Race Conditions

This year IM Cozumel had the fastest conditions ever for that course, mainly on the bike (maybe not too much wind?). Winner Frederik Van Lierde posted a new course record and got pretty close to breaking 8 hours, while female swim leader (and eventual second place finisher) Lauren Brandon posted a new swim course record, improving on Bree Wee’s 2009 time.

Male Race Results

Frederik Van Lierde was among the first in T1, then posted a strong bike to be within seconds of the lead in T2. He then went on to win the race by posting the strongest run of the bike leaders, winning with a new course record time. Matt Russell ran through the field by posting the second fastest marathon of the day and as last year finished in second place. After winning his first Ironman at Mont Tremblant, Chris Leiferman had another solid race and claimed the last spot on the podium.

Frederik Van Lierde validated his AQ Kona slot and is the first athlete to be a secure Kona 2017 Pro participant. In addition to him Matt Russell has enough points to be safe for a Kona slot.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Frederik Van Lierde	BEL	00:43:46	04:22:37	02:52:42	08:03:09	-09:54	US$ 20000
2	Matthew Russell	USA	00:48:20	04:21:28	02:51:18	08:04:24	-28:37	US$ 10000
3	Chris Leiferman	USA	00:48:28	04:21:09	02:55:58	08:09:11	02:40	US$ 6500
4	Michael Weiss	AUT	00:48:26	04:17:45	02:59:55	08:10:44	-07:51	US$ 4000
5	Chris McDonald	AUS	00:48:44	04:21:08	03:02:35	08:15:59	-20:08	US$ 3000
6	Guilherme Manocchio	BRA	00:47:18	04:26:14	03:01:23	08:19:26	-13:37	US$ 2000
7	Jozsef Major	HUN	00:57:13	04:32:31	02:46:50	08:21:33	-22:34	US$ 1500
8	Karl-Johan Danielsson	SWE	00:47:14	04:22:33	03:08:44	08:23:01	-24:44	US$ 1250
9	Miquel Blanchart Tinto	ESP	00:44:09	04:39:53	02:57:03	08:24:44	-00:53	US$ 1000
10	Philipp Koutny	SUI	00:48:16	04:32:43	03:04:22	08:29:16	n/a	US$ 750
11	Barrett Brandon	USA	00:43:37	04:41:02	03:10:14	08:39:39	07:02
12	Andrey Lyatskiy	RUS	00:46:39	04:42:43	03:07:21	08:41:21	-07:50
13	Kevin Collington	USA	00:43:46	04:40:48	03:17:46	08:45:52	28:11
14	Anton Blokhin	UKR	00:46:36	04:42:53	03:14:42	08:48:22	12:30
15	Alan Carrillo	MEX	00:51:32	04:48:09	03:10:22	08:54:46	n/a
16	Frederic Garcia	FRA	00:57:05	04:51:53	03:03:51	08:58:05	-14:18
17	Scott Bradley	USA	00:58:16	04:37:11	03:18:44	08:59:52	-17:49
18	Josep Vinolas	ESP	00:51:24	04:45:11	03:19:44	09:00:20	08:29
19	Oliver Gonzalez	MEX	00:46:32	05:05:38	03:10:55	09:08:07	-12:01
20	Jarrod Shoemaker	USA	00:43:44	05:12:26	03:08:57	09:09:10	n/a
21	Jorge Vazquez	MEX	00:48:21	04:57:52	03:34:21	09:26:48	-20:13
22	Gilian Oriet	SUI	00:54:41	05:09:11	03:28:52	09:39:58	-10:24
23	Igor Amorelli	BRA	00:43:41	04:23:09	04:31:06	09:41:32	1:13:49
24	Bruno Matheus	BRA	00:47:11	05:13:42	03:35:16	09:41:32	n/a
25	Sergio Quezada	MEX	00:48:18	05:08:53	03:41:42	09:44:17	-13:46
26	Eduardo Chong	MEX	00:57:00	05:08:12	03:39:28	09:49:29	-04:13
27	Stephen Bayliss	GBR	00:43:41	05:20:57	03:47:03	09:55:49	1:17:33
28	Derek Yorek	USA	01:03:14	05:06:26	04:02:12	10:21:46	n/a
29	Rod De Kanel	FRA	00:46:34	05:02:11	04:50:39	10:44:58	35:34
30	Scott Defilippis	USA	00:51:54	04:56:29	05:08:10	11:02:05	1:10:02
	Mark Oude Bennink	NED	00:43:48			DNF
	Alessandro Degasperi	ITA	00:48:21			DNF
	Trevor Delsaut	FRA	00:48:25			DNF
	Christopher Bagg	USA	00:48:27			DNF

Female Race Results

Lauren Brandon was leading after the swim by almost five minutes, posting a new swim course record. She reached T2 together with the “Danish Duo” of Michelle Vesterby and Camilla Pedersen. Camilla was leading the race for most of the run, but eventually faded at the end and finished in third place. In her first IM finish in Texas Lauren was also leading into T1 and T2 but the struggled on the run (3:56). In Cozumel she ran a steady 3:23 and was able to finish in second place. The win went to Michelle Vesterby who had the best run of the leaders into T2, ending her 2016 racing year with her third Ironman win. Last year’s winner Corinne Abraham finished fourth after a long injury break – she posted the best marathon of the day and without a double flat towards the end of the bike she could have finished on the podium. Rachel McBride had a solid day to finish fifth in her first full Ironman race.

After her 6th place in Kona Michelle Vesterby has enough points to be safe for a Kona slot. Camilla Pedersen is close but needs a few more points, she should be fine with two good 70.3 results.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Michelle Vesterby	DEN	00:50:30	04:54:14	03:19:18	09:08:06	-01:57	US$ 20000
2	Lauren Brandon	USA	00:45:43	04:58:52	03:23:53	09:12:43	n/a	US$ 10000
3	Camilla Pedersen	DEN	00:50:26	04:54:16	03:25:34	09:14:11	06:40	US$ 6500
4	Corinne Abraham	GBR	00:56:48	05:10:41	03:07:44	09:19:14	09:52	US$ 4000
5	Rachel McBride	CAN	00:53:06	04:59:14	03:32:42	09:29:33	n/a	US$ 3000
6	Celine Schaerer	SUI	00:50:35	05:18:02	03:23:50	09:37:20	16:25	US$ 2000
7	Kelly Fillnow	USA	01:02:41	05:12:58	03:18:13	09:38:23	-08:15	US$ 1500
8	Nicole Valentine	USA	01:00:58	05:20:26	03:17:22	09:43:26	-32:59	US$ 1250
9	Annett Finger	GER	00:56:52	05:16:22	03:28:40	09:46:15	-12:09	US$ 1000
10	Lauren Capone	USA	00:56:52	05:36:32	03:10:40	09:50:21	13:16	US$ 750
11	April Gellatly	USA	00:53:10	05:12:11	03:43:07	09:53:46	-09:47
12	Palmira Alvarez	MEX	01:02:54	05:18:54	03:32:07	09:58:13	-48:06
13	Amanda Wendorff	USA	00:56:51	05:13:36	03:44:11	09:59:18	14:54
14	Neilia Bliss	USA	01:02:49	05:22:16	03:49:48	10:20:35	09:29
15	Amelia McCracken	USA	01:10:23	05:37:21	03:47:23	10:41:01	n/a
	Molly Roohi	USA	00:59:29	05:20:53		DNF
	Caroline St-Pierre	CAN	00:56:55	05:55:01		DNF
	Amy Vantassel	USA	01:02:47	05:53:04		DNF
	Amber Ferreira	USA	00:50:34			DNF

Race Conditions

This year’s edition of IM Arizona has been another extremely fast race: Calm and relatively cool conditions lead to an adjustment of 24:21, the fastest ever on the Arizona course – no surprise when we’ve seen a number of crazy fast times.

Lionel Sanders posted a new course record of 7:44:29 which is also the fastest time ever in an Ironman®-branded race. (There’s been a bit of uproar when Ironman started calling the time a world-record – completely ignoring Jan Frodeno’s 7:35 from Roth this year. I completely understand that they don’t want to call attention to Roth, but completely ignoring it seems more like a sign of weakness to me.) Lionel had a great race, he posted new “personal bests” in each of the legs. He had the fastest bike leg of the day (4:04:38, the fastest bike leg of the year but still short of the course record 4:03 by Andy Starykowicz) and the second fastest run leg. If his race produced a world-record, it his “on-land-time”: His bike and run took a combined 6:47:09 (excluding transitions), the previously fastest time was by Jan at Roth 2016 (combined 6:47:25). Rafael Goncalves posted a new swim record (45:31, improving on Kieran Doe’s time from 2008); and Brent McMahon had the fastest run of the day, his 2:40:17 is also new course record.

Even if Meredith’s 8:48 was a few minutes short of her own course record, there were fast times on the female side as well: Yvonne Van Vlerken posted a new bike course record, her 4:40:40 improved on Meredith’s 4:42 from last year. Angela Naeth was even faster, but she had to end her race shortly after T2.

Male Race Results

Rafael Goncalves was leading after the swim before Cameron Wurf quickly went to the front, apparently chasing the bike course record. He was first into T2, but Lionel Sanders took the lead shortly after. Lionel was racing smart and had enough in the tank to secure a new course record with very solid last few miles. Brent McMahon was faster than ever before in all his legs, but the best possible finish for him was second place. TJ Tollakson had a solid day, repeating his third place from last year, also posting a new personal best.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Lionel Sanders	CAN	00:53:45	04:04:38	02:42:31	07:44:29	-27:37	US$ 20000
2	Brent McMahon	CAN	00:48:21	04:18:20	02:40:17	07:50:15	-07:08	US$ 10000
3	TJ Tollakson	USA	00:49:40	04:11:59	02:56:43	08:02:30	-12:04	US$ 6500
4	David Plese	SLO	00:53:57	04:20:46	02:45:17	08:04:29	-13:23	US$ 4000
5	Giulio Molinari	ITA	00:49:35	04:15:07	02:58:25	08:06:47	n/a	US$ 3000
6	Pedro Gomes	POR	00:53:46	04:21:02	02:52:54	08:11:15	-06:17	US$ 2000
7	Joe Gambles	AUS	00:49:50	04:21:58	02:57:12	08:12:36	-00:19	US$ 1500
8	Matic Modic	SLO	00:56:48	04:22:54	02:54:31	08:17:57	-12:20	US$ 1250
9	Per Bittner	GER	00:49:45	04:26:23	02:58:24	08:18:23	-01:12	US$ 1000
10	Jens Frommhold	GER	00:55:37	04:21:55	03:00:32	08:21:48	-44:38	US$ 750
11	Jose Estrangeiro	POR	00:49:51	04:32:18	03:00:31	08:26:38	n/a
12	Jesse Vondracek	USA	00:54:03	04:28:08	03:01:26	08:27:23	-29:56
13	Tripp Hipple	USA	00:53:53	04:28:26	03:01:39	08:27:45	n/a
14	Cameron Wurf	AUS	00:49:52	04:05:45	03:28:21	08:27:53	-33:46
15	Sam Long	USA	00:55:37	04:23:49	03:06:36	08:29:07	n/a
16	Adam O’Meara	CAN	00:49:50	04:32:16	03:10:50	08:37:24	-30:45
17	Josh Terwoord	USA	01:02:38	04:41:27	02:48:45	08:37:52	n/a
18	Pete Jacobs	AUS	00:49:42	04:42:32	03:03:36	08:40:34	15:31
19	Chad Holderbaum	USA	00:53:57	04:30:28	03:12:03	08:40:43	-01:59
20	Philip Graves	GBR	00:49:37	04:15:12	03:32:21	08:41:48	15:01
21	Jordan Bryden	CAN	00:49:51	04:32:08	03:16:09	08:42:54	-22:06
22	Hendrik-Jan Verhaegen	BEL	00:54:09	04:38:36	03:08:54	08:46:35	-17:07
23	Dylan Gleeson	CAN	00:54:00	04:27:32	03:22:05	08:47:25	-07:08
24	Douglas MacLean	USA	00:57:59	04:43:13	03:02:50	08:48:53	-06:18
25	Yu Hsiao	TWN	00:56:58	04:38:02	03:09:35	08:49:00	n/a
26	James Lubinski	USA	01:03:00	04:39:57	03:06:29	08:54:27	-04:15
27	Patrick Bless	GER	00:55:44	04:52:36	03:02:36	08:55:16	-05:41
28	Patrick Brady	USA	01:04:51	04:37:37	03:07:04	08:55:17	n/a
29	Colin Laughery	USA	01:02:14	04:36:46	03:10:50	08:55:19	01:07
30	Benson Hall	USA	00:55:41	04:30:18	03:25:33	08:56:05	n/a
31	Matt Shanks	USA	01:00:01	04:47:15	03:06:09	08:57:42	-23:37
32	Anthony Toth	CAN	00:56:20	04:43:22	03:17:52	09:02:06	-03:13
33	Dirk Baelus	BEL	00:58:04	04:47:37	03:19:12	09:09:23	18:03
34	Nathan Champness	CAN	00:54:07	04:34:16	03:37:36	09:11:53	00:42
35	Vinicio Ibarra	MEX	00:49:43	04:46:25	03:31:33	09:12:59	n/a
36	Dantley Young	USA	01:07:03	04:53:58	03:08:08	09:16:34	-12:16
37	Elmar Heger	GER	00:57:02	04:41:41	03:34:13	09:18:28	-13:25
38	Rafael Goncalves	BRA	00:45:31	04:49:13	03:47:34	09:27:06	n/a
39	Adam O’Connor	USA	00:50:19	05:11:35	04:37:07	10:45:37	n/a
	Thomas Gerlach	USA	00:53:49	04:23:35		DNF
	Raymond Botelho	USA	00:55:36	04:32:54		DNF
	Robbie Wade	IRL	00:54:01	04:41:39		DNF
	Andrew Fast	USA	00:57:55	04:43:28		DNF
	Matt Chrabot	USA	00:46:39			DNF
	Lewis Elliot	USA	00:54:13			DNF

Female Race Results

Meredith Kessler won the female race, leading from wire to wire. She’s the IM Arizona champion for the third time in a row – the last time she did not win an Ironman outside of Kona was IM Arizona 2013 when she was second to Julia Gajer by less than three minutes. After the swim Yvonne Van Vlerken was more than eight minutes behind, but she was able to close the gap on the bike and early on the run, keeping up the pressure on Meredith. But Meredith held on to her lead, with Yvonne finishing second. IM rookie Malindi Elmore finished third after a solid day with the second fastest marathon. The fastest run was by Ruth Brennan Morrey in fourth place, reaching her goal of a sub-3 run.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Meredith Kessler	USA	00:49:31	04:44:24	03:09:40	08:48:23	-09:26	US$ 20000
2	Yvonne Van Vlerken	NED	00:58:04	04:40:40	03:08:43	08:51:27	-01:01	US$ 10000
3	Malindi Elmore	CAN	01:01:01	04:51:06	03:00:52	08:57:22	n/a	US$ 6500
4	Ruth Brennan Morrey	USA	01:05:35	04:53:13	02:57:45	09:02:28	-16:37	US$ 4000
5	Leanda Cave	GBR	00:53:14	04:58:51	03:13:30	09:10:41	05:17	US$ 3000
6	Darbi Roberts	USA	00:54:34	05:00:40	03:14:10	09:13:42	-09:16	US$ 2000
7	Jen Annett	CAN	01:03:53	04:43:57	03:25:34	09:17:34	-18:57	US$ 1500
8	Kelly Williamson	USA	00:53:58	05:16:22	03:07:03	09:22:00	16:30	US$ 1250
9	Emily Cocks	USA	00:53:07	05:08:32	03:18:38	09:25:10	n/a	US$ 1000
10	Danielle Mack	USA	01:00:21	05:20:27	03:01:49	09:26:17	13:11	US$ 750
11	Skye Moench	USA	01:00:15	04:58:01	03:24:06	09:27:07	n/a
12	Ashley Paulson	USA	01:09:54	05:12:26	03:09:39	09:36:48	-09:50
13	Rachel Jastrebsky	USA	01:00:42	05:07:00	03:25:07	09:37:34	-19:11
14	Jessica Smith	USA	00:55:35	05:07:56	03:30:41	09:38:23	-12:53
15	Mackenzie Madison	USA	01:00:48	04:57:29	03:38:37	09:42:08	24:41
16	Marina Jurjevic	AUS	01:06:56	05:04:16	03:29:38	09:46:42	-09:36
17	Kristin Lie	NOR	01:12:19	05:06:11	03:30:40	09:54:06	09:52
18	Nicole Luse	USA	01:08:55	05:21:30	03:18:37	09:54:16	-26:38
19	Amy Javens	USA	01:08:02	04:58:39	03:47:43	10:00:25	10:08
20	Sarah Bay	USA	01:07:51	05:13:36	03:33:54	10:01:45	n/a
21	Liz Baugher	USA	00:58:52	05:24:04	03:44:59	10:13:19	n/a
22	Caroline Martineau	CAN	01:04:34	05:18:31	04:09:19	10:39:42	25:32
23	Carrie Mccoy	USA	01:13:51	05:22:30	03:55:58	10:39:42	n/a
24	Amanda Stevens	USA	00:54:31	05:21:02	04:20:49	10:41:28	1:35:39
	Angela Naeth	CAN	01:00:17	04:36:45		DNF

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2005	Mitchell Anderson (AUS)	08:27:35	Charlotte Paul (AUS)	09:47:27
2006	Jason Shortis (AUS)	08:03:55	Lisbeth Kristensen (DEN)	09:10:00
2007	Patrick Vernay (NCL)	08:05:58	Charlotte Paul (AUS)	09:00:54
2008	Tim Van Berkel (AUS)	08:07:06	Gina Crawford (NZL)	08:59:24
2009	Patrick Vernay (NCL)	08:13:59	Gina Crawford (NZL)	09:16:52
2010	Courtney Ogden (AUS)	08:14:01	Kate Bevilaqua (AUS)	09:19:44
2011	Timo Bracht (GER)	08:12:39	Michelle Bremer (NZL)	09:25:38
2012	Jimmy Johnsen (DEN)	08:29:06	Britta Martin (NZL)	09:13:00
2013	Jeremy Jurkiewicz (FRA)	08:08:16	Elizabeth Lyles (USA)	08:59:44
2014	Denis Chevrot (FRA)	08:05:58	Britta Martin (NZL)	08:56:34
2015	Luke McKenzie (AUS)	07:55:58	Sarah Piampiano (USA)	09:03:47

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Luke McKenzie	AUS	00:50:31	04:08:12	02:52:29	07:55:58
2	Denis Chevrot	FRA	00:48:45	04:28:58	02:54:49	08:16:24
3	Per Bittner	GER	00:50:56	04:27:33	02:56:37	08:19:15

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Sarah Piampiano	USA	01:06:49	04:50:46	03:01:18	09:03:47
2	Mareen Hufe	GER	01:06:52	04:47:38	03:10:18	09:09:16
3	Yvonne Van Vlerken	NED	01:02:53	04:49:09	03:15:50	09:12:07

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:55:58	Luke McKenzie	2015-12-06
Swim	overall	00:44:42	Pete Jacobs	2007-12-01
Bike	overall	04:08:12	Luke McKenzie	2015-12-06
Run	overall	02:43:48	Robert Thomas	2007-12-01
Total	female	08:56:34	Britta Martin	2014-12-07
Swim	female	00:48:25	Tereza Macel	2007-12-01
Bike	female	04:44:16	Mareen Hufe	2014-12-07
Run	female	02:58:17	Beth Gerdes	2014-12-07

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Western Australia is 13:37.

Race Adjustments for IM Western Australia

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2005	01:54	-02:58	01:52	-02:32	27	01:54	-02:58	01:52	-02:32
2006	16:01	00:31	15:04	02:55	31	08:57	-01:14	08:28	00:12
2007	23:57	00:43	13:40	04:29	47	13:57	-00:35	10:12	01:37
2008	15:30	-00:07	15:24	00:34	39	14:20	-00:28	11:30	01:22
2009	14:55	01:15	14:35	-04:00	25	14:27	-00:07	12:07	00:17
2010	09:38	00:10	10:09	02:05	24	13:39	-00:04	11:48	00:35
2011	03:58	-00:22	09:00	02:33	27	12:16	-00:07	11:24	00:52
2012	13:06	-01:22	08:48	02:36	26	12:22	-00:16	11:04	01:05
2013	19:46	00:06	15:19	06:32	22 of 30	13:12	-00:14	11:33	01:41
2014	16:05	00:57	17:24	04:16	32 of 48	13:29	-00:07	12:08	01:57
2015	14:58	-02:36	14:05	06:34	15 of 22	13:37	-00:20	12:18	02:22

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Western Australia is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$.

Female Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	2	Melissa Hauschildt	AUS	09:04:53	09:29:07	00:57:00	04:56:07	03:06:46	44% +17% -38% (4)	21
2	1	Sarah Piampiano	USA	09:07:36	09:29:36	01:03:02	04:53:07	03:06:28	58% +33% -9% (16)	23
3	4	Asa Lundstroem	SWE	09:12:21	09:29:28	01:00:18	04:56:37	03:10:27	89% +11% -0% (15)	22
4	3	Mareen Hufe	GER	09:13:06	09:34:51	01:00:59	04:50:12	03:16:55	86% +5% -9% (22)	35
5	6	Laura Siddall	GBR	09:14:33	09:37:36	00:58:10	04:53:55	03:17:28	46% +44% -10% (8)	39
6	9	Elisabeth Gruber	AUT	09:20:05	09:36:46	01:02:46	05:03:40	03:08:39	100% +0% -0% (7)	36
7	5	Lisa Roberts	USA	09:20:32	09:32:49	01:04:35	05:06:29	03:04:28	80% +3% -18% (17)	30
8	11	Vanessa Murray	NZL	09:41:20	10:02:21	00:55:25	05:16:07	03:24:48	100% +0% -0% (2)	(77)
9	8	Kym Coogan	AUS	09:43:43	10:07:34	00:57:09	05:08:13	03:33:21	61% +0% -39% (4)	86
10	7	Rahel Bellinga	NED	10:08:07	10:31:32	01:05:26	05:07:01	03:50:41	46% +30% -25% (6)	127
11	14	Emi Sakai	JPN	10:11:47	10:34:10	01:07:23	05:19:05	03:40:19	46% +4% -50% (10)	128
12	10	Tracy Morrison	AUS	10:14:51	10:37:22	01:02:48	05:33:59	03:33:04	100% +0% -0% (2)	(132)
	12	Lauren Parker	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	0% +0% -100% (2)	(n/a)
	15	Alise Selsmark	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	16	Georgia Stott	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Male Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	22	Andy Potts	USA	08:11:34	08:22:32	00:47:30	04:25:53	02:53:12	100% +0% -0% (15)	8
2	39	Nick Kastelein	AUS	08:15:02	08:38:03	00:48:13	04:22:52	02:58:57	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(51)
3	20	Denis Chevrot	FRA	08:16:31	08:35:24	00:46:46	04:30:08	02:54:37	58% +8% -35% (10)	38
4	24	Jeff Symonds	CAN	08:19:48	08:30:38	00:51:26	04:37:59	02:45:24	72% +13% -15% (8)	27
5	25	Clayton Fettell	AUS	08:20:09	08:44:53	00:45:55	04:22:30	03:06:45	10% +24% -66% (8)	74
6	21	Terenzo Bozzone	NZL	08:23:35	08:38:21	00:48:38	04:31:26	02:58:31	54% +1% -45% (11)	52
7	47	Courtney Ogden	AUS	08:25:51	08:48:47	00:50:40	04:33:06	02:57:05	53% +2% -45% (20)	(88)
8	26	Michael Fox	AUS	08:26:05	08:49:04	00:47:26	04:33:24	03:00:15	35% +65% -0% (2)	(89)
9	23	Jens Petersen-Bach	DEN	08:26:33	08:47:09	00:50:40	04:37:08	02:53:45	58% +0% -42% (16)	83
10	31	Alberto Casadei	ITA	08:27:53	08:47:20	00:48:19	04:39:09	02:55:25	24% +27% -49% (9)	85
11	56	Jan Van Berkel	SUI	08:29:19	08:50:39	00:49:22	04:28:57	03:06:00	49% +16% -35% (13)	94
12	46	Ritchie Nicholls	GBR	08:32:01	08:49:51	00:51:35	04:44:32	02:50:54	48% +0% -52% (6)	91
13	27	Konstantin Bachor	GER	08:32:21	08:46:29	00:50:36	04:26:57	03:09:48	34% +6% -59% (11)	81
14	29	Matt Burton	AUS	08:35:24	09:15:10	00:54:12	04:28:35	03:07:38	21% +0% -79% (6)	(172)
15	37	Esben Hovgaard	DEN	08:37:12	08:55:55	00:53:44	04:34:18	03:04:11	54% +18% -28% (10)	110
16	51	Jonathan Shearon	USA	08:37:52	09:00:05	00:53:55	04:32:21	03:06:36	54% +9% -38% (15)	126
17	57	Thiago Vinhal	BRA	08:40:49	09:00:42	00:50:01	04:47:07	02:58:41	72% +18% -10% (12)	131
18	28	Simon Billeau	FRA	08:42:30	09:08:55	00:53:52	04:30:12	03:13:26	36% +0% -64% (18)	155
19	36	Patrick Evoe	USA	08:46:18	08:56:44	00:56:00	04:35:40	03:09:38	91% +3% -6% (24)	113
20	35	Karol Dzalaj	SVK	08:46:26	09:13:24	00:53:51	04:35:58	03:11:38	70% +11% -18% (13)	(167)
21	49	Carl Read	NZL	08:47:14	09:05:19	00:53:05	04:49:36	02:59:32	56% +14% -31% (9)	(147)
22	41	Luke Martin	AUS	08:47:33	09:07:59	00:52:50	04:44:04	03:05:39	71% +0% -29% (4)	(151)
23	55	Petr Vabrousek	CZE	08:49:07	09:04:10	00:56:32	04:41:51	03:05:44	66% +1% -33% (95)	145
24	54	Graeme Stewart	GBR	08:49:43	09:13:37	00:54:24	04:41:46	03:08:33	33% +25% -42% (14)	168
25	52	Pavel Simko	SVK	08:51:06	09:24:30	00:52:17	04:34:25	03:19:24	47% +0% -53% (2)	(196)
26	42	Levi Maxwell	AUS	08:56:09	09:21:04	00:54:06	04:48:08	03:08:55	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(187)
27	50	Till Schramm	GER	09:01:00	09:24:15	00:56:06	04:43:02	03:16:52	5% +54% -41% (7)	194
28	38	Darren Jenkins	AUS	09:03:56	09:29:17	01:05:53	04:49:15	03:03:49	42% +0% -58% (10)	208
29	48	Matthew Pellow	AUS	09:06:37	09:32:01	00:47:05	04:41:53	03:32:39	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(211)
30	40	Michael Louys	BEL	09:09:45	09:40:34	01:03:37	04:45:24	03:15:44	52% +8% -41% (11)	229
31	53	Leigh Stabryla	AUS	09:09:54	09:35:27	00:52:28	05:08:57	03:03:29	51% +0% -49% (2)	(219)
32	30	Allister Caird	AUS	09:19:17	09:48:03	00:56:36	04:46:23	03:31:18	31% +0% -69% (3)	(245)
33	34	Vincent Depuiset	FRA	09:31:43	09:55:40	01:08:32	04:59:27	03:18:45	57% +20% -23% (11)	255
34	45	Marek Nemcik	SVK	11:28:24	12:01:54	01:12:38	05:41:26	04:29:21	30% +25% -45% (39)	284
	32	Giles Clayton	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	33	Derek Cross	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	43	Bryce McMaster	NZL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Female Race Participants

• Sarah Piampiano: 38% (2-1)
• Melissa Hauschildt: 33% (2-1)
• Asa Lundstroem: 15% (6-1)
• Mareen Hufe: 8% (11-1)
• Laura Siddall: 5% (19-1)

Male Race Participants

• Andy Potts: 69% (1-1)
• Denis Chevrot: 10% (9-1)
• Jeff Symonds: 10% (9-1)
• Jan Van Berkel: 5% (19-1)
• Clayton Fettell: 3% (36-1)

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2009	Rutger Beke (BEL)	08:18:40	Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED)	09:06:58
2010	Andy Potts (USA)	08:15:57	Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED)	09:07:08
2011	Michael Lovato (USA)	08:23:52	Simone Braendli (SUI)	09:14:08
2012	Ivan Rana (ESP)	08:15:07	Mary Beth Ellis (USA)	09:15:38
2013	Michael Weiss (AUT)	07:55:23	Rachel Joyce (GBR)	08:52:28
2014	Michael Weiss (AUT)	08:12:16	Nicola Spirig (SUI)	09:14:07
2015	Stefan Schmid (GER)	08:12:27	Corinne Abraham (GBR)	09:06:40

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Stefan Schmid	GER	00:47:02	04:26:55	02:53:44	08:12:27
2	Matthew Russell	USA	00:49:41	04:32:17	02:47:49	08:14:10
3	Michael Weiss	AUT	00:49:40	04:29:41	03:00:13	08:24:24

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Corinne Abraham	GBR	00:53:49	05:01:15	03:07:38	09:06:40
2	Leanda Cave	GBR	00:47:21	05:05:22	03:16:17	09:13:29
3	Camilla Pedersen	DEN	00:48:50	05:06:25	03:14:14	09:14:08

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:12:16	Michael Weiss	2014-11-30
Swim	overall	00:41:48	John Kenny	2009-11-29
Bike	overall	04:19:17	Michael Lovato	2011-11-27
Run	overall	02:44:05	Ivan Rana	2012-11-25
Total	female	09:06:40	Corinne Abraham	2015-11-29
Swim	female	00:46:39	Bree Wee	2009-11-29
Bike	female	04:45:20	Simone Braendli	2011-11-27
Run	female	02:57:02	Kelly Williamson	2014-11-30

Rachel Joyce’s winning time of 8:52:28 from 2013 is faster than what I have listed as the course record (similarly for the male winner), but that year the swim was shortened and therefore the times are not comparable.

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Cozumel is 05:50.

Race Adjustments for IM Cozumel

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2009	09:23	06:57	01:41	-00:40	31 of 34	09:23	06:57	01:41	-00:40
2010	07:36	00:56	13:27	-04:56	35 of 42	08:29	03:56	07:34	-02:48
2011	11:05	01:42	12:44	02:13	46	09:21	03:12	09:17	-01:08
2012	05:27	-04:03	07:10	-00:20	61	08:23	01:23	08:46	-00:56
2014	-02:36	02:38	-01:01	00:42	39 of 53	06:11	01:38	06:48	-00:36
2015	04:06	04:28	03:43	01:25	34 of 49	05:50	02:06	06:17	-00:16

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Cozumel is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 100.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	8	Chris Leiferman	USA	08:16:38	08:32:09	00:49:24	04:37:11	02:45:02	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(29)
2	2	Frederik Van Lierde	BEL	08:16:56	08:23:29	00:46:32	04:28:58	02:56:26	73% +13% -13% (21)	10
3	1	Michael Weiss	AUT	08:18:18	08:34:16	00:51:13	04:22:04	03:00:01	91% +7% -1% (16)	37
4	3	Matthew Russell	USA	08:24:28	08:43:28	00:52:56	04:32:13	02:54:19	48% +33% -19% (40)	67
5	5	Tim Don	GBR	08:24:57	08:32:43	00:46:06	04:36:38	02:57:12	64% +0% -36% (4)	32
6	25	Alessandro Degasperi	ITA	08:25:58	08:29:23	00:48:54	04:40:37	02:51:28	88% +0% -12% (8)	24
7	11	Kevin Collington	USA	08:26:08	08:44:28	00:46:40	04:38:14	02:56:14	59% +0% -41% (3)	(75)
8	7	Igor Amorelli	BRA	08:30:03	08:45:28	00:46:16	04:33:19	03:05:28	19% +33% -47% (13)	80
9	14	Miquel Blanchart Tinto	ESP	08:33:29	08:36:31	00:47:39	04:47:25	02:53:24	94% +6% -0% (14)	46
10	26	Trevor Delsaut	FRA	08:33:39	08:51:58	00:51:00	04:40:58	02:56:41	41% +8% -51% (24)	98
11	37	Mark Oude Bennink	NED	08:35:42	08:52:55	00:46:31	04:39:01	03:05:09	14% +61% -26% (8)	104
12	9	Guilherme Manocchio	BRA	08:36:49	08:43:50	00:48:50	04:40:58	03:02:01	58% +22% -20% (12)	69
13	18	Barrett Brandon	USA	08:38:22	08:54:21	00:45:23	04:43:21	03:04:38	55% +0% -45% (7)	106
14	15	Anton Blokhin	UKR	08:40:02	08:52:32	00:47:22	04:44:17	03:03:23	62% +2% -35% (20)	100
15	13	Stephen Bayliss	GBR	08:41:15	08:56:27	00:46:03	04:43:14	03:06:59	33% +3% -64% (47)	(115)
16	4	Chris McDonald	AUS	08:44:06	08:46:50	00:51:32	04:41:30	03:06:04	72% +6% -23% (43)	84
17	33	Matic Modic *	SLO	08:45:40	09:03:26	00:53:18	04:47:38	02:59:43	40% +35% -24% (9)	144
18	28	Thomas Gerlach *	USA	08:47:28	09:01:16	00:52:15	04:39:04	03:11:08	39% +11% -51% (21)	(136)
19	6	Jozsef Major	HUN	08:49:53	08:54:57	00:55:58	04:42:48	03:06:08	81% +4% -15% (31)	109
20	24	Scott Defilippis	USA	08:51:19	09:11:49	00:54:24	04:53:30	02:58:25	32% +29% -39% (22)	(167)
21	21	Karl-Johan Danielsson	SWE	08:51:50	09:04:01	00:49:32	04:38:56	03:18:22	39% +21% -40% (11)	147
22	31	Andrey Lyatskiy	RUS	08:52:49	09:00:26	00:47:45	04:51:49	03:08:14	87% +4% -9% (27)	131
23	12	Christopher Bagg	USA	08:54:10	09:32:01	00:51:27	04:45:10	03:12:33	6% +27% -67% (13)	(220)
24	41	Josep Vinolas	ESP	08:57:54	09:08:57	00:54:25	04:49:20	03:09:09	15% +66% -19% (4)	(161)
25	16	Raymond Botelho *	USA	09:12:05	09:41:16	00:52:24	04:44:07	03:30:34	25% +28% -47% (15)	(240)
26	27	Frederic Garcia	FRA	09:23:29	09:46:54	00:54:55	05:06:02	03:17:32	32% +0% -68% (3)	(254)
27	17	Scott Bradley	USA	09:25:33	09:35:01	01:00:12	04:53:47	03:26:34	100% +0% -0% (3)	226
28	20	Emanuele Ciotti *	ITA	09:29:41	09:37:36	00:51:01	04:55:35	03:38:04	43% +17% -40% (5)	231
29	36	Gilian Oriet	SUI	09:49:51	10:08:55	00:55:30	05:03:10	03:46:11	24% +6% -70% (14)	274
30	40	Jorge Vazquez	MEX	09:55:44	10:17:24	00:51:42	05:07:36	03:51:26	42% +0% -58% (3)	(281)
31	38	Sergio Quezada	MEX	09:57:05	10:19:51	00:50:10	05:07:36	03:54:19	47% +7% -46% (13)	282
32	19	Eduardo Chong	MEX	10:02:53	10:24:49	00:58:35	05:18:53	03:40:24	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(286)
33	23	Reinaldo De Oliveira	BRA	10:12:56	10:26:29	00:59:09	05:18:27	03:50:21	43% +0% -57% (7)	286
34	22	Rod De Kanel	FRA	10:19:40	10:55:06	00:50:42	05:09:35	04:14:23	23% +0% -77% (3)	(293)
	30	Philipp Koutny	SUI	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	0% +0% -100% (2)	(n/a)
	32	Bruno Matheus	BRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	34	Jeremy Morel	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	39	Jarrod Shoemaker	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	42	Derek Yorek	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Female Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	51	Corinne Abraham *	GBR	09:10:09	09:21:26	00:56:19	04:59:22	03:09:28	83% +17% -0% (9)	11
2	54	Michelle Vesterby *	DEN	09:11:40	09:21:53	00:49:44	05:01:26	03:15:30	79% +3% -18% (19)	12
3	53	Angela Naeth *	CAN	09:11:53	09:32:29	00:56:22	04:55:31	03:15:00	25% +44% -31% (5)	(30)
4	52	Camilla Pedersen	DEN	09:15:36	09:19:29	00:50:08	05:02:55	03:17:33	86% +5% -9% (8)	8
5	55	Amanda Stevens *	USA	09:25:28	09:34:44	00:49:21	05:09:54	03:21:14	44% +15% -41% (19)	34
6	58	Celine Schaerer	SUI	09:27:53	09:39:07	00:47:46	05:10:35	03:24:32	81% +0% -19% (6)	40
7	62	Amber Ferreira	USA	09:45:22	09:50:23	00:54:56	05:14:51	03:30:35	51% +18% -31% (16)	59
8	63	Kelly Fillnow	USA	09:46:49	10:05:06	01:01:20	05:19:19	03:21:10	57% +43% -0% (10)	86
9	61	Lauren Capone	USA	09:49:18	10:07:42	00:54:49	05:40:42	03:08:47	51% +0% -49% (2)	(90)
10	72	Amanda Wendorff	USA	09:56:47	10:15:26	00:55:15	05:14:49	03:41:43	59% +0% -41% (2)	(102)
11	69	Caroline St-Pierre	CAN	09:59:07	10:12:10	00:54:56	05:38:16	03:20:55	100% +0% -0% (2)	(98)
12	65	April Gellatly	USA	10:00:49	10:22:32	00:54:49	05:23:28	03:37:33	27% +14% -59% (15)	114
13	64	Annett Finger	GER	10:10:54	10:23:20	01:00:45	05:24:14	03:40:55	18% +0% -82% (3)	(115)
14	66	Amy Javens *	USA	10:14:22	10:23:31	01:04:22	05:21:19	03:43:40	100% +0% -0% (5)	116
15	68	Molly Roohi	USA	10:15:00	10:21:59	01:01:37	05:31:04	03:37:19	100% +0% -0% (5)	111
16	60	Neilia Bliss	USA	10:21:00	10:30:44	01:01:01	05:35:13	03:39:47	100% +0% -0% (3)	128
17	70	Nicole Valentine	USA	10:28:27	10:48:05	01:02:09	05:55:17	03:26:00	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(140)
18	73	Jennifer Lentzke	CAN	10:45:44	10:56:55	01:10:43	05:39:34	03:50:26	72% +0% -28% (4)	(142)
19	71	Amy Vantassel	USA	10:50:01	11:10:20	01:08:16	05:55:03	03:41:43	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(147)
20	59	Palmira Alvarez	MEX	10:58:38	11:12:29	01:12:31	05:43:31	03:57:35	100% +0% -0% (2)	(147)
	56	Lauren Brandon	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	57	Rachel McBride	CAN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	67	Amelia McCracken	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Frederik Van Lierde: 33% (2-1)
• Matthew Russell: 19% (4-1)
• Michael Weiss: 17% (5-1)
• Chris Leiferman: 11% (8-1)
• Tim Don: 8% (12-1)

Female Race Participants

• Corinne Abraham: 49% (1-1)
• Angela Naeth: 26% (3-1)
• Michelle Vesterby: 14% (6-1)
• Camilla Pedersen: 8% (11-1)

Race Conditions

Compared to the typical times in Malaysia, this year’s race has been pretty fast – an adjustment of -3:37 was still slow, but about 9 minutes faster than Malaysia’s course rating of -12:27. Even though no new course records were posted, a couple of times were not too far off.

Male Race Results

After finishing second at Malaysia in the last two years, Fredrik Croneborg finally won the title in a close race. Second place Thiago Vinyl was just 33 seconds back, while Kaito Thora posted the fastest run to finish in third place.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Fredrik Croneborg	SWE	00:52:36	04:42:02	03:01:22	08:39:12	-05:33	US$ 8000
2	Thiago Vinhal	BRA	00:51:23	04:44:11	02:59:08	08:39:45	-23:44	US$ 4000
3	Kaito Tohara	JPN	00:53:21	04:48:45	02:57:29	08:43:06	-18:39	US$ 3000
4	Daniil Sapunov	UKR	00:48:51	04:47:29	02:59:50	08:45:00	-09:36	US$ 2500
5	Jeremy Jurkiewicz	FRA	00:48:45	04:45:55	03:08:55	08:47:00	00:13	US$ 1500
6	Marcel Zamora	ESP	00:52:36	04:45:08	03:10:37	08:52:50	05:17	US$ 1000
7	Nick Baldwin	SEY	00:55:15	04:41:30	03:13:14	08:53:32	-07:29
8	Harry Wiltshire	GBR	00:48:41	04:48:13	03:16:06	08:56:00	-01:42
9	Alberto Casadei	ITA	00:48:49	05:02:04	03:05:37	09:00:37	17:49
10	Ritchie Nicholls	GBR	00:52:37	04:59:05	03:09:46	09:04:59	23:01
11	Balazs Csoke	HUN	00:48:41	05:14:01	03:09:41	09:16:44	10:40
12	Urs Mueller	SUI	00:53:49	04:55:55	03:27:20	09:21:14	-07:00
13	Darby Thomas	FIN	01:00:11	04:41:38	03:36:52	09:22:38	25:12
14	Young Hwan Oh	KOR	01:03:20	05:05:22	03:19:10	09:32:37	-02:10
15	Eneko Elosegui	ESP	01:01:16	05:01:13	04:00:28	10:07:03	27:56
16	Antony Costes	FRA	00:48:52	04:48:58	04:27:45	10:09:16	49:56
17	Josef Svoboda	CZE	01:15:42	06:11:47	04:16:16	11:52:11	00:28
18	Marek Nemcik	SVK	01:15:20	06:12:19	04:55:39	12:31:42	32:54
	Mitch Dean	AUS	00:49:03	04:47:05		DNF
	Jonathan Shearon	USA	00:55:22	04:48:55		DNF
	Ryan Palazzi	AUS	00:52:40	04:56:17		DNF
	Guillaume Jeannin	FRA	00:55:17	04:54:23		DNF
	Henry Beck	GER	00:49:59	05:15:45		DNF
	Nicolas Hemet	FRA	00:57:33			DNF

Female Race Results

After a number of DNFs in the summer (and a controversial DQ in Vichy) Diana Riesler was fit and healthy again and won IM Malaysia for the third time in a row. Mareen Hufe (who was forced to skip Kona with an injury) had a great return to racing. After a good swim and a controlled bike she was able to overtake Laura Siddall who finished third. Tine Holst had the best run to finish in fourth place.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Diana Riesler	GER	00:58:50	05:01:33	03:21:37	09:25:34	-11:07	US$ 8000
2	Mareen Hufe	GER	01:00:37	05:06:25	03:24:30	09:35:24	-04:55	US$ 4000
3	Laura Siddall	GBR	01:00:33	05:05:57	03:27:09	09:37:51	01:02	US$ 3000
4	Tine Holst	DEN	01:05:24	05:13:10	03:19:16	09:41:48	-17:44	US$ 2500
5	Erin Green	USA	01:01:01	05:33:18	03:31:03	10:11:54	-25:36	US$ 1500
6	Shiao-yu Li	TWN	01:05:28	05:31:13	03:40:13	10:21:11	18:02	US$ 1000
7	Lina-Kristin Schink	GER	01:11:47	05:29:10	03:40:19	10:25:13	11:42
8	Maki Nishiuchi	JPN	00:57:45	05:39:25	03:53:17	10:34:54	05:24
9	Leslie DiMichele Miller	USA	00:57:53	05:25:57	04:16:19	10:44:29	48:59
	Brooke Brown	CAN	01:07:05			DNF