Race Conditions

The weather in Cozumel was quite favorable for the racers, no strong winds impeded the race on the swim or the bike, and the heat wasn’t too bad on the run.

Male Race Results

Stefan Schmid wasn’t the top favorite to win the race, but he was close to the front after the swim and in the lead into T2. For a good part of the run he was shoulder to shoulder with Patrik Nilsson who DNF’d after the half marathon mark. Stefan was racing well all day, racing faster than expected in all three legs and winning his first Ironman. He missed the course record by only 11 seconds. Second place went to Matt Russell who also had a great day and posted the fastest marathon, but even a 2:47 wasn’t enough to reel in Stefan.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Stefan Schmid	GER	00:47:02	04:26:55	02:53:44	08:12:27	-24:38	US$ 20000
2	Matthew Russell	USA	00:49:41	04:32:17	02:47:49	08:14:10	-32:30	US$ 10000
3	Michael Weiss	AUT	00:49:40	04:29:41	03:00:13	08:24:24	01:08	US$ 6500
4	Barrett Brandon	USA	00:43:18	04:44:16	03:02:47	08:35:11	-01:29	US$ 4000
5	Raul Tejada	GTM	00:48:56	04:50:39	02:56:12	08:39:14	-10:50	US$ 3000
6	Chris McDonald	AUS	00:49:45	04:50:31	03:04:08	08:48:30	06:38	US$ 2000
7	Jonathan Shearon	USA	00:49:42	04:42:24	03:14:25	08:51:21	06:15	US$ 1500
8	Andrey Lyatskiy	RUS	00:46:51	05:04:34	03:02:23	08:58:47	01:53	US$ 1250
9	Matt Hanson	USA	00:49:49	04:53:05	03:17:09	09:03:56	30:39	US$ 1000
10	Tyler Butterfield	BMU	00:43:59	04:58:58	03:13:40	09:05:35	41:52	US$ 750
11	Nicolas Hemet	FRA	00:49:53	05:09:12	03:14:58	09:18:24	18:49
12	Oliver Gonzalez	MEX	00:46:53	05:17:39	03:12:30	09:21:46	-14:45
13	Frederic Limousin	FRA	00:49:38	05:12:14	03:28:18	09:35:50	19:34
14	Peter Kotland	CZE	00:56:26	05:10:46	03:25:22	09:37:27	-09:31
15	Jorge Vazquez	MEX	00:49:42	05:10:13	03:49:16	09:54:45	n/a
16	Matthew Curbeau	USA	00:49:47	05:26:19	03:38:27	10:00:01	54:11
17	Sergio Quezada	MEX	00:48:56	05:10:28	03:56:03	10:00:30	-00:31
18	Eduardo Chong	MEX	00:56:17	05:21:31	03:38:17	10:01:52	n/a
19	Tyler Jordan	USA	00:53:25	05:21:53	05:31:55	11:54:14	n/a
	Patrik Nilsson	SWE	00:43:57	04:31:08		DNF
	Trevor Wurtele	CAN	00:46:57	04:38:40		DNF
	Rod De Kanel	FRA	00:46:53	05:10:06		DNF
	Ivan Risti	ITA	00:43:52			DNF
	Alessandro Degasperi	ITA	00:46:56			DNF
	Trevor Delsaut	FRA	00:47:00			DNF
	Justin Daerr	USA	00:47:03			DNF
	Vincent Riess	AUT	00:49:41			DNF
	Gilian Oriet	SUI	00:53:23			DNF
	Richard Wygand	BRA	00:58:00			DNF

Female Race Results

The female race saw a bigger group of leaders that only broke up shortly before T2. Emma-Kate Lidbury was leading early in the run, eventually finishing in 5th place. For a while Leanda Cave was in front, but she was overtaken by Corinne Abraham who wasn’t part of the front group but posted the fastest bike and run times. After having to decline her Kona spot because of an injury, Corinne had a great comeback race, winning Cozumel with a new course record. After crashing out of Kona, Leanda Cave finished the 2015 season with a solid second place. She validated her Kona slot, as did Camilla Pedersen in third place who should be safe after her 8th place in Kona. After being in great position in T2, Heather Wurtele didn’t quite have the run she was looking but still finished fourth.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Corinne Abraham	GBR	00:53:49	05:01:15	03:07:38	09:06:40	-13:01	US$ 20000
2	Leanda Cave	GBR	00:47:21	05:05:22	03:16:17	09:13:29	-04:28	US$ 10000
3	Camilla Pedersen	DEN	00:48:50	05:06:25	03:14:14	09:14:08	00:16	US$ 6500
4	Heather Wurtele	CAN	00:48:58	05:04:08	03:23:58	09:21:52	-04:14	US$ 4000
5	Emma-Kate Lidbury	GBR	00:48:52	05:02:43	03:32:55	09:29:18	-05:58	US$ 3000
6	Carolin Lehrieder	GER	00:48:57	05:13:45	03:23:15	09:29:45	-23:11	US$ 2000
7	Karina Ottosen	DEN	00:53:47	05:13:33	03:21:22	09:33:06	-26:57	US$ 1500
8	Erin Spitler	USA	01:01:33	05:11:26	03:19:14	09:35:46	-47:32	US$ 1250
9	Brooke Brown	CAN	00:56:49	05:19:40	03:21:18	09:43:34	-07:06	US$ 1000
10	Caroline Gregory	USA	00:52:13	05:33:53	03:27:24	09:57:51	-14:31	US$ 750
11	Karen Thibodeau	CAN	00:48:54	05:30:41	03:38:50	10:03:05	20:15
12	Marina Jurjevic	AUS	01:02:32	05:25:40	03:31:57	10:05:13	-00:06
13	Anne Basso	FRA	00:53:44	05:24:49	03:49:07	10:13:09	07:56
14	Christine Avelar	USA	00:52:01	05:31:24	04:03:33	10:35:15	03:24
15	Maria Lopez	USA	01:08:31	05:54:07	04:14:54	11:25:45	02:35
	Dede Griesbauer	USA	00:48:50	05:19:44		DNF
	Danielle Mack	USA	00:53:54	05:18:28		DNF
	Maggie Rusch	USA	00:58:39	05:29:29		DNF
	Amanda Wendorff	USA	00:53:56	05:55:59		DNF
	Celine Schaerer	SUI	00:47:18			DNF

Update Dec 1st: The latest startlist shows withdrawals by Simon Billeau, Chris Legh, Giles Clayton, Sarah Crowley, Kathrin Walter and Allison Fitch.

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

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Denis Chevrot	FRA	00:46:23	04:26:42	02:49:11	08:05:58
2	Patrik Nilsson	SWE	00:47:04	04:27:50	02:53:37	08:12:11
3	Per Bittner	GER	00:48:36	04:26:20	02:56:29	08:14:37

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Britta Martin	NZL	00:56:39	04:55:37	03:00:00	08:56:34
2	Mareen Hufe	GER	00:58:02	04:44:16	03:14:13	09:00:21
3	Liz Blatchford	AUS	00:52:13	04:58:27	03:07:27	09:02:11

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:03:55	Jason Shortis	2006-12-03
Swim	overall	00:44:42	Pete Jacobs	2007-12-01
Bike	overall	04:18:07	Mitchell Anderson	2006-12-03
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 13:05.

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	08:49	02:36	26	12:22	-00:16	11:04	01:05
2013	16:04	00:07	15:16	06:41	22 of 30	12:47	-00:14	11:32	01:42
2014	15:49	00:58	17:35	04:11	32 of 48	13:05	-00:07	12:09	01:57

KPR points and Prize Money

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

Male Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Overall
1	7	David Dellow	AUS	08:10:47	08:29:29	00:47:44	04:24:31	02:53:31	17
2	1	Denis Chevrot	FRA	08:17:33	08:49:41	00:47:14	04:32:30	02:52:49	82
3	2	Luke McKenzie	AUS	08:17:47	08:42:37	00:48:42	04:22:40	03:01:25	58
4	5	Christian Kramer	GER	08:21:58	08:41:55	00:48:18	04:30:25	02:58:14	56
5	17	Courtney Ogden	AUS	08:23:36	08:40:24	00:50:48	04:32:17	02:55:32	50
6	3	Per Bittner	GER	08:23:51	08:41:08	00:49:24	04:30:21	02:59:06	54
7	18	Jens Petersen-Bach	DEN	08:29:26	08:53:02	00:51:28	04:37:45	02:55:13	95
8	4	Fredrik Croneborg	SWE	08:32:25	08:42:32	00:51:33	04:39:24	02:56:27	57
9	15	Jarmo Hast	FIN	08:34:52	08:47:44	00:50:53	04:40:35	02:58:24	74
10	6	Simon Billeau	FRA	08:37:47	08:59:12	00:53:41	04:28:49	03:10:16	123
11	10	Tim Reed	AUS	08:38:50	08:54:38	00:47:55	04:32:21	03:13:33	(107)
12	20	Todd Skipworth	AUS	08:44:16	09:10:09	00:45:19	04:38:09	03:15:48	176
13	21	Petr Vabrousek	CZE	08:45:32	09:05:34	00:55:39	04:41:11	03:03:42	157
14	9	Chris Legh	AUS	08:51:13	09:04:33	00:53:34	04:38:36	03:14:02	148
15	19	Bryan Rhodes	NZL	08:51:35	09:11:56	00:47:55	04:37:26	03:21:13	(185)
16	11	Johan Borg	AUS	08:58:02	09:29:12	00:55:48	04:42:27	03:14:48	251
17	16	Darren Jenkins	AUS	09:02:58	09:18:40	01:06:29	04:46:58	03:04:31	217
	12	Giles Clayton	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	13	Allister Caird	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)

Female Race Participants

Both Sarah Crowley and Kathrin Walther have said they won’t be racing in Busselton after doing IM Malaysia.

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Exp. Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Overall
1	31	Yvonne Van Vlerken	NED	09:05:23	09:16:23	00:58:39	04:51:07	03:10:37	7
2	33	Sarah Piampiano	USA	09:13:55	09:34:18	01:02:25	04:56:40	03:09:49	34
3	32	Mareen Hufe	GER	09:15:10	09:37:44	00:59:25	04:50:40	03:20:05	40
4	38	Rebecca Preston	AUS	09:24:41	09:38:28	00:57:52	05:05:09	03:16:41	43
5	37	Dimity-Lee Duke	AUS	09:25:44	09:46:53	01:01:41	05:02:54	03:16:08	58
6	35	Sarah Crowley	AUS	09:32:35	09:53:11	00:57:42	05:02:29	03:27:24	(74)
7	40	Alison Fitch	AUS	09:35:26	09:50:08	00:53:16	05:06:26	03:30:44	(66)
8	36	Kate Bevilaqua	AUS	09:36:04	09:58:50	00:56:08	05:07:12	03:27:44	84
9	39	Kathrin Walther	GER	09:41:10	10:15:58	01:00:32	05:04:51	03:30:47	123
	41	Georgie Rutherford	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

Last year’s winner Denis Chevrot is back to defend his title, but he faces strong competition in David Dellow who always races well when he’s fit. Luke McKenzie and Christian Kramer want to close the year with a good result after a DNF and a 34st in Kona. Per Bittner is working to qualify for Kona 2016, he already has a 3rd in Barcelona in his KPR total.

• David Dellow: 34% (2-1)
• Denis Chevrot: 24% (3-1)
• Luke McKenzie: 19% (4-1)
• Christian Kramer: 10% (9-1)
• Per Bittner: 6% (16-1)
• Courtney Ogden: 6% (16-1)

Female Race Participants

Yvonne Van Vlerken is the clear favorite, but she has been racing a lot even after declining her Kona slot. Her main challengers are Sarah Piampiano (7th in Kona – maybe also not the freshest after a long season of racing) and Mareen Hufe (last year’s second who also raced Kona).

• Yvonne Van Vlerken: 57% (1-1)
• Sarah Piampiano: 25% (3-1)
• Mareen Hufe: 11% (8-1)
• Rebecca Preston: 4% (24-1)
• Dimity-Lee Duke: 2% (65-1)

Update Nov 19th: Shortly after the start list was released, there were a few cancellations. So far Doug MacLean, Rachel Joyce, Melanie McQuaid and Molly Roohi confirmed that they won’t be racing. Since the original release on Tuesday, Ironman has updated the start list, also removing Ivan Rana.

Update Nov 26th: According to the latest version of the start list there are some more DNS: Amanda Stevens, Carrie Lester, and Tami Ritchie on the female side, and Gilbert Arangure, Scott Defilippis, Thomas Gerlach, Luis Alejandro Lombana Pena, Jonathan Rodriguez Barney, and Juan Carlos Zuniga on the male side.

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 (SWI)	09:14:07

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Michael Weiss	AUT	00:50:28	04:22:20	02:55:22	08:12:16
2	Matt Chrabot	USA	00:44:27	04:44:28	02:57:02	08:29:50
3	Clemente Alonso McKernan	ESP	00:44:25	04:44:43	02:56:41	08:30:17

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Nicola Spirig	SWI	00:47:12	05:15:03	03:06:19	09:14:07
2	Michelle Vesterby	DEN	00:49:08	05:11:02	03:13:08	09:17:30
3	Kelly Williamson	USA	00:49:24	05:33:53	02:57:02	09:24:41

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	09:06:58	Yvonne Van Vlerken	2009-11-29
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

The 2013 race had a shortened swim, therefore the times are not eligible for course records.

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Cozumel is 06:12.

Race Adjustments for IM Cozumel

Based on the wind, conditions in Cozumel can change quite a lot, impacting both the swim (such as 2012) and the bike (such as 2014).

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Athletes	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2009	09:23	06:57	01:41	-00:40	27	09:23	06:57	01:41	-00:40
2010	07:36	00:56	13:27	-04:56	30	08:29	03:56	07:34	-02:48
2011	11:05	01:42	12:44	02:13	40	09:21	03:12	09:17	-01:08
2012	05:27	-04:03	07:10	-00:20	55	08:23	01:23	08:46	-00:56
2014	-02:31	03:18	-01:24	-00:06	31	06:12	01:46	06:44	-00:46

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Cozumel is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 100.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Overall
1	1	Michael Weiss	AUT	08:16:07	08:32:04	00:52:22	04:20:56	02:57:49	25
2	2	Ivan Rana	ESP	08:17:52	08:24:55	00:46:23	04:36:33	02:49:56	11
3	7	Tyler Butterfield	BMU	08:19:59	08:27:45	00:47:10	04:29:23	02:58:26	14
4	35	Patrik Nilsson	SWE	08:20:53	08:33:03	00:47:36	04:31:44	02:56:33	27
5	19	Alessandro Degasperi	ITA	08:27:35	08:33:55	00:50:33	04:40:05	02:51:57	29
6	4	Matt Hanson	USA	08:28:21	08:47:41	00:52:32	04:42:11	02:48:38	73
7	41	Stefan Schmid	GER	08:30:23	08:40:43	00:51:33	04:34:45	02:59:05	51
8	8	Justin Daerr	USA	08:35:59	08:45:00	00:51:06	04:39:55	02:59:58	65
9	9	Trevor Delsaut	FRA	08:36:00	08:54:20	00:51:38	04:41:08	02:58:14	104
10	5	Trevor Wurtele	CAN	08:37:05	08:46:48	00:52:01	04:37:03	03:03:02	71
11	11	Barrett Brandon	USA	08:39:31	08:56:14	00:47:14	04:47:22	02:59:55	(115)
12	42	Jonathan Shearon	USA	08:40:31	08:54:20	00:51:51	04:37:18	03:06:22	104
13	6	Matthew Russell	USA	08:42:07	08:55:37	00:56:00	04:39:14	03:01:53	112
14	3	Chris McDonald	AUS	08:42:10	08:51:01	00:51:56	04:39:30	03:05:44	85
15	23	Thomas Gerlach	USA	08:47:07	09:01:14	00:52:31	04:38:15	03:11:21	129
16	43	Raul Tejada	GTM	08:50:25	09:10:05	00:51:45	04:45:50	03:07:49	(176)
17	33	Matic Modic	SLO	08:50:33	09:04:30	00:53:31	04:44:45	03:07:17	147
18	18	Scott Defilippis	USA	08:50:50	09:11:33	00:54:39	04:52:33	02:58:39	181
19	30	Andrey Lyatskiy	RUS	08:52:12	09:00:53	00:47:08	04:47:58	03:12:06	128
20	38	Vincent Riess	AUT	08:58:01	09:18:37	00:53:20	04:59:50	02:59:51	(217)
21	25	Nicolas Hemet	FRA	09:01:10	09:14:40	00:54:37	04:45:09	03:16:24	196
22	16	Matthew Curbeau	USA	09:03:12	09:15:46	00:54:12	04:45:33	03:18:27	202
23	39	Ivan Risti	ITA	09:05:00	09:11:42	00:47:45	04:56:19	03:15:55	184
24	14	Greg Close	USA	09:08:09	09:16:50	00:56:05	04:56:56	03:10:08	206
25	32	Felipe De Oliveira Manente	BRA	09:09:59	09:27:26	00:51:41	04:59:55	03:13:24	243
26	22	Raul Furtado	BRA	09:10:03	09:30:16	00:52:00	04:44:14	03:28:49	257
27	31	Douglas MacLean	USA	09:16:43	09:25:38	00:56:24	05:02:09	03:13:11	239
28	28	Frederic Limousin	FRA	09:19:37	09:37:30	00:52:56	04:57:40	03:24:01	(292)
29	24	Oliver Gonzalez	MEX	09:34:58	09:52:20	00:49:56	05:24:59	03:15:04	(341)
30	47	Gilian Oriet	SUI	09:40:23	09:59:22	00:56:05	05:04:05	03:35:12	(364)
31	27	Peter Kotland	CZE	09:43:19	09:57:08	00:57:17	05:02:42	03:38:20	357
32	36	Sergio Quezada	MEX	09:49:16	10:17:37	00:49:33	05:07:09	03:47:34	(420)
33	45	Richard Wygand	BRA	10:09:27	10:34:23	01:04:01	05:16:08	03:44:18	(465)
34	17	Rod De Kanel	FRA	10:22:44	10:42:38	00:51:16	05:10:37	04:15:51	(474)
35	15	Luca Cozza	ITA	10:40:49	11:01:17	00:57:56	05:15:36	04:22:16	(482)
	10	Gilbert Arangure	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	12	Vinicius Canhedo	BRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	13	Eduardo Chong	MEX	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	20	Matteo Fontana	ITA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	21	Jorge Luis Fuentes	MEX	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	26	Tyler Jordan	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	29	Luis Alejandro Lombana Pena	COL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	34	Jeremy Morel	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	37	Jason Reinhardt	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	40	Jonathan Rodriguez Barney	COL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	44	Jorge Vazquez	MEX	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	46	Juan Carlos Zuniga	MEX	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)

Female Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Exp. Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Overall
1	56	Rachel Joyce	GBR	09:00:35	09:06:50	00:50:15	04:57:16	03:08:04	2
2	55	Leanda Cave	GBR	09:12:56	09:27:39	00:49:32	05:03:13	03:15:11	22
3	60	Camilla Pedersen	DEN	09:15:51	09:17:58	00:50:00	05:00:14	03:20:38	11
4	59	Corinne Abraham	GBR	09:17:47	09:23:43	00:57:53	05:03:05	03:11:49	17
5	58	Carrie Lester	AUS	09:20:44	09:31:25	00:52:42	05:05:03	03:18:00	26
6	62	Amanda Stevens	USA	09:21:27	09:31:17	00:49:28	05:07:43	03:19:17	25
7	57	Heather Wurtele	CAN	09:26:46	09:35:57	00:53:30	05:06:37	03:21:39	38
8	66	Danielle Mack	USA	09:27:51	09:45:27	01:00:52	05:06:21	03:15:38	51
9	64	Celine Schaerer	SUI	09:28:44	09:36:20	00:47:40	05:10:04	03:25:59	39
10	63	Melanie McQuaid	CAN	09:33:41	09:46:18	00:55:59	05:05:58	03:26:44	(55)
11	67	Dede Griesbauer	USA	09:37:00	09:50:53	00:51:07	05:07:41	03:33:13	68
12	65	Emma Kate Lidbury	GBR	09:38:33	09:57:02	00:52:44	05:14:11	03:26:37	(82)
13	86	Karen Thibodeau	CAN	09:43:46	09:53:09	00:52:31	05:21:32	03:24:44	73
14	78	Carolin Lehrieder	GER	09:49:29	10:03:08	00:55:07	05:27:00	03:22:22	91
15	81	Karina Ottosen	DEN	09:51:22	10:10:20	00:56:54	05:18:35	03:30:53	108
16	74	Monique Grossrieder	SUI	09:54:12	10:07:48	01:02:42	05:21:39	03:24:51	(104)
17	70	Brooke Brown	CAN	09:54:26	10:13:01	01:02:19	05:18:06	03:29:02	(116)
18	73	Katharina Grohmann	GER	09:55:32	10:06:21	01:08:48	05:19:40	03:22:03	99
19	69	Anne Basso	FRA	09:57:01	10:15:51	00:57:06	05:23:22	03:31:33	122
20	84	Maggie Rusch	USA	10:05:15	10:18:49	00:59:52	05:22:24	03:37:58	130
21	82	Tami Ritchie	USA	10:05:41	10:31:55	00:50:51	05:35:28	03:34:21	166
22	83	Molly Roohi	USA	10:08:30	10:16:54	01:03:07	05:27:18	03:33:05	(126)
23	72	Caroline Gregory	USA	10:08:49	10:29:11	00:54:09	05:38:07	03:31:34	161
24	76	Marina Jurjevic	AUS	10:08:49	10:40:54	01:02:43	05:08:16	03:52:49	(173)
25	71	Kate Bruck	USA	10:13:22	10:23:49	01:02:01	05:36:42	03:29:40	145
26	75	Helena Herrero Gomez	ESP	10:16:48	10:24:55	00:59:12	05:47:58	03:24:39	151
27	85	Erin Spitler	USA	10:28:44	10:33:50	01:03:57	05:21:40	03:58:07	168
28	68	Christine Avelar	USA	10:35:32	10:55:50	00:53:26	05:32:58	04:04:09	(179)
29	80	Carla Moreno	BRA	10:53:22	11:21:00	00:54:27	06:07:48	03:46:07	(183)
30	79	Maria Lopez	USA	11:27:08	11:49:05	01:08:58	05:44:04	04:29:06	(183)
	77	Jennifer Kryzanowski	CAN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	87	Amanda Wendorff	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

Cozumel doesn’t have a clear male favorite: Michael Weiss, Ivan Rana and Tyler Butterfield are very close in their abilities, but Ivan and Tyler have raced in Kona and may not be in the best position for a great race. (After placing 12th in Kona a third place in Cozumel should already take care of qualifying for Ivan, and Tyler only needs a validation race after his 5th place for a 2016 slot.) Patrik Nilsson declined his Kona slot to race (and win!) his home Ironman race in Sweden, he has had great results in fall 2014 with winning IM Malaysia and placing second in Western Australia. If Matt Hanson recovers in time from his Kona injuries when he crashed early in the bike, he will look to deliver a similar performance to his Texas win from earlier in the year. At least five strong contenders – next to impossible to predict who will end up on top even without taking other Ironman winners such as Alessandro Degasperi, Justin Daerr, Trevor Wurtele, Matt Russell or Chris McDonald into account.

• Michael Weiss: 23% (3-1)
• Ivan Rana: 22% (4-1)
• Tyler Butterfield: 21% (4-1)
• Patrik Nilsson: 15% (6-1)
• Matt Hanson: 8% (11-1)
• Stefan Schmid: 6% (16-1)
• Justin Daerr: 2% (40-1)

Female Race Participants

There is a clear statistical front-runner in the women’s race: Rachel Joyce is looking to validate her Kona slot after her great second place in Kona. But (Rachel Joyce has announced she won’t be racing, obviously that significantly changes the odds of the other athletes.) I would put Kona 2012 Champion Leanda Cave on a similar level to Rachel, especially considering that Leanda will be very motivated after her crash in Kona (and subsequent DNF) – and the last time they raced each other over the long distance at IM Texas earlier this year, Leanda finished ahead of Rachel. Carrie Lester has been in great shape this year (2nd in Roth, winning at IM Chattanooga), and a podium result in Cozumel would put her in a great position for Kona qualifying. Corinne Abraham (had to decline her Kona slot with an injury) and Camilla Pedersen (8th in Kona) are two more strong racers. Amanda Stevens has just raced IM Arizona, I don’t expect her to start in Cozumel as well. There are a number of other athletes to watch in the race: Heather Wurtele (can she finally break through with a good IM marathon?), Danielle Mack (winner of IM Boulder and IM Canada), Celine Schaerer (currently the best IM swimmer, looking for a good IM race after changing coaches), Dede Griesbauer (wants to have another shot at racing well in Kona) – a long list of athletes that will be competing for the ten money slots.

• Rachel Joyce: 54% (1-1)
• Leanda Cave: 19% (4-1) 40% (2-1)
• Carrie Lester: 9% (10-1) 19% (4-1)
• Corinne Abraham: 7% (13-1) 13% (7-1)
• Amanda Stevens: 5% (20-1) 11% (8-1)
• Camilla Pedersen: 3% (32-1) 11% (8-1)

Race Conditions

As usual IM Arizona was very quick, especially on the bike: A bike adjustment of 20:25 was the main contributor to an overall adjustment of 22:52, the quickest in Arizona so far. Even with the great conditions, the two new bike course records by Andy Starykowicz (4:03:35) and Meredith Kessler (4:42:13) are great performances.

Conditions on the run were a bit different this year: With rain and cold temperatures there were not too many “explosions” but some athletes were shivering and having trouble keeping their temperature up. But the effect on times was quite low, at least for the Pro athletes as they only hit the rain once they were on the run. (Different than in Whistler this year when the rain hit the Pro field at the start of the bike and a lot of athletes struggled with hypothermia.)

Male Race Results

As expected Andy Starykowicz took the lead shortly after T1 and dominated the bike leg with a 4:03:35, improving on Jordan Rapp’s bike record by more than ten minutes. Andy now has the three fastest Ironman bike legs (4:02:17 Florida 13, 4:03 Arizona 15 and 4:04 Florida 12). He had an almost 13 minute lead into T2. He was running well for the first half of the marathon, but Lionel Sanders was eating into his lead. When Andy struggled around mile 17 and had to walk for a bit, Lionel took the lead and won the race with a sub-8 finish time. Brent McMahon had the best marathon of the day and finished in second place, securing his Kona slot for next October. TJ Tollakson took the last spot on the podium, he also managed to overtake Andy shortly before the finish. Jordan Rapp wasn’t fresh enough after Kona a few weeks ago and took fifth place.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Lionel Sanders	CAN	00:54:04	04:13:38	02:47:07	07:58:22	-17:05	US$ 20000
2	Brent McMahon	CAN	00:47:08	04:23:32	02:46:25	08:00:57	06:39	US$ 10000
3	TJ Tollakson	USA	00:49:14	04:16:23	02:54:45	08:04:17	-13:23	US$ 6500
4	Andrew Starykowicz	USA	00:49:12	04:03:35	03:09:04	08:05:56	-10:10	US$ 4000
5	Jordan Rapp	USA	00:52:34	04:15:49	02:55:28	08:08:05	00:42	US$ 3000
6	Maik Twelsiek	GER	00:49:17	04:18:25	03:01:15	08:12:55	-05:06	US$ 2000
7	Kevin Collington	USA	00:49:14	04:29:32	02:53:51	08:16:25	n/a	US$ 1500
8	David Plese	SLO	00:53:28	04:25:50	02:53:21	08:17:06	-01:27	US$ 1250
9	Jonathan Shearon	USA	00:53:49	04:21:12	03:01:16	08:20:55	-08:18	US$ 1000
10	David Naesvik	SWE	00:54:22	04:26:09	03:04:28	08:29:04	-07:30	US$ 750
11	Marko Albert	EST	00:47:06	04:24:38	03:14:43	08:29:46	15:31
12	Bryan McCrystal	IRL	01:02:54	04:16:34	03:07:14	08:30:50	-20:15
13	Matic Modic	SLO	00:55:54	04:27:45	03:05:43	08:33:54	-04:31
14	Miguel Fidalgo Rossell	ESP	00:49:16	04:29:52	03:16:33	08:39:37	19:41
15	Dirk Wijnalda	NED	00:59:14	04:31:59	03:05:38	08:40:38	06:26
16	James Chesson	USA	00:57:24	04:37:16	03:06:08	08:45:27	-04:13
17	Jesse Vondracek	USA	00:55:48	04:35:58	03:09:59	08:45:54	-16:43
18	Jozsef Major	HUN	00:57:43	04:32:09	03:13:09	08:47:57	16:48
19	Colin Laughery	USA	01:00:27	04:37:56	03:08:16	08:52:33	03:05
20	Dylan Gleeson	CAN	00:53:53	04:43:47	03:11:05	08:52:50	-19:55
21	Mike Schifferle	SUI	01:02:45	04:33:02	03:11:08	08:53:59	14:57
22	Douglas MacLean	USA	00:57:30	04:48:40	03:06:58	08:58:39	01:38
23	Jordan Bryden	CAN	00:49:26	04:51:22	03:16:38	09:02:10	-19:29
24	Patrick Bless	GER	00:56:25	04:56:27	03:04:36	09:03:01	01:13
25	Brent Mcburney	USA	00:57:24	04:48:35	03:14:41	09:04:57	-1:07:05
26	Derek Lantz	CAN	01:00:29	04:57:00	03:04:17	09:06:41	n/a
27	Gilian Oriet	SUI	00:56:20	04:48:52	03:20:07	09:10:33	-28:20
28	Elmar Heger	GER	00:54:18	04:43:53	03:39:38	09:22:31	-16:08
29	Anthony Toth	CAN	00:57:40	04:46:25	03:34:19	09:24:38	25:03
30	Nathan Dressel	USA	01:00:16	05:06:00	03:36:42	09:48:24	n/a
31	Mario Radevic	GER	01:08:35	04:52:16	03:49:39	09:55:28	04:49
32	Joe Umphenour	USA	00:49:05	04:42:54	05:35:50	11:12:42	1:47:26
33	Arland Macasieb	PHI	01:09:54	06:12:30	04:08:50	12:14:52	1:22:28
	Matthew Russell	USA	00:56:37	04:21:18		DNF
	Raymond Botelho	USA	00:55:51	04:23:50		DNF
	Thomas Gerlach	USA	00:53:36	04:26:45		DNF
	Drew Scott	USA	00:49:07	04:34:24		DNF
	Christopher Bagg	USA	00:53:52	04:32:28		DNF
	Lewis Elliot	USA	00:54:16	04:39:23		DNF
	Andrew Fast	USA	00:59:26	04:44:57		DNF
	Karl Bordine	USA	01:03:00	04:46:08		DNF
	Reinaldo De Oliveira	BRA	01:04:23	05:09:15		DNF
	Daniel Herlbauer	AUT	00:53:48			DNF
	Felipe De Oliveira Manente	BRA	00:54:15			DNF
	Robert Duncan	USA	01:01:20			DNF
	James Lubinski	USA	01:07:47			DNF

Female Race Results

The female race was dominated by three athletes who wanted to end the year on a high note after not so good races in Kona: Meredith Kessler finished but was the last female Pro finisher – in Tempe we saw a different Meredith defend her title from last year. She posted the best swim and bike legs (and a new bike course record), leading by more than ten minutes in T2. She then went on to have a solid second best marathon and won with a new personal best Ironman time of 8:44:00. Second place went to Amanda Stevens who made after an uncharacteristic slow swim had a good bike leg and was the only one running faster than Meredith. Amanda’s 8:52:31 is also an Ironman PR for her and the first time she was able to finish under 9 hours. Julia Gajer had a good swim and bike but then had to work on the run for her third place finish. Darby Roberts had a great tun to finish fourth, and Michelle Vesterby was too tired after Kona to finish better than fifth but is now also safe for Kona 2016.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Meredith Kessler	USA	00:48:25	04:42:13	03:08:58	08:44:00	-14:51	US$ 20000
2	Amanda Stevens	USA	00:51:07	04:50:10	03:06:39	08:52:31	-18:50	US$ 10000
3	Julia Gajer	GER	00:51:05	04:52:06	03:15:06	09:03:15	10:58	US$ 6500
4	Darbi Roberts	USA	00:51:41	04:56:59	03:12:00	09:05:10	-15:28	US$ 4000
5	Michelle Vesterby	DEN	00:52:52	04:54:34	03:19:45	09:11:31	13:33	US$ 3000
6	Mackenzie Madison	USA	00:56:22	04:54:43	03:16:23	09:13:13	-08:51	US$ 2000
7	Melanie McQuaid	CAN	00:56:12	04:51:28	03:22:40	09:14:14	06:10	US$ 1500
8	Michaela Herlbauer	AUT	00:54:50	05:06:09	03:09:43	09:14:59	06:18	US$ 1250
9	Christina Jackson	USA	00:51:11	04:57:21	03:22:26	09:15:32	-18:57	US$ 1000
10	Camilla Lindholm	SWE	01:07:12	04:53:56	03:20:33	09:26:12	05:57	US$ 750
11	Christine Fletcher	CAN	00:57:46	04:59:41	03:32:19	09:35:54	-12:08
12	Caroline Martineau	CAN	01:01:05	05:09:36	03:19:32	09:37:18	-46:06
13	Neilia Bliss	USA	01:00:55	05:10:33	03:28:10	09:45:37	-12:51
14	Sarah Graves	USA	01:09:40	05:07:13	03:29:50	09:53:46	09:11
15	Richele Frank	CAN	01:11:02	05:07:07	03:33:07	10:01:23	-13:53
16	Rahel Bellinga	NED	01:02:48	05:00:16	03:53:54	10:03:25	-05:24
17	Kathryn King	GBR	01:05:07	05:18:08	03:41:05	10:10:26	-20:26
18	Hayley Benson	USA	01:00:44	05:27:53	03:41:11	10:17:04	n/a
19	Cori Burnett	USA	00:57:37	05:28:50	03:50:39	10:27:40	-17:54
20	Katy Cargiulo	USA	01:01:56	05:39:16	03:40:45	10:29:09	01:29
21	Kara Lapoint	USA	01:06:41	05:43:38	03:56:45	10:57:55	n/a
22	Lauren Thompson	USA	01:02:28	05:28:58	04:20:47	11:00:53	n/a
23	Ali Black	USA	01:07:18	05:17:42	05:11:52	11:43:17	1:28:16
	Amber Ferreira	USA	00:57:41	05:03:06		DNF
	Sarah Jarvis	USA	00:57:38	05:10:16		DNF
	Laurel Wassner	USA	00:55:42	05:15:04		DNF
	Carrie Mccoy	USA	01:21:33	05:46:24		DNF
	Sarah Haskins	USA	00:48:29			DNF
	Lisa Roberts	USA	01:02:48			DNF

Race Conditions

As usual, IM Malaysia was hot and humid, leading to slow runs and a number of explosions and DNFs. The swim and bike weren’t fast either, but most of the “slowness” comes from the run (-10:44). Compared to the other years in Malaysia, it was one of the slowest, but very comparable to last year. The overall course rating (including Pro races from 2006 onward) is now -7:41 with the run even slower (-9:59).

A good thing was to see the increase of the increased number of Pros starting and finishing: Last year there were 21 finishers (from 27 starters), this year there were 42 finishers (from 55 Pro starters).

Male Race Results

Bike leader Romain Guillaume was one of those suffering on the run: His ten minute gap in T2 only lasted 15k into the run when Mike Aigroz, Frederik Croneborg and Harry Wiltshire took the lead. (Romain ended up in 20th place after placing 19th in Kona – he’ll need some more points to qualify!) Mike won the final sprint with 10 seconds over Fredrik, Harry took the last spot on the podium.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Mike Aigroz	SUI	00:49:17	04:49:25	03:08:46	08:52:02	-12:07	US$ 8000
2	Fredrik Croneborg	SWE	00:50:24	04:48:18	03:09:02	08:52:12	-09:17	US$ 4000
3	Harry Wiltshire	GBR	00:49:13	04:49:31	03:11:55	08:55:01	-19:54	US$ 3000
4	Alberto Casadei	ITA	00:49:17	04:55:05	03:11:31	09:00:49	-01:55	US$ 2500
5	Tohara Kaito	JPN	00:54:10	04:53:55	03:08:36	09:01:19	-41:34	US$ 1500
6	Mauro Baertsch	SUI	00:55:50	04:45:40	03:19:14	09:06:24	-06:31	US$ 1000
7	Christian Brader	GER	00:59:37	04:50:14	03:13:36	09:08:52	-03:48
8	Chris Legh	AUS	00:54:06	04:48:01	03:27:33	09:14:20	-16:04
9	Daniil Sapunov	UKR	00:50:03	04:59:38	03:19:25	09:15:24	n/a
10	Thiago Vinhal	BRA	00:51:12	05:09:16	03:09:36	09:18:23	-00:04
11	Freddy Lampret	ZAF	00:54:08	04:50:41	03:30:00	09:19:26	-56:13
12	Steven Osborne	GBR	00:56:49	05:14:17	03:05:42	09:22:54	-23:56
13	Kirill Kotshegarov	EST	00:56:09	04:41:56	03:42:56	09:26:33	27:50
14	Cedric Lassonde	FRA	00:56:27	04:51:25	03:40:36	09:34:33	13:23
15	Carl Read	NZL	00:56:04	05:15:22	03:19:38	09:42:22	27:13
16	Hiroyuki Nishiuchi	JPN	00:51:56	05:28:24	03:26:50	09:58:02	11:07
17	Guy Crawford	NZL	00:53:42	04:55:06	04:08:44	10:03:22	38:20
18	Peter Seidel	GER	00:56:09	04:55:42	04:42:23	10:39:45	1:05:23
19	Michael Louys	BEL	01:03:08	05:00:35	04:31:10	10:41:48	54:02
20	Romain Guillaume	FRA	00:49:14	04:39:14	05:08:38	10:41:49	1:37:06
21	Brad Williams	USA	00:57:42	05:03:46	04:36:49	10:44:46	1:12:41
22	Vincent Depuiset	FRA	01:12:53	05:20:18	04:04:31	10:45:08	35:34
23	Yvan Jarrige	FRA	00:49:23	06:32:16	03:35:29	11:05:42	n/a
24	Petr Vabrousek	CZE	01:00:20	05:37:07	04:56:21	11:44:28	1:20:29
25	Marek Nemcik	SVK	01:14:23	07:23:26	05:04:05	13:58:09	1:36:18
26	Josef Svoboda	CZE	01:14:23	06:57:45	05:48:47	14:10:42	1:49:16
	Balazs Csoke	HUN	00:49:10	04:51:17		DNF
	Jens Petersen-Bach	DEN	00:50:46	05:05:25		DNF
	Yu Shinozaki	JPN	00:57:44	07:01:21		DNF
	Paul Ambrose	AUS	00:49:20			DNF
	Markus Mlinar	AUT	00:59:31			DNF
	Young Hwan Oh	KOR	01:04:38			DNF

Female Race Results

Defending champion Diana Riesler took control of the race early on the bike and never looked back, winning by more than 12 minutes. Second place went to Gurutze Frades who made up a lot of ground with a race best 3:15 run – a new run record! Ironman legend Natascha Badmann who had a solid day to finish in third place.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Diana Riesler	GER	00:59:34	05:02:38	03:29:37	09:37:06	-09:54	US$ 8000
2	Gurutze Frades Larralde	ESP	01:03:55	05:25:04	03:15:02	09:49:09	-28:40	US$ 4000
3	Natascha Badmann	SUI	01:03:56	05:14:13	03:30:21	09:54:07	00:56	US$ 3000
4	Sarah Crowley	AUS	00:58:37	05:08:05	03:46:02	09:58:26	-06:18	US$ 2500
5	Saleta Castro	ESP	00:56:24	05:25:42	03:32:43	10:00:23	-30:39	US$ 1500
6	Kate Bevilaqua	AUS	00:57:28	05:23:49	03:40:47	10:08:01	-13:03	US$ 1000
7	Lucie Reed	CZE	00:54:40	05:43:58	03:32:07	10:17:25	10:10
8	Katharina Grohmann	GER	01:11:59	05:29:23	03:31:03	10:17:25	-04:00
9	Jessica Fleming	AUS	01:01:54	05:24:55	03:47:28	10:19:50	13:30
10	Angela Kuehnlein	GER	01:03:55	05:44:56	03:39:27	10:33:39	-19:20
11	Keiko Tanaka	JPN	00:56:51	05:39:35	03:56:16	10:37:59	21:28
12	Michelle Duffield	AUS	01:03:54	05:35:17	04:04:06	10:49:36	17:46
13	Mami Ishii	JPN	01:03:41	05:48:51	04:00:55	10:58:53	-1:01:44
14	Tineke Van den Berg	NED	01:07:16	05:31:41	04:07:56	10:59:35	47:35
15	Emma Graaf	SWE	01:01:30	05:48:41	04:33:35	11:34:28	58:41
16	Bree Wee	USA	00:57:54	06:00:53	05:09:50	12:13:48	1:06:11
	Jeanne Collonge	FRA	01:00:28	05:27:48		DNF
	Caroline Livesey	GBR	01:00:24	05:31:16		DNF
	Anna Halasz	HUN	01:12:40	05:22:20		DNF
	Maki Nishiuchi	JPN	00:57:06	05:39:27		DNF
	Carole Fuchs	THA	01:13:08	05:31:15		DNF
	Jocelyn Mccauley	USA	00:58:42	06:18:11		DNF
	Kathrin Walther	GER	01:00:18			DNF