2016 PRESS GUIDE

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PARTNERS

Presented by Paul Mitchell, Maui Visitors Bureau, XTERRA TV on Amazon Video, Outrigger Resorts, Tourism Authority, XTERRA Travel, Muscle Milk, Gatorade Endurance, PowerBar, Optic Nerve, XTERRA Wetsuits, XTERRA Fitness, XTERRA Boards, Compex, Greenlayer, The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, Kona Brewing Company, and Cycle City. XTERRA, CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF ADVENTURE IN MAUI

When you think of Maui, cascading waterfalls, white sand beaches, and breathtaking sunsets come straight to mind. This magical Hawaiian island is also the birthplace of the most notorious off-road in the world…XTERRA!

From a one-off race held on the most remote island chain in the world XTERRA evolved into an endurance sports lifestyle with worldwide appeal. Over the past 20 years XTERRA transcended its status as 'just a race' to become a bona fide way of life for thousands of intrepid triathletes and trail runners across the globe.

A fitting representation of this “XTERRA Tribe” - more than 800 athletes from 46 countries – will gather at Kapalua Resort and on Sunday, October 23, they’ll put their mental and physical toughness up against Mother Nature at the 21st edition (20th anniversary) of XTERRA Worlds.

Follow the race online at www.xterramaui.com, on twitter @xterraoffroad and on Facebook.com/xterraplanet starting at 9am Hawaii time. All the action is being filmed for a one- hour TV special to be broadcast across the U.S., Europe, and on ESPN International starting in mid-January, 2017. TABLE OF CONTENTS Press Information ...... 6 Schedule of Events ...... 7 How to Watch Guide for Spectators and Quick Facts ...... 8-9 Weekend event descriptions ...... 10-13 Course Description, Map, and Profiles ...... 14-15 Elite Start Lists ...... 16-17 Maui No Ka Oi translates to "Maui is the Best" Elite Race Previews ...... 18-20 Past Elite Champions and Course Records ...... 21 With 120 linear miles of Elite Profiles ...... 22-45 shoreline and more miles of Pro Prize Purse Information and Outrigger Resorts Double Info ...... 46-47 swimmable beach than any Local Favorites - Hawaii’s XTERRA Warriors ...... 48-49 other Hawaiian island it's no Past XTERRA World Championship Results ...... 50-67 surprise Maui has regularly All-time Top 3 finishers and Elite XTERRA World Champions ...... 68-69 been voted "Best Island in the 2016 XTERRA European, Pan Am, and Asia-Pacific Tour Elite Results ...... 70-74 World" by the readers of 2016 XTERRA World Tour Championship Races with Elite Winners ...... 75 Condé Nast Traveler magazine. Come see it for XTERRA Hall of Fame and XTERRA Warrior Award Winners ...... 76-78 yourself, and to learn more 2017 XTERRA World Tour Schedule (Tentative) ...... 79 log-on to visitmaui.com. About TEAM Unlimited ...... 80 Flashback to 1996, from an organizer and racer’s perspective ...... 81-84 2016 XTERRA Worlds Start List (Sorted by Bib #) ...... 85-93

For further information contact Trey Garman at 808-216-8606 (mobile) or [email protected] PRESS INFORMATION

The XTERRA World Championship press guide was designed to provide the media with useful information about the 2016 race, the pros competing in it, and XTERRA in general. Below are additional items of interest:

- The XTERRA pressroom is in the Director’s Room, one floor below lobby level of the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua

- For credentials contact Trey Garman at [email protected] or 808-216-8606 or stop by the Director’s Room.

- We will record full race results and distribute after the event.

- During the championship race XTERRRA will escort interested press members to key strategic locations through out the course to track leaders and course happenings, and to get the best possible photos. You must reserve your seat in the press van in advance.

- A press pass is required on race day for admittance to finish area.

- Log on to XTERRAMaui.com for race information and race coverage. Follow it live on xterraMAUI.com, @xterraoffroad, and facebook.com/xterraplanet starting at 9am Hawaii time (12pm PST, 3pm EST, 9pm in Paris, 6am in Sydney, 7am in Rotorua, 4pm in Rio).

- Unofficial live results can be found at: https://results.chronotrack.com/event/results/event/event-24496

- Professional, high-resolution images from the race will be available to the media after the race. Contact Trey Garman with photo requests.

How to Cover XTERRA: Please note that XTERRA is produced with the cooperation of private landowners and we respect their privacy. The following outlines the access policy for this year’s race:

- Press may ride the bike course on their own bikes by purchasing the $15 USA Tri License insurance at XTERRA registration.

- All riders must display a practice plate on their bike, wear a helmet, and check in-and-out with the course marshals.

- Access to the bike course on race day is provided by chauffeured press van/SUV ONLY.

- Space is limited so you must reserve your seat in advance.

DIRECT MEDIA INQUIRIES AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO: Trey Garman, Vice President 808-216-8606 (mobile) or at the hotel 808-669-6200 (ask for the Director’s Room) [email protected] // www.xterramaui.com TEAM Unlimited 720 Iwilei Road, Suite 290 Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

6 2016 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS All events are at the host hotel, The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua

Wednesday, October 19: 9am-2pm Registration and Packet Pick-up, XTERRA Athlete Village Open 10am-2pm Full Bike Course Open

Thursday, October 20: 9am Under 25 Muscle Milk Transition Clinic, hosted by Mauricio Mendez (meet at Transition) 9am-2pm Registration and Packet Pick-up, XTERRA Athlete Village Open 9am-2pm Full Bike Course Open

Friday, October 21: 5:45am “Hiuwai and E ala E” - Sunrise Hawaiian “Cleansing & Rejuvenation” Ceremony (Beach House Lawn) 9am XTERRA University, presented by Paul Mitchell – Swim Clinic with by Branden Rakita & Suzie Snyder Bring you swim stuff and meet at the Beach House Lawn (next to Ritz entrance to D.T. Fleming Beach) 9am-2pm Full Bike Course Open 9am-5pm Registration and Packet Pick-up, XTERRA Athlete Village Open 1pm XTERRA University, presented by Paul Mitchell – “Tinley Talks” with Hall of Famer & Tri legend 2pm XTERRA University, presented by Paul Mitchell – Mountain biking with & 3pm XTERRA University, presented by Paul Mitchell – Run Clinic with Mauricio Mendez & Lizzie Orchard 6:30pm “Night of Champions” Dinner, Aloha Garden Ballroom

Saturday, October 22: 7-8:30am XTERRA Kapalua Trail Run Packet Pickup and Registration 7:30-8:45am Leilani’s Costume Contest Judging in the Start Area 9am-12pm Paul Mitchell Cut-a-thon, benefit for the Challenged Athletes Foundation 9am Leilani’s XTERRA 3.5K Trail Run Start 9:10am Hula Grill XTERRA 5K Trail Run Start 9:30am Duke’s Beach House XTERRA 10K Trail Run Start 9am-4pm Registration and Packet Pick-up, XTERRA Athlete Village Open 10:30am XTERRA Kapalua Trail Run Awards Ceremonies 11am Kimo’s XTERRA Kapalua Keiki K Run (free for kids 10 and under) 11am Run and Lower Bowl Bike Course Open. Full Bike Course Closed. 11am XTERRA University, presented by Paul Mitchell – “Art of XTERRA” – hosted by , Ruben Ruzafa, and Braden Currie 12pm Mandatory Competitor Briefing – Aloha Garden Ballroom

Sunday, October 23: 7am Transition Open for set-up and body marking 8:30am Transition Closed 9am XTERRA World Championship Start 10am-3pm Paul Mitchell Cut-a-thon, a benefit for the Challenged Athletes Foundation 1:30pm Pro Awards (finish area) 2:00pm Cut-off at T2 7pm Awards Dinner, Aloha Garden Ballroom 9:30pm Halloween Costume After Party

7 SPECTATORS GUIDE ON HOW TO WATCH THE RACE

Maui’s World Championship XTERRA course covers 28 miles of unyielding terrain. The experience is a sensory riot featuring fragrant breezes, Pacific blue water, bright yellow sun, soft white sand, fine red dirt, and cool green lawns.

Start and Swim: Located at D.T. Fleming Beach fronting the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, there are plenty of great vantage points to watch the mass start from the lawn above or down on the beach. Pros are easy to spot with their identifying swim caps - men in blue and women in pink. A short beach shuffle mid-race between two 750-meter laps of an “M” shaped course gives spectators a chance to pick out their friends and family from the field.

T1 and T2 - Bike and Run Transition: Located a few yards from the swim start in front of the Ritz. The transition area is for competitors only. Spectators may view the change-over from any position around the boundary.

Bike: Unfortunately, there’s really no place to watch the bike aside from the first mile out and back as the entire 20-mile single loop course is on private land and not open to the public.

Run: Most of the run course is open to the public (follow the red arrows backwards) but the best spot to watch is the leg-burning section of sand just before the finish line on D.T. Fleming Beach.

Finish: The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua is the place to be to watch the swim, transitions, and the finish line. Announcers will be on-site providing live race updates, plus there’s great food, the Paul Mitchell cut-a-thon, XTERRA Souvenirs, Outrigger’s Hospitality Tent, Kona Brewing Liquid Aloha Lounge, and a front row seat to one of the greatest spectacles in all of sport - the spontaneous, ecstatic, and sometimes tear-jerking displays of emotion at the finish line.

Follow it live: Friends, Family and fans that are not able to attend the race can get live updates on the internet at www.xterraMAUI.com starting at 9am Hawaii time (12noon PST, 3pm EST, 9pm in Paris, 6am in Sydney, 8am in New Zealand, 4pm in Brazil).

Free Parking: From Honoapiilani Highway go past the main Kapalua entrance (Office Road) and take your next left at Lower Honoapiilani Road. Look for the XTERRA parking signs and staff to guide you.

8 QUICK FACTS ON THE XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

WHAT IS XTERRA: The world’s premier off-road triathlon, combining a 1.5-kilometer (1-mile) swim that starts at D.T. Fleming Beach in front of the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua … a 32-kilometer (20-miles) mountain bike that climbs 3,500 feet up and down the lower slopes of the West Maui Mountains, and a 10.5-kilometer (6.5-miles) trail run that traverses forest trails, and beach sand. Top pros finish in roughly two-and-a-half hours.

WHO RACES IN MAUI: A sold-out field of 800 racers including 75 professionals and more than 700 amateurs representing 46 countries, ages 14 (Bowen Satterthwaite) to 79 (Ron Hill). 95% of the field is from out of state.

WHEN: The XTERRA World Championship starts at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 23. The XTERRA Kapalua Trail Runs are on Saturday, Oct. 22 at 9:00 a.m.

WHERE: At The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua on Maui’s northwest coast.

WHY: The XTERRA World Championship race is the last in a series of more than 100 off-road triathlon races held in 30 countries and 38 U.S. States. The concept is to provide a bona-fide world championship for amateur and elite off-road triathletes. For pros there is $100,000 in prize money at stake.

HOW THEY QUALIFIED: Pros must race an XTERRA World Tour event & amateurs enter through one of three means: 1. Earn a slot by qualifying as one of the top finishers in their age group at an XTERRA Championship race in the Philippines, South Africa, Saipan, Costa Rica, Argentina, Malta, New Zealand, Reunion Island, Australia, Malaysia, Brazil, Greece, Tahiti, Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, France, Italy, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Poland, Sweden, Germany, Japan, Denmark, and Alabama, Colorado, and Utah in the United States. For those “lucky-you-live- Hawaii-guys” there was a local qualifier, XTERRA Freedom Fest at Kualoa Ranch on Oahu. 2. Won their regional championship during the course of the XTERRA America Tour. 3. Age Group Champions from the previous year are provided a slot to defend their crown. 4. The at large drawing - a limited number of slots were offered on a first-come first-serve basis in December, 2015.

XTERRA BACKGROUND: This is the 21st year for the XTERRA World Championship on Maui, the birthplace of off- road triathlon. The first XTERRA race was held here on November 3, 1996 and was televised on Fox Sports Net. The demand for the sport of XTERRA exploded thereafter and there are now more than 50,000 competitors from all 50 states and more than 50 countries worldwide.

TELEVISION: This will be the 21st straight year a nationally (now internationally) broadcast one-hour show will be produced on the event, which showcases Maui’s natural beauty. The 2016 XTERRA World Championship will be seen by more than six million viewers via national syndication (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX), Fox Sports Network, ESPN International, and European distribution. This year’s show will start its run in national syndication in mid-January 2017. In addition, the award-winning XTERRA Adventures TV series, XTERRA USA and World Championship broadcasts are available as a video subscription for Prime members on Amazon Video. Four seasons (32 shows) of the half-hour episodes of XTERRA Adventures, and the 2012-through-2015 XTERRA USA and World Championship triathlon races are available now and 2016 shows will be added soon.

ECONOMIC IMPACT: Direct visitor expenditures from the 2015 XTERRA World Championship were $6 million. The average length of stay on Maui is 6.8 nights (8.5 nights in Hawaii), the average party size is 2.7, and 56% of the field had a household income of more than $100,000 (expenditure source: DBEDT and post event online survey).

LEARN MORE: www.xterramaui.com / www.Facebook.com/XTERRAplanet / www.xterracontent.com

9 T S RESTAURANTS HOST XTERRA KAPALUA TRAIL RUNS

For the sixth straight year T S Restaurants Hula Grill, spoils as the first-place man and woman overall and the Duke’s Beach House, Kimo’s and Leilani’s will serve as title first-place male and female Maui resident (if different) in the sponsors of the XTERRA Kapalua Trail Runs in Maui. 10K, 5K, and 3.5K win $100 T S Restaurant gift certificates.

With four runs to choose from there is a distance and There is also an internal struggle going on, as employees challenge for every member of the family. Go big or start from T S Restaurants created a race within a race dubbed small with Kimo’s XTERRA Keiki K, Leilani's XTERRA 3.5K “The T S Restaurants XTERRA Challenge" in which each of Sprint & Beach Scramble, the Hula Grill XTERRA 5K or the four restaurants field a team of 10 runners; and the team Duke’s Beach House XTERRA 10K trail runs. with the fastest cumulative time from their best five runners in the 5K take home the coveted TS Trophy. Held in conjunction with the 21st running of the XTERRA World Championship triathlon, the Kapalua runs are an Last year Kimo’s captured the perpetual trophy for the opportunity for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages and skill second straight year and have it proudly displayed in their levels to get involved and experience the legendary restaurant for all to see. Hula Grill won the titles in 2012 & XTERRA run course. 2013 and Duke’s Beach House captured the inaugural challenge in 2011. The Kimo’s XTERRA Keiki Run is for boys and girls ages 10 and younger. It is free, although parents must be present to All four T S Restaurants also sponsor local teachers with sign a waiver form at the site of the race. Race distances complimentary entries into the run. vary from 100 yards to 1-kilometer, depending on the age of the child. Parents are welcome to stay on the course as “It’s all about celebrating the healthy, active, outdoors well. The NEW Leilani’s XTERRA 3.5K Sprint & Scramble lifestyle with our employees and our community,” said is a test of agility, speed, and strength as it goes from the Tammy Fukagawa, Executive Vice President for T S Ritz to the Ravine to the soft sand of D.T. Fleming Beach. Restaurants. Kids 8-12 run for free, but it’s open to everyone. Hula Grill, Duke’s Beach House, Kimo’s and Leilani’s are The Hula Grill XTERRA 5K is an honest three-miles of four of Maui’s finest restaurants, and all are located within a climbing and descending and for those up to the challenge, short driving distance of Kapalua. the Duke’s Beach House XTERRA 10K dishes out big hills and dusty trails as it twists through oleander forests to an “The unique feeling and setting of West Maui is exhibited at unexpected mountain lake at the 700-foot level then sends each of these four restaurants, and it is in keeping with what runners crashing down to the shoreline. the XTERRA athletes and their families have come to expect when they get to the island of Maui,” XTERRA In addition to the trail runs a Paul Mitchell cut-a-thon will be President Clark said. “Dining at any, or all, of these held at the site of the race where runners and spectators restaurants can only enhance the experience for our alike are welcome to get their hair cut by professional Paul athletes, whether it be eating a pre-race meal or celebrating Mitchell stylists, with all donations benefitting the with a post-race meal.” Challenged Athlete Foundation.

More than 1,000 runners from around the world will take Find more information, last year’s results, and links to part in one of the four events, and to the winners go the registration at www.xterramaui.com

10 T S RESTAURANTS HOST XTERRA KAPALUA TRAIL RUNS

11 THE GREATEST AFTER-PARTY IN ALL OF TRIATHLON

If there is one thing XTERRA takes extremely serious, it’s “When it comes to putting it all together post-race, the partying, and no place on earth is this more apparent than XTERRA World Championship in Maui does things right. No at the annual Halloween Costume Party following the other triathletes party quite like the freaks of the XTERRA XTERRA World Championship in Maui. circuit. So train hard, qualify for Maui and then be sure to pack a killer Halloween costume. Seriously, that’s not a It’s got all the right ingredients – an international crowd of trick. Make it a good costume.” inebriated athletes after their last race of the season – IN MAUI – and the best dressed wins a Compex Muscle Stimulator. It all adds up to a brew of pure fun, frivolity, and hilarity.

Nothing is sacred, from full reenactments of the winning routine from Blades of Glory to 80’s ski team revivals and petite Chinese gymnasts to the one-&-only Crocodile Undie!

It’s been said that some people take this party more seriously than they do the race, while others deem it the final event of the season – one that requires a considerable amount of endurance all to itself.

A few years ago Triathlete Magazine said the Maui XTERRA had the best post-race festivities on earth.

12 XTERRA UNIVERSITY, PRESENTED BY PAUL MITCHELL

Get to know the Pros and what the Pros know at XTERRA University. Learn the XTERRA disciplines of swimming, mountain biking, and trail running, sharpen your skills with instruction on nutrition, Maui course specifics, racing tips, winning strategies, and get the inside scoop on the World Championship race.

All clinics are at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua

FRIDAY, OCT. 30 9:00 a.m. - Swimming with Branden Rakita and Suzie Snyder Hands-on clinic, bring your swim gear. Meet at D.T. Fleming Beach 1:00 p.m. - A Socio-cultural History of Triathlon with Scott Tinley 2:00 p.m. - Mountain Biking with Josiah Middaugh & Flora Duffy 3:00 p.m. - Trail Running with Mauricio Mendez & Lizzie Orchard

SATURDAY, OCT. 31 11:00 a.m. - Art of XTERRA includes Transition, Nutrition, Training, and Course Tips with expert panel to include; Ruben Ruzafa, Braden Currie, and Lesley Paterson

PAUL MITCHELL CUT-A-THON

At every major XTERRA championship event Paul Mitchell hosts a charity hair cut-a-thon to benefit the Challenged Athletes Foundation.

The best Paul Mitchell stylists will be creating new hairdo’s for just $15, with 100% of the proceeds going to the CAF. Paul Mitchell will be set-up from 9am-12noon on Saturday and 10am-3pm on Sunday at the race.

ROOTED IN GREEN

In an effort to plant 750,000 trees by the end of 2017 and support their “Rooted in Green” campaign, John Paul Mitchell Systems planted 30K trees with its partner Reforest’Action on behalf of XTERRA triathletes and trail runners this season and is inviting all XTERRA athletes, race directors, families and friends to plant an additional free tree by using the code TEATREE16 at http://xterra.co/PMreforest.

After planting your free tree, tell the social media world about it by tagging @TeaTreeHaircare and spread the word about Paul Mitchell’s mission to green the globe!

13 THE EVOLVING COURSE AT KAPALUA

The XTERRA World Championship course is perpetually Once on the run competitors will be faced with a whole lot evolving. In 1996 the race featured point-to-point swim, of climbing while they weave along dirt trails, through bike, and run legs over sharp lava rocks and dry, dusty oleander forests, and into 60-foot high ironwood evergreens bowls on Maui’s south shore. This year it’ll traverse wet to an unexpected mountain lake at the 700-foot level. forest trails, pineapple fields, and ridgelines high above the northwest coast. “It descends like a slalom course through high green bermudagrass and opens up in spots to expose fantastic It’s the sixth year of racing on Maui Land & Pineapple views of the Pacific,” said Nicholas. “Obstacles are Company’s private 22,000-acre oasis, and improvements to everywhere, including a technical, steep downhill into a the trail structure have been made each season. gully where racers will have to jump over and duck under fallen trees, navigate a rocky dry creek, head through thick It all starts with a 1.5-kilometer rough water swim at D.T. elephant grass, and along a narrow single track trail with Fleming Beach fronting the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua. Once on switchbacks that drop all the way down to the beach. The the bike riders navigate from the Ritz to a ridgeline - down final test of skill and endurance is a calf-busting 250-meter to a ravine - and back up again, like a tropical roller-coaster white sand beach run.” ride through paradise. NOTE: The first 3.5 miles and last 5.5 miles of the bike The bike is one big 20-mile loop with 2,800-feet of climbing course known as “The Lower Bowl” are always available, that goes up-and-down the lower slopes of the West Maui simply be respectful of regular users playing Frisbee, Mountains more than a dozen times. Course designers are walking dogs, jogging, etc. The entire run course is also striving to find the perfect balance of passing opportunities available anytime from sunrise to sunset, except Saturday early with skillful riding opportunities later on. during the XTERRA Kapalua 5k/10k races from 9am-11am. The course is 100% on private land, and we ask XTERRA “It’s an honest endurance challenge, that is for sure,” said athletes to respect the landowner’s wishes not to ride the race director “Kahuna Dave” Nicholas. “The original Maui upper bike course outside of the scheduled and approved course was brutal. The first race was just about who could pre-ride opportunities (see schedule). The upper course survive, really, and even the run was pure torture with a mile routes through active farms, stables, horse trails, and zip of slogging through soft sand. This course is not just for line tours. Mountain bikers are considered trespassers by survivors, but for those with the skills and endurance to ride these, and other businesses, and you could be subject to the bike well and fast, and still have enough left in their legs arrest if you are found trespassing, as well as to handle a really challenging trail run.” disqualification from the race.

The signature spot on the Maui course is at the five-mile SWIM PRIME: The fastest age mark on the bike as riders pop out on a narrow ridge with group swimmers (male / female) hundred foot drop-offs on either side. From the top you can win an XTERRA Vortex full wetsuit. see all around the vast West Maui Forest Reserve and over the deep blue Pacific Ocean to the neighbor islands of U25 PRIME: Muscle Milk honors Moloka’i and Lana’i. the future of XTERRA with a special prize for the top three men “The views are simply spectacular,” Nicholas explains. “And and women under 25. Each will don’t worry, if I didn’t fall off – neither will you. In fact, when receive a logo-ed hydration pack. you come early to preview the course, bring your camera with you. The scenery is something that not many people get a chance to see.”

14 15 ELITE MEN

Bib (2015 Pos) – Name (NAT) Bib – Name (NAT) 1 (1) - Josiah Middaugh (USA) 27 - Alex Hunt (AUS) 2 (2) - Braden Currie (NZL) 28 - Ryan Ignatz (USA) 3 (3) - Ruben Ruzafa (ESP) 29 - (GER) 4 (4) - Mauricio Mendez (MEX) 30 - Ian King (USA) 5 (5) - Courtney Atkinson (AUS) 31 - Sam Long (USA) 6 (6) - Francisco Serrano (MEX) 32 - Brian MacIlvain (USA) 7 (8) - Rom Akerson (CRC) 33 - Karsten Madsen (CAN) 8 (10) - Ben Hoffman (USA) 34 - Diogo Malagon (BRA) 9 (14) - Ben Allen (AUS) 36 - Kieran McPherson (NZL) 10 (19) - Will Ross (USA) 37 - Lucas Mendez (ARG) 11 (20) - Branden Rakita (USA) 38 - Joe Miller (PHI) 12 (26) - Noah Wright (USA) 39 - Felipe Moletta (BRA) 14 (28) - Cameron Paul (NZL) 40 - Maximiliano Morales (ARG) 15 - Rodrigo Acevedo (COL) 41 - Sebastian Norberg (SWE) 16 - Victor Arenas (COL) 42 - Takahiro Ogasawara (JPN) 17 - Felipe Barraza (CHI) 43 - Sam Osborne (NZL) 18 - Anders Bregnhoj (DEN) 44 - Anthony Pannier (FRA) 19 - Julien Buffe (FRA) 45 - Alex Roberts (NZL) 20 - Francois Carloni (FRA) 46 - Roger Serrano (ESP) 21 - Leonardo Chacon (CRC) 47 - Karl Shaw (GBR) 22 - Kaon Cho (KOR) 48 - Juscelino Vasconcelos (BRA) 23 - Mattia De Paoli (ITA) 49 - Brad Weiss (RSA) 24 - JP Donovan (USA) 50 - Michi Weiss (AUT) 25 - Chris Ganter (USA) 51 - Jari Palonen (SWE) Josiah 26 - Jason Hsieh (HKG) 52 - Ryan Petry (USA)

ARGENTINA: Lucas Mendez, HONG KONG: Jason Hsieh Maximiliano Morales ITALY: Mattia De Paoli AUSTRALIA: Ben Allen, Courtney Atkinson, JAPAN: Takahiro Ogasawara Alex Hunt KOREA: Kaon Cho AUSTRIA: Michi Weiss MEXICO: Mauricio Mendez, Francisco Serrano BRAZIL: Diogo Malagon, Felipe Moletta, NEW ZEALAND: Braden Currie, Juscelino Vasconcelos Kieran McPherson, Sam Osborne, CANADA: Karsten Madsen Cameron Paul, Alex Roberts CHILE: Felipe Barraza PHILIPPINES: Joe Miller COLOMBIA: Rodrigo Acevedo, Victor Arenas SOUTH AFRICA: Bradley Weiss COSTA RICA: Rom Akerson, SPAIN: Ruben Ruzafa, Roger Serrano Leonardo Chacon SWEDEN: Sebastian Norberg, Jari Palonen DENMARK: Anders Bregnhoj SWITZERLAND: Jan Pyott FRANCE: Julien Buffe, Francois Carloni, USA: JP Donovan, Chris Ganter, Ben Hoffman, Anthony Pannier Ryan Ignatz, Ian King, Sam Long, GERMANY: Sebastian Kienle Brian MacIlvain, Josiah Middaugh, Ryan Petry, GREAT BRITAIN: Karl Shaw Branden Rakita, Will Ross, Noah Wright Ruben 16 ELITE WOMEN

Bib (2015 Pos) – Name (NAT) 61 (1) - Flora Duffy (BER) Flora 62 (2) - Lesley Paterson (GBR) 63 (4) - Myriam Guillot-Boisset (FRA) 64 (5) - Lizzie Orchard (NZL) 65 (6) - Carina Wasle (AUT) 66 (7) - Helena Erbenova (CZE) 67 (8) - Jacqui Slack (GBR) 68 (12) - Maia Ignatz (USA) 69 (13) - Kara LaPoint (USA) 70 - Julie Baker (USA) 71 - Mieko Carey (JPN) 72 - Katharine Carter (CAN) 73 - Caroline Colonna (USA) 74 - Michelle Flipo (MEX) 75 - Melania Giraldi (BRA) 76 - Sarah Graves (USA) 77 - Isabella Ribeiro (BRA) 78 - Morgane Riou (FRA) 80 - Suzie Snyder (USA) 81 - Jennifer Todd (USA) 82 - Joanna Brown (CAN)

BY COUNTRY (Alphabetical) Lesley AUSTRIA: Carina Wasle : Flora Duffy BRAZIL: Melania Giraldi, Isabella Ribeiro CANADA: Joanna Brown, Katharine Carter CZECH: Helena Erbenova FRANCE: Myriam Guillot-Boisset, Morgane Riou GREAT BRITAIN: Lesley Paterson, Jacqui Slack JAPAN: Mieko Carey MEXICO: Michelle Flipo NEW ZEALAND: Lizzie Orchard USA: Julie Baker, Caroline Colonna, Sarah Graves, Maia Ignatz, Kara LaPoint, Suzie Snyder, Jennifer Todd

17 ELITE RACE PREVIEW

More than 70 of the fastest XTERRA racers on earth are Braden signed-up for the $100,000 showdown in Maui. For the men the hype starts with Josiah Middaugh, the reigning XTERRA World Champion. This year he won five majors and the Pan Am Tour title, but despite his recent success the 16-year veteran says he still has more to prove.

“Winning here last year was the highlight of my career, but hopefully not the pinnacle,” he said. “I still have a few things left to prove in this sport and since I was able to ‘crack the code’ once, it gives me confidence that I can do it again.”

To do it again Middaugh will have to get past a long and strong list of contenders. It includes last year’s runner-up Braden Currie, the XTERRA European and Asia-Pacific Tour Champions Ruben Ruzafa and Ben Allen, former Olympians Courtney Atkinson, Leonardo Chacon, Francisco Serrano, and Michi Weiss, long-distance stars Ben Hoffman and Sebastian Kienle, off-road specialists Brad Weiss, Roger Serrano, Rom Akerson, and Karsten Madsen, roadies-turned-dirt devils like Sam Osborne and Karl Shaw, and a wealth of young guns led by Mauricio Mendez, Felipe Barraza, Kieran McPherson, and Sam Long. The aforementioned accounted for 25 of the 30 major titles on the World Tour this year.

“Looking at the start list always gets me excited, but I know Mauricio after so many of these races not to focus too much energy on any one person,” said Middaugh. “XTERRA is a race against the course and your race resume doesn't help you here. The race will show who is best on this course on that one day and that's all I need to worry about. I always tell myself that I don't need to do something extraordinary here, rather put in the performance that I am trained for and capa- ble of. If I do that, someone else will have to do something extraordinary to beat me.”

Ruben Ruzafa knows all about extraordinary, as he’s been labeled that three times on this course after his wins in 2008, 2013, and 2014.

“I feel good, strong and fresh,” said Ruzafa, who finished 3rd behind Josiah Middaugh and Braden Currie last year.

“This year I saved more energy for this race, and I think it has been a good decision. I don´t know if I am the fastest I have ever been, but I sure feel good.” 18 ELITE RACE PREVIEW

And he has sure raced good too. He won XTERRA Reunion to start the year, finished second behind Roger Benny Serrano at XTERRA Greece, then reeled off four straight wins at XTERRA Portugal, Switzerland, France, and Germany en route to capturing the European Tour Championship for the second time in three years.

“I have had very good results this year, and I’m happy for the season so far but the most important races are now with Maui and then the ITU Cross Tri World Championships,” said Ruzafa.

“This race in Maui is different from all the others. It’s the last one, on a beautiful island with people from all nations. I love the course. It’s hard, semi-technical with muddy parts, dry parts, long climbs, a twisty downhill and warm, humid conditions. It’s what a World Championship course should be.”

As for his goal on raceday, “I just hope to give my best. Be concentrated, motivated, and sure of what I can give.”

DUFFY FOR A THREE-PEAT?

Flora Duffy, the reigning and 2x XTERRA World Champ finished 8th in Rio this summer then upset the Olympic gold-medalist to win the ITU Grand Final and Series title. Flora

On Sunday, Oct. 23, she’ll try to tie record of three-straight wins in Maui.

“To win for a third time would be cool, and a special way to end what has already been an incredible year,” she said.

“I love racing XTERRA and being involved with a completely different side of triathlon. It is such a hard race, but at the same time so rewarding.”

Duffy has tough competition with Lesley Paterson, a two- time XTERRA World Champ who could just be the grittiest triathlete on the planet.

For Paterson, who won this race in 2011 and 2012 and was the runner-up in 2013 and last year, the 2016 season turned from bad to good and now she is hoping it will end with great. 19 ELITE RACE PREVIEW

“The beginning of the year was awful - depression, Lyme flare up, wah, wah…” said Paterson. “Then it picked up and I had some great races discovering the world a bit - Tahiti, France, Italy. Found some amazing people and places.”

Paterson said her early struggles this season made her “mentally tougher,” which will serve her well come race day.

“I’m excited, nervous, ready to have fun and lay it down,” she said. “Its Worlds ya know, and all the big names come out and that course is tough, its gritty, has loads of climbing and definitely the strongest athlete wins on the day. There is nowhere to hide.”

Paterson is hoping to channel the energy she had in 2012...

“That was my best performance,” she explained. “I came to defend with all the pressure on me and I delivered. Not only that, it truly was one of those performances that felt perfect in every way.”

Now in her ninth year racing XTERRA, Paterson says she Lesley loves the sport more than she ever has and her mantra for race day, “To be grateful, never give up ... oh, and to win!”

Other contenders include Suzie Snyder who is back after missing last year recovering from a broken pelvis, and she dominated the Pan Am Tour with five wins this year.

“I think I'm close to, if not faster than I've ever been so I'm ready to see that hard work pay off on race day,” said Snyder. “I know there will be a lot of strong competition from women that I haven't raced yet so I'm excited to see what I'm up against in Maui.”

The 2015 Maui amateur champ Julie Baker is now pro and won her elite debut this summer. We have Euro Tour stars Myriam Guillot-Boisset, who was 4th last year, Helena Erbenova who won five races this season, Michelle Flipo who won the XTERRA European Championship, Jacqui Slack who won in Malaysia and Carina Wasle who on in Saipan and Reunion Island. Add Asia-Pacific Tour Champ Lizzie Orchard and that’s a hard top 10 to crack.

Star-studded fields for sure, and with the unpredictable nature of XTERRA it really is anybody’s guess who will take the top step on Sunday … who is your pick? Suzie 20 PAST ELITE XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS AND RECORDS

PAST MEN’S CHAMPIONS (Runner-up) PAST WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS (Runner-up) 2015: Josiah Middaugh (USA), 2:35:32 (Ruben Ruzafa) 2015: Flora Duffy (BER), 2:54:17 (Lesley Paterson) 2014: Ruben Ruzafa (ESP), 2:29:56 (Josiah Middaugh) 2014: Flora Duffy (BER), 2:47:59 (Barbara Riveros) 2013: Ruben Ruzafa (ESP), 2:34:34 (Asa Shaw) 2013: (NZL), 2:57:48 (Lesley Paterson) 2012: Javier Gomez (ESP), 2:26:54 (Josiah Middaugh) 2012: Lesley Paterson (GBR), 2:44:12 (Barbara Riveros) 2011: Michael Weiss (AUT), 2:27:00 (Dan Hugo) 2011: Lesley Paterson (GBR), 2:45:59 (Marion Lorblanchet) 2010: (RSA), 2:31:07 (Franky Batelier) 2010: Shonny Vanlandingham (USA), 2:58:20 (Julie Dibens) 2009: (ESP), 2:37:22 (Nico Lebrun) 2009: Julie Dibens (GBR), 2:56:42 (Lesley Paterson) 2008: Ruben Ruzafa (ESP), 2:37:36 (Michi Weiss) 2008: Julie Dibens (GBR), 3:03:57 (Danelle Kabush) 2007: Conrad Stoltz (RSA), 2:40:54 () 2007: Julie Dibens (GBR), 3:01:24 (Melanie McQuaid) 2006: (NZL), 2:42:36 (Olivier Marceau) 2006: Melanie McQuaid (CAN), 3:07:53 (Danelle Kabush) 2005: Nicolas Lebrun (FRA), 2:38:19 (Eneko Llanos) 2005: Melanie McQuaid (CAN), 3:07:16 (Sybille Matter) 2004: Eneko Llanos (ESP), 2:28:44 (Olivier Marceau) 2004: (USA), 3:01:35 (Melanie McQuaid) 2003: Eneko Llanos (ESP), 2:32:56 (Nicolas Lebrun) 2003: Melanie McQuaid (CAN), 2:57:08 (Jamie Whitmore) 2002: Conrad Stoltz (RSA), 2:22:55 (Eneko Llanos) 2002: Candy Angle (USA), 2:57:33 (Jamie Whitmore) 2001: Conrad Stoltz (RSA), 2:28:48 (Kerry Classen) 2001: Anke Erlank (RSA), 3:00:59 (Cherie Touchette) 2000: Michael Tobin (USA), 2:30:53 (Mike Vine) 2000: Kerstin Weule (USA), 3:07:04 (Melanie McQuaid) 1999: Ned Overend (USA), 2:32:50 (Michael Tobin) 1999: Shari Kain (USA), 3:04:19 (Kerstin Weule) 1998: Ned Overend (USA), 2:24:46 (Wes Hobson) 1998: Sue Latshaw (USA), 2:58:49 (Uli Blank) 1997: Mike Pigg (USA), 2:28:48 (Ned Overend) 1997: Cameron Randolph (USA), 3:04:25 (Lesley Tomlinson) 1996: Jimmy Riccitello (USA), 2:27:42 (Mike Pigg) 1996: (AUS), 3:04:53 (Shari Kain)

MEN’S RECORD BOOK (Just for fun) WOMEN’S RECORD BOOK (Just for fun) Swim Record: Glenn Wachtel (USA) 18:10 (2000) Swim Record: Raeleigh Tennant (AUS) 18:31 (2000) Bike Record: Michael Weiss (AUT) 1:17:30 (2011) Bike Record: Melanie McQuaid (CAN) 1:29:27 (2011) Run Record: Jan Rehula (CZE) 33:14 (2004) Run Record: Erika Csomor (HUN) 38:18 (2004) Winning Time: Conrad Stoltz (RSA) 2:22:55 (2002) Winning Time: Lesley Paterson (GBR) 2:44:12 (2012)

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21 MEET THE PROS No. 1 – Josiah Middaugh from Eagle-Vail, Colorado REIGNING XTERRA WORLD CHAMPION Nickname: Beast Mode www.middaughcoaching.com / @josiahmiddaugh Born: July 25, 1978 in East Jordan, Michigan...earned a bachelor of science degree in health fitness from Central Michigan Univ. where he ran x-country and track...earned his masters in human movement from AT Still University. This year: Finished 2nd at XTERRA Costa Rica (to Karl Shaw), won XTERRA Argentina, XTERRA Tahiti, XTERRA Oak Mountain, and XTERRA Colorado, before suffering mechanicals at XTERRA Dominican Republic and finishing 4th. Came down with an emergency case of appendicitis on the night of XTERRA Mexico on August 6. Won the XTERRA Pan America Championship by 7/100th of a second against Braden Currie. Won the inaugural XTERRA Pan America Pro Series. Last year: Finished 2nd at XTERRA Costa Rica, the XTERRA West and Southeast Championships before winning the last two regionals at the East Champs in Richmond and Mountain Champs at Beaver Creek, then won XTERRA Mexico, the XTERRA USA Championship and the XTERRA World Championship. In Maui: Won for the first time in 15 tries last year, becoming the first American to win Worlds since Michael Tobin back in 2000. Has been the top American at this race eight times (five straight). Placed 2nd in 2014 (top American), 4th in 2013 (top American), 2nd in 2012 (top American) less than a minute behind Javier Gomez despite his bike tire falling off during the bike. Was 4th (top American) in 2011 with second best bike split. Placed 32nd have to do something extraordinary to beat me. in 2010 after a series of mechanicals. Was 9th in 2009, 7th Credentials: Reigning XTERRA World Champion. 2016 in ’08, 17th in 2007, 4th in ’06 (fastest bike). He has also XTERRA Pan America Pro Series Champ. 11x National finished 10th in ’05, 3rd in ’04, 6th in ’03, 28th in ’02 when Champ. 24 career XTERRA Championship race wins. he won the 20-24 World title, and 69th in 2001. Three-time XTERRA (2013-15) U.S. Pro Series Champ. Thoughts: The XTERRA Worlds in Maui last year was with- Top American in the U.S. Pro Series 13 of 14 years from out a doubt the highlight of my career...but hopefully not the 2001-to-2015. Has raced XTERRA for 16 years since his pinnacle. I still have a few things left to prove in this sport debut at Keystone in 2001. The top American at XTERRA and since I was able to "crack the code" once, it gives me Worlds eight times, finishing 2nd to Ruzafa in 2014 and 2nd confidence that I can do it again. Looking at the start list to Javier Gomez in 2012, before winning it for the first time always gets me excited, but I know after so many of these in 15 tries last year. races not to focus too much energy on any one person. Also: Alongside his brother Yaro has provided a season’s XTERRA is a race agains the course and your race resume worth of training tips for the XTERRA Tribe via the doesn't help you here. The race will show who is best on Middaugh Coaching Corner column. Perhaps America’s this course on that one day and that's all I need to worry most decorated snowshoe racer with dozens of national about. I always tell myself that I don't need to do something titles to his credit. Has also won USAT Winter Tri Nationals extraordinary here, rather put in the performance that I am and USAT Long Course road tri titles. Has three kids and trained for and capable of. If I do that, someone else will works full-time as a personal trainer and coach. 22 MEET THE PROS No. 2 – Braden Currie from Wanaka, New Zealand 2016 XTERRA ASIA-PACIFIC CHAMP www.bradencurrie.com / @bradencurrie Born: May 30, 1986 in Methven ... a father of two. This year: Won XTERRA New Zealand, the XTERRA Asia- Pacific Championship race in Australia, and was 2nd to Middaugh at the XTERRA Pan America Championship race in a photo finish by 7/100th of a second. Last year: Won XTERRA New Zealand then the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship on back-to-back weekends in April. Won the XTERRA Southeast Championship in stride- for-stride battle with Josiah Middaugh, was 2nd at the East Championship, 3rd at the Mountain Championship, 2nd at the XTERRA USA and World Championships. In Maui: Finished three minutes behind Middaugh in 2nd place last year, was 5th in 2013, and 17th in 2012. Thoughts: Five years into his career as a professional athlete, Braden Currie has consolidated his learnings to give himself the ultimate chance of becoming the XTERRA World Champion. Red Bull endurance athlete Currie (30) moved to Lake Tahoe, California, with his family, for a four-week, dedicated XTERRA preparation block, because of the altitude and specific resources and training opportunities available in the area. “The real beauty of coming to this place is that Tahoe is already at 1800m altitude and many of my bike sessions will see me do another 1000m of climbing on single track. The XTERRA Worlds is predominantly a steep climbing-dominated course, so it has been a good environment for me to be in,” Wanaka’s Currie says. “I have been able to focus on the fine-tuning phase of my training, after spending several years racing back-to-back without enough time for progression in between. When you start expected there to be a pack of strong riders all pushing racing the best in the world, both on and off road, you begin each other to the limit over the 32km mountain bike ride. to realise how precious every second is and the difference Currie’s running has returned to its trademark ferocious it can make at the end,” Currie says. “This year has been pace after his calf injury has healed and he is confident he confronting for me in many ways and I have taken on one can hunt down anyone ahead of him over the 10.5km trail main concept that I know is at the crux of my success. That run. “Even though winning the XTERRA Worlds is one of is to give everything to my preparation and then to just enjoy my biggest career goals, I still just can’t wait to be racing. myself when I am racing,” Currie says. While he rates It’s going to be tough, but I like it that way,” Colorado’s Middaugh and three-time XTERRA World Credentials: Is the reigning XTERRA Asia-Pacific Champion Spaniard Ruben Ruzafa- who he beat at the Champion. Runner-up at XTERRA Worlds last year. Worlds last year, finishing second behind Middaugh - as Finished 2nd behind Ruzafa on the European Tour in 2014 obvious front-runners, there are some top athletes, like and 2nd behind Middaugh on the America Tour in 2015. German long-distance triathlete Sebastian Kienle, who has Won three straight Coast-to-Coast crowns from 2013-15 the ability to mix things up at the event. “The beauty of rac- (the de-facto adventure racing world championship which ing XTERRA is it’s such an honest race. It’s not so much features six stages and 150-miles worth of running, biking, about tactics but more about how hard you can push your- and kayaking from the west to east coast of the South self,” Currie says. After the 1.5km rough water swim, he Island in his homeland). 23 MEET THE PROS No. 3 – Ruben Ruzafa from Malaga, Spain 2008, 2013 & 2014 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPION www.rubenruzafa.com/en / @rubenruzafa Born: September 9, 1984 This year: Won XTERRA Reunion, was 2nd at XTERRA Greece, then reeled off four straight wins at XTERRA Portugal, Switzerland, France, and Germany (which doubled as the XTERRA European Championship). Won the XTERRA European Tour for the second time in three years. Last year: Won XTERRA Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, and the European Championship in England to take his win streak to 15 before finishing 3rd at XTERRA Worlds. In Maui: Placed third last year and had the fastest bike split. Won it in 2008, 2013 and 2014. Went to Maui in 2009 but crashed on his bike before the race and couldn’t compete. Thoughts: I feel good, strong and fresh. This year I have saved more energy than in others seasons for this race, and I think it has been a good decision. I have had very good results this year, I am really happy for the season, but the most important races come now, so after Maui and then ITU Cross Worlds I can tell you. I love this course, It´s like one course must be for a XTERRA World Championship, hard, semi-technical, mud parts, dry parts, warm, humidity. My favorite part is the long climbs and the last twisty downhill. I hope for no big waves. Credentials: Has won 23 of the 28 XTERRA majors he has raced since 2008. Has three XTERRA World Titles and two ITU Cross Triathlon World Titles (2014-2015). In 2013 when he retired from world cup mountain biking (where he collected four national titles in cross country and for Spain) to focus on XTERRA he won XTERRA Spain, was 2nd at France, won Germany, and was third at the USA Championship. Since then he’s been near perfect, winning Worlds in 2013, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, France, Italy, Czech, Germany, the USA Championship and Worlds in 2014, and Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, and the European Championship in England before his 15-race win streak was snapped in Maui, where he placed third. Also: He was the youngest to ever win XTERRA Worlds at the age of 24 in 2008.

24 MEET THE PROS No. 4 – Mauricio Mendez from Mexico City, Mexico 2016 XTERRA ITALY, SWEDEN & DENMARK CHAMP @maumendezc Born: October 20, 1995 (Turns 21 on Thursday!) This year: Finished 2nd at XTERRA Oak Mountain behind Middaugh, won XTERRA Italy, was second at XTERRA Poland, won XTERRA Sweden, was 5th at XTERRA Germany (which doubled as the XTERRA European Championship) and won XTERRA Denmark. Finished the year ranked 4th in the XTERRA European Tour standings. Won Ironman 70.3 Cozumel on Oct. 2, 2016. Last year: Placed 2nd at XTERRA Philippines, 3rd at XTERRA Mexico, and was 4th at XTERRA Worlds In Maui: He was first out of the water in 2014, and posted the fastest run split (40:51) in 2015. Moved up three places in final 800m on the run to finish in fourth last year, was 5th in 2014 and was 15th in 2013 on his way to winning the overall amateur XTERRA World Championship. Thoughts: I am living my dream!! As my father has shown me: There is only one success – To be able to spend our life in your own way. Credentials: Fifth year racing XTERRA. In his inaugural season as an XTERRA pro in 2014 Mendez finished 3rd at XTERRA Costa Rica, 3rd at the XTERRA West Championship in Las Vegas and 4th at the XTERRA Southeast Championship in Alabama. He was 6th at the East Championship in Richmond and 3rd at both the Mountain and USA Championship races. He finished the season ranked 3rd in the Pro Series (missed 2nd by one point). and was 5th at XTERRA Worlds. In his second year he won three of the five races he entered on the XTERRA European Tour. Also: Started swimming when he was six, started doing when he was 10.

25 MEET THE PROS No. 5 – Courtney Atkinson from Queensland, Australia THREE-TIME XTERRA AUSTRALIA CHAMPION courtneyatkinson.com.au / @courtney_akco Born: August 15, 1979 This year: Finished 4th at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship race in New South Wales, Australia. Was on his way to defend his title at XTERRA Japan before Typhoon Lionrock forced the event’s cancellation. Last year: Placed 2nd at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship, won the XTERRA Australia elite title for third year in a row, won XTERRA Japan, and was 5th at XTERRA Worlds. In Maui: Was first out of the water in 19:23 and finished 5th on the day last year. Placed 17th in 2013. Thoughts: I’m looking forward to giving Maui another crack. I’m maybe not as fast in foot speed but am as strong as ever. Last 6 months I've done a range of different endurance races, MTB, trail and kept fit for the next 4-5 months of racing for Southern hemisphere summer. This course is just brutal and hard but fun. You can loose a lot of time in the second half of race if not prepared.I’m hoping for big, big waves. Bigger the better. I want to win...always want to win. 5th last year need to improve on that. Credentials: Won the XTERRA Great Ocean Road off- road tri in Anglesea in first-ever XTERRA in 2013 and has done at least one XTERRA ever year since. Over his career Courtney has won and placed at some of the largest triathlon’s on the globe winning the world’s largest triathlon “The London Triathlon” in 2010, Australia’s largest triathlon “The Noosa Triathlon” a record equalling 3 consecutive years in a row (2008-10). He is a two-time Olympian, plac- ing 11th in 2008 and 18th in 2012. Also won ITU 2009 World Cup races in Mooloolaba and Ishigaki. Was named Australia’s Triathlete of the Year in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Also: Look forwarding to just hanging on the island...only have a few days there unfortunately as have to be back to Australia fast but one day want to just take a few weeks to chill and check out some of the off the beaten track places.

26 MEET THE PROS No. 6 – Francisco Serrano from Monterrey, Mexico TWO-TIME XTERRA MEXICO CHAMPION @serrano_tri Born: May 4, 1980 This year: Finished 3rd at XTERRA Mexico. Last year: Upset Josiah Middaugh to win the XTERRA West Championship, finished 2nd at XTERRA Mexico, and was 6th at XTERRA Worlds. In Maui: Finished 6th despite breaking his seat post mid- way throught the bike. Finished 37th in 2010, 13th in 2005, and 15th in 2012. Thoughts: I'm healthy, it's been a hard second half of the year with some illness and injuries after doing an Ironman but I'm surely motivated and happy to go back. Not sure of the speed I will bring this year but now I can say I have the experience to be up there with the leaders. It's been a good year, not as solid as 2015 but had a couple of podiums, some races to remember and races to forget. I love the beauty of Hawaii, nice ocean swim, hard bike and run. I’m hoping the waves are as big as it can get without crushing people. The atmosphere in Maui is so exciting, everything about it – the venue, course, competitors, dinners, and awards. On race day I hope to be able to perform at my best and give a 100%, have no mechanicals, no tactical errors, and just finish empty. Credentials: Represented Mexico at the Olympic triathlon event at 2008 Games in Beijing. Has been racing XTERRA since 2004 when he finished 8th in his first-ever XTERRA at the East Championship in Richmond, Virginia. He finished 8th at the XTERRA USA Championship in 2004 as well. Won the first-ever XTERRA Mexico Championship held in Puerto Vallarta in 2006, upsetting XTERRA legend Mike Vine of Canada. He finished third at the 2009 and 2010 races held in Valle de Bravo, won it in 2012, and was 2nd to Middaugh in 2014. Had his best XTERRA season in 2005 when he placed 6th at the XTERRA West Championship in Temecula, 2nd at the Midwet Champs, 8th at the Mountain Championship in Keystone, 5th at the USA Championship in Nevada, and placed 5th in the final XTERRA U.S. Pro Points Series standings.

27 MEET THE PROS No. 7 – Rom Akerson from Tambor, Costa Rica 2016 XTERRA DR AND MEXICO CHAMPION Nickname: Kanga Born: September 29, 1984 This year: Finished 3rd at XTERRA Costa Rica, 3rd at XTERRA Beaver Creek, won the last two regular season races on the Pan Am Pro Series at XTERRA Dominican Republic and XTERRA Mexico, and placed 5th at the Pan Am Championship in Utah. Last year: One of his finest, highlighted by an 8th place finish at XTERRA Worlds and a huge home-country win at the XTERRA Costa Rica Championship over eventual world champ Josiah Middaugh. In Maui: Placed 8th last year, 9th in 2014, 19th in 2009, 20th in 2007 in first year as pro, and won the amateur title in 2006 (finished 17th overall). Credentials: Ten years ago at the age of 22 Rom Akerson won the overall amateur XTERRA World Championship title. He turned pro soon after and has since put together a stellar triathlon racing career. Also: His Dad, Heart, raced XTERRA Worlds barefoot last year, and Ironman Canada barefoot four times, and XTERRA Costa Rica … barefoot.

No. 8 – Ben Hoffman from Boulder, Colorado 2015 OUTRIGGER RESORTS DOUBLE CHAMPION benhoffmanracing.com / @benhoffmanracing Born: August 22, 1983 in Grand Junction, CO This year: Finished 4th at XTERRA Beaver Creek, and 4th at Ironman Worlds. Last year: Finished 2nd at the XTERRA Mountain Championship, 10th at XTERRA Worlds, and won the Outrigger Resorts Double for having the fastest combined time at the Ironman and XTERRA World Championships. In Maui: Placed 10th last year and won the Double. Thoughts: “Should be a good battle with Sebi for the double this year,” said Hoffman. “Spoke to him at the awards banquet and he is looking forward to it as well. Hopefully the legs will come around in time!” Credentials: Did first XTERRA in 2008 and won several points series races. Has finished 2nd at the XTERRA Mountain Championship twice, third twice, and was fourth this year. Also: One of America’s most decorated Ironman triathletes. Finished 2nd at IM Worlds in 2014, 27th elite male last year, and was fourth this year.

28 MEET THE PROS No. 9 – Ben Allen from Wollongong, Australia 2016 XTERRA ASIA-PACIFIC TOUR CHAMPION benallentriathlete.com/ @Benny_Allen Born: January 19, 1985 This year: Placed 2nd at XTERRA Philippines, won the Aussie Cross Tri National Title, was third at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship (top Aussie so named XTERRA Australia Champion), and won XTERRA Malaysia to secure the Asia-Pacific Tour title. Last year: Finished 3rd at the XTERRA Philippines Championship, won the XTERRA Saipan Championship for the fourth straight year, then won XTERRA Guam. Was 5th at the Asia-Pacific Championship, 4th at the XTERRA West Championship, 2nd at the XTERRA Asian Tour Championship race in Malaysia, won XTERRA Czech and XTERRA Germany on back-to-back weekends. Placed 3rd at the XTERRA European Championship in England, and was 14th at XTERRA Worlds. In Maui: Placed 14th last year and third in both 2013 and 2014. Placed 35th in 2012 after a series of mechanicals, and 36th in first try of 2011. Credentials: Eighteen career wins on the XTERRA World Tour. Was named the 2012 XTERRA Warrior Award winner along with his girlfriend Jacqui Slack for perpetuating the “Live More” spirit of XTERRA.

No. 10 - Will Ross from Anchorage, Alaska Born: May 1, 1989 This year: Won the XTERRA Hammerman off-road triathlon in Anchorage, Alaska for the third straight time and seventh time overall in July. Last year: Finished 11th at the XTERRA West Championship, 14th at the USA Championship, and 19th at XTERRA Worlds. In Maui: Placed 19th last year, 20th in 2013. Credentials: Has raced XTERRA since he was a teenager. Turned pro in 2011 and finished in the “money” for the first time that year at the XTERRA East Championship. Was the 3rd fastest American, 20th overall, at the 2013 XTERRA World Championship.

29 MEET THE PROS No. 11 – Branden Rakita from Colorado Springs, CO www.brandenrakita.com / @btrakita Nickname: Mitch Man Born: March 25, 1981 in Durango, Colorado This year: Finished 4th at XTERRA Oak Mountain, 3rd at XTERRA Mine over Matter, 6th at XTERRA Beaver Creek, 2nd at XTERRA Dominican Republic, 5th at XTERRA Mexico, and 12th at the Pan Am Championships. Finished 4th in the Pan Am Pro Series standings. Last year: Finished 5th at the XTERRA West Championship, 6th at the Southeast Championship, 5th at the East Championship and 14th at the Mountain Championship after some bad luck with a flat tire. Won the XTERRA Fruita off-road triathlon, was 6th at the USA Champs. Placed 5th in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series, and was 20th at XTERRA Worlds. In Maui: Was 20th last year, 35th in 2014, 27th in 2013 and 2012, 18th in 2011, 15th in 2010 (top American), 20th in 2009, and 18th in 2008. Thoughts: I am feeling good. Things are going well in training and I have seen a nice uptick in fitness so it is all about putting it together on race day. The 2016 season has been very consistent and solid through the year there is not one race that really stands out as better than any other. Pan-Am Champs in Ogden was a low point, I was very well prepared for that race but it did not show on race day and so I am looking for some redemption from that race. What makes Worlds different for me it is the heat and humidity. When you are not from a climate like that it is tough to prepare for, as well just being World's makes it different there is a different mystique or aura that surrounds the race. Goal is to race as well as I can, I never go in to a race with the thought that I can't win but I will be realistic about my chances and with the field and know that that top 10 will be a very solid finish and something I am very capable of. Credentials: Tenth year racing XTERRA. Did his first one in 2000. Was the runner-up at XTERRA Dominican Republic this year. Finished runner-up at XTERRA Canada, XTERRA Mexico twice, and the XTERRA Mountain Championship in 2013. Also: Famous for being the “Mitch Man” as a Paul Mitchell sponsored athlete. Earned a degree in civil engineering from Colorado State. His dad David is an XTERRA USA and World Champion. His better half Briana is the elite race live coverage director at XTERRA majors (follow her work on twitter @xterraoffroad #xterramaui staring just before 9am HST on Sunday).

30 MEET THE PROS No. 17 – Felipe Barraza from Santiago, Chile http://www.pipobarraza.cl / @fbarrazatri Born: December 20, 1991 This year: Won the XTERRA Buffalo Creek point series race and finished 4th at the XTERRA Pan America Championship in first major XTERRA. He had the second- fastest swim, 9th fastest bike, and the fourth-best run split in Utah. In Maui: First time Thoughts: Every day is a small progression for me, with no injuries so I’m ready and very excited for the race. Not qualifying for Rio was a low point for me this year but I have been having a lot of fun racing XTERRA, so for me that's the high. I’m hoping for a choppy swim and some body- surfing! My goal is to be competitive and see where I am at the end of the mountain bike. Credentials: Has been racing as an elite on the ITU road circuit since 2010. First season with XTERRA, third race.

No. 20 – Francois Carloni from http://www.francois-carloni.fr Born: August 8, 1985 This year: Finished 5th at XTERRA Greece, 4th at Portugal, 3rd at XTERRA Belgium, 12th at XTERRA France, 5th at XTERRA Italy, 7th at XTERRA Germany and 4th at XTERRA Denmark. Finished 5th in the Euro Tour. Last year: Was 6th at XTERRA Malta, 2nd at Portugal, 4th at Spain, 3rd at Greece, 3rd at France, 2nd at Italy, 4th at Germany. Finished 2nd in the XTERRA European Tour. In Maui: Finished 25th in 2014, 11th in 2013, 22nd in 2012, 21st (3rd amateur) in 2010, 35th in 2009, and 20th overall in 2008 when he won the overall amateur World Title. Thoughts: I feel good and as ready as I've ever been. The 2016 season was different and harder because I did more races, and the level in Europe was higher with very strong international pros like Sam Osborne and Mauricio Mendez. Maui is special because it's Hawaii, it is the last race of sea- son, temperature is hot, race is beautiful, everybody can be as strong as ever or very bad. My best part is the bike, doing one of the best bike times is the only way for me to expect a good result. But I have to be careful because if I push too hard it could be impossible to run good. I hope for a Top 10 or better this year, the start list is incredible. For this race I tried to train more intelligently, that's why I decide to work with Nico and Organicoach. Credentials: Frst Xterra was at Mandelieu in France in ‘08. Won XTERRA Greece in 2014.

31 MEET THE PROS No. 21 – Leonardo Chacon from Liberia, Costa Rica @leotriatlon Born: June 29, 1984 This year: Focused on qualifying and preparing for his second . Finished 30th in Rio. In Maui: DNF on the bike in 2014, was 9th in 2013, and out-sprinted Victor Del Corral at the finish line in 2012 to finish in fourth. Thoughts: At this moment I feel like everything is done and just keeping calm till the race; pretty happy to have the opportunity to represent Costa Rica at XTERRA Worlds again. I think my experience will help me this year. My high point this year was the qualifying for my second Olympics games in Rio; it was pretty long journey but at the end I earned and I was really proud of getting that spot. I think this race is all about the bike; in Maui it's so special that I think it represent maybe 90% of the result. I'm looking to be in the podium; and to achieve it I'll need a perfect day with proper pacing, no mistakes; no flat tires. Credentials: Two-time Olympian (was 48th in 2012). Been racing XTERRA for four years. Won XTERRA Mexico and the USA Championship in 2013. Won XTERRA Costa Rica and was 5th at XTERRA Germany which doubled as ITU Cross Tri Worlds in 2014.

No. 25 – Chris Ganter from Boise, Idaho www.ganter1010.wordpress.com / @ganter1010 Born: October 10, 1978 in Philadelphia This year: Finished 6th at XTERRA Oak Mountain, a career-best runner-up at XTERRA Mine over Matter, 8th at XTERRA Victoria, and 16th at the Pan Am Champs. Last year: Finished third at both the XTERRA West and Southeast Championship races, 4th at the East Champs, 9th at the Mountain and XTERRA European Championships in England, and 12th at USA Champs. In Maui: Finished 23rd in 2014 and 28th in 2013. Credentials: Sixth year racing XTERRA. Also: Earned a degree in analytical chemistry from Drexel University and worked for Johnson & Johnson in Global R&D Quality Assurance before setting his sights on racing professionally. Says he is “passionate about bringing XTERRA to new people and showing them that XTERRA is more than just triathlon. There’s a freedom and connection with nature that go with it. There’s also serious suffering that gets you more in touch with yourself as an athlete and a person. So, for me, the XTERRA training and racing experiences make me feel more “alive”

32 MEET THE PROS No. 28 – Ryan Ignatz from Boulder, Colorado www.coloradomultisport.com Born: September 25, 1978 This year: Finished 5th at XTERRA Dominican Republic in first race of season after returning from injuries, and was 15th at the Pan Am Championship in Utah. Last year: Finished 10th at the West Championship, 8th at the Southeast Champs, 3rd at East Champs, 6th at the Mountain Champs, and 8th at the USA Championship. In Maui: Finished 14th in 2014, 17th in 2013, 22nd in 2011 to win the 30-34 age group World Title, 14th in 2008, 16th in 2007, and 9th in 2006. Thoughts: I'm happy to say that this year I don't have a calf tear, just a very mild SI joint issue as a residual from my crash earlier this year. So life is good and I should be able to finish strong. I am definitely not as fast as years past, but I'm great in the heat and will work on being more fresh and rested by race day which could still bring me toward the top 10. My main goals are to stay safe, have fun and do the best I can on race day. I want to take it all in and enjoy competing against some of the best triathletes in the World. I would love to make it in the top 10 and feel this is possible if I'm rested and feel good on race day. I love the energy of the islands and this race in particular. It is a great way to finish off the season, and even do some vacationing after a long season of working hard. Credentials: 12th year racing XTERRA. Finished as high as 2nd at the XTERRA East Champs (2013). Won the 30-34 division XTERRA World Championship in 2011 (and so did his wife, XTERRA Pro Maia Ignatz). Also: Earned a masters of science degree in kinesiology and applied physiology from UC Boulder.

No. 29 – Sebastian Kienle from Muehlacker, Germany @SebastianKienle Born: July 6, 1984 This year: Finished 2nd at the Ironman World Championship. In Maui: The last time Kienle raced in Maui in 2012 he finished 14th overall and took the double crown with a time of 11:03:38. Credentials: 2014 IM World Champion and 2012-13 IM 70.3 World Champ, first raced XTERRA in 2005 and won XTERRA Germany in 2006.

33 MEET THE PROS No. 31 – Sam Long from Boulder, Colorado www.samlongtri.weebly.com Born: December 23, 1995 This year: Finished 2nd in his first-ever XTERRA at Beaver Creek, then 7th at the Pan America Championship race. Thoughts: “In Beaver Creek, I had no idea I was going to do so well and it really opened up horizons in terms of what I am capable of. Also, because of Beaver Creek I can justify more mountain bike training and trail running. This has been awesome. I love being out in the mountains and on the trails. This truly has made life more enjoyable. Credentials: First year pro. Was 2nd at IM 70.3 Calgary. Also: Got into triathlons during his junior year of high school. Currently a student at the University of Colorado where he has a double major in psychology and integrated physiology. Was born the oldest of triplet brothers.

No. 33 – Karsten Madsen from Guelph, Ontario, Canada Nickname: The Cat www.karstenmad.com / @KarstenMad Born: November 9, 1991 in Kitchener This year: Having the best season of his career. Started the year with a runner-up showing behind Middaugh at XTERRA Argentina, was third behind Middaugh and Mauricio Mendez at XTERRA Oak Mountain, then won both Canadian races – XTERRA Mine over Matter in Ontario and XTERRA Victoria in British Columbia. Also won his country’s cross tri national championship for the second straight year. Placed 5th at the Pan Am Championship race in Utah and finished the season 3rd in Pan Am Pro Series. Last year: Finished 6th at the XTERRA West Championship, 7th at the East Championship, and won XTERRA Mine over Matter in Ontario which served as the Canadian Cross Triathlon National Championship. Was 7th at the XTERRA USA Championship, and finished the season ranked 9th in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series. In Maui: First time. Thoughts: I have had a great year with no major injury. I really think it was a big factor into my success. I started racing in March at the first Gold race in Argentina I showed up to that race in great fitness and I have been able to build on that all year. This year will be a learning year but I trust my fitness and training to get me a good result. The men’s start list its stacked! I really look forward to the challenge of racing some of the best in our sport and in the sport of triathlon. I’m looking to be in the mix and be a factor in the race if I can accomplish that I know that will get me a result to be proud of. 34 MEET THE PROS No 36 - Kieran McPherson from Matamata, New Zealand www.kieranmcphersontriathlete.com Born: April 13, 1992. This year: Finished 2nd at XTERRA Motatapu, 5th at XTERRA New Zealand, 8th at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Australia, 5th at XTERRA Oak Mountain, 3rd at XTERRA Victoria, 15th at XTERRA Beaver Creek, 3rd at XTERRA Dominican Republic, and a career-best 2nd at XTERRA Mexico. DNF at Pan Am Champs but still finished 5th in Pan Am Pro Series final standings. Last year: Finished 7th at XTERRA New Zealand, 10th a week later at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship race in Australia, and 9th at the USA Champs. In Maui: First time.

No 43 - Sam Osborne from Rotorua, New Zealand @sam_osborneNZ Born: December 21, 1991 This year: Finished 2nd at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Australia, was 5th at XTERRA Portugal, 2nd at XTERRA Belgium, 7th at Switzerland, 2nd at Italy, 3rd at Sweden, 2nd at the XTERRA European Championship in Germany and 2nd at XTERRA Denmark. Finished 2nd on the XTERRA European Tour. Last year: Finished 2nd at XTERRA New Zealand, won XTERRA Sweden and was 2nd at XTERRA Denmark. In Maui: DNF last year. Thoughts: I’ve had a few weeks back in NZ after the European racing which has been nice and really has just been a case of chop wood, carry water, continuing on with the training. I’m as fast now as I’ve ever been but I’m sure there’s lots of others who are flying too. 2016 has been a really good year for me. It’s the first time I’ve given the XTERRA gig a good go and had it as a focus in the European season and I was really happy with how it went. Finishing 2nd at European Champs and 2nd in the Euro Tour were big highlights but the consistency across the year is what I was really stoked with. I got 7 Podiums out of 9 races and that to me is a big positive to race through the season so consistently. Praying for a bit of surf to turn up on race day, I think it adds another element to the swim out there and hey we are XTERRA, its meant to be extreme. Maui is a special beast, it brings all the big hitters out, which makes the racing really tough and along with how demand- ing the course is, mixing in the heat makes it a pretty epic race. Will need a good smart race from me and being prepared to suffer. If I get those two things right the result will hopefully take care of itself. 35 MEET THE PROS No. 45 – Alex Roberts from Taupo, New Zealand Born: January 2, 1990 This year: Finished 7th at XTERRA New Zealand, 11th at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship race in Australia, and 24th at the XTERRA Pan Am Championship. In Maui: First try.

No. 46 – Roger Serrano from Barcelona, Spain 2016 XTERRA MALTA AND GREECE CHAMPION @RogerSerranoS Born: January 30, 1991 This year: Won XTERRA Malta and XTERRA Greece to open up the 2016 European Tour, was 3rd at Portugal, DNF at Switzerland, and 3rd at XTERRA Denmark. Last year: Won the XTERRA European Tour. Placed 2nd at Malta, 4th at Portugal, 3rd at Spain, 2nd at Greece, 3rd at Switzerland, 3rd at Italy, 2nd at Czech, and 3rd at Germany. In Maui: Finished 27th in 2014. Credentials: Fourth year racing XTERRA.

No. 47 – Karl Shaw from Great Britain Born: June 24, 1982 This year: Won XTERRA Costa Rica ahead of Josiah Middaugh, Rom Akerson, Francois Carloni, and others, in his first off-road race in four years, and placed 6th at the Pan Am Championship.

36 MEET THE PROS No. 49 – Brad Weiss from Somerset West, South Africa XTERRA PHILIPPINES & SOUTH AFRICA CHAMPION Born: March 21, 1989 This year: Won all three XTERRA events in South Africa including the Championship race in Grabouw for the first time. Also won XTERRA Philippines for the second year in a row. Placed 3rd at XTERRA New Zealand, 5th at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship, 2nd at XTERRA Malaysia, and was 2nd in the Asia-Pacific Tour standings. Placed 6th at XTERRA Switzerland, 3rd at XTERRA France, and 3rd at the XTERRA European Championship in Germany. Last year: Won the XTERRA Philippines Championship, was 2nd at XTERRA South Africa, XTERRA Saipan, and XTERRA Guam, then won the XTERRA Malaysia and the XTERRA Asian Tour Championship. Won the inaugural XTERRA Reunion off-road tri and was 2nd at XTERRA France and XTERRA Germany. In Maui: Finished 10th in 2014. Thoughts: I am the fittest, fastest and strongest I have ever been. I had a very successful 2016 season, highlight becoming the South African National XTERRA Champion. I love the course in Maui. I am a smaller athlete who loves going uphill in any format and Maui has plenty of climbing. I am planning to use this strength of mine wisely. The goal is always to win but I would be stoked with a top 5. To achieve this will take the perfect day and perhaps a little luck as well.

No. 50 – Michi Weiss from Vienna, Austria 2011 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPION wiki-miki.com / @michi_weiss Born: January 17, 1981 This year: Finished 12th at XTERRA Beaver Creek. Placed 32nd at Ironman Worlds in 8:49:54. In Maui: Finished 8th in 2014. Won XTERRA Worlds in 2011. Placed third in 2010 for the second straight year, and was second in 2008. Was seventh into T2 and moved up four spots during the run in 2009. In ‘08 he posted the second fastest bike split and closed to within seconds of eventual winner Ruben Ruzafa on the run. Credentials: Won XTERRA Austria in his first ever XTERRA in 2008. Finished 32nd in the 2004 Olympics cross-country mountain bike race while representing Austria. In 2014 he finished 4th at XTERRA Germany that doubled as the ITU Cross Triathlon World Champs.

37 MEET THE PROS No. 61 – Flora Duffy from Devonshire, Bermuda TWO-TIME XTERRA WORLD CHAMPION @floraduffy Born: September 30, 1987 This year: Won XTERRA South Africa, finished 8th in Rio, and won the ITU Grand Final in Cozumel and the title. Last year: Won XTERRA Philippines, XTERRA South Africa, the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Australia, the XTERRA Mountain Championship, the ITU Cross Tri World Championship, and the XTERRA World Championship for the second straight year. In Maui: Had the fasteset swim for third straight year and won her second world title. She won in 2014 with the fastest swim and bike splits, and in her first Maui in 2013 she had the fastest swim and finished 3rd, just seconds behind Lesley Paterson. Thoughts: The 3-peat...I was actually talking to the one and only Julie Dibens about this and we were joking that if I were to win, and match her record, she will come out of retirement for 2017 Worlds. To win for a third time would be cool, and a special way to end what has already been an incredible year. I haven't done an XTERRA since February, and know a lot of other women on the start line want to win as well, so I will have to put together a perfect race to win. It is such a hard race, but I guess at the same time so rewarding. The 2016 season has been a huge year for me. I won the ITU World Title, and after a few days off I started training again and kept asking myself 'what am I doing still training?!' after the best race of my life. I don't know the answer to that exactly, but what I do know is that I love rac- ing XTERRA and being involved with a completely different side of triathlon. After Maui, I have the Island House Invitational Triathlon and ITU Cross Worlds, so still quite a bit of racing left to go, but it is very different from what I have been doing all year which helps keep the motivation. The build into the Olympics was intense, and once that was over it felt like a layer of pressure was removed, and another layer removed after the ITU Grand Final in Cozumel. I'm really happy with how my season has gone, which helps to remove the pressure from the last 3 races of the year, and keep the motivation up. Trust me....once you prepare for the Olympics as an outside medal hope....nothing feels intense! Credentials: 3x Olympian. Current ITU World Triathlon Series Champion, ITU Cross Triathlon World Champion, and two-time XTERRA World Champion. In XTERRA she has won eight straight and 13 of 14 majors since 2014. Also: Earned degree in sociology from UC-Boulder. 38 MEET THE PROS No. 62 – Lesley Paterson from Sterling, Scotland TWO-TIME XTERRA WORLD CHAMPION www.lesleypaterson.com / @lesleydoestri Born: October 12, 1980 This year: Won XTERRA Tahiti, XTERRA France, and XTERRA Italy. Last year: Won XTERRA Costa Rica, the XTERRA West and Southeast Championships, and European Championship before finishing runner-up to Duffy at XTERRA Worlds. In Maui: Had the fastest bike split and finished 2nd last year. Did not race in 2014. Chased down Flora Duffy in the finish line stretch to take second-place behind Nicky Samuels in 2013, won her second straight World title and beat her own record for fastest winning time, a 2:44:11 in 2013. Also had the fastest bike and run splits that year. Won her first title in 2011 with the fastest run split. Finished 7th in 2010, 2nd in 2009, and 10th in her first Maui attempt in 2008. Thoughts: “The beginning of the year was awful - depression, Lyme flare up, wah, wah…then it picked up and I had some great races discovering the world a bit - Tahiti, France, Italy. Found some amazing people and places. The early struggles this season made me mentally tougher. I’m excited, nervous, ready to have fun and lay it down. It’s Worlds ya know, and all the big names come out and that course is tough, its gritty, has loads of climbing and definitely the strongest athlete wins on the day. There is nowhere to hide. Credentials: Won two XTERRA World Titles and the 2012 ITU Cross Triathlon World Title. Is the 2015 XTERRA European Champion. Finished in top 3 in 7-straight XTERRA Championship races from ‘09 to 2010. In 2011 won the XTERRA Pacific Championship, was 2nd at the XTERRA USA Championship, then won her first XTERRA World Championship. In 2012 was named the off-road triathlete of the year at Endurance Sports Awards. In 2014 dealt with injury all season, came back to finish 3rd at XTERRA Nationals in her only race of the season. Her Lyme Disease kicked in shortly after that race and she was unable to compete at XTERRA Worlds. Also: Moved from Sterling, Scotland to the U.S. in 2001...earned bachelor’s degree in performing arts from England and a master’s in theatre acting from San Diego State. Is also a coach and film producer.

39 MEET THE PROS No. 63 – Myriam Guillot-Boisset from Brindas, France 2016 XTERRA COSTA RICA & ARGENTINA CHAMPION Born: April 7, 1979 This year: Won XTERRA Costa Rica, XTERRA Argentina, was 4th at XTERRA Malaysia, 2nd at XTERRA Portugal, 3rd at XTERRA Switzerland, 5th at XTERRA France, and 2nd at the XTERRA European Championship in Germany, 2nd at XTERRA Dominican Republic, and 2nd at XTERRA Mexico. She finished the year ranked 4th in the Pan Am Pro Series, 6th in the European Tour standings, and 6th in the Asia-Pacific Tour standings. Last year: Won the XTERRA Asian Tour finale in Malaysia, was 5th at XTERRA Switzerland, 3rd at XTERRA France, and 4th at XTERRA Worlds. In Maui: Finished 4th last year. Credentials: Also a 2x adventure racing world champion.

No. 64 – Lizzie Orchard from , New Zealand Born: November 26, 1985 This year: Won XTERRA Philippines, XTERRA New Zealand, and the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Australia, the placed second at XTERRA Malaysia and won the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour title. Finished 2nd at the XTERRA Pan America Championship race in Utah. Last year: Finished 2nd at XTERRA New Zealand, 5th at the Asia-Pacific Championships, 2nd at XTERRA Malaysia, 2nd at Japan, and 5th at XTERRA Worlds. In Maui: Finished 5th last year, 15th in 2014, 11th in 2012, 15th in 2011. Thoughts: I'm feeling excited about Maui this year - there's such a strong ladies field which will make the race interest- ing. There's a large New Zealand crew heading over too, it's always amazing when you can share the experience with friends and family. 2016 has yielded my best results to date, winning my first ever XTERRA, winning 3 straight, and the Asia Pacific Tour were highlights, but I consider it a success just having visited new countries, managing to stay relatively injury free, and still keeping my job under control back home. I'm also really proud to represent Aloha Racing. This will be my seventh time at World Champs, I know it's going to be a tough race - the perfect challenge of strength, skill, speed, and smiles! It's the Epic conclusion to the season and the podium demands one of those days where everything goes right. Credentials: Seventh year racing XTERRA. Won the 25-29 World Title in 2011 before going pro. Also won the amateur title at the 2012 ITU Cross Tri World Championships. 40 MEET THE PROS No. 65 – Carina Wasle from Kundl, Austria 2016 XTERRA SAIPAN AND REUNION CHAMPION carina-wasle.com / @carinawasle Born: October 20, 1984 This year: Placed 2nd at XTERRA South Africa, won XTERRA Saipan, was 2nd at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship, 3rd at XTERRA Malaysia, and finished 3rd in the Asia-Pacific Tour standings. Won XTERRA Reunion. On the European Tour she was 4th at Portugal, 2nd at Belgium, 7th in Switzerland, 6th in France, 5th in Sweden, 5th in Germany, and 2nd at Denmark. Finished 3rd in the European Tour standings. Last year: Placed 3rd at XTERRA South Africa, 2nd at Saipan, won XTERRA Guam, was 6th at the XTERRA Asia- Pacific Championship, 5th at XTERRA Malaysia, 3rd at XTERRA Greece, won XTERRA Switzerland, was 2nd at XTERRA Sweden and Italy, 5th at Czech, 3rd at Germany, won XTERRA Denmark, and was 6th at Worlds. In Maui: Finished 6th last year, 10th in 2014, 11th in 2013, 6th in 2010, 8th in 2008, 10th in 2007. Thoughts: I feel great at the moment. I was sick and then injured with a broken foot in July, but now everything is perfect. My goal is to get on the podium. Everything has to come together on that day. I had some very good training weeks the last time together with my new coach. We worked hard and I hope I’m fast as I have ever been. I need an incredible swim, a speedy bike and an awesome run. Credentials: 12th year racing XTERRA. Finished 3rd at XTERRA Austria in first-ever XTERRA in 2005.

No. 66 – Helena Erbenova from the Czech Republic 2016 XTERRA GREECE, PORTUGAL, BELGUIM CHAMP Born: June 2, 1979 This year: Won XTERRA Greece, XTERRA Portugal and XTERRA Belgium, was 3rd in France, 2nd in Italy, won Poland and Sweden and was 4th in Germany. Finished 4th in the European Tour standings Last year: Finished 6th in Malaysia, 2nd at XTERRA Portugal, won XTERRA Spain and Greece, was third at Switzerland, second at France, then won four straight at Sweden, Italy, Czech, and Germany to capture her third XTERRA European Tour title in four years. In Maui: Finished 7th last year, 5th in 2014, 7th in 2013, 9th in 2012, and was 3rd in her first attempt in 2011. Credentials: Sixth year racing XTERRA. Has 23 career World Tour wins and three European Tour Championships. Was also a 2006 Winter Olympian, placing 29th in the 7.5km + 7.5km double pursuit. 41 MEET THE PROS No. 67 – Jacqui Slack from Stoke-on-Trent, England 2016 XTERRA MALAYSIA CHAMPION www.jacquislack.uk / @jacquislack Born: June 17, 1983 This year: Placed 2nd at XTERRA Philippines, 3rd at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championships, won XTERRA Malaysia, finished 2nd in the Asia-Pacific Tour standings, 2nd at XTERRA Switzerland and 7th at XTERRA France. Last year: Placed 2nd at XTERRA Philippines, won XTERRA Saipan for second time in three years, was 2nd at XTERRA Guam, 3rd at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Australia and the XTERRA Asian Tour Championship in Malaysia, was 3rd at XTERRA Czech, 2nd at Germany, and 3rd at the European Championship. In Maui: Finished 8th last year, 9th in 2013 and 2014, and 5th in her first attempt at Worlds in 2012. Thoughts: For the past two years I’ve not been able to put a solid run together and have rapidly gone from 3rd/4th to 8th and 9th in the latter stages of the run. This year I hope to change that and come away with a race I’m proud of. I don’t have high expectations this year, however. I do know that all things considering I've done my best to be in my best shape possible to have a great day out there. Credentials: Seventh year racing XTERRA. Won XTERRA New Zealand and Italy in 2012, Saipan, Guam, Germany and England in 2013, Australia and Malaysia in 2013. Also: Was a firefighter prior to turning pro...was named the 2012 XTERRA Warrior Award winner with boyfriend Ben Allen for perpetuating the “Live More” spirit of XTERRA.

No. 68 – Maia Ignatz from Boulder, Colorado @massageboulder Born: May 22, 1980 This year: Finished a career-best 2nd at XTERRA Oak Mountain, was 3rd at XTERRA Mine over Matter, third at XTERRA Beaver Creek, 4th at Dominican Republic, 4th at the Pan Am Champs, and 2nd in Pan Am Pro Series. Last year: Finished 9th at the West Championship, 6th at the Southeast Championship, 4th at the East Championship, 7th at the Mountain Championship, 5th at the USA Championship and 12th at XTERRA Worlds. In Maui: 12th last year, 19th in 2014, and 17th in 2011 as an amateur to win 30-34 crown. Thoughts: I am as fast now as I have ever been, and almost this entire season was above and beyond what I was hoping for. Credentials: 7th-year racing XTERRA, won the 30-34 division XTERRA World Championship in 2011. 42 MEET THE PROS No. 69 – Kara LaPoint from Truckee, California (pronounced Care-Uh) Nickname: Kare-bear www.karalapoint.com / @karalapoint Born: December 1, 1986 This year: Finished a career-best 2nd at XTERRA Costa Rica, was third at XTERRA Oak Mountain, 6th at XTERRA Beaver Creek, and 3rd at XTERRA Dominican Republic. Also went to Europe where she was 15th at XTERRA Switzerland, 12th at XTERRA France, and 5th at the Pan Am Champs. Finished 3rd in Pan Am Pro Series. Last year: Finished 6th at the XTERRA West Championship, 8th at the Southeast Championship, and a career-best 5th at the East Championship despite turning her ankle a mile before the finish. Was 7th at the USA Championship and 13th at XTERRA Worlds. In Maui: Finished 13th last year, and 20th in 2014. Thoughts: I can say with confidence that I am the fittest and strongest I have ever been right now — especially on the bike, and I know I’ve prepared as best as possible for the race. I’ve raced in Maui four times now, and have been really fortunate to be able to improve my results here every year, and have a good race each time. I’m really hopeful I can continue that streak of improvement and successful Maui race days, and will be shooting for a top-10 performance out there this year. Credentials: Fourth year racing XTERRA, third as a pro. Won the 25-29 division XTERRA World Championship in 2013 before going pro.

No. 70 – Julie Baker from Sonora, California Born: November 19, 1976 This year: Won XTERRA Beaver Creek in her first race as a pro. and was 3rd at the Pan Am Championship. Last year: Finished 13th last year at XTERRA Worlds (top amateur) before going pro. In Maui: Won the overall XTERRA World Championship amateur title last year before turning pro. Also: Julie is a soil scientist, and has been working on a soil survey of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks for the last couple years.

43 MEET THE PROS No. 71 – Mieko Carey from Japan (living in Guam) Born: April 27, 1978 This year: Finished 3rd at XTERRA Philippines and 2nd at XTERRA Saipan. Last year: Finished 4th in the Philippines, 3rd in Saipan, 3rd in Guam, 8th in Malaysia, and won the XTERRA Japan Championship for the fourth time. In Maui: Has raced Worlds eight times and her best finish was 13th. Thoughts: I am feeling good. I have recovered from my leg injury and I am ready to race. This season started off well, but I injured my leg and have been out the rest of the sea- son. I focused on MTB since I couldn't run for 3 months. I am hoping for big waves. Hopefully this will help me put some time on the competition. My goal is top ten every year, but it's tough with the field. My coach, Josiah Middaugh, has me ready. I just need to put it all together on race day and have a good race. Credentials: Four time XTERRA Japan Champion

No. 72 – Katharine Carter from Vancouver, B.C., CAN @katjcarter Born: September 30, 1986 This year: Placed 4th at XTERRA Mine over Matter, 4th at XTERRA Beaver Creek, 6th at XTERRA Dominican Republic, 9th at XTERRA Mexico, and 8th at the Pan Am Champs. Finished 6th in Pan Am Pro Series. In Maui: Finished 22nd last year, 2nd in the 25-29 division Credentials: Did her first XTERRA in 2012 and improved dramatically at every race since.Won the 25-29 division USA Championship in 2013. Also: Is a biomedical engineer, working for an orthopaedic clinic doing research on new MRI sequences.

No. 73 – Caroline Colonna from Taos, New Mexico @carolinecolonna Born: April 20, 1964 This year: Finished a career-best 5th at XTERRA Costa Rica, was 6th at XTERRA Oak Mountain, 7th at XTERRA Mine over Matter, 10th at XTERRA Beaver Creek, and 10th at the Pan Am Champs. Last year: Finished 12th at the XTERRA Southeast Championship, 10th at the XTERRA Mountain Championship, and 9th at Nationals. Credentials: Did her first-ever XTERRA in 2000. Won the 45-49 XTERRA World Championship in 2010. Finished 13th in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series last year.

44 MEET THE PROS No. 74 – Michelle Flipo from Mexico (living in France) 2016 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPION Born: June 15, 1988 This year: Won XTERRA Switzerland and the XTERRA European Championship in Germany. In Maui: First time. Credentials: Has 13 WTS starts on the ITU road circuit.

No. 78 – Morgane Riou from France Born: January 6, 1986 This year: Finished 2nd at XTERRA Malta, 5th at Greece, 3rd in Belgium, 9th in Switzerland, 10th in France, and 7th at the XTERRA European Championship in Germany. Finished 5th in the European Tour standings.

No. 80 – Suzie Snyder from Reno, Nevada 2016 XTERRA PAN AMERICA PRO SERIES CHAMP @SnyderSuzie Born: March 30, 1982 in Averill Park, New York. This year: Won five races at XTERRA Oak Mountain, XTERRA Mine over Matter, XTERRA Dominican Republic, and XTERRA Mexico and the Pan America Championship. Was second at XTERRA Beaver Creek. Also won the inaugural Pan Am Pro Series and USA titles. Last year: Won her first-ever major at the XTERRA New Zealand Championship, was 4th at the XTERRA Asia- Pacific Championship, 3rd at the West Champs, third at the Southeast Champs, won the East Championship (her first U.S. major) and was 5th at the Mountain Champs. She crashed pre-riding for XTERRA Mexico and fractured her pelvis in early August, returned to finish the USA Championship and secure 2nd place in final U.S. standings. Thoughts: “I'm feeling healthy, ready and excited! Starting the season I didn't know if I'd be able to race the Tour, so winning the Tour was an amazing feeling! I think I'm close to, if not faster than I've ever been so I'm ready to see that hard work pay off on race day. I know there will be a lot of strong competition from women I haven't raced yet so I'm excited to see what I'm up against. My goal on race day is to finish top 3. In order to achieve it, I need to trust my train- ing, and race with a little courage and a lot of confidence! Credentials: 12th year racing XTERRA. Having her best season as an elite with five wins this year. Finished in the top 5 of the U.S. Pro Series five straight years. Is the 2012 and 2016 elite women’s XTERRA National Champion (awarded to the top American in the U.S. Pro Series). Won four National Titles as an amateur and the 20-24 division XTERRA World Title in 2004 and 2006 before going pro. 45 XTERRA WORLDS PRO PURSE INFORMATION

XTERRA World Championship Pro Purse ($105,000) Rank Men Women 1st $20,000 $20,000 2nd $12,000 $12,000 3rd $7,000 $7,000 4th $4,000 $4,000 5th $2,500 $2,500 6th $1,500 $1,500 7th $1,100 $1,100 8th $800 $800 9th $600 $600 10th $500 $500 Double $2,500 $2,500 THE OUTRIGGER RESORTS DOUBLE The Outrigger Resorts “Double” award is given to the pro and amateur man and woman with the fastest combined XTERRA World Championship and Ironman Hawaii Championship time Pro athletes are awarded $2,500 with the top amateur man and woman winning a 4-night stay at a Maui Outrigger Resort. American Ben Hoffman won the men’s double award last year with a combined time of 11:55:18 (9:05:22 IM + 2:49:56 XTERRA) while Arnaud Bouvier of France posted a time of 13:28:52, just over five minutes faster than Jorg Schneider of Germany. Nicole Valentine of Maryland won the women’s double (14:10:38) for the second straight year despite racing through an injury.

Tentative 2016 Outrigger Resorts Double Participants Name Hometown Division IM Time Sebastian Kienle Muehlacker, Germany Elite M 8:10:02 Ben Hoffman Boulder, CO, USA Elite M 8:13:00 Michi Weiss Gumpoldskirchen, Austria Elite M 8:49:54 Pablo Ureta Cordoba, Argentina M35-39 9:37:49 Olivier Lyoen Pertuis, France M35-39 9:43:46 Filipe Aragao Brasilia, Brazil M30-34 9:50:35 Andrew Sellars Vernon, B.C., Canada M45-49 9:58:10 Arnaud Bouvier Digne les Bains, France M50-54 10:12:45 OUTRIGGER RESORTS Virginia Sellars Vernon, B.C., Canada F40-44 11:34:44 ELITE DOUBLE WINNERS 2015: Ben Hoffman (11:55:18) Karsten Olsen Fredericia, Denmark M60-64 11:52:00 2014: Bart Aernouts (11:07:24) Mark Alderman Rutland, VT, USA M50-54 11:57:37 2012: Sebastian Kienle (11:03:38) Janie White Paradise Valley, AZ, USA F55-59 12:04:27 2010: Eneko Llanos (11:02:46) Julie Dibens (12:09:36) Megan Arthur Hamilton, New Zealand F40-44 12:42:24 2009: Eneko Llanos (11:15:17) Mitchell Wendorff Wailuku, HI, USA M30-34 13:29:15 2008: Eneko Llanos (11:03:39) Scott Perrine Gilbert, AZ, USA M45-49 13:58:41 Sibylle Matter (13:12:08) 2007: Eneko Llanos (11:17:17) Marcy Fleming Kailua, HI, USA F55-59 15:29:44 Erika Csomor (13:12:50) 2006: Eneko Llanos (11:09:17) 2015 Outrigger Resorts Doublers Sibylle Matter (13:24:06) 2005: (11:10:09) Name Division IM Time XTERRA Total Kate Major (12:51:01) Ben Hoffman, USA Pro 9:05:22 2:49:56 11:55:18 2004: Peter Reid (11:27:59) Arnaud Bouvier, FRA M 45-49 10:10:35 3:18:17 13:28:52 Heather Fuhr (13:18:17) 2003: Peter Reid (11:03:50) Jorg Schneider, GER M 45-49 10:08:11 3:26:21 13:34:32 Heather Fuhr (12:42:03) Nicole Valentine, USA F 30-34 10:25:49 3:44:49 14:10:38 2002: Peter Reid (11:18:23) Mike Johnston, NZL M 45-49 10:56:31 3:17:26 14:13:57 Arianne Gutknecht (13:30:26) 2001: Cameron Widoff (11:54:30) Megan Arthur, NZL F 40-44 11:43:22 3:50:32 15:33:54 Wendy Ingraham (13:37:04) Uta Knape, GER F 40-44 11:36:17 4:07:20 15:43:37 2000: Peter Reid (11:05:07) Janie White, USA F 55-59 11:49:45 4:22:08 16:11:53 Beth Zinkland (13:15:26) 1999: Olivier Bernhart (11:05:09) Marina Klemm, GER F 40-44 13:04:35 4:07:35 17:12:10 Uli Blank (13:09:57) Rob Kronkhyte, USA M 55-59 14:27:48 4:15:22 18:43:10 1998: Peter Reid (10:59:49) Richard Byyny, USA M 40-44 15:48:52 3:30:04 19:18:56 Wendy Ingraham (12:58:32) 47 LOCAL FAVORITES - THE HAWAII RACERS Maui triathletes Gerry Clark - who won the 30-34 division in 1997 - Joe Alueta, and Steve Fisher (pictured right) are the Gerry only three racers to have done all 20 XTERRA World Championship races since the inaugural 1996 event. “1996 seems so far away in time,” said Fisher, who is famous for training with his parrot Hi’ilani. “I am very proud to have been there from the beginning and really respect all the work TEAM Unlimited has down to make XTERRA so awesome.” Scott Brand, 48, a biomedical engineer at Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women and Children will be racing the XTERRA World Championship for the 18th straight year. More than just the joy of “shredding volcanic downhills,” Scott says XTERRA is what keeps him in check health-wise each year.

“Every year I lose about 20lbs preparing for the race. In Joe 2013 I lost 60lbs. Everyone at work asked me what I did, and I tell them XTERRA Training. I love the spirit of XTERRA. The staff, volunteers and athletes are always giving, supportive, and really cool. I will be an XTERRA age group World Champion one day, even if I have to race till I’m 150 years young.” Lorenn Walker has done 16 XTERRA Worlds, and won her division five times during a six-year stretch between 1999- 2004. There are only two Hawaii racers who have won more than five, Wendy Minor and Ed Fattoumy. Minor won her eighth title in 2015, and was the first women’s 70-74 division champion. Then there is Fouad “Ed” Fattoumy who has won the physically challenged open division XTERRA World Title 10 times in 11 years since 2005. Ed emigrated from Morocco Steve more than a decade ago, and was in a hit-and-run accident with a car while riding his bike. The accident left him with spinal cord damage and chronic fatigue. The effects, similar to that of Spinal Stenosis - a condition due to narrowing of the spinal cord causing nerve pinching which leads to persistent pain in the buttocks, limping, lack of feeling in the lower extremities, and decreased physical activity, hasn’t stopped him from winning and flashing that brilliant smile of his. Marcy Fleming, an extraordinary 55-year-old woman from Kailua, is racing XTERRA Worlds for the sixth time since 2004 and also doing the “Double” by competing in both the 48 LOCAL FAVORITES - THE HAWAII RACERS Ironman and XTERRA World Championships. Marcy is the only local woman and one of just 16 athletes doing both Wendy races but what makes her story so interesting is that her great grandfather is D.T. Fleming, the plantation manager of Honolua Ranch (now known as Kapalua) in the early 1900s. The beach where it all starts is named after Mr. Fleming. “He was a pioneer in Hawaii Agriculture and believed that Hawaii needed to diversify its agricultural base, he transitioned Honolua out of cattle ranching and into Pineapples,” explained Fleming. “On the lands where will be riding, he grew everything from mangoes to watermelons. DT spoke fluent Hawaiian, and in the 1940s and '50s, enabled his company's employees to obtain mortgages and buy house lots in West Maui. There are two arboretums that bear his name, one on West Maui and the other at Puu Mahoe in Haleakala. His son, my grandfather, was a doctor on Maui who continued his tradition of giving back to the community. I'm proud to be riding on these lands Ed and think that both DT and Dr. Jim would appreciate that XTERRA is doing much to diversify tourism in Hawaii.” Another local athlete who knows the area quite well is Ryan Kirkham, the Principal of Maui Preparatory Academy. “The bike course goes right around our school, so yeah, XTERRA is literally in our backyard,” said Kirkham. “As a family, we have played the role of spectators several times at this race. After a few years of watching in awe, I wasn't sure if I should (a) be inspired by these tremendous athletes or (b) be embarrassed to call myself a human being. I guess (a) won out.” Kirkham isn’t the only educator in the bunch. We also have Maui High School science teacher Mitch Wendorff, who is also doing the double. Lorenn And the title of Hawaii’s fastest XTERRA racer has to go to Sergio Florian, 36, who won the local qualifier at XTERRA Freedom Fest for the third straight year and was Hawaii’s top finisher last year in 175th place overall. Florian, who was born in Argentina, moved to Southern California at the age of 12 and has been living in Kaaawa since 2007, says we should look out for Jacob Pembrook, a lifeguard on Kauai. “He's super excited about racing XTERRA the last few years, and was 3rd at Freedom Fest this year and looking strong.” 49 2015 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW November 1, 2015 (Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii) - Josiah “I felt really good on the bike,” said Middaugh. “I was riding Middaugh, 37, from Eagle-Vail, Colorado and Flora Duffy, with Ruben and then I had a spill on an off-camber corner. 28, from Devonshire, Bermuda won the 20th XTERRA It was a little wet, lost my front tire and went down. It was World Championship off-road triathlon elite titles on an just enough to lose 20 seconds to Ruben, and I was able to incredibly scenic day in Kapalua, Maui. stay in that gap but some people filled in – Paco (Francisco Serrano) and Braden (Currie). Then I came down and It’s the first XTERRA World Title for Middaugh after 15 washed out over another corner, turned the handlebars over attempts, and he becomes the first American to win Worlds and was then 45 seconds behind Ruben and I was just try- since Michael Tobin back in 2000. For Duffy, the win marks ing to keep it. Last year he put 45 seconds on me on the a perfect season with five straight wins, her second last five miles, this year he put one-minute on me. Nothing XTERRA World Championship in a row, and 12th XTERRA you can do, he’s an amazing rider.” major victory in her last 13 attempts since the start of 2014. Ruzafa did indeed put some time on the pack, but the effort More than 800 endurance athletes from 43 countries took its toll. “At the top of the climb I passed Josiah and I put participated in the event, which started in the relatively calm some time into him and arrived 1:45 at T2, but my body was waters of the Pacific Ocean at D.T. Fleming Beach, not the same and I exploded on the run,” he explained. continued with a 20-mile mountain bike that traversed the West Maui Mountains, and finished with a grueling 6.5-mile “I caught Ruben right before the lake at the big climb. I was trail run. There was more than 4,000-feet of combined making back 20-30 seconds a mile on him. I was shocked. climbing on the bike and run courses. Last year he was climbing at the same speed as I was. I was charging as hard as I could, I was lifting my knees and After 15 years of trying Josiah Middaugh has his world pumping as hard as I could go and I knew I was coming title…“15th time’s a charm,” Middaugh said to the crowd as back on him. It felt good.” he crossed the line, barefoot, holding the finish tape and an American flag with his son Porter and daughter Larsen by In the women’s race Flora Duffy was determined. “I had the his side (his oldest son Sullivan and wife Ingrid were watch- big target on my back, and I came here with a mission. I ing in admiration). “I haven’t planned a single thing beyond wanted to defend, and got away with that by the skin of my this day so this is the end and the beginning right here, it’s teeth today,” said Duffy. “I really struggled. Hit a tree, slide amazing.” out on a corner, fell in a big mud puddle, and all the while the time gap between me and Lesley was getting smaller The men’s race started out as expected with all the fast and smaller.” swimmers getting an early jump … Courtney Atkinson, Ben Allen, Jens Roth, Mauricio Mendez and Sam Osborne were Duffy had the fastest women’s swim split (5th overall) and the first to hit the 20-mile bike course. was 3:45 up on two-time XTERRA World Champion Lesley Paterson out of the water. Paterson posted the best bike What wasn’t expected was how well Middaugh would swim. split to pull back a couple of minutes and was seemingly in He was still two minutes behind the swim leaders, but more striking distance heading out on the run. importantly he was side-by-side with Ruzafa. Last year he was 1:41 down on Ruzafa coming out of the water. “There were moments out there when I questioned it,” said Duffy. “I really, really struggled on the bike this year, not “You never know how you are going to feel, you always feel sure why I just couldn’t stay on my bike, it wasn’t flowing. sluggish the morning of the race. I felt good in the water You have one of those days that everything goes wrong, though and I was psyched to come out with Ruben,” said that was my day. There were times on that run when I had Middaugh. no idea if I could hold on.”

Those two worked their way to the front of the pack on the In the end Duffy took the tape in 2:54:17, five minutes in bike in no time but after a crash set Middaugh back, Ruzafa front of Paterson. “It was a tough day. For everybody it's pounced. tough. You have obstacles you have to get over.” 50 2015 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS

TOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name - Age, Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Josiah Middaugh - 37, Eagle-Vail, Colorado 2:35:32 $20,000 2 Braden Currie - 29, Wanaka, New Zealand 2:38:30 $12,000 3 Ruben Ruzafa - 31, Malaga, Spain 2:40:40 $7,000 4 Mauricio Mendez - 20, Mexico City, Mexico 2:40:54 $4,000 5 Courtney Atkinson - 36, Mermaid Waters, QLD, Australia 2:42:27 $2,500 6 Francisco Serrano - 35, Monterrey, Mexico 2:42:57 $1,500 7 Yeray Luxem - 29, Merksem, Belgium 2:44:45 $1,100 8 Rom Akerson - 31, Tambor, Costa Rica 2:45:07 $800 9 Nicolas Fernandez - 32, Pelissane, France 2:46:51 $600 10 Ben Hoffman - 32, Boulder, Colorado 2:49:56 $500 Also: Jens Roth, Olly Shaw, Fabien Combaluzier, Ben Allen, Albert Soley

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN Pl Name - Age, Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Flora Duffy - 28, Devonshire, Bermuda 2:54:17 $20,000 2 Lesley Paterson - 35, Sterling, Scotland 2:59:16 $12,000 3 Emma Garrard - 34, Park City, Utah 3:03:28 $7,000 4 Myriam Guillot-Boisset - 36, Brindas, France 3:07:27 $4,000 5 Lizzie Orchard - 29, Epsom, New Zealand 3:09:57 $2,500 6 Carina Wasle - 31, Kundl, Austria 3:11:23 $1,500 7 Helena Erbenová - 36, Jablonec, Czech Republic 3:17:12 $1,000 8 Jacqui Slack - 32, Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom 3:18:04 $800 9 Renata Bucher - 38, Lucerne, Switzerland 3:19:34 $600 10 Susan Sloan - 34, Benoni, South Africa 3:20:44 $500 Also: Elisabetta Curridori, Maia Ignatz, Kara LaPoint, Verena Eisenbarth, Alena Stevens

Fastest 1.5-kilometer swim: Courtney Atkinson (19:23), Flora Duffy (19:57) Fastest 30-kilometer bike: Ruben Ruzafa (1:27:27), Lesley Paterson (1:42:52) Fastest 10.5-kilometer run: Mauricio Mendez (40:51), Emma Garrard (46:08) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP) Div Name Hometown Time Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Hayden Wilde Whakatane, NZL 2:59:46 15-19 Clara Clemmensen Taastrup, Denmark 3:55:55 20-24 Charly Sibille Montmorot, France 2:58:08 20-24 Larissa Rabago Guadalajara, Mexico 3:40:48 25-29 (2) Martin Kostelnicak Bratislava, Slovakia 2:56:23 25-29 (3) Elizabeth Gruber Colorado Springs, Colo 3:26:44 30-34 * Christophe Betard Epinal, France 2:56:00 30-34 Susi Pawel Dresden, Germany 3:39:15 35-39 Oscar Garcia Pilar, Argentina 2:59:28 35-39 * Julie Baker Sonora, California 3:25:51 40-44 (2) Martin Flinta Molndal, Sweden 2:57:10 40-44 (3) Mimi Stockton Stevensville, Michigan 3:29:06 45-49 (6) Calvin Zaryski Calgary, Canada 3:01:09 45-49 Catherine Gance Cergy, France 3:57:43 50-54 (2) Benoit Lalevee Saint Nazaire, France 3:10:28 50-54 (2) Carol Rasmussen Karlslunde, Denmark 3:44:32 55-59 Philippe Costet Vandoeuvre, France 3:27:02 55-59 Sharon McDowell-Larsen Colorado Springs, Colo 3:51:56 60-64 Peter Dann Eagle, Colorado 3:44:07 60-64 (6) Cindi Toepel Littleton, Colorado 4:23:31 65-69 (3) Bruce Wacker Kailua Kona, Hawaii 4:17:57 65-69 (3) Libby Harrow Fruita, Colorado 6:01:00 70-74 Steffen Neuendorff Wald-Michelbach, GER 5:46:54 70-74 (8) Wendy Minor Kamuela, Hawaii 6:17:18 PC (10) Fouad Fattoumy Honolulu, HI 3:47:12 (#) denotes number of World Championships won / *Top Amateurs

51 2014 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW October 25, 2014 (Ritz-Carlton Kapalua, Maui, HI) - One people I was racing with but Ruben was off ahead with an elite became an instant legend in her home country and even better swim. He wasn’t too far off the front. I caught the another solidified his status among XTERRA’s all-time top 5 on the bike really early and I put together the best race greats at the 19th running of the XTERRA World I have done here. It wasn’t quite enough to win but I'm very Championship. happy with second. I feel like I pushed really hard all the way through. I feel like I emptied the tank like 50 times and Flora Duffy, who first dreamed of becoming a world put every single thing into this race. Best day I’ve had.” champion when she was 8-years-old, became the first pro triathlete from Bermuda to win a triathlon world title and In the women’s race nothing could stop Flora Duffy, not a Ruben Ruzafa from Spain captured his third XTERRA World mechanical, not even a wicked crash that sent her flying into Championship and wrapped up a perfect season that the bushes and ripped holes in her racing kit. featured nine straight wins, the XTERRA European Tour Championship, the ITU Cross Triathlon World “I crashed so hard, I literally don't know how I got back on Championship and the XTERRA USA Championship. my bike,” said Duffy. “You know how it’s a steep gnarly decent, I hit a root awkwardly and just flew into the trees More than 800 endurance athletes from around the world head first with the bike on top of me. I was lucky I landed in participated in the off-road triathlon, which started and the bushes. Then, five minutes later I had a mechanical. It finished at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua hotel on Maui. The was a hard day out there.” course consisted of a 1-mile swim, a 20-mile mountain bike, and a 6- mile trail run. It was even harder for all the elite women trying to keep up with Duffy. Last year’s women’s winner Nicky Samuels did It used to be all about the bike for Ruben Ruzafa, who has her best, but said she lacked the fitness after her break from now posted the fastest bike split at all three XTERRA World ITU racing. Championship races he’s entered (and won) , but now he’s almost just as strong at swimming and running. “I had a break after the ITU season so I think 3rd is about where my fitness is, and to hold on to 3rd place was good “I feel great, it’s incredible. Until you finish the race you don't enough for me,” said Samuels. know if you are going to win. Today, I knew it was going to be hard because Josiah was really good. I am surprised Riveros, who was the runner-up two years ago and finished because I swam very well… but Josiah did really well in the fourth last year, worked her way back into the second spot ride, and running of course he was very fast. So, it wasn’t this year. until the end of the course that I knew he was not there.” “I’m very, very proud of Flora,” said Riveros. “I'm happy for Ruzafa came out of the water less than one-minute behind her for getting the title for her country. She’s a role model. the leaders and made all that up and more to take the lead She’s very strong and I knew she was the big contender on the bike by the six-mile mark when he passed the other here and she more than proved that today so clap for her 11 riders in front of him and finally Ben Allen. More and congratulations to everyone.” importantly, his 20:51 swim split was 1:45 faster than his toughest opponent, Josiah Middaugh. Emma Garrard continues to shine bright as America’s top female racer with a fourth-place showing . He extended the gap on Middaugh by 50-seconds on the bike and even though the American XTERRA icon ran more Helena Erbenova was several minutes behind the leaders than a minute faster in the final leg of the race, it wasn’t after the swim but coupled a great bike and run to work her enough. Here’s how Middaugh explained it… way into fifth despite crashing on the bike.

“I knew I had to have a really good swim. I had a great start today and I had the best swim I’ve ever had here. I was a little over two minutes behind the lead, but really close to the 52 2014 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS

TOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Ruben Ruzafa 30 Malaga, Spain 2:29:56 $20,000 2 Josiah Middaugh 36 Vial, Colorado 2:31:11 $12,000 3 Ben Allen 29 North Wollongong, Australia 2:34:50 $7,000 4 Dan Hugo 29 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:36:28 $4,000 5 Mauricio Mendez 19 Mexico City, Mexico 2:38:55 $2,500 6 Bart Aernouts 30 Merksem, Belgium 2:38:56 $1,500 7 Conrad Stoltz 41 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:38:57 $1,000 8 Michael Weiss 33 Gumpoldskirchen, Austria 2:39:06 $800 9 Rom Akerson 30 Paquera, Costa Rica 2:39:40 $600 10 Bradley Weiss 25 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:40:09 $500 Also: Brice Daubord, Rob Woestenborghs, Jim Thijs, Ryan Ignatz, Albert Soley

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Flora Duffy 27 Devonshire, Bermuda 2:47:59 $20,000 2 Barbara Riveros 27 Wollongong, Chile 2:50:04 $12,000 3 Nicky Samuels 31 Wanaka, New Zealand 2:56:31 $7,000 4 Emma Garrad 33 Park City, Utah 2:56:54 $4,000 5 Helena Erbenova 35 Jablonec Nad Nisou, Czech 2:57:56 $2,500 6 Suzie Snyder 32 Fredericksburg, Virginia 2:59:53 $1,500 7 Charlotte McShane 34 Mount Taylor, Australia 3:02:59 $1,000 8 Melanie McQuaid 41 Victoria, Canada 3:03:17 $800 9 Jacqui Slack 31 Stoke On Trent, Great Britain 3:03:45 $600 10 Carina Wasle 30 Kundl, Austria 3:04:54 $500 Also: Kathrin Muller, Chantell Widney, Danelle Kabush, Sandra Koblemueller, Lizzie Orchard

Fastest 1.5-kilometer swim: Mauricio Mendez/Ben Allen (20:01), Nicky Samuels/Flora Duffy (20:22) Fastest 30-kilometer bike: Ruben Ruzafa (1:26:53), Flora Duffy (1:41:41) Fastest 11-kilometer run: Josiah Middaugh (37:58), Barbara Riveros (42:01)

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP) Div Name Hometown Time Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Maxim Chane Falicon, France 2:55:37 15-19 (5) Hannah Rae Finchamp Altadena, California 3:30:52 20-24 Thomas Kerner Burglengenfeld, GER 2:53:27 20-24 Natia Van Heerden Hazyview, South Africa 3:29:08 25-29 Martin Kostelnicak Bratislava, Slovakia 2:52:58 25-29 * Brittany Webster Canmore, Canada 3:17:36 30-34 * Guillaume Jeannin Bergholtz-Zell, France 2:46:21 30-34 Laurianne Levasseur Nantes, France 3:34:14 35-39 Johann Mathis Le Tholy, France 2:57:34 35-39 Nadine Mueller Canmore, Canada 3:25:57 40-44 Martin Flinta Molndal, Sweden 2:53:11 40-44 Kelli Montgomery Wallingford, Connecticut 3:40:24 45-49 Tom Evans Penticton, Canada 2:54:41 45-49 Riikka Vreeswijk-Kelja Gorinchem, Netherlands 3:30:27 50-54 Dennis Farrell Littleton, Colorado 3:11:00 50-54 (2) Tamara Tabeek San Diego, California 3:51:18 55-59 (2) Dennis Brinson Carson City, Nevada 3:20:58 55-59 Martha Buttner Boulder, Colorado 4:05:10 60-64 Johnny Davis Boulder, Colorado 3:40:27 60-64 (5) Cindi Toepel Littleton, Colorado 4:25:46 65-69 (2) David Rakita Durango, Colorado 4:10:39 65-69 Linda Usher West Upton, MA 5:48:52 70-74 (9) Peter Wood La Jolla, California 4:43:18 CA (2) Judith Abrahams Anchorage, Alaska 5:20:13 CA (9) Fouad Fattoumy Honolulu, Hawaii 3:40:00 (#) denotes number of World Championships won *Top Amateurs

53 2013 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua (October 27, 2013) - Maui turned up Olympics and normally focuses on ITU road events, and the heat and the competition last year as more than 700 said she practiced her mountain biking for only three weeks endurance athletes from around the world participated in prior to this race. Still, she was able to post the second- the ultimate XTERRA at The Ritz-Carlton Kapalua hotel on fastest bike split among the females at 1:49:36. Maui. Temperatures approaching 90 degrees turned it into a race of attrition as much as a race of competition. “I thought it would be hot and thought there would be a lot of sandy stuff on the bike,” she said. “I guess that’s what it Ruben Ruzafa from Spain made a triumphant return to the might have been, but more of a mountain bike course with top of the XTERRA World Championship podium after berms and jumps and things. It was kind of like a school completing the course in 2 hours, 34 minutes, 34 seconds. cross country race when you’re 5 or 6. It was fun, something Nicky Samuels from New Zealand took the women’s title in different and a nice way to end the season.” her first appearance at the XTERRA World Championship. She finished the course in 2:57:48. She is the first female from New Zealand to win the XTERRA World Championship (Hamish Carter took the Ruzafa, who is 30 and resides in Malaga, Spain, won the men’s title in 2006). Her victory ended the successful run of 2013 XTERRA World Championship for the second time in Scotland’s Lesley Paterson, who was the two-time defend- his career last year (and he hasn’t lost a race since). ing XTERRA women’s world champ and had posted seven consecutive XTERRA race victories leading up to this year’s “We knew that it was a really hot day,” Ruzafa said. “I drink Worlds. a lot (of water). I drink three bottles on the bike so I can make it to the run relatively fresh. I pushed hard and I’m “I just didn’t feel like I had the legs from the start and that’s very, very happy.” a horrible course to feel like that,” said Paterson, 33.

Ruzafa trailed the leaders by around two minutes after the Paterson said she knew midway through the bike that swim, but he more than made up for it with an astonishing victory was probably out of reach, but she still displayed her bike ride. He finished with a bike split of 1:30:11, which was champion spirit by tracking down two fellow pros on the run the fastest of the day by more than a minute. He eventually to take second place. Paterson finished the bike in fourth, reeled in all the leaders on the bike, and had a lead of about but passed Barbara Riveros first on the run, then staged a 45 seconds entering the run. late surge to pass Flora Duffy in the final 100 meters of the run. “I was really surprised,” Ruzafa said of his ability to pass the other pros on the bike. Nobody got close to Ruzafa on the “I came off the bike just way down, not where I wanted to run, and he eventually finished 1 minute, 27 seconds, be, and I just fought all the way,” she said. ahead of the rest of the field. Paterson finished in 3:00:14, including the fastest run split “Two (XTERRA) championships is really, really good for of the day at 43:55. me,” he said. “It’s a dream.” Duffy, who is an Olympian from Bermuda, finished in third – The women’s race had no such drama at the front, as five seconds after Paterson – for an impressive debut of her Samuels jumped into the lead early in the bike and stayed own at the XTERRA Worlds. “I’m shocked,” she said. somewhat-comfortably in front the rest of the way. “Coming into this race, I was kind of here just for fun.”

“A bit shocked, really,” Samuels said of her successful debut On Paterson’s late pass for second place, Duffy said: “I at the XTERRA World Championship. “I didn’t know how my couldn’t respond. I was just hoping there was nobody descending skills, or lack of, was going to stand up to the behind Lesley.” Riveros, who is an Olympian from Chile and other girls.” placed second at the 2012 XTERRA Worlds, took fourth this year with a time of 3:01:43. Samuels, 30, who raced for New Zealand at the London 54 2013 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS

TOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Ruben Ruzafa 29 Malaga, Spain 2:34:34 $20,000 2 Asa Shaw 29 Frejus, France 2:36:01 $12,000 3 Ben Allen 28 North Wollongong, Australia 2:36:24 $7,000 4 Josiah Middaugh 35 Vail, Colorado 2:37:44 $4,000 5 Braden Currie 27 Wanaka, New Zealand 2:39:05 $2,500 6 Conrad Stoltz 40 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:39:31 $1,500 7 Nicolas Lebrun 40 Digne-les-Bains, France 2:40:57 $1,000 8 Marvin Gruget 21 Beaumes de Venise, France 2:42:03 $800 9 Leonardo Chacon 29 Liberia, Costa Rica 2:42:08 $600 10 Brice Daubord 28 Orleans, France 2:43:00 $500 Also: Francois Carloni, Richard Murray, Kris Coddens, Dan Hugo, Jan Kubicek

PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Nicky Samuels 30 Wanaka, New Zealand 2:57:48 $20,000 2 Lesley Paterson 33 Sterling, Scotland 3:00:14 $12,000 3 Flora Duffy 26 Boulder, Colorado 3:00:19 $7,000 4 Barbara Riveros 26 La Pintana, Chile 3:01:43 $4,000 5 Emma Garrard 32 Park City, Utah 3:01:49 $2,500 6 Chantell Widney 33 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 3:04:36 $1,500 7 Helena Erbenova 34 Jablonecu, Czech Republic 3:05:16 $1,000 8 Shonny Vanlandingham 44 Durango, Colorado 3:05:43 $800 9 Jacqui Slack 30 Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom 3:05:52 $600 10 Suzie Snyder 31 Fredericksburg, Virginia 3:08:32 $500 Also: Carina Wasle, Carla Van Huyssteen, Kathrin Muller, Heather Jackson, Renata Bucher

Fastest 1.5-kilometer swim: Leonardo Chacon (18:31), Flora Duffy (19:21) Fastest 30-kilometer bike: Ruben Ruzafa (1:30:11), Shonny Vanlandingham (1:49:22) Fastest 11-kilometer run: Asa Shaw (39:24), Lesley Paterson (43:55) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP) Div Name Hometown Time Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Mauricio Mendez* Mexico City, Mexico 2:45:48 15-19 (4) Hannah Rae Finchamp* Altadena, California 3:11:02 20-24 Clement Briere Bretteville, France 2:53:23 20-24 (2) Elizabeth Gruber Redding, California 3:29:13 25-29 Albert Soley Bigues, Spain 2:53:27 25-29 Kara Lapoint Truckee, California 3:28:24 30-34 Oliver Pichou Canteleu, France 2:56:19 30-34 Debby Sullivan Roseville, California 3:37:46 35-39 Romaric Delepine Zimming, France 2:50:45 35-39 Jennifer Todd Newbury Parks, Calif. 3:39:33 40-44 (4) Thomas Vonach Schwarzach, Austria 2:58:10 40-44 (2) Mimi Stockton Stevensville, Michigan 3:33:09 45-49 (5) Calvin Zaryski Calgary, Canada 2:58:31 45-49 Kim Beckinsale Noosa Heads, Australia 3:28:38 50-54 Tim Sheeper Menlo Park, California 3:13:38 50-54 (2) Anne Gonzales Aspen, Colorado 3:23:53 55-59 (4) Tom Monica Thousand Oaks, Calif. 3:28:18 55-59 (2) Lucia Colbert Cordova, Tennessee 4:11:16 60-64 (4) John Royson Albany, California 3:34:51 60-64 Beverly Watson Priddis, Canada 4:15:05 65-69 (2) Bruce Wacker Nelson, New Zealand 4:29:03 65-69 (7) Wendy Minor Kamuela, Hawaii 6:09:21 70-74 (8) Peter Wood La Jolla, California 5:07:59 75-79 (2) Ron Hill Hayden, Idaho 7:12:11 (#) denotes number of World Championships won PC (8) Ed Fattoumy Honolulu, HI 3:52:13 *Top Amateurs

55 2012 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua (October 28, 2012) -A tsunami swim ... but I knew these guys like Conrad (Stoltz) and the warning for the Hawaiian Islands was canceled early on good mountain bikers, they are much better than me, espe- Sunday morning, and then Javier Gomez Noya and Lesley cially on the technical sections, so my tactic was try to push Paterson went out and stormed the competition at the 2012 really hard uphill because then you can go hard uphill and XTERRA World Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua then on the downhill just not even try to go crazy fast, just on the island of Maui. try to recover and avoid crashing. It worked pretty well.”

Gomez Noya was the overall winner, completing the course After breaking through for her first XTERRA World (1.5-kilometer swim, 30K mountain bike, 10K trail run) in 2 Championship last year, Paterson did it again. She was the hours, 26 minutes, 50 seconds. The 29-year-old from Spain top female, finishing with a time of 2:44:11. followed up his silver medal performance at the 2012 Olympics with an impressive victory in his inaugural “It was perfect from start to finish for me,” she said. “I’ve XTERRA appearance. done some great training leading up to this. This was my big focus of the year, and it panned out exactly how I wanted it Paterson was the top female, not only repeating her to.” accomplishment of a year ago, but bettering it. She finished with a time of 2:44:11, which was nearly two minutes faster The 32-year-old from Scotland (pictured) took the lead early than her winning time of a year ago. in the bike and then ran away from the other women. She finished more than four minutes ahead of runner-up Barbara A capacity – and XTERRA World Championship record – Riveros (2:48:18) from Chile. Marie Rabie from South Africa field of 750 athletes from around the world participated in was third in 2:53:55, and Heather Jackson from Carlsbad, the event, which was held on Maui for the 17th consecutive Calif., was fourth in 2:54:12. Riveros, Rabie and Jackson year. were all making their XTERRA World Championship debuts.

As if the lead-in drama to the event were not enough, a Among the age-group amateurs, a pair of California tsunami warning was issued for all of the Hawaiian Island teenagers took the spotlight. Neilson Powless (pictured) late Saturday night. Many of the athletes stayed up late from Roseville, Calif., was the top overall amateur with a trying to get updates on the tsunami, and some were even time of 2:42:35, while Hannah Rae Finchamp from evacuated from their hotels or homes. Altadena, Calif., was the top female amateur in 3:05:55.

“I think maybe some of the athletes had to evacuate or had Powless is 16 and a sophomore at Roosevelt High School; to stay up a little bit later, but I don’t think it had a big Finchamp is 16 and a junior at Maranatha High School. influence on the race,” said Conrad Stoltz, who placed third They are the youngest male and female to ever win the title overall. “I think we were lucky to have a fair world of top overall amateur at the XTERRA World Championship. championship.” It is also the first age-group XTERRA world title for Powless. Indeed, the conditions did not adversely affect the race, Finchamp is now a three-time XTERRA world champ in the although an expected swell did create a rougher-than- female 15-19 age group. normal ocean swim. Powless exited the water in 15th place among the ama- All of the XTERRA pros know who Javier Gomez Noya is. teurs, but he eventually caught them all. His overall finish- He is, after all, a two-time ITU triathlon world champ in addi- ing time was 14 seconds ahead of New Zealand’s Oliver tion to the 2012 Olympic silver medalist. They just didn’t Shaw. know how good he might be on an XTERRA course. He turned out to be exceptional. Gomez Noya made quite the Finchamp’s win wasn’t nearly as close, as she finished XTERRA debut, running away to the overall win. more than seven minutes ahead of the next amateur female. Her finishing time would have placed her 13th “I didn’t expect that,” Gomez Noya said. “I had a really good among the pro women. 56 2012 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS

TOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Javier Gomez Noya 29 Pontevedra, Spain 2:26:54 $20,000 2 Josiah Middaugh 34 Vail, Colorado 2:27:41 $12,000 3 Conrad Stoltz 39 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:30:04 $7,000 4 Leonardo Chacon 28 Liberia, Costa Rica 2:30:19 $4,000 5 Victor Del Correl 32 Santa Olivia, Spain 2:30:24 $2,500 6 Brent McMahon 32 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:30:56 $1,500 7 Asa Shaw 28 Frejus, France 2:32:16 $1,000 8 34 London, United Kingdom 2:32:41 $800 9 Yeray Luxem 26 Merkem, Belgium 2:33:10 $600 10 Olivier Marceau 39 Vallavris, Switzerland 2:33:36 $500 Also: Nicolas Lebrun, Eneko Llanos, Felix Schumann, Sebastian Kienle, Francisco Serrano

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Lesley Paterson 32 San Diego, California 2:44:12 $20,000 2 Barbara Riveros 25 La Pintana, Chile 2:48:19 $12,000 3 Mari Rabie 26 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:53:56 $7,000 4 Heather Jackson 28 Carlsbad, California 2:54:13 $4,000 5 Jacqui Slack 29 Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom 2:55:19 $2,500 6 Magali Tisseyre 31 St-Sauveur, Canada 3:01:11 $1,500 7 Renata Bucher 35 Littau, Switzerland 2:01:51 $1,000 8 Shonny Vanlandingham 43 Durango, Colorado 3:02:24 $800 9 Helena Erbanova 33 JabloneC, Czech Republic 3:03:48 $600 10 Marion Lorblanchet 29 Lempdes, France 3:04:21 $500 Also: Elizabeth Orchard, Danelle Kabush, Melanie McQuaid, Brandi Heisterman, Katie Button

Fastest 1.5-kilometer swim: Javier Gomez (19:05), Mari Rabie (21:11) Fastest 30-kilometer bike: Josiah Middaugh (1:23:34), Lesley Paterson (1:36:01) Fastest 11-kilometer run: Javier Gomez (37:51), Lesley Paterson (40:51) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP) Div Name Hometown Time Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Neilson Powless* Roseville, CA 2:42:35 15-19 (3) Hannah Rae Finchamp* Altadena, California 3:05:55 20-24 Oliver Shaw Rotorua, New Zealand 2:42:49 20-24 Elizabeth Gruber Redding, California 3:23:04 25-29 (2) Jiri Klima Osek, Czech 2:44:46 25-29 Becci Kaltenmeier Freiburg, Germany 3:21:48 30-34 (3) Tim Van Daele Burcht, Belgium 2:43:59 30-34 Sarah Backler Tauranga, New Zealand 3:14:55 35-39 Antonio Martin Del Campo Guadalajara, Mexico 2:53:11 35-39 Kristen Tamburrino St. Catharines, Canada 3:21:25 40-44 (3) Thomas Vonach Schwarzach, Austria 2:48:28 40-44 Mimi Stockton Stevensville, Michigan 3:20:41 45-49 Benoit Lalevee St.Nazaire, France 2:55:40 45-49 Carol Rasmussen Karlslunde, Denmark 3:33:09 50-54 (3) Casey Fannin Birmingham, Alabama 3:09:00 50-54 Anne Gonzales Aspen, Colorado 3:13:00 55-59 Dennis Brinson Carson City, Nevada 3:13:03 55-59 Lucia Colbert Cordova, Tennessee 3:49:55 60-64 Tryg Fortun Kenmore, Washington 3:24:10 60-64 (2) Sharon Prutton Christchurch, NZL 4:00:43 65-69 Michal Mogrovics Olomouc, Czech 3:56:52 65-69 (2) Kathy Frank Santa Cruz, California 6:07:13 70-74 Roger Kern Scotts Valley, California 5:30:38 PC Judith Abrahams Kenai, Alaska 5:41:22 75-79 Nathaniel Grew Costa Rica 6:06:56 CEO Mike Cabigon Edmonton, Canada 2:52:15 (#) denotes number of World Championships won PC (7) Fouad Fattoumy Honolulu, Hawaii 3:34:22 *Top Amateurs 57 2011 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEW

October 23, 2011 (Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua - Maui) - A new “My goal for this year was to be first amateur at XTERRA venue served as a fitting place to crown new XTERRA world Nationals and Worlds, and I’m blown away that I’ve champions. managed to achieve those goals,” said Donelson, 36. “I’m not getting any younger, and after last year, I realized that The 16th XTERRA World Championship turned into a sweet anything can happen so I decided I wanted to make this a celebration for Michael Weiss, Lesley Paterson and big year and I trained really hard for it.” Kapalua, Maui. Donelson is originally from Australia, but now resides in Weiss and Paterson earned their first XTERRA world titles Edwards, Colo., where she works as a personal trainer. on a new course that was described as both beautiful and brutal. After 15 previous years at Makena, the XTERRA “Having accomplished this, I think I’d like to look into turning World Championship off-road triathlon moved to the pro next year,” she said. Ritz-Carlton Kapalua this year. A total of 675 athletes representing 28 countries and 42 states participated in the event, which featured a 1.5-kilometer swim, a 30-kilometer Alexander mountain bike and a 10-kilometer trail run.

Alexander Haas of Germany and Tamara Donelson of Colorado took the overall world titles among the amateur age-group competitors.

Haas placed an impressive 13th overall, which ties the record for best placing by an amateur at the XTERRA World Championship. In 2003, Robert Latschen also placed 13th overall. Haas finished with a time of 2:33:37, which was 17 seconds behind Olympic gold medalist , and 20 seconds ahead of former XTERRA World Champ Nico Lebrun.

Ryan Ignatz of Colorado was the second amateur in 2:36:53. His wife, Maia Ignatz, also won an age-group world title. Ryan took the men’s 30-34 age division, while Maia placed first in the women’s 30-34 age group.

Tim Van Daele, who was the top amateur in 2009 and 2010, placed fourth this year.

Donelson finished with a time of 3:09:47, which placed her 14th among all the females. It was quite a contrast from last year’s XTERRA World Championship, when Donelson needed medical assistance on the bike course after she crashed. One of the brake handles on her bike punctured her arm, and racer/Dr. Kathy Coutinho and other competi- tors came to her aid to help stop the bleeding before help arrived.

58 2011 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS

TOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Michael Weiss 30 Vienna, Austria 2:27:00 $20,000 2 Dan Hugo 26 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:27:33 $12,000 3 Eneko Llanos 34 Victoria-Gasteiz, Spain 2:28:26 $7,000 4 Josiah Middaugh 33 Vail, Colorado 2:29:14 $4,000 5 Ivan Rana 39 Ordes, Spain 2:29:31 $2,500 6 Olivier Marceau 38 Switzerland 2:29:40 $1,500 7 Ronny Dietz 33 Chemnitz, Germany 2:29:47 $1,000 8 Richard Ussher 35 Nelson, New Zealand 2:29:54 $800 9 Jan Kubicek 31 Chodov City, Czech Republic 2:30:54 $600 10 Christopher Legh 38 Lyons, Colorado 2:31:10 $500 Also: Sam Gardner, Jan Frodeno, Nicolas Lebrun, Mike Vine, Tim DeBoom

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Time Purse 1 Lesley Paterson 31 San Diego, Calif. (Scotland) 2:45:59 $20,000 2 Marion Lorblanchet 28 Clermont Ferrand, France 2:48:08 $12,000 3 Helena Erbenová 32 Czech Republic 2:51:51 $7,000 4 Renata Bucher 34 Lucerne, Switzerland 2:52:02 $4,000 5 Danelle Kabush 36 Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2:54:35 $2,500 6 Erin Densham 26 Melbourne, Australia 2:57:46 $1,500 7 Sara Tarkington 30 Boulder, Colorado 2:57:59 $1,000 8 Emma Garrard 30 Park City, Utah 2:58:42 $800 9 Brandi Heisterman 36 Brackendale, B.C., Canada 3:03:39 $600 10 Jessica Noyola 29 San Diego, California 3:04:25 Also: Brigitta Poor, Kelley Cullen, Fabiola Corona, Manuela Vilaseca, Suzie Snyder

Fastest 1.5-kilometer swim: Richard Stannard (20:22), Erin Densham (22:32) Fastest 30-kilometer bike: Michael Weiss (1:17:30), Melanie McQuaid (1:29:27) Fastest 11-kilometer run: Alejandro Santamaria (40:58), Lesley Paterson (43:54) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP) Div Name Hometown Time Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Marvin Gruget France 2:35:22 15-19 (2) Hannah Rae Finchamp Altadena, California 3:16:16 20-24 (2) Alexander Haas Germany 2:33:37 20-24 Danielle Kehoe Arvada, Colorado 3:22:14 25-29 Daniel Carleton South Africa 2:49:21 25-29 Lizzie Orchard Auckland, New Zealand 3:10:05 30-34 Ryan Ignatz Boulder, Colorado 2:36:53 30-34 Maia Ignatz Boulder, Colorado 3:12:44 35-39 (2) Thomas Vonach Schwarzach, Austria 2:40:10 35-39 Tamara Donelson Edwards, Colorado 3:09:47 40-44 (4) Calvin Zaryski Calgary, Canada 2:39:28 40-44 Kim Baldwin Boulder, Colorado 3:22:52 45-49 (2) Mark Geoghegan Honolulu, Hawaii 2:50:17 45-49 Sue Lambert Anchorage, Alaska 3:30:42 50-54 David Maclean Ludington, Michigan 3:02:36 50-54 Tamara Tabeek San Diego, California 3:29:04 55-59 Jaroslav Balatka Czech Republic 3:19:56 55-59 (6) Barbara Peterson Berkeley, California 3:56:52 60-64 Mike Lyons New Zealand 3:52:52 60-64 (4) Cindi Toepel Littleton, Colorado 3:59:45 65-69 (2) Bruce Wacker Colorado Springs 3:33:27 CEO Cheryl Iseberg Fircrest, Washington 5:51:40 70+ (2) John Stover Jackson, Michigan 4:37:55 CEO Mike Byam Grand Rapids, Michigan 4:10:00 (#) denotes number of World Championships won - Top Amateurs PC (6) Fouad Fattoumy Honolulu, Hawaii 3:32:51

59 2010 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS

TOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Conrad Stoltz 37 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:31:07 $20,000 2 Franky Batelier 32 Rouen, France 2:36:14 $12,000 3 Michael Weiss 29 Vienna, Austria 2:36:45 $7,000 4 Olivier Marceau 37 Cannes, France 2:37:47 $4,000 5 Nicolas Lebrun 37 Digne-les-Bains, France 2:38:50 $2,500 6 Eneko Llanos 33 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 2:40:44 $1,500 7 Richard Ussher 34 Nelson, New Zealand 2:41:03 $1,000 8 Felix Schumann 27 Tuebingen, Germany 2:41:31 $800 9 Mike Vine 37 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:41:53 $600 10 Jim Thijs 30 Huldenberg, Belgium 2:43:26 $500 Also: Alexander Manzan ($400), Ronny Dietz ($300), Jan Kubicek, Asa Shaw, Branden Rakita

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Shonny Vanlandingham 41 Durango, Colorado 2:58:20 $20,000 2 Julie Dibens 35 Bath, United Kingdom 2:59:33 $12,000 3 Marion Lorblanchet 27 Clermont Ferrand, France 3:06:11 $7,000 4 Christine Jeffrey 37 Guelph, Ontario, Canada 3:07:22 $4,000 5 Suzie Snyder 28 Stafford, Virginia 3:08:04 $2,500 6 Carina Wasle 26 Kundl, Austria 3:08:06 $1,500 7 Lesley Paterson 30 Sterling, Scotland 3:11:37 $1,000 8 Sara Tarkington 29 Boulder, Colorado 3:11:45 $800 9 Emma Ruth Smith 27 Glos, Great Britain 3:11:53 $600 10 Emma Garrard 29 Park City, Utah 3:13:38 Also: Melanie McQuaid, Danelle Kabush, Mieko Carey, Marie Helene-Premont, Darelle Parker

Fastest 1.5-kilometer swim: Seth Wealing (19:29), Christine Jeffrey (19:41) Fastest 30-kilometer bike: Conrad Stoltz (1:23:48), Shony Vanlandingham (1:40:22) Fastest 11-kilometer run: Nicolas Lebrun (44:01), Marion Lorblanchet (48:39)

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) Div Name Hometown Time Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Hannah Rae Finchamp Altadena, California 3:43:10 15-19 Michael Keith Somerset, South Africa 3:03:13 20-24 Bettina Uhlig Freiburg, Germany 3:27:55 20-24 Jiri Klima Osek, Czech Republic 2:57:59 25-29 Luisa Bryce Denver, Colorado 3:29:13 25-29 Pierre-Yves Facomprez Nevers, France 2:49:54 30-34 Amber Monforte (2) Reno, Nevada 3:18:52 30-34 Tim Van Daele (2) Burcht, Belgium 2:48:28 35-39 Martina Donner Kotschach, Austria 3:33:13 35-39 David Ballabio Aubavilla, Italy 2:53:35 40-44 Kathleen Coutinho Fairfax Station, Virginia 3:34:31 40-44 Calvin Zaryski (3) Cargary, Canada 2:58:16 45-49 Carolina Colonna Taos, New Mexico 3:34:47 45-49 Mark Geoghegan Honolulu, Hawaii 3:06:26 50-54 Beverly Enslow Metamora, Illinois 3:42:05 50-54 Tom Monica (3) Thousand Oaks, Calif. 3:21:26 55-59 Beverly Watson (5) Priddis, Canada 3:56:39 55-59 Valerio Curridori Villacidro, Italy 3:35:40 60-64 Libby Harrow (2) Vero Beach, Florida 5:30:09 60-64 David Rakita Durango, Colorado 3:45:21 65+ Charlotte Mahan Lenoir City, Tennessee 5:58:34 65-69 Peter Wood (7) La Jolla, California 4:06:19 70+ Ron Hill Hayden, Idaho 5:44:54 (#) denotes number of World Championships won - Top Amateurs PC Fouad Fattoumy (5) Honolulu, Hawaii 3:44:08 60 2009 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS

TOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Eneko Llanos 32 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 2:37:22 $20,000 2 Nico Lebrun 36 Digne, France 2:38:17 $12,000 3 Michi Weiss 28 Vienna, Austria 2:40:24 $7,000 4 Olivier Marceau 36 Cannes, France 2:41:06 $4,000 5 Conrad Stoltz 36 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:41:40 $2,500 6 Franky Batelier 31 Normandy, France 2:42:15 $1,500 7 Felix Schumann 26 Tuebingen, Germany 2:42:57 $1,000 8 Seth Wealing 30 Boulder, Colorado 2:43:58 $800 9 Josiah Middaugh 31 Vail, Colorado 2:44:14 $600 10 Nico Pfitzenmaier 38 Besigheim, Germany 2:44:31 $500 Also: Richard Ussher ($400), Mike Vine ($300), Scott Thorne, Matthew Murphy, Brian Smith

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Julie Dibens 34 Bath, England 2:56:42 $20,000 2 Lesley Paterson 29 Sterling, Scotland 3:04:16 $12,000 3 Melanie McQuaid 36 Victoria, B.C., Canada 3:05:46 $7,000 4 Carina Wasle 25 Kundl, Austria 3:07:23 $4,000 5 Shonny Vanlandingham 40 Durango, Colorado 3:08:00 $2,500 6 Marion Lorblanchet 26 Clermont Ferrand, France 3:13:15 $1,500 7 Danelle Kabush 34 Canmore, Alberta, Canada 3:13:50 $1,000 8 Christine Jeffrey 36 Guelph, Ontario, Canada 3:15:01 $800 9 Sara Tarkington 28 Boulder, Colorado 3:15:56 $600 10 Rebecca Dussault 28 Gunnison, Colorado 3:17:22 Also: Emma Garrard, Marie-Helene Premont, Jenny Tobin, Renata Bucher, Sabrina Enaux

Fastest 1.5-kilometer swim: Luke McKenzie (19:30), Christine Jeffrey (19:42) Fastest 30-kilometer bike: Michi Weiss (1:28:11), Julie Dibens (1:42:48) Fastest 11-kilometer run: Chris Legh (43:59), Lesley Paterson (49:45) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP) Division Name Hometown Time Division Name Hometown Time 15-19 Sebastien Antony Goupillieres, France 3:19:22 15-19 Shea Reardon Taupo, New Zealand 4:08:43 20-24 Alexander Haas Georgensgmuend, Germany 2:56:23 20-24 (2) Monique Avery Rotorua, New Zealand 3:47:15 25-29 Tim Van Daele Burcht, Belgium 2:53:46 25-29 Bridget Keegan Napier,New Zealand 3:39:29 30-34 Cedric Lassonde London, England 2:55:20 30-34 Martina Donner Kotschach, Austria 3:34:33 35-39 Thomas Vonach Schwarzach, Austria 3:00:49 35-39 Sheri Foster Calgary, Canada 3:38:31 40-44 (2) Calvin Zaryski Calgary, Canada 2:56:32 40-44 Darrelle Parker London, England 3:34:24 45-49 (2) Casey Fannin Hoover, Alabama 3:14:18 45-49 (2) Kaja Polivkova Prague, Czech Republic 3:41:30 50-54 (2) Tom Monica Thousand Oaks, California 3:18:19 50-54 (4) Beverly Enslow Metamora, Illinois 3:51:15 55-59 (3) John Royson Albany, California 3:31:02 55-59 Sharon Prutton Christchurch, New Zealand 4:14:38 60-64 (6) Kent Robison Reno, Nevada 3:46:37 60+ Kimiko Matsuda Osaka, Japan 5:55:00 65-69 (6) Peter Wood La Jolla, California 4:09:25 PC (2) Megan Fisher Missoula, Montana 5:22:10 70+ (4) Hans Dieben Chula Vista, California 5:03:46 PC (4) Ed Fattoumy Honolulu, Hawaii 3:51:33 (#) denotes number of World Championships won - Top Amateurs

61 2008 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS

TOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Ruben Ruzafa 24 Malaga, Spain 2:37:36 $25,000 2 Michael Weiss 27 Vienna, Austria 2:38:10 $15,000 3 Brent McMahon 28 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:40:56 $8,000 4 Mike Vine 35 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:41:37 $5,000 5 Olivier Marceau 35 Vallavris, Switzerland 2:42:01 $3,000 6 Eneko Llanos 31 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 2:42:49 $1,750 7 Josiah Middaugh 30 Vail, Colorado 2:42:56 $1,200 8 Dan Hugo 23 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:43:28 $1,000 9 Brian Smith 32 Gunnison, Colorado 2:43:47 $800 10 Chris Legh 35 Melbourne, Australia 2:45:20 $700 Also: Seth Wealing ($600), Conrad Stoltz ($500), Jim Thijs ($400), Ryan Ignatz ($300), Franky Batelier ($300)

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Julie Dibens 33 Bath, United Kingdom 3:03:57 $25,000 2 Danelle Kabush 33 Canmore, Alberta, Canada 3:04:56 $15,000 3 Shonny Vanlandingham 39 Durango, Colorado 3:10:49 $8,000 4 Renata Bucher 31 Lucerne, Switzerland 3:11:06 $5,000 5 Christine Jeffrey 35 Guelph, Ontario, Canada 3:11:50 $3,000 6 Jennifer Smith 35 Westport, New Zealand 3:15:59 $1,750 7 Jenny Tobin 39 Boise, Idaho 3:16:08 $1,200 8 Carina Wasle 22 Kundl, Austria 3:17:31 $1,000 9 Sara Tarkington 26 Boulder, Colorado 3:19:16 $800 10 Lesley Paterson 27 Sterling, Scotland 3:19:53 $700 Also: Kristy Lanier, Fabiola Corona, Emma Garrard, Sibylle Matter, Sari Anderson.

Fastest swim (1-mile): Brent McMahon (18:13), Linda Gallo (18:16) taken out of T1 Fastest bike (20-miles): Ruben Ruzafa (1:30:25), Shonny Vanlandingham (1:48:12) Fastest run (7-miles): Brent McMahon (43:18), Danelle Kabush (49:55) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP) Division Name Time Hometown Division Name Time Hometown 15 - 19 Julian Langer 3:01:35 Vienna, Austria 15 - 19 Charlotte McShane 3:35:01 Victoria, Australia 20 - 24 Francois Carloni 2:54:26 Saint Raphael, France 20 - 24 Erin Kummer 3:36:31 Boulder, Colorado 25 - 29 Peter Hawkins 2:58:24 Gloustershire, United Kingdom 25 - 29 Emma Smith 3:40:25 London, United Kingdom 30 - 34 James Walsh 2:55:17 Carlsbad, CA 30 - 34 Dominique Angerer 3:44:43 Elsbethen, Austria 35 - 39 Patrick Harvey 2:59:46 Auckland, New Zealand 35 - 39 Sarah McMahan 3:45:04 Incline Village, Nevada 40 - 44 Dirk Pauling 2:56:24 Rupperswil, Switzerland 40 - 44 Keri Grosse 3:34:04 Leavenworth, Washington 45 - 49 (7) Tom Lyons 3:13:51 Reno, Nevada 45 - 49 Ulrike Striednig 3:53:56 Klagenfurt, Austria 50 - 54 Franz Pretzl 3:23:00 Teublilz, Germany 50 - 54 (3) Beverly Enslow 3:55:47 Metamora, Illinois 55 - 59 Randy Beckner 3:26:32 Helena, Montana 55 - 59 Beverly Watson 4:19:39 Priddis, Alberta, Canada 60 - 64 Bruce Wacker 4:02:08 Colorado Springs, Colorado 60+ Kathy Frank 5:51:52 Bend, Oregon 65 - 69 (5) Peter Wood 4:09:11 La Jolla, California Physically Challenged Division: Megan Fisher, 5:09:47, Missoula, MT 70+ Manfred Klittich 5:18:25 Eschborn, Germany (#) denotes number of World Championships won Physically Challenged Division: David Kyle, 4:59:04, Athens, Florida Top Amateurs

62 2007 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS

TOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Conrad Stoltz 34 Stellenboch, South Africa 2:40:54 $25,000 2 Olivier Marceau 34 Cannes, France 2:42:05 $15,000 3 Brian Smith 32 Gunnison, Colorado 2:42:35 $8,000 4 Chris Legh 35 Lyons, Australia 2:44:26 $5,000 5 30 Taupo, New Zealand 2:44:54 $3,000 6 Felix Schumann 25 Germany 2:45:04 $1,750 7 Nicolas Lebrun 34 Digne-Les-Bains, France 2:45:19 $1,200 8 Mike Vine 34 Victoria, Canada 2:45:57 $1,000 9 David Henestrosa 30 Manresa, Spain 2:47:04 $800 10 Nico Pfitzenmaier 36 Besigheim, Germany 2:47:53 $700 Also: Hektor Llanos - Spain ($600), Lieuwe Boonstra - South Africa ($500), Eneko Llanos – Spain ($400), Sam Gardner – United Kingdom ($300), Jim Thijs – Belgium ($300)

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Julie Dibens 32 Bath, United Kingdom 3:01:24 $25,000 2 Melanie McQuaid 34 Victoria, Canada 3:09:52 $15,000 3 Jamie Whitmore 31 Mt. Aukum, California 3:11:37 $8,000 4 Shonny Vanlandingham 38 Durango, Colorado 3:12:44 $5,000 5 Candy Angle 38 Weymouth, Massachusetts 3:13:14 $3,000 6 Dara Marks Marino 32 Flagstaff, Arizona 3:14:41 $1,750 7 Sibylle Matter 34 Bern, Switzerland 3:15:56 $1,200 8 Michelle Lombardi 39 Somerset West, South Africa 3:19:47 $1,000 9 Daniela Campuzano 21 Tulancingo, Mexico 3:22:02 $800 10 Carina Wasle 23 Kundl, Austria 3:22:33 $700 Also: Anna Scheiderbauer - Germany, Sara Tarkington - USA, Amber Monforte – USA, Kristy Lanier - USA

Fastest swim: Jordan Bryden, (19:47), Julie Dibens (20:16) Fastest bike: Brian Smith (1:30:51), Shonny Vanlandingham (1:46:32) Fastest run: Chris Legh (45:11), Julie Dibens (49:58)

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP) Division Name Time Hometown Division Name Time Hometown 15 – 19 Martin Jiskra 3:05:01 Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic 15 - 19 Monique Avery 3:56:35 Rororua, New Zealand 20 - 24 Nicolas Fernandez 3:01:14 Pelissannee, France 20 - 24 Erin Beresini 4:06:11 Hermosa Beach, California 25 - 29 Lars Fricke 3:00:01 Apolda, Germany 25 - 29 (2) Marion Summerer 3:29:35 Honolulu, Hawaii 30 - 34 Alexander Eiler 2:57:34 Kailua, Hawaii 30 - 34 Susie Wood 3:31:54 Nelson, New Zealand 35 - 39 Laurent Beuzeboc 2:58:04 Saint Bonnet, France 35 - 39 Lisa Lieb 3:39:09 Durango, Colorado 40 - 44 Ulrich Katzer 3:02:02 Anger, Austria 40 - 44 Kaja Polivkova 3:41:05 Prague, Czech Republic 45 - 49 (6) Tom Lyons 3:09:01 Reno, Nevada 45 - 49 Meiling Yee 3:54:57 Sunnyvale, California 50 - 54 Tom Monica 3:25:19 Walnut Creek, California 50 - 54 (2) Beverly Enslow 3:56:52 Metamora, Illinois 55 - 59 James Lewis 3:45:39 Broomfield, Colorado 55 - 59 (3) Cindi Toepel 4:24:55 Littleton, Colorado 60 - 64 (5) Kent Robison 3:43:37 Reno, Nevada 65 - 69 Art Gardenswartz 4:27:07 Albuquerque, New Mexico (#) denotes number of World Championships won Physically Challenged Division Top Amateurs (3) Fouad Fattoumy 3:46:33 Honolulu, Hawaii

63 2006 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS

TOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Hamish Carter 35 Auckland, New Zealand 2:42:36 $25,000 2 Olivier Marceau 33 Cannes, France 2:42:55 $15,000 3 Seth Wealing 27 Boulder, Colorado 2:44:05 $8,000 4 Josiah Middaugh 28 Vail, Colorado 2:45:51 $5,000 5 Eneko Llanos 29 Victoria-Gasteiz, Spain 2:46:49 $3,000 6 Brent McMahon 26 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:46:58 $1,750 7 Greg Krause 29 Denver, Colorado 2:48:47 $1,200 8 Nicolas Lebrun 33 Digne-les-Bains, France 2:50:51 $1,000 9 Ryan Ignatz 28 Boulder, Colorado 2:52:16 $800 10 Nico Pfitzenmaier 34 Besigheim, Germany 2:52:28 $700 Also: Michael Simpson ($600), Andrew Noble ($500), Hektor Llanos ($400), Jimmy Archer ($300), and Sam Gardner ($300)

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Melanie McQuaid 33 Victoria, B.C., Canada 3:07:53 $25,000 2 Danelle Kabush 31 Canmore, Alberta, Canada 3:15:58 $15,000 3 Sibylle Matter 31 Bern, Switzerland 3:19:50 $8,000 4 Jennifer Smith 33 Westport, New Zealand 3:20:08 $5,000 5 Renata Bucher 28 Lucerne, Switzerland 3:22:14 $3,000 6 Jenny Tobin 38 Boise, Idaho 3:22:42 $1,750 7 Michelle Lombardi 38 Somerset West, South Africa 3:23:44 $1,200 8 Mami Saito 29 Kawasaki, Japan 3:24:32 $1,000 9 Shonny Vanlandingham 37 Durango, Colorado 3:24:58 $800 10 Cameron Randolph 36 Ridgway, Colorado 3:30:17 $700 Also: Carina Wasle (AUS), Ingrid Rolles (RSA), Nicole Newton (USA), Imke Schiersch (GER), Jackie Burt (USA)

Fastest swim: Brent McMahon (19:41), Sibylle Matter (20:51) Fastest bike: Josiah Middaugh (1:35:08), Melanie McQuaid (1:49:55) Fastest run: Brent McMahon (45:05), Danelle Kabush (53:51)

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP) Division Name Time Hometown Division Name Time Hometown 15 - 19 Kyle Kennedy 3:33:37 West Vancouver, Canada 15 - 19 Valeria Curridori 4:10:50 Villacidro, Italy 20 - 24 Rom Akerson 2:57:43 Costa Rica 20 - 24 * Suzie Snyder 3:36:19 Colorado Springs, CO 25 - 29 Trevor Glavin 3:11:38 Salinas, CA 25 - 29 Kim Hill 3:50:48 Honolulu, HI 30 - 34 Conrad Snover 3:01:50 Truckee, CA 30 - 34 * Laura Home 3:40:35 Santa Cruz, CA 35 - 39 Calvin Zaryski 3:04:51 Calgary, Canada 35 - 39 Janice Fliegler 3:53:46 Carson City, NV 40 - 44 Tim Johnston 3:11:10 Los Gatos, CA 40 - 44 Barbara Alber 3:56:18 Dettingen, Germany 45 - 49 $ Tom Lyons 3:14:24 Reno, NV 45 - 49 Catherine Dunn 3:52:50 Wellington, New Zealand 50 - 54 * Ian Davidson, Jr. 3:22:59 Clemson, SC 50 - 54 $ Barbara Peterson 4:08:44 Berkeley, CA 55 - 59 # Kent Robison 3:38:47 Reno, NV 55 - 59 * Cindi Toepel 4:25:14 Littleton, CO 60 - 64 # Peter Wood 3:59:46 La Jolla, CA 60+ Wendy Minor 5:53:53 Honolulu, HI 65+ John Stover 4:51:22 Jackson, MI Physically Challenged Division * Two-time XTERRA World Champ # Four-time XTERRA World Champ * Fouad Fattoumy 4:07:40 Honolulu, HI $ Five-time XTERRA World Champ Top Amateurs

64 2005 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS

TOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Nicolas LeBrun 32 Villeneuve-Loubet, France 2:38:19 $25,000 2 Eneko Llanos 28 Victoria-Gasteiz, Spain 2:41:41 $15,000 3 Brent McMahon 24 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:42:01 $8,000 4 Mike Vine 31 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:42:22 $5,000 5 Chris Legh 32 Melbourne, Australia 2:43:32 $3,000 6 Nico Pfitzenmaier 34 Besigheim, Germany 2:43:48 $1,750 7 Olivier Marceau 32 Cannes, France 2:45:29 $1,200 8 Ronnie Schildknecht 25 Thalwil, Switzerland 2:45:43 $1,000 9 Conrad Stoltz 32 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:46:23 $800 10 Josiah Middaugh 27 Vail, Colorado 2:47:33 $700 Also: Greg Krause ($600, 2:47:42), Jimmy Archer ($500, 2:49:32), Francisco Serrano ($400, 2:49:52), Peter Reid ($300, 2:50:05), Robert Latschen ($300, 2:51:18)

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Melanie McQuaid 31 Victoria, B.C., Canada 3:07:16 $25,000 2 Sibylle Matter 31 Bern, Switzerland 3:08:00 $15,000 3 Jamie Whitmore 29 Elk Grove, California 3:13:51 $8,000 4 Renata Bucher 27 Lucerne, Switzerland 3:17:14 $5,000 5 Jenny Tobin 35 Boise, Idaho 3:17:17 $3,000 6 Danelle Kabush 30 Canmore, Alberta, Canada 3:19:45 $1,750 7 Shonny Vanlandingham 36 Durango, Colorado 3:20:01 $1,200 8 Monique Merrill 36 Breckenridge, Colorado 3:25:08 $1,000 9 Melissa Thomas 35 Boulder, Colorado 3:25:49 $800 10 Lisa Isom 33 Vail, Colorado 3:26:08 $700 Also: Sonia Foote (3:30:35), Ingrid Rolles (3:32:21), Mami Saito (3:33:45), Kate Major (3:38:22), Imke Schiersch Fastest swim: Brent McMahon (19:42), Sibylle Matter (20:47) Fastest bike: Nicolas LeBrun (1:29:13), Shonny Vanlandingham (1:45:40) Fastest run: Brent McMahon (44:01), Sibylle Matter (51:53)

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP) Division Name Time Hometown Division Name Time Hometown 15 - 19 Jordan Bryden 3:09:20 Calgary, Canada 15 - 19 Kate Chapman 3:57:01 Breckenridge, Colorado 20 - 24 Scott Thorne 3:03:58 Hamilton East, New Zealand 20 - 24 Marion Summerer 3:21:03 Freiburg, Germany 25 - 29 Ryland Garnett 3:02:02 Seaford, Australia 25 - 29 Louisa Davis 3:41:03 Wadestown, New Zealand 30 - 34 Jason Jablonski 3:01:48 Wenatchee, Washington 30 - 34 Laura Home 3:30:54 Santa Cruz, California 35 - 39 Michael Nahom 3:03:28 New Milford, Connecticut 35 - 39 Beate Kleindienst 3:52:56 Dachau, Germany 40 - 44 # Tom Lyons 3:08:21 Reno, Nevada 40 - 44 Rita Haerteis 3:44:24 Penzberg, Germany 45 - 49 Casey Fannin 3:13:57 Birmingham, Alabama 45 - 49 # Barbara Peterson 3:59:52 Berkeley, California 50 - 54 Ian Davidson, Jr. 3:21:29 Clemson, South Carolina 50 - 54 Cindi Toepel 4:12:16 Littleton, Colorado 55 - 59 Gary Mercer 3:59:56 Anderson, California 55 - 59 Susan Swan 5:17:22 Coromandel, New Zealand 60 - 64 % Peter Wood 3:53:53 La Jolla, California 60+ $ Wendy Minor 5:06:43 Honolulu, Hawaii Challenged Athletes Division # Four-time XTERRA World Champion Fouad Fattoumy 3:50:44 Honolulu, Hawaii $ Five-time XTERRA World Champion % Three-time XTERRA World Champion Top Amateur Female # Four-time XTERRA World Champion Top Amateur Male 65 2004 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

TOP 10 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Eneko Llanos 27 Victoria-Gasteiz, Spain 2:28:44 $25,000 2 Olivier Marceau 31 Cannes, France 2:29:45 $15,000 3 Josiah Middaugh 26 Vail, Colorado 2:33:28 $8,000 4 Dominic Gillen 27 Washington, Connecticut 2:33:53 $5,000 5 Justin Thomas 29 Fairfax, Virginia 2:34:31 $3,000 6 Nicolas LeBrun 31 Villeneuve-Loubet, France 2:36:58 $1,750 7 Sylvain Dodet 28 Antibes, France 2:38:26 $1,200 8 Hektor Llanos 32 Victoria-Gasteiz, Spain 2:39:04 $1,000 9 Jimmy Archer 32 Boulder, Colorado 2:40:39 $800 10 Robert Latschen 33 Graz, Austria 2:40:41 $700

TOP 10 PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Jamie Whitmore 28 Elk Grove, California 3:01:35 $25,000 2 Melanie McQuaid 31 Victoria, B.C., Canada 3:04:25 $15,000 3 Danelle Kabush 29 Victoria, B.C., Canada 3:05:19 $8,000 4 Melissa Thomas 33 Boulder, Colorado 3:05:38 $5,000 5 Katrin Helmcke 29 Buchenbach, Germany 3:07:43 $3,000 6 Sibylle Matter 31 Bern, Switzerland 3:08:17 $1,750 7 Erika Csomor 30 Budapest, Hungary 3:14:14 $1,200 8 Lynley Allison 31 Auckland, New Zealand 3:15:28 $1,000 9 Candy Angle 34 Weymouth, Massachusetts 3:16:34 $800 10 Stefania Bonazzi 34 Ferrara, Italy 3:16:39 $700

Fastest swim: Jan Sibbersen (18:45), Megan Melgaard (20:13) Fastest bike: Josiah Middaugh (1:27:12), Melissa Thomas (1:41:02) Fastest run: Jan Rehula (33:14), Erika Csomor (38:18)

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALES) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALES) Division Name Time Hometown Division Name Time Hometown 15 - 19 Jana Chocholova 4:22:29 Hluboka, CR 15 - 19 # Taylor Tolleson 2:51:56 Pacific Grove, CA 20 - 24 Suzi Snyder 3:36:03 Springfield, MA 20 - 24 Petr Vejvoda 2:59:41 Liberec, CR 25 - 29 Amber Monforte 3:21:29 Reno, NV 25 - 29 Jim Vance 2:45:06 San Diego, CA 30 - 34 Ingrid Rolles 3:15:23 Honolulu, HI 30 - 34 # Matt Boobar 2:53:17 Plymouth, NH 35 - 39 Birgit Johnston 3:27:32 Los Gatos, CA 35 - 39 Curt Chesney 2:46:38 Boulder, CO 40 - 44 Josie Sinclair 3:42:25 Epsom, AUS 40 - 44 * Tom Lyons 2:59:04 Reno, NV 45 - 49 # Barbara Peterson 3:43:21 Berkeley, CA 45 - 49 Bruce Wilson 3:11:10 Temecula, CA 50 - 54 ! Lorenn Walker 4:08:27 Waialua, HI 50 - 54 Chris Robinson 3:45:46 Vancouver, WA 55 - 59 $ Wendy Minor 4:40:23 Honolulu, HI 55 - 59 * Kent Robison 3:23:27 Reno, NV 60+ Peter Wood 3:44:18 La Jolla, CA #Two-time Champ, *Three-time Champ $Four-time Champion 65+ Armin Beyrich 4:09:36 Eresing, GER !Five-time Champ TOP AMATEURS

66 2003 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE) Division Name Time Hometown Division Name Time Hometown 20 - 24 Shae Rainer 3:26:28 Austin, Texas 15 - 19 Taylor Tolleson 3:00:13 Pacific Grove, CA 25 - 29 Sonia Foote 3:28:55 Rotorua, NZ 20 - 24 Chad Seymour 2:57:04 Honolulu, Hawaii 30 - 34 Katrin Hockenjos 3:25:49 Konstanz, Germany 25 - 29 Greg Krause 2:53:42 Denver, Colorado 35 - 39 Riikka Kelja 3:24:37 Netherlands 30 - 34 Robert Latschen 2:47:30 Graz, Austria 40 - 44 Maria Raether 3:33:13 Weinheim, Germany 35 - 39 Michael Nahom 2:54:02 New Milford, CT 45 - 49 Barbara Peterson 3:38:37 Berkeley, California 40 - 44 # Tom Lyons 2:55:18 Reno, Nevada 50 - 54 $ Lorenn Walker 4:01:03 Waialua, Hawaii 45 - 49 Leo McCarthy 3:11:06 Kapaa, Hawaii 55 - 59 * Wendy Minor 4:49:12 Honolulu, Hawaii 50 - 54 Guenther Weber 3:17:25 Roth, Germany PRO Melanie McQuaid 2:57:08 Victoria, BC, Canada 55 - 59 # Kent Robison 3:37:18 Reno, Nevada * Three-time XTERRA World Champion 60+ * Hans Dieben 4:14:07 Chula Vista, CA $ Four-time XTERRA World Champion PRO Eneko Llanos 2:32:56 Spain Top Amateur Female # Two-time XTERRA World Champ * Three-time XTERRA World Champion Top Amateur Male 1996-2002 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (AMATEUR WOMEN)

DIV 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 15-19 Allegra Erisman Allegra Erisman Allegra Erisman Brandy Bounds Tulsi McCarthy N/A N/A 20-24 Rebecca Bashton Cara Coolbaugh Jaymi Cowan Kerry Barnholt Lucia Kuhner Lucia Kuhner Kelly Rees 25-29 Zoe King Jessica Burwell Catherine Phillips Yvonne Timewell Lindsay Price Amy Patz Amy Patz 30-34 Tina Eakin Amy Patz Erin McCarty Katrin Tobin Lynn Martin Rikke Johansen Chantal Ratte 35-39 Serena Warner Sabine Greipel Chantal Ratte N/A Monika Birk Shannon Oliver Sue Forbes-Kikukawa 40-44 Jodi Ruby Devyani Kamdar Monika Birk Lorenn Walker Susy Jones Laurie Woodbury Sally Hill 45-49 Beverly Enslow Barbara Peterson Lorenn Walker N/A N/A N/A N/A 50-54 Lorenn Walker Libby Harrow N/A N/A N/A Wendy Minor N/A 55-59 Wendy Minor N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 60+ N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1996-2002 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (AMATEUR MEN)

DIV 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 15-19 Hunter Claxton Pearce Creasman Eliot Challifour Tyler Smith N/A N/A N/A 20-24 Josiah Middaugh Rohin Adams Andy Blow Jeff Cormack Jason Irons Luis Canales N/A 25-29 Andrew Wadsworth Bernard Hug Keith Meter Ben Travis Karl Schultz Charles Smith Masco Wieser 30-34 Matt Boobar Benoit Dussault Norman Thiabult Dave Bonetti Dave Bonetti Gerry Clark Paul Hopwood 35-39 Mark Gavach Paul Hopwood Richard Ely Paul Hopwood Paul Hopwood Paul Hopwood Richard Knight 40-44 Tom Lyons Dave Ruby Joseph Zwack Howard Jones Steve Cole Patrick Follett David Fonseca 45-49 Keiji Matsuba John Royson John Royson Reed Johnson Kalli Nottrodt Otto Lingk Bob Macy 50-54 Jiri Kokes Dave Kinsey Kent Robison Bob Macy Bob Macy Mike Malloy Dan Neyenhuis 55-59 Richard Wall Leo Meeuwisse Brian Parkinson Peter Wood Wilburn Powell Ed Hudcovic Ed Hudcovic 60+ David Sharp Hans Dieben Hans Dieben N/A N/A N/A N/A CA Paul Martin Paul Martin Joel Sampson Paul Martin N/A N/A N/A 67 TOP THREE ELITES AT XTERRA WORLDS SINCE 1996

2015 ------2005 ------

Men Women Men Women 1. Josiah Middaugh 2:35:32 1. Flora Duffy 2:54:17 1. Nicolas Lebrun 2:38:19 1. Melanie McQuaid 3:07:16 2. Braden Currie 2:38:30 2. Lesley Paterson 2:59:16 2. Eneko Llanos 2:41:41 2. Sibylle Matter 3:08:00 3. Ruben Ruzafa 2:40:40 3. Emma Garrard 3:03:28 3. Brent McMahon 2:42:01 3. Jamie Whitmore 3:13:51 2014 ------2004 ------

Men Women Men Women 1. Ruben Ruzafa 2:29:56 1. Flora Duffy 2:47:59 1. Eneko Llanos 2:28:44 1. Jamie Whitmore 3:01:35 2. Josiah Middaugh 2:31:11 2. Barbara Riveros 2:50:04 2. Olivier Marceau 2:29:45 2. Melanie McQuaid 3:04:25 3. Ben Allen 2:34:50 3. Nicky Samuels 2:56:31 3. Josiah Middaugh 2:33:28 3. Danelle Kabush 3:05:19 2013 ------2003 ------

Men Women Men Women 1. Ruben Ruzafa 2:34:34 1. Nicky Samuels 2:57:48 1. Eneko Llanos 2:32:56 1. Melanie McQuaid 2:57:08 2. Asa Shaw 2:36:01 2. Lesley Paterson 3:00:14 2. Nicolas LeBrun 2:36:31 2. Jamie Whitmore 3:01:14 3. Ben Allen 2:36:24 3. Flora Duffy 3:00:19 3. Justin Thomas 2:37:31 3. Candy Angle 3:06:09 2012 ------2002 ------

Men Women Men Women 1. Javier Gomez 2:26:54 1. Lesley Paterson 2:44:12 1. Conrad Stoltz 2:22:55 1. Candy Angle 2:57:33 2. Josiah Middaugh 2:27:41 2. Barbara Riveros 2:48:19 2. Eneko Llanos 2:23:57 2. Jamie Whitmore 2:59:10 3. Conrad Stoltz 2:30:04 3. Mari Rabie 2:53:56 3. Nicolas LeBrun 2:27:37 3. Shari Kain 3:03:20 2011 ------2001 ------

Men Women Men Women 1. Michael Weiss 2:27:00 1. Lesley Paterson 2:45:59 1. Conrad Stoltz 2:28:48 1. Anke Erlank 3:00:59 2. Dan Hugo 2:27:33 2. Marion Lorblanchet 2:48:08 2. Kerry Classen 2:37:02 2. Cherie Touchette 3:11:51 3. Eneko Llanos 2:28:26 3. Helena Erbenova 2:51:51 3. Jimmy Riccitello 2:37:31 3. Kerstin Weule 3:12:37 2010 ------2000 ------

Men Women Men Women 1. Conrad Stoltz 2:31:07 1. Shonny Vanlandingham 2:58:20 1. Michael Tobin 2:30:53 1. Kerstin Weule 3:07:04 2. Franky Batelier 2:36:14 2. Julie Dibens 2:59:33 2. Mike Vine 2:33:10 2. Melanie McQuaid 3:09:17 3. Michi Weiss 2:36:45 3. Marion Lorblanchet 3:06:11 3. Michael Pigg 2:33:43 3. Uli Blank 3:17:32 2009 ------1999 ------

Men Women Men Women 1. Eneko Llanos 2:37:22 1. Julie Dibens 2:56:42 1. Ned Overend 2:32:50 1. Shari Kain 3:04:19 2. Nico Lebrun 2:38:17 2. Lesley Paterson 3:04:16 2. Michael Tobin 2:34:26 2. Kerstin Weule 3:06:27 3. Michi Weiss 2:40:24 3. Melanie McQuaid 3:05:46 3. Jimmy Riccitello 2:35:54 3. Jody Purcell 3:08:42 2008 ------1998 ------

Men Women Men Women 1. Ruben Ruzafa 2:37:36 1. Julie Dibens 3:03:57 1. Ned Overend 2:24:46 1. Sue Latshaw 2:58:49 2. Michi Weiss 2:38:10 2. Danelle Kabush 3:04:56 2. Wes Hobson 2:29:16 2. Uli Blank 3:00:05 3. Brent McMahon 2:40:56 3. Shonny Vanlandingham 3:10:49 3. Michael Tobin 2:31:22 3. Caroline Rahner 3:06:27 2007 ------1997 ------

Men Women Men Women 1. Conrad Stoltz 2:40:54 1. Julie Dibens 3:01:24 1. Mike Pigg 2:28:48 1. Cameron Randolph 3:04:25 2. Olivier Marceau 2:42:05 2. Melanie McQuaid 3:09:52 2. Ned Overend 2:32:12 2. Lesley Tomlinson 3:04:31 3. Brian Smith 2:42:35 3. Jamie Whitmore 3:11:37 3. Jimmy Riccitello 2:34:49 3. Sue Latshaw 3:11:32 2006 ------1996 ------

Men Women Men Women 1. Hamish Carter 2:42:36 1. Melanie McQuaid 3:07:53 1. Jimmy Riccitello 2:27:42 1. Michellie Jones 3:04:53 2. Olivier Marceau 2:42:55 2. Danelle Kabush 3:15:58 2. Mike Pigg 2:31:13 2. Shari Kain 3:05:05 3. Seth Wealing 2:44:05 3. Sibylle Matter 3:19:50 3. Ned Overend 2:33:39 3. Sian Welch 3:20:55

68 ALL-TIME XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS (ELITES)

69 ABOUT THE 2016 XTERRA EUROPEAN TOUR

The philosophy behind the XTERRA European Tour is to DATE TOUR EVENT LOCATION provide a series of events that the avid XTERRA athlete 3-Apr XTERRA Malta Majjistral Nature Reserve can participate in and earn points towards becoming the 7-May XTERRA Greece Vouliagmeni European Tour Champion. This applies to elites and 21-May XTERRA Portugal Golega amateur men and women. 11-Jun XTERRA Belgium Namur In 2016 there were 11 stops on the XTERRA European 25-Jun XTERRA Switzerland Vallee de Joux Tour, consisting of four Gold and seven Silver events. ETU Championship 3-Jul XTERRA France Xonrupt Gold labeled events feature a minimum of $15,000 USD 31-Jul XTERRA Italy Lago Di Scanno elite prize purse, offer 50 qualifying spots into the XTERRA 7-Aug XTERRA Poland Krakow World Championship for amateurs, and award points on the 13-Aug XTERRA Sweden Stockholm 100-point scale. 20-Aug XTERRA Germany Zittau XTERRA European Championship Silver labeled events feature a minimum of $7,500 USD 4-Sep XTERRA Denmark Mons Klint elite prize purse*, offer 25 qualifying spots into the XTERRA World Championship, & award points on the 75-point scale.

Gold races for 2016 included Switzerland, France, Brigitta Germany, and Denmark. Silver races included Malta, Portugal, Greece, Sweden, Belgium, Italy, and Poland.

For the XTERRA European Tour Points Series elite athletes counted their best four (4) Gold and three (3) Silver finishes. Elites can compete in as many events as they wish, but will count only their best four Gold and three Silver finishes.

Age group athletes will count their best four (4) Gold and two (2) Silver finishes.

Elites and age group athletes do not need to compete in any specific number of events. The top 15 elite and age group finishers at each race and in each division will accrue points as follows: ALL-TIME XTERRA EUROPEAN TOUR CHAMPIONS Gold Silver Year Men’s Winner Women’s Winner 1 100 1 75 2016 Ruben Ruzafa (ESP) Brigitta Poor (HUN) 290267 2015 Roger Serrano (ESP) Helena Erbenova (CZE) 382361 2014 Ruben Ruzafa (ESP) Kathrin Mueller (GER) 475456 2013 Hector Guerra (ESP) Helena Erbenova (CZE) 569551 2012 Nicolas Lebrun (FRA) Helena Erbenova (CZE) 663647 2011 Olivier Marceau (SUI) Marion Lorblanchet (FRA) 758743 2010 Franky Batelier (FRA) Marion Lorblanchet (FRA) 853839 2009 Franky Batelier (FRA) Renata Bucher (SUI) 949936 10 45 10 33 2008 Nicolas Lebrun (FRA) Renata Bucher (SUI) 11 41 11 30 2007 Nicolas Lebrun (FRA) Eszter Erdelyi (HUN) 12 37 12 27 2006 Nicolas Lebrun (FRA) Renata Bucher (SUI) 13 34 13 25 2005 Olivier Marceau (SUI) Renata Bucher (SUI) 14 31 14 23 2004 Olivier Marceau (SUI) Jamie Whitmore (USA) 15 28 15 21 2003 Royce Kortekaas (NED) Jamie Whitmore (USA) 70 2016 XTERRA EUROPEAN TOUR STANDINGS

PRO MEN S S S S G G S S S G G Pl Name, NAT TOT MLT GRE POR BEL SUI FRA ITA POL SWE GER DEN 1 Ruben Ruzafa, ESP 442 DNS 67 75 DNS 100 100 DNS DNS DNS 100 DNS 2 Sam Osborne, NZL 433 DNS DNS x51 67 58 DNS 67 DNS 61 90 90 3 Kris Coddens, BEL 409 DNS x47 DNS 75 90 41 DNS 61 56 37 49 4 Mauricio Mendez, MEX 386 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 75 67 75 69 100 5 Francois Carloni, FRA 338 DNS 51 56 61 DNS 37 x51 DNS DNS 58 75 6 Peter Lehmann, GER 308 51 DNS DNS DNS DNS 53 39 51 DNS 45 69 7 Yeray Luxem, BEL 299 DNS DNS 67 x27 DNS 90 DNS 75 67 DNS DNS 8 Roger Serrano, ESP 293 75 75 61 DNS DNF DNS DNS DNS DNS DNP 82 9 Jan Kubicek, CZE 292 DNS 36 DNS DNS 37 DNS 56 56 DNS 49 58 10 Brice Daubord, FRA 261 43 61 DNS DNS 82 DNS DNS DNS DNS 75 DNS 11 Arthur Serrieres, FRA 230 DNS DNS DNS DNS 53 63 DNS DNS 51 63 DNS 12 Bradley Weiss, RSA 227 DNS DNS DNS DNS 63 82 DNS DNS DNS 82 DNS 13 Veit Hoenle, GER 226 DNS DNS 23 DNS 75 75 DNS DNS DNS 53 DNS 14 Maxim Chane, FRA 179 56 DNS DNS DNS DNS 34 36 DNS DNS DNP 53 15 Jan Pyott, SUI 173 DNF 33 DNS DNS 34 DNS 43 DNS DNS DNS 63 Also: Arthur Forissier, Tomas Kubek, Dominik Wychera, Fabrizio Bartoli, Henry Sleight, Theo Blignaut, Damien Guillemet, Hannes Wolpert, Sebastian Norberg, Llewellyn Holmes, Christophe Betard, Tim Van Daele, Mattie De Paoli, Nicolas Fernandez, PA Guilhem, Max Nuemann, Markus Benesch, Stephen Bayliss, Thomas Kerner, Cedric Lassonde, Jens Roth, Tomas Jurkovic, Karl Shaw, Bartosz Banach, Jose Estrangeiro, Max Sasserath, Anthony Pannier, Julen Lorono, Aidan Nugent, Anders Bregnhoj, Rui Dolores, Christian Otto, Mark Hamersma, Fabien Combaluzier, Norbert Durauer, Mester Balint, Jari Palonen, Ben Allen, Anthony Flinois, Jan Francke, Gonzalo Orosco, Emil Stoynev, Jim Thijs, Lubos Truhlar, Simone Calamai, Julien Buffe, Martial Schmidt, Tiago Maia, Boris Chambon,

PRO WOMEN S S S S G G S S S G G Pl Name, NAT TOT MLT GRE POR BEL SUI FRA ITA POL SWE GER DEN 1 Brigitta Poor, HUN 529 75 67 x61 DNS 63 75 DNS 67 DNS 82 100 2 Renata Bucher, SUI 483 DNS DNS 51 DNS 75 90 61 61 DNS 63 82 3 Carina Wasle, AUT 454 DNS DNS 56 67 58 63 DNS DNS 51 69 90 4 Helena Erbenova, CZE 382 DNS 75 75 75 DNS 82 x67 x75 x75 75 DNS 5 Morgane Riou, FRA 331 67 51 DNS 61 49 45 DNS DNS DNS 58 DNS 6 Myriam Guillot-Boisset, FRA 308 DNS DNS 67 DNS 82 69 DNS DNS DNS 90 DNS 7 Louise Fox, GBR 304 DNS 56 47 DNS 45 28 DNS DNS DNS 53 75 8 Maud Golsteyn, NED 301 56 DNS 39 47 41 49 DNS DNS DNS DNS 69 9 Ladina Buss, SUI 228 DNS 61 DNS DNS 69 DNS 51 47 DNS DNS DNS 10 Michelle Flipo, FRA 200 DNS DNS DNS DNS 100 DNS DNS DNS DNS 100 DNS 11 Lesley Paterson, GBR 175 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 100 75 DNS DNS DNS DNS 12 Jacqui Slack, GBR 148 DNS DNS DNS DNS 90 58 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 13 Elisabetta Curridori, ITA 130 DNS DNS DNS 43 31 DNS 56 DNS DNS DNS DNS 14 Kristina Nec Lapinova, SVK 125 43 DNS DNS DNS DNS 31 DNS 51 DNS DNS DNS 15 Jessie Roberts, GBR 122 DNS DNS DNS 51 37 34 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS Also: Lenka Cibulkova, Sandra Koblemueller, Diane Lee, Danica Spiteri, Cecilia Jessen, Kara LaPoint, Mayalen Noriega, Isabelle Klein, Sandra Santanyes, Coralie Redelsperger, Alena Stevens, Ivana Loubkova, Sabina Rzepka, Sara Bonilla, Belinda Hadden, Sanne Van Paassen, Birgit Jungst-Dauber, Monica Cibin 71 ABOUT THE 2016 XTERRA PAN AMERICA TOUR

Back in December of 2015 TEAM Unlimited, owners and producers of the XTERRA, announced the formation of the XTERRA Pan American Tour which connects the sports’ major events in South, Central, and North America as well as the Caribbean. The inaugural 10-stop series for both amateur and professional athletes started March 20th at XTERRA Costa Rica and concluded September 17 with the XTERRA Pan American Championship race in Ogden, Utah. In between were two majors in the U.S., two in Canada, and one each in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic.

2016 XTERRA PAN AMERICAN TOUR March 20 – XTERRA Costa Rica (Playa Reserva Conchal) *SILVER March 26 – XTERRA Argentina (Dique Ullum, San Juan) *GOLD May 7 – XTERRA Brazil (Ilhabela) *SILVER May 21 – XTERRA Oak Mountain (Pelham, AL, USA) *GOLD June 25 – XTERRA Mine Over Matter (Milton, ON, CAN) *SILVER July 10 – XTERRA Victoria (B.C., CAN) *SILVER July 16 – XTERRA Beaver Creek (Avon, CO, USA) *GOLD July 31 – XTERRA Dominican Republic (Barahona) *GOLD Aug 6 – XTERRA Mexico (Tapalpa) *GOLD Sep 17 – XTERRA Pan American Championship (Ogden, UT, USA)

The XTERRA Pan American Tour features Gold and Silver level events, just like the XTERRA European Tour, where Gold events award points on a 100-point basis and Silver races award points on a 75-point basis.

GOLD POINTS: 100-Point Basis 1=100, 2=90, 3=82, 4=75, 5=69, 6=63. 7=58, 8=53, 9=49, 10=45, 11=41, 12=37, 13=34, 14=31, 15=28 SILVER POINTS: 75-Point Basis 1=75, 2=67, 3=61, 4=56, 5=51, 6=47, 7=43, 8=39, 9=36, 10=33, 11=30, 12=27, 13=25, 14=23, 15=21

Gold events offer the equivalent of $15,000 USD in elite prize money to the top seven men and women, plus 50 spots into the XTERRA World Championship for amateurs. Silver races offer the equivalent of $7,500 USD in elite prize money to the top five men and women, plus at least 25 spots into the XTERRA World Championship for amateurs (the exception is XTERRA Brazil, which offers 50 spots to Worlds).

The XTERRA Pan American Championship race in Utah will offer $20,000 USD for the race and distribute an additional $60,000 USD in prize money to the top 10 men and women in the final XTERRA Pan American Pro Series rankings.

Elites and amateurs competing in the XTERRA Pan American Tour count their best four scores (two Gold, two Silver) from the first nine events plus whatever they get, or don’t get, at the XTERRA Pan American Championship race which will be scored at the 100-point level. Five Scores Total. Thus, the final point total combines an athletes best two Gold scores, best two Silver scores, plus their XTERRA Pan American Championship race points. Athletes can race in as many of the five Gold events as they like, but just their best two will count at the 100-point level, with other Gold finishes counting at the 75-point level.

Amateur athletes need to race at least two (any two) XTERRA Pan American Tour majors listed in schedule above to be eligible for Tour honors at the end of the season. Athletes from all nations are welcome to race in the one-day XTERRA Pan American Championship race as no qualification is necessary.

Note: The XTERRA Pan American Championship race doubled as the XTERRA USA Championship race and awarded national titles to the top American finisher in each division.

72 2016 XTERRA PAN AMERICA PRO SERIES STANDINGS PRO MEN S G S G S S G G G PL NAME TOT CRC ARG BRA OAK MOM VIC BCR DOM MEX USA 1 Josiah Middaugh, USA 442 67 100 DNS 100 DNS DNS 75 x56 DNS 100 2 Rom Akerson, CRC 391 61 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 61 100 100 69 3 Karsten Madsen, CAN 375 DNS 90 DNS 82 75 75 DNS DNS DNS 53 4 Branden Rakita, USA 314 DNS DNS DNS 75 61 DNS x47 90 51 37 5 Kieran McPherson, NZL 284 DNS DNS DNS 51 DNS 61 x21 82 90 DNF 6 Chris Ganter, USA 169 DNS DNS DNS 63 67 39 DNS DNS DNS DNP 7 Ian King, USA 153 DNS 53 DNS 53 DNS 47 DNP DNS DNS DNP 8 Leon Griffin, USA 151 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 69 DNS DNS 82 9 Sam Long, USA 148 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 90 DNS DNS 58 10 Karl Shaw, GBR 138 75 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 63 11 Cody Waite, USA 120 DNS DNS DNS 58 DNS DNS 31 DNS DNS 31 12 Mario De Elias, ARG 112 DNS 63 DNS DNS DNS DNS 49 DNS DNS DNS 13 Ryan Ignatz, USA 97 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 69 DNS 28 14 Brian Smith, USA 94 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 45 DNS DNS 49 15 Mauricio Mendez, MEX 90 DNS DNS DNS 90 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS Also: Thomas Spannring, Braden Currie, Ramon Penagos, Maximiliano Morales, Paco Serrano, Oscar Galindez, Albert Soley, Ben Hoffman, Esteban Rosas, Felipe Barraza, Lucas Mendez, Felipe Moletta, Paul Tichelaar, Fabian Roman, Leonardo Ramirez, Diogo Malagon, Facu Medard, Greg Bennett, Leandro Sanchez, Leonardo Saucedo, Francois Carloni, Bruno Silva, Alex VanderLinden, Brent McMahon, Brad Zoller, Eduardo Padilla, Federico Zacharias, Sean Bechtel, Nathan Killam, Mauro Ayesa, Anibal Sanchez, Greg Schott, Raul Furtado, Daniel Molnar, Victor Arenas, Michael Nunez, Matt Lieto, Henrique Lugarini, Brian MacIlvain, Clark Lind, Alex Modestou, Eduardo Marcolino, Adam Morka, Michi Weiss, Rodrigo Altafini, Jimmy Archer, Patrick McKeon, JP Donovan, Stenio Bezerra, Rogerio Paula, Ramon Bustos, Cristian Suzin, Juscelino Vasco, Wellington Conceicao

PRO WOMEN S G S G S S G G G PL NAME TOT CRC ARG BRA OAK MOM VIC BCR DOM MEX USA 1 Suzie Snyder, USA 450 DNS DNS DNS 100 75 DNS x67 100 75 100 2 Maia Ignatz, USA 364 DNS DNS DNS 90 61 DNS 82 56 DNS 75 3 Kara Lapoint, USA 347 67 DNS DNS 82 DNS DNS 47 82 DNS 69 4 Myriam Guillot-Boisset, FRA 332 75 100 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 90 67 DNS 5 Sabrina Gobbo, BRA 311 61 DNS 75 69 DNS DNS DNS 69 x47 37 6 Katharine Carter, CAN 283 DNS DNS DNS DNS 56 DNS 75 63 36 53 7 Debby Sullivan, USA 276 DNS DNS DNS 75 51 DNS 58 43 x43 49 8 Caroline Colonna, USA 247 51 DNS DNS 63 43 DNS 45 DNS DNS 45 9 Laura Mira Dias, BRA 241 DNS 82 67 DNS DNS DNS DNS 53 39 DNS 10 Rebecca Blatt, USA 215 47 DNS DNS 53 DNS 47 37 DNS DNS 31 11 Sarah Graves, USA 191 DNS DNS DNS 58 DNS 43 49 DNS DNS 41 12 Julie Baker, USA 182 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 100 DNS DNS 82 13 Fabiola Corona, MEX 172 DNS 90 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 82 DNS 14 Amanda Felder, USA 97 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 39 DNS DNS DNS 58 15 Lizzie Orchard, NZL 90 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 90 Also: Lisa Leonard, Erika Simon, Katie Button, Maria Barrera, Liz Gruber, Dunia Gomes, Joanna Brown, Zoe Dawson, Annie Bergen, Isabella Ribeiro, Danelle Kabush, Caitlin Snow, Luisa Saft, Jaime Brede, Mayalen Noriega, Vanessa Cabrini, Maggie Rusch, Ana Leidys, Fernanda Prieto, Annie-Claude Gaudet, Brisa Melcop, Julie Stupp, Beatriz Granziera, Melania Giraldi, Monalisa Vieira 73 2015-16 XTERRA ASIA-PACIFIC TOUR FINAL STANDINGS

XTERRA Japan, held August 29, 2015 in Hokkaido, started the 2nd annual XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour, and series champions were crowned at the season finale in Langkawi, Malaysia in May, 2016. In between were stops in the Philippines (February 7, 2016), Saipan (March 12, 2016), New Zealand (April 16, 2016), and New South Wales, Australia (April 23, 2016). The top 15 amateur, Asian-elite, and professional racers at each event earned series points, with double points being offered at the finale in Malaysia. Racers counted their best three scores to determine champions in each divi- sion. The XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour awarded a prize bonus of $10,000 USD to the top five pro men and women in the final standings ($2,000 for 1st, $1,500-2nd, $800-3rd, $400-4th, $300-5th).

The 2016-17 season began in Tahiti (May 14, 2016) and will once again conclude at the Tour finale in Langkawi at XTERRA Malaysia in May, 2017.

PRO MEN PL NAME TOTAL JPN PHI SAI NZL AUS MAS 1 Ben Allen, AUS 372 DNS 90 DNS DNS 82 200 2 Bradley Weiss, RSA 362 DNS 100 DNS 82 x69 180 3 Takahiro Ogasawara, JPN 322 82 x75 90 DNS DNS 150 4 Brodie Gardner, AUS 320 DNS 82 100 DNS x49 138 5 Joe Miller, PHI 251 DNS 53 82 DNS DNS 116 6 Olly Shaw, NZL 244 DNS DNS DNS 75 63 106 7 Kaon Cho, KOR 210 53 DNS 75 x49 x28 82 8 Braden Currie, NZL 200 DNS DNS DNS 100 100 DNS 9 Jason Hsieh , HKG 190 58 DNS DNS DNS 34 98 10 Sam Osborne, NZL 180 DNS DNS DNS 90 90 DNS 11 Courtney Atkinson, AUS 175 100 DNS DNS DNS 75 DNS 12 Fabrizio Bartoli, ITA 164 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 164 13 Charlie Epperson, USA 144 75 69 DNS DNS DNS DNS 14 David Escolar Ballesteros, ESP 126 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 126 15 Kieran McPherson, NZL 122 DNS DNS DNS 69 53 DNS Also: Cameron Oneal, Cameron Paul, Alex Roberts, Cedric Lassonde, Shahrom Abdullah, Barry Lee, Taro Shirato, Michal Bucek, Aiden Dunster, Lachlan Davey, Kiley Momohara, Noah Wright

PRO WOMEN PL NAME TOT JPN PHI SAI NZL AUS MAS 1 Lizzie Orchard, NZL 380 x90 x100 DNS 100 100 180 2 Jacqui Slack, GBR 372 DNS 90 DNS DNS 82 200 3 Carina Wasle, AUT 354 DNS DNS 100 DNS 90 164 4 Mieko Carey, USA 272 100 82 90 DNS DNS DNS 5 Renata Bucher, SUI 157 DNS DNS 82 DNS 75 DNS 6 Myriam Guillot-Boisset, FRA 150 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 150 7 Sarah Backler, NZL 148 DNS DNS DNS 90 58 DNS 8 Rachel Challis, NZL 82 DNS DNS DNS 82 DNS DNS 9 Belinda Hadden, AUS 75 DNS DNS 75 DNS DNS DNS 10 Mary Gray, NZL 75 DNS DNS DNS 75 DNS DNS 11 Jessica Simpson, AUS 69 DNS DNS DNS DNS 69 DNS 12 Catherine Sterling, USA 63 DNS DNS DNS DNS 63 DNS 13 Penny Hosken, AUS 53 DNS DNS DNS DNS 53 DNS 14 Holly Khan, AUS 49 DNS DNS DNS DNS 49 DNS 74 2016 XTERRA WORLD TOUR MAJORS

XTERRA has races at sea level and altitude, with swims in lakes, rivers, and oceans – in big cities and small towns – from one end of the earth to the other. While each race offers up its own unique set of challenges, there is one constant … the people. XTERRA is One Tribe, and an adventurous “Live More” spirit unites our community. You’ll find that friendly, helpful, encouraging type of camaraderie everywhere you go on the XTERRA Planet … discover it for yourself!

Date XTERRA World Tour Event (Location) Men’s / Women’s Winners 7-Feb XTERRA Philippines Brad Weiss/Lizzie Orchard 21-Feb XTERRA South Africa Brad Weiss/Flora Duffy 5-Mar XTERRA Motatapu (New Zealand) Olly Shaw/Mary Gray 12-Mar XTERRA Saipan Brodie Gardner/Carina Wasle 20-Mar XTERRA Costa Rica Karl Shaw/Myriam Guillot-Boisset 26-Mar XTERRA Argentina Josiah Middaugh/Myriam Guillot 3-Apr XTERRA Malta Roger Serrano/Brigitta Poor 16-Apr XTERRA New Zealand Braden Currie/Lizzie Orchard 17-Apr XTERRA La Reunion Ruben Ruzafa/Carina Wasle 23-Apr XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship (Australia) Braden Currie/Lizzie Orchard 7-May XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour Championship (Malaysia) Ben Allen/Jacqui Slack 7-May XTERRA Brazil Albert Soley/Sabrina Gobbo 7-May XTERRA Greece Roger Serrano/Helena Erbenova 14-May XTERRA Tahiti Josiah Middaugh/Lesley Paterson 21-May XTERRA Oak Mountain State Park (USA) Josiah Middaugh/Suzie Snyder 21-May XTERRA Portugal Ruben Ruzafa/Helena Erbenova 11-Jun XTERRA Belgium Kris Coddens/Helena Erbenova 25-Jun XTERRA Switzerland Ruben Ruzafa/Michelle Flipo 25-Jun XTERRA Mine over Matter (Canada) Karsten Madsen/Suzie Snyder 3-Jul XTERRA France Ruben Ruzafa/Lesley Paterson 10-Jul XTERRA Victoria (Canada) Karsten Madsen/Katie Button 16-Jul XTERRA Beaver Creek (USA) Josiah Middaugh/Julie Baker 31-Jul XTERRA Italy Mauricio Mendez/Lesley Paterson 31-Jul XTERRA Dominican Republic Rom Akerson/Suzie Snyder 6-Aug XTERRA Mexico Rom Akerson/Suzie Snyder 7-Aug XTERRA Poland Yeray Luxem/Helena Erbenova 13-Aug XTERRA Sweden Mauricio Mendez/Helena Erbenova 20-Aug XTERRA European Championship (Germany) Ruben Ruzafa/Michelle Flipo 4-Sep XTERRA Denmark Mauricio Mendez/Brigitta Poor 17-Sep XTERRA USA / Pan Am Championship Josiah Middaugh/Suzie Snyder 23-Oct XTERRA World Championship Kapalua, Maui

* European Tour / + Asian Tour / # America Tour

75 XTERRA HALL OF FAME 2005-2009

NED OVEREND (2005) After retiring from mountain biking in 1996 at the age of 40 (he won six national titles and became mountain bikings first world champion in 1990), Overend competed in the first-ever XTERRA in 1996, finishing third. In ‘97 he was second, and in ‘98 and ‘99 he won consecutive World Championships at the ripe young age of 42 & 43. He was also the XTERRA USA Series Champion in 2002. At the 2004 World Championship, at age 50, Overend posted the 9th fastest bike split and placed 21st overall. Midway through the bike course Peter Reid was overheard saying “There’s a 50-year-old in front of me!” He was so devastating on the mountain bike that he earned the nicknames of “Deadly Nedly” and “The Lung.” At the end of his career, commentators respectfully called him “The Old Man of the Mountain.”

SCOTT TINLEY (2006) In 1996, Scott competed in XTERRA's inaugural event, known as Aquaterra at the time. That day, he finished in 4th place and went on to finish in the top 10 in both 1997 and '98. But more than just an athlete, Scott was one of the early ambassadors for the sport. Tinley was at the sharp end of getting athletes to Maui. When you look at the high level pro's that came 10 years ago, it is far more impressive than what one, solitary, unusual race with a $5,000 prize list should have attracted. Jimmy Riccitello, Mike Pigg, Wes Hobson, Ray Browning, Pat Brown, , Emilio Desoto, Jeff Devlin, Kenny Glah, Paul Huddle, Michellie Jones, Paula Newby, Sian Welch, Karen Smeyers and more. A lot of that participation is because of ST, who helped found and develop the sport of off-road triathlon.

KERSTIN WEULE (2007) Kerstin Weule, using equally deadly swim, mountain bike and run speed, won more XTERRA races than anyone (until Jamie Whitmore took on the challenge). She won 19 XTERRA titles, including the US. Pro Series in 1999 and 2000, and the 2000 World Championship. Born in Braunlage, Germany in 1966, Weule’s name was synonymous with XTERRA for years. The winning started in 1998 in Louisiana and she won the next two big races. In her career, Kerstin won at almost every U.S. venue where XTERRA traveled too, including races in the UK and Canada. Weule brought much to XTERRA – an open disposition, the ability to share all that she knew at XTERRA University clinics, a great laugh, her cartwheel at the finish line, & blue painted toenails on raceday. JIMMY RICCITELLO (2008) Flash back to 1996… AquaTerra…the first XTERRA…123 Speedo-clad racers on the start line at dawn on the beach in Wailea, Maui. A who’s who of triathlon and mountain biking showed up to try something completely new…off-road triathlon. And, it turned out that XTERRA with its catch phrase “Your toughest competitor is Mother Nature” was right up Riccitello’s alley. He took the inaugural XTERRA World Championship by more than three minutes over triathlon great Mike Pigg. After the win, he said “Man this race is a bitch, but it’s the true spirit of triathlon – the athlete against the course”. Over seven years Riccitello raced XTERRA all over the U.S., including six more Maui World Championships, and was always the life of the party. MICHAEL TOBIN (2009) Tobin won at everything he tried, posting championships in running (and not your usual 5K but running up mountains for a couple hours); duathlon, where he was Powerman Champ twice with 14 international victories; XTERRA with 16 victories and a World Championship; and adventure racing – where he has won all over the world. Tobin dominated XTERRA for years. He won Kirkwood in 1997; won 3 of 4 in 1998; and won 9 out of 10 in 1999. To that point, the one prize that eluded Tobin was Maui. He was 4th in 1997 – 3rd in 1998 – 2nd in 1999 and finally won it all in 2000. He’s the last American to win off-road triathlon’s greatest race.

76 XTERRA HALL OF FAME 2010-2015

SHARI KAIN (2010) Shari Kain came to XTERRA as an accomplished mountain biker – a U.S. champion in both cycling and cyclocross and she was to have a major impact on XTERRA. Kain had an epic duel with Michellie Jones in the inaugural XTERRA of 1996 but came up 12 seconds short. In 1999 “Sharoo” won it all in style by doing the hula across the finish line in a grass skirt. That fabulous finish wasn’t Shari’s only contribution to the XTERRA Legend that day. It is said she is responsible for the post-race game of naked touch football - a hallmark of the early days of XTERRA SCOTT SCHUMAKER (2011) Scott Schumaker is perhaps THE pioneer of XTERRA racing. He could race, and he could write with the best of them. He was part of the inaugural class of one hundred and twenty three who started the first XTERRA (or AquaTerra as it was then know) in Wailea in 1996 – and he took 4th behind some of the biggest names in the sport - Jimmy Riccitello, Mike Pigg and Ned Overend. In the first four years of XTERRA, he was a factor in just about every race…and introduced the sport to the triathlon world by writing about his experiences for industry magazines. His race reports were irreverent and often hilarious, introducing technical terms such as “Umpa-lumpa” to the sport. JAMIE WHITMORE (2012) Jamie “J-Dawg” Whitmore career was kick-started at the “Crown Jewel” XTERRA Saipan Championship race back in 2002 when she upset the reigning world champ at the time, Anke Erlank. Over the next six years she won 37 championships in a dozen different countries, including the XTERRA World Championship in 2004. She is still today the most successful female pro the sport has ever known. Her accomplishments in the sport, however, pale in comparison to her achievements in life. That she is an XTERRA Hall of Fame athlete is undisputed…how she evolved into a Hall of Fame human being – now that’s the stuff of legends. NICO LEBRUN (2013) Nicolas "The Professor" Lebrun from France crossed the Atlantic and landed in Richmond, Virginia for his first XTERRA race in 2001. He finished 3rd behind another, first-timer - Conrad Stoltz in 2nd, and Canada’s Mike Vine in first. It was the start of something big for him, and for XTERRA….The following year he returned to Richmond and scored his first XTERRA win. Over the next 13 years he was a major and consistent force in XTERRA racing in Europe and in America with 90 top five finishes, including 32 wins and four European Tour Championships. But the crowning moment in his XTERRA career, was in Maui in 2005 when he won the XTERRA World Championship. CONRAD STOLTZ (2015) In 2015 XTERRA inducted the most decorated XTERRA athlete of all-time, Conrad “The Caveman” Stoltz. Stoltz collected an unprecedented 53 career championship wins and seven world titles (4 from XTERRA and 3 from ITU) in his illustrious 15-year career. The reception he received was goose-bump worthy … a well-deserved standing ovation from an adoring crowd. “XTERRA has been an integral part of my life,” he said, holding back tears. “We always talk about XTERRA being family, and it is. It really is. What Tom and Dave and Julie created is simply amazing, and I’m beyond grateful.” 77 XTERRA WARRIOR AWARD WINNERS

Since 2003 XTERRA has honored a member of its Tribe that has shown exemplary courage in the face of adversity, gone above and beyond to help the greater community, or personified the “Live More” spirit with the XTERRA Warrior Award. Last year the award went to cancer survivor David DeSantis, who in the summer of 2013 was diagnosed with stage 3C melanoma and told he had at most, a year to live. He didn’t give up then, and faced with an on-going fight now there is still no quit in the man. This season, in the midst of battling cancer, he raced XTERRA’s around the world and raised more than $32,000 for the Challenged Athletes Foundation via his “16 in 2016 campaign.” Learn more at www.desantis16in2016.org. Maury

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Ben & Jacqui PAST XTERRA WARRIORS 2015 - David DeSantis - Cancer fighter and survivor exemplifies Live More spirit 2014 - Christophe Maury - Traveled across Europe to win 45-49 division title 2013 - Ron Hill - Returned to Maui 1-year after crushing pelvis to win 75-59 title 2012 - Ben Allen and Jacqui Slack - For traveling the world and living the dream Feherenbach 2011 - G.L. Brown - The epitome of the spirit of our sport Seavey 2010 - Taylor Seavey - overcomes perceived limitations every day 2009 - Juergen Feherenbach - For years of support behind the scenes in Europe 2008 - Jamie Whitmore - For kicking cancer and her Warrior Spirit 2007 - Tae Yoong Kim – For enthusiasm transcending the language barrier 2006 - Nico Pfitzenmeier – For traveling the world “competing to help kids” 2005 - Dr. John Mills – For spearheaded the medical support team on Maui Kim 2004 - Willie Stewart – For showing us all that “anything is possible” Pfitzenmeier 2003 - Bryan Medrano – For living life to the fullest despite Huntington’s Disease

Mills Jamie Willie Medrano

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78 TENTATIVE 2017 SCHEDULE OF MAUI QUALIFIERS

Date Race Location February 25 XTERRA South Africa Grabouw, Western Cape March 4 XTERRA Motatapu South Island, New Zealand March 11 XTERRA Saipan Northern Mariana Islands March 18 XTERRA Colombia Location TBD March 25 XTERRA Argentina Dique Ullum, San Juan April 2 XTERRA Chile Santiago April 2 XTERRA Thailand Phuket April 2 XTERRA Malta Majjistral Nature Reserve April 8 XTERRA New Zealand Rotorua April 8 XTERRA Costa Rica Playa Reserva Conchal April 16 XTERRA Reunion Reunion Island April 23 XTERRA Cyprus Lara Beach/Akamas, Paphos April 23 XTERRA Philippines Danao, Cebu April 29 XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour Finale Langkawi, Malaysia April 29 XTERRA Greece Vouliagmeni May 7 XTERRA Tahiti Papeete May 7 XTERRA Paraguay San Bernardino May 14 XTERRA Brazil Ilhabela, Sao Paolo May 20 XTERRA Oak Mountain Pelham, Alabama, USA May 27 XTERRA Portugal Golega June 4 XTERRA Wales Atlantic College, Llantwit Major June 10 XTERRA Belgium Namur June 17 XTERRA Mine over Matter Milton, Ontario, Canada June 24 XTERRA Switzerland Vallee de Joux July 2 XTERRA France Xonrupt July 9 XTERRA Victoria Victoria, B.C., Canada July 16 XTERRA Beaver Creek Beaver Creek, CO, USA July 23 XTERRA Finland Imatra July 23 XTERRA Parry Sound Ontario, Canada August 5 XTERRA Mexico Tapalpa August 6 XTERRA Canmore Canmore, Alberta, Canada August 6 XTERRA Sleeping Giant Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada August 6 XTERRA Norway Location TBD August 12 XTERRA Dominican Republic Barahona August 13 XTERRA Poland Krakow August 19 XTERRA Germany Zittau August 25 XTERRA Korea New venue TBD August 26 XTERRA Sweden Hellasgaarden, Stockholm September 3 XTERRA Japan Hokkaido September 3 XTERRA Denmark Mons Klint September 16 XTERRA Pan Am Championship Ogden, Utah, USA October 29 XTERRA World Championship Maui

This schedule is tentative, as of October 13, 2016 and will most certainly have additions and changes. Check back frequently at www.xterraplanet.com for updates and the most current World Tour Schedule

79 TEAM UNLIMITED

TEAM Unlimited LLC, founded in 1988, is the Hawaii-based television, events, and marketing company that brought off-road triathlon and trail running to the world under the brand name XTERRA. From a one-off race held on the most remote island chain in the world XTERRA evolved into an endurance sports lifestyle with worldwide appeal. Over the past 20 years XTERRA transcended its status as ‘just a race’ to become a bona-fide way of life for thousands of intrepid athletes as well as an emerging brand in the outdoor industry. In 2016 XTERRA will offer more than 200 off-road triathlons and trail running events in 30+ countries worldwide and produce 10 adventure television shows for international distribution. More info at xterraplanet.com / xterracontent.com.

XTERRA THROUGH TIME 1996: Jimmy Riccitello and Michellie Jones win inaugural event in Wailea, Maui. 1997: XTERRA adds two events in California, and one in Louisiana in addition to World Championship. 1998: The XTERRA tour goes to Michigan, Colorado, Oregon, and back to Louisiana. 1999: 11 races spanning from California to New Jersey. First year of Pro Points Series. 2000: XTERRA goes global with its first international races in England, Japan, and Canada. 2001: The first year of XTERRA in Australia - Jody Mielke and Paul Amey win the XTERRA Australia Championship 2002: The inaugural XTERRA Saipan Championship, and races in Germany and the Czech Republic. The XTERRA USA Championship Series expands to 31 races. 2003: The seventh consecutive year of expansion provides more than 50 events to compete in. 2004: Forty-five events in the U.S., plus 33 international races and a full-fledged XTERRA European Tour 2005: First year of the stand-alone XTERRA Trail Running Series and Nevada Passage Adventure Competition. 2011: More than 100 XTERRA off-road triathlon races and 70+ XTERRA Trail Runs. The first year of the XTERRA Asia- Pacific Tour with races in the Philippines, Saipan, Guam, and Japan 2013: XTERRA England returns to the World Tour at Vachery Estate in Cranleigh, Surrey 2016: Now more than 300 events in 30 countries worldwide, including the new XTERRA Pan America Tour.

Since 1990 TEAM TV has produced more than 300 television shows resulting in three regional Emmy’s and 42 Telly Awards for production excellence. The award-winning XTERRA Adventures TV series, XTERRA USA and World Championship broadcasts are available as a video subscription for Prime members on Amazon Video via the Amazon Video app for TV, connected devices including Fire TV, mobile devices and online at Amazon.com/XTERRA

80 FLASHBACK TO ‘96 : FROM AN ORGANIZER’S PERSPECTIVE WE JUST DIDN’T KNOW ANY BETTER By “Kahuna Dave” Nicholas

“Hey Boss” said Jerry Pupillo. “Look at those guys down on the beach washing the mud off. Why don’t we do one of those Ironman things but on mountain bikes”? It sounded like a good idea to me and here we are 20 years later. This all happened at the 1995 Hawaiian Mountain Tour bike race at Kualoa Ranch when a bunch of pro men rode their bikes down to the ocean after a very muddy cross country race.

Every swim we had done for Ocean Challenge or the King’s Race was point-to-point. So not knowing any better we did the first swim from Ulua Beach to Wailea Beach. It was 1500m or so and I recall we started the race – picked up the signs and quickly carried them to swim out and transition. The park manager was James Ramsaur and he truly did I did a ton of homework to find out about triathlon. Tinley create an amazing set of trails. He had 250 acres and and The Grip () all agreed it was the best runner somehow made a 9 mile loop. We later named him Kimo as that usually won Ironman or the shorter distances. We were that’s Hawaiian for James. That first year we took some bike guys and when I designed our race (AquaTerra now white trellis Kimo used for weddings and made the finish XTERRA) I made sure the bike took up a lot more of the arch. That race was called GatorTerra. We bought a few total time than a road triathlon. I figured the triathlete would kids blowup pool alligators and put them out on the trails on win the swim, the mountainbiker would get the lead on the race morning. Definitely scared a few athletes. bike and the triathlete would catch up on the run and they would cross the line together. Damn if it did not work first XTERRA would have never started if TK had not found out time out. Shari Kain and Michellie Jones did exactly as I that Maui was looking for a TV event. He came back and predicted with Michellie passing Shari about 200m from the told me our crazy idea of a triathlon on mountainbikes was finish. Notorious cyclist Jimmy Riccitello won but mountain- going to happen on Maui. It had to be in Wailea-Makena so biker Ned Overend came in 3rd and won it all a few years go over there and make it work. later and he was a rock in the water. We knew it was a made for TV event and we had to fit it in Kiely planned parties, we gave away some comp rooms, we a one hour show. Ironman distances were way too long and had really nice meals and even cocktail parties. The frankly, their TV show was pretty boring. I figured we had to atmosphere was completely different from triathlon. The have the winners take about 2 ½ hours. Given that total biggest comment we heard was “why are you treating us so time for the race we could easily edit the footage to make an nice?” The answer was we didn’t know any better. We interesting one hour show. We had done a lot of mountain figured the athlete was the reason for the event and we had bike races, lots of ocean swims and even 10K runs that best treat them well. went around Diamond Head so we knew how to figure total time for each leg. That’s how the distances for XTERRA After the race old John Cobb who had a big online bike shop were determined. told me we had to take this to the mainland and he knew the perfect place. There was a new park in Ruston, Louisiana We went over to Maui a lot of times but could not find any that had a world class trail builder who had created that trails. We had worked with a Maui windsurf organizer perfect place. Cobb put up $5,000 and the America Tour named Paul Ehman for years on our ocean and cycling was created. We had mtb friends in Big Bear & I convinced events and Paul had a great connection with Ulupalakua them to help organize one. Tinley knew somebody at ranch. We went onto the ranch and found miles and miles Kirkwood resort and that became our 3rd race for 1997. of dirt roads. Some wide open but many gnarly, lava rock 81 FLASHBACK TO ‘96 : FROM AN ORGANIZER’S PERSPECTIVE hard smaller roads as well. From our experience creating down we ran into hundreds of huge cactus. Some had been mountain bike races I knew this would be one tough race. growing there for years & were 10-12 feet high. It was chris- Not one foot of single track but unrelenting tough riding. tened “Cactus Alley” and was part of the course for years.

There was about a mile of road we had to use to get from The run was harder to make than it seemed as most of it the Aston resort (later Outrigger) to the dirt road leading to would have to be on the road. Not what we wanted. So we the ranch. This road was as wide as a 4 lane highway. We scouted woods and beaches and although we had to cross found out later this was made to handle huge trucks bring- a couple roads, Ted Kozlo got the Maui police to approve it ing cinders down from the volcano to fill in the area that and help. Scary forest was created with a rake. It was became Wailea. There was too much traveled dirt road so nothing but scrub kiawe trees and other woody weeds. We we started looking for cow trails or smaller, older routes to wanted to go over the pu’u past little beach but it was too follow. We found one and it worked well and led to what dangerous. I remember doing it and sliding and tumbling would become Heartbreak Hill. The problem was that when down that damn thing to black sand beach. What we did we came back to mark it we couldn’t figure out which small was leave Makena Beach (Big Beach) through the parking trail it was. Then one of us remembered an old abandoned lot and then started walking into the woods. We eventually car was on the trail we used. We found the car, an old found our way back to black sand beach and Scary Forest Plymouth Valiant, and that is how Valiant Park got its name was created. How did we mark it? With a rake making a and that cool, twisty bit came to be. path through the leaves and hundreds of arrows.

Another problem cropped up when we couldn’t bring the Ulupalakua allowed us one day on their ranch for the race. bike back to the hotel in the distance we wanted . Going This is how the no advance look or practice on the trails back would make the bike too long. Plus, there was no happened. They are a full, working ranch and I did not good run route around the hotel. The solution was a small blame them in the least. They did allow us access to mark horse stable business out past Makena. We could tie the the course and I recall wondering why our stakes and marks bike route to come down to the stables for T2 and then kept being knocked down. What we found is the cattle saw create a run back to the hotel. The stable owner was a the arrows and thought they were food ! That’s why in those great guy and helped a lot. first years before the ranch started moving the cattle for the race week we had to hang arrows from tree branches or The only problem was not enough space at T2 to put bike screw them into fence posts. racks. I took a chapter out of the original Ironman T2 and we put up tents, built big bag racks and hired a couple XTERRA racing has been the work-life passion of Dave Nicholas flatbed trucks to take the bikes back to the start. Riders for two decades now. He’s been the race director at every would come screaming down Cactus Alley into T2. We XTERRA World Championship race since 1996, and is the driving posted a marshal just up the road and he would call the bike force behind the ever-expanding XTERRA World Tour. He’s also one heck of a race-car driver, and at the young age of 73 drove his number on a 2-way radio. Another vollie would yell out the 1960 MG A to several class victories this year. number at T2 and a volunteer would grab that bag and have it waiting. At the dismount line another volunteer would take the bike and the athlete would grab their transition bag and go into a tent with benches to change. Like I said, we just didn’t know any better & it seemed like the right thing to do.

There was no real route from the ranch to the stables. We found remnants of an old road but it was totally overgrown. I had a bunch of Marines that worked with us on the NFL Pro Bowl and we took a dozen or so to Maui with us to work on the course and marshal points. Those guys are workers. We blasted through the bush cutting trees, pulling crap out of the way and uncovering the old route. About half way 82 FLASHBACK TO ‘96 : FROM A RACER’S PERSPECTIVE AQUATERRA FLASHBACK By Scott Schumaker

I’ll tell you one of the reasons I loved racing XTERRAs back when it all began, the late race starts and sleeping in until the luxurious time of 7am!

November 3, 1996, 9 AM

BOOM!

The cannon fires. I charge down Wailea beach and into the I’m right on Brent’s feet. Perfect. Look! There’s a giant turtle tranquil Pacific with 122 athletes. It’s the first Aquaterra, swimming underneath us**. That is sooo cool. Scott, stay now XTERRA. Well-known multi-sport names like Newby- focused on the race, man! Swim faster, Brent. Should I try Fraser, Pigg, Jones, Hobson, Tinley, Smyers and Riccitello to go around him? No, I need to conserve my energy. I are in the scantily-clad mob. There are a few notable probably can’t get around him anyway. He’s fast. mountain bikers too. Overend. Kain. Kloser. It’s not the first off road triathlon*, but with its Maui location, end-of-the-sea- The tape shows that I tried to go around him. I think I son date, big name athletes, TV coverage and prize money, wanted the swim prime. We exit the water side by side, but it has definitely garnered the most buzz. I dive into the water he’s on his feet a half stride before I am. and think, “If this thing takes off it could change the face of triathlons!” Sprint! I can get this. A wave breaks. It’s tangles up my legs. Brent is already It’s one big triangle of a swim and I need to stay on Brent charging up the beach. Imonen’s feet. He’s a damn fine ocean swimmer. With the likes of Overend and Kloser back there I need as much of a Looking back, I suppose could blame that wave for not lead as possible. Shit, Riccitello is back there too. I know he getting the prime. Or I could blame the extra drag of the bike can ride a mountain bike. Most triathletes can’t. Most triath- shorts I chose to wear. But, really, Brent was just a damn letes seem to prefer glass-smooth pavement. Yawn. Boring. fine ocean swimmer. I’m sure he still is. Hobson came out of Not me. I’m excited to get on the dirt. I’m excited to get dirty! the water close behind me. Pigg came out close behind him. Swim faster, Brent. Riccitello was a minute back. Tinley, 1:20. Overend nearly 3 minutes. I recall the run to the transition area feeling long. Did Dave “Kahuna” Nicholas have his mini-cannon that first year? Was the Pacific tranquil? Did I really think Aquaterra OK, there’s my transition space. Finally. C’mon, bike jersey! could change triathlons as I dove into the water? Was the Get on my wet body. I’m glad I cut the sleeves off! GU swim one big triangle? I have no idea. It was 20 years ago. packets…stay stuffed in those back pockets. OK, shoes are Memory fogs. Let me check the tape. Stand by. on. Grab the mountain bike. It’s a Scott hardtail. Aluminum frame. 26-inch wheels. V-brakes. Handlebar that round into OK, I just checked the tape. Was there a mini-cannon? bar ends. It’s a mere 30 pounds of XC awesomeness! Nope. It was a conch shell being blown. Was the Pacific tranquil? Yes. Was the swim a triangle? No. It was a point- I’m sprinting out across the bike mount line and launch to-point swim from Ulua Beach to Wailea Beach. Was I myself cyclocross-style onto my bike. I’m first out of thinking about Aquaterra possibly bringing a whole new transition. I am the No Fear Bike Leader! dimension in multi-sport? I hope not. I hope I was focused on the race. There’s a section of paved road before the dirt begins. I’m riding hands free putting on the bike gloves that had been dangling from my bar ends. There goes Hobson. Shit!…and Pigg! So much for being the bike leader. That didn’t last 83 FLASHBACK TO ‘96 : FROM A RACER’S PERSPECTIVE long. I’m a better technical rider than Hobson. Not sure Still, compared to my current 2015 speed, I was kind of, sort about Pigg. But there is 3000 feet of climbing before the big of fast. I didn’t appreciate it then. I appreciate it now. descent. Perspective matters.

That big descent would become known as The Plunge and I’m in the post-finish line tent dropping another cupful of ice I wouldn’t see Hobson or Pigg on it. In fact, I wouldn’t see water over my head. This really could take off, I think. This either of them again until after the finish line. A half-dozen whole mountain bike, Aquaterra triathlon thing. How others would pass me on the climb to The Plunge, including amazing would that be?! I would totally do these all the time Riccitello and, eventually, Overend. Those two were moving over road triathlons. It was way more fun. And crazy chal- incredibly fast. If Phil Liggett had been commenting he lenging. And those Team Unlimited people seem really nice. would have said they were dancing on their pedals. They’ve treated us all like kings and queens. And they know how to put on a well-organized race. It’s too bad they are Whew. That was tough. Here we go the big descent! It’s based in Hawaii though. There’s no way they’ll make double track and fast. It’s not all that technical, but the lava anything big happen stuck out here in the middle of the rocks are bouncing my bike around like a pinball and rattling Pacific. my brain! Just don’t crash. Just don’t crash. Just don’t crash. *The Kirkwood Enduro-X went down in August 6, 1994. - Scott Tinley’s Dirty Adventures followed in the fall of 1995. I didn’t crash but it wasn’t the best bike ride of my life either. **I’m relatively sure a turtle actually did swim underneath us. ***Credit for the line “sweating like a whore in church” : Jimmy It was, however, a hell of a lot more exciting and challeng- Riccitello. ing—mentally and physically—than road triathlons. Plus drafting, which was a heated debate in road triathlons at the time, was impossible. It was pure. It was bliss. By the time I hit the bike-to-run transition I was in love.

OK, I’m off the bike in one piece and in eighth place. Or is it ninth? I don’t know. There’s sweat in my eyes; I’m sweat- ing like a whore in church***. I’m covered in a fine film of red dust. It’s f’ing hot! Why did they start this race so f’ing late in the morning? I might still be able to pull out a top ten fin- ish though. C’mon, swimmer legs, work for me.

I’m weaving down through a forest of stunted growth. There’s very little shade. There’s a fallen tree marked with yellow hazard tape. Duck! And another one. Jump!

I’m on Big Beach. Plod. Plod. Ugh, this is a long beach. Plod. Plod. Plod. Damn you swimmer legs! Scott Schumaker (pictured above interviewing Michellie Jones There’s a rocky ledge. More sand. Pavement. More trail. A after that first race) would go on to race almost every XTERRA “beach” made of baby-head sized rocks. Sweating. Triathlon held over the next five years, writing about each one for Sunbathers are looking at me like I’m nuts. My legs are real- multisport magazines and XTERRA, and he is a member of the ly failing now. There’s the finish line. Hallelujah! XTERRA Hall of Fame. While he never won the big one, or even any of the smaller ones—Kahuna calls him the Dan Marino of 2:49:12. 12th place. XTERRA—he was a consistent top finisher and his articles helped grow the sport. Currently Scott is the managing partner at Bright It wasn’t my best race speed-wise. I had really been hoping Antenna Records and recently put out a children’s book called to finish in the top 10, and if all pistons were firing, top 5. Henry’s Big Star Adventure. instagram: @scottschumaker 84 2016 XTERRA WORLDS START LIST BY BIB#

Bib First Name Last Name Division Country Bib First Name Last Name Division Country 1 Josiah Middaugh PRO USA 49 Brad Weiss PRO RSA 2 Braden Currie PRO NZL 50 Michi Weiss PRO AUT 3 Ruben Ruzafa PRO ESP 51 Jari Palonen PRO SWE 4 Mauricio Mendez PRO MEX 52 Ryan Petry PRO USA 5 Courtney Atkinson PRO AUS 61 Flora Duffy PRO BER 6 Francisco Serrano PRO MEX 62 Lesley Paterson PRO GBR 7 Rom Akerson PRO CRC 63 Myriam Guillot-Boisset PRO FRA 8 Ben Hoffman PRO USA 64 Lizzie Orchard PRO NZL 9 Ben Allen PRO AUS 65 Carina Wasle PRO AUT 10 Will Ross PRO USA 66 Helena Erbenova PRO CZE 11 Branden Rakita PRO USA 67 Jacqui Slack PRO GBR 12 Noah Wright PRO USA 68 Maia Ignatz PRO USA 14 Cameron Paul PRO NZL 69 Kara LaPoint PRO USA 15 Rodrigo Acevedo PRO COL 70 Julie Baker PRO USA 16 Victor Arenas PRO COL 71 Mieko Carey PRO JPN 17 Felipe Barraza PRO CHI 72 Katharine Carter PRO CAN 18 Anders Bregnhøj PRO DEN 73 Caroline Colonna PRO USA 19 Julien Buffe PRO FRA 74 Michelle Flipo PRO MEX 20 Francois Carloni PRO FRA 75 Melania Giraldi PRO BRA 21 Leonardo Chacon PRO CRC 76 Sarah Graves PRO USA 22 Kaon Cho PRO KOR 77 Isabella Ribeiro PRO BRA 23 Mattia De Paoli PRO ITA 78 Morgane Riou PRO FRA 24 JP Donovan PRO USA 80 Suzie Snyder PRO USA 25 Chris Ganter PRO USA 81 Jennifer Todd PRO USA 26 Jason Hsieh PRO HKG 82 Joanna Brown PRO CAN 27 Alex Hunt PRO AUS 100 Morgan Fortin 15-19 USA 28 Ryan Ignatz PRO USA 101 Heather Horton 15-19 USA 29 Sebastian Kienle PRO GER 102 Rina Ishizu 15-19 JPN 30 Ian King PRO USA 103 Kloe O'Rourke 15-19 MEX 31 Sam Long PRO USA 104 Jocelyn Vides 15-19 USA 32 Brian MacIlvain PRO USA 105 Pauline Aigon 20-24 FRA 33 Karsten Madsen PRO CAN 106 Lara Buttigieg 20-24 MLT 34 Diogo Malagon PRO BRA 107 Clara Blohm Clemmensen 20-24 DEN 36 Kieran McPherson PRO NZL 108 Julia Hunt 20-24 NZL 37 Lucas Mendez PRO ARG 109 Camille Jobard 20-24 FRA 38 Joe Miller PRO PHI 110 Jaylene Kemp 20-24 CAN 39 Felipe Moletta PRO BRA 111 Katarina Marks 20-24 USA 40 Maximiliano Morales PRO ARG 112 Jingyan Tang 20-24 CHI 41 Sebastian Norberg PRO SWE 113 Michaele Van den Heever 20-24 RSA 42 Takahiro Ogasawara PRO JPN 114 Claire Avril 25-29 BEL 43 Sam Osborne PRO NZL 115 Sarah Bakewell 25-29 GBR 44 Anthony Pannier PRO FRA 116 Morgane Bedard 25-29 FRA 45 Alex Roberts PRO NZL 117 Stephanie Brunnemann 25-29 USA 46 Roger Serrano PRO ESP 118 Renata Castro 25-29 BRA 47 Karl Shaw PRO GBR 119 Sandra Daschner 25-29 AUT 48 Juscelino Vasconcelos PRO BRA 120 Sjoukje Dufoer 25-29 BEL Bib First Name Last Name Division Country Bib First Name Last Name Division Country 121 Catalina Gerstle 25-29 CHI 170 Shannon Howell 35-39 USA 122 Jyle Ivor Gonzalez 25-29 PHI 171 Lyndsay Hupka 35-39 CAN 123 Valentine Grob 25-29 SUI 172 Lindsay Jackson 35-39 USA 124 Ariarn Huston 25-29 AUS 173 Meagan Johnson 35-39 USA 125 Johandri Leicester 25-29 RSA 174 Nalani Kaun 35-39 USA 126 Heidi Manicke 25-29 CAN 175 Courtney Kaup 35-39 USA 127 Noelani McMahon 25-29 USA 176 Audrey Lariviere 35-39 FRA 128 Tatiane Nascimento 25-29 BRA 177 Natalie Lehto 35-39 CAN 129 Lauren Nethery 25-29 USA 178 Kelly Linaker 35-39 AUS 130 Paola Ozán 25-29 ARG 179 Eunhee Ma 35-39 KOR 131 Julia Ramsauer 25-29 GER 180 Anna McDonald 35-39 CAN 132 Bridget Schwenne 25-29 USA 181 Kim Michell 35-39 AUS 133 Tory Sigmond 25-29 USA 182 Elise Monniaud 35-39 FRA 134 Elisabeth Siroux 25-29 FRA 183 Allison Moore 35-39 USA 135 Serena Vanni 25-29 ITA 184 Anna Olivarius 35-39 DEN 136 Heather Wilson 25-29 USA 185 Julia Polloreno 35-39 USA 137 Amandine Witzmann 25-29 FRA 186 Amanda Puente 35-39 USA 138 Yuri Arikawa 30-34 SIN 187 Mirtha Realpe 35-39 COL 139 Faye Armstrong 30-34 CAN 188 Rebecca Rocke 35-39 NZL 140 Erica Cline 30-34 USA 189 Anelisa Santos 35-39 BRA 141 Jeanie Denison 30-34 USA 190 Anne Usher 35-39 USA 142 Teresa Farias 30-34 MEX 191 Melissa Vandewater 35-39 AUS 143 Lydia Hale 30-34 NZL 192 Cybelle Viciano 35-39 BRA 144 Andrea Kettler 30-34 USA 193 Kristen Wade 35-39 USA 145 Rosamond Lougheed 30-34 CAN 194 Avelyn Warren 35-39 USA 146 Milena Montersino 30-34 ARG 195 Lottie Whitman 35-39 USA 147 Claire Nance 30-34 GBR 196 Megan Arthur 40-44 NZL 148 Iben Nelson 30-34 DEN 197 Julie Bruckman-Pitrone 40-44 USA 149 Sue Paz Thunström 30-34 SWE 198 Andrea Gaggero 40-44 URU 150 Jill Ponet 30-34 BEL 199 Katarzyna Galewicz 40-44 POL 151 Megan Riepma 30-34 USA 200 Carolina Gherra 40-44 ARG 152 Ashley Robota 30-34 USA 201 Elena Gómez 40-44 ESP 153 Kate Slingo 30-34 AUS 202 Shannon Greenhill 40-44 USA 154 Julia Totosy 30-34 CAN 203 Sonoko Ishizu 40-44 JPN 155 Sara Viveros 30-34 MEX 204 Nicole Johnson 40-44 CAN 156 Amelia Vonesh 30-34 USA 205 Becca Johnston 40-44 USA 157 Whitney Withington 30-34 USA 206 Uta Knape 40-44 GER 158 Heather Zimchek-Dunn 30-34 USA 207 Kimberly Larson 40-44 USA 159 Emanuela Bandol 35-39 CAN 208 Kathryn Lockwood 40-44 USA 160 Stacey Banks 35-39 USA 209 Sandra Lopes 40-44 BRA 161 Whitney Barrett 35-39 USA 210 Robyn Low-Hart 40-44 AUS 162 Alice Bourgeoisat 35-39 FRA 211 Janet MacDonald 40-44 USA 163 Wendy Boyce 35-39 NZL 212 Marcela Madrigal 40-44 CRC 164 Xiomara Brenes 35-39 CRC 213 Natalia Margara 40-44 ARG 165 Ana Creus 35-39 ESP 214 Kate Matheson 40-44 USA 166 Angela Fogarolli 35-39 GER 215 Sabrina Matias 40-44 BRA 167 Rachel Gillis 35-39 USA 216 Katia Michel 40-44 FRA 168 Edna Gonzalez 35-39 MEX 217 Magdalena Mihura 40-44 BRA 169 Felicity Hart 35-39 GBR 218 Kelli Montgomery 40-44 USA Bib First Name Last Name Division Country Bib First Name Last Name Division Country 219 Nadia Mueller 40-44 SUI 268 Patti Plagmann 50-54 USA 220 Jennifer Razee 40-44 USA 269 Mary Posey 50-54 USA 221 Virginia Sellars 40-44 CAN 270 Carol Rasmussen 50-54 DEN 222 Mimi Stockton 40-44 USA 271 Elfi Rose 50-54 GER 223 Maria Sturluson 40-44 DEN 272 Luisa Saft 50-54 BRA 224 Tanya Walker 40-44 USA 273 Celeste St. Pierre 50-54 USA 225 Françoise Wittenburg 40-44 USA 274 Meiling Yee 50-54 USA 226 Michelle Blankenship 45-49 USA 275 Marianella Zuccotti 50-54 ARG 227 Karen Brisson 45-49 USA 276 Christy Allen 55-59 USA 228 Natalie Burge 45-49 CAN 277 Sue Bankier 55-59 NZL 229 Jennifer Burtner 45-49 USA 278 Marcy Fleming 55-59 USA 230 Cristina Cominardi 45-49 ITA 279 Stephanie Landy 55-59 USA 231 Seonaigh Conchie 45-49 NZL 280 Petra Majewski 55-59 GER 232 Lori Cooper 45-49 USA 281 Janice Meek 55-59 CAN 233 Lesley Davidson 45-49 TJK 282 Elaine Morison 55-59 USA 234 Gina DeTolve 45-49 USA 283 Trish Nicol 55-59 NZL 235 Christy Fritts 45-49 USA 284 Karen Robertson 55-59 USA 236 Catherine Gance 45-49 FRA 285 Josie Sinclair 55-59 NZL 237 Felicia Gomez 45-49 USA 286 Tamara Tabeek 55-59 USA 238 Christine Grant 45-49 USA 287 Cathy Walker 55-59 CAN 239 Christina Halioris 45-49 USA 288 Janie White 55-59 USA 240 Noriko Hayashi 45-49 JPN 289 Martha Buttner 60-64 USA 241 Jeanne Hoffman 45-49 USA 290 Barbara Peterson 60-64 USA 242 Camilla Lenti 45-49 ITA 291 Lorenn Walker 60-64 USA 243 Kate Lucas 45-49 USA 292 Libby Harrow 65-69 USA 244 Joy Peterson 45-49 CAN 293 Lynne Pattle 65-69 NZL 245 Nathalie Pugeault 45-49 FRA 294 Sharon Prutton 65-69 NZL 246 Tanya Rabie 45-49 RSA 295 Cindi Toepel 65-69 USA 247 Julie Robb 45-49 CAN 296 Wendy Minor 70-74 USA 248 Patricia Smaldone 45-49 USA 297 Judy Abrahams PC USA 249 Katarina Smith 45-49 CAN 298 Beth Price PC USA 250 Maria Vazquez 45-49 ARG 299 Mai Chiku OC JPN 251 Karin Ward 45-49 USA 300 Kaley Rehorn 20-24 USA 252 Marfa Weathers 45-49 USA 301 Maria Alvarez 35-39 USA 253 Michelle Yost 45-49 USA 302 Courtney Meadows 35-39 USA 254 Corinne Bonneau 50-54 FRA 303 April Masters Ruhne 50-54 USA 255 Louise Donaldson 50-54 SIN 304 Grace Bollinger 55-59 USA 256 Charlotte Endicott 50-54 USA 310 Brendon Bergs 15-19 NZL 257 Elayne Fletcher 50-54 USA 311 Asger Blohm Clemmensen 15-19 DEN 258 Diana Greenwood 50-54 USA 312 Pâris Fellmann 15-19 LUX 259 Jenny Henville 50-54 AUS 313 Travis Gilpin 15-19 USA 260 Lizl Hobson 50-54 RSA 314 Dylan Gong 15-19 USA 261 Denise Janson 50-54 USA 315 Juan Gonzalez 15-19 USA 262 Beate Kleindienst 50-54 GER 316 Tate Haugan 15-19 CAN 263 Paula Maresh 50-54 USA 317 Jonas Held 15-19 GER 264 Linda Matheson 50-54 USA 318 Rémi Jeaugey 15-19 FRA 265 Susan Moote 50-54 USA 319 Ricardo Lara 15-19 ARG 266 Anne-Mette Mortensen 50-54 DEN 320 Maxence Lejeune 15-19 FRA 267 Margo Pitts 50-54 USA 321 Frederik Nielsen 15-19 DEN Bib First Name Last Name Division Country Bib First Name Last Name Division Country 322 Lewis Ryan 15-19 NZL 371 Lukus Klawitter 25-29 USA 323 Bowen Satterthwaite 15-19 USA 372 Hugo Lefebvre 25-29 FRA 324 Benny Smith 15-19 USA 373 Dave Levesque 25-29 CAN 325 Daniele Toro 15-19 ITA 374 Jeff MacNair 25-29 USA 326 Pierre Valentin 15-19 FRA 375 Anthony Nasser 25-29 USA 327 Quirijn Waaijenberg 15-19 NED 376 Pierre-Alain Nicole 25-29 FRA 328 Hayden Wilde 15-19 NZL 377 Thiago Olson 25-29 USA 329 Dewight Winchester 15-19 USA 378 Tancredi Pizzo 25-29 ITA 330 Kevin Aguilar 20-24 MEX 379 Christopher POR 25-29 PER 331 Taylor Charlton 20-24 AUS 380 Mac Potter 25-29 CAN 332 Maxime Danon 20-24 FRA 381 Harold Ramos 25-29 CRC 333 Romain Debry 20-24 BEL 382 Leandro Reitano 25-29 ARG 334 Loïc Doubey 20-24 FRA 383 Jean-Marc Rimaud 25-29 FRA 335 Corentin Duclos 20-24 FRA 384 Ignacio Sanchez 25-29 ESP 336 Tim Dülfer 20-24 GER 385 Pablo Schaelchli 25-29 CHI 337 Eduardo Falconi 20-24 BRA 386 Rafi Silerio 25-29 PHI 338 Valentin Fleury 20-24 FRA 387 Jorge Silva 25-29 NIC 339 Rodolfo García 20-24 MEX 388 Pete Smallfield 25-29 NZL 340 Evan Girard 20-24 CAN 389 Arnaud Taurelle 25-29 FRA 341 Jason Hall 20-24 NZL 390 Alfredo Valdes 25-29 USA 342 Jiri Kesl 20-24 CZE 391 Jeffrey van Rosmalen 25-29 CAN 343 Donavan Leyn 20-24 BEL 392 Abraham Viramontes 25-29 MEX 344 Mikel Loizaga 20-24 ESP 393 Andrea Zanenga 25-29 ITA 345 Fabian Lopes 20-24 BRA 394 Nathan Zimmer 25-29 BRA 346 Rafael Machado 20-24 BRA 395 Marco Amador 30-34 CRC 347 Alvaro Martinez 20-24 MEX 396 Filipe Aragao 30-34 BRA 348 Jared Ray 20-24 USA 397 Felipe Avilés 30-34 CHI 349 Marek Ryska 20-24 CZE 398 William Barbosa 30-34 BRA 350 Sebastian Salas 20-24 CRC 399 Rodney Bell 30-34 AUS 351 John Sarikas 20-24 USA 400 Fabien Bourly 30-34 FRA 352 Shunsuke Sasaki 20-24 JPN 401 Paulo Cabrera 30-34 BRA 353 James Scott 20-24 USA 402 Rafael Castol 30-34 MEX 354 Charly Sibille 20-24 FRA 403 Nicolò Colombo 30-34 ITA 355 Benjamin Thevenin 20-24 FRA 404 Adam Cooper 30-34 USA 356 Sergio Toro 20-24 CHI 405 Evandro Cordeiro 30-34 BRA 357 Robin Tournant 20-24 FRA 406 Jason Costelloe 30-34 TNT 358 Scott Tully 20-24 USA 407 Maximiliano Cuadra 30-34 CHI 359 Keiho Wada 20-24 JPN 408 Xavier Dafflon 30-34 SUI 360 Adan Avendaño 25-29 ARG 409 Craig Daugherty 30-34 USA 361 Tobias Bartholdy 25-29 DEN 410 Felipe De la Vega 30-34 CHI 362 Anthony Celeste 25-29 FRA 411 Dwayne Dixon 30-34 USA 363 Lorenz Claeys 25-29 BEL 412 James Evans 30-34 USA 364 Carl Cote 25-29 CAN 413 Ronaldo Ferreira 30-34 BRA 365 Joeri Deleebeeck 25-29 BEL 414 Michael Gartner 30-34 CAN 366 Doug Eubank 25-29 USA 415 Sean Gray 30-34 USA 367 Daniel Grew 25-29 CRC 416 James Haycraft 30-34 USA 368 Josh Hanley 25-29 USA 417 Tim Helms 30-34 USA 369 Laurent Helsemans 25-29 FRA 418 Wanze Hu 30-34 CHI 370 Ants Jackson 25-29 NZL 419 Mitchell Isaacson 30-34 USA Bib First Name Last Name Division Country Bib First Name Last Name Division Country 420 Kevin Kaucher 30-34 USA 469 Josh Flanagan 35-39 USA 421 Akitomo Konno 30-34 JPN 470 Sergio Florian 35-39 USA 422 Miguel Lacerda 30-34 BRA 471 Nathanael Fruchart 35-39 FRA 423 Romaric Ladet 30-34 FRA 472 Masataka Fujiwara 35-39 JPN 424 Julien Leroy 30-34 FRA 473 Davide Gabardo 35-39 ITA 425 Yohann Marquant 30-34 FRA 474 Rafael Galvez 35-39 MEX 426 Tom Martin 30-34 CAN 475 Eric Garber 35-39 USA 427 Alexandre Montel 30-34 FRA 476 Oscar Garcia 35-39 ARG 428 Nicholas Moore 30-34 AUS 477 Matthew Givens 35-39 USA 429 Patrick Nesbitt 30-34 CAN 478 Louis Goldberg 35-39 RSA 430 Johann Olivier 30-34 GBR 479 Keisuke Hirano 35-39 JPN 431 Jacob Pembrook 30-34 USA 480 Michael Hosey 35-39 USA 432 Marcelo Perim 30-34 BRA 481 Mauro Imbriani 35-39 ITA 433 Marc Prutton 30-34 NZL 482 Jason Lamoreaux 35-39 USA 434 Carlos Quezada 30-34 MEX 483 Laurent Lariviere 35-39 FRA 435 Florent Roche 30-34 FRA 484 Antoine Le Dard 35-39 FRA 436 Javier Ruiz 30-34 ESP 485 Josh Lee 35-39 USA 437 Sanjay Sachdev 30-34 CAN 486 Andrew Lehto 35-39 CAN 438 Carl Salomez 30-34 BEL 487 Olivier Lyoen 35-39 FRA 439 Matthias Seitz 30-34 GER 488 Sergio Martinez 35-39 MEX 440 Stephen Simpson 30-34 CAN 489 Ryan Matheson 35-39 USA 441 Sandro Surwilo 30-34 POL 490 Robert McFadzean 35-39 USA 442 Brice Timmerman 30-34 FRA 491 Eric Philibert 35-39 FRA 443 Sheldon Timms 30-34 CAN 492 David Prunier 35-39 FRA 444 Mattia Torraco 30-34 ITA 493 Franciney Rodrigues 35-39 BRA 445 Mateusz Tylek 30-34 POL 494 Hans Ryham 35-39 USA 446 Simone Vacchelli 30-34 ITA 495 Brandon Schaufele 35-39 CAN 447 Jorn Van Der Veken 30-34 BEL 496 Glen Scholz 35-39 AUS 448 Cedric Wane 30-34 FRA 497 Luka Senk 35-39 CAN 449 Clay Ward 30-34 CAN 498 Alexandre Smith 35-39 FRA 450 Daniel Wells 30-34 AUS 499 Jon Smith 35-39 USA 451 Andrew Whitson 30-34 CAN 500 Jérôme Tisserand 35-39 FRA 452 Mark Williams 30-34 NZL 501 Cedric Tourneur 35-39 FRA 453 Ricardo Alvim 35-39 BRA 502 Jan Trojanowski 35-39 CAN 454 Armando Berlanga 35-39 MEX 503 Pablo Ureta 35-39 ARG 455 Felipe Bezerra 35-39 BRA 504 Stéphane Vaxelaire 35-39 FRA 456 Alejandro Bulacio 35-39 ARG 505 Daniel Vilela 35-39 BRA 457 Vojtech Burianek 35-39 CZE 506 Justin Voss 35-39 USA 458 Leevin Camacho 35-39 USA 507 Marco Weisbecker 35-39 GER 459 Marcio Carvalho 35-39 BRA 508 Brent Wong 35-39 USA 460 Manny Cypers 35-39 USA 509 Yannick Antoine 40-44 BEL 461 Rodrigo Da Silva 35-39 DOM 510 Martin Aragno 40-44 ARG 462 Stephane Decressac 35-39 FRA 511 Ziya Arik 40-44 USA 463 Jose Díaz 35-39 ESP 512 Thomas Barbereau 40-44 FRA 464 Franck Digonnet 35-39 FRA 513 Thomas Beck 40-44 DEN 465 Fabio Duque 35-39 NIC 514 Jared Berg 40-44 USA 466 Uwe Ebner 35-39 AUT 515 Anton Bergs 40-44 NZL 467 Andres Fernandez 35-39 CRC 516 Daniel Bernardina 40-44 BRA 468 Ludovic Ferreira 35-39 FRA 517 Alan Burton 40-44 AUS Bib First Name Last Name Division Country Bib First Name Last Name Division Country 518 Mike Cabigon 40-44 CAN 567 Ryan Snow 40-44 USA 519 Kenneth Carlsen 40-44 DEN 568 Roy Soto 40-44 CRC 520 Wim Claeys 40-44 BEL 569 Nathan Stewart 40-44 CAN 521 Jean-Claude Constandse 40-44 USA 570 Kendrick Stoddart 40-44 USA 522 Carlos Cosoli 40-44 ARG 571 Mitch Sturdivant 40-44 USA 523 Jan Debnar 40-44 CZE 572 Richard Taylor 40-44 NZL 524 Stéphane Delicourt 40-44 FRA 573 Ralph Tcha 40-44 FRA 525 Michael Dorr 40-44 USA 574 Ryan Trant 40-44 CAN 526 Kris Driessens 40-44 BEL 575 Hernan Trevino 40-44 MEX 527 Nicolas Durin 40-44 FRA 576 Johann Uesseler 40-44 COL 528 Luke Ehgoetz 40-44 CAN 577 Kasper Urth 40-44 DEN 529 Eric Fendt 40-44 FRA 578 Jose Vasquez 40-44 COL 530 Ralf Fletcher 40-44 RSA 579 Garren Watkins 40-44 USA 531 Martin Flinta 40-44 SWE 580 Roman Yohann 40-44 FRA 532 Shannon Fore 40-44 USA 581 David Zimmermann 40-44 SUI 533 Henze Frédéric 40-44 FRA 582 Farouk Abrahams 45-49 RSA 534 Rui Galinha 40-44 POR 583 Joseph Alueta 45-49 USA 535 Raul Garcia 40-44 USA 584 Adrian Alvarez 45-49 CRC 536 Luis Gonzalez 40-44 USA 585 Jerry Bailey 45-49 USA 537 Steve Good 40-44 CAN 586 Jens Beck 45-49 USA 538 John Hendricks 40-44 USA 587 Mirko Bonfiglioli 45-49 ITA 539 Alejandro Ibarra 40-44 MEX 588 Sergio Boucault 45-49 BRA 540 Neil Jacobs 40-44 USA 589 Scott Brand 45-49 USA 541 Juan Jaures 40-44 CHI 590 Tiago Brant 45-49 BRA 542 Brian Johnson 40-44 USA 591 Douglas Brede 45-49 USA 543 Ryan Kirkham 40-44 USA 592 Werner Broz 45-49 ITA 544 Christian Håkansson 40-44 SWE 593 Jason Campbell 45-49 USA 545 Fernando Lopez 40-44 USA 594 Anthony Cowan 45-49 NZL 546 Frédéric Loree 40-44 FRA 595 Art Custer 45-49 USA 547 Todd Maddock 40-44 NZL 596 Ryan Dolan 45-49 USA 548 Martin Magarinos 40-44 ARG 597 Shane Eagar 45-49 NZL 549 Jorge Michel 40-44 MEX 598 Brian Fennimore 45-49 SWE 550 Yaro Middaugh 40-44 USA 599 Paul Ferraro 45-49 USA 551 Jerod Nagel 40-44 USA 600 John Field 45-49 USA 552 Jeff O'Connell 40-44 CAN 601 Franck Fonteyraud 45-49 FRA 553 Jefferson Oishi 40-44 USA 602 Lee Guinchard 45-49 USA 554 Sebastien Petit 40-44 FRA 603 Per Hagardt 45-49 SWE 555 Vaclav Petrasek 40-44 CZE 604 Chris Halioris 45-49 USA 556 Christophe Piton 40-44 FRA 605 Jay Heller 45-49 USA 557 Alessandro Pupi 40-44 ITA 606 Duane Hennion 45-49 USA 558 Mirko Querfeld 40-44 GER 607 Dean Hewson 45-49 USA 559 Mark Rivers 40-44 USA 608 Rife Hilgartner 45-49 USA 560 Ivo Rytir 40-44 CAN 609 Brendon Hill 45-49 AUS 561 Keigo Saito 40-44 JPN 610 David Hsu 45-49 USA 562 Robin Salandanan 40-44 PHI 611 Hideki Ikegame 45-49 JPN 563 Ravosh Samari 40-44 USA 612 Koichi Ishizu 45-49 JPN 564 Youngil Shin 40-44 KOR 613 Takamitsu Iwabuchi 45-49 JPN 565 Mike Smith 40-44 CAN 614 Chad Jarrett 45-49 USA 566 Wil Smith 40-44 CAN 615 Fräs Jan Jonsson 45-49 SWE Bib First Name Last Name Division Country Bib First Name Last Name Division Country 616 Stefan Kusurelis 45-49 USA 666 Al Wade 45-49 USA 617 Stefan Laursen 45-49 USA 667 Kyle Walker 45-49 USA 618 Rene Lopez 45-49 DOM 668 David Warren 45-49 USA 619 Vladislav Lukacs 45-49 SVK 669 Fred West 45-49 USA 620 Gary Mannino 45-49 USA 670 Stephen Whitford 45-49 AUS 621 Simon Manson 45-49 AUS 671 Justin Wilson 45-49 AUS 622 Pablo Marcos 45-49 ARG 672 Vaughn Woods 45-49 NZL 623 Christophe Maury 45-49 FRA 673 Cal Zaryski 45-49 CAN 624 Nicolas Mazetier 45-49 FRA 674 Rick Zimmerman 45-49 USA 625 Paul McCalman 45-49 MAS 675 Jesper Ahlstroem 50-54 SIN 626 David McCurdy 45-49 USA 676 Mark Alderman 50-54 USA 627 Scott McGill 45-49 USA 677 Robert Ballou 50-54 USA 628 Pavel Mejia 45-49 DOM 678 Carlos Barracosa 50-54 FRA 629 Patrick Morton 45-49 USA 679 Robb Baur 50-54 USA 630 Nick Muragin 45-49 USA 680 Jean-Marie Bertres 50-54 FRA 631 Jeff Neilson 45-49 CAN 681 Arnaud Bouvier 50-54 FRA 632 Brent Norton 45-49 USA 682 Gus Bruna 50-54 USA 633 Thomas Oberli 45-49 SUI 683 Frantisek Bulava 50-54 CZE 634 Shane OBrien 45-49 AUS 684 Jerry Campbell 50-54 USA 635 Peter Olivarius 45-49 DEN 685 Christophe Castagnetti 50-54 FRA 636 Scott Perrine 45-49 USA 686 Cristian Castro 50-54 CHI 637 Doug Piil 45-49 USA 687 Stephen Cosgrove 50-54 USA 638 Mark Piskadlo 45-49 USA 688 David Dalzell 50-54 USA 639 Christopher Pixley 45-49 USA 689 Shawn Delsey 50-54 CAN 640 Lance Polloreno 45-49 USA 690 Massimiliano Donati 50-54 ITA 641 Don Powell 45-49 USA 691 Andrew Duenow 50-54 USA 642 Mike Preston 45-49 USA 692 Brian Endicott 50-54 USA 643 Eric Printz 45-49 FRA 693 Randy Engel 50-54 USA 644 Martin Ralph 45-49 NZL 694 Guy Evans 50-54 SUI 645 Mike Riederer 45-49 USA 695 Olivier Fellmann 50-54 LUX 646 Michael Ross 45-49 USA 696 Mick Ferris 50-54 AUS 647 Jerome Rouquet 45-49 USA 697 Roberto Flor 50-54 USA 648 Mauricio Roura 45-49 CHI 698 Michael Friedrich 50-54 AUT 649 Ferdinand Rust 45-49 GER 699 Todd Gottfried 50-54 USA 650 Alexandre Saft 45-49 BRA 700 Gary Griffin 50-54 USA 651 Skid Saurenman 45-49 USA 701 Robert Hagebak 50-54 USA 652 Marek Scerba 45-49 CZE 702 Michael Henshaw 50-54 USA 653 Brad Scholtz 45-49 USA 703 David Henzlik 50-54 USA 654 Keith Schumann 45-49 USA 704 Gregor Hoefelmaier 50-54 GER 655 Andrew Sellars 45-49 CAN 705 Patrick James 50-54 USA 656 John Sergeeff 45-49 USA 706 Norm Katz 50-54 USA 657 Eric Snowberg 45-49 USA 707 Jeff Lambing 50-54 USA 658 Larry Steinberg 45-49 USA 708 Steve Mackenzie 50-54 CAN 659 Mat Stephenson 45-49 GBR 709 Arto Makela 50-54 HKG 660 Travis Stover 45-49 USA 710 Flavio Matias 50-54 BRA 661 John Strayer 45-49 USA 711 Michael Mazza 50-54 CAN 662 Heiroa Tauraa 45-49 FRA 712 Luis Mendez 50-54 DOM 663 Keith Terada 45-49 USA 713 Chris Miller 50-54 USA 664 Jason Tuffs 45-49 USA 714 Eduardo Miranda 50-54 CRC 665 Joost van Ulden 45-49 CAN 715 Chris Neenan 50-54 CAN Bib First Name Last Name Division Country Bib First Name Last Name Division Country 716 Hal Nicholson 50-54 USA 765 Donald Moote 55-59 USA 717 Ben Norton 50-54 USA 766 Paddy Murphy 55-59 NAM 718 Chiman Oh 50-54 KOR 767 Dan Nielsen 55-59 USA 719 Stef Oud 50-54 NED 768 John O'Dwyer 55-59 USA 720 Christopher Peaslee 50-54 USA 769 Yuji Ono 55-59 JPN 721 Christophe Quiquet 50-54 FRA 770 Fernando Parrodi 55-59 MEX 722 Rune Rasmussen 50-54 DEN 771 Giuseppe Pez 55-59 ITA 723 Doron Reuveni 50-54 USA 772 Leigh Plowman 55-59 USA 724 Miguel Sanchez 50-54 ARG 773 Pedro Scordo 55-59 ARG 725 Tim Sheeper 50-54 USA 774 John Selvaggio 55-59 USA 726 Ricardo Silva 50-54 BRA 775 Patrick Simon 55-59 FRA 727 Steven Simontacchi 50-54 USA 776 Paul Simons 55-59 NZL 728 Scott Skelton 50-54 USA 777 John Stratton 55-59 USA 729 Mike Stepanek 50-54 USA 778 Armand Surwilo 55-59 POL 730 Greg Stevenson 50-54 CAN 779 David Thomson 55-59 TJK 731 Tetsuya Sugimori 50-54 JPN 780 Timothy Wachuta 55-59 USA 732 Hideki Terasawa 50-54 JPN 781 Randal Walker 55-59 CAN 733 Daniel Torres 50-54 MEX 782 Bruce Wilson 55-59 USA 734 Didier Vandenbosch 50-54 BEL 783 Daniel Wuthrich 55-59 USA 735 Kirk Vandeweghe 50-54 CAN 784 Michael Berger 60-64 USA 736 Mark Waaijenberg 50-54 NED 785 Steve Cole 60-64 USA 737 Rob White 50-54 USA 786 Johnny Davis 60-64 USA 738 Jesse Wommack 50-54 USA 787 Ruben Delly 60-64 BRA 739 Dennis Yonkin 50-54 USA 788 Ronald Dexter 60-64 FRA 740 Atsushi Yukawa 50-54 JPN 789 Scott Dickson 60-64 USA 741 Ebbie Baghaie 55-59 SIN 790 Scott Forrest 60-64 CAN 742 Gregory Ball 55-59 AUS 791 Mike Gerace 60-64 USA 743 Pat Beaudoin 55-59 USA 792 Iaron Goransky 60-64 ARG 744 Philip Briandet 55-59 SIN 793 Kevin Knight 60-64 CAN 745 Matthew Carr 55-59 USA 794 Bob Koehler 60-64 USA 746 Gerry Clark 55-59 USA 795 Robert Kronkhyte 60-64 USA 747 Dave DeSantis 55-59 USA 796 Ken Kuehn 60-64 USA 748 Chris Dimos 55-59 AUS 797 Kerry Nisbet 60-64 CAN 749 Sean Dowling 55-59 USA 798 Karsten Olsen 60-64 DEN 750 Steve Fisher 55-59 USA 799 Zdenek Orner 60-64 CZE 751 Jose Gerstle 55-59 CHI 800 Shigeo Ozawa 60-64 JPN 752 Michael Griffin 55-59 GBR 801 Gregory Poulos 60-64 USA 753 Finn Gudmundsson 55-59 DEN 802 James Reilly 60-64 USA 754 Jens Kjaergaard 55-59 DEN 803 Richie Schneider 60-64 GER 755 Michael Lamie 55-59 USA 804 Marc Scudamore 60-64 USA 756 Mark Lander 55-59 USA 805 Chris Seeley 60-64 NZL 757 Jean-Paul Martin 55-59 USA 806 Michael Skivington 60-64 GBR 758 Patrick McDonald 55-59 USA 807 Scott Tinley 60-64 USA 759 Bruce McLaughlin 55-59 USA 808 Tiziano Zampieri 60-64 ITA 760 Andrew McLeod 55-59 NZL 809 Masashi Ando 65-69 JPN 761 William McMahon 55-59 USA 810 Bill Blankenship 65-69 USA 762 Cliff Millemann 55-59 USA 811 Gustav Joyce 65-69 RSA 763 Thomas Monica 55-59 USA 812 Alan Moore 65-69 USA 764 Bruce Moore 55-59 USA 813 Alan Pattle 65-69 NZL Bib First Name Last Name Division Country COMPETITOR STATS 814 Carl Peterson 65-69 CAN 815 John Tom Pierce 65-69 USA Countries Represented: 46 816 Daryl Stanley 65-69 AUS Argentina (21), Australia (25), Austria (5), Belgium (13), Bermuda (1), 817 G L Brown 70-74 USA Brazil (38), Canada (62), Chile (14), China (2), Colombia (5), Costa 818 Roger Kern 70-74 USA Rica (13), Czech Republic (9), Denmark (19), Dominican Republic (5), 819 Peter Wood 70-74 USA France (66), French Polynesia (11), Germany (15), Hong Kong (2), Italy 820 Rodger Bivens 75-79 USA (18), Japan (22), Luxembourg (2), Malaysia (2), Malta (1), Mexico (20), 821 Nathaniel Grew 75-79 CRC Morocco (1), Namibia (1), Netherlands (3), New Zealand (36), 822 Ronald Hill 75-79 USA Nicaragua (2), Peru (1), Philippines (4), Poland (5), Portugal (1), 823 John Stover 75-79 USA Singapore (5), Slovakia (1), South Africa (9), South Korea (5), Spain 824 Pepe Candón PC ESP (9), Sweden (8), Switzerland (6), Thailand (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), 825 John Davis PC USA United Kingdom (10), United States (302) 826 Ed Fattoumy PC MOR 827 Michel Gonon PC FRA United States Represented: 38 828 Mohamed Lahna PC USA Breakdown: Alabama 3, Alaska 8, Arizona 8, Arkansas 1, California 60, 829 Nick Roumonada PC USA Colorado 56, Connecticut 1, Florida 3, Georgia 10, Guam 1, Hawaii 37, 830 Sergio Silva PC BRA Idaho 5, Illinois 5, Indiana 1, Kansas 1, Kentucky 2, Maine 1, Maryland 833 Ian Blackie-Taylor OC GBR 2, Massachusetts 6, Michigan 7, Montana 2, Nevada 5, New 834 Daeik Kim OC KOR Hampshire 1, New Mexico 4, New York 4, North Carolina 6, Ohio 2, 835 Polibio Schiffino OC DOM Oregon 6, Pennsylvania 7, South Carolina 1, South Dakota 1, Texas 836 Dave Spence OC MAS 10, Utah 7, Vermont 3, Virginia 9, Washington 12, Wisconsin 1, 837 Nelson Hegg 20-24 USA Wyoming 1 838 Guilherme Gonçalves 25-29 BRA 839 Matthew Langella 30-34 USA By Age Group 840 Mitchell Wendorff 30-34 USA Women 15-19: 5 Men 15-19: 20 841 Paulo Martins 35-39 BRA Women 20-24: 9 Men 20-24: 30 842 Yuta Saito 35-39 JPN Women 25-29: 24 Men 25-29: 35 843 Benoit Buffet 40-44 FRA Women 30-34: 21 Men 30-34: 58 844 Trevor Gerber 40-44 USA Women 35-39: 37 Men 35-39: 56 845 Philippe Le Duff 40-44 USA Women 40-44: 30 Men 40-44: 73 846 Morten Clemmensen 45-49 DEN Women 45-49: 28 Men 45-49: 93 847 Roger Hauptman 50-54 USA Women 50-54: 22 Men 50-54: 66 848 Eric Long 55-59 USA Women 55-59: 13 Men 55-59: 43 Women 60-64: 3 Men 60-64: 25 Women 65-69: 4 Men 65-69: 8 Women 70-74: 1 Men 70-74: 3 Women 75-79: 0 Men 75-79: 4 Physically Challenged Women: 2 Physically Challenged Men: 7 Organizer Challenge: 1 Organizer Challenge: 4 Pro Women: 21 Pro Men: 50 Total: 228 Total: 585

Oldest Male: 79, Ronald Hill – Hayden,Idaho Oldest Woman: 71, Wendy Minor - Kamuela, Hawaii Youngest Man: 14, Bowen Satterthwaite - Eden, Utah Youngest Woman: 15, Morgan Fortin - Albuquerque New Mexico