July 25, 2010 – Lake Placid, New York
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Hoffman Victorious in Lake Placid
First IRONMAN Win for Durango Pro
July 25, 2010 (Lake Placid, NY) – Durango’s Ben Hoffman claimed the top spot in the men’s race at this year’s IRONMAN Lake Placid with a time of 8:39:34. Hoffman bested Petr Vabrousek (second, 8:46:33) and Maik Twelsiek (third in 8:48:33) for the win. Boulder pros Justin Daerr and Brad Seng finished fourth (9:05:09) and sixth (9:15:19), respectively. Jesse Vondracek of Durango also claimed a top ten finish (ninth, 9:18:10). Colorado women were led by Kerrie Wlad’s first place finish (10:34:33) in the 35-39 age group, qualifying her for Kona.
Colorado Results
| TOTAL TIME | LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | CITY | RACE DIV | DIV PLACE | SWIM TIME | T1 | BIKE TIME | T2 | RUN TIME | IM | |
| 1 | 8:39:34 | Hoffman | Ben | DURANGO | MPRO | 1/27 | 55:06 | 3:22 | 4:38:03 | 1:41 | 3:01:24 | IM |
| 4 | 9:05:09 | Daerr | Justin | BOULDER | MPRO | 4/27 | 57:16 | 3:43 | 4:56:25 | 1:57 | 3:05:49 | |
| 6 | 9:15:19 | Seng | Brad | BOULDER | MPRO | 6/27 | 58:27 | 3:52 | 5:13:05 | 1:50 | 2:58:07 | |
| 9 | 9:18:10 | Vondracek | Jesse | DURANGO | MPRO | 9/27 | 57:33 | 3:45 | 5:08:33 | 1:21 | 3:07:00 | |
| 33 | 9:45:55 | Edwards | Billy | BOULDER | MPRO | 15/27 | 1:10:48 | 3:27 | 5:11:36 | 1:46 | 3:18:21 | |
| 39 | 9:50:22 | Howie | Craig | LONGMONT | MPRO | 17/27 | 1:02:09 | 3:39 | 5:08:19 | 1:42 | 3:34:36 | |
| 164 | 10:31:47 | Flanagan | Will | BOULDER | M18-24 | 2/50 | 1:18:18 | 6:44 | 5:32:30 | 2:12 | 3:32:05 | IM |
| 177 | 10:34:33 | Wlad | Kerrie | LONGMONT | W35-39 | 1/119 | 1:09:15 | 5:45 | 5:58:38 | 2:19 | 3:18:37 | IM |
| 211 | 10:41:39 | Coslick | Robert | BROOMFIELD | M25-29 | 20/109 | 1:13:37 | 7:22 | 5:49:51 | 5:28 | 3:25:23 | |
| 212 | 10:42:10 | Rydholm | Eric | BOULDER | M30-34 | 41/256 | 1:06:16 | 6:15 | 5:40:03 | 3:34 | 3:46:04 | |
| 286 | 10:56:38 | Finnin | Daniel | SUPERIOR | M25-29 | 26/109 | 1:07:36 | 5:31 | 5:49:48 | 2:06 | 3:51:38 | |
| 293 | 10:57:02 | Rydholm | Amber | BOULDER | W30-34 | 5/100 | 1:04:26 | 6:17 | 5:47:34 | 2:31 | 3:56:15 | |
| 300 | 10:58:32 | Miller | Matt | HIGHLANDS RAN | M30-34 | 52/256 | 51:35:00 | 3:32 | 5:25:53 | 3:43 | 4:33:51 | |
| 351 | 11:06:37 | Sutter | Ryan | AVON | M35-39 | 69/355 | 1:15:12 | 6:25 | 5:32:48 | 2:42 | 4:09:32 | |
| 403 | 11:13:57 | Beshore | Karl | LONGMONT | M35-39 | 81/355 | 1:08:24 | 6:18 | 5:52:45 | 6:14 | 4:00:19 | |
| 529 | 11:29:10 | Taylor | Jodie | PARKER | W35-39 | 12/119 | 1:11:52 | 8:25 | 5:45:03 | 6:27 | 4:17:25 | |
| 540 | 11:30:59 | Linner | Karin | BOULDER | W35-39 | 14/119 | 1:01:09 | 5:48 | 6:12:01 | 2:41 | 4:09:22 | |
| 704 | 11:50:02 | Robinson | Cory | DENVER | M45-49 | 100/370 | 51:26:00 | 7:40 | 5:44:06 | 6:06 | 5:00:46 | |
| 842 | 12:05:17 | Clarke | John | COLORADO SPRI | M45-49 | 118/370 | 1:25:38 | 6:11 | 5:54:48 | 2:17 | 4:36:25 | |
| 915 | 12:12:57 | Perkins | Steve | DENVER | M40-44 | 180/463 | 1:13:04 | 9:10 | 6:11:42 | 3:35 | 4:35:29 | |
| 925 | 12:13:48 | Caywood | Catie | FORT COLLINS | W30-34 | 27/100 | 1:02:02 | 8:59 | 6:26:26 | 3:29 | 4:32:54 | |
| 928 | 12:14:18 | Glidden | Brittany | DENVER | W35-39 | 34/119 | 1:16:33 | 7:48 | 6:34:24 | 4:03 | 4:11:32 | |
| 1015 | 12:22:32 | Tepolt | Frances | DENVER | W30-34 | 32/100 | 1:03:25 | 5:49 | 6:20:54 | 3:03 | 4:49:23 | |
| 1089 | 12:30:02 | Bezon | Jason | HIGHLANDS RAN | M35-39 | 189/355 | 1:25:21 | 6:40 | 6:36:12 | 3:33 | 4:18:18 | |
| 1189 | 12:40:34 | Frank | Steven | BOULDER | M40-44 | 225/463 | 1:08:52 | 8:18 | 5:54:32 | 9:35 | 5:19:19 | |
| 1321 | 12:52:19 | Weitz | David | MONUMENT | M40-44 | 259/463 | 1:12:21 | 8:07 | 6:16:24 | 7:04 | 5:08:24 | |
| 1423 | 13:02:03 | Leong | Christiana | BOULDER | W25-29 | 29/64 | 1:05:32 | 7:12 | 7:04:20 | 4:21 | 4:40:40 | |
| 1614 | 13:28:42 | Cummings | Erin | LAKEWOOD | W25-29 | 32/64 | 1:11:57 | 5:44 | 6:41:59 | 25:05:00 | 5:03:59 | |
| 1792 | 13:50:46 | Madden | Ben | BROOMFIELD | M30-34 | 215/256 | 1:14:20 | 12:30 | 6:54:29 | 8:01 | 5:21:27 | |
| 1814 | 13:53:25 | Friedman | Jen | ARVADA | W40-44 | 84/141 | 1:07:56 | 7:20 | 7:03:35 | 6:10 | 5:28:25 | |
| 1885 | 14:03:57 | Mix | John | DENVER | M35-39 | 293/355 | 1:22:27 | 13:09 | 7:41:23 | 8:02 | 4:38:59 | |
| 1907 | 14:07:40 | Weeden | Amy | GOLDEN | W30-34 | 71/100 | 1:30:43 | 11:40 | 7:21:14 | 7:11 | 4:56:54 | |
| 1910 | 14:07:52 | West | Monique | COLORADO SPRI | W40-44 | 89/141 | 1:07:47 | 8:57 | 7:15:02 | 6:56 | 5:29:12 | |
| 2048 | 14:36:33 | Newman | Jeremy | CASTLE ROCK | M35-39 | 319/355 | 1:22:34 | 12:15 | 7:25:19 | 8:09 | 5:28:18 | |
| 2202 | 15:13:21 | Hynes | Jennifer | DENVER | W30-34 | 85/100 | 1:15:18 | 10:50 | 7:55:15 | 7:37 | 5:44:22 | |
| 2381 | 16:11:41 | Mekelburg | Harlan | FORT COLLINS | M60-64 | 30/34 | 1:33:03 | 12:48 | 8:08:11 | 8:53 | 6:08:47 | |
| 2407 | 16:24:18 | Hampton | Mike | GREELEY | M35-39 | 341/355 | 1:34:01 | 10:59 | 8:03:58 | 9:47 | 6:25:35 | |
| 2409 | 16:25:40 | Gomulinski | Gary | BOULDER | M45-49 | 337/370 | 1:18:39 | 14:49 | 7:36:36 | 13:00 | 7:02:38 | |
| 2493 | DNF | Kirchhoff | Ryan | LAKEWOOD | M25-29 | 108/109 | 1:08:32 | 6:50 | 6:01:13 | 5:00 | ||
| 2519 | DNF | Jones | William | ERIE | M40-44 | 451/463 | 1:23:15 | 8:31 | 7:37:04 | 14:12 | ||
| 2557 | DNF | Hummel | Molly | DURANGO | WPRO | 13/14 | 1:06:18 | 4:19 |
