS	10:21:47	10:30:40	01:00:25	05:45:19	03:31:03	100% +0% -0% (3)	132
18	46	Jessica Mitchell	AUS	10:37:45	10:57:47	01:01:03	05:38:04	03:53:38	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(146)
	49	Fawn Whiting	CAN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

After he had to cancel last year’s start at IM New Zealand just before boarding the plane, Marino Vanhoenacker will try to take the win, completing his collection of Ironman wins on all continents. He is my pre-race favorite, but he faces strong competition by twelve-time winner Cameron Brown and Terenzo Bozzone who seems to have unlocked the secret to fast Ironman racing after his 7:51 at Western Australia. 2014 winner Marco Albert and Cyril Viennot won’t be too far off the front either:

• Marino Vanhoenacker: 35% (2-1)
• Cameron Brown: 24% (3-1)
• Terenzo Bozzone: 24% (3-1)
• Marko Albert: 10% (9-1)
• Cyril Viennot: 7% (14-1)

Female Race Participants

Meredith Kessler is again the pre-race favorite, she’s going for a “six-peat” after having won from 2012 to 2016. A win would also secure a Kona slot for her, allowing her to plan the year with a clear Kona focus. After finishing tenth in Kona a decent result (probably podium or better) would allow Carrie Lester to also plan her season without worrying about scoring more points. But Yvonne Van Vlerken and Laura Siddall (both backing up after Challenge Wanaka) will work hard to make things interesting with a strong bike. Jocelyn McCauley has won an IM before (IM Mallorca 2016), while some other strong racers (Emma Bilham, two time second place finisher in European IMs last year or Annabel Luxford who is still looking for her breakthrough IM performance) don’t even show up in the statistical odds but could easily finish at least on the podium:

• Meredith Kessler: 51% (1-1)
• Carrie Lester: 26% (3-1)
• Yvonne Van Vlerken: 10% (9-1)
• Laura Siddall: 7% (14-1)
• Jocelyn McCauley: 5% (18-1)

Wanaka – New Zealand Double

Last year there were nine athletes doing the Wanaka – New Zealand double at 14 days apart, five of them successful:

• Gina Crawford DNF & 09:32:51
• Laura Siddall 09:30:19 & 09:09:08
• Dougal Allan 08:31:53 & 08:24:27
• Dylan McNeice 09:10:29 & DNF
• Matt Randall DNF & 09:49:37
• Matthew Russell 08:42:53 & 08:15:25
• Chris Sanson 09:16:59 & 08:53:38
• Joe Skipper DNF & 08:09:37
• Brad Williams 09:50:44 & 09:32:59

This year there are ten athletes attempting the double, eight of them have finished Wanaka:

• Emma Bilham 09:30:39
• Alyssa Godesky 09:58:58
• Yvette Grice 10:45:01
• Tamsyn Hayes 10:08:36
• Laura Siddall 09:16:11
• Yvonne Van Vlerken 09:15:44
• Per Bittner DNF
• Allister Caird 08:46:43
• Simon Cochrane 08:48:45
• Bryan Rhodes DNF

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2007	Luke Dragstra (CAN)	08:54:17	Belinda Granger (AUS)	09:38:26
2008	Marc Pschebizin (GER)	08:47:49	Gina Crawford (NZL)	09:33:46
2009	Chris McDonald (AUS)	08:37:41	Gina Crawford (NZL)	09:28:27
2010	Richard Ussher (NZL)	08:34:41	Gina Crawford (NZL)	09:28:57
2011	Jamie Whyte (NZL)	09:03:53	Belinda Granger (AUS)	10:26:17
2012	Aaron Farlow (AUS)	08:41:53	Gina Crawford (NZL)	09:44:06
2013	Dylan McNeice (NZL)	08:51:18	Gina Crawford (NZL)	09:24:31
2014	Dylan McNeice (NZL)	08:38:48	Candice Hammond (NZL)	09:33:54
2015	Dylan McNeice (NZL)	08:37:14	Gina Crawford (NZL)	09:31:51
2016	Dougal Allan (NZL)	08:31:53	Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED)	09:26:50

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Dougal Allan	NZL	00:54:39	04:36:06	02:57:23	08:31:53
2	Maik Twelsiek	GER	00:48:44	04:37:57	03:09:55	08:40:48
3	Matthew Russell	USA	00:54:30	04:48:55	02:54:29	08:42:53

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Yvonne Van Vlerken	NED	00:54:32	05:15:53	03:12:01	09:26:50
2	Laura Siddall	GBR	00:54:31	05:12:29	03:19:05	09:30:19
3	Julia Grant	NZL	00:58:39	06:03:13	03:32:45	10:39:42

Meredith Hill was third across the line with a time of 10:34, but racing as an Amateur.

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:31:53	Dougal Allan	2016-02-20
Swim	overall	00:45:32	Dylan McNeice	2015-02-22
Bike	overall	04:30:51	Dougal Allan	2015-02-22
Run	overall	02:48:04	Marc Pschebizin	2008-01-19
Total	female	09:24:31	Gina Crawford	2013-01-19
Swim	female	00:50:01	Gina Crawford	2008-01-19
Bike	female	05:08:30	Gina Crawford	2013-01-19
Run	female	03:08:59	Rebekah Keat	2010-01-16

Dylan has posted a faster swim time in 2016 (43:30), but the swim course was a bit shortened due to the wind moving the buoys.

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Wanaka is – 05:53.

Race Adjustments for Challenge Wanaka

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2007	03:50	00:42	-06:30	04:29	7	03:50	00:42	-06:30	04:29
2008	00:37	01:11	-09:42	01:33	16 of 17	02:13	00:56	-08:06	03:01
2009	04:38	-03:36	-01:31	03:57	12 of 13	03:02	-00:35	-05:55	03:20
2010	00:17	-01:47	-01:12	02:41	15	02:20	-00:53	-04:44	03:10
2011	-26:34	-02:44	-22:30	-03:42	15	-03:26	-01:15	-08:17	01:48
2012	-08:53	-01:11	-07:26	-03:22	19	-04:21	-01:14	-08:09	00:56
2013	-05:24	-05:42	-09:01	01:27	15	-04:30	-01:52	-08:16	01:00
2014	-03:40	-01:02	-03:28	00:36	10 of 18	-04:24	-01:46	-07:40	00:57
2015	-11:45	00:23	-04:29	-07:23	23 of 27	-05:13	-01:32	-07:19	00:02
2016	-11:56	01:43	-12:36	-01:21	15 of 23	-05:53	-01:12	-07:51	-00:06

Prize Money

Challenge Wanaka has a total prize purse of 70.000 NZD.

Male Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	1	Dougal Allan	NZL	08:32:22	08:36:44	00:59:24	04:31:45	02:56:13	76% +11% -13% (7)	50
2	3	Luke McKenzie	AUS	08:38:01	08:36:05	00:49:01	04:36:59	03:07:01	66% +21% -13% (27)	45
3	5	Courtney Ogden	AUS	08:47:20	08:43:42	00:51:34	04:51:52	02:58:53	67% +1% -31% (21)	74
4	2	Per Bittner	GER	08:49:27	08:41:55	00:50:27	04:49:56	03:04:03	57% +11% -32% (20)	71
5	4	Luke Bell	AUS	08:52:40	08:55:25	00:48:22	04:50:38	03:08:40	16% +3% -80% (32)	110
6	10	Simon Cochrane	NZL	08:57:52	09:09:00	00:51:10	04:56:30	03:05:12	56% +24% -19% (17)	163
7	11	Bryan Rhodes	NZL	09:07:36	09:17:39	00:48:08	04:54:53	03:19:35	22% +0% -78% (27)	(187)
8	9	Allister Caird	AUS	09:29:19	09:53:56	00:57:10	05:06:39	03:20:30	21% +0% -79% (4)	(265)
	6	Mike Phillips	NZL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	12	Nathan Miller	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Female Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	50	Yvonne Van Vlerken	NED	09:23:37	09:16:20	00:58:23	05:08:08	03:12:06	77% +0% -23% (28)	6
2	51	Laura Siddall	GBR	09:28:31	09:37:36	00:57:49	05:08:43	03:16:59	46% +44% -10% (8)	40
3	62	Emma Bilham	SUI	09:39:06	09:44:46	00:55:12	05:21:39	03:17:14	64% +0% -36% (3)	(52)
4	61	Julia Viellehner	GER	09:53:15	09:58:39	01:02:25	05:36:41	03:09:10	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(76)
5	54	Simone Maier	GER	09:55:02	10:01:31	01:06:09	05:25:48	03:18:05	65% +0% -35% (8)	(81)
6	59	Michelle Gailey	AUS	09:56:44	09:52:26	00:55:37	05:35:55	03:20:12	70% +0% -30% (10)	(66)
7	55	Alyssa Godesky	USA	10:10:54	10:15:06	01:01:09	05:38:54	03:25:50	52% +36% -13% (14)	105
8	56	Yvette Grice	GBR	10:15:46	10:08:08	00:57:47	05:45:38	03:27:21	71% +20% -9% (24)	94
9	57	Tamsyn Hayes	NZL	10:16:55	10:23:26	01:01:24	05:29:17	03:41:14	52% +7% -41% (12)	119
10	53	Julia Grant	NZL	10:23:41	10:19:07	01:00:36	05:48:20	03:29:45	29% +0% -71% (6)	112
11	60	Jennifer Lentzke	CAN	10:59:54	10:56:55	01:14:23	05:52:36	03:47:55	72% +0% -28% (4)	(146)
	52	Meredith Hill	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	58	Bonnie Van Wilgenburg	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

Last years’s winner (and course record holder) Douglas Allan is the statistical favorite for this year’s male race. After a disappointing result in Kona, Luke McKenzie will want to show his return to good form at Wanaka as a start to a better 2017 racing season. The field may be small, but on a a good day a lot of athletes could contend for the win.

• Dougal Allan: 56% (1-1)
• Luke McKenzie: 24% (3-1)
• Per Bittner: 7% (13-1)
• Courtney Ogden: 7% (14-1)
• Simon Cochrane: 4% (27-1)
• Luke Bell: 2% (40-1)

Female Race Participants

Yvonne Van Vlerken is the defending champion from 2016, she’s the clear front runner for this year as well. But last year she had to work hard to beat Laura Siddall who has been getting better and better since last year. Emma Bilham could be an interesting addition, she was second twice last summer at IM France and IM Switzerland but will need an excellent bike leg on the tough Wanaka course to be in contention:

• Yvonne Van Vlerken: 66% (1-1)
• Laura Siddall: 22% (4-1)
• Emma Bilham: 8% (12-1)