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May 1, 2010 (St. George, UT) – Austrian Michael Weiss, who trains in Colorado Springs, claimed victory at the inaugural IRONMAN St. George with his time of 8:40:08. Durango’s Ben Hoffman took the runner-up spot in 8:52:54; and Boulder based Australian Chris McDonald rounded out the men’s podium in 8:54:42.
Weiss became the first Austrian man to win an IRONMAN title, while Canadian Heather Wurtele claimed her second IRONMAN title as the two champions used dominating bike splits to claim the titles.
Weiss, who competed as a mountain biker at the 2004 Olympic Games, turned to triathlon in 2008 when he failed to make Austria’s Olympic team. His rise to the top level of the sport has been a rapid one – last year he finished second overall at IRONMAN 70.3 Monaco , 25th overall at the Ford IRONMAN World Championship and now, just two years after he entered the sport, has an IRONMAN title.
After trailing swim leader Luke Bell by almost five minutes, Weiss quickly moved through the field during the challenging bike leg. By the start of the second lap of this incredibly scenic course Weiss had started to pull away from the rest of the men’s field. He would come off the bike with a lead of almost seven minutes (after a 4:43 bike split) and followed that up with the fastest run split of the day, a 2:58 marathon, that put him 12 minutes ahead of Durango’s Ben Hoffman.
Hoffman outran a group of athletes who started the run within minutes of each other (including Bell, Chris McDonald, Kirill Kotsegarov and Clemens Coenen).
McDonald, an Australian who trains in Boulder, would eventually finish third, followed by Kotsegarov (Estonia) and Coenen (Germany) – five different countries were represented in the top five.
Wurtele led for virtually the entire race. After exiting the water at the back of the first chase group, she was surprised to see New Zealand’s Gina Crawford sprint up the exit ramp to claim the top women’s swim split. Within minutes, though, Wurtele was back at the front and she stayed in that position throughout the rest of the day. Her 5:20 bike split was a full 17 minutes faster than eventual second-place-finisher Meredith Kessler’s and almost 34 minutes faster than Caitlin Snow managed on this tough course.
Crawford, who was third off the bike, would eventually lose a position to Snow, who ran her way to third thanks to the day’s fastest marathon slit, a 3:10. Rounding out the top five was Kathleen Pallardy, who was the third American to cross the line (after Kessler and Snow).
Top 10 Men
1. MICHAEL WEISS 8:40:08
2. BEN HOFFMAN 8:52:54
3. CHRIS MCDONALD 8:54:42
4. KIRILL KOTSEGAROV 8:58:18
5. CLEMENS COENEN 9:02:13
6. PETR VABROUSEK 9:09:43
7. SERGIO MARQUES 9:11:09
8. CHRISTIAN BRADER 9:14:41
9. JOZSEF MAJOR 9:16:04
10. ALEX MCDONALD 9:21:59
Top 10 Women
1. HEATHER WURTELE 9:35:36
2. MEREDITH KESSLER 9:46:58
3. CAITLIN SNOW 10:07:26
4. GINA CRAWFORD 10:11:51
5. KATHLEEN PALLARDY 10:20:45
6. TERRA CASTRO 10:33:57
7. JACKIE ARENDT 10:36:24
8. MIRANDA ALLDRITT 10:40:59
9. TRISH DEIM 10:53:21
10. SUSAN LANGLEY 10:58:41
Colorado Results
| OVR | TIME | LAST | FIRST | CITY | DIV | PL | SWIM | T1 | BIKE | T2 | RUN |
| 1 | 8:40:08 | WEISS | MICHAEL | COLORADO SPRINGS | MPRO | 1 | 54:29:00 | 2:24 | 4:43:01 | 2:11 | 2:58:03 |
| 2 | 8:52:54 | HOFFMAN | BEN | DURANGO | MPRO | 2 | 51:13:00 | 1:58 | 4:53:37 | 1:13 | 3:04:53 |
| 3 | 8:54:42 | MCDONALD | CHRIS | BOULDER | MPRO | 3 | 51:20:00 | 1:32 | 4:54:02 | 1:23 | 3:06:25 |
| 15 | 9:35:19 | SULLIVAN | ERIC | GUNNISON | M30-34 | 1 | 1:06:46 | 3:49 | 5:08:28 | 1:52 | 3:14:24 |
| 17 | 9:40:10 | CHESNEY | CURT | BOULDER | M40-44 | 1 | 55:56:00 | 4:26 | 5:15:27 | 2:18 | 3:22:03 |
| 20 | 9:48:38 | HOWIE | CRAIG | LONGMONT | MPRO | 15 | 56:07:00 | 2:15 | 5:16:50 | 1:39 | 3:31:47 |
| 26 | 10:04:12 | POTEET | SCOTT | COLORADO SPRINGS | M35-39 | 1 | 1:03:15 | 3:32 | 5:19:12 | 1:57 | 3:36:16 |
| 35 | 10:11:38 | KOCH | KEVIN | GRAND JUNCTION | M35-39 | 3 | 1:16:16 | 4:59 | 5:18:39 | 2:04 | 3:29:39 |
| 41 | 10:14:25 | WEAVER | ADAM | PARKER | M40-44 | 5 | 1:04:06 | 2:58 | 5:24:14 | 1:33 | 3:41:34 |
| 51 | 10:24:09 | NUGENT | TERRY | LONE TREE | M45-49 | 1 | 1:02:59 | 5:11 | 5:24:12 | 2:59 | 3:48:47 |
| 61 | 10:33:19 | VILLAVICENCIO | ALAN | LONGMONT | M40-44 | 12 | 1:10:45 | 4:36 | 5:27:31 | 1:29 | 3:48:58 |
| 84 | 10:50:58 | GUZEK | MICHAEL | BOULDER | M35-39 | 14 | 54:55:00 | 4:27 | 5:40:31 | 1:53 | 4:09:12 |
| 96 | 10:58:41 | LANGLEY | SUSAN | HIGHLANDS RANCH | W40-44 | 1 | 1:04:38 | 3:23 | 6:06:43 | 2:01 | 3:41:56 |
| 135 | 11:16:23 | RYDHOLM | ERIC | BOULDER | M30-34 | 22 | 1:09:55 | 6:39 | 6:03:48 | 4:06 | 3:51:54 |
| 141 | 11:18:11 | BULLOCK | JEFF | PARKER | M25-29 | 9 | 1:09:10 | 5:10 | 6:00:52 | 4:32 | 3:58:27 |
| 157 | 11:24:58 | THRAMANN | JEFF | LONGMONT | M45-49 | 11 | 1:09:25 | 5:05 | 6:09:56 | 3:25 | 3:57:07 |
| 167 | 11:28:32 | HUMMEL | MOLLY | DURANGO | WPRO | 9 | 1:05:32 | 2:24 | 5:54:51 | 1:43 | 4:24:01 |
| 187 | 11:33:47 | STONES | ROGER | HIGHLANDS RANCH | M35-39 | 41 | 1:06:39 | 4:15 | 6:04:11 | 5:33 | 4:13:08 |
| 208 | 11:40:30 | RYDHOLM | AMBER | BOULDER | W30-34 | 7 | 1:06:14 | 6:29 | 6:25:38 | 3:33 | 3:58:36 |
| 212 | 11:41:22 | DEMARIA | ERIC | DENVER | M35-39 | 47 | 1:13:20 | 6:27 | 6:19:04 | 2:25 | 4:00:06 |
| 222 | 11:44:21 | KERTH | SHANNON | LITTLETON | W40-44 | 4 | 1:02:43 | 7:32 | 6:15:06 | 4:28 | 4:14:32 |
| 234 | 11:48:42 | CRANNY | SANDY | LONGMONT | W45-49 | 2 | 1:07:00 | 7:18 | 6:25:19 | 4:31 | 4:04:33 |
| 240 | 11:50:19 | VANMEVEREN | BRYAN | FORT COLLINS | M45-49 | 21 | 1:10:06 | 6:36 | 6:01:07 | 4:21 | 4:28:09 |
| 242 | 11:50:27 | WEBBER | CATHERINE | COLORADO SPRINGS | W40-44 | 5 | 1:10:50 | 9:01 | 6:28:43 | 5:12 | 3:56:40 |
| 278 | 12:05:10 | THAYER | MICHELLE | LITTLETON | W40-44 | 6 | 1:04:00 | 6:03 | 6:28:40 | 5:34 | 4:20:53 |
| 301 | 12:09:46 | VAN SLOUN | RACHEL | AVON | W35-39 | 2 | 1:14:32 | 5:52 | 6:26:14 | 4:33 | 4:18:35 |
| 330 | 12:18:36 | KNOWLTON | OLIVER | DENVER | M50-54 | 20 | 1:09:48 | 8:26 | 6:20:56 | 4:20 | 4:35:05 |
| 333 | 12:18:44 | MANNING | JOE | FORT COLLINS | M35-39 | 68 | 1:06:06 | 8:03 | 6:23:38 | 6:32 | 4:34:24 |
| 360 | 12:24:43 | FLANAGAN | WILL | BOULDER | M18-24 | 6 | 1:29:12 | 4:51 | 6:16:12 | 3:01 | 4:31:27 |
| 367 | 12:25:50 | REED | TIM | ASPEN | M40-44 | 70 | 1:14:01 | 9:32 | 6:20:01 | 6:23 | 4:35:52 |
| 374 | 12:27:30 | OWEN | MATTHEW | MONUMENT | M40-44 | 72 | 1:13:18 | 9:22 | 6:57:32 | 2:48 | 4:04:30 |
| 392 | 12:30:56 | MOYER | MIKE | LAKEWOOD | M45-49 | 40 | 1:17:58 | 11:08 | 6:47:26 | 4:02 | 4:10:22 |
| 397 | 12:32:00 | MOORE | JOHN | BOULDER | M45-49 | 42 | 1:13:57 | 6:10 | 6:41:34 | 4:03 | 4:26:16 |
| 398 | 12:32:19 | HANSEN | NICK | LOVELAND | M45-49 | 43 | 58:24:00 | 7:29 | 6:31:44 | 5:35 | 4:49:07 |
| 400 | 12:32:37 | KAMMERER | AUDRA | EVERGREEN | W40-44 | 11 | 1:08:02 | 13:43 | 7:08:43 | 7:43 | 3:54:26 |
| 423 | 12:36:19 | O’BRIEN | MICHAEL | LOVELAND | M40-44 | 80 | 1:14:59 | 10:35 | 6:40:32 | 5:22 | 4:24:51 |
| 441 | 12:38:45 | HOLTON | ANDREW | PINE | M40-44 | 84 | 1:06:38 | 5:27 | 6:13:54 | 2:09 | 5:10:37 |
| 447 | 12:40:01 | LYNDE | ROBERT | COLORADO SPRINGS | M45-49 | 49 | 1:09:54 | 9:53 | 6:31:30 | 7:12 | 4:41:32 |
| 455 | 12:41:48 | VOELLER | CHRIS | DENVER | M40-44 | 87 | 1:15:07 | 13:09 | 6:21:03 | 4:22 | 4:48:07 |
| 475 | 12:45:15 | BARKER | JASON | FORT COLLENS | M35-39 | 94 | 1:22:15 | 20:06 | 6:26:50 | 5:01 | 4:31:03 |
| 482 | 12:47:59 | RECKER | JEFF | GRAND JUNCTION | M45-49 | 57 | 1:24:49 | 7:26 | 6:38:29 | 6:49 | 4:30:26 |
| 483 | 12:48:33 | MORRIS | MONTY | COLORADO SPRINGS | M35-39 | 96 | 1:21:29 | 5:13 | 6:41:31 | 4:56 | 4:35:24 |
| 484 | 12:49:02 | FOX | ANNE | EVERGREEN | W45-49 | 11 | 1:05:09 | 8:38 | 6:58:17 | 7:42 | 4:29:16 |
| 500 | 12:51:20 | KAMINSKI | JASON | LONGMONT | M40-44 | 95 | 1:11:31 | 7:31 | 6:20:14 | 4:39 | 5:07:25 |
| 531 | 12:57:02 | LADEWIG | ROB | COLORADO SPRINGS | M60-64 | 3 | 1:27:07 | 7:25 | 6:33:50 | 6:15 | 4:42:25 |
| 538 | 12:58:30 | SPRINGOB | DAN | LOVELAND | M40-44 | 100 | 57:02:00 | 7:58 | 6:55:54 | 8:43 | 4:48:53 |
| 545 | 13:00:24 | TAYLOR | JODIE | PARKER | W35-39 | 15 | 1:24:00 | 15:29 | 6:33:13 | 6:18 | 4:41:24 |
| 550 | 13:01:32 | KILLEEN | DOUG | LITTLETON | M40-44 | 102 | 1:20:59 | 6:40 | 6:30:19 | 3:45 | 4:59:49 |
| 574 | 13:09:46 | DELLOTA | KRISS | WELLINGTON | M45-49 | 70 | 57:08:00 | 5:27 | 6:31:04 | 5:22 | 5:30:45 |
| 582 | 13:11:33 | DICROCE | CHRIS | DENVER | M45-49 | 73 | 1:20:24 | 13:27 | 6:54:08 | 9:45 | 4:33:49 |
| 595 | 13:14:31 | VETOWICH | MICHAEL | PARKER | M40-44 | 111 | 1:18:57 | 8:39 | 7:06:28 | 4:18 | 4:36:09 |
| 605 | 13:16:58 | HEGSTROM | TODD | GRAND JUNCTION | M55-59 | 14 | 1:17:53 | 10:22 | 6:46:09 | 6:29 | 4:56:05 |
| 616 | 13:18:26 | WASSERMAN | MICHAEL | ENGLEWOOD | M50-54 | 40 | 1:11:26 | 9:57 | 6:49:12 | 9:38 | 4:58:13 |
| 633 | 13:19:47 | COVERT | JOHN | HIGHLANDS RANCH | M40-44 | 118 | 1:01:24 | 7:13 | 6:28:54 | 6:45 | 5:35:31 |
| 652 | 13:23:37 | CIACCI | WILLIAM | LOVELAND | M25-29 | 43 | 1:14:06 | 7:30 | 6:23:01 | 12:57 | 5:26:03 |
| 653 | 13:23:43 | KOCH | SHANNON | GRAND JUNCTION | W35-39 | 20 | 1:17:28 | 12:58 | 7:10:18 | 3:14 | 4:39:44 |
| 714 | 13:34:49 | MOCATTA | JONATHAN | BRECKENRIDGE | M40-44 | 143 | 1:13:51 | 11:35 | 6:41:18 | 9:11 | 5:18:54 |
| 728 | 13:37:07 | ROUNDS | JESSE | BOULDER | M30-34 | 90 | 1:04:01 | 15:55 | 6:49:13 | 6:41 | 5:21:17 |
| 733 | 13:37:55 | CRANNY | ROBERT | LONGMONT | M45-49 | 93 | 56:26:00 | 2:38 | 5:55:54 | 3:36 | 6:39:21 |
| 764 | 13:42:21 | PALKO | DANIEL | BRATISLAVA | M30-34 | 94 | 1:12:23 | 4:06 | 6:13:27 | 3:25 | 6:09:00 |
| 785 | 13:45:34 | ELLIS | SCOTT | JOHNSTOWN | M50-54 | 58 | 1:17:05 | 5:52 | 5:32:49 | ||
| 843 | 13:55:32 | BARLOW | LIZ | ENGLEWOOD | W18-24 | 3 | 1:14:13 | 8:13 | 7:01:54 | 7:21 | 5:23:51 |
| 856 | 13:57:15 | HERNANDEZ | CARLOS | LITTILON | M40-44 | 168 | 1:39:46 | 9:14 | 7:12:42 | 7:30 | 4:48:02 |
| 860 | 13:57:49 | YOUNG | CAMERON | LOUISVILLE | M35-39 | 158 | 1:29:25 | 8:25 | 7:07:11 | 6:30 | 5:06:18 |
| 865 | 13:58:34 | ROUSH | BLAKE | GRAND JUNCTION | M50-54 | 65 | 1:26:01 | 14:29 | 6:35:07 | 7:28 | 5:35:29 |
| 887 | 14:02:56 | SYPTAK | OLIVIA | DENVER | W35-39 | 34 | 1:18:54 | 9:58 | 7:04:26 | 4:17 | 5:25:21 |
| 892 | 14:04:32 | HARDCASTLE | PAUL | GOLDEN | M30-34 | 107 | 1:22:58 | 7:58 | 7:05:47 | 5:22 | 5:22:27 |
| 896 | 14:05:10 | LYTLE | TODD | HIGHLANDS RANCH | M40-44 | 176 | 1:16:14 | 8:22 | 7:23:29 | 7:28 | 5:09:37 |
| 918 | 14:10:05 | FORBES | JAMES | PARKER | M40-44 | 180 | 1:23:59 | 8:42 | 6:54:04 | 4:54 | 5:38:25 |
| 919 | 14:10:11 | SMITH | JULIAN | COLORADO SPRINGS | M40-44 | 181 | 1:29:00 | 15:57 | 7:09:32 | 8:31 | 5:07:11 |
| 925 | 14:10:38 | SCHOLL | TODD | AVON | M50-54 | 71 | 1:34:28 | 9:01 | 7:05:05 | 7:04 | 5:15:00 |
| 935 | 14:12:36 | TRUJILLO-VEIT | MICHELE | LOVELAND | W35-39 | 36 | 1:33:25 | 11:09 | 7:08:31 | 7:34 | 5:11:56 |
| 952 | 14:15:45 | DICROCE | VINCE | DENVER | M45-49 | 118 | 1:35:44 | 14:53 | 7:22:12 | 7:37 | 4:55:19 |
| 963 | 14:18:13 | ELLIOTT | TROY | WHEAT RIDGE | M45-49 | 121 | 1:20:44 | 9:54 | 6:52:20 | 7:59 | 5:47:15 |
| 1011 | 14:27:00 | TRAVIS | MICHAEL | BOULDER | M55-59 | 22 | 1:48:37 | 21:33 | 7:23:12 | 7:58 | 4:45:40 |
| 1025 | 14:29:45 | BEATTE | BRIAN | CENTENNIAL | M40-44 | 194 | 1:32:50 | 21:14 | 7:49:46 | 8:26 | 4:37:28 |
| 1072 | 14:35:30 | MARTIN | BILL | GRAND JUNCTION | M45-49 | 134 | 1:11:37 | 8:13 | 6:36:26 | 4:36 | 6:34:37 |
| 1080 | 14:37:10 | MCCAY-SMITH | KIRSTEN | WINDSOR | W35-39 | 38 | 1:02:31 | 5:14 | 8:03:37 | 4:50 | 5:20:58 |
| 1124 | 14:46:11 | JOHNSON | JULIA | COLORADO SPRINGS | W25-29 | 22 | 1:23:10 | 7:13 | 8:04:21 | 6:43 | 5:04:43 |
| 1138 | 14:48:43 | DICROCE | SARAH | DENVER | W35-39 | 41 | 1:18:03 | 13:04 | 7:20:48 | 5:46 | 5:51:02 |
| 1142 | 14:49:32 | RADAKOVICH | BOBBY | MORRISON | W35-39 | 42 | 1:27:40 | 20:43 | 7:28:30 | 8:19 | 5:24:20 |
| 1143 | 14:49:33 | MEHLIG | STEFAN | LITTLETON | M40-44 | 222 | 1:32:04 | 10:47 | 7:34:03 | 8:18 | 5:24:21 |
| 1166 | 14:53:58 | KANADAY | KIMBERLY | ERIE | W50-54 | 14 | 1:18:35 | 10:45 | 8:04:24 | 6:46 | 5:13:27 |
| 1249 | 15:11:12 | DURAN | JERIKA | DENVER | W30-34 | 42 | 1:18:27 | 15:24 | 7:31:20 | 10:19 | 5:55:42 |
| 1272 | 15:18:25 | REYNOLDSON | KELLY | CASTLE ROCK | W35-39 | 52 | 1:52:02 | 14:45 | 8:00:15 | 4:17 | 5:07:06 |
| 1281 | 15:21:05 | ERICKSON | DEREK | LOVELAND | M35-39 | 238 | 1:27:25 | 13:36 | 7:46:30 | 11:37 | 5:41:57 |
| 1302 | 15:25:27 | GLADE | DAVID | MORRISON | M50-54 | 99 | 1:41:11 | 15:05 | 7:25:34 | 9:46 | 5:53:50 |
| 1363 | 15:38:47 | ROBERTS | BRIAN | LITTLETON | M30-34 | 158 | 1:13:12 | 7:46 | 7:47:23 | 7:51 | 6:22:35 |
| 1381 | 15:42:02 | BARROW | SCOTT | LOVELAND | M60-64 | 19 | 1:23:43 | 18:22 | 8:07:15 | 9:21 | 5:43:21 |
| 1407 | 15:48:57 | KEMPE | ANDREA | LITTLETON | W35-39 | 64 | 1:04:09 | 9:03 | 7:57:49 | 10:50 | 6:27:06 |
| 1429 | 15:52:18 | DEPALMA | STEVE | BRECKENRIDGE | M50-54 | 112 | 1:22:48 | 14:31 | 7:23:07 | 8:12 | 6:43:40 |
| 1448 | 15:59:36 | FORBES | STACY | LITTLETON | W35-39 | 67 | 1:14:05 | 14:05 | 8:08:00 | 13:29 | 6:09:57 |
| 1479 | 16:08:54 | LAMBERT | SANDRA | AURORA | W35-39 | 69 | 1:38:08 | 8:41 | 8:25:47 | 9:43 | 5:46:35 |
| 1492 | 16:12:27 | BELL HAGGARD | WHITNEY | DENVER | W30-34 | 58 | 1:29:34 | 14:28 | 8:12:41 | 6:56 | 6:08:48 |
| 1512 | 16:18:15 | ANDERSON | FRANCIE | LAKEWOOD | W45-49 | 45 | 1:24:46 | 11:35 | 8:49:40 | 4:33 | 5:47:41 |
| 1531 | 16:23:34 | SULLIVAN | TIM | LOVELAND | M40-44 | 285 | 1:26:12 | 10:55 | 8:31:35 | 18:28 | 5:56:24 |
| 1539 | 16:25:22 | VOSS | LYNN | LONGMONT | M40-44 | 287 | 1:28:50 | 15:51 | 7:48:00 | 12:12 | 6:40:28 |
| 1552 | 16:29:35 | FORBES | KERRY | PARKER | W35-39 | 72 | 1:27:28 | 7:27 | 8:25:55 | 5:53 | 6:22:52 |
| 1564 | 16:32:03 | DRAPER | DAVE | COLORADO SPRINGS | M30-34 | 174 | 1:57:51 | 18:24 | 7:32:54 | 11:15 | 6:31:39 |
| 1584 | 16:37:49 | MCKELVEY | CHRIS | CARBONDALE | W50-54 | 25 | 1:19:57 | 10:59 | 8:35:14 | 5:30 | 6:26:09 |
| 1585 | 16:38:13 | MCDONALD | ROD | GREENWOOD VILLA | M65-69 | 4 | 1:42:39 | 24:12:00 | 8:05:35 | 8:40 | 6:17:06 |
| 1591 | 16:40:38 | RIANTONG | CARRIE | FREDERICK | W25-29 | 28 | 1:24:35 | 10:24 | 8:34:36 | 4:03 | 6:26:59 |
| 1635 | 16:56:35 | ESKRIDGE | BOB | MONUMENT | M55-59 | 58 | 1:32:27 | 13:24 | 8:32:06 | 7:21 | 6:31:17 |
