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Challenge Penticton 2013 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

Challenge Penticton was held on the same course that IM Canada was previously held. Compared to those races (adjustment of 4:17), this year was a bit faster with an adjustment of 9:46. Apparently, the swim and bike were a little bit slower, but the run was quite a bit faster than in previous years (7:46 adjustment vs. run rating of 1:12). (I’m not aware of any course changes that might be the cause for this.)

Male Race Results

Jeff Symonds had a great race – he had the fastest swim and bike splits and the second fastest run (at least of those who finished). Still, he was slightly slower than expected after his first IM result (an 8.37 on the slow course in Los Cabos). Chris McCormack started the race, but bailed on the run – not too much of a surprise with the “little race in Kona” race in a few weeks. Scott Defilippis and Jamie Whyte rounded out the podium:

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Jeff Symonds CAN 00:55:37 04:43:26 02:47:31 08:29:57 05:49
2 Scott Defilippis USA 00:59:01 04:56:03 02:45:54 08:44:48 -13:42
3 Jamie Whyte NZL 00:57:20 04:51:47 03:03:35 08:56:08 14:17
4 Adam O’Meara CAN 00:58:52 05:05:17 02:59:45 09:08:34 -05:38
5 Anthony Toth CAN 01:04:19 04:58:25 03:03:59 09:10:14 -10:09
6 Nathan Champness CAN 01:01:49 04:50:46 03:13:18 09:10:54 n/a
7 Christopher Bagg USA 00:58:48 04:54:37 03:16:54 09:14:01 -07:18
8 Andrew Langfield USA 01:01:44 05:13:45 03:09:43 09:28:28 n/a
9 Dan Mcintosh USA 00:58:47 05:07:15 03:24:51 09:34:35 n/a
10 Jeremy Hopwood CAN 01:18:20 04:59:18 03:25:26 09:45:53 n/a
11 Lothar Leder GER 00:58:56 05:25:46 03:35:19 10:06:26 09:26
12 Chris Young CAN 01:08:43 05:03:15 03:55:15 10:10:35 n/a
13 Juan Carlos Ramirez MEX 01:08:49 05:25:20 05:04:02 11:42:35 01:42
14 Elmar Heger GER 01:02:24 05:21:25 06:00:19 12:29:23 30:24

Female Race Results

Carrie Lester won the women’s race. She was close to the lead after the swim, then posted the best bike and run splits:

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Carrie Lester AUS 00:58:59 05:07:53 03:17:01 09:27:26 01:26
2 Karen Thibodeau CAN 00:58:47 05:19:12 03:20:21 09:41:42 -03:14
3 Jen Annett CAN 01:09:22 05:21:06 03:24:47 09:58:23 n/a
4 Jennifer Luebke USA 00:58:55 05:34:09 03:36:10 10:13:34 n/a
5 Erin Furness NZL 01:09:15 05:34:44 03:26:05 10:13:57 n/a
6 Trish Deim USA 01:10:01 05:29:41 03:47:02 10:30:33 20:48
7 Jennifer Lentzke CAN 01:18:37 05:56:49 04:56:41 12:17:31 44:08

IM Canada (Whistler) 2013 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

With an adjustment of 0:14, the new course in Whistler appears to be a little bit slower than the old course in Penticton (course rating of 4:17, now used for Challenge Penticton). Of the three legs, the bike appears to be the hardest (adjustment of -1:13), but even a run rating of 2:41 is still relatively slow. 

Male Race Results

Trevor Wurtele had a great day, winning his home IM. He has posted better IM times on faster courses (Arizona and New York), but this was probably his best, most even race. He put himself in a great position on the swim and bike, then posted the fastest run and win by more than five minutes over Matthew Russell. Completing the podium was Paul Amey, who lead a surprisingly large contingent of racers backing up after IM Mont Tremblant in search for the last KPR points to qualify. In addition to Paul, Mike Schifferle in 4th and Dominik Berger in 6th place qualified for Kona, while Bruno Clerbout (who had not raced since IM France and was the best rested of the potential qualifiers) was too far back from decent points and DNF’d.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Trevor Wurtele CAN 00:54:27 04:46:51 02:54:31 08:39:33 -29:17
2 Matthew Russell USA 00:58:13 04:42:53 03:00:12 08:45:15 -10:57
3 Paul Amey GBR 00:51:07 04:55:51 03:02:19 08:53:27 10:51
4 Mike Schifferle SUI 01:00:12 04:54:41 02:52:44 08:53:58 -08:48
5 Andrew Russell CAN 00:49:22 04:56:42 03:08:08 08:58:23 n/a
6 Dominik Berger AUT 00:49:05 04:57:53 03:09:15 09:00:24 00:31
7 Matt Lieto USA 00:51:30 04:48:56 03:18:52 09:04:21 -13:12
8 Stephen Kilshaw CAN 00:54:48 05:01:36 03:10:46 09:11:15 -50:56
9 Matthew Sheeks USA 01:01:41 05:09:44 02:55:04 09:11:56 01:04
10 Thomas Maliszewski USA 01:01:19 05:16:43 03:11:25 09:36:27 02:42
11 Dan Litwora USA 00:57:52 05:07:09 03:26:57 09:37:20 n/a
12 Bryan Rhodes NZL 00:48:45 05:14:30 03:30:21 09:38:40 25:08
13 Jim Lubinski USA 01:04:50 05:18:45 03:14:43 09:42:02 -01:13
14 Brendan Naef CAN 00:58:13 05:31:24 03:28:31 10:04:35 -34:40
15 Jonathan Caron CAN 00:49:24 05:20:16 04:33:15 10:47:50 51:58

Female Race Results

On the women’s side, we had Olesya Prystsayko backing up from IM Mont Tremblant in search for KPR points, but she was far off from the required win. Uli Bromme took the win, compensating for her typical slow swim with the race best bike and run splits. She was followed by Lisa Ribes and Gillian Moody: 

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Uli Bromme USA 01:03:02 05:13:51 03:06:53 09:28:13 -31:55
2 Lisa Ribes USA 01:03:04 05:22:10 03:08:53 09:38:34 -06:04
3 Gillian Moody CAN 00:56:51 05:29:16 03:18:39 09:49:09 -00:10
4 Christine Fletcher CAN 00:57:58 05:25:48 03:26:56 09:56:45 -29:56
5 Christine Anderson USA 00:55:13 05:29:06 03:33:28 10:01:59 03:20
6 Olesya Prystayko UKR 01:01:08 05:28:50 03:37:24 10:11:36 -01:31
7 Kristyn Tobey BMU 01:10:02 05:37:24 03:38:07 10:32:09 n/a
8 Sarah Baker CAN 01:03:07 05:40:47 03:56:16 10:44:23 n/a
9 Martina Wan CAN 00:57:52 06:07:14 04:11:32 11:22:25 n/a

IM Louisville 2013 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

The conditions in Louisville were pretty fast this year: I’ve calculated a race adjustment of 6:10 while the new course rating is at 0:19. The bike was pretty typical, but both the swim and the bike were quicker than in the past years.

Male Race Results

Chris McDonald won the race in a new course record. He was close to the lead on the swim, then posted a new bike course record and also the fastest run of the day. Last year’s winner Patrick Evoe and Thomas Gerlach were close together for most of the day, then Patrick pulled away to secure the runner up spot. The same podium as last year, just in a slightly different order.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Chris McDonald AUS 00:48:56 04:29:14 02:57:56 08:21:34 -20:26
2 Patrick Evoe USA 00:51:57 04:36:29 03:00:48 08:34:16 -18:46
3 Thomas Gerlach USA 00:51:52 04:36:28 03:07:12 08:41:11 -09:01
4 Jonathan Shearon USA 00:48:58 04:40:19 03:07:30 08:43:24 -20:59
5 Ryan Bates USA 00:48:47 04:45:10 03:17:52 08:57:38 n/a
6 Mike Hermanson USA 00:50:44 04:54:15 03:13:53 09:05:01 -14:39
7 Devon Palmer USA 00:48:59 04:45:54 03:35:39 09:16:21 06:11
8 Andrew Hodges USA 00:48:17 05:18:41 03:24:08 09:38:28 -18:25
9 Jesse Vondracek USA 00:51:50 05:06:17 03:35:46 09:38:58 13:45
10 Peter Kotland USA 00:52:35 05:29:28 03:48:45 10:20:01 34:17
11 Ed Donner USA 00:55:04 05:10:11 04:13:43 10:25:39 n/a

Female Race Results

On the female side, Kate Bevilaqua had a great race, posting better than expected times in all three legs. She was in the lead (or within just a minute or so) for the whole day, but it seemed she never have a comfortable enough lead to relax for a minute. She didn’t have the best time for any of the legs, but won by more than four minutes.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Kate Bevilaqua AUS 00:49:03 05:13:32 03:20:29 09:29:02 -24:46
2 Brooke Brown CAN 00:59:59 05:13:15 03:15:39 09:33:46 n/a
3 Whitney Garcia USA 00:55:00 05:08:09 03:24:30 09:34:21 -20:19
4 Nina Kraft GER 00:48:52 05:17:53 03:25:30 09:38:45 09:35
5 April Gellatly USA 00:52:29 05:15:25 03:26:06 09:39:40 -27:50
6 Rachel Jastrebsky USA 00:55:16 05:23:39 03:31:56 09:56:24 n/a
7 Svetlana Blazevic SCG 00:48:44 05:20:21 03:43:03 09:58:08 -11:50
8 Cindy Lewis CAN 00:58:37 05:34:34 03:33:20 10:12:48 00:51
9 Caroline Gregory USA 00:52:31 05:39:50 03:51:33 10:28:53 14:11
10 Tami Ritchie USA 00:48:58 06:06:52 03:36:23 10:38:22 06:29

IM Canada 2013 – Predictions

IM Canada has moved locations: Last year it was held in its “traditional” venue in Penticton. However, the town felt the race was neglected by WTC (evidenced by the race being on the lowest level of KPR points – P-1000 – and prize money – 25.000 US$) and decided to have the race organized under the Challenge banner. (They will hold their race on the same weekend.) WTC then quickly announced a new location for IM Canada in Whistler – giving the race an improved status by designating it a P-2000 race with a prize purse of 75.000 US$.

Previous Year’s TOP 3

As mentioned above, last year’s IM Canada was held in Penticton on a different course.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Matthew Russell USA 01:03:04 04:48:41 02:53:34 08:48:30
2 Olly Piggin CAN 00:56:51 04:48:43 03:05:25 08:54:17
3 Christian Brader GER 00:57:29 04:48:19 03:09:52 08:58:59

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Gillian Clayton CAN 01:08:32 05:16:51 03:17:08 09:46:07
2 Karen Thibodeau CAN 00:55:41 05:30:09 03:21:43 09:50:52
3 Janelle Morrison CAN 01:06:46 05:16:47 03:25:57 09:53:20

Course Records and Rating

As this is the first race on this course, there are no course records and the course is unrated so far.

KPR points and Price Money

IM Canada has 2000 KPR points for the winner. It has a total price purse of 75k$.

Male Race Participants

There are a lot of names on this list that have raced last week in Mont Tremblant. Expect to see a few withdrawals.

Rank Name Nation Expected Time Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating Rank
1 Paul Amey GBR n/a 08:42:53 00:50:13 04:48:26 03:02:53 51
2 Daniel Halksworth GBR n/a 08:47:12 00:47:34 04:47:34 03:07:42 68
3 Jonathan Caron CAN n/a 08:56:09 00:49:47 04:57:04 03:06:33 99
4 Matthew Russell USA n/a 08:56:32 01:02:53 04:49:21 02:59:26 100
5 Bruno Clerbout BEL n/a 08:57:13 00:51:04 04:58:49 02:59:31 103
6 Dominik Berger AUT n/a 09:00:09 00:48:20 04:50:12 03:20:53 117
7 Mike Schifferle SUI n/a 09:03:05 01:00:25 04:51:21 03:06:57 127
8 Nigel Gray CAN n/a 09:09:05 00:55:29 04:50:27 03:18:36 141
9 Trevor Wurtele CAN n/a 09:09:05 00:54:49 04:52:27 03:17:52 141
10 Matthew Sheeks USA n/a 09:11:08 01:03:24 05:04:13 02:57:38 150
11 Bryan Rhodes NZL n/a 09:14:05 00:47:47 04:53:59 03:22:41 162
12 Matt Lieto USA n/a 09:17:47 00:52:07 04:46:42 03:31:28 168
13 Paul Hawkins GBR n/a 09:20:04 00:58:30 05:28:53 03:20:25 171
14 Thomas Maliszewski USA n/a 09:34:03 01:03:35 05:11:04 03:06:05 214
15 Jim Lubinski USA n/a 09:43:49 01:01:29 05:12:24 03:24:58 250
16 Nathan Birdsall USA n/a 10:01:16 01:06:43 04:54:29 03:52:59 301
17 Stephen Kilshaw CAN n/a 10:02:25 00:54:17 05:08:53 03:53:39 303
18 Brendan Naef CAN n/a 10:39:39 00:58:02 05:15:02 03:20:43 352
Dan Litwora USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a
Andrew Russell CAN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a

Female Race Participants

Rank Name Nation Expected Time Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating Rank
1 Lisa Ribes USA n/a 09:46:02 01:04:38 05:20:06 03:17:14 51
2 Keiko Tanaka JAP n/a 09:49:00 00:54:20 05:27:02 03:23:36 59
3 Gillian Moody CAN n/a 09:49:34 00:55:06 05:27:42 03:23:14 60
4 Christine Anderson USA n/a 09:59:23 00:54:45 05:29:06 03:33:12 77
5 Uli Bromme USA n/a 10:00:27 01:02:55 05:23:34 03:29:26 80
6 Olesya Prystayko UKR n/a 10:13:34 00:59:34 05:32:14 03:39:50 98
7 Annett Kamenz GER n/a 10:24:47 01:04:04 05:46:24 03:36:42 120
8 Christine Fletcher CAN n/a 10:26:57 00:59:12 05:31:45 03:47:37 121
Sarah Baker CAN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a
Martina Wan CAN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a
Kristyn Tobey BMU n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a
Julie Van Veelen CAN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a
Christina Jackson USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Paul Amey: 27% (3-1)
  • Daniel Halksworth: 23% (3-1)
  • Trevor Wurtele: 19% (4-1)
  • Matthew Russell: 10% (9-1)
  • Bruno Clerbout: 9% (10-1)
  • Jonathan Caron: 5% (18-1)
  • Dominik Berger: 3% (28-1)
  • Bryan Rhodes: 3% (37-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Lisa Ribes: 37% (2-1)
  • Uli Bromme: 23% (3-1)
  • Gillian Moody: 16% (5-1)
  • Annett Kamenz: 8% (11-1)
  • Christine Anderson: 7% (14-1)
  • Keiko Tanaka: 6% (15-1)
  • Olesya Prystayko: 2% (59-1)
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