2016 PRESS GUIDE

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PARTNERSPresented by Paul Mitchell, Maui Visitors Bureau, XTERRA TV on Amazon Video, Outrigger Resorts, Hawaii TourismAuthority, XTERRA Travel, Muscle Milk, Gatorade Endurance, PowerBar, Optic Nerve, XTERRA Wetsuits, XTERRAFitness, XTERRA Boards, Compex, Greenlayer, The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, Kona Brewing Company, and Cycle City.

XTERRA, CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF ADVENTURE IN MAUI

For further information contact Trey Garman at 808-216-8606 (mobile) or trey@xterraplanet.com

Maui No Ka Oi translates to"Maui is the Best"

With 120 linear miles ofshoreline and more miles ofswimmable beach than anyother Hawaiian island it's nosurprise Maui has regularlybeen voted "Best Island in theWorld" by the readers ofCondé Nast Travelermagazine. Come see it foryourself, and to learn morelog-on to visitmaui.com.

Press Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Schedule of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7How to Watch Guide for Spectators and Quick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-9Weekend event descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-13Course Description, Map, and Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-15Elite Start Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-17Elite Race Previews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-20Past Elite Champions and Course Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Elite Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22-45Pro Prize Purse Information and Outrigger Resorts Double Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46-47Local Favorites - Hawaii’s XTERRA Warriors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48-49Past XTERRA World Championship Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50-67All-time Top 3 finishers and Elite XTERRA World Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68-692016 XTERRA European, Pan Am, and Asia-Pacific Tour Elite Results . . . . . . . . . .70-742016 XTERRA World Tour Championship Races with Elite Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75XTERRA Hall of Fame and XTERRA Warrior Award Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76-782017 XTERRA World Tour Schedule (Tentative) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79About TEAM Unlimited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80Flashback to 1996, from an organizer and racer’s perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81-842016 XTERRA Worlds Start List (Sorted by Bib #) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85-93

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

From a one-off race held on the most remote island chainin the world XTERRA evolved into an endurance sportslifestyle with worldwide appeal. Over the past 20 yearsXTERRA transcended its status as 'just a race' to becomea bona fide way of life for thousands of intrepid triathletesand trail runners across the globe.

A fitting representation of this “XTERRA Tribe” - more than800 athletes from 46 countries – will gather at KapaluaResort and on Sunday, October 23, they’ll put their mentaland physical toughness up against Mother Nature at the21st edition (20th anniversary) of XTERRA Worlds.

Follow the race online at www.xterramaui.com, on twitter@xterraoffroad and on Facebook.com/xterraplanet startingat 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.

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PRESS INFORMATIONThe XTERRA World Championship press guide was designed to provide the media with useful information about the 2016race, 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 trey@xterraplanet.com 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 throughout 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 andwe 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 Licenseinsurance at XTERRA registration.

- All riders must display a practice plate on their bike, wear a helmet, and check in-and-out withthe 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 President808-216-8606 (mobile) or at the hotel 808-669-6200 (ask for the Director’s Room)trey@xterraplanet.com // www.xterramaui.comTEAM Unlimited720 Iwilei Road, Suite 290Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

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2016 SCHEDULE OF EVENTSAll events are at the host hotel, The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua

Wednesday, October 19:9am-2pm Registration and Packet Pick-up, XTERRA Athlete Village Open10am-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 Open9am-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 Open9am-5pm Registration and Packet Pick-up, XTERRA Athlete Village Open1pm XTERRA University, presented by Paul Mitchell – “Tinley Talks” with Hall of Famer & Tri legend Scott Tinley2pm XTERRA University, presented by Paul Mitchell – Mountain biking with Flora Duffy & Josiah Middaugh3pm XTERRA University, presented by Paul Mitchell – Run Clinic with Mauricio Mendez & Lizzie Orchard6:30pm “Night of Champions” Dinner, Aloha Garden Ballroom

Saturday, October 22:7-8:30am XTERRA Kapalua Trail Run Packet Pickup and Registration7:30-8:45am Leilani’s Costume Contest Judging in the Start Area9am-12pm Paul Mitchell Cut-a-thon, benefit for the Challenged Athletes Foundation9am Leilani’s XTERRA 3.5K Trail Run Start9:10am 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 Open10:30am XTERRA Kapalua Trail Run Awards Ceremonies11am 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 Lesley Paterson, Ruben Ruzafa, and Braden Currie12pm Mandatory Competitor Briefing – Aloha Garden Ballroom

Sunday, October 23:7am Transition Open for set-up and body marking8:30am Transition Closed9am XTERRA World Championship Start 10am-3pm Paul Mitchell Cut-a-thon, a benefit for the Challenged Athletes Foundation1:30pm Pro Awards (finish area)2:00pm Cut-off at T27pm Awards Dinner, Aloha Garden Ballroom 9:30pm Halloween Costume After Party

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SPECTATORS GUIDE ON HOW TO WATCH THE RACEMaui’s World Championship XTERRA course covers 28 miles of unyielding terrain. The experience is a sensory riotfeaturing 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 vantagepoints to watch the mass start from the lawn above or down on the beach. Pros are easy to spot with their identifyingswim 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 areais 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-milesingle 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 theleg-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 willbe 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 inall 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 atwww.xterraMAUI.com starting at 9am Hawaii time (12noon PST, 3pm EST, 9pm in Paris, 6am in Sydney, 8am in NewZealand, 4pm in Brazil).

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

QUICK FACTS ON THE XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPWHAT 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 upand down the lower slopes of the West Maui Mountains, and a 10.5-kilometer (6.5-miles) trail run that traverses foresttrails, 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 amateursrepresenting 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 TrailRuns 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 30countries and 38 U.S. States. The concept is to provide a bona-fide world championship for amateur and elite off-roadtriathletes. 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 thePhilippines, 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. Thedemand for the sport of XTERRA exploded thereafter and there are now more than 50,000 competitors from all 50states and more than 50 countries worldwide.

TELEVISION: This will be the 21st straight year a nationally (now internationally) broadcast one-hour show will beproduced on the event, which showcases Maui’s natural beauty. The 2016 XTERRA World Championship will be seenby more than six million viewers via national syndication (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX), Fox Sports Network, ESPNInternational, 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 areavailable as a video subscription for Prime members on Amazon Video. Four seasons (32 shows) of the half-hourepisodes of XTERRA Adventures, and the 2012-through-2015 XTERRA USA and World Championship triathlon racesare available now and 2016 shows will be added soon.

ECONOMIC IMPACT: Direct visitor expenditures from the 2015 XTERRA World Championship were $6 million. Theaverage 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 fieldhad 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

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For the sixth straight year T S Restaurants Hula Grill,Duke’s Beach House, Kimo’s and Leilani’s will serve as titlesponsors of the XTERRA Kapalua Trail Runs in Maui.

With four runs to choose from there is a distance andchallenge for every member of the family. Go big or startsmall with Kimo’s XTERRA Keiki K, Leilani's XTERRA 3.5KSprint & Beach Scramble, the Hula Grill XTERRA 5K orDuke’s Beach House XTERRA 10K trail runs.

Held in conjunction with the 21st running of the XTERRAWorld Championship triathlon, the Kapalua runs are anopportunity for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages and skilllevels to get involved and experience the legendaryXTERRA run course.

The Kimo’s XTERRA Keiki Run is for boys and girls ages 10and younger. It is free, although parents must be present tosign a waiver form at the site of the race. Race distancesvary from 100 yards to 1-kilometer, depending on the age ofthe child. Parents are welcome to stay on the course aswell. The NEW Leilani’s XTERRA 3.5K Sprint & Scrambleis a test of agility, speed, and strength as it goes from theRitz to the Ravine to the soft sand of D.T. Fleming Beach.Kids 8-12 run for free, but it’s open to everyone.

The Hula Grill XTERRA 5K is an honest three-miles ofclimbing and descending and for those up to the challenge,the Duke’s Beach House XTERRA 10K dishes out big hillsand dusty trails as it twists through oleander forests to anunexpected mountain lake at the 700-foot level then sendsrunners crashing down to the shoreline.

In addition to the trail runs a Paul Mitchell cut-a-thon will beheld at the site of the race where runners and spectatorsalike are welcome to get their hair cut by professional PaulMitchell stylists, with all donations benefitting theChallenged Athlete Foundation.

More than 1,000 runners from around the world will takepart in one of the four events, and to the winners go the

spoils as the first-place man and woman overall and thefirst-place male and female Maui resident (if different) in the10K, 5K, and 3.5K win $100 T S Restaurant gift certificates.

There is also an internal struggle going on, as employeesfrom T S Restaurants created a race within a race dubbed“The T S Restaurants XTERRA Challenge" in which each ofthe four restaurants field a team of 10 runners; and the teamwith the fastest cumulative time from their best five runnersin the 5K take home the coveted TS Trophy.

Last year Kimo’s captured the perpetual trophy for thesecond straight year and have it proudly displayed in theirrestaurant for all to see. Hula Grill won the titles in 2012 &2013 and Duke’s Beach House captured the inauguralchallenge in 2011.

All four T S Restaurants also sponsor local teachers withcomplimentary entries into the run.

“It’s all about celebrating the healthy, active, outdoorslifestyle with our employees and our community,” saidTammy Fukagawa, Executive Vice President for T SRestaurants.

Hula Grill, Duke’s Beach House, Kimo’s and Leilani’s arefour of Maui’s finest restaurants, and all are located within ashort driving distance of Kapalua.

“The unique feeling and setting of West Maui is exhibited ateach of these four restaurants, and it is in keeping with whatthe XTERRA athletes and their families have come toexpect when they get to the island of Maui,” XTERRAPresident Clark said. “Dining at any, or all, of theserestaurants can only enhance the experience for ourathletes, whether it be eating a pre-race meal or celebratingwith a post-race meal.”

Find more information, last year’s results, and links toregistration at www.xterramaui.com

T S RESTAURANTS HOST XTERRA KAPALUA TRAIL RUNS

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T S RESTAURANTS HOST XTERRA KAPALUA TRAIL RUNS

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THE GREATEST AFTER-PARTY IN ALL OF TRIATHLONIf there is one thing XTERRA takes extremely serious, it’spartying, and no place on earth is this more apparent thanat the annual Halloween Costume Party following theXTERRA World Championship in Maui.

It’s got all the right ingredients – an international crowd ofinebriated athletes after their last race of the season – INMAUI – and the best dressed wins a Compex MuscleStimulator. It all adds up to a brew of pure fun, frivolity, andhilarity.

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

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

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

“When it comes to putting it all together post-race, theXTERRA World Championship in Maui does things right. Noother triathletes party quite like the freaks of the XTERRAcircuit. So train hard, qualify for Maui and then be sure topack a killer Halloween costume. Seriously, that’s not atrick. Make it a good costume.”

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At every major XTERRA championship event Paul Mitchellhosts a charity hair cut-a-thon to benefit the ChallengedAthletes Foundation.

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

XTERRA UNIVERSITY, PRESENTED BY PAUL MITCHELLGet 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. 309:00 a.m. - Swimming with Branden Rakita and Suzie Snyder

Hands-on clinic, bring your swim gear. Meet at D.T. Fleming Beach1:00 p.m. - A Socio-cultural History of Triathlon with Scott Tinley2:00 p.m. - Mountain Biking with Josiah Middaugh & Flora Duffy3:00 p.m. - Trail Running with Mauricio Mendez & Lizzie Orchard

SATURDAY, OCT. 3111:00 a.m. - Art of XTERRA includes Transition, Nutrition, Training, andCourse Tips with expert panel to include; Ruben Ruzafa, Braden Currie, andLesley Paterson

PAUL MITCHELL CUT-A-THON

In an effort to plant 750,000 trees by the end of 2017 andsupport their “Rooted in Green” campaign, John PaulMitchell Systems planted 30K trees with its partnerReforest’Action on behalf of XTERRA triathletes and trailrunners this season and is inviting all XTERRA athletes,race directors, families and friends to plant an additionalfree tree by using the code TEATREE16 athttp://xterra.co/PMreforest.

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

ROOTED IN GREEN

The XTERRA World Championship course is perpetuallyevolving. In 1996 the race featured point-to-point swim,bike, and run legs over sharp lava rocks and dry, dustybowls on Maui’s south shore. This year it’ll traverse wetforest trails, pineapple fields, and ridgelines high above thenorthwest coast.

It’s the sixth year of racing on Maui Land & PineappleCompany’s private 22,000-acre oasis, and improvements tothe trail structure have been made each season.

It all starts with a 1.5-kilometer rough water swim at D.T.Fleming Beach fronting the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua. Once onthe bike riders navigate from the Ritz to a ridgeline - downto a ravine - and back up again, like a tropical roller-coasterride through paradise.

The bike is one big 20-mile loop with 2,800-feet of climbingthat goes up-and-down the lower slopes of the West MauiMountains more than a dozen times. Course designers arestriving to find the perfect balance of passing opportunitiesearly with skillful riding opportunities later on.

“It’s an honest endurance challenge, that is for sure,” saidrace director “Kahuna Dave” Nicholas. “The original Mauicourse was brutal. The first race was just about who couldsurvive, really, and even the run was pure torture with a mileof slogging through soft sand. This course is not just forsurvivors, but for those with the skills and endurance to ridethe bike well and fast, and still have enough left in their legsto handle a really challenging trail run.”

The signature spot on the Maui course is at the five-milemark on the bike as riders pop out on a narrow ridge withhundred foot drop-offs on either side. From the top you cansee all around the vast West Maui Forest Reserve and overthe deep blue Pacific Ocean to the neighbor islands ofMoloka’i and Lana’i.

“The views are simply spectacular,” Nicholas explains. “Anddon’t worry, if I didn’t fall off – neither will you. In fact, whenyou come early to preview the course, bring your camerawith you. The scenery is something that not many peopleget a chance to see.”

Once on the run competitors will be faced with a whole lotof climbing while they weave along dirt trails, througholeander forests, and into 60-foot high ironwood evergreensto an unexpected mountain lake at the 700-foot level.

“It descends like a slalom course through high greenbermudagrass and opens up in spots to expose fantasticviews of the Pacific,” said Nicholas. “Obstacles areeverywhere, including a technical, steep downhill into agully where racers will have to jump over and duck underfallen trees, navigate a rocky dry creek, head through thickelephant grass, and along a narrow single track trail withswitchbacks that drop all the way down to the beach. Thefinal test of skill and endurance is a calf-busting 250-meterwhite sand beach run.”

NOTE: The first 3.5 miles and last 5.5 miles of the bikecourse known as “The Lower Bowl” are always available,simply be respectful of regular users playing Frisbee,walking dogs, jogging, etc. The entire run course is alsoavailable anytime from sunrise to sunset, except Saturdayduring the XTERRA Kapalua 5k/10k races from 9am-11am.The course is 100% on private land, and we ask XTERRAathletes to respect the landowner’s wishes not to ride theupper bike course outside of the scheduled and approvedpre-ride opportunities (see schedule). The upper courseroutes through active farms, stables, horse trails, and zipline tours. Mountain bikers are considered trespassers bythese, and other businesses, and you could be subject toarrest if you are found trespassing, as well asdisqualification from the race.

SWIM PRIME: The fastest agegroup swimmers (male / female)win an XTERRA Vortex full wetsuit.

U25 PRIME: Muscle Milk honorsthe future of XTERRA with aspecial prize for the top three menand women under 25. Each willreceive a logo-ed hydration pack.

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THE EVOLVING COURSE AT KAPALUA

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ELITE MEN

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ARGENTINA: Lucas Mendez, Maximiliano MoralesAUSTRALIA: Ben Allen, Courtney Atkinson,Alex HuntAUSTRIA: Michi WeissBRAZIL: Diogo Malagon, Felipe Moletta,Juscelino VasconcelosCANADA: Karsten MadsenCHILE: Felipe BarrazaCOLOMBIA: Rodrigo Acevedo, Victor ArenasCOSTA RICA: Rom Akerson, Leonardo ChaconDENMARK: Anders BregnhojFRANCE: Julien Buffe, Francois Carloni,Anthony PannierGERMANY: Sebastian KienleGREAT BRITAIN: Karl Shaw

HONG KONG: Jason HsiehITALY: Mattia De PaoliJAPAN: Takahiro OgasawaraKOREA: Kaon ChoMEXICO: Mauricio Mendez, Francisco SerranoNEW ZEALAND: Braden Currie, Kieran McPherson, Sam Osborne, Cameron Paul, Alex RobertsPHILIPPINES: Joe MillerSOUTH AFRICA: Bradley WeissSPAIN: Ruben Ruzafa, Roger SerranoSWEDEN: Sebastian Norberg, Jari PalonenSWITZERLAND: Jan PyottUSA: JP Donovan, Chris Ganter, Ben Hoffman,Ryan Ignatz, Ian King, Sam Long, Brian MacIlvain, Josiah Middaugh, Ryan Petry,Branden Rakita, Will Ross, Noah Wright

Bib (2015 Pos) – Name (NAT)

1 (1) - Josiah Middaugh (USA)

2 (2) - Braden Currie (NZL)

3 (3) - Ruben Ruzafa (ESP)

4 (4) - Mauricio Mendez (MEX)

5 (5) - Courtney Atkinson (AUS)

6 (6) - Francisco Serrano (MEX)

7 (8) - Rom Akerson (CRC)

8 (10) - Ben Hoffman (USA)

9 (14) - Ben Allen (AUS)

10 (19) - Will Ross (USA)

11 (20) - Branden Rakita (USA)

12 (26) - Noah Wright (USA)

14 (28) - Cameron Paul (NZL)

15 - Rodrigo Acevedo (COL)

16 - Victor Arenas (COL)

17 - Felipe Barraza (CHI)

18 - Anders Bregnhoj (DEN)

19 - Julien Buffe (FRA)

20 - Francois Carloni (FRA)

21 - Leonardo Chacon (CRC)

22 - Kaon Cho (KOR)

23 - Mattia De Paoli (ITA)

24 - JP Donovan (USA)

25 - Chris Ganter (USA)

26 - Jason Hsieh (HKG)

Bib – Name (NAT)

27 - Alex Hunt (AUS)

28 - Ryan Ignatz (USA)

29 - Sebastian Kienle (GER)

30 - Ian King (USA)

31 - Sam Long (USA)

32 - Brian MacIlvain (USA)

33 - Karsten Madsen (CAN)

34 - Diogo Malagon (BRA)

36 - Kieran McPherson (NZL)

37 - Lucas Mendez (ARG)

38 - Joe Miller (PHI)

39 - Felipe Moletta (BRA)

40 - Maximiliano Morales (ARG)

41 - Sebastian Norberg (SWE)

42 - Takahiro Ogasawara (JPN)

43 - Sam Osborne (NZL)

44 - Anthony Pannier (FRA)

45 - Alex Roberts (NZL)

46 - Roger Serrano (ESP)

47 - Karl Shaw (GBR)

48 - Juscelino Vasconcelos (BRA)

49 - Brad Weiss (RSA)

50 - Michi Weiss (AUT)

51 - Jari Palonen (SWE)

52 - Ryan Petry (USA)

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ELITE WOMEN

BY COUNTRY (Alphabetical)AUSTRIA: Carina WasleBERMUDA: Flora DuffyBRAZIL: Melania Giraldi, Isabella RibeiroCANADA: Joanna Brown, Katharine CarterCZECH: Helena ErbenovaFRANCE: Myriam Guillot-Boisset, Morgane RiouGREAT BRITAIN: Lesley Paterson, Jacqui SlackJAPAN: Mieko CareyMEXICO: Michelle FlipoNEW ZEALAND: Lizzie OrchardUSA: Julie Baker, Caroline Colonna, Sarah Graves, Maia Ignatz, Kara LaPoint,Suzie Snyder, Jennifer Todd

Bib (2015 Pos) – Name (NAT)

61 (1) - Flora Duffy (BER)

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)

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More than 70 of the fastest XTERRA racers on earth aresigned-up for the $100,000 showdown in Maui. For the menthe hype starts with Josiah Middaugh, the reigning XTERRAWorld Champion. This year he won five majors and the PanAm Tour title, but despite his recent success the 16-yearveteran says he still has more to prove.

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

To do it again Middaugh will have to get past a long andstrong list of contenders. It includes last year’s runner-upBraden Currie, the XTERRA European and Asia-PacificTour Champions Ruben Ruzafa and Ben Allen, formerOlympians Courtney Atkinson, Leonardo Chacon,Francisco Serrano, and Michi Weiss, long-distance starsBen Hoffman and Sebastian Kienle, off-road specialistsBrad Weiss, Roger Serrano, Rom Akerson, and KarstenMadsen, roadies-turned-dirt devils like Sam Osborne andKarl Shaw, and a wealth of young guns led by MauricioMendez, Felipe Barraza, Kieran McPherson, and SamLong. The aforementioned accounted for 25 of the 30major titles on the World Tour this year.

“Looking at the start list always gets me excited, but I knowafter so many of these races not to focus too much energyon any one person,” said Middaugh. “XTERRA is a raceagainst the course and your race resume doesn't help youhere. The race will show who is best on this course on thatone day and that's all I need to worry about. I always tellmyself 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 somethingextraordinary to beat me.”

Ruben Ruzafa knows all about extraordinary, as he’s beenlabeled that three times on this course after his wins in2008, 2013, and 2014.

“I feel good, strong and fresh,” said Ruzafa, who finished3rd behind Josiah Middaugh and Braden Currie last year.

“This year I saved more energy for this race, and I think ithas been a good decision. I don´t know if I am the fastest Ihave ever been, but I sure feel good.”

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And he has sure raced good too. He won XTERRAReunion to start the year, finished second behind RogerSerrano at XTERRA Greece, then reeled off four straightwins at XTERRA Portugal, Switzerland, France, andGermany en route to capturing the European TourChampionship for the second time in three years.

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

“This race in Maui is different from all the others. It’s the lastone, on a beautiful island with people from all nations. I lovethe course. It’s hard, semi-technical with muddy parts, dryparts, long climbs, a twisty downhill and warm, humidconditions. It’s what a World Championship course shouldbe.”

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

DUFFY FOR A THREE-PEAT?

Flora Duffy, the reigning and 2x XTERRA World Champfinished 8th in Rio this summer then upset the Olympicgold-medalist Gwen Jorgensen to win the ITU Grand Finaland World Triathlon Series title.

On Sunday, Oct. 23, she’ll try to tie Julie Dibens record ofthree-straight wins in Maui.

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

“I love racing XTERRA and being involved with acompletely 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 grittiesttriathlete on the planet.

For Paterson, who won this race in 2011 and 2012 and wasthe runner-up in 2013 and last year, the 2016 season turnedfrom bad to good and now she is hoping it will end withgreat.

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“The beginning of the year was awful - depression, Lymeflare up, wah, wah…” said Paterson. “Then it picked up andI 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 comeout and that course is tough, its gritty, has loads of climbingand definitely the strongest athlete wins on the day. Thereis nowhere to hide.”

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

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

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

Other contenders include Suzie Snyder who is back aftermissing last year recovering from a broken pelvis, and shedominated 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'mready to see that hard work pay off on race day,” saidSnyder. “I know there will be a lot of strong competition fromwomen that I haven't raced yet so I'm excited to see whatI'm up against in Maui.”

The 2015 Maui amateur champ Julie Baker is now pro andwon her elite debut this summer. We have Euro Tour starsMyriam Guillot-Boisset, who was 4th last year, HelenaErbenova who won five races this season, Michelle Flipowho won the XTERRA European Championship, JacquiSlack who won in Malaysia and Carina Wasle who on inSaipan and Reunion Island. Add Asia-Pacific Tour ChampLizzie Orchard and that’s a hard top 10 to crack.

Star-studded fields for sure, and with the unpredictablenature of XTERRA it really is anybody’s guess who will takethe top step on Sunday … who is your pick?

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PAST ELITE XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS AND RECORDSPAST MEN’S CHAMPIONS (Runner-up)

2015: Josiah Middaugh (USA), 2:35:32 (Ruben Ruzafa)

2014: Ruben Ruzafa (ESP), 2:29:56 (Josiah Middaugh)

2013: Ruben Ruzafa (ESP), 2:34:34 (Asa Shaw)

2012: Javier Gomez (ESP), 2:26:54 (Josiah Middaugh)

2011: Michael Weiss (AUT), 2:27:00 (Dan Hugo)

2010: Conrad Stoltz (RSA), 2:31:07 (Franky Batelier)

2009: Eneko Llanos (ESP), 2:37:22 (Nico Lebrun)

2008: Ruben Ruzafa (ESP), 2:37:36 (Michi Weiss)

2007: Conrad Stoltz (RSA), 2:40:54 (Olivier Marceau)

2006: Hamish Carter (NZL), 2:42:36 (Olivier Marceau)

2005: Nicolas Lebrun (FRA), 2:38:19 (Eneko Llanos)

2004: Eneko Llanos (ESP), 2:28:44 (Olivier Marceau)

2003: Eneko Llanos (ESP), 2:32:56 (Nicolas Lebrun)

2002: Conrad Stoltz (RSA), 2:22:55 (Eneko Llanos)

2001: Conrad Stoltz (RSA), 2:28:48 (Kerry Classen)

2000: Michael Tobin (USA), 2:30:53 (Mike Vine)

1999: Ned Overend (USA), 2:32:50 (Michael Tobin)

1998: Ned Overend (USA), 2:24:46 (Wes Hobson)

1997: Mike Pigg (USA), 2:28:48 (Ned Overend)

1996: Jimmy Riccitello (USA), 2:27:42 (Mike Pigg)

MEN’S RECORD BOOK (Just for fun)

Swim Record: Glenn Wachtel (USA) 18:10 (2000)

Bike Record: Michael Weiss (AUT) 1:17:30 (2011)

Run Record: Jan Rehula (CZE) 33:14 (2004)

Winning Time: Conrad Stoltz (RSA) 2:22:55 (2002)

PAST WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS (Runner-up)

2015: Flora Duffy (BER), 2:54:17 (Lesley Paterson)

2014: Flora Duffy (BER), 2:47:59 (Barbara Riveros)

2013: Nicky Samuels (NZL), 2:57:48 (Lesley Paterson)

2012: Lesley Paterson (GBR), 2:44:12 (Barbara Riveros)

2011: Lesley Paterson (GBR), 2:45:59 (Marion Lorblanchet)

2010: Shonny Vanlandingham (USA), 2:58:20 (Julie Dibens)

2009: Julie Dibens (GBR), 2:56:42 (Lesley Paterson)

2008: Julie Dibens (GBR), 3:03:57 (Danelle Kabush)

2007: Julie Dibens (GBR), 3:01:24 (Melanie McQuaid)

2006: Melanie McQuaid (CAN), 3:07:53 (Danelle Kabush)

2005: Melanie McQuaid (CAN), 3:07:16 (Sybille Matter)

2004: Jamie Whitmore (USA), 3:01:35 (Melanie McQuaid)

2003: Melanie McQuaid (CAN), 2:57:08 (Jamie Whitmore)

2002: Candy Angle (USA), 2:57:33 (Jamie Whitmore)

2001: Anke Erlank (RSA), 3:00:59 (Cherie Touchette)

2000: Kerstin Weule (USA), 3:07:04 (Melanie McQuaid)

1999: Shari Kain (USA), 3:04:19 (Kerstin Weule)

1998: Sue Latshaw (USA), 2:58:49 (Uli Blank)

1997: Cameron Randolph (USA), 3:04:25 (Lesley Tomlinson)

1996: Michellie Jones (AUS), 3:04:53 (Shari Kain)

WOMEN’S RECORD BOOK (Just for fun)

Swim Record: Raeleigh Tennant (AUS) 18:31 (2000)

Bike Record: Melanie McQuaid (CAN) 1:29:27 (2011)

Run Record: Erika Csomor (HUN) 38:18 (2004)

Winning Time: Lesley Paterson (GBR) 2:44:12 (2012)

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MEET THE PROSNo. 1 – Josiah Middaugh from Eagle-Vail, ColoradoREIGNING XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONNickname: Beast Modewww.middaughcoaching.com / @josiahmiddaugh Born: July 25, 1978 in East Jordan, Michigan...earned abachelor of science degree in health fitness from CentralMichigan Univ. where he ran x-country and track...earnedhis masters in human movement from AT Still University.This year: Finished 2nd at XTERRA Costa Rica (to KarlShaw), won XTERRA Argentina, XTERRA Tahiti, XTERRAOak Mountain, and XTERRA Colorado, before sufferingmechanicals at XTERRA Dominican Republic and finishing4th. Came down with an emergency case of appendicitison the night of XTERRA Mexico on August 6. Won theXTERRA Pan America Championship by 7/100th of asecond against Braden Currie. Won the inaugural XTERRAPan America Pro Series.Last year: Finished 2nd at XTERRA Costa Rica, theXTERRA West and Southeast Championships beforewinning the last two regionals at the East Champs inRichmond and Mountain Champs at Beaver Creek, thenwon XTERRA Mexico, the XTERRA USA Championshipand the XTERRA World Championship.In Maui: Won for the first time in 15 tries last year,becoming the first American to win Worlds since MichaelTobin back in 2000. Has been the top American at this raceeight times (five straight). Placed 2nd in 2014 (topAmerican), 4th in 2013 (top American), 2nd in 2012 (topAmerican) less than a minute behind Javier Gomez despitehis bike tire falling off during the bike. Was 4th (topAmerican) in 2011 with second best bike split. Placed 32ndin 2010 after a series of mechanicals. Was 9th in 2009, 7thin ’08, 17th in 2007, 4th in ’06 (fastest bike). He has alsofinished 10th in ’05, 3rd in ’04, 6th in ’03, 28th in ’02 whenhe won the 20-24 World title, and 69th in 2001.Thoughts: The XTERRA Worlds in Maui last year was with-out a doubt the highlight of my career...but hopefully not thepinnacle. I still have a few things left to prove in this sportand since I was able to "crack the code" once, it gives meconfidence that I can do it again. Looking at the start listalways gets me excited, but I know after so many of theseraces not to focus too much energy on any one person.XTERRA is a race agains the course and your race resumedoesn't help you here. The race will show who is best onthis course on that one day and that's all I need to worryabout. I always tell myself that I don't need to do somethingextraordinary here, rather put in the performance that I amtrained for and capable of. If I do that, someone else will

have to do something extraordinary to beat me. Credentials: Reigning XTERRA World Champion. 2016XTERRA Pan America Pro Series Champ. 11x NationalChamp. 24 career XTERRA Championship race wins.Three-time XTERRA (2013-15) U.S. Pro Series Champ.Top American in the U.S. Pro Series 13 of 14 years from2001-to-2015. Has raced XTERRA for 16 years since hisdebut at Keystone in 2001. The top American at XTERRAWorlds eight times, finishing 2nd to Ruzafa in 2014 and 2ndto Javier Gomez in 2012, before winning it for the first timein 15 tries last year.Also: Alongside his brother Yaro has provided a season’sworth of training tips for the XTERRA Tribe via theMiddaugh Coaching Corner column. Perhaps America’smost decorated snowshoe racer with dozens of nationaltitles to his credit. Has also won USAT Winter Tri Nationalsand USAT Long Course road tri titles. Has three kids andworks full-time as a personal trainer and coach.

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MEET THE PROSNo. 2 – Braden Currie from Wanaka, New Zealand2016 XTERRA ASIA-PACIFIC CHAMPwww.bradencurrie.com / @bradencurrieBorn: 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 toMiddaugh at the XTERRA Pan America Championship racein a photo finish by 7/100th of a second.Last year: Won XTERRA New Zealand then the XTERRAAsia-Pacific Championship on back-to-back weekends inApril. Won the XTERRA Southeast Championship in stride-for-stride battle with Josiah Middaugh, was 2nd at the EastChampionship, 3rd at the Mountain Championship, 2nd atthe XTERRA USA and World Championships.In Maui: Finished three minutes behind Middaugh in 2ndplace last year, was 5th in 2013, and 17th in 2012. Thoughts: Five years into his career as a professionalathlete, Braden Currie has consolidated his learnings to givehimself the ultimate chance of becoming the XTERRA WorldChampion. Red Bull endurance athlete Currie (30) movedto Lake Tahoe, California, with his family, for a four-week,dedicated XTERRA preparation block, because of thealtitude and specific resources and training opportunitiesavailable in the area. “The real beauty of coming to thisplace is that Tahoe is already at 1800m altitude and many ofmy bike sessions will see me do another 1000m of climbingon single track. The XTERRA Worlds is predominantly asteep climbing-dominated course, so it has been a goodenvironment for me to be in,” Wanaka’s Currie says. “I havebeen able to focus on the fine-tuning phase of my training,after spending several years racing back-to-back withoutenough time for progression in between. When you startracing the best in the world, both on and off road, you beginto realise how precious every second is and the differenceit can make at the end,” Currie says. “This year has beenconfronting for me in many ways and I have taken on onemain concept that I know is at the crux of my success. Thatis to give everything to my preparation and then to just enjoymyself when I am racing,” Currie says. While he ratesColorado’s Middaugh and three-time XTERRA WorldChampion Spaniard Ruben Ruzafa- who he beat at theWorlds last year, finishing second behind Middaugh - asobvious front-runners, there are some top athletes, likeGerman long-distance triathlete Sebastian Kienle, who hasthe ability to mix things up at the event. “The beauty of rac-ing XTERRA is it’s such an honest race. It’s not so muchabout tactics but more about how hard you can push your-self,” Currie says. After the 1.5km rough water swim, he

expected there to be a pack of strong riders all pushingeach other to the limit over the 32km mountain bike ride.Currie’s running has returned to its trademark ferociouspace after his calf injury has healed and he is confident hecan hunt down anyone ahead of him over the 10.5km trailrun. “Even though winning the XTERRA Worlds is one ofmy biggest career goals, I still just can’t wait to be racing.It’s going to be tough, but I like it that way,” Credentials: Is the reigning XTERRA Asia-PacificChampion. Runner-up at XTERRA Worlds last year.Finished 2nd behind Ruzafa on the European Tour in 2014and 2nd behind Middaugh on the America Tour in 2015.Won three straight Coast-to-Coast crowns from 2013-15(the de-facto adventure racing world championship whichfeatures six stages and 150-miles worth of running, biking,and kayaking from the west to east coast of the SouthIsland in his homeland).

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MEET THE PROSNo. 3 – Ruben Ruzafa from Malaga, Spain2008, 2013 & 2014 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONwww.rubenruzafa.com/en / @rubenruzafa Born: September 9, 1984This year: Won XTERRA Reunion, was 2nd at XTERRAGreece, then reeled off four straight wins at XTERRAPortugal, Switzerland, France, and Germany (whichdoubled as the XTERRA European Championship). Wonthe XTERRA European Tour for the second time in threeyears.Last year: Won XTERRA Portugal, Spain, France, Italy,and the European Championship in England to take his winstreak to 15 before finishing 3rd at XTERRA Worlds.In Maui: Placed third last year and had the fastest bikesplit. Won it in 2008, 2013 and 2014. Went to Maui in 2009but crashed on his bike before the race and couldn’tcompete.Thoughts: I feel good, strong and fresh. This year I havesaved more energy than in others seasons for this race, andI think it has been a good decision. I have had very goodresults this year, I am really happy for the season, but themost important races come now, so after Maui and then ITUCross Worlds I can tell you. I love this course, It´s like onecourse must be for a XTERRA World Championship, hard,semi-technical, mud parts, dry parts, warm, humidity. Myfavorite 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 hasraced since 2008. Has three XTERRA World Titles and twoITU Cross Triathlon World Titles (2014-2015). In 2013 whenhe retired from world cup mountain biking (where hecollected four national titles in cross country and marathonfor Spain) to focus on XTERRA he won XTERRA Spain,was 2nd at France, won Germany, and was third at the USAChampionship. Since then he’s been near perfect, winningWorlds in 2013, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, France, Italy,Czech, Germany, the USA Championship and Worlds in2014, and Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, and the EuropeanChampionship in England before his 15-race win streak wassnapped in Maui, where he placed third. Also: He was the youngest to ever win XTERRA Worlds atthe age of 24 in 2008.

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MEET THE PROSNo. 4 – Mauricio Mendez from Mexico City, Mexico2016 XTERRA ITALY, SWEDEN & DENMARK CHAMP@maumendezcBorn: October 20, 1995 (Turns 21 on Thursday!)This year: Finished 2nd at XTERRA Oak Mountain behindMiddaugh, won XTERRA Italy, was second at XTERRAPoland, won XTERRA Sweden, was 5th at XTERRAGermany (which doubled as the XTERRA EuropeanChampionship) and won XTERRA Denmark. Finished theyear 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 atXTERRA Mexico, and was 4th at XTERRA WorldsIn Maui: He was first out of the water in 2014, and postedthe fastest run split (40:51) in 2015. Moved up three placesin final 800m on the run to finish in fourth last year, was 5thin 2014 and was 15th in 2013 on his way to winning theoverall amateur XTERRA World Championship. Thoughts: I am living my dream!! As my father has shownme: There is only one success – To be able to spend ourlife in your own way.Credentials: Fifth year racing XTERRA. In his inauguralseason as an XTERRA pro in 2014 Mendez finished 3rd atXTERRA Costa Rica, 3rd at the XTERRA WestChampionship in Las Vegas and 4th at the XTERRASoutheast Championship in Alabama. He was 6th at theEast Championship in Richmond and 3rd at both theMountain and USA Championship races. He finished theseason ranked 3rd in the Pro Series (missed 2nd by onepoint). and was 5th at XTERRA Worlds. In his second yearhe won three of the five races he entered on the XTERRAEuropean Tour.Also: Started swimming when he was six, started doingtriathlons when he was 10.

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MEET THE PROSNo. 5 – Courtney Atkinson from Queensland, AustraliaTHREE-TIME XTERRA AUSTRALIA CHAMPIONcourtneyatkinson.com.au / @courtney_akcoBorn: August 15, 1979This year: Finished 4th at the XTERRA Asia-PacificChampionship race in New South Wales, Australia. Was onhis way to defend his title at XTERRA Japan beforeTyphoon Lionrock forced the event’s cancellation.Last year: Placed 2nd at the XTERRA Asia-PacificChampionship, won the XTERRA Australia elite title forthird year in a row, won XTERRA Japan, and was 5th atXTERRA Worlds.In Maui: Was first out of the water in 19:23 and finished 5thon the day last year. Placed 17th in 2013.Thoughts: I’m looking forward to giving Maui anothercrack. I’m maybe not as fast in foot speed but am as strongas ever. Last 6 months I've done a range of differentendurance races, MTB, trail and kept fit for the next 4-5months of racing for Southern hemisphere summer. Thiscourse is just brutal and hard but fun. You can loose a lot oftime in the second half of race if not prepared.I’m hoping forbig, big waves. Bigger the better. I want to win...alwayswant 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 hasdone at least one XTERRA ever year since. Over his careerCourtney has won and placed at some of the largesttriathlon’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 consecutiveyears in a row (2008-10). He is a two-time Olympian, plac-ing 11th in 2008 and 18th in 2012. Also won ITU 2009 WorldCup races in Mooloolaba and Ishigaki. Was namedAustralia’s Triathlete of the Year in 2002, 2003 and 2004.Also: Look forwarding to just hanging on the island...onlyhave a few days there unfortunately as have to be back toAustralia fast but one day want to just take a few weeks tochill and check out some of the off the beaten track places.

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MEET THE PROSNo. 6 – Francisco Serrano from Monterrey, MexicoTWO-TIME XTERRA MEXICO CHAMPION@serrano_triBorn: May 4, 1980This year: Finished 3rd at XTERRA Mexico.Last year: Upset Josiah Middaugh to win the XTERRAWest Championship, finished 2nd at XTERRA Mexico, andwas 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 theyear with some illness and injuries after doing an Ironmanbut I'm surely motivated and happy to go back. Not sure ofthe speed I will bring this year but now I can say I have theexperience to be up there with the leaders. It's been a goodyear, not as solid as 2015 but had a couple of podiums,some races to remember and races to forget. I love thebeauty of Hawaii, nice ocean swim, hard bike and run. I’mhoping the waves are as big as it can get without crushingpeople. The atmosphere in Maui is so exciting, everythingabout it – the venue, course, competitors, dinners, andawards. On race day I hope to be able to perform at mybest and give a 100%, have no mechanicals, no tacticalerrors, and just finish empty.Credentials: Represented Mexico at the Olympic triathlonevent at 2008 Games in Beijing. Has been racing XTERRAsince 2004 when he finished 8th in his first-ever XTERRAat the East Championship in Richmond, Virginia. Hefinished 8th at the XTERRA USA Championship in 2004 aswell. Won the first-ever XTERRA Mexico Championshipheld in Puerto Vallarta in 2006, upsetting XTERRA legendMike Vine of Canada. He finished third at the 2009 and2010 races held in Valle de Bravo, won it in 2012, and was2nd to Middaugh in 2014. Had his best XTERRA season in2005 when he placed 6th at the XTERRA WestChampionship in Temecula, 2nd at the Midwet Champs,8th at the Mountain Championship in Keystone, 5th at theUSA Championship in Nevada, and placed 5th in the finalXTERRA U.S. Pro Points Series standings.

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MEET THE PROSNo. 7 – Rom Akerson from Tambor, Costa Rica 2016 XTERRA DR AND MEXICO CHAMPIONNickname: KangaBorn: September 29, 1984This year: Finished 3rd at XTERRA Costa Rica, 3rd atXTERRA Beaver Creek, won the last two regular seasonraces on the Pan Am Pro Series at XTERRA DominicanRepublic and XTERRA Mexico, and placed 5th at the PanAm Championship in Utah. Last year: One of his finest, highlighted by an 8th placefinish at XTERRA Worlds and a huge home-country win atthe XTERRA Costa Rica Championship over eventual worldchamp 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 titlein 2006 (finished 17th overall).Credentials: Ten years ago at the age of 22 Rom Akersonwon the overall amateur XTERRA World Championshiptitle. He turned pro soon after and has since put together astellar triathlon racing career.Also: His Dad, Heart, raced XTERRA Worlds barefoot lastyear, and Ironman Canada barefoot four times, andXTERRA Costa Rica … barefoot.

No. 8 – Ben Hoffman from Boulder, Colorado 2015 OUTRIGGER RESORTS DOUBLE CHAMPIONbenhoffmanracing.com / @benhoffmanracingBorn: August 22, 1983 in Grand Junction, COThis year: Finished 4th at XTERRA Beaver Creek, and 4that Ironman Worlds.Last year: Finished 2nd at the XTERRA MountainChampionship, 10th at XTERRA Worlds, and won theOutrigger Resorts Double for having the fastest combinedtime 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 thedouble this year,” said Hoffman. “Spoke to him at theawards 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 severalpoints series races. Has finished 2nd at the XTERRAMountain Championship twice, third twice, and was fourththis 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.

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No. 9 – Ben Allen from Wollongong, Australia2016 XTERRA ASIA-PACIFIC TOUR CHAMPIONbenallentriathlete.com/ @Benny_AllenBorn: January 19, 1985This year: Placed 2nd at XTERRA Philippines, won theAussie Cross Tri National Title, was third at the XTERRAAsia-Pacific Championship (top Aussie so named XTERRAAustralia Champion), and won XTERRA Malaysia to securethe Asia-Pacific Tour title.Last year: Finished 3rd at the XTERRA PhilippinesChampionship, won the XTERRA Saipan Championship forthe fourth straight year, then won XTERRA Guam. Was 5that the Asia-Pacific Championship, 4th at the XTERRA WestChampionship, 2nd at the XTERRA Asian TourChampionship race in Malaysia, won XTERRA Czech andXTERRA Germany on back-to-back weekends. Placed 3rdat the XTERRA European Championship in England, andwas 14th at XTERRA Worlds.In Maui: Placed 14th last year and third in both 2013 and2014. Placed 35th in 2012 after a series of mechanicals,and 36th in first try of 2011.Credentials: Eighteen career wins on the XTERRA WorldTour. Was named the 2012 XTERRA Warrior Award winneralong with his girlfriend Jacqui Slack for perpetuating the“Live More” spirit of XTERRA.

No. 10 - Will Ross from Anchorage, AlaskaBorn: May 1, 1989This year: Won the XTERRA Hammerman off-roadtriathlon in Anchorage, Alaska for the third straight time andseventh time overall in July.Last year: Finished 11th at the XTERRA WestChampionship, 14th at the USA Championship, and 19th atXTERRA 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 firsttime that year at the XTERRA East Championship. Was the3rd fastest American, 20th overall, at the 2013 XTERRAWorld Championship.

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MEET THE PROSNo. 11 – Branden Rakita from Colorado Springs, COwww.brandenrakita.com / @btrakitaNickname: Mitch ManBorn: March 25, 1981 in Durango, ColoradoThis year: Finished 4th at XTERRA Oak Mountain, 3rd atXTERRA Mine over Matter, 6th at XTERRA Beaver Creek,2nd at XTERRA Dominican Republic, 5th at XTERRAMexico, and 12th at the Pan Am Championships.  Finished4th in the Pan Am Pro Series standings.Last year: Finished 5th at the XTERRA WestChampionship, 6th at the Southeast Championship, 5th atthe East Championship and 14th at the MountainChampionship after some bad luck with a flat tire. Won theXTERRA Fruita off-road triathlon, was 6th at the USAChamps. Placed 5th in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series, andwas 20th at XTERRA Worlds.In Maui: Was 20th last year, 35th in 2014, 27th in 2013 and2012, 18th in 2011, 15th in 2010 (top American), 20th in2009, and 18th in 2008.Thoughts: I am feeling good. Things are going well intraining and I have seen a nice uptick in fitness so it is allabout putting it together on race day. The 2016 season hasbeen very consistent and solid through the year there is notone race that really stands out as better than any other.Pan-Am Champs in Ogden was a low point, I was very wellprepared for that race but it did not show on race day andso I am looking for some redemption from that race. Whatmakes Worlds different for me it is the heat and humidity.When you are not from a climate like that it is tough toprepare for, as well just being World's makes it differentthere is a different mystique or aura that surrounds therace. Goal is to race as well as I can, I never go in to a racewith the thought that I can't win but I will be realistic aboutmy chances and with the field and know that that top 10 willbe a very solid finish and something I am very capable of.Credentials: Tenth year racing XTERRA. Did his first onein 2000. Was the runner-up at XTERRA DominicanRepublic this year. Finished runner-up at XTERRACanada, XTERRA Mexico twice, and the XTERRAMountain Championship in 2013. Also: Famous for being the “Mitch Man” as a Paul Mitchellsponsored athlete. Earned a degree in civil engineeringfrom Colorado State. His dad David is an XTERRA USAand World Champion. His better half Briana is the elite racelive coverage director at XTERRA majors (follow her workon twitter @xterraoffroad #xterramaui staring just before9am HST on Sunday).

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MEET THE PROSNo. 17 – Felipe Barraza from Santiago, Chilehttp://www.pipobarraza.cl / @fbarrazatriBorn: December 20, 1991This year: Won the XTERRA Buffalo Creek point seriesrace and finished 4th at the XTERRA Pan AmericaChampionship in first major XTERRA. He had the second-fastest swim, 9th fastest bike, and the fourth-best run splitin Utah.In Maui: First timeThoughts: Every day is a small progression for me, with noinjuries so I’m ready and very excited for the race. Notqualifying for Rio was a low point for me this year but I havebeen having a lot of fun racing XTERRA, so for me that'sthe high. I’m hoping for a choppy swim and some body-surfing! My goal is to be competitive and see where I am atthe end of the mountain bike. Credentials: Has been racing as an elite on the ITU roadcircuit since 2010. First season with XTERRA, third race.

No. 20 – Francois Carloni from http://www.francois-carloni.frBorn: August 8, 1985This year: Finished 5th at XTERRA Greece, 4th atPortugal, 3rd at XTERRA Belgium, 12th at XTERRAFrance, 5th at XTERRA Italy, 7th at XTERRA Germany and4th at XTERRA Denmark.  Finished 5th in the Euro Tour.Last year: Was 6th at XTERRA Malta, 2nd at Portugal, 4that Spain, 3rd at Greece, 3rd at France, 2nd at Italy, 4th atGermany. 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 overallin 2008 when he won the overall amateur World Title.Thoughts: I feel good and as ready as I've ever been. The2016 season was different and harder because I did moreraces, and the level in Europe was higher with very stronginternational 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 beas 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 toexpect a good result. But I have to be careful because if Ipush too hard it could be impossible to run good. I hope fora Top 10 or better this year, the start list is incredible. Forthis race I tried to train more intelligently, that's why I decideto work with Nico and Organicoach.Credentials: Frst Xterra was at Mandelieu in France in ‘08. Won XTERRA Greece in 2014.

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MEET THE PROSNo. 21 – Leonardo Chacon from Liberia, Costa Rica@leotriatlonBorn: June 29, 1984This year: Focused on qualifying and preparing for hissecond Olympic Games. Finished 30th in Rio.In Maui: DNF on the bike in 2014, was 9th in 2013, andout-sprinted Victor Del Corral at the finish line in 2012 tofinish in fourth.Thoughts: At this moment I feel like everything is done andjust keeping calm till the race; pretty happy to have theopportunity to represent Costa Rica at XTERRA Worldsagain. I think my experience will help me this year. My highpoint this year was the qualifying for my second Olympicsgames in Rio; it was pretty long journey but at the end Iearned and I was really proud of getting that spot. I thinkthis race is all about the bike; in Maui it's so special that Ithink it represent maybe 90% of the result. I'm looking tobe in the podium; and to achieve it I'll need a perfect daywith proper pacing, no mistakes; no flat tires.Credentials: Two-time Olympian (was 48th in 2012).Been racing XTERRA for four years. Won XTERRAMexico and the USA Championship in 2013. WonXTERRA Costa Rica and was 5th at XTERRA Germanywhich doubled as ITU Cross Tri Worlds in 2014.

No. 25 – Chris Ganter from Boise, Idahowww.ganter1010.wordpress.com / @ganter1010Born: October 10, 1978 in PhiladelphiaThis year: Finished 6th at XTERRA Oak Mountain, acareer-best runner-up at XTERRA Mine over Matter, 8th atXTERRA Victoria, and 16th at the Pan Am Champs.Last year: Finished third at both the XTERRA West andSoutheast Championship races, 4th at the East Champs,9th at the Mountain and XTERRA EuropeanChampionships 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 DrexelUniversity and worked for Johnson & Johnson in GlobalR&D Quality Assurance before setting his sights on racingprofessionally. Says he is “passionate about bringingXTERRA to new people and showing them that XTERRA ismore than just triathlon. There’s a freedom and connectionwith nature that go with it. There’s also serious sufferingthat gets you more in touch with yourself as an athlete anda person. So, for me, the XTERRA training and racingexperiences make me feel more “alive”

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MEET THE PROSNo. 28 – Ryan Ignatz from Boulder, Coloradowww.coloradomultisport.com Born: September 25, 1978This year: Finished 5th at XTERRA Dominican Republic infirst race of season after returning from injuries, and was15th at the Pan Am Championship in Utah.Last year: Finished 10th at the West Championship, 8th atthe Southeast Champs, 3rd at East Champs, 6th at theMountain Champs, and 8th at the USA Championship.In Maui: Finished 14th in 2014, 17th in 2013, 22nd in 2011to win the 30-34 age group World Title, 14th in 2008, 16thin 2007, and 9th in 2006. Thoughts: I'm happy to say that this year I don't have a calftear, just a very mild SI joint issue as a residual from mycrash earlier this year. So life is good and I should be ableto finish strong. I am definitely not as fast as years past, butI'm great in the heat and will work on being more fresh andrested by race day which could still bring me toward the top10. My main goals are to stay safe, have fun and do thebest I can on race day. I want to take it all in and enjoycompeting against some of the best triathletes in the World.I would love to make it in the top 10 and feel this ispossible if I'm rested and feel good on race day. I love theenergy of the islands and this race in particular. It is a greatway to finish off the season, and even do some vacationingafter a long season of working hard. Credentials: 12th year racing XTERRA. Finished as highas 2nd at the XTERRA East Champs (2013). Won the30-34 division XTERRA World Championship in 2011 (andso did his wife, XTERRA Pro Maia Ignatz).Also: Earned a masters of science degree in kinesiologyand applied physiology from UC Boulder.

No. 29 – Sebastian Kienle from Muehlacker, Germany@SebastianKienleBorn: July 6, 1984This year: Finished 2nd at the Ironman WorldChampionship.In Maui: The last time Kienle raced in Maui in 2012 hefinished 14th overall and took the double crown with a timeof 11:03:38. Credentials: 2014 IM World Champion and 2012-13 IM70.3 World Champ, first raced XTERRA in 2005 and wonXTERRA Germany in 2006.

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MEET THE PROSNo. 31 – Sam Long from Boulder, Coloradowww.samlongtri.weebly.comBorn: December 23, 1995This year: Finished 2nd in his first-ever XTERRA at BeaverCreek, then 7th at the Pan America Championship race.Thoughts: “In Beaver Creek, I had no idea I was going todo so well and it really opened up horizons in terms of whatI am capable of. Also, because of Beaver Creek I canjustify more mountain bike training and trail running. Thishas been awesome. I love being out in the mountains andon 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 highschool. Currently a student at the University of Coloradowhere he has a double major in psychology and integratedphysiology. Was born the oldest of triplet brothers.

No. 33 – Karsten Madsen from Guelph, Ontario, CanadaNickname: The Catwww.karstenmad.com / @KarstenMadBorn: November 9, 1991 in KitchenerThis year: Having the best season of his career. Startedthe year with a runner-up showing behind Middaugh atXTERRA Argentina, was third behind Middaugh andMauricio Mendez at XTERRA Oak Mountain, then won bothCanadian races – XTERRA Mine over Matter in Ontario andXTERRA Victoria in British Columbia. Also won hiscountry’s cross tri national championship for the secondstraight year.  Placed 5th at the Pan Am Championship racein Utah and finished the season 3rd in Pan Am Pro Series.Last year: Finished 6th at the XTERRA WestChampionship, 7th at the East Championship, and wonXTERRA Mine over Matter in Ontario which served as theCanadian Cross Triathlon National Championship. Was 7that the XTERRA USA Championship, and finished theseason 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 startedracing in March at the first Gold race in Argentina I showedup to that race in great fitness and I have been able to buildon that all year. This year will be a learning year but I trustmy fitness and training to get me a good result. The men’sstart list its stacked! I really look forward to the challenge ofracing some of the best in our sport and in the sport oftriathlon. I’m looking to be in the mix and be a factor in therace if I can accomplish that I know that will get me a resultto be proud of.

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MEET THE PROSNo 36 - Kieran McPherson from Matamata, New Zealandwww.kieranmcphersontriathlete.comBorn: April 13, 1992.This year: Finished 2nd at XTERRA Motatapu, 5th atXTERRA New Zealand, 8th at the XTERRA Asia-PacificChampionship 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 2ndat XTERRA Mexico. DNF at Pan Am Champs but stillfinished 5th in Pan Am Pro Series final standings.Last year: Finished 7th at XTERRA New Zealand, 10th aweek later at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship racein Australia, and 9th at the USA Champs.In Maui: First time.

No 43 - Sam Osborne from Rotorua, New Zealand@sam_osborneNZBorn: December 21, 1991This year: Finished 2nd at the XTERRA Asia-PacificChampionship in Australia, was 5th at XTERRA Portugal,2nd at XTERRA Belgium, 7th at Switzerland, 2nd at Italy,3rd at Sweden, 2nd at the XTERRA EuropeanChampionship in Germany and 2nd at XTERRA Denmark.Finished 2nd on the XTERRA European Tour.Last year: Finished 2nd at XTERRA New Zealand, wonXTERRA Sweden and was 2nd at XTERRA Denmark.In Maui: DNF last year.Thoughts: I’ve had a few weeks back in NZ after theEuropean racing which has been nice and really has justbeen a case of chop wood, carry water, continuing on withthe training. I’m as fast now as I’ve ever been but I’m surethere’s lots of others who are flying too. 2016 has been areally good year for me. It’s the first time I’ve given theXTERRA gig a good go and had it as a focus in theEuropean season and I was really happy with how it went.Finishing 2nd at European Champs and 2nd in the EuroTour were big highlights but the consistency across the yearis what I was really stoked with. I got 7 Podiums out of 9races and that to me is a big positive to race through theseason so consistently. Praying for a bit of surf to turn up onrace day, I think it adds another element to the swim outthere and hey we are XTERRA, its meant to be extreme.Maui is a special beast, it brings all the big hitters out, whichmakes the racing really tough and along with how demand-ing the course is, mixing in the heat makes it a pretty epicrace. Will need a good smart race from me and beingprepared to suffer. If I get those two things right the resultwill hopefully take care of itself.

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MEET THE PROSNo. 45 – Alex Roberts from Taupo, New ZealandBorn: January 2, 1990This year: Finished 7th at XTERRA New Zealand, 11th atthe 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, Spain2016 XTERRA MALTA AND GREECE CHAMPION@RogerSerranoSBorn: January 30, 1991This year: Won XTERRA Malta and XTERRA Greece toopen up the 2016 European Tour, was 3rd at Portugal, DNFat Switzerland, and 3rd at XTERRA Denmark.Last year: Won the XTERRA European Tour. Placed 2nd atMalta, 4th at Portugal, 3rd at Spain, 2nd at Greece, 3rd atSwitzerland, 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 BritainBorn: June 24, 1982This year: Won XTERRA Costa Rica ahead of JosiahMiddaugh, Rom Akerson, Francois Carloni, and others, inhis first off-road race in four years, and placed 6th at thePan Am Championship.

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MEET THE PROSNo. 49 – Brad Weiss from Somerset West, South AfricaXTERRA PHILIPPINES & SOUTH AFRICA CHAMPIONBorn: March 21, 1989This year: Won all three XTERRA events in South Africaincluding the Championship race in Grabouw for the firsttime. Also won XTERRA Philippines for the second year ina row. Placed 3rd at XTERRA New Zealand, 5th at theXTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship, 2nd at XTERRAMalaysia, and was 2nd in the Asia-Pacific Tour standings.Placed 6th at XTERRA Switzerland, 3rd at XTERRAFrance, and 3rd at the XTERRA European Championship inGermany.Last year: Won the XTERRA Philippines Championship,was 2nd at XTERRA South Africa, XTERRA Saipan, andXTERRA Guam, then won the XTERRA Malaysia and theXTERRA Asian Tour Championship. Won the inauguralXTERRA Reunion off-road tri and was 2nd at XTERRAFrance and XTERRA Germany.In Maui: Finished 10th in 2014.Thoughts: I am the fittest, fastest and strongest I have everbeen. I had a very successful 2016 season, highlightbecoming the South African National XTERRA Champion. Ilove the course in Maui. I am a smaller athlete who lovesgoing uphill in any format and Maui has plenty of climbing.I am planning to use this strength of mine wisely. The goalis always to win but I would be stoked with a top 5. Toachieve this will take the perfect day and perhaps a littleluck as well.

No. 50 – Michi Weiss from Vienna, Austria2011 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONwiki-miki.com / @michi_weissBorn: January 17, 1981This 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 in2011. Placed third in 2010 for the second straight year, andwas second in 2008. Was seventh into T2 and moved upfour spots during the run in 2009. In ‘08 he posted thesecond fastest bike split and closed to within seconds ofeventual winner Ruben Ruzafa on the run. Credentials: Won XTERRA Austria in his first everXTERRA in 2008. Finished 32nd in the 2004 Olympicscross-country mountain bike race while representingAustria. In 2014 he finished 4th at XTERRA Germany thatdoubled as the ITU Cross Triathlon World Champs.

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MEET THE PROSNo. 61 – Flora Duffy from Devonshire, BermudaTWO-TIME XTERRA WORLD CHAMPION@floraduffyBorn: September 30, 1987This year: Won XTERRA South Africa, finished 8th in Rio,and won the ITU Grand Final in Cozumel and the WorldTriathlon Series title.Last year: Won XTERRA Philippines, XTERRA SouthAfrica, the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Australia,the XTERRA Mountain Championship, the ITU Cross TriWorld Championship, and the XTERRA WorldChampionship for the second straight year.In Maui: Had the fasteset swim for third straight year andwon her second world title. She won in 2014 with the fastestswim and bike splits, and in her first Maui in 2013 she hadthe fastest swim and finished 3rd, just seconds behindLesley Paterson.Thoughts: The 3-peat...I was actually talking to the oneand only Julie Dibens about this and we were joking that ifI were to win, and match her record, she will come out ofretirement for 2017 Worlds. To win for a third time would becool, and a special way to end what has already been anincredible year. I haven't done an XTERRA since February,and know a lot of other women on the start line want to winas 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 sorewarding. The 2016 season has been a huge year for me.I won the ITU World Title, and after a few days off I startedtraining again and kept asking myself 'what am I doing stilltraining?!' after the best race of my life. I don't know theanswer to that exactly, but what I do know is that I love rac-ing XTERRA and being involved with a completely differentside of triathlon. After Maui, I have the Island HouseInvitational Triathlon and ITU Cross Worlds, so still quite abit of racing left to go, but it is very different from what I havebeen doing all year which helps keep the motivation. Thebuild into the Olympics was intense, and once that was overit felt like a layer of pressure was removed, and anotherlayer removed after the ITU Grand Final in Cozumel. I'mreally happy with how my season has gone, which helps toremove the pressure from the last 3 races of the year, andkeep the motivation up. Trust me....once you prepare for theOlympics as an outside medal hope....nothing feels intense!Credentials: 3x Olympian. Current ITU World TriathlonSeries Champion, ITU Cross Triathlon World Champion,and two-time XTERRA World Champion. In XTERRA shehas won eight straight and 13 of 14 majors since 2014.Also: Earned degree in sociology from UC-Boulder.

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MEET THE PROSNo. 62 – Lesley Paterson from Sterling, ScotlandTWO-TIME XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONwww.lesleypaterson.com / @lesleydoestriBorn: October 12, 1980This year: Won XTERRA Tahiti, XTERRA France, andXTERRA Italy.Last year: Won XTERRA Costa Rica, the XTERRA Westand Southeast Championships, and EuropeanChampionship before finishing runner-up to Duffy atXTERRA Worlds.In Maui: Had the fastest bike split and finished 2nd lastyear. Did not race in 2014. Chased down Flora Duffy in thefinish line stretch to take second-place behind NickySamuels in 2013, won her second straight World title andbeat her own record for fastest winning time, a 2:44:11 in2013. Also had the fastest bike and run splits that year.Won her first title in 2011 with the fastest run split. Finished7th in 2010, 2nd in 2009, and 10th in her first Maui attemptin 2008.Thoughts: “The beginning of the year was awful -depression, Lyme flare up, wah, wah…then it picked up andI had some great races discovering the world a bit - Tahiti,France, Italy. Found some amazing people and places. Theearly struggles this season made me mentally tougher. I’mexcited, nervous, ready to have fun and lay it down. It’sWorlds ya know, and all the big names come out and thatcourse is tough, its gritty, has loads of climbing anddefinitely the strongest athlete wins on the day. There isnowhere to hide. Credentials: Won two XTERRA World Titles and the 2012ITU Cross Triathlon World Title. Is the 2015 XTERRAEuropean Champion. Finished in top 3 in 7-straightXTERRA Championship races from ‘09 to 2010. In 2011won the XTERRA Pacific Championship, was 2nd at theXTERRA USA Championship, then won her first XTERRAWorld Championship. In 2012 was named the off-roadtriathlete of the year at Endurance Sports Awards. In 2014dealt with injury all season, came back to finish 3rd atXTERRA Nationals in her only race of the season. HerLyme Disease kicked in shortly after that race and she wasunable to compete at XTERRA Worlds.Also: Moved from Sterling, Scotland to the U.S. in2001...earned bachelor’s degree in performing arts fromEngland and a master’s in theatre acting from San DiegoState. Is also a coach and film producer.

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MEET THE PROSNo. 63 – Myriam Guillot-Boisset from Brindas, France2016 XTERRA COSTA RICA & ARGENTINA CHAMPIONBorn: April 7, 1979This year: Won XTERRA Costa Rica, XTERRA Argentina,was 4th at XTERRA Malaysia, 2nd at XTERRA Portugal,3rd at XTERRA Switzerland, 5th at XTERRA France, and2nd at the XTERRA European Championship in Germany,2nd at XTERRA Dominican Republic, and 2nd at XTERRAMexico. She finished the year ranked 4th in the Pan AmPro Series, 6th in the European Tour standings, and 6th inthe 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 Auckland, New Zealand Born: November 26, 1985This year: Won XTERRA Philippines, XTERRA NewZealand, and the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship inAustralia, the placed second at XTERRA Malaysia and wonthe XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour title. Finished 2nd at theXTERRA Pan America Championship race in Utah.Last year: Finished 2nd at XTERRA New Zealand, 5th atthe 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'ssuch a strong ladies field which will make the race interest-ing. There's a large New Zealand crew heading over too, it'salways amazing when you can share the experience withfriends and family. 2016 has yielded my best results to date,winning my first ever XTERRA, winning 3 straight, and theAsia Pacific Tour were highlights, but I consider it a successjust having visited new countries, managing to stayrelatively injury free, and still keeping my job under controlback home. I'm also really proud to represent Aloha Racing.This will be my seventh time at World Champs, I know it'sgoing to be a tough race - the perfect challenge of strength,skill, speed, and smiles! It's the Epic conclusion to theseason and the podium demands one of those days whereeverything goes right. Credentials: Seventh year racing XTERRA. Won the25-29 World Title in 2011 before going pro. Also won theamateur title at the 2012 ITU Cross Tri WorldChampionships.

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MEET THE PROSNo. 65 – Carina Wasle from Kundl, Austria2016 XTERRA SAIPAN AND REUNION CHAMPIONcarina-wasle.com / @carinawasleBorn: October 20, 1984This year: Placed 2nd at XTERRA South Africa, wonXTERRA Saipan, was 2nd at the XTERRA Asia-PacificChampionship, 3rd at XTERRA Malaysia, and finished 3rdin the Asia-Pacific Tour standings. Won XTERRA Reunion.On the European Tour she was 4th at Portugal, 2nd atBelgium, 7th in Switzerland, 6th in France, 5th in Sweden,5th in Germany, and 2nd at Denmark.  Finished 3rd in theEuropean Tour standings.Last year: Placed 3rd at XTERRA South Africa, 2nd atSaipan, won XTERRA Guam, was 6th at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship, 5th at XTERRA Malaysia, 3rd atXTERRA Greece, won XTERRA Switzerland, was 2nd atXTERRA 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 theninjured with a broken foot in July, but now everything isperfect. My goal is to get on the podium. Everything has tocome together on that day. I had some very good trainingweeks the last time together with my new coach. Weworked hard and I hope I’m fast as I have ever been. I needan incredible swim, a speedy bike and an awesome run. Credentials: 12th year racing XTERRA. Finished 3rd atXTERRA Austria in first-ever XTERRA in 2005.

No. 66 – Helena Erbenova from the Czech Republic2016 XTERRA GREECE, PORTUGAL, BELGUIM CHAMPBorn: June 2, 1979This year: Won XTERRA Greece, XTERRA Portugal andXTERRA Belgium, was 3rd in France, 2nd in Italy, wonPoland and Sweden and was 4th in Germany. Finished 4thin the European Tour standingsLast year: Finished 6th in Malaysia, 2nd at XTERRAPortugal, won XTERRA Spain and Greece, was third atSwitzerland, second at France, then won four straight atSweden, Italy, Czech, and Germany to capture her thirdXTERRA European Tour title in four years.In Maui: Finished 7th last year, 5th in 2014, 7th in 2013, 9thin 2012, and was 3rd in her first attempt in 2011.Credentials: Sixth year racing XTERRA.  Has 23 careerWorld Tour wins and three European Tour Championships.Was also a 2006 Winter Olympian, placing 29th in the7.5km + 7.5km double pursuit.

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MEET THE PROSNo. 67 – Jacqui Slack from Stoke-on-Trent, England2016 XTERRA MALAYSIA CHAMPIONwww.jacquislack.uk / @jacquislackBorn: June 17, 1983This year: Placed 2nd at XTERRA Philippines, 3rd at theXTERRA Asia-Pacific Championships, won XTERRAMalaysia, finished 2nd in the Asia-Pacific Tour standings,2nd at XTERRA Switzerland and 7th at XTERRA France.Last year: Placed 2nd at XTERRA Philippines, wonXTERRA Saipan for second time in three years, was 2nd atXTERRA Guam, 3rd at the XTERRA Asia-PacificChampionship in Australia and the XTERRA Asian TourChampionship in Malaysia, was 3rd at XTERRA Czech, 2ndat Germany, and 3rd at the European Championship.In Maui: Finished 8th last year, 9th in 2013 and 2014, and5th in her first attempt at Worlds in 2012.Thoughts: For the past two years I’ve not been able to puta solid run together and have rapidly gone from 3rd/4th to8th and 9th in the latter stages of the run. This year I hopeto change that and come away with a race I’m proud of. Idon’t have high expectations this year, however. I do knowthat all things considering I've done my best to be in my bestshape possible to have a great day out there. Credentials: Seventh year racing XTERRA. Won XTERRANew Zealand and Italy in 2012, Saipan, Guam, Germanyand England in 2013, Australia and Malaysia in 2013. Also: Was a firefighter prior to turning pro...was named the2012 XTERRA Warrior Award winner with boyfriend BenAllen for perpetuating the “Live More” spirit of XTERRA.

No. 68 – Maia Ignatz from Boulder, Colorado@massageboulderBorn: May 22, 1980This year: Finished a career-best 2nd at XTERRA OakMountain, was 3rd at XTERRA Mine over Matter, third atXTERRA Beaver Creek, 4th at Dominican Republic, 4th atthe Pan Am Champs, and 2nd in Pan Am Pro Series.Last year: Finished 9th at the West Championship, 6th atthe Southeast Championship, 4th at the EastChampionship, 7th at the Mountain Championship, 5th atthe USA Championship and 12th at XTERRA Worlds. In Maui: 12th last year, 19th in 2014, and 17th in 2011 asan amateur to win 30-34 crown.Thoughts: I am as fast now as I have ever been, andalmost this entire season was above and beyond what I washoping for.Credentials: 7th-year racing XTERRA, won the 30-34division XTERRA World Championship in 2011.

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MEET THE PROSNo. 69 – Kara LaPoint from Truckee, California (pronounced Care-Uh)Nickname: Kare-bearwww.karalapoint.com / @karalapointBorn: December 1, 1986This year: Finished a career-best 2nd at XTERRA CostaRica, was third at XTERRA Oak Mountain, 6th at XTERRABeaver Creek, and 3rd at XTERRA Dominican Republic.Also went to Europe where she was 15th at XTERRASwitzerland, 12th at XTERRA France, and 5th at the PanAm Champs.  Finished 3rd in Pan Am Pro Series.Last year: Finished 6th at the XTERRA WestChampionship, 8th at the Southeast Championship, and acareer-best 5th at the East Championship despite turningher ankle a mile before the finish. Was 7th at the USAChampionship 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 fittestand strongest I have ever been right now — especially onthe bike, and I know I’ve prepared as best as possible forthe race. I’ve raced in Maui four times now, and have beenreally fortunate to be able to improve my results here everyyear, and have a good race each time. I’m really hopeful Ican continue that streak of improvement and successfulMaui race days, and will be shooting for a top-10performance out there this year.Credentials: Fourth year racing XTERRA, third as a pro.Won the 25-29 division XTERRA World Championship in2013 before going pro.

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

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MEET THE PROSNo. 71 – Mieko Carey from Japan (living in Guam)Born: April 27, 1978This year: Finished 3rd at XTERRA Philippines and 2nd atXTERRA Saipan.Last year: Finished 4th in the Philippines, 3rd in Saipan,3rd in Guam, 8th in Malaysia, and won the XTERRA JapanChampionship for the fourth time.In Maui: Has raced Worlds eight times and her best finishwas 13th.Thoughts: I am feeling good. I have recovered from my leginjury 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. Iam hoping for big waves. Hopefully this will help me putsome time on the competition. My goal is top ten everyyear, but it's tough with the field. My coach, JosiahMiddaugh, has me ready. I just need to put it all together onrace day and have a good race. Credentials: Four time XTERRA Japan Champion

No. 72 – Katharine Carter from Vancouver, B.C., CAN@katjcarterBorn: September 30, 1986This year: Placed 4th at XTERRA Mine over Matter, 4th atXTERRA Beaver Creek, 6th at XTERRA DominicanRepublic, 9th at XTERRA Mexico, and 8th at the Pan AmChamps. Finished 6th in Pan Am Pro Series.In Maui: Finished 22nd last year, 2nd in the 25-29 divisionCredentials: Did her first XTERRA in 2012 and improveddramatically at every race since.Won the 25-29 divisionUSA Championship in 2013.Also: Is a biomedical engineer, working for an orthopaedicclinic doing research on new MRI sequences.

No. 73 – Caroline Colonna from Taos, New Mexico @carolinecolonnaBorn: April 20, 1964This year: Finished a career-best 5th at XTERRA CostaRica, was 6th at XTERRA Oak Mountain, 7th at XTERRAMine over Matter, 10th at XTERRA Beaver Creek, and 10that the Pan Am Champs.Last year: Finished 12th at the XTERRA SoutheastChampionship, 10th at the XTERRA MountainChampionship, and 9th at Nationals. Credentials: Did her first-ever XTERRA in 2000. Won the45-49 XTERRA World Championship in 2010. Finished 13thin the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series last year.

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MEET THE PROSNo. 74 – Michelle Flipo from Mexico (living in France)2016 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONBorn: June 15, 1988This year: Won XTERRA Switzerland and the XTERRAEuropean 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, 1986This year: Finished 2nd at XTERRA Malta, 5th at Greece,3rd in Belgium, 9th in Switzerland, 10th in France, and 7that 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@SnyderSuzieBorn: 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 theinaugural Pan Am Pro Series and USA titles.Last year: Won her first-ever major at the XTERRA NewZealand Championship, was 4th at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship, 3rd at the West Champs, third at theSoutheast Champs, won the East Championship (her firstU.S. major) and was 5th at the Mountain Champs. Shecrashed pre-riding for XTERRA Mexico and fractured herpelvis in early August, returned to finish the USAChampionship and secure 2nd place in final U.S. standings.Thoughts: “I'm feeling healthy, ready and excited! Startingthe season I didn't know if I'd be able to race the Tour, sowinning the Tour was an amazing feeling! I think I'm closeto, if not faster than I've ever been so I'm ready to see thathard work pay off on race day. I know there will be a lot ofstrong competition from women I haven't raced yet so I'mexcited to see what I'm up against. My goal on race day isto 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 bestseason as an elite with five wins this year. Finished in thetop 5 of the U.S. Pro Series five straight years. Is the 2012and 2016 elite women’s XTERRA National Champion(awarded to the top American in the U.S. Pro Series). Wonfour National Titles as an amateur and the 20-24 divisionXTERRA World Title in 2004 and 2006 before going pro.

XTERRA WORLDS PROPURSE INFORMATION

XTERRA World ChampionshipPro 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” award is given to the pro and amateur man andwoman with the fastest combined XTERRA World Championship and IronmanHawaii Championship time Pro athletes are awarded $2,500 with the top amateurman and woman winning a 4-night stay at a Maui Outrigger Resort. American BenHoffman 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 of13:28:52, just over five minutes faster than Jorg Schneider of Germany. NicoleValentine of Maryland won the women’s double (14:10:38) for the second straightyear despite racing through an injury.

THE OUTRIGGER RESORTS DOUBLE

OUTRIGGER RESORTSELITE DOUBLE WINNERS2015: Ben Hoffman (11:55:18)2014: Bart Aernouts (11:07:24) 2012: Sebastian Kienle (11:03:38)2010: Eneko Llanos (11:02:46)

Julie Dibens (12:09:36)2009: Eneko Llanos (11:15:17)2008: Eneko Llanos (11:03:39)

Sibylle Matter (13:12:08)2007: Eneko Llanos (11:17:17)

Erika Csomor (13:12:50)2006: Eneko Llanos (11:09:17)

Sibylle Matter (13:24:06)2005: Peter Reid (11:10:09)

Kate Major (12:51:01)2004: Peter Reid (11:27:59)

Heather Fuhr (13:18:17)2003: Peter Reid (11:03:50)

Heather Fuhr (12:42:03)2002: Peter Reid (11:18:23)

Arianne Gutknecht (13:30:26)2001: Cameron Widoff (11:54:30)

Wendy Ingraham (13:37:04)2000: Peter Reid (11:05:07)

Beth Zinkland (13:15:26)1999: Olivier Bernhart (11:05:09)

Uli Blank (13:09:57)1998: Peter Reid (10:59:49)

Wendy Ingraham (12:58:32)

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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

Virginia Sellars Vernon, B.C., Canada F40-44 11:34:44

Karsten Olsen Fredericia, Denmark M60-64 11:52:00

Mark Alderman Rutland, VT, USA M50-54 11:57:37

Janie White Paradise Valley, AZ, USA F55-59 12:04:27

Megan Arthur Hamilton, New Zealand F40-44 12:42:24

Mitchell Wendorff Wailuku, HI, USA M30-34 13:29:15

Scott Perrine Gilbert, AZ, USA M45-49 13:58:41

Marcy Fleming Kailua, HI, USA F55-59 15:29:44

2015 Outrigger Resorts Doublers

Name Division IM Time XTERRA Total

Ben Hoffman, USA Pro 9:05:22 2:49:56 11:55:18

Arnaud Bouvier, FRA M 45-49 10:10:35 3:18:17 13:28:52

Jorg Schneider, GER M 45-49 10:08:11 3:26:21 13:34:32

Nicole Valentine, USA F 30-34 10:25:49 3:44:49 14:10:38

Mike Johnston, NZL M 45-49 10:56:31 3:17:26 14:13:57

Megan Arthur, NZL F 40-44 11:43:22 3:50:32 15:33:54

Uta Knape, GER F 40-44 11:36:17 4:07:20 15:43:37

Janie White, USA F 55-59 11:49:45 4:22:08 16:11:53

Marina Klemm, GER F 40-44 13:04:35 4:07:35 17:12:10

Rob Kronkhyte, USA M 55-59 14:27:48 4:15:22 18:43:10

Richard Byyny, USA M 40-44 15:48:52 3:30:04 19:18:56

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LOCAL FAVORITES - THE HAWAII RACERSMaui triathletes Gerry Clark - who won the 30-34 division in1997 - Joe Alueta, and Steve Fisher (pictured right) are theonly three racers to have done all 20 XTERRA WorldChampionship races since the inaugural 1996 event.

“1996 seems so far away in time,” said Fisher, who isfamous for training with his parrot Hi’ilani. “I am very proudto have been there from the beginning and really respect allthe work TEAM Unlimited has down to make XTERRA soawesome.”

Scott Brand, 48, a biomedical engineer at Kapi‘olaniMedical Center for Women and Children will be racing theXTERRA 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-wiseeach year.

“Every year I lose about 20lbs preparing for the race. In2013 I lost 60lbs. Everyone at work asked me what I did,and I tell them XTERRA Training. I love the spirit ofXTERRA. The staff, volunteers and athletes are alwaysgiving, supportive, and really cool. I will be an XTERRA agegroup World Champion one day, even if I have to race till I’m150 years young.”

Lorenn Walker has done 16 XTERRA Worlds, and won herdivision five times during a six-year stretch between 1999-2004. There are only two Hawaii racers who have wonmore than five, Wendy Minor and Ed Fattoumy.

Minor won her eighth title in 2015, and was the firstwomen’s 70-74 division champion.

Then there is Fouad “Ed” Fattoumy who has won thephysically challenged open division XTERRA World Title 10times in 11 years since 2005. Ed emigrated from Moroccomore than a decade ago, and was in a hit-and-run accidentwith a car while riding his bike. The accident left him withspinal cord damage and chronic fatigue. The effects,similar to that of Spinal Stenosis - a condition due tonarrowing of the spinal cord causing nerve pinching whichleads to persistent pain in the buttocks, limping, lack offeeling in the lower extremities, and decreased physicalactivity, hasn’t stopped him from winning and flashing thatbrilliant smile of his.

Marcy Fleming, an extraordinary 55-year-old woman fromKailua, is racing XTERRA Worlds for the sixth time since2004 and also doing the “Double” by competing in both the

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LOCAL FAVORITES - THE HAWAII RACERSIronman and XTERRA World Championships. Marcy is theonly local woman and one of just 16 athletes doing bothraces but what makes her story so interesting is that hergreat grandfather is D.T. Fleming, the plantation manager ofHonolua 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 thatHawaii needed to diversify its agricultural base, hetransitioned Honolua out of cattle ranching and intoPineapples,” explained Fleming. “On the lands where willbe riding, he grew everything from mangoes towatermelons. DT spoke fluent Hawaiian, and in the 1940sand '50s, enabled his company's employees to obtainmortgages and buy house lots in West Maui. There are twoarboretums that bear his name, one on West Maui and theother at Puu Mahoe in Haleakala. His son, my grandfather,was a doctor on Maui who continued his tradition of givingback to the community. I'm proud to be riding on these landsand think that both DT and Dr. Jim would appreciate thatXTERRA is doing much to diversify tourism in Hawaii.”

Another local athlete who knows the area quite well is RyanKirkham, 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 afamily, we have played the role of spectators several timesat this race. After a few years of watching in awe, I wasn'tsure if I should (a) be inspired by these tremendous athletesor (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 haveMaui High School science teacher Mitch Wendorff, who isalso doing the double.

And the title of Hawaii’s fastest XTERRA racer has to go toSergio Florian, 36, who won the local qualifier at XTERRAFreedom Fest for the third straight year and was Hawaii’stop finisher last year in 175th place overall.

Florian, who was born in Argentina, moved to SouthernCalifornia at the age of 12 and has been living in Kaaawasince 2007, says we should look out for Jacob Pembrook, alifeguard on Kauai.

“He's super excited about racing XTERRA the last fewyears, and was 3rd at Freedom Fest this year and lookingstrong.”

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2015 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEWNovember 1, 2015 (Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii) - JosiahMiddaugh, 37, from Eagle-Vail, Colorado and Flora Duffy,28, from Devonshire, Bermuda won the 20th XTERRAWorld Championship off-road triathlon elite titles on anincredibly scenic day in Kapalua, Maui.

It’s the first XTERRA World Title for Middaugh after 15attempts, and he becomes the first American to win Worldssince Michael Tobin back in 2000. For Duffy, the win marksa perfect season with five straight wins, her secondXTERRA World Championship in a row, and 12th XTERRAmajor victory in her last 13 attempts since the start of 2014.

More than 800 endurance athletes from 43 countriesparticipated in the event, which started in the relatively calmwaters of the Pacific Ocean at D.T. Fleming Beach,continued with a 20-mile mountain bike that traversed theWest Maui Mountains, and finished with a grueling 6.5-miletrail run. There was more than 4,000-feet of combinedclimbing on the bike and run courses.

After 15 years of trying Josiah Middaugh has his worldtitle…“15th time’s a charm,” Middaugh said to the crowd ashe crossed the line, barefoot, holding the finish tape and anAmerican flag with his son Porter and daughter Larsen byhis side (his oldest son Sullivan and wife Ingrid were watch-ing in admiration). “I haven’t planned a single thing beyondthis day so this is the end and the beginning right here, it’samazing.”

The men’s race started out as expected with all the fastswimmers getting an early jump … Courtney Atkinson, BenAllen, Jens Roth, Mauricio Mendez and Sam Osborne werethe first to hit the 20-mile bike course.

What wasn’t expected was how well Middaugh would swim.He was still two minutes behind the swim leaders, but moreimportantly he was side-by-side with Ruzafa. Last year hewas 1:41 down on Ruzafa coming out of the water.

“You never know how you are going to feel, you always feelsluggish the morning of the race. I felt good in the waterthough and I was psyched to come out with Ruben,” saidMiddaugh.

Those two worked their way to the front of the pack on thebike in no time but after a crash set Middaugh back, Ruzafapounced.

“I felt really good on the bike,” said Middaugh. “I was ridingwith Ruben and then I had a spill on an off-camber corner.It was a little wet, lost my front tire and went down. It wasjust enough to lose 20 seconds to Ruben, and I was able tostay in that gap but some people filled in – Paco (FranciscoSerrano) and Braden (Currie). Then I came down andwashed out over another corner, turned the handlebars overand was then 45 seconds behind Ruben and I was just try-ing to keep it. Last year he put 45 seconds on me on thelast five miles, this year he put one-minute on me. Nothingyou can do, he’s an amazing rider.”

Ruzafa did indeed put some time on the pack, but the efforttook its toll. “At the top of the climb I passed Josiah and I putsome time into him and arrived 1:45 at T2, but my body wasnot the same and I exploded on the run,” he explained.

“I caught Ruben right before the lake at the big climb. I wasmaking back 20-30 seconds a mile on him. I was shocked.Last year he was climbing at the same speed as I was. Iwas charging as hard as I could, I was lifting my knees andpumping as hard as I could go and I knew I was comingback on him. It felt good.”

In the women’s race Flora Duffy was determined. “I had thebig target on my back, and I came here with a mission. Iwanted to defend, and got away with that by the skin of myteeth today,” said Duffy. “I really struggled. Hit a tree, slideout on a corner, fell in a big mud puddle, and all the whilethe time gap between me and Lesley was getting smallerand smaller.”

Duffy had the fastest women’s swim split (5th overall) andwas 3:45 up on two-time XTERRA World Champion LesleyPaterson out of the water. Paterson posted the best bikesplit to pull back a couple of minutes and was seemingly instriking distance heading out on the run.

“There were moments out there when I questioned it,” saidDuffy. “I really, really struggled on the bike this year, notsure why I just couldn’t stay on my bike, it wasn’t flowing.You have one of those days that everything goes wrong,that was my day. There were times on that run when I hadno idea if I could hold on.”

In the end Duffy took the tape in 2:54:17, five minutes infront of Paterson. “It was a tough day. For everybody it'stough. You have obstacles you have to get over.”

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2015 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTSTOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name - Age, Hometown Final Time Purse1 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 WOMENPl Name - Age, Hometown Final Time Purse1 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)Div Name Hometown Time15-19 Hayden Wilde Whakatane, NZL 2:59:4620-24 Charly Sibille Montmorot, France 2:58:0825-29 (2) Martin Kostelnicak Bratislava, Slovakia 2:56:2330-34 * Christophe Betard Epinal, France 2:56:0035-39 Oscar Garcia Pilar, Argentina 2:59:2840-44 (2) Martin Flinta Molndal, Sweden 2:57:1045-49 (6) Calvin Zaryski Calgary, Canada 3:01:0950-54 (2) Benoit Lalevee Saint Nazaire, France 3:10:2855-59 Philippe Costet Vandoeuvre, France 3:27:0260-64 Peter Dann Eagle, Colorado 3:44:0765-69 (3) Bruce Wacker Kailua Kona, Hawaii 4:17:5770-74 Steffen Neuendorff Wald-Michelbach, GER 5:46:54PC (10) Fouad Fattoumy Honolulu, HI 3:47:12

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)Div Name Hometown Time15-19 Clara Clemmensen Taastrup, Denmark 3:55:5520-24 Larissa Rabago Guadalajara, Mexico 3:40:4825-29 (3) Elizabeth Gruber Colorado Springs, Colo 3:26:4430-34 Susi Pawel Dresden, Germany 3:39:1535-39 * Julie Baker Sonora, California 3:25:5140-44 (3) Mimi Stockton Stevensville, Michigan 3:29:0645-49 Catherine Gance Cergy, France 3:57:4350-54 (2) Carol Rasmussen Karlslunde, Denmark 3:44:3255-59 Sharon McDowell-Larsen Colorado Springs, Colo 3:51:5660-64 (6) Cindi Toepel Littleton, Colorado 4:23:3165-69 (3) Libby Harrow Fruita, Colorado 6:01:0070-74 (8) Wendy Minor Kamuela, Hawaii 6:17:18

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2014 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEWOctober 25, 2014 (Ritz-Carlton Kapalua, Maui, HI) - Oneelite became an instant legend in her home country andanother solidified his status among XTERRA’s all-timegreats at the 19th running of the XTERRA WorldChampionship.

Flora Duffy, who first dreamed of becoming a worldchampion when she was 8-years-old, became the first protriathlete from Bermuda to win a triathlon world title andRuben Ruzafa from Spain captured his third XTERRA WorldChampionship and wrapped up a perfect season thatfeatured nine straight wins, the XTERRA European TourChampionship, the ITU Cross Triathlon WorldChampionship and the XTERRA USA Championship.

More than 800 endurance athletes from around the worldparticipated in the off-road triathlon, which started andfinished at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua hotel on Maui. Thecourse consisted of a 1-mile swim, a 20-mile mountain bike,and a 6- mile trail run.

It used to be all about the bike for Ruben Ruzafa, who hasnow posted the fastest bike split at all three XTERRA WorldChampionship races he’s entered (and won) , but now he’salmost just as strong at swimming and running.

“I feel great, it’s incredible. Until you finish the race you don'tknow if you are going to win. Today, I knew it was going tobe hard because Josiah was really good. I am surprisedbecause I swam very well… but Josiah did really well in theride, and running of course he was very fast. So, it wasn’tuntil the end of the course that I knew he was not there.”

Ruzafa came out of the water less than one-minute behindthe leaders and made all that up and more to take the leadon the bike by the six-mile mark when he passed the other11 riders in front of him and finally Ben Allen. Moreimportantly, his 20:51 swim split was 1:45 faster than histoughest opponent, Josiah Middaugh.

He extended the gap on Middaugh by 50-seconds on thebike and even though the American XTERRA icon ran morethan a minute faster in the final leg of the race, it wasn’tenough. Here’s how Middaugh explained it…

“I knew I had to have a really good swim. I had a great starttoday and I had the best swim I’ve ever had here. I was alittle over two minutes behind the lead, but really close to the

people I was racing with but Ruben was off ahead with aneven better swim. He wasn’t too far off the front. I caught thetop 5 on the bike really early and I put together the best raceI have done here. It wasn’t quite enough to win but I'm veryhappy with second. I feel like I pushed really hard all theway through. I feel like I emptied the tank like 50 times andput every single thing into this race. Best day I’ve had.”

In the women’s race nothing could stop Flora Duffy, not amechanical, not even a wicked crash that sent her flying intothe bushes and ripped holes in her racing kit.

“I crashed so hard, I literally don't know how I got back onmy bike,” said Duffy. “You know how it’s a steep gnarlydecent, I hit a root awkwardly and just flew into the treeshead first with the bike on top of me. I was lucky I landed inthe bushes. Then, five minutes later I had a mechanical. Itwas a hard day out there.”

It was even harder for all the elite women trying to keep upwith Duffy. Last year’s women’s winner Nicky Samuels didher best, but said she lacked the fitness after her break fromITU racing.

“I had a break after the ITU season so I think 3rd is aboutwhere my fitness is, and to hold on to 3rd place was goodenough for me,” said Samuels.

Riveros, who was the runner-up two years ago and finishedfourth last year, worked her way back into the second spotthis year.

“I’m very, very proud of Flora,” said Riveros. “I'm happy forher for getting the title for her country. She’s a role model.She’s very strong and I knew she was the big contenderhere and she more than proved that today so clap for herand congratulations to everyone.”

Emma Garrard continues to shine bright as America’s topfemale racer with a fourth-place showing .

Helena Erbenova was several minutes behind the leadersafter the swim but coupled a great bike and run to work herway into fifth despite crashing on the bike.

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2014 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTSTOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse1 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 WOMENPl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse1 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)Div Name Hometown Time15-19 Maxim Chane Falicon, France 2:55:3720-24 Thomas Kerner Burglengenfeld, GER 2:53:2725-29 Martin Kostelnicak Bratislava, Slovakia 2:52:5830-34 * Guillaume Jeannin Bergholtz-Zell, France 2:46:2135-39 Johann Mathis Le Tholy, France 2:57:3440-44 Martin Flinta Molndal, Sweden 2:53:1145-49 Tom Evans Penticton, Canada 2:54:4150-54 Dennis Farrell Littleton, Colorado 3:11:0055-59 (2) Dennis Brinson Carson City, Nevada 3:20:5860-64 Johnny Davis Boulder, Colorado 3:40:2765-69 (2) David Rakita Durango, Colorado 4:10:3970-74 (9) Peter Wood La Jolla, California 4:43:18CA (9) Fouad Fattoumy Honolulu, Hawaii 3:40:00

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)Div Name Hometown Time15-19 (5) Hannah Rae Finchamp Altadena, California 3:30:5220-24 Natia Van Heerden Hazyview, South Africa 3:29:0825-29 * Brittany Webster Canmore, Canada 3:17:3630-34 Laurianne Levasseur Nantes, France 3:34:1435-39 Nadine Mueller Canmore, Canada 3:25:5740-44 Kelli Montgomery Wallingford, Connecticut 3:40:2445-49 Riikka Vreeswijk-Kelja Gorinchem, Netherlands 3:30:2750-54 (2) Tamara Tabeek San Diego, California 3:51:1855-59 Martha Buttner Boulder, Colorado 4:05:1060-64 (5) Cindi Toepel Littleton, Colorado 4:25:4665-69 Linda Usher West Upton, MA 5:48:52CA (2) Judith Abrahams Anchorage, Alaska 5:20:13

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2013 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEWRitz-Carlton, Kapalua (October 27, 2013) - Maui turned upthe heat and the competition last year as more than 700endurance athletes from around the world participated inthe ultimate XTERRA at The Ritz-Carlton Kapalua hotel onMaui. Temperatures approaching 90 degrees turned it into arace of attrition as much as a race of competition.

Ruben Ruzafa from Spain made a triumphant return to thetop of the XTERRA World Championship podium aftercompleting the course in 2 hours, 34 minutes, 34 seconds.Nicky Samuels from New Zealand took the women’s title inher first appearance at the XTERRA World Championship.She finished the course in 2:57:48.

Ruzafa, who is 30 and resides in Malaga, Spain, won the2013 XTERRA World Championship for the second time inhis career last year (and he hasn’t lost a race since).

“We knew that it was a really hot day,” Ruzafa said. “I drinka lot (of water). I drink three bottles on the bike so I canmake it to the run relatively fresh. I pushed hard and I’mvery, very happy.”

Ruzafa trailed the leaders by around two minutes after theswim, but he more than made up for it with an astonishingbike ride. He finished with a bike split of 1:30:11, which wasthe fastest of the day by more than a minute. He eventuallyreeled in all the leaders on the bike, and had a lead of about45 seconds entering the run.

“I was really surprised,” Ruzafa said of his ability to pass theother pros on the bike. Nobody got close to Ruzafa on therun, and he eventually finished 1 minute, 27 seconds,ahead of the rest of the field.

“Two (XTERRA) championships is really, really good forme,” he said. “It’s a dream.”

The women’s race had no such drama at the front, asSamuels jumped into the lead early in the bike and stayedsomewhat-comfortably in front the rest of the way.

“A bit shocked, really,” Samuels said of her successful debutat the XTERRA World Championship. “I didn’t know how mydescending skills, or lack of, was going to stand up to theother girls.”

Samuels, 30, who raced for New Zealand at the London

Olympics and normally focuses on ITU road events, andsaid she practiced her mountain biking for only three weeksprior to this race. Still, she was able to post the second-fastest bike split among the females at 1:49:36.

“I thought it would be hot and thought there would be a lotof sandy stuff on the bike,” she said. “I guess that’s what itmight have been, but more of a mountain bike course withberms and jumps and things. It was kind of like a schoolcross country race when you’re 5 or 6. It was fun, somethingdifferent and a nice way to end the season.”

She is the first female from New Zealand to win theXTERRA World Championship (Hamish Carter took themen’s title in 2006). Her victory ended the successful run ofScotland’s Lesley Paterson, who was the two-time defend-ing XTERRA women’s world champ and had posted sevenconsecutive XTERRA race victories leading up to this year’sWorlds.

“I just didn’t feel like I had the legs from the start and that’sa horrible course to feel like that,” said Paterson, 33.

Paterson said she knew midway through the bike thatvictory was probably out of reach, but she still displayed herchampion spirit by tracking down two fellow pros on the runto take second place. Paterson finished the bike in fourth,but passed Barbara Riveros first on the run, then staged alate surge to pass Flora Duffy in the final 100 meters of therun.

“I came off the bike just way down, not where I wanted tobe, and I just fought all the way,” she said.

Paterson finished in 3:00:14, including the fastest run splitof the day at 43:55.

Duffy, who is an Olympian from Bermuda, finished in third –five seconds after Paterson – for an impressive debut of herown at the XTERRA Worlds. “I’m shocked,” she said.“Coming into this race, I was kind of here just for fun.”

On Paterson’s late pass for second place, Duffy said: “Icouldn’t respond. I was just hoping there was nobodybehind Lesley.” Riveros, who is an Olympian from Chile andplaced second at the 2012 XTERRA Worlds, took fourth thisyear with a time of 3:01:43.

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2013 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTSTOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse1 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 WOMENPl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse1 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)Div Name Hometown Time15-19 Mauricio Mendez* Mexico City, Mexico 2:45:4820-24 Clement Briere Bretteville, France 2:53:2325-29 Albert Soley Bigues, Spain 2:53:2730-34 Oliver Pichou Canteleu, France 2:56:1935-39 Romaric Delepine Zimming, France 2:50:4540-44 (4) Thomas Vonach Schwarzach, Austria 2:58:1045-49 (5) Calvin Zaryski Calgary, Canada 2:58:3150-54 Tim Sheeper Menlo Park, California 3:13:3855-59 (4) Tom Monica Thousand Oaks, Calif. 3:28:1860-64 (4) John Royson Albany, California 3:34:5165-69 (2) Bruce Wacker Nelson, New Zealand 4:29:0370-74 (8) Peter Wood La Jolla, California 5:07:5975-79 (2) Ron Hill Hayden, Idaho 7:12:11PC (8) Ed Fattoumy Honolulu, HI 3:52:13

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)Div Name Hometown Time15-19 (4) Hannah Rae Finchamp* Altadena, California 3:11:0220-24 (2) Elizabeth Gruber Redding, California 3:29:1325-29 Kara Lapoint Truckee, California 3:28:2430-34 Debby Sullivan Roseville, California 3:37:4635-39 Jennifer Todd Newbury Parks, Calif. 3:39:3340-44 (2) Mimi Stockton Stevensville, Michigan 3:33:0945-49 Kim Beckinsale Noosa Heads, Australia 3:28:3850-54 (2) Anne Gonzales Aspen, Colorado 3:23:5355-59 (2) Lucia Colbert Cordova, Tennessee 4:11:1660-64 Beverly Watson Priddis, Canada 4:15:0565-69 (7) Wendy Minor Kamuela, Hawaii 6:09:21

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2012 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEWRitz-Carlton, Kapalua (October 28, 2012) -A tsunamiwarning for the Hawaiian Islands was canceled early onSunday morning, and then Javier Gomez Noya and LesleyPaterson went out and stormed the competition at the 2012XTERRA World Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Kapaluaon the island of Maui.

Gomez Noya was the overall winner, completing the course(1.5-kilometer swim, 30K mountain bike, 10K trail run) in 2hours, 26 minutes, 50 seconds. The 29-year-old from Spainfollowed up his silver medal performance at the 2012Olympics with an impressive victory in his inauguralXTERRA appearance.

Paterson was the top female, not only repeating heraccomplishment of a year ago, but bettering it. She finishedwith a time of 2:44:11, which was nearly two minutes fasterthan her winning time of a year ago.

A capacity – and XTERRA World Championship record –field of 750 athletes from around the world participated inthe event, which was held on Maui for the 17th consecutiveyear.

As if the lead-in drama to the event were not enough, atsunami warning was issued for all of the Hawaiian Islandlate Saturday night. Many of the athletes stayed up latetrying to get updates on the tsunami, and some were evenevacuated from their hotels or homes.

“I think maybe some of the athletes had to evacuate or hadto stay up a little bit later, but I don’t think it had a biginfluence on the race,” said Conrad Stoltz, who placed thirdoverall. “I think we were lucky to have a fair worldchampionship.”

Indeed, the conditions did not adversely affect the race,although an expected swell did create a rougher-than-normal ocean swim.

All of the XTERRA pros know who Javier Gomez Noya is.He is, after all, a two-time ITU triathlon world champ in addi-tion to the 2012 Olympic silver medalist. They just didn’tknow how good he might be on an XTERRA course. Heturned out to be exceptional. Gomez Noya made quite theXTERRA debut, running away to the overall win.

“I didn’t expect that,” Gomez Noya said. “I had a really good

swim ... but I knew these guys like Conrad (Stoltz) and thegood mountain bikers, they are much better than me, espe-cially on the technical sections, so my tactic was try to pushreally hard uphill because then you can go hard uphill andthen on the downhill just not even try to go crazy fast, justtry to recover and avoid crashing. It worked pretty well.”

After breaking through for her first XTERRA WorldChampionship last year, Paterson did it again. She was thetop female, finishing with a time of 2:44:11.

“It was perfect from start to finish for me,” she said. “I’vedone some great training leading up to this. This was my bigfocus of the year, and it panned out exactly how I wanted itto.”

The 32-year-old from Scotland (pictured) took the lead earlyin the bike and then ran away from the other women. Shefinished more than four minutes ahead of runner-up BarbaraRiveros (2:48:18) from Chile. Marie Rabie from South Africawas third in 2:53:55, and Heather Jackson from Carlsbad,Calif., was fourth in 2:54:12. Riveros, Rabie and Jacksonwere all making their XTERRA World Championship debuts.

Among the age-group amateurs, a pair of Californiateenagers took the spotlight. Neilson Powless (pictured)from Roseville, Calif., was the top overall amateur with atime of 2:42:35, while Hannah Rae Finchamp fromAltadena, Calif., was the top female amateur in 3:05:55.

Powless is 16 and a sophomore at Roosevelt High School;Finchamp is 16 and a junior at Maranatha High School.They are the youngest male and female to ever win the titleof top overall amateur at the XTERRA World Championship.

It is also the first age-group XTERRA world title for Powless.Finchamp is now a three-time XTERRA world champ in thefemale 15-19 age group.

Powless exited the water in 15th place among the ama-teurs, but he eventually caught them all. His overall finish-ing time was 14 seconds ahead of New Zealand’s OliverShaw.

Finchamp’s win wasn’t nearly as close, as she finishedmore than seven minutes ahead of the next amateurfemale. Her finishing time would have placed her 13thamong the pro women.

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2012 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTSTOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse1 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 Tim Don 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 WOMENPl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse1 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)Div Name Hometown Time15-19 Neilson Powless* Roseville, CA 2:42:3520-24 Oliver Shaw Rotorua, New Zealand 2:42:4925-29 (2) Jiri Klima Osek, Czech 2:44:4630-34 (3) Tim Van Daele Burcht, Belgium 2:43:5935-39 Antonio Martin Del Campo Guadalajara, Mexico 2:53:1140-44 (3) Thomas Vonach Schwarzach, Austria 2:48:2845-49 Benoit Lalevee St.Nazaire, France 2:55:4050-54 (3) Casey Fannin Birmingham, Alabama 3:09:0055-59 Dennis Brinson Carson City, Nevada 3:13:0360-64 Tryg Fortun Kenmore, Washington 3:24:1065-69 Michal Mogrovics Olomouc, Czech 3:56:5270-74 Roger Kern Scotts Valley, California 5:30:3875-79 Nathaniel Grew Costa Rica 6:06:56CEO Mike Cabigon Edmonton, Canada 2:52:15PC (7) Fouad Fattoumy Honolulu, Hawaii 3:34:22

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)Div Name Hometown Time15-19 (3) Hannah Rae Finchamp* Altadena, California 3:05:5520-24 Elizabeth Gruber Redding, California 3:23:0425-29 Becci Kaltenmeier Freiburg, Germany 3:21:4830-34 Sarah Backler Tauranga, New Zealand 3:14:5535-39 Kristen Tamburrino St. Catharines, Canada 3:21:2540-44 Mimi Stockton Stevensville, Michigan 3:20:4145-49 Carol Rasmussen Karlslunde, Denmark 3:33:0950-54 Anne Gonzales Aspen, Colorado 3:13:0055-59 Lucia Colbert Cordova, Tennessee 3:49:5560-64 (2) Sharon Prutton Christchurch, NZL 4:00:4365-69 (2) Kathy Frank Santa Cruz, California 6:07:13PC Judith Abrahams Kenai, Alaska 5:41:22

(#) denotes number of World Championships won*Top Amateurs

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October 23, 2011 (Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua - Maui) - A newvenue served as a fitting place to crown new XTERRA worldchampions.

The 16th XTERRA World Championship turned into a sweetcelebration for Michael Weiss, Lesley Paterson andKapalua, Maui.

Weiss and Paterson earned their first XTERRA world titleson a new course that was described as both beautiful andbrutal. After 15 previous years at Makena, the XTERRAWorld Championship off-road triathlon moved to theRitz-Carlton Kapalua this year. A total of 675 athletesrepresenting 28 countries and 42 states participated in theevent, which featured a 1.5-kilometer swim, a 30-kilometermountain bike and a 10-kilometer trail run.

Alexander Haas of Germany and Tamara Donelson ofColorado took the overall world titles among the amateurage-group competitors.

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

Ryan Ignatz of Colorado was the second amateur in2:36:53. His wife, Maia Ignatz, also won an age-group worldtitle. Ryan took the men’s 30-34 age division, while Maiaplaced 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 her14th among all the females. It was quite a contrast from lastyear’s XTERRA World Championship, when Donelsonneeded medical assistance on the bike course after shecrashed. One of the brake handles on her bike puncturedher arm, and racer/Dr. Kathy Coutinho and other competi-tors came to her aid to help stop the bleeding before helparrived.

“My goal for this year was to be first amateur at XTERRANationals and Worlds, and I’m blown away that I’vemanaged to achieve those goals,” said Donelson, 36. “I’mnot getting any younger, and after last year, I realized thatanything can happen so I decided I wanted to make this abig year and I trained really hard for it.”

Donelson is originally from Australia, but now resides inEdwards, Colo., where she works as a personal trainer.

“Having accomplished this, I think I’d like to look into turningpro next year,” she said.

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2011 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTSTOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse1 Michael Weiss 30 Vienna, Austria 2:27:00 $20,0002 Dan Hugo 26 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:27:33 $12,0003 Eneko Llanos 34 Victoria-Gasteiz, Spain 2:28:26 $7,0004 Josiah Middaugh 33 Vail, Colorado 2:29:14 $4,0005 Ivan Rana 39 Ordes, Spain 2:29:31 $2,5006 Olivier Marceau 38 Switzerland 2:29:40 $1,5007 Ronny Dietz 33 Chemnitz, Germany 2:29:47 $1,0008 Richard Ussher 35 Nelson, New Zealand 2:29:54 $8009 Jan Kubicek 31 Chodov City, Czech Republic 2:30:54 $60010 Christopher Legh 38 Lyons, Colorado 2:31:10 $500Also: Sam Gardner, Jan Frodeno, Nicolas Lebrun, Mike Vine, Tim DeBoom

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Time Purse1 Lesley Paterson 31 San Diego, Calif. (Scotland) 2:45:59 $20,0002 Marion Lorblanchet 28 Clermont Ferrand, France 2:48:08 $12,0003 Helena Erbenová 32 Czech Republic 2:51:51 $7,0004 Renata Bucher 34 Lucerne, Switzerland 2:52:02 $4,0005 Danelle Kabush 36 Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2:54:35 $2,5006 Erin Densham 26 Melbourne, Australia 2:57:46 $1,5007 Sara Tarkington 30 Boulder, Colorado 2:57:59 $1,0008 Emma Garrard 30 Park City, Utah 2:58:42 $8009 Brandi Heisterman 36 Brackendale, B.C., Canada 3:03:39 $60010 Jessica Noyola 29 San Diego, California 3:04:25Also: 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)Div Name Hometown Time15-19 Marvin Gruget France 2:35:2220-24 (2) Alexander Haas Germany 2:33:3725-29 Daniel Carleton South Africa 2:49:2130-34 Ryan Ignatz Boulder, Colorado 2:36:5335-39 (2) Thomas Vonach Schwarzach, Austria 2:40:1040-44 (4) Calvin Zaryski Calgary, Canada 2:39:2845-49 (2) Mark Geoghegan Honolulu, Hawaii 2:50:1750-54 David Maclean Ludington, Michigan 3:02:3655-59 Jaroslav Balatka Czech Republic 3:19:5660-64 Mike Lyons New Zealand 3:52:5265-69 (2) Bruce Wacker Colorado Springs 3:33:2770+ (2) John Stover Jackson, Michigan 4:37:55CEO Mike Byam Grand Rapids, Michigan 4:10:00PC (6) Fouad Fattoumy Honolulu, Hawaii 3:32:51

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)Div Name Hometown Time15-19 (2) Hannah Rae Finchamp Altadena, California 3:16:1620-24 Danielle Kehoe Arvada, Colorado 3:22:1425-29 Lizzie Orchard Auckland, New Zealand 3:10:0530-34 Maia Ignatz Boulder, Colorado 3:12:4435-39 Tamara Donelson Edwards, Colorado 3:09:4740-44 Kim Baldwin Boulder, Colorado 3:22:5245-49 Sue Lambert Anchorage, Alaska 3:30:4250-54 Tamara Tabeek San Diego, California 3:29:0455-59 (6) Barbara Peterson Berkeley, California 3:56:5260-64 (4) Cindi Toepel Littleton, Colorado 3:59:45CEO Cheryl Iseberg Fircrest, Washington 5:51:40

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2010 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTSTOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse1 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 WOMENPl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse1 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 3:13:38Also: 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)Div Name Hometown Time15-19 Hannah Rae Finchamp Altadena, California 3:43:1020-24 Bettina Uhlig Freiburg, Germany 3:27:5525-29 Luisa Bryce Denver, Colorado 3:29:1330-34 Amber Monforte (2) Reno, Nevada 3:18:5235-39 Martina Donner Kotschach, Austria 3:33:1340-44 Kathleen Coutinho Fairfax Station, Virginia 3:34:3145-49 Carolina Colonna Taos, New Mexico 3:34:4750-54 Beverly Enslow Metamora, Illinois 3:42:0555-59 Beverly Watson (5) Priddis, Canada 3:56:3960-64 Libby Harrow (2) Vero Beach, Florida 5:30:0965+ Charlotte Mahan Lenoir City, Tennessee 5:58:34

(#) denotes number of World Championships won - Top Amateurs

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP)Div Name Hometown Time15-19 Michael Keith Somerset, South Africa 3:03:1320-24 Jiri Klima Osek, Czech Republic 2:57:5925-29 Pierre-Yves Facomprez Nevers, France 2:49:5430-34 Tim Van Daele (2) Burcht, Belgium 2:48:2835-39 David Ballabio Aubavilla, Italy 2:53:3540-44 Calvin Zaryski (3) Cargary, Canada 2:58:1645-49 Mark Geoghegan Honolulu, Hawaii 3:06:2650-54 Tom Monica (3) Thousand Oaks, Calif. 3:21:2655-59 Valerio Curridori Villacidro, Italy 3:35:4060-64 David Rakita Durango, Colorado 3:45:2165-69 Peter Wood (7) La Jolla, California 4:06:1970+ Ron Hill Hayden, Idaho 5:44:54PC Fouad Fattoumy (5) Honolulu, Hawaii 3:44:08

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2009 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTSTOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse1 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 WOMENPl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse1 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 3:17:22Also: 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)Division Name Hometown Time15-19 Sebastien Antony Goupillieres, France 3:19:2220-24 Alexander Haas Georgensgmuend, Germany 2:56:2325-29 Tim Van Daele Burcht, Belgium 2:53:4630-34 Cedric Lassonde London, England 2:55:2035-39 Thomas Vonach Schwarzach, Austria 3:00:4940-44 (2) Calvin Zaryski Calgary, Canada 2:56:3245-49 (2) Casey Fannin Hoover, Alabama 3:14:1850-54 (2) Tom Monica Thousand Oaks, California 3:18:1955-59 (3) John Royson Albany, California 3:31:0260-64 (6) Kent Robison Reno, Nevada 3:46:3765-69 (6) Peter Wood La Jolla, California 4:09:2570+ (4) Hans Dieben Chula Vista, California 5:03:46PC (4) Ed Fattoumy Honolulu, Hawaii 3:51:33

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)Division Name Hometown Time15-19 Shea Reardon Taupo, New Zealand 4:08:4320-24 (2) Monique Avery Rotorua, New Zealand 3:47:1525-29 Bridget Keegan Napier,New Zealand 3:39:2930-34 Martina Donner Kotschach, Austria 3:34:3335-39 Sheri Foster Calgary, Canada 3:38:3140-44 Darrelle Parker London, England 3:34:2445-49 (2) Kaja Polivkova Prague, Czech Republic 3:41:3050-54 (4) Beverly Enslow Metamora, Illinois 3:51:1555-59 Sharon Prutton Christchurch, New Zealand 4:14:3860+ Kimiko Matsuda Osaka, Japan 5:55:00PC (2) Megan Fisher Missoula, Montana 5:22:10

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2008 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTSTOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Ruben Ruzafa 24 Malaga, Spain 2:37:36 $25,0002 Michael Weiss 27 Vienna, Austria 2:38:10 $15,0003 Brent McMahon 28 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:40:56 $8,0004 Mike Vine 35 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:41:37 $5,0005 Olivier Marceau 35 Vallavris, Switzerland 2:42:01 $3,0006 Eneko Llanos 31 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 2:42:49 $1,7507 Josiah Middaugh 30 Vail, Colorado 2:42:56 $1,2008 Dan Hugo 23 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:43:28 $1,0009 Brian Smith 32 Gunnison, Colorado 2:43:47 $80010 Chris Legh 35 Melbourne, Australia 2:45:20 $700Also: Seth Wealing ($600), Conrad Stoltz ($500), Jim Thijs ($400), Ryan Ignatz ($300), Franky Batelier ($300)

TOP 15 PRO WOMENPl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse1 Julie Dibens 33 Bath, United Kingdom 3:03:57 $25,0002 Danelle Kabush 33 Canmore, Alberta, Canada 3:04:56 $15,0003 Shonny Vanlandingham 39 Durango, Colorado 3:10:49 $8,0004 Renata Bucher 31 Lucerne, Switzerland 3:11:06 $5,0005 Christine Jeffrey 35 Guelph, Ontario, Canada 3:11:50 $3,0006 Jennifer Smith 35 Westport, New Zealand 3:15:59 $1,7507 Jenny Tobin 39 Boise, Idaho 3:16:08 $1,2008 Carina Wasle 22 Kundl, Austria 3:17:31 $1,0009 Sara Tarkington 26 Boulder, Colorado 3:19:16 $80010 Lesley Paterson 27 Sterling, Scotland 3:19:53 $700Also: 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 T1Fastest 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)Division Name Time Hometown15 - 19 Julian Langer 3:01:35 Vienna, Austria20 - 24 Francois Carloni 2:54:26 Saint Raphael, France25 - 29 Peter Hawkins 2:58:24 Gloustershire, United Kingdom30 - 34 James Walsh 2:55:17 Carlsbad, CA35 - 39 Patrick Harvey 2:59:46 Auckland, New Zealand40 - 44 Dirk Pauling 2:56:24 Rupperswil, Switzerland45 - 49 (7) Tom Lyons 3:13:51 Reno, Nevada50 - 54 Franz Pretzl 3:23:00 Teublilz, Germany55 - 59 Randy Beckner 3:26:32 Helena, Montana60 - 64 Bruce Wacker 4:02:08 Colorado Springs, Colorado65 - 69 (5) Peter Wood 4:09:11 La Jolla, California70+ Manfred Klittich 5:18:25 Eschborn, GermanyPhysically Challenged Division: David Kyle, 4:59:04, Athens, Florida

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)Division Name Time Hometown15 - 19 Charlotte McShane 3:35:01 Victoria, Australia 20 - 24 Erin Kummer 3:36:31 Boulder, Colorado25 - 29 Emma Smith 3:40:25 London, United Kingdom30 - 34 Dominique Angerer 3:44:43 Elsbethen, Austria35 - 39 Sarah McMahan 3:45:04 Incline Village, Nevada40 - 44 Keri Grosse 3:34:04 Leavenworth, Washington45 - 49 Ulrike Striednig 3:53:56 Klagenfurt, Austria50 - 54 (3) Beverly Enslow 3:55:47 Metamora, Illinois55 - 59 Beverly Watson 4:19:39 Priddis, Alberta, Canada60+ Kathy Frank 5:51:52 Bend, OregonPhysically Challenged Division: Megan Fisher, 5:09:47, Missoula, MT(#) denotes number of World Championships wonTop Amateurs

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XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)Division Name Time Hometown15 - 19 Monique Avery 3:56:35 Rororua, New Zealand 20 - 24 Erin Beresini 4:06:11 Hermosa Beach, California25 - 29 (2) Marion Summerer 3:29:35 Honolulu, Hawaii30 - 34 Susie Wood 3:31:54 Nelson, New Zealand35 - 39 Lisa Lieb 3:39:09 Durango, Colorado40 - 44 Kaja Polivkova 3:41:05 Prague, Czech Republic45 - 49 Meiling Yee 3:54:57 Sunnyvale, California50 - 54 (2) Beverly Enslow 3:56:52 Metamora, Illinois55 - 59 (3) Cindi Toepel 4:24:55 Littleton, Colorado

(#) denotes number of World Championships wonTop Amateurs

2007 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTSTOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Conrad Stoltz 34 Stellenboch, South Africa 2:40:54 $25,0002 Olivier Marceau 34 Cannes, France 2:42:05 $15,0003 Brian Smith 32 Gunnison, Colorado 2:42:35 $8,0004 Chris Legh 35 Lyons, Australia 2:44:26 $5,0005 Bevan Docherty 30 Taupo, New Zealand 2:44:54 $3,0006 Felix Schumann 25 Germany 2:45:04 $1,7507 Nicolas Lebrun 34 Digne-Les-Bains, France 2:45:19 $1,2008 Mike Vine 34 Victoria, Canada 2:45:57 $1,0009 David Henestrosa 30 Manresa, Spain 2:47:04 $80010 Nico Pfitzenmaier 36 Besigheim, Germany 2:47:53 $700Also: 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 WOMENPl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse1 Julie Dibens 32 Bath, United Kingdom 3:01:24 $25,0002 Melanie McQuaid 34 Victoria, Canada 3:09:52 $15,0003 Jamie Whitmore 31 Mt. Aukum, California 3:11:37 $8,0004 Shonny Vanlandingham 38 Durango, Colorado 3:12:44 $5,0005 Candy Angle 38 Weymouth, Massachusetts 3:13:14 $3,0006 Dara Marks Marino 32 Flagstaff, Arizona 3:14:41 $1,7507 Sibylle Matter 34 Bern, Switzerland 3:15:56 $1,2008 Michelle Lombardi 39 Somerset West, South Africa 3:19:47 $1,0009 Daniela Campuzano 21 Tulancingo, Mexico 3:22:02 $80010 Carina Wasle 23 Kundl, Austria 3:22:33 $700Also: 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)Division Name Time Hometown15 – 19 Martin Jiskra 3:05:01 Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic20 - 24 Nicolas Fernandez 3:01:14 Pelissannee, France25 - 29 Lars Fricke 3:00:01 Apolda, Germany30 - 34 Alexander Eiler 2:57:34 Kailua, Hawaii35 - 39 Laurent Beuzeboc 2:58:04 Saint Bonnet, France40 - 44 Ulrich Katzer 3:02:02 Anger, Austria45 - 49 (6) Tom Lyons 3:09:01 Reno, Nevada50 - 54 Tom Monica 3:25:19 Walnut Creek, California55 - 59 James Lewis 3:45:39 Broomfield, Colorado60 - 64 (5) Kent Robison 3:43:37 Reno, Nevada65 - 69 Art Gardenswartz 4:27:07 Albuquerque, New MexicoPhysically Challenged Division

(3) Fouad Fattoumy 3:46:33 Honolulu, Hawaii

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XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)Division Name Time Hometown15 - 19 Valeria Curridori 4:10:50 Villacidro, Italy20 - 24 * Suzie Snyder 3:36:19 Colorado Springs, CO25 - 29 Kim Hill 3:50:48 Honolulu, HI30 - 34 * Laura Home 3:40:35 Santa Cruz, CA35 - 39 Janice Fliegler 3:53:46 Carson City, NV40 - 44 Barbara Alber 3:56:18 Dettingen, Germany 45 - 49 Catherine Dunn 3:52:50 Wellington, New Zealand50 - 54 $ Barbara Peterson 4:08:44 Berkeley, CA55 - 59 * Cindi Toepel 4:25:14 Littleton, CO60+ Wendy Minor 5:53:53 Honolulu, HI

* Two-time XTERRA World Champ # Four-time XTERRA World Champ$ Five-time XTERRA World Champ Top Amateurs

2006 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTSTOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Hamish Carter 35 Auckland, New Zealand 2:42:36 $25,0002 Olivier Marceau 33 Cannes, France 2:42:55 $15,0003 Seth Wealing 27 Boulder, Colorado 2:44:05 $8,0004 Josiah Middaugh 28 Vail, Colorado 2:45:51 $5,0005 Eneko Llanos 29 Victoria-Gasteiz, Spain 2:46:49 $3,0006 Brent McMahon 26 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:46:58 $1,7507 Greg Krause 29 Denver, Colorado 2:48:47 $1,2008 Nicolas Lebrun 33 Digne-les-Bains, France 2:50:51 $1,0009 Ryan Ignatz 28 Boulder, Colorado 2:52:16 $80010 Nico Pfitzenmaier 34 Besigheim, Germany 2:52:28 $700Also: Michael Simpson ($600), Andrew Noble ($500), Hektor Llanos ($400), Jimmy Archer ($300), and Sam Gardner($300)

TOP 15 PRO WOMENPl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse1 Melanie McQuaid 33 Victoria, B.C., Canada 3:07:53 $25,0002 Danelle Kabush 31 Canmore, Alberta, Canada 3:15:58 $15,0003 Sibylle Matter 31 Bern, Switzerland 3:19:50 $8,0004 Jennifer Smith 33 Westport, New Zealand 3:20:08 $5,0005 Renata Bucher 28 Lucerne, Switzerland 3:22:14 $3,0006 Jenny Tobin 38 Boise, Idaho 3:22:42 $1,7507 Michelle Lombardi 38 Somerset West, South Africa 3:23:44 $1,2008 Mami Saito 29 Kawasaki, Japan 3:24:32 $1,0009 Shonny Vanlandingham 37 Durango, Colorado 3:24:58 $80010 Cameron Randolph 36 Ridgway, Colorado 3:30:17 $700Also: 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)Division Name Time Hometown15 - 19 Kyle Kennedy 3:33:37 West Vancouver, Canada 20 - 24 Rom Akerson 2:57:43 Costa Rica25 - 29 Trevor Glavin 3:11:38 Salinas, CA30 - 34 Conrad Snover 3:01:50 Truckee, CA35 - 39 Calvin Zaryski 3:04:51 Calgary, Canada40 - 44 Tim Johnston 3:11:10 Los Gatos, CA45 - 49 $ Tom Lyons 3:14:24 Reno, NV50 - 54 * Ian Davidson, Jr. 3:22:59 Clemson, SC55 - 59 # Kent Robison 3:38:47 Reno, NV60 - 64 # Peter Wood 3:59:46 La Jolla, CA65+ John Stover 4:51:22 Jackson, MIPhysically Challenged Division

* Fouad Fattoumy 4:07:40 Honolulu, HI

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XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)Division Name Time Hometown15 - 19 Kate Chapman 3:57:01 Breckenridge, Colorado20 - 24 Marion Summerer 3:21:03 Freiburg, Germany25 - 29 Louisa Davis 3:41:03 Wadestown, New Zealand30 - 34 Laura Home 3:30:54 Santa Cruz, California35 - 39 Beate Kleindienst 3:52:56 Dachau, Germany40 - 44 Rita Haerteis 3:44:24 Penzberg, Germany45 - 49 # Barbara Peterson 3:59:52 Berkeley, California50 - 54 Cindi Toepel 4:12:16 Littleton, Colorado55 - 59 Susan Swan 5:17:22 Coromandel, New Zealand60+ $ Wendy Minor 5:06:43 Honolulu, Hawaii# Four-time XTERRA World Champion$ Five-time XTERRA World ChampionTop Amateur Female

2005 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTSTOP 15 PRO MENPl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Nicolas LeBrun 32 Villeneuve-Loubet, France 2:38:19 $25,0002 Eneko Llanos 28 Victoria-Gasteiz, Spain 2:41:41 $15,0003 Brent McMahon 24 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:42:01 $8,0004 Mike Vine 31 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:42:22 $5,0005 Chris Legh 32 Melbourne, Australia 2:43:32 $3,0006 Nico Pfitzenmaier 34 Besigheim, Germany 2:43:48 $1,7507 Olivier Marceau 32 Cannes, France 2:45:29 $1,2008 Ronnie Schildknecht 25 Thalwil, Switzerland 2:45:43 $1,0009 Conrad Stoltz 32 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:46:23 $80010 Josiah Middaugh 27 Vail, Colorado 2:47:33 $700Also: 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 WOMENPl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse1 Melanie McQuaid 31 Victoria, B.C., Canada 3:07:16 $25,0002 Sibylle Matter 31 Bern, Switzerland 3:08:00 $15,0003 Jamie Whitmore 29 Elk Grove, California 3:13:51 $8,0004 Renata Bucher 27 Lucerne, Switzerland 3:17:14 $5,0005 Jenny Tobin 35 Boise, Idaho 3:17:17 $3,0006 Danelle Kabush 30 Canmore, Alberta, Canada 3:19:45 $1,7507 Shonny Vanlandingham 36 Durango, Colorado 3:20:01 $1,2008 Monique Merrill 36 Breckenridge, Colorado 3:25:08 $1,0009 Melissa Thomas 35 Boulder, Colorado 3:25:49 $80010 Lisa Isom 33 Vail, Colorado 3:26:08 $700Also: 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)Division Name Time Hometown15 - 19 Jordan Bryden 3:09:20 Calgary, Canada 20 - 24 Scott Thorne 3:03:58 Hamilton East, New Zealand25 - 29 Ryland Garnett 3:02:02 Seaford, Australia30 - 34 Jason Jablonski 3:01:48 Wenatchee, Washington35 - 39 Michael Nahom 3:03:28 New Milford, Connecticut40 - 44 # Tom Lyons 3:08:21 Reno, Nevada45 - 49 Casey Fannin 3:13:57 Birmingham, Alabama50 - 54 Ian Davidson, Jr. 3:21:29 Clemson, South Carolina55 - 59 Gary Mercer 3:59:56 Anderson, California60 - 64 % Peter Wood 3:53:53 La Jolla, CaliforniaChallenged Athletes Division

Fouad Fattoumy 3:50:44 Honolulu, Hawaii% Three-time XTERRA World Champion# Four-time XTERRA World ChampionTop Amateur Male

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2004 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTSTOP 10 PRO MENPl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Eneko Llanos 27 Victoria-Gasteiz, Spain 2:28:44 $25,0002 Olivier Marceau 31 Cannes, France 2:29:45 $15,0003 Josiah Middaugh 26 Vail, Colorado 2:33:28 $8,0004 Dominic Gillen 27 Washington, Connecticut 2:33:53 $5,000 5 Justin Thomas 29 Fairfax, Virginia 2:34:31 $3,0006 Nicolas LeBrun 31 Villeneuve-Loubet, France 2:36:58 $1,7507 Sylvain Dodet 28 Antibes, France 2:38:26 $1,2008 Hektor Llanos 32 Victoria-Gasteiz, Spain 2:39:04 $1,0009 Jimmy Archer 32 Boulder, Colorado 2:40:39 $80010 Robert Latschen 33 Graz, Austria 2:40:41 $700

TOP 10 PRO WOMENPl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse1 Jamie Whitmore 28 Elk Grove, California 3:01:35 $25,0002 Melanie McQuaid 31 Victoria, B.C., Canada 3:04:25 $15,0003 Danelle Kabush 29 Victoria, B.C., Canada 3:05:19 $8,0004 Melissa Thomas 33 Boulder, Colorado 3:05:38 $5,0005 Katrin Helmcke 29 Buchenbach, Germany 3:07:43 $3,0006 Sibylle Matter 31 Bern, Switzerland 3:08:17 $1,7507 Erika Csomor 30 Budapest, Hungary 3:14:14 $1,2008 Lynley Allison 31 Auckland, New Zealand 3:15:28 $1,0009 Candy Angle 34 Weymouth, Massachusetts 3:16:34 $80010 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)Division Name Time Hometown15 - 19 Jana Chocholova 4:22:29 Hluboka, CR20 - 24 Suzi Snyder 3:36:03 Springfield, MA25 - 29 Amber Monforte 3:21:29 Reno, NV30 - 34 Ingrid Rolles 3:15:23 Honolulu, HI35 - 39 Birgit Johnston 3:27:32 Los Gatos, CA40 - 44 Josie Sinclair 3:42:25 Epsom, AUS45 - 49 # Barbara Peterson 3:43:21 Berkeley, CA50 - 54 ! Lorenn Walker 4:08:27 Waialua, HI55 - 59 $ Wendy Minor 4:40:23 Honolulu, HI

#Two-time Champ, *Three-time Champ $Four-time Champion!Five-time Champ TOP AMATEURS

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALES)Division Name Time Hometown15 - 19 # Taylor Tolleson 2:51:56 Pacific Grove, CA20 - 24 Petr Vejvoda 2:59:41 Liberec, CR25 - 29 Jim Vance 2:45:06 San Diego, CA30 - 34 # Matt Boobar 2:53:17 Plymouth, NH35 - 39 Curt Chesney 2:46:38 Boulder, CO40 - 44 * Tom Lyons 2:59:04 Reno, NV45 - 49 Bruce Wilson 3:11:10 Temecula, CA50 - 54 Chris Robinson 3:45:46 Vancouver, WA55 - 59 * Kent Robison 3:23:27 Reno, NV60+ Peter Wood 3:44:18 La Jolla, CA65+ Armin Beyrich 4:09:36 Eresing, GER

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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

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE)Division Name Time Hometown20 - 24 Shae Rainer 3:26:28 Austin, Texas25 - 29 Sonia Foote 3:28:55 Rotorua, NZ30 - 34 Katrin Hockenjos 3:25:49 Konstanz, Germany35 - 39 Riikka Kelja 3:24:37 Netherlands40 - 44 Maria Raether 3:33:13 Weinheim, Germany45 - 49 Barbara Peterson 3:38:37 Berkeley, California 50 - 54 $ Lorenn Walker 4:01:03 Waialua, Hawaii55 - 59 * Wendy Minor 4:49:12 Honolulu, HawaiiPRO Melanie McQuaid 2:57:08 Victoria, BC, Canada* Three-time XTERRA World Champion$ Four-time XTERRA World ChampionTop Amateur Female

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE)Division Name Time Hometown15 - 19 Taylor Tolleson 3:00:13 Pacific Grove, CA20 - 24 Chad Seymour 2:57:04 Honolulu, Hawaii25 - 29 Greg Krause 2:53:42 Denver, Colorado30 - 34 Robert Latschen 2:47:30 Graz, Austria35 - 39 Michael Nahom 2:54:02 New Milford, CT40 - 44 # Tom Lyons 2:55:18 Reno, Nevada45 - 49 Leo McCarthy 3:11:06 Kapaa, Hawaii50 - 54 Guenther Weber 3:17:25 Roth, Germany55 - 59 # Kent Robison 3:37:18 Reno, Nevada60+ * Hans Dieben 4:14:07 Chula Vista, CAPRO Eneko Llanos 2:32:56 Spain# Two-time XTERRA World Champ* Three-time XTERRA World ChampionTop Amateur Male

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TOP THREE ELITES AT XTERRA WORLDS SINCE 19962015 -----------------------------------------------------------------

Men Women1. Josiah Middaugh 2:35:32 1. Flora Duffy 2:54:172. Braden Currie 2:38:30 2. Lesley Paterson 2:59:163. Ruben Ruzafa 2:40:40 3. Emma Garrard 3:03:28

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Men Women1. Ruben Ruzafa 2:29:56 1. Flora Duffy 2:47:592. Josiah Middaugh 2:31:11 2. Barbara Riveros 2:50:043. Ben Allen 2:34:50 3. Nicky Samuels 2:56:31

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Men Women1. Ruben Ruzafa 2:34:34 1. Nicky Samuels 2:57:482. Asa Shaw 2:36:01 2. Lesley Paterson 3:00:143. Ben Allen 2:36:24 3. Flora Duffy 3:00:19

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Men Women1. Javier Gomez 2:26:54 1. Lesley Paterson 2:44:122. Josiah Middaugh 2:27:41 2. Barbara Riveros 2:48:193. Conrad Stoltz 2:30:04 3. Mari Rabie 2:53:56

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Men Women1. Michael Weiss 2:27:00 1. Lesley Paterson 2:45:592. Dan Hugo 2:27:33 2. Marion Lorblanchet 2:48:083. Eneko Llanos 2:28:26 3. Helena Erbenova 2:51:51

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Men Women1. Conrad Stoltz 2:31:07 1. Shonny Vanlandingham 2:58:202. Franky Batelier 2:36:14 2. Julie Dibens 2:59:333. Michi Weiss 2:36:45 3. Marion Lorblanchet 3:06:11

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Men Women1. Eneko Llanos 2:37:22 1. Julie Dibens 2:56:422. Nico Lebrun 2:38:17 2. Lesley Paterson 3:04:163. Michi Weiss 2:40:24 3. Melanie McQuaid 3:05:46

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Men Women1. Ruben Ruzafa 2:37:36 1. Julie Dibens 3:03:572. Michi Weiss 2:38:10 2. Danelle Kabush 3:04:563. Brent McMahon 2:40:56 3. Shonny Vanlandingham 3:10:49

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Men Women1. Conrad Stoltz 2:40:54 1. Julie Dibens 3:01:242. Olivier Marceau 2:42:05 2. Melanie McQuaid 3:09:523. Brian Smith 2:42:35 3. Jamie Whitmore 3:11:37

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Men Women1. Hamish Carter 2:42:36 1. Melanie McQuaid 3:07:532. Olivier Marceau 2:42:55 2. Danelle Kabush 3:15:583. Seth Wealing 2:44:05 3. Sibylle Matter 3:19:50

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Men Women1. Nicolas Lebrun 2:38:19 1. Melanie McQuaid 3:07:162. Eneko Llanos 2:41:41 2. Sibylle Matter 3:08:003. Brent McMahon 2:42:01 3. Jamie Whitmore 3:13:51

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Men Women1. Eneko Llanos 2:28:44 1. Jamie Whitmore 3:01:352. Olivier Marceau 2:29:45 2. Melanie McQuaid 3:04:253. Josiah Middaugh 2:33:28 3. Danelle Kabush 3:05:19

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Men Women1. Eneko Llanos 2:32:56 1. Melanie McQuaid 2:57:082. Nicolas LeBrun 2:36:31 2. Jamie Whitmore 3:01:143. Justin Thomas 2:37:31 3. Candy Angle 3:06:09

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Men Women1. Conrad Stoltz 2:22:55 1. Candy Angle 2:57:332. Eneko Llanos 2:23:57 2. Jamie Whitmore 2:59:103. Nicolas LeBrun 2:27:37 3. Shari Kain 3:03:20

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Men Women1. Conrad Stoltz 2:28:48 1. Anke Erlank 3:00:592. Kerry Classen 2:37:02 2. Cherie Touchette 3:11:513. Jimmy Riccitello 2:37:31 3. Kerstin Weule 3:12:37

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Men Women1. Michael Tobin 2:30:53 1. Kerstin Weule 3:07:042. Mike Vine 2:33:10 2. Melanie McQuaid 3:09:173. Michael Pigg 2:33:43 3. Uli Blank 3:17:32

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Men Women1. Ned Overend 2:32:50 1. Shari Kain 3:04:192. Michael Tobin 2:34:26 2. Kerstin Weule 3:06:273. Jimmy Riccitello 2:35:54 3. Jody Purcell 3:08:42

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Men Women1. Ned Overend 2:24:46 1. Sue Latshaw 2:58:492. Wes Hobson 2:29:16 2. Uli Blank 3:00:053. Michael Tobin 2:31:22 3. Caroline Rahner 3:06:27

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Men Women1. Mike Pigg 2:28:48 1. Cameron Randolph 3:04:252. Ned Overend 2:32:12 2. Lesley Tomlinson 3:04:313. Jimmy Riccitello 2:34:49 3. Sue Latshaw 3:11:32

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Men Women1. Jimmy Riccitello 2:27:42 1. Michellie Jones 3:04:532. Mike Pigg 2:31:13 2. Shari Kain 3:05:053. Ned Overend 2:33:39 3. Sian Welch 3:20:55

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ALL-TIME XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS (ELITES)

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ABOUT THE 2016 XTERRA EUROPEAN TOURThe philosophy behind the XTERRA European Tour is toprovide a series of events that the avid XTERRA athletecan participate in and earn points towards becoming theEuropean Tour Champion. This applies to elites andamateur men and women.

In 2016 there were 11 stops on the XTERRA EuropeanTour, consisting of four Gold and seven Silver events.

Gold labeled events feature a minimum of $15,000 USDelite prize purse, offer 50 qualifying spots into the XTERRAWorld Championship for amateurs, and award points on the100-point scale.

Silver labeled events feature a minimum of $7,500 USDelite prize purse*, offer 25 qualifying spots into the XTERRAWorld Championship, & award points on the 75-point scale.

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

For the XTERRA European Tour Points Series elite athletescounted their best four (4) Gold and three (3) Silverfinishes. Elites can compete in as many events as theywish, but will count only their best four Gold and three Silverfinishes.

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

Elites and age group athletes do not need to compete in anyspecific number of events. The top 15 elite and age groupfinishers at each race and in each division will accrue pointsas follows:

Gold Silver1 100 1 752 90 2 673 82 3 614 75 4 565 69 5 516 63 6 477 58 7 438 53 8 399 49 9 3610 45 10 3311 41 11 3012 37 12 2713 34 13 2514 31 14 2315 28 15 21

DATE TOUR EVENT LOCATION3-Apr XTERRA Malta Majjistral Nature Reserve7-May XTERRA Greece Vouliagmeni21-May XTERRA Portugal Golega11-Jun XTERRA Belgium Namur25-Jun XTERRA Switzerland Vallee de Joux

ETU Championship3-Jul XTERRA France Xonrupt31-Jul XTERRA Italy Lago Di Scanno7-Aug XTERRA Poland Krakow13-Aug XTERRA Sweden Stockholm20-Aug XTERRA Germany Zittau

XTERRA European Championship4-Sep XTERRA Denmark Mons Klint

ALL-TIME XTERRA EUROPEAN TOUR CHAMPIONSYear Men’s Winner Women’s Winner2016 Ruben Ruzafa (ESP) Brigitta Poor (HUN)2015 Roger Serrano (ESP) Helena Erbenova (CZE)2014 Ruben Ruzafa (ESP) Kathrin Mueller (GER)2013 Hector Guerra (ESP) Helena Erbenova (CZE)2012 Nicolas Lebrun (FRA) Helena Erbenova (CZE)2011 Olivier Marceau (SUI) Marion Lorblanchet (FRA)2010 Franky Batelier (FRA) Marion Lorblanchet (FRA)2009 Franky Batelier (FRA) Renata Bucher (SUI)2008 Nicolas Lebrun (FRA) Renata Bucher (SUI)2007 Nicolas Lebrun (FRA) Eszter Erdelyi (HUN)2006 Nicolas Lebrun (FRA) Renata Bucher (SUI)2005 Olivier Marceau (SUI) Renata Bucher (SUI)2004 Olivier Marceau (SUI) Jamie Whitmore (USA)2003 Royce Kortekaas (NED) Jamie Whitmore (USA)

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2016 XTERRA EUROPEAN TOUR STANDINGSPRO MEN S S S S G G S S S G GPl Name, NAT TOT MLT GRE POR BEL SUI FRA ITA POL SWE GER DEN1 Ruben Ruzafa, ESP 442 DNS 67 75 DNS 100 100 DNS DNS DNS 100 DNS2 Sam Osborne, NZL 433 DNS DNS x51 67 58 DNS 67 DNS 61 90 903 Kris Coddens, BEL 409 DNS x47 DNS 75 90 41 DNS 61 56 37 494 Mauricio Mendez, MEX 386 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 75 67 75 69 1005 Francois Carloni, FRA 338 DNS 51 56 61 DNS 37 x51 DNS DNS 58 756 Peter Lehmann, GER 308 51 DNS DNS DNS DNS 53 39 51 DNS 45 697 Yeray Luxem, BEL 299 DNS DNS 67 x27 DNS 90 DNS 75 67 DNS DNS8 Roger Serrano, ESP 293 75 75 61 DNS DNF DNS DNS DNS DNS DNP 829 Jan Kubicek, CZE 292 DNS 36 DNS DNS 37 DNS 56 56 DNS 49 5810 Brice Daubord, FRA 261 43 61 DNS DNS 82 DNS DNS DNS DNS 75 DNS11 Arthur Serrieres, FRA 230 DNS DNS DNS DNS 53 63 DNS DNS 51 63 DNS12 Bradley Weiss, RSA 227 DNS DNS DNS DNS 63 82 DNS DNS DNS 82 DNS13 Veit Hoenle, GER 226 DNS DNS 23 DNS 75 75 DNS DNS DNS 53 DNS14 Maxim Chane, FRA 179 56 DNS DNS DNS DNS 34 36 DNS DNS DNP 5315 Jan Pyott, SUI 173 DNF 33 DNS DNS 34 DNS 43 DNS DNS DNS 63Also: 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, FabienCombaluzier, 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 GPl Name, NAT TOT MLT GRE POR BEL SUI FRA ITA POL SWE GER DEN1 Brigitta Poor, HUN 529 75 67 x61 DNS 63 75 DNS 67 DNS 82 1002 Renata Bucher, SUI 483 DNS DNS 51 DNS 75 90 61 61 DNS 63 823 Carina Wasle, AUT 454 DNS DNS 56 67 58 63 DNS DNS 51 69 904 Helena Erbenova, CZE 382 DNS 75 75 75 DNS 82 x67 x75 x75 75 DNS5 Morgane Riou, FRA 331 67 51 DNS 61 49 45 DNS DNS DNS 58 DNS6 Myriam Guillot-Boisset, FRA 308 DNS DNS 67 DNS 82 69 DNS DNS DNS 90 DNS7 Louise Fox, GBR 304 DNS 56 47 DNS 45 28 DNS DNS DNS 53 758 Maud Golsteyn, NED 301 56 DNS 39 47 41 49 DNS DNS DNS DNS 699 Ladina Buss, SUI 228 DNS 61 DNS DNS 69 DNS 51 47 DNS DNS DNS10 Michelle Flipo, FRA 200 DNS DNS DNS DNS 100 DNS DNS DNS DNS 100 DNS11 Lesley Paterson, GBR 175 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 100 75 DNS DNS DNS DNS12 Jacqui Slack, GBR 148 DNS DNS DNS DNS 90 58 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS13 Elisabetta Curridori, ITA 130 DNS DNS DNS 43 31 DNS 56 DNS DNS DNS DNS14 Kristina Nec Lapinova, SVK 125 43 DNS DNS DNS DNS 31 DNS 51 DNS DNS DNS15 Jessie Roberts, GBR 122 DNS DNS DNS 51 37 34 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNSAlso: Lenka Cibulkova, Sandra Koblemueller, Diane Lee, Danica Spiteri, Cecilia Jessen, Kara LaPoint, Mayalen Noriega, Isabelle Klein, SandraSantanyes, Coralie Redelsperger, Alena Stevens, Ivana Loubkova, Sabina Rzepka, Sara Bonilla, Belinda Hadden, Sanne Van Paassen, BirgitJungst-Dauber, Monica Cibin

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ABOUT THE 2016 XTERRA PAN AMERICA TOURBack in December of 2015 TEAM Unlimited, owners and producers of the XTERRA, announced the formation of theXTERRA Pan American Tour which connects the sports’ major events in South, Central, and North America as well as theCaribbean. The inaugural 10-stop series for both amateur and professional athletes started March 20th at XTERRA CostaRica and concluded September 17 with the XTERRA Pan American Championship race in Ogden, Utah. In between weretwo majors in the U.S., two in Canada, and one each in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic.

2016 XTERRA PAN AMERICAN TOURMarch 20 – XTERRA Costa Rica (Playa Reserva Conchal) *SILVERMarch 26 – XTERRA Argentina (Dique Ullum, San Juan) *GOLDMay 7 – XTERRA Brazil (Ilhabela) *SILVERMay 21 – XTERRA Oak Mountain (Pelham, AL, USA) *GOLDJune 25 – XTERRA Mine Over Matter (Milton, ON, CAN) *SILVERJuly 10 – XTERRA Victoria (B.C., CAN) *SILVERJuly 16 – XTERRA Beaver Creek (Avon, CO, USA) *GOLDJuly 31 – XTERRA Dominican Republic (Barahona) *GOLDAug 6 – XTERRA Mexico (Tapalpa) *GOLDSep 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 Goldevents award points on a 100-point basis and Silver races award points on a 75-point basis.

GOLD POINTS: 100-Point Basis1=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=28SILVER 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 intothe XTERRA World Championship for amateurs. Silver races offer the equivalent of $7,500 USD in elite prize money tothe top five men and women, plus at least 25 spots into the XTERRA World Championship for amateurs (the exception isXTERRA 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) fromthe first nine events plus whatever they get, or don’t get, at the XTERRA Pan American Championship race which will bescored 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 thefive Gold events as they like, but just their best two will count at the 100-point level, with other Gold finishes counting atthe 75-point level.

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

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

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2016 XTERRA PAN AMERICA PRO SERIES STANDINGSPRO MEN S G S G S S G G GPL NAME TOT CRC ARG BRA OAK MOM VIC BCR DOM MEX USA1 Josiah Middaugh, USA 442 67 100 DNS 100 DNS DNS 75 x56 DNS 1002 Rom Akerson, CRC 391 61 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 61 100 100 693 Karsten Madsen, CAN 375 DNS 90 DNS 82 75 75 DNS DNS DNS 534 Branden Rakita, USA 314 DNS DNS DNS 75 61 DNS x47 90 51 375 Kieran McPherson, NZL 284 DNS DNS DNS 51 DNS 61 x21 82 90 DNF6 Chris Ganter, USA 169 DNS DNS DNS 63 67 39 DNS DNS DNS DNP7 Ian King, USA 153 DNS 53 DNS 53 DNS 47 DNP DNS DNS DNP8 Leon Griffin, USA 151 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 69 DNS DNS 829 Sam Long, USA 148 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 90 DNS DNS 5810 Karl Shaw, GBR 138 75 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 6311 Cody Waite, USA 120 DNS DNS DNS 58 DNS DNS 31 DNS DNS 3112 Mario De Elias, ARG 112 DNS 63 DNS DNS DNS DNS 49 DNS DNS DNS13 Ryan Ignatz, USA 97 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 69 DNS 2814 Brian Smith, USA 94 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 45 DNS DNS 4915 Mauricio Mendez, MEX 90 DNS DNS DNS 90 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNSAlso: 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, EduardoPadilla, 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, RodrigoAltafini, Jimmy Archer, Patrick McKeon, JP Donovan, Stenio Bezerra, Rogerio Paula, Ramon Bustos, Cristian Suzin, Juscelino Vasco, WellingtonConceicao

PRO WOMEN S G S G S S G G GPL NAME TOT CRC ARG BRA OAK MOM VIC BCR DOM MEX USA1 Suzie Snyder, USA 450 DNS DNS DNS 100 75 DNS x67 100 75 1002 Maia Ignatz, USA 364 DNS DNS DNS 90 61 DNS 82 56 DNS 753 Kara Lapoint, USA 347 67 DNS DNS 82 DNS DNS 47 82 DNS 694 Myriam Guillot-Boisset, FRA 332 75 100 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 90 67 DNS5 Sabrina Gobbo, BRA 311 61 DNS 75 69 DNS DNS DNS 69 x47 376 Katharine Carter, CAN 283 DNS DNS DNS DNS 56 DNS 75 63 36 537 Debby Sullivan, USA 276 DNS DNS DNS 75 51 DNS 58 43 x43 498 Caroline Colonna, USA 247 51 DNS DNS 63 43 DNS 45 DNS DNS 459 Laura Mira Dias, BRA 241 DNS 82 67 DNS DNS DNS DNS 53 39 DNS10 Rebecca Blatt, USA 215 47 DNS DNS 53 DNS 47 37 DNS DNS 3111 Sarah Graves, USA 191 DNS DNS DNS 58 DNS 43 49 DNS DNS 4112 Julie Baker, USA 182 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 100 DNS DNS 8213 Fabiola Corona, MEX 172 DNS 90 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 82 DNS14 Amanda Felder, USA 97 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 39 DNS DNS DNS 5815 Lizzie Orchard, NZL 90 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 90Also: Lisa Leonard, Erika Simon, Katie Button, Maria Barrera, Liz Gruber, Dunia Gomes, Joanna Brown, Zoe Dawson, Annie Bergen, IsabellaRibeiro, 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

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2015-16 XTERRA ASIA-PACIFIC TOUR FINAL STANDINGSXTERRA Japan, held August 29, 2015 in Hokkaido, started the 2nd annual XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour, and serieschampions were crowned at the season finale in Langkawi, Malaysia in May, 2016. In between were stops in thePhilippines (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 doublepoints 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 thefinal 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 atXTERRA Malaysia in May, 2017.

PRO MEN PL NAME TOTAL JPN PHI SAI NZL AUS MAS1 Ben Allen, AUS 372 DNS 90 DNS DNS 82 2002 Bradley Weiss, RSA 362 DNS 100 DNS 82 x69 1803 Takahiro Ogasawara, JPN 322 82 x75 90 DNS DNS 1504 Brodie Gardner, AUS 320 DNS 82 100 DNS x49 1385 Joe Miller, PHI 251 DNS 53 82 DNS DNS 1166 Olly Shaw, NZL 244 DNS DNS DNS 75 63 1067 Kaon Cho, KOR 210 53 DNS 75 x49 x28 828 Braden Currie, NZL 200 DNS DNS DNS 100 100 DNS9 Jason Hsieh , HKG 190 58 DNS DNS DNS 34 9810 Sam Osborne, NZL 180 DNS DNS DNS 90 90 DNS11 Courtney Atkinson, AUS 175 100 DNS DNS DNS 75 DNS12 Fabrizio Bartoli, ITA 164 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 16413 Charlie Epperson, USA 144 75 69 DNS DNS DNS DNS14 David Escolar Ballesteros, ESP 126 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 12615 Kieran McPherson, NZL 122 DNS DNS DNS 69 53 DNSAlso: Cameron Oneal, Cameron Paul, Alex Roberts, Cedric Lassonde, Shahrom Abdullah, Barry Lee, Taro Shirato, MichalBucek, Aiden Dunster, Lachlan Davey, Kiley Momohara, Noah Wright

PRO WOMEN PL NAME TOT JPN PHI SAI NZL AUS MAS1 Lizzie Orchard, NZL 380 x90 x100 DNS 100 100 1802 Jacqui Slack, GBR 372 DNS 90 DNS DNS 82 2003 Carina Wasle, AUT 354 DNS DNS 100 DNS 90 1644 Mieko Carey, USA 272 100 82 90 DNS DNS DNS5 Renata Bucher, SUI 157 DNS DNS 82 DNS 75 DNS6 Myriam Guillot-Boisset, FRA 150 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 1507 Sarah Backler, NZL 148 DNS DNS DNS 90 58 DNS8 Rachel Challis, NZL 82 DNS DNS DNS 82 DNS DNS9 Belinda Hadden, AUS 75 DNS DNS 75 DNS DNS DNS10 Mary Gray, NZL 75 DNS DNS DNS 75 DNS DNS11 Jessica Simpson, AUS 69 DNS DNS DNS DNS 69 DNS12 Catherine Sterling, USA 63 DNS DNS DNS DNS 63 DNS13 Penny Hosken, AUS 53 DNS DNS DNS DNS 53 DNS14 Holly Khan, AUS 49 DNS DNS DNS DNS 49 DNS

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2016 XTERRA WORLD TOUR MAJORSXTERRA 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

NED OVEREND (2005)After retiring from mountain biking in 1996 at the age of 40 (he won six national titles and became mountain bikingsfirst world champion in 1990), Overend competed in the first-ever XTERRA in 1996, finishing third. In ‘97 he wassecond, and in ‘98 and ‘99 he won consecutive World Championships at the ripe young age of 42 & 43. He was alsothe XTERRA USA Series Champion in 2002. At the 2004 World Championship, at age 50, Overend posted the 9thfastest bike split and placed 21st overall. Midway through the bike course Peter Reid was overheard saying “There’sa 50-year-old in front of me!” He was so devastating on the mountain bike that he earned the nicknames of “DeadlyNedly” 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 4thplace 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 earlyambassadors for the sport. Tinley was at the sharp end of getting athletes to Maui. When you look at the high levelpro's that came 10 years ago, it is far more impressive than what one, solitary, unusual race with a $5,000 prize listshould have attracted. Jimmy Riccitello, Mike Pigg, Wes Hobson, Ray Browning, Pat Brown, Scott Molina, EmilioDesoto, 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 (untilJamie 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 withXTERRA 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. Weulebrought 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 beachin Wailea, Maui. A who’s who of triathlon and mountain biking showed up to try something completely new…off-roadtriathlon. And, it turned out that XTERRA with its catch phrase “Your toughest competitor is Mother Nature” was rightup Riccitello’s alley. He took the inaugural XTERRA World Championship by more than three minutes over triathlongreat Mike Pigg. After the win, he said “Man this race is a bitch, but it’s the true spirit of triathlon – the athlete againstthe course”. Over seven years Riccitello raced XTERRA all over the U.S., including six more Maui WorldChampionships, 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 mountainsfor a couple hours); duathlon, where he was Powerman Champ twice with 14 international victories; XTERRA with16 victories and a World Championship; and adventure racing – where he has won all over the world. Tobindominated XTERRA for years. He won Kirkwood in 1997; won 3 of 4 in 1998; and won 9 out of 10 in 1999. To thatpoint, the one prize that eluded Tobin was Maui. He was 4th in 1997 – 3rd in 1998 – 2nd in 1999 and finally won itall in 2000. He’s the last American to win off-road triathlon’s greatest race.

XTERRA HALL OF FAME 2005-2009

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SHARI KAIN (2010)Shari Kain came to XTERRA as an accomplished mountain biker – a U.S. champion in both cycling and cyclocrossand she was to have a major impact on XTERRA. Kain had an epic duel with Michellie Jones in the inauguralXTERRA of 1996 but came up 12 seconds short. In 1999 “Sharoo” won it all in style by doing the hula across thefinish line in a grass skirt. That fabulous finish wasn’t Shari’s only contribution to the XTERRA Legend that day. It issaid 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 asit was then know) in Wailea in 1996 – and he took 4th behind some of the biggest names in the sport - JimmyRiccitello, Mike Pigg and Ned Overend. In the first four years of XTERRA, he was a factor in just about everyrace…and introduced the sport to the triathlon world by writing about his experiences for industry magazines. Hisrace 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 in2002 when she upset the reigning world champ at the time, Anke Erlank. Over the next six years she won 37championships in a dozen different countries, including the XTERRA World Championship in 2004. She is still todaythe most successful female pro the sport has ever known. Her accomplishments in the sport, however, pale incomparison to her achievements in life. That she is an XTERRA Hall of Fame athlete is undisputed…how sheevolved 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 firstXTERRA race in 2001. He finished 3rd behind another, first-timer - Conrad Stoltz in 2nd, and Canada’s Mike Vine infirst. It was the start of something big for him, and for XTERRA….The following year he returned to Richmond andscored his first XTERRA win. Over the next 13 years he was a major and consistent force in XTERRA racing inEurope and in America with 90 top five finishes, including 32 wins and four European Tour Championships. But thecrowning 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. Stoltzcollected an unprecedented 53 career championship wins and seven world titles (4 from XTERRA and 3 from ITU) inhis illustrious 15-year career. The reception he received was goose-bump worthy … a well-deserved standingovation from an adoring crowd. “XTERRA has been an integral part of my life,” he said, holding back tears. “Wealways talk about XTERRA being family, and it is. It really is. What Tom and Dave and Julie created is simplyamazing, and I’m beyond grateful.”

XTERRA HALL OF FAME 2010-2015

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2015 - David DeSantis - Cancer fighter and survivor exemplifies Live More spirit2014 - Christophe Maury - Traveled across Europe to win 45-49 division title2013 - Ron Hill - Returned to Maui 1-year after crushing pelvis to win 75-59 title2012 - Ben Allen and Jacqui Slack - For traveling the world and living the dream2011 - G.L. Brown - The epitome of the spirit of our sport2010 - Taylor Seavey - overcomes perceived limitations every day2009 - Juergen Feherenbach - For years of support behind the scenes in Europe2008 - Jamie Whitmore - For kicking cancer and her Warrior Spirit2007 - Tae Yoong Kim – For enthusiasm transcending the language barrier2006 - Nico Pfitzenmeier – For traveling the world “competing to help kids”2005 - Dr. John Mills – For spearheaded the medical support team on Maui 2004 - Willie Stewart – For showing us all that “anything is possible”2003 - Bryan Medrano – For living life to the fullest despite Huntington’s Disease

PAST XTERRA WARRIORS

MedranoMills

Kim Pfitzenmeier

Jamie

Feherenbach Seavey

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

Ben & Jacqui

Hill

Maury

Willie

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TENTATIVE 2017 SCHEDULE OF MAUI QUALIFIERSDate Race LocationFebruary 25 XTERRA South Africa Grabouw, Western CapeMarch 4 XTERRA Motatapu South Island, New ZealandMarch 11 XTERRA Saipan Northern Mariana IslandsMarch 18 XTERRA Colombia Location TBDMarch 25 XTERRA Argentina Dique Ullum, San JuanApril 2 XTERRA Chile SantiagoApril 2 XTERRA Thailand Phuket April 2 XTERRA Malta Majjistral Nature ReserveApril 8 XTERRA New Zealand RotoruaApril 8 XTERRA Costa Rica Playa Reserva ConchalApril 16 XTERRA Reunion Reunion IslandApril 23 XTERRA Cyprus Lara Beach/Akamas, PaphosApril 23 XTERRA Philippines Danao, CebuApril 29 XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour Finale Langkawi, MalaysiaApril 29 XTERRA Greece VouliagmeniMay 7 XTERRA Tahiti PapeeteMay 7 XTERRA Paraguay San BernardinoMay 14 XTERRA Brazil Ilhabela, Sao PaoloMay 20 XTERRA Oak Mountain Pelham, Alabama, USAMay 27 XTERRA Portugal GolegaJune 4 XTERRA Wales Atlantic College, Llantwit MajorJune 10 XTERRA Belgium NamurJune 17 XTERRA Mine over Matter Milton, Ontario, CanadaJune 24 XTERRA Switzerland Vallee de JouxJuly 2 XTERRA France XonruptJuly 9 XTERRA Victoria Victoria, B.C., CanadaJuly 16 XTERRA Beaver Creek Beaver Creek, CO, USAJuly 23 XTERRA Finland ImatraJuly 23 XTERRA Parry Sound Ontario, CanadaAugust 5 XTERRA Mexico TapalpaAugust 6 XTERRA Canmore Canmore, Alberta, CanadaAugust 6 XTERRA Sleeping Giant Thunder Bay, Ontario, CanadaAugust 6 XTERRA Norway Location TBDAugust 12 XTERRA Dominican Republic BarahonaAugust 13 XTERRA Poland KrakowAugust 19 XTERRA Germany Zittau August 25 XTERRA Korea New venue TBDAugust 26 XTERRA Sweden Hellasgaarden, StockholmSeptember 3 XTERRA Japan HokkaidoSeptember 3 XTERRA Denmark Mons KlintSeptember 16 XTERRA Pan Am Championship Ogden, Utah, USAOctober 29 XTERRA World Championship Maui

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

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TEAM UNLIMITEDTEAM Unlimited LLC, founded in 1988, is the Hawaii-based television, events, andmarketing company that brought off-road triathlon and trail running to the world underthe brand name XTERRA. From a one-off race held on the most remote island chainin 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 abona-fide way of life for thousands of intrepid athletes as well as an emerging brand inthe outdoor industry. In 2016 XTERRA will offer more than 200 off-road triathlons andtrail running events in 30+ countries worldwide and produce 10 adventure televisionshows for international distribution. More info at xterraplanet.com / xterracontent.com.

XTERRA THROUGH TIME1996: 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 Championship2002: 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 Tour2005: 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 Japan2013: 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 morethan 300 television shows resulting in threeregional Emmy’s and 42 Telly Awards forproduction excellence. The award-winningXTERRA Adventures TV series, XTERRAUSA and World Championship broadcasts areavailable as a video subscription for Primemembers on Amazon Video via the AmazonVideo app for TV, connected devices includingFire TV, mobile devices and online atAmazon.com/XTERRA

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FLASHBACK TO ‘96 : FROM AN ORGANIZER’S PERSPECTIVEWE JUST DIDN’T KNOW ANY BETTERBy “Kahuna Dave” Nicholas

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

Every swim we had done for Ocean Challenge or the King’sRace was point-to-point. So not knowing any better we didthe first swim from Ulua Beach to Wailea Beach. It was1500m or so and I recall we started the race – picked up thesigns and quickly carried them to swim out and transition.

I did a ton of homework to find out about triathlon. Tinleyand The Grip (Mark Allen) all agreed it was the best runnerthat usually won Ironman or the shorter distances. We werebike guys and when I designed our race (AquaTerra nowXTERRA) I made sure the bike took up a lot more of thetotal time than a road triathlon. I figured the triathlete wouldwin the swim, the mountainbiker would get the lead on thebike and the triathlete would catch up on the run and theywould cross the line together. Damn if it did not work firsttime out. Shari Kain and Michellie Jones did exactly as Ipredicted with Michellie passing Shari about 200m from thefinish. Notorious cyclist Jimmy Riccitello won but mountain-biker Ned Overend came in 3rd and won it all a few yearslater and he was a rock in the water.

Kiely planned parties, we gave away some comp rooms, wehad really nice meals and even cocktail parties. Theatmosphere was completely different from triathlon. Thebiggest comment we heard was “why are you treating us sonice?” The answer was we didn’t know any better. Wefigured the athlete was the reason for the event and we hadbest treat them well.

After the race old John Cobb who had a big online bike shoptold me we had to take this to the mainland and he knew theperfect place. There was a new park in Ruston, Louisianathat had a world class trail builder who had created thatperfect place. Cobb put up $5,000 and the America Tourwas created. We had mtb friends in Big Bear & I convincedthem to help organize one. Tinley knew somebody atKirkwood resort and that became our 3rd race for 1997.

The park manager was James Ramsaur and he truly didcreate an amazing set of trails. He had 250 acres andsomehow made a 9 mile loop. We later named him Kimo asthat’s Hawaiian for James. That first year we took somewhite trellis Kimo used for weddings and made the finisharch. That race was called GatorTerra. We bought a fewkids blowup pool alligators and put them out on the trails onrace morning. Definitely scared a few athletes.

XTERRA would have never started if TK had not found outthat Maui was looking for a TV event. He came back andtold me our crazy idea of a triathlon on mountainbikes wasgoing to happen on Maui. It had to be in Wailea-Makena sogo over there and make it work.

We knew it was a made for TV event and we had to fit it ina one hour show. Ironman distances were way too long andfrankly, their TV show was pretty boring. I figured we had tohave the winners take about 2 ½ hours. Given that totaltime for the race we could easily edit the footage to make aninteresting one hour show. We had done a lot of mountainbike races, lots of ocean swims and even 10K runs thatwent around Diamond Head so we knew how to figure totaltime for each leg. That’s how the distances for XTERRAwere determined.

We went over to Maui a lot of times but could not find anytrails. We had worked with a Maui windsurf organizernamed Paul Ehman for years on our ocean and cyclingevents and Paul had a great connection with Ulupalakuaranch. We went onto the ranch and found miles and milesof dirt roads. Some wide open but many gnarly, lava rock

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FLASHBACK TO ‘96 : FROM AN ORGANIZER’S PERSPECTIVEhard smaller roads as well. From our experience creatingmountain bike races I knew this would be one tough race.Not one foot of single track but unrelenting tough riding.

There was about a mile of road we had to use to get fromthe Aston resort (later Outrigger) to the dirt road leading tothe ranch. This road was as wide as a 4 lane highway. Wefound out later this was made to handle huge trucks bring-ing cinders down from the volcano to fill in the area thatbecame Wailea. There was too much traveled dirt road sowe started looking for cow trails or smaller, older routes tofollow. We found one and it worked well and led to whatwould become Heartbreak Hill. The problem was that whenwe came back to mark it we couldn’t figure out which smalltrail it was. Then one of us remembered an old abandonedcar was on the trail we used. We found the car, an oldPlymouth Valiant, and that is how Valiant Park got its nameand that cool, twisty bit came to be.

Another problem cropped up when we couldn’t bring thebike back to the hotel in the distance we wanted . Goingback would make the bike too long. Plus, there was nogood run route around the hotel. The solution was a smallhorse stable business out past Makena. We could tie thebike route to come down to the stables for T2 and thencreate a run back to the hotel. The stable owner was agreat guy and helped a lot.

The only problem was not enough space at T2 to put bikeracks. I took a chapter out of the original Ironman T2 andwe put up tents, built big bag racks and hired a coupleflatbed trucks to take the bikes back to the start. Riderswould come screaming down Cactus Alley into T2. Weposted a marshal just up the road and he would call the bikenumber on a 2-way radio. Another vollie would yell out thenumber at T2 and a volunteer would grab that bag and haveit waiting. At the dismount line another volunteer would takethe bike and the athlete would grab their transition bag andgo into a tent with benches to change. Like I said, we justdidn’t know any better & it seemed like the right thing to do.

There was no real route from the ranch to the stables. Wefound remnants of an old road but it was totally overgrown.I had a bunch of Marines that worked with us on the NFLPro Bowl and we took a dozen or so to Maui with us to workon the course and marshal points. Those guys are workers.We blasted through the bush cutting trees, pulling crap outof the way and uncovering the old route. About half way

down we ran into hundreds of huge cactus. Some had beengrowing there for years & were 10-12 feet high. It was chris-tened “Cactus Alley” and was part of the course for years.

The run was harder to make than it seemed as most of itwould have to be on the road. Not what we wanted. So wescouted woods and beaches and although we had to crossa couple roads, Ted Kozlo got the Maui police to approve itand help. Scary forest was created with a rake. It wasnothing but scrub kiawe trees and other woody weeds. Wewanted to go over the pu’u past little beach but it was toodangerous. I remember doing it and sliding and tumblingdown that damn thing to black sand beach. What we didwas leave Makena Beach (Big Beach) through the parkinglot and then started walking into the woods. We eventuallyfound our way back to black sand beach and Scary Forestwas created. How did we mark it? With a rake making apath through the leaves and hundreds of arrows.

Ulupalakua allowed us one day on their ranch for the race.This is how the no advance look or practice on the trailshappened. They are a full, working ranch and I did notblame them in the least. They did allow us access to markthe course and I recall wondering why our stakes and markskept being knocked down. What we found is the cattle sawthe arrows and thought they were food ! That’s why in thosefirst years before the ranch started moving the cattle for therace week we had to hang arrows from tree branches orscrew them into fence posts.

XTERRA racing has been the work-life passion of Dave Nicholasfor two decades now.  He’s been the race director at everyXTERRA World Championship race since 1996, and is the drivingforce behind the ever-expanding XTERRA World Tour. He’s alsoone heck of a race-car driver, and at the young age of 73 drove his1960 MG A to several class victories this year.

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FLASHBACK TO ‘96 : FROM A RACER’S PERSPECTIVEAQUATERRA FLASHBACKBy Scott Schumaker

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

November 3, 1996, 9 AM

BOOM!

The cannon fires. I charge down Wailea beach and into thetranquil Pacific with 122 athletes. It’s the first Aquaterra,now XTERRA. Well-known multi-sport names like Newby-Fraser, Pigg, Jones, Hobson, Tinley, Smyers and Riccitelloare in the scantily-clad mob. There are a few notablemountain bikers too. Overend. Kain. Kloser. It’s not the firstoff road triathlon*, but with its Maui location, end-of-the-sea-son date, big name athletes, TV coverage and prize money,it has definitely garnered the most buzz. I dive into the waterand think, “If this thing takes off it could change the face oftriathlons!”

It’s one big triangle of a swim and I need to stay on BrentImonen’s feet. He’s a damn fine ocean swimmer. With thelikes of Overend and Kloser back there I need as much of alead as possible. Shit, Riccitello is back there too. I know hecan ride a mountain bike. Most triathletes can’t. Most triath-letes seem to prefer glass-smooth pavement. Yawn. Boring.Not me. I’m excited to get on the dirt. I’m excited to get dirty!Swim faster, Brent.

Did Dave “Kahuna” Nicholas have his mini-cannon that firstyear? Was the Pacific tranquil? Did I really think Aquaterracould change triathlons as I dove into the water? Was theswim one big triangle? I have no idea. It was 20 years ago.Memory fogs. Let me check the tape. Stand by.

OK, I just checked the tape. Was there a mini-cannon?Nope. It was a conch shell being blown. Was the Pacifictranquil? Yes. Was the swim a triangle? No. It was a point-to-point swim from Ulua Beach to Wailea Beach. Was Ithinking about Aquaterra possibly bringing a whole newdimension in multi-sport? I hope not. I hope I was focusedon the race.

I’m right on Brent’s feet. Perfect. Look! There’s a giant turtleswimming underneath us**. That is sooo cool. Scott, stayfocused on the race, man! Swim faster, Brent. Should I tryto go around him? No, I need to conserve my energy. Iprobably can’t get around him anyway. He’s fast.

The tape shows that I tried to go around him. I think Iwanted the swim prime. We exit the water side by side, buthe’s on his feet a half stride before I am.

Sprint! I can get this.A wave breaks. It’s tangles up my legs. Brent is alreadycharging up the beach.

Looking back, I suppose could blame that wave for notgetting the prime. Or I could blame the extra drag of the bikeshorts I chose to wear. But, really, Brent was just a damnfine ocean swimmer. I’m sure he still is. Hobson came out ofthe water close behind me. Pigg came out close behind him.Riccitello was a minute back. Tinley, 1:20. Overend nearly 3minutes. I recall the run to the transition area feeling long.

OK, there’s my transition space. Finally. C’mon, bike jersey!Get on my wet body. I’m glad I cut the sleeves off! GUpackets…stay stuffed in those back pockets. OK, shoes areon. Grab the mountain bike. It’s a Scott hardtail. Aluminumframe. 26-inch wheels. V-brakes. Handlebar that round intobar ends. It’s a mere 30 pounds of XC awesomeness!

I’m sprinting out across the bike mount line and launchmyself cyclocross-style onto my bike. I’m first out oftransition. I am the No Fear Bike Leader!

There’s a section of paved road before the dirt begins. I’mriding hands free putting on the bike gloves that had beendangling from my bar ends. There goes Hobson. Shit!…andPigg! So much for being the bike leader. That didn’t last

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FLASHBACK TO ‘96 : FROM A RACER’S PERSPECTIVElong. I’m a better technical rider than Hobson. Not sureabout Pigg. But there is 3000 feet of climbing before the bigdescent.

That big descent would become known as The Plunge andI wouldn’t see Hobson or Pigg on it. In fact, I wouldn’t seeeither of them again until after the finish line. A half-dozenothers would pass me on the climb to The Plunge, includingRiccitello and, eventually, Overend. Those two were movingincredibly fast. If Phil Liggett had been commenting hewould have said they were dancing on their pedals.

Whew. That was tough. Here we go the big descent! It’sdouble track and fast. It’s not all that technical, but the lavarocks are bouncing my bike around like a pinball and rattlingmy brain! Just don’t crash. Just don’t crash. Just don’tcrash.

I didn’t crash but it wasn’t the best bike ride of my life either.It was, however, a hell of a lot more exciting and challeng-ing—mentally and physically—than road triathlons. Plusdrafting, which was a heated debate in road triathlons at thetime, was impossible. It was pure. It was bliss. By the timeI hit the bike-to-run transition I was in love.

OK, I’m off the bike in one piece and in eighth place. Or isit 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 reddust. It’s f’ing hot! Why did they start this race so f’ing latein 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 withyellow 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!

There’s a rocky ledge. More sand. Pavement. More trail. A“beach” made of baby-head sized rocks. Sweating.Sunbathers are looking at me like I’m nuts. My legs are real-ly failing now. There’s the finish line. Hallelujah!

2:49:12. 12th place.

It wasn’t my best race speed-wise. I had really been hopingto finish in the top 10, and if all pistons were firing, top 5.

Still, compared to my current 2015 speed, I was kind of, sortof fast. I didn’t appreciate it then. I appreciate it now.Perspective matters.

I’m in the post-finish line tent dropping another cupful of icewater over my head. This really could take off, I think. Thiswhole mountain bike, Aquaterra triathlon thing. Howamazing would that be?! I would totally do these all the timeover road triathlons. It was way more fun. And crazy chal-lenging. And those Team Unlimited people seem really nice.They’ve treated us all like kings and queens. And they knowhow to put on a well-organized race. It’s too bad they arebased in Hawaii though. There’s no way they’ll makeanything big happen stuck out here in the middle of thePacific.

*The Kirkwood Enduro-X went down in August 6, 1994. - Scott Tinley’s Dirty Adventures followed in the fall of 1995.**I’m relatively sure a turtle actually did swim underneath us.***Credit for the line “sweating like a whore in church” : Jimmy

Riccitello.

Scott Schumaker (pictured above interviewing Michellie Jonesafter that first race) would go on to race almost every XTERRATriathlon held over the next five years, writing about each one formultisport magazines and XTERRA, and he is a member of theXTERRA Hall of Fame. While he never won the big one, or evenany of the smaller ones—Kahuna calls him the Dan Marino ofXTERRA—he was a consistent top finisher and his articles helpedgrow the sport. Currently Scott is the managing partner at BrightAntenna Records and recently put out a children’s book calledHenry’s Big Star Adventure. instagram: @scottschumaker

2016 XTERRA WORLDS START LIST BY BIB#

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Bib First Name Last Name Division Country49 Brad Weiss PRO RSA50 Michi Weiss PRO AUT51 Jari Palonen PRO SWE52 Ryan Petry PRO USA61 Flora Duffy PRO BER62 Lesley Paterson PRO GBR63 Myriam Guillot-Boisset PRO FRA64 Lizzie Orchard PRO NZL65 Carina Wasle PRO AUT66 Helena Erbenova PRO CZE67 Jacqui Slack PRO GBR68 Maia Ignatz PRO USA69 Kara LaPoint PRO USA70 Julie Baker PRO USA71 Mieko Carey PRO JPN72 Katharine Carter PRO CAN73 Caroline Colonna PRO USA74 Michelle Flipo PRO MEX75 Melania Giraldi PRO BRA76 Sarah Graves PRO USA77 Isabella Ribeiro PRO BRA78 Morgane Riou PRO FRA80 Suzie Snyder PRO USA81 Jennifer Todd PRO USA82 Joanna Brown PRO CAN100 Morgan Fortin 15-19 USA101 Heather Horton 15-19 USA102 Rina Ishizu 15-19 JPN103 Kloe O'Rourke 15-19 MEX104 Jocelyn Vides 15-19 USA105 Pauline Aigon 20-24 FRA106 Lara Buttigieg 20-24 MLT107 Clara Blohm Clemmensen 20-24 DEN108 Julia Hunt 20-24 NZL109 Camille Jobard 20-24 FRA110 Jaylene Kemp 20-24 CAN111 Katarina Marks 20-24 USA112 Jingyan Tang 20-24 CHI113 Michaele Van den Heever 20-24 RSA114 Claire Avril 25-29 BEL115 Sarah Bakewell 25-29 GBR116 Morgane Bedard 25-29 FRA117 Stephanie Brunnemann 25-29 USA118 Renata Castro 25-29 BRA119 Sandra Daschner 25-29 AUT120 Sjoukje Dufoer 25-29 BEL

Bib First Name Last Name Division Country121 Catalina Gerstle 25-29 CHI122 Jyle Ivor Gonzalez 25-29 PHI123 Valentine Grob 25-29 SUI124 Ariarn Huston 25-29 AUS125 Johandri Leicester 25-29 RSA126 Heidi Manicke 25-29 CAN127 Noelani McMahon 25-29 USA128 Tatiane Nascimento 25-29 BRA129 Lauren Nethery 25-29 USA130 Paola Ozán 25-29 ARG131 Julia Ramsauer 25-29 GER132 Bridget Schwenne 25-29 USA133 Tory Sigmond 25-29 USA134 Elisabeth Siroux 25-29 FRA135 Serena Vanni 25-29 ITA136 Heather Wilson 25-29 USA137 Amandine Witzmann 25-29 FRA138 Yuri Arikawa 30-34 SIN139 Faye Armstrong 30-34 CAN140 Erica Cline 30-34 USA141 Jeanie Denison 30-34 USA142 Teresa Farias 30-34 MEX143 Lydia Hale 30-34 NZL144 Andrea Kettler 30-34 USA145 Rosamond Lougheed 30-34 CAN146 Milena Montersino 30-34 ARG147 Claire Nance 30-34 GBR148 Iben Nelson 30-34 DEN149 Sue Paz Thunström 30-34 SWE150 Jill Ponet 30-34 BEL151 Megan Riepma 30-34 USA152 Ashley Robota 30-34 USA153 Kate Slingo 30-34 AUS154 Julia Totosy 30-34 CAN155 Sara Viveros 30-34 MEX156 Amelia Vonesh 30-34 USA157 Whitney Withington 30-34 USA158 Heather Zimchek-Dunn 30-34 USA159 Emanuela Bandol 35-39 CAN160 Stacey Banks 35-39 USA161 Whitney Barrett 35-39 USA162 Alice Bourgeoisat 35-39 FRA163 Wendy Boyce 35-39 NZL164 Xiomara Brenes 35-39 CRC165 Ana Creus 35-39 ESP166 Angela Fogarolli 35-39 GER167 Rachel Gillis 35-39 USA168 Edna Gonzalez 35-39 MEX169 Felicity Hart 35-39 GBR

Bib First Name Last Name Division Country170 Shannon Howell 35-39 USA171 Lyndsay Hupka 35-39 CAN172 Lindsay Jackson 35-39 USA173 Meagan Johnson 35-39 USA174 Nalani Kaun 35-39 USA175 Courtney Kaup 35-39 USA176 Audrey Lariviere 35-39 FRA177 Natalie Lehto 35-39 CAN178 Kelly Linaker 35-39 AUS179 Eunhee Ma 35-39 KOR180 Anna McDonald 35-39 CAN181 Kim Michell 35-39 AUS182 Elise Monniaud 35-39 FRA183 Allison Moore 35-39 USA184 Anna Olivarius 35-39 DEN185 Julia Polloreno 35-39 USA186 Amanda Puente 35-39 USA187 Mirtha Realpe 35-39 COL188 Rebecca Rocke 35-39 NZL189 Anelisa Santos 35-39 BRA190 Anne Usher 35-39 USA191 Melissa Vandewater 35-39 AUS192 Cybelle Viciano 35-39 BRA193 Kristen Wade 35-39 USA194 Avelyn Warren 35-39 USA195 Lottie Whitman 35-39 USA196 Megan Arthur 40-44 NZL197 Julie Bruckman-Pitrone 40-44 USA198 Andrea Gaggero 40-44 URU199 Katarzyna Galewicz 40-44 POL200 Carolina Gherra 40-44 ARG201 Elena Gómez 40-44 ESP202 Shannon Greenhill 40-44 USA203 Sonoko Ishizu 40-44 JPN204 Nicole Johnson 40-44 CAN205 Becca Johnston 40-44 USA206 Uta Knape 40-44 GER207 Kimberly Larson 40-44 USA208 Kathryn Lockwood 40-44 USA209 Sandra Lopes 40-44 BRA210 Robyn Low-Hart 40-44 AUS211 Janet MacDonald 40-44 USA212 Marcela Madrigal 40-44 CRC213 Natalia Margara 40-44 ARG214 Kate Matheson 40-44 USA215 Sabrina Matias 40-44 BRA216 Katia Michel 40-44 FRA217 Magdalena Mihura 40-44 BRA218 Kelli Montgomery 40-44 USA

Bib First Name Last Name Division Country219 Nadia Mueller 40-44 SUI220 Jennifer Razee 40-44 USA221 Virginia Sellars 40-44 CAN222 Mimi Stockton 40-44 USA223 Maria Sturluson 40-44 DEN224 Tanya Walker 40-44 USA225 Françoise Wittenburg 40-44 USA226 Michelle Blankenship 45-49 USA227 Karen Brisson 45-49 USA228 Natalie Burge 45-49 CAN229 Jennifer Burtner 45-49 USA230 Cristina Cominardi 45-49 ITA231 Seonaigh Conchie 45-49 NZL232 Lori Cooper 45-49 USA233 Lesley Davidson 45-49 TJK234 Gina DeTolve 45-49 USA235 Christy Fritts 45-49 USA236 Catherine Gance 45-49 FRA237 Felicia Gomez 45-49 USA238 Christine Grant 45-49 USA239 Christina Halioris 45-49 USA240 Noriko Hayashi 45-49 JPN241 Jeanne Hoffman 45-49 USA242 Camilla Lenti 45-49 ITA243 Kate Lucas 45-49 USA244 Joy Peterson 45-49 CAN245 Nathalie Pugeault 45-49 FRA246 Tanya Rabie 45-49 RSA247 Julie Robb 45-49 CAN248 Patricia Smaldone 45-49 USA249 Katarina Smith 45-49 CAN250 Maria Vazquez 45-49 ARG251 Karin Ward 45-49 USA252 Marfa Weathers 45-49 USA253 Michelle Yost 45-49 USA254 Corinne Bonneau 50-54 FRA255 Louise Donaldson 50-54 SIN256 Charlotte Endicott 50-54 USA257 Elayne Fletcher 50-54 USA258 Diana Greenwood 50-54 USA259 Jenny Henville 50-54 AUS260 Lizl Hobson 50-54 RSA261 Denise Janson 50-54 USA262 Beate Kleindienst 50-54 GER263 Paula Maresh 50-54 USA264 Linda Matheson 50-54 USA265 Susan Moote 50-54 USA266 Anne-Mette Mortensen 50-54 DEN267 Margo Pitts 50-54 USA

Bib First Name Last Name Division Country268 Patti Plagmann 50-54 USA269 Mary Posey 50-54 USA270 Carol Rasmussen 50-54 DEN271 Elfi Rose 50-54 GER272 Luisa Saft 50-54 BRA273 Celeste St. Pierre 50-54 USA274 Meiling Yee 50-54 USA275 Marianella Zuccotti 50-54 ARG276 Christy Allen 55-59 USA277 Sue Bankier 55-59 NZL278 Marcy Fleming 55-59 USA279 Stephanie Landy 55-59 USA280 Petra Majewski 55-59 GER281 Janice Meek 55-59 CAN282 Elaine Morison 55-59 USA283 Trish Nicol 55-59 NZL284 Karen Robertson 55-59 USA285 Josie Sinclair 55-59 NZL286 Tamara Tabeek 55-59 USA287 Cathy Walker 55-59 CAN288 Janie White 55-59 USA289 Martha Buttner 60-64 USA290 Barbara Peterson 60-64 USA291 Lorenn Walker 60-64 USA292 Libby Harrow 65-69 USA293 Lynne Pattle 65-69 NZL294 Sharon Prutton 65-69 NZL295 Cindi Toepel 65-69 USA296 Wendy Minor 70-74 USA297 Judy Abrahams PC USA298 Beth Price PC USA299 Mai Chiku OC JPN300 Kaley Rehorn 20-24 USA301 Maria Alvarez 35-39 USA302 Courtney Meadows 35-39 USA303 April Masters Ruhne 50-54 USA304 Grace Bollinger 55-59 USA310 Brendon Bergs 15-19 NZL311 Asger Blohm Clemmensen 15-19 DEN312 Pâris Fellmann 15-19 LUX313 Travis Gilpin 15-19 USA314 Dylan Gong 15-19 USA315 Juan Gonzalez 15-19 USA316 Tate Haugan 15-19 CAN317 Jonas Held 15-19 GER318 Rémi Jeaugey 15-19 FRA319 Ricardo Lara 15-19 ARG320 Maxence Lejeune 15-19 FRA321 Frederik Nielsen 15-19 DEN

Bib First Name Last Name Division Country322 Lewis Ryan 15-19 NZL323 Bowen Satterthwaite 15-19 USA324 Benny Smith 15-19 USA325 Daniele Toro 15-19 ITA326 Pierre Valentin 15-19 FRA327 Quirijn Waaijenberg 15-19 NED328 Hayden Wilde 15-19 NZL329 Dewight Winchester 15-19 USA330 Kevin Aguilar 20-24 MEX331 Taylor Charlton 20-24 AUS332 Maxime Danon 20-24 FRA333 Romain Debry 20-24 BEL334 Loïc Doubey 20-24 FRA335 Corentin Duclos 20-24 FRA336 Tim Dülfer 20-24 GER337 Eduardo Falconi 20-24 BRA338 Valentin Fleury 20-24 FRA339 Rodolfo García 20-24 MEX340 Evan Girard 20-24 CAN341 Jason Hall 20-24 NZL342 Jiri Kesl 20-24 CZE343 Donavan Leyn 20-24 BEL344 Mikel Loizaga 20-24 ESP345 Fabian Lopes 20-24 BRA346 Rafael Machado 20-24 BRA347 Alvaro Martinez 20-24 MEX348 Jared Ray 20-24 USA349 Marek Ryska 20-24 CZE350 Sebastian Salas 20-24 CRC351 John Sarikas 20-24 USA352 Shunsuke Sasaki 20-24 JPN353 James Scott 20-24 USA354 Charly Sibille 20-24 FRA355 Benjamin Thevenin 20-24 FRA356 Sergio Toro 20-24 CHI357 Robin Tournant 20-24 FRA358 Scott Tully 20-24 USA359 Keiho Wada 20-24 JPN360 Adan Avendaño 25-29 ARG361 Tobias Bartholdy 25-29 DEN362 Anthony Celeste 25-29 FRA363 Lorenz Claeys 25-29 BEL364 Carl Cote 25-29 CAN365 Joeri Deleebeeck 25-29 BEL366 Doug Eubank 25-29 USA367 Daniel Grew 25-29 CRC368 Josh Hanley 25-29 USA369 Laurent Helsemans 25-29 FRA370 Ants Jackson 25-29 NZL

Bib First Name Last Name Division Country371 Lukus Klawitter 25-29 USA372 Hugo Lefebvre 25-29 FRA373 Dave Levesque 25-29 CAN374 Jeff MacNair 25-29 USA375 Anthony Nasser 25-29 USA376 Pierre-Alain Nicole 25-29 FRA377 Thiago Olson 25-29 USA378 Tancredi Pizzo 25-29 ITA379 Christopher POR 25-29 PER380 Mac Potter 25-29 CAN381 Harold Ramos 25-29 CRC382 Leandro Reitano 25-29 ARG383 Jean-Marc Rimaud 25-29 FRA384 Ignacio Sanchez 25-29 ESP385 Pablo Schaelchli 25-29 CHI386 Rafi Silerio 25-29 PHI387 Jorge Silva 25-29 NIC388 Pete Smallfield 25-29 NZL389 Arnaud Taurelle 25-29 FRA390 Alfredo Valdes 25-29 USA391 Jeffrey van Rosmalen 25-29 CAN392 Abraham Viramontes 25-29 MEX393 Andrea Zanenga 25-29 ITA394 Nathan Zimmer 25-29 BRA395 Marco Amador 30-34 CRC396 Filipe Aragao 30-34 BRA397 Felipe Avilés 30-34 CHI398 William Barbosa 30-34 BRA399 Rodney Bell 30-34 AUS400 Fabien Bourly 30-34 FRA401 Paulo Cabrera 30-34 BRA402 Rafael Castol 30-34 MEX403 Nicolò Colombo 30-34 ITA404 Adam Cooper 30-34 USA405 Evandro Cordeiro 30-34 BRA406 Jason Costelloe 30-34 TNT407 Maximiliano Cuadra 30-34 CHI408 Xavier Dafflon 30-34 SUI409 Craig Daugherty 30-34 USA410 Felipe De la Vega 30-34 CHI411 Dwayne Dixon 30-34 USA412 James Evans 30-34 USA413 Ronaldo Ferreira 30-34 BRA414 Michael Gartner 30-34 CAN415 Sean Gray 30-34 USA416 James Haycraft 30-34 USA417 Tim Helms 30-34 USA418 Wanze Hu 30-34 CHI419 Mitchell Isaacson 30-34 USA

Bib First Name Last Name Division Country420 Kevin Kaucher 30-34 USA421 Akitomo Konno 30-34 JPN422 Miguel Lacerda 30-34 BRA423 Romaric Ladet 30-34 FRA424 Julien Leroy 30-34 FRA425 Yohann Marquant 30-34 FRA426 Tom Martin 30-34 CAN427 Alexandre Montel 30-34 FRA428 Nicholas Moore 30-34 AUS429 Patrick Nesbitt 30-34 CAN430 Johann Olivier 30-34 GBR431 Jacob Pembrook 30-34 USA432 Marcelo Perim 30-34 BRA433 Marc Prutton 30-34 NZL434 Carlos Quezada 30-34 MEX435 Florent Roche 30-34 FRA436 Javier Ruiz 30-34 ESP437 Sanjay Sachdev 30-34 CAN438 Carl Salomez 30-34 BEL439 Matthias Seitz 30-34 GER440 Stephen Simpson 30-34 CAN441 Sandro Surwilo 30-34 POL442 Brice Timmerman 30-34 FRA443 Sheldon Timms 30-34 CAN444 Mattia Torraco 30-34 ITA445 Mateusz Tylek 30-34 POL446 Simone Vacchelli 30-34 ITA447 Jorn Van Der Veken 30-34 BEL448 Cedric Wane 30-34 FRA449 Clay Ward 30-34 CAN450 Daniel Wells 30-34 AUS451 Andrew Whitson 30-34 CAN452 Mark Williams 30-34 NZL453 Ricardo Alvim 35-39 BRA454 Armando Berlanga 35-39 MEX455 Felipe Bezerra 35-39 BRA456 Alejandro Bulacio 35-39 ARG457 Vojtech Burianek 35-39 CZE458 Leevin Camacho 35-39 USA459 Marcio Carvalho 35-39 BRA460 Manny Cypers 35-39 USA461 Rodrigo Da Silva 35-39 DOM462 Stephane Decressac 35-39 FRA463 Jose Díaz 35-39 ESP464 Franck Digonnet 35-39 FRA465 Fabio Duque 35-39 NIC466 Uwe Ebner 35-39 AUT467 Andres Fernandez 35-39 CRC468 Ludovic Ferreira 35-39 FRA

Bib First Name Last Name Division Country469 Josh Flanagan 35-39 USA470 Sergio Florian 35-39 USA471 Nathanael Fruchart 35-39 FRA472 Masataka Fujiwara 35-39 JPN473 Davide Gabardo 35-39 ITA474 Rafael Galvez 35-39 MEX475 Eric Garber 35-39 USA476 Oscar Garcia 35-39 ARG477 Matthew Givens 35-39 USA478 Louis Goldberg 35-39 RSA479 Keisuke Hirano 35-39 JPN480 Michael Hosey 35-39 USA481 Mauro Imbriani 35-39 ITA482 Jason Lamoreaux 35-39 USA483 Laurent Lariviere 35-39 FRA484 Antoine Le Dard 35-39 FRA485 Josh Lee 35-39 USA486 Andrew Lehto 35-39 CAN487 Olivier Lyoen 35-39 FRA488 Sergio Martinez 35-39 MEX489 Ryan Matheson 35-39 USA490 Robert McFadzean 35-39 USA491 Eric Philibert 35-39 FRA492 David Prunier 35-39 FRA493 Franciney Rodrigues 35-39 BRA494 Hans Ryham 35-39 USA495 Brandon Schaufele 35-39 CAN496 Glen Scholz 35-39 AUS497 Luka Senk 35-39 CAN498 Alexandre Smith 35-39 FRA499 Jon Smith 35-39 USA500 Jérôme Tisserand 35-39 FRA501 Cedric Tourneur 35-39 FRA502 Jan Trojanowski 35-39 CAN503 Pablo Ureta 35-39 ARG504 Stéphane Vaxelaire 35-39 FRA505 Daniel Vilela 35-39 BRA506 Justin Voss 35-39 USA507 Marco Weisbecker 35-39 GER508 Brent Wong 35-39 USA509 Yannick Antoine 40-44 BEL510 Martin Aragno 40-44 ARG511 Ziya Arik 40-44 USA512 Thomas Barbereau 40-44 FRA513 Thomas Beck 40-44 DEN514 Jared Berg 40-44 USA515 Anton Bergs 40-44 NZL516 Daniel Bernardina 40-44 BRA517 Alan Burton 40-44 AUS

Bib First Name Last Name Division Country518 Mike Cabigon 40-44 CAN519 Kenneth Carlsen 40-44 DEN520 Wim Claeys 40-44 BEL521 Jean-Claude Constandse 40-44 USA522 Carlos Cosoli 40-44 ARG523 Jan Debnar 40-44 CZE524 Stéphane Delicourt 40-44 FRA525 Michael Dorr 40-44 USA526 Kris Driessens 40-44 BEL527 Nicolas Durin 40-44 FRA528 Luke Ehgoetz 40-44 CAN529 Eric Fendt 40-44 FRA530 Ralf Fletcher 40-44 RSA531 Martin Flinta 40-44 SWE532 Shannon Fore 40-44 USA533 Henze Frédéric 40-44 FRA534 Rui Galinha 40-44 POR535 Raul Garcia 40-44 USA536 Luis Gonzalez 40-44 USA537 Steve Good 40-44 CAN538 John Hendricks 40-44 USA539 Alejandro Ibarra 40-44 MEX540 Neil Jacobs 40-44 USA541 Juan Jaures 40-44 CHI542 Brian Johnson 40-44 USA543 Ryan Kirkham 40-44 USA544 Christian Håkansson 40-44 SWE545 Fernando Lopez 40-44 USA546 Frédéric Loree 40-44 FRA547 Todd Maddock 40-44 NZL548 Martin Magarinos 40-44 ARG549 Jorge Michel 40-44 MEX550 Yaro Middaugh 40-44 USA551 Jerod Nagel 40-44 USA552 Jeff O'Connell 40-44 CAN553 Jefferson Oishi 40-44 USA554 Sebastien Petit 40-44 FRA555 Vaclav Petrasek 40-44 CZE556 Christophe Piton 40-44 FRA557 Alessandro Pupi 40-44 ITA558 Mirko Querfeld 40-44 GER559 Mark Rivers 40-44 USA560 Ivo Rytir 40-44 CAN561 Keigo Saito 40-44 JPN562 Robin Salandanan 40-44 PHI563 Ravosh Samari 40-44 USA564 Youngil Shin 40-44 KOR565 Mike Smith 40-44 CAN566 Wil Smith 40-44 CAN

Bib First Name Last Name Division Country567 Ryan Snow 40-44 USA568 Roy Soto 40-44 CRC569 Nathan Stewart 40-44 CAN570 Kendrick Stoddart 40-44 USA571 Mitch Sturdivant 40-44 USA572 Richard Taylor 40-44 NZL573 Ralph Tcha 40-44 FRA574 Ryan Trant 40-44 CAN575 Hernan Trevino 40-44 MEX576 Johann Uesseler 40-44 COL577 Kasper Urth 40-44 DEN578 Jose Vasquez 40-44 COL579 Garren Watkins 40-44 USA580 Roman Yohann 40-44 FRA581 David Zimmermann 40-44 SUI582 Farouk Abrahams 45-49 RSA583 Joseph Alueta 45-49 USA584 Adrian Alvarez 45-49 CRC585 Jerry Bailey 45-49 USA586 Jens Beck 45-49 USA587 Mirko Bonfiglioli 45-49 ITA588 Sergio Boucault 45-49 BRA589 Scott Brand 45-49 USA590 Tiago Brant 45-49 BRA591 Douglas Brede 45-49 USA592 Werner Broz 45-49 ITA593 Jason Campbell 45-49 USA594 Anthony Cowan 45-49 NZL595 Art Custer 45-49 USA596 Ryan Dolan 45-49 USA597 Shane Eagar 45-49 NZL598 Brian Fennimore 45-49 SWE599 Paul Ferraro 45-49 USA600 John Field 45-49 USA601 Franck Fonteyraud 45-49 FRA602 Lee Guinchard 45-49 USA603 Per Hagardt 45-49 SWE604 Chris Halioris 45-49 USA605 Jay Heller 45-49 USA606 Duane Hennion 45-49 USA607 Dean Hewson 45-49 USA608 Rife Hilgartner 45-49 USA609 Brendon Hill 45-49 AUS610 David Hsu 45-49 USA611 Hideki Ikegame 45-49 JPN612 Koichi Ishizu 45-49 JPN613 Takamitsu Iwabuchi 45-49 JPN614 Chad Jarrett 45-49 USA615 Fräs Jan Jonsson 45-49 SWE

Bib First Name Last Name Division Country616 Stefan Kusurelis 45-49 USA617 Stefan Laursen 45-49 USA618 Rene Lopez 45-49 DOM619 Vladislav Lukacs 45-49 SVK620 Gary Mannino 45-49 USA621 Simon Manson 45-49 AUS622 Pablo Marcos 45-49 ARG623 Christophe Maury 45-49 FRA624 Nicolas Mazetier 45-49 FRA625 Paul McCalman 45-49 MAS626 David McCurdy 45-49 USA627 Scott McGill 45-49 USA628 Pavel Mejia 45-49 DOM629 Patrick Morton 45-49 USA630 Nick Muragin 45-49 USA631 Jeff Neilson 45-49 CAN632 Brent Norton 45-49 USA633 Thomas Oberli 45-49 SUI634 Shane OBrien 45-49 AUS635 Peter Olivarius 45-49 DEN636 Scott Perrine 45-49 USA637 Doug Piil 45-49 USA638 Mark Piskadlo 45-49 USA639 Christopher Pixley 45-49 USA640 Lance Polloreno 45-49 USA641 Don Powell 45-49 USA642 Mike Preston 45-49 USA643 Eric Printz 45-49 FRA644 Martin Ralph 45-49 NZL645 Mike Riederer 45-49 USA646 Michael Ross 45-49 USA647 Jerome Rouquet 45-49 USA648 Mauricio Roura 45-49 CHI649 Ferdinand Rust 45-49 GER650 Alexandre Saft 45-49 BRA651 Skid Saurenman 45-49 USA652 Marek Scerba 45-49 CZE653 Brad Scholtz 45-49 USA654 Keith Schumann 45-49 USA655 Andrew Sellars 45-49 CAN656 John Sergeeff 45-49 USA657 Eric Snowberg 45-49 USA658 Larry Steinberg 45-49 USA659 Mat Stephenson 45-49 GBR660 Travis Stover 45-49 USA661 John Strayer 45-49 USA662 Heiroa Tauraa 45-49 FRA663 Keith Terada 45-49 USA664 Jason Tuffs 45-49 USA665 Joost van Ulden 45-49 CAN

Bib First Name Last Name Division Country666 Al Wade 45-49 USA667 Kyle Walker 45-49 USA668 David Warren 45-49 USA669 Fred West 45-49 USA670 Stephen Whitford 45-49 AUS671 Justin Wilson 45-49 AUS672 Vaughn Woods 45-49 NZL673 Cal Zaryski 45-49 CAN674 Rick Zimmerman 45-49 USA675 Jesper Ahlstroem 50-54 SIN676 Mark Alderman 50-54 USA677 Robert Ballou 50-54 USA678 Carlos Barracosa 50-54 FRA679 Robb Baur 50-54 USA680 Jean-Marie Bertres 50-54 FRA681 Arnaud Bouvier 50-54 FRA682 Gus Bruna 50-54 USA683 Frantisek Bulava 50-54 CZE684 Jerry Campbell 50-54 USA685 Christophe Castagnetti 50-54 FRA686 Cristian Castro 50-54 CHI687 Stephen Cosgrove 50-54 USA688 David Dalzell 50-54 USA689 Shawn Delsey 50-54 CAN690 Massimiliano Donati 50-54 ITA691 Andrew Duenow 50-54 USA692 Brian Endicott 50-54 USA693 Randy Engel 50-54 USA694 Guy Evans 50-54 SUI695 Olivier Fellmann 50-54 LUX696 Mick Ferris 50-54 AUS697 Roberto Flor 50-54 USA698 Michael Friedrich 50-54 AUT699 Todd Gottfried 50-54 USA700 Gary Griffin 50-54 USA701 Robert Hagebak 50-54 USA702 Michael Henshaw 50-54 USA703 David Henzlik 50-54 USA704 Gregor Hoefelmaier 50-54 GER705 Patrick James 50-54 USA706 Norm Katz 50-54 USA707 Jeff Lambing 50-54 USA708 Steve Mackenzie 50-54 CAN709 Arto Makela 50-54 HKG710 Flavio Matias 50-54 BRA711 Michael Mazza 50-54 CAN712 Luis Mendez 50-54 DOM713 Chris Miller 50-54 USA714 Eduardo Miranda 50-54 CRC715 Chris Neenan 50-54 CAN

Bib First Name Last Name Division Country716 Hal Nicholson 50-54 USA717 Ben Norton 50-54 USA718 Chiman Oh 50-54 KOR719 Stef Oud 50-54 NED720 Christopher Peaslee 50-54 USA721 Christophe Quiquet 50-54 FRA722 Rune Rasmussen 50-54 DEN723 Doron Reuveni 50-54 USA724 Miguel Sanchez 50-54 ARG725 Tim Sheeper 50-54 USA726 Ricardo Silva 50-54 BRA727 Steven Simontacchi 50-54 USA728 Scott Skelton 50-54 USA729 Mike Stepanek 50-54 USA730 Greg Stevenson 50-54 CAN731 Tetsuya Sugimori 50-54 JPN732 Hideki Terasawa 50-54 JPN733 Daniel Torres 50-54 MEX734 Didier Vandenbosch 50-54 BEL735 Kirk Vandeweghe 50-54 CAN736 Mark Waaijenberg 50-54 NED737 Rob White 50-54 USA738 Jesse Wommack 50-54 USA739 Dennis Yonkin 50-54 USA740 Atsushi Yukawa 50-54 JPN741 Ebbie Baghaie 55-59 SIN742 Gregory Ball 55-59 AUS743 Pat Beaudoin 55-59 USA744 Philip Briandet 55-59 SIN745 Matthew Carr 55-59 USA746 Gerry Clark 55-59 USA747 Dave DeSantis 55-59 USA748 Chris Dimos 55-59 AUS749 Sean Dowling 55-59 USA750 Steve Fisher 55-59 USA751 Jose Gerstle 55-59 CHI752 Michael Griffin 55-59 GBR753 Finn Gudmundsson 55-59 DEN754 Jens Kjaergaard 55-59 DEN755 Michael Lamie 55-59 USA756 Mark Lander 55-59 USA757 Jean-Paul Martin 55-59 USA758 Patrick McDonald 55-59 USA759 Bruce McLaughlin 55-59 USA760 Andrew McLeod 55-59 NZL761 William McMahon 55-59 USA762 Cliff Millemann 55-59 USA763 Thomas Monica 55-59 USA764 Bruce Moore 55-59 USA

Bib First Name Last Name Division Country765 Donald Moote 55-59 USA766 Paddy Murphy 55-59 NAM767 Dan Nielsen 55-59 USA768 John O'Dwyer 55-59 USA769 Yuji Ono 55-59 JPN770 Fernando Parrodi 55-59 MEX771 Giuseppe Pez 55-59 ITA772 Leigh Plowman 55-59 USA773 Pedro Scordo 55-59 ARG774 John Selvaggio 55-59 USA775 Patrick Simon 55-59 FRA776 Paul Simons 55-59 NZL777 John Stratton 55-59 USA778 Armand Surwilo 55-59 POL779 David Thomson 55-59 TJK780 Timothy Wachuta 55-59 USA781 Randal Walker 55-59 CAN782 Bruce Wilson 55-59 USA783 Daniel Wuthrich 55-59 USA784 Michael Berger 60-64 USA785 Steve Cole 60-64 USA786 Johnny Davis 60-64 USA787 Ruben Delly 60-64 BRA788 Ronald Dexter 60-64 FRA789 Scott Dickson 60-64 USA790 Scott Forrest 60-64 CAN791 Mike Gerace 60-64 USA792 Iaron Goransky 60-64 ARG793 Kevin Knight 60-64 CAN794 Bob Koehler 60-64 USA795 Robert Kronkhyte 60-64 USA796 Ken Kuehn 60-64 USA797 Kerry Nisbet 60-64 CAN798 Karsten Olsen 60-64 DEN799 Zdenek Orner 60-64 CZE800 Shigeo Ozawa 60-64 JPN801 Gregory Poulos 60-64 USA802 James Reilly 60-64 USA803 Richie Schneider 60-64 GER804 Marc Scudamore 60-64 USA805 Chris Seeley 60-64 NZL806 Michael Skivington 60-64 GBR807 Scott Tinley 60-64 USA808 Tiziano Zampieri 60-64 ITA809 Masashi Ando 65-69 JPN810 Bill Blankenship 65-69 USA811 Gustav Joyce 65-69 RSA812 Alan Moore 65-69 USA813 Alan Pattle 65-69 NZL

Bib First Name Last Name Division Country814 Carl Peterson 65-69 CAN815 John Tom Pierce 65-69 USA816 Daryl Stanley 65-69 AUS817 G L Brown 70-74 USA818 Roger Kern 70-74 USA819 Peter Wood 70-74 USA820 Rodger Bivens 75-79 USA821 Nathaniel Grew 75-79 CRC822 Ronald Hill 75-79 USA823 John Stover 75-79 USA824 Pepe Candón PC ESP825 John Davis PC USA826 Ed Fattoumy PC MOR827 Michel Gonon PC FRA828 Mohamed Lahna PC USA829 Nick Roumonada PC USA830 Sergio Silva PC BRA833 Ian Blackie-Taylor OC GBR834 Daeik Kim OC KOR835 Polibio Schiffino OC DOM836 Dave Spence OC MAS837 Nelson Hegg 20-24 USA838 Guilherme Gonçalves 25-29 BRA839 Matthew Langella 30-34 USA840 Mitchell Wendorff 30-34 USA841 Paulo Martins 35-39 BRA842 Yuta Saito 35-39 JPN843 Benoit Buffet 40-44 FRA844 Trevor Gerber 40-44 USA845 Philippe Le Duff 40-44 USA846 Morten Clemmensen 45-49 DEN847 Roger Hauptman 50-54 USA848 Eric Long 55-59 USA

Countries Represented: 46Argentina (21), Australia (25), Austria (5), Belgium (13), Bermuda (1),Brazil (38), Canada (62), Chile (14), China (2), Colombia (5), CostaRica (13), Czech Republic (9), Denmark (19), Dominican Republic (5),France (66), French Polynesia (11), Germany (15), Hong Kong (2), Italy(18), Japan (22), Luxembourg (2), Malaysia (2), Malta (1), Mexico (20),Morocco (1), Namibia (1), Netherlands (3), New Zealand (36),Nicaragua (2), Peru (1), Philippines (4), Poland (5), Portugal (1),Singapore (5), Slovakia (1), South Africa (9), South Korea (5), Spain(9), Sweden (8), Switzerland (6), Thailand (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1),United Kingdom (10), United States (302)

United States Represented: 38 Breakdown: Alabama 3, Alaska 8, Arizona 8, Arkansas 1, California 60,Colorado 56, Connecticut 1, Florida 3, Georgia 10, Guam 1, Hawaii 37,Idaho 5, Illinois 5, Indiana 1, Kansas 1, Kentucky 2, Maine 1, Maryland2, Massachusetts 6, Michigan 7, Montana 2, Nevada 5, NewHampshire 1, New Mexico 4, New York 4, North Carolina 6, Ohio 2,Oregon 6, Pennsylvania 7, South Carolina 1, South Dakota 1, Texas10, Utah 7, Vermont 3, Virginia 9, Washington 12, Wisconsin 1,Wyoming 1

By Age GroupWomen 15-19: 5Women 20-24: 9Women 25-29: 24Women 30-34: 21Women 35-39: 37Women 40-44: 30Women 45-49: 28Women 50-54: 22Women 55-59: 13Women 60-64: 3Women 65-69: 4Women 70-74: 1Women 75-79: 0Physically Challenged Women: 2Organizer Challenge: 1Pro Women: 21Total: 228

Oldest Male: 79, Ronald Hill – Hayden,IdahoOldest Woman: 71, Wendy Minor - Kamuela, HawaiiYoungest Man: 14, Bowen Satterthwaite - Eden, UtahYoungest Woman: 15, Morgan Fortin - Albuquerque New Mexico

COMPETITOR STATS

Men 15-19: 20Men 20-24: 30Men 25-29: 35Men 30-34: 58Men 35-39: 56Men 40-44: 73Men 45-49: 93Men 50-54: 66Men 55-59: 43Men 60-64: 25Men 65-69: 8Men 70-74: 3Men 75-79: 4Physically Challenged Men: 7Organizer Challenge: 4Pro Men: 50Total: 585