PRESS GUIDE

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EVENT PARTNERS

The 24th annual XTERRA World Championship is presented by Paul Mitchell and the Maui Visitors Bureau. Other partners include Suunto, the Hawaii Tourism Authority, Gatorade Endurance, OOFOS, Kapalua Resorts, the Maui Motorcyle Company, BMW, the Maui Brewing Company, and The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua.

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WELCOME TO MAUI, HOME TO THE XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Maui No Ka Oi translates to

"Maui is the Best" With 120 linear miles of shoreline and more miles of swimmable beach than any other Hawaiian island it's no surprise Maui has regularly been voted "Best Island in the World" by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine. Come see it for yourself, and to learn more log-on to visitmaui.com.

Press Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Schedule of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Spectators Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Quick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 XTERRA Kapalua Trail Runs Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-11 Course Description, Course Map, and Elevation Gain Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-13 Elite Start Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-15 Past Elite Champions and Unofficial Course Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Elite Race Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Profiles on the Men’s Elite Contenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-25 Profiles on the Women’s Elite Contenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26-35 Elite Prize Purse Breakdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Outrigger Resorts Double Award Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Past XTERRA World Championship Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38-61 All-time Top 3 finishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 2019 XTERRA World Tour Championship Races with Elite Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 2019 XTERRA European, Pan Am, and Asia-Pacific Tour Elite Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64-66 XTERRA Perfromance Points Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Elite Athlete XTERA Results from 2018/2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68-76

TABLE OF CONTENTS

When you think of Maui, cascading waterfalls, white sand beaches, and breathtaking sunsets come straight to mind. This magical Hawaiian island is also the birthplace of the most notorious off-road triathlon on earth…XTERRA! From a one-off race held on the most remote island chain in the world, XTERRA evolved into an endurance sports lifestyle with worldwide appeal. Over the past 20+ years XTERRA transcended its status as 'just a race' to become a bona fide way of life for thousands of intrepid triathletes and trail runners across the globe. A fitting representation of this “XTERRA Tribe” - 650 athletes from 40+ countries - will gather at Kapalua Resort, and on Sunday, October 27, they’ll put their mental and physical toughness up against Mother Nature at the 24th edition of the XTERRA World Championship. Follow the race online at www.xterraplanet.com and Twitter @xterraplanet starting at 8am Hawaii time (11am PST, 2pm EST, 8pm Paris, 2am Monday in Shanghai, and 5am Monday in Sydney).

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PRESS INFORMATION The XTERRA World Championship press guide was designed to provide the media with useful information about the 2019 race, the athletes who compete 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/publish after the event. - Unofficial live results can be found at: http://jtltiming.com/multisport.html - 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 and video. Please reserve your seat in the press van in advance. - A press pass is required on race day for admittance to the finish line area. - Follow it live on facebook.com/xterraplanet and on Twitter @xterraoffroad starting at 8am Hawaii time (11a PST, 2pm EST, 3pm in Rio, 8pm in Paris, 2am Monday in Shanghai, and 5am Monday in Sydney) - Professional, high-resolution images will be available to the media after the race. Contact Trey Garman with photo requests. - Access to the bike course on race day is provided by chauffeured press van/SUV ONLY.

No outside vehicles are allowed on course.

DIRECT MEDIA INQUIRIES AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO

Trey Garman 808-216-8606 (mobile) or at the hotel 808-669-6200 (ask for the Director’s Room) trey@xterraplanet.com // www.xterraplanet.com

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All events are at the host hotel, The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, unless otherwise noted WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23-24 9am-2pm Registration and Packet Pick-up FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 5:45am* Hiuwai and E ala E - Sunrise Hawaiian Cleansing & Rejuvenation Ceremony - open to athletes, friends and

family (wear swim gear, meet at D.T. Fleming Beach) 9am-5pm Registration and Packet Pick-up 9am XTERRA University, presented by Paul Mitchell

– Swim Clinic with Ben Allen and Penny Slater at Beach House Lawn 2pm XTERRA University, presented by Paul Mitchell

– Mountain bike clinic with Josiah Middaugh and Flora Duffy at Expo Village 3pm XTERRA University, presented by Paul Mitchell

– Run clinic with Rom Akerson and Lesley Paterson at Expo Village 6:30pm Aloha Friday Welcome Reception at Aloha Garden Ballroom SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26 7-8am Registration for NEW Trail Run Entries 7-8:30am XTERRA Kapalua Trail Run Packet Pickup (pre-registered athletes only) 8am-12pm BMW Ride and Drive 9am-12pm Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Cut-a-thon, a benefit for the Challenged Athletes Foundation 9am-12pm XTERRA Spectator Village Open at the Finish Area (Jumping Castle, Face Painting, Food & Drink) 9am-4pm Tri Registration and Packet Pick-up 9am Leilani’s XTERRA 3.3K Start 9:10am Hula Grill XTERRA 5K Start 9:30am Duke’s XTERRA 10K Start 10:30am XTERRA Kapalua Trail Run Awards Ceremony 11am Kimo’s XTERRA Keiki K Run (free for kids 10 and under) 11am Run and Bike Courses Open 11am XTERRA University, presented by Paul Mitchell, “Art of XTERRA” at Aloha Garden Ballroom

– with Ruben Ruzafa, Bradley Weiss, Morgane Riou, and Suzie Snyder 12pm Mandatory Competitor Briefing at Aloha Garden Ballroom . SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 6:30am Transition Open, Body Marking (if needed), Swim Cap and Timing Chip Pick-up 8:00am XTERRA World Championship ELITE Start 9am XTERRA World Championship Age Group Start 10am-3pm Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Cut-a-thon, a benefit for the Challenged Athletes Foundation 10am-3pm XTERRA Spectator Village Open at the Finish Area (Big Screen Live Race Coverage) 1:30pm Elite Awards for Top 5 Men/Women (finish area) 2:15pm Cut-off at T2 6:30pm Awards Dinner and Dance Party at Aloha Garden Ballroom

Free to World Championship competitors with wristband. Additional tickets at registration until sold out. 10pm-2am After Party (Free to competitors, friends and family with wristband. Picture ID required. 21 and over.

Costumes desired, not required. Free Beer! All finishers in the trail runs and triathlon will receive a free Maui Brewing Company beer or soda at the finish line, at Sunday’s awards dinner, and Sunday’s after Party!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

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SPECTATORS GUIDE

Maui’s World Championship XTERRA course covers 28 miles of unyielding terrain. The experience is a sensory riot, featuring fragrant breezes, Pacific blue water, bright yellow sun, soft white sand, fine red dirt, and cool green lawns. Start and Swim: Located at D.T. Fleming Beach fronting the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, there are plenty of great vantage points to watch the mass start from the lawn above or down on the beach. Pros start at 8am and are easy to spot with their identifying swim caps - men in blue and women in pink. Age groupers start at 9am. A short beach shuffle mid-race between two 750-meter laps of a triangle shaped course gives spectators a chance to pick out their friends and family from the field. T1 and T2 - Bike and Run Transition: Located a few yards from the swim start in front of the Ritz. The transition area is for competitors only, however, spectators may view the change-over from any position around the boundary. Bike: For the first-time ever, the bike course comes through the main expo and spectator village, providing in-your-face action all day long, and there are lots of viewing spots by simply following the course up the hill. Run: Most of the run course is open to the public (follow the red arrows backwards) but the best spot to watch is the leg-burning section of sand just before the finish line on D.T. Fleming Beach. Finish: The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, is where all the action takes place, from the swim to transition to the spontaneous, ecstatic, and sometimes tear-jerking displays of emotion at the finish line. Spectators will also find an expo area featuring premium performance apparel and accessories for the trail and beyond, great food and drinks, and a full slate of fun activities for the family including kids’ games, a bounce slide, face painter and tattoos, big screen TV showing live coverage of the races, & more. Follow it live: Friends, Family and fans that are not able to attend the race can get live updates online at www.xterraplanet.com and Twitter @xterraplanet starting at 8am Hawaii time. Free Parking: From Honoapiilani Highway go past the main Kapalua entrance (Office Road) and take your next left at Lower Honoapiilani Road. Look for the XTERRA parking signs and staff to guide you.

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QUICK FACTS

WHAT IS XTERRA: The world’s premier off-road triathlon, combining a 1.5-kilometer (1-mile) swim that starts at D.T. Fleming Beach in front of the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua … a 32-kilometer (20-miles) mountain bike that climbs 2,800 feet up and down the lower slopes of the West Maui Mountains, and a 10.5-kilometer (6.5-miles) trail run that traverses forest trails, and beach sand. Top elites finish in roughly two-and-a-half hours. WHO RACES IN MAUI: Roughly 650 racers including more than 60 elites representing 40 countries, ages 16 (Panagiotis Bitados from Greece and Staci Lovell from the Big Island) to 67 and 76 (Lorenn Walker from Oahu, and Peter Wood from New Zealand). 96% of the field is from out of state. WHEN: The XTERRA World Championship off-road triathlon elite race starts at 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 27.

Age group race starts at 9am. The XTERRA Kapalua Trail Runs are Saturday, October 26 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 off-road triathlon races held in 27 countries. The concept is to provide a bona-fide world championship for amateur and elite off-road triathletes. For professionals there is $100,000 in prize money at stake. HOW THEY QUALIFIED: Elite athletes must race a qualifying XTERRA World Tour event & amateurs enter thru one of five ways: 1. Earn a slot by qualifying as one of the top finishers in their age group at an XTERRA World Tour Championship event in South Africa, Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, Taiwan, Malta, Cyprus, Greece, Tahiti, Brazil, the U.S., Italy, Portugal, Dominican Republic, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Canada, Czech Republic, Mexico, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Korea, Japan, or China. 2. Win their regional championship during the course of the XTERRA America Tour 3. Win their division in the XTERRA European, Pan American, or Asia-Pacific Tour. 4. Age Group Champions from the previous year are provided a slot to defend their crown. 5. At-large drawing - a limited number of slots were offered on a first-come first-serve basis in January, 2019. XTERRA BACKGROUND: This is the 24th year for the XTERRA World Championship on Maui, the birthplace of off-road triathlon. The first XTERRA race was held November 3, 1996 and televised on Fox Sports Net. The demand for the sport exploded there-after and there are now more than 50,000 competitors from all 50 states and more than 50 countries. TELEVISION: This will be the 24th straight year a nationally (now internationally) broadcast television show will be produced on the event, which showcases Maui’s natural beauty. This year’s show will premiere nationwide in the U.S. on Outside TV on January 8, 2020 at 10pm EST. International viewers can see it online at the same time at youtube.com/user/Outsidetelevision. The show will reach a guaranteed 2.5 million viewers, not inclusive of international distribution. Produced by XTERRA Global, LLC, and Icarus Sports, the show is part of the 12-episode XTERRA Adventure Series, which features the colorful characters of the sport as they race, train, and travel around the world to XTERRA events in Taiwan, Greece, Belgium, France, Italy, Mexico, the Czech Republic, Germany, China, and the U.S.

ECONOMIC IMPACT: The 2018 XTERRA World Championship created $6.7 million in direct visitor expenditures, and 81 jobs were supported. The average length of stay on Maui was 7.4 nights (8.5 nights in Hawaii), the average party size was 2.85. Expenditure source: DBEDT and post event online survey.

LEARN MORE: www.xterraplanet.com

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For the ninth straight year T S Restaurants’ Hula Grill, Duke’s Beach House, Kimo’s and Leilani’s will serve as title sponsors of the XTERRA Kapalua Trail Runs in Maui on Saturday, October 26, 2019. With four runs to choose from there is a distance and challenge for every member of the family. Go big or start small with Kimo’s XTERRA Keiki K, Leilani's XTERRA 3.3K Scramble, the Hula Grill XTERRA 5K or Duke’s Beach House XTERRA 10K trail runs. Held in conjunction with the 24th annual XTERRA World Championship triathlon, the Kapalua trail runs are an opportunity for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels to get involved and experience the legendary XTERRA run course. The Kimo’s XTERRA Keiki Run is for boys and girls ages 10 and younger. It is free, although parents must be present to sign a waiver form at the site of the race. Race distances vary from 100 yards to 1-kilometer, depending on the age of the child. Parents are welcome to stay on the course as well. The Leilani’s XTERRA 3.3K Scramble is a test of agility, speed, and strength as it goes from the Ritz 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 of climbing and descending and for those up to the challenge, the Duke’s Beach House XTERRA 10K dishes out big hills and dusty trails as it twists through oleander forests to an unexpected mountain lake at the 700-foot level then sends runners crashing down to the shoreline.

“They are all awesome races, and the vibe around The Ritz-Carlton rocks on Saturday morning,” said XTERRA President Janet Clark. In addition to the trail runs there will be a full slate of fun activities for the entire family including the BMW Ride and

Drive, kids obstacle course, face painter, great food and drinks, and the famous Paul Mitchell cut-a-thon, where runners and spectators alike are welcome to get their hair cut by pro Paul Mitchell stylists, with all donations benefitting the Challenged Athlete Foundation. More than 1,000 runners from around the world will take part in one of the four events, and to the winners go the spoils as the first-place man and woman overall and the first-place male and female Maui resident (if different) in the 10K, 5K, and 3.3K win T S Restaurant gift certificates worth $100. Employees from T S Restaurants also created a race within a race dubbed “The T S Restaurants XTERRA Challenge" in which each restaurant fields a team of 10 5K runners; and the team with the fastest cumulative time from their quickest five runners in the 5K take home the coveted T S “Fastest’ Trophy.

T S RESTAURANTS HOST XTERRA KAPALUA TRAIL RUNS FOR 9TH YEAR

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3.3K / 5K / 10K AND KEIKI K TRAIL RUNS PROVIDE A RUN FOR EVERYONE

New this year, the four Maui restaurants will see added competition from their neighbor islands associates, as employees from Duke’s Waikiki, Duke’s Kauai, and Keoki’s Kauai and Hula Grill Waikiki are flying over to compete. Last year, Hula Grill captured the perpetual “fastest’ trophy for the fourth time, and have it proudly displayed in their restaurant for all to see. Hula Grill also won the title in 2017, 2012 & 2013, while Duke’s Beach House captured the inaugural challenge in 2011, and Kimo’s won three straight from 2014-2016. The restaurants will also compete for the title of “Fittest Restaurant” – given to the establishment who has the most participants per restaurant volume. That went to Duke’s last year and Hula Grill in 2017.

In addition to the trail runs there will be a full slate of fun activities for the entire family including a giant kids bounce slide, face painter, tattoo artist, great food and drinks, and the famous Paul Mitchell cut-a-thon, where runners and spectators alike are welcome to get their hair cut by professional Paul Mitchell stylists, with all donations benefitting the Challenged Athlete Foundation. “It’s all about celebrating the healthy, active, outdoors lifestyle with our employees and our community,” said Scott McGill, Corporate Chef for T S Restaurants and XTERRA triathlon racer. Hula Grill, Duke’s Beach House, Kimo’s and Leilani’s are four of Maui’s finest restaurants, and all are located within a short driving distance of Kapalua. “The unique feeling and setting of West Maui is exhibited at each of these four restaurants, and it is in keeping with what the XTERRA athletes and their families have come to expect when they get to the island of Maui,” XTERRA President Clark said. “Dining at any, or all, of these restaurants can only enhance the experience for our athletes, whether it be eating a pre-race meal or celebrating with a post-race meal.”

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The XTERRA World Championship course is perpetually evolving. In 1996 the race featured point-to-point swim, bike, and run legs over sharp lava rocks and dry, dusty bowls on Maui’s south shore. Now it traverses wet forest trails, pineapple fields, and ridgelines high above the northwest coast. It’s the ninth year of racing on Maui Land & Pineapple Company’s private 22,000-acre oasis, and improvements to the trail structure have been made each season. This year, that means a new and improved, two-lap mountain bike course that has been re-imagined from one big 32-kilometer loop to two 16.4-kilometer loops to improve the race experience and minimize the impact severe weather has on the route. Last year at XTERRA Worlds, following weeks of torrential rain, the mud-soaked bike trails created less than desirable race conditions for competitors. “We’ve always said that in XTERRA, Mother Nature is your toughest competitor, and while last year’s mud-fest was certainly entertaining, challenging, and even fun for some, it’s not the kind of race experience we want to deliver on our sports biggest day,” said XTERRA President, Janet Clark. To address the concerns XTERRA race director Chris Appleton, in conjunction with landowners at Troon Golf and the Maui Land & Pineapple Company, identified alternate routes to eliminate trouble spots and maximize the best riding sections. In late April 2019, Appleton and the operations crew traveled to Kapalua to cut new trail, connect existing sections, and solidify a 16.4K loop that will provide a great mountain bike riding experience comprised of single track, switchbacks, berms, and opportunities to pass. It’ll also feature a ton of climbing and descending with roughly 1,400-feet of climbing and descending per lap (2,800 total). The course restructure is a year-long effort that will involve sev-eral trips by Appleton and the crew to build a sustainable trail system to benefit the local community and XTERRA for years to come. “By cutting the route now and having local mountain biking enthusiasts ride it regularly until October it’ll create a much better racing surface and bike grooves, and the soil will be in better condition to absorb wet conditions should we be faced with that again,” said Appleton.

“Plus, it’ll be open from sun-up to sun-down, so pre-riders and locals alike can enjoy it year-round.” The two-loop course will also route all the way on to hotel grounds to provide a much better spectator experience and a more engaging live stream for viewers at home. “We’re thrilled with the changes and believe the athletes and their families will love it too,” said Clark. The swim course remains a 1.5-kilometer rough water swim at D.T. Fleming Beach fronting the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, but new this year it’ll be a triangle swim course with a short beach shuffle in-between 750-meter laps. The swim course will start right in front of the Ritz’ “Burger Shack’ restaurant. Lnce on the run competitors will be faced with obstacles everywhere, including a technical, steep downhill into a gully where racers will have to jump over and duck under fallen trees, navigate a rocky dry creek, head through thick elephant grass, and along a narrow single track trail with switchbacks that drop all the way down to the beach. The final test of skill and endurance is a calf-busting 250-meter white sand beach run. SWIM DISTANCE: 1.5-kilometers (0.93 miles) MOUNTAIN BIKE DISTANCE: Two 16.4km loops (10.2 miles) on the slopes of the West Maui Mountains TRAIL RUN DISTANCE: 10.3 Kilometers (6.5 miles)

THE COURSE AT KAPALUA

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THE COURSE AT KAPALUA

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ELITE MEN

BY COUNTRY ARGENTINA: Alejandro Bulacio

AUSTRALIA: Ben Allen, Dean Cane Taylor Charlton BELGIUM: Geert Lauryssen CANADA: Karsten Madsen Edmond Roy COSTA RICA: Rom Akerson CZECH: Karel Dusek, Karel Zadak FRANCE: Maxim Chane, Mathieu Desserprit, Cedric Fleureton Arthur Forissier, Pierrick Page Arthur Serrieres GERMANY: Tom Kerner Peter Lehmann, Sebastian Neef GREAT BRITAIN: Andy Lee ITALY: Filippo Rinaldi NEW ZEALAND: Sam Osborne PORTUGAL: Rui Dolores SOUTH AFRICA: Bradley Weiss SPAIN: Ruben Ruzafa SWITZERLAND: Xavier Dafflon

Samuel Jud USA: Chad Hall, Ryan Ignatz Josiah Middaugh, Evan Pardi Branden Rakita, Will Ross Benny Smith, Brad Zoller

Bib#/2018 Position – Name NAT 1/1 - Rom Akerson CRC 2/2 - Bradley Weiss RSA 3/3 - Sam Osborne NZL 4/4 - Ruben Ruzafa ESP 5/5 - Josiah Middaugh USA 6/7 - Karsten Madsen CAN 7/8 - Maxim Chane FRA 8/12 - Pierrick Page FRA 9/17 - Will Ross USA 10/20 - Samuel Jud SUI 11/23 - Branden Rakita USA 12/24 - Geert Lauryssen BEL 14 - Ben Allen AUS 15 - Alejandro Bulacio ARG 16 - Dean Cane AUS 17 - Taylor Charlton AUS 18 - Xavier Dafflon SUI 20 - Mathieu Desserprit FRA 21 - Rui Dolores POR 22 - Karel Dusek CZE 23 - Cedric Fleureton FRA 24 - Arthur Forissier FRA 25 - Chad Hall USA 26 - Ryan Ignatz USA 27 - Tom Kerner GER 28 - Andy Lee GBR 29 - Peter Lehmann GER 30 - Sebastian Neef GER 31 - Evan Pardi USA 32 - Filippo Rinaldi ITA 33 - Edmond Roy CAN 34 - Arthur Serrieres FRA 35 - Benny Smith USA 36 - Brad Zoller USA 37 – Karel Zadak, CZE

Brad Rom

ELITE WOMEN

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Bib#/2017 Position – Name NAT

51/1 - Lesley Paterson GBR 52/3 - Lizzie Orchard NZL 53/4 - Suzie Snyder USA 54/6 - Carina Wasle AUT 55/7 - Julie Baker USA 56/9 - Penny Slater AUS 57/14 - Katie Button CAN 58 - Jacqui Allen GBR 59 - Maria Calleja ESP 60 - Valentina Carvallo CHI 61 - Jamie Chapoteau USA 62 - Flora Duffy BER 63 - Loanne Duvoisin SUI 64 - Amanda Felder USA 65 - Isabelle Ferrer FRA 66 - Maia Ignatz USA 67 - Helena Karaskova CZE 68 - Samantha Kingsford NZL 69 - Adriana Klimkova CZE 70 - Kara LaPoint USA 71 - Brittany Oliver USA 72 - Alizee Paties FRA 73 - Morgane Riou FRA 74 - Erika Simon ARG 75 - Janni Spangsberg DEN 76 - Pavlina Vargova CZE

BY COUNTRY ARGENTINA: Erika Simon

AUSTRALIA: Penny Slater AUSTRIA: Carina Wasle BERMUDA: Flora Duffy

CANADA: Katie Button CHILE: Valentina Carvallo DENMARK: Janni Spangsberg FRANCE: Isabelle Ferrer Alizee Paties, Morgane Riou CZECH: Helena Karaskova Adriana Klimkova, Pavlina Vargova GREAT BRITAIN: Jacqui Allen Lesley Paterson NEW ZEALAND: Samantha Kingsford Lizzie Orchard SPAIN: Maria Calleja SWITZERLAND: Loanne Duvoisin USA: Julie Baker, Jamie Chapoteau Amanda Felder, Maia Ignatz Kara LaPoint, Brittany Oliver Suzie Snyder

Lizzie Lesley

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

2018: Rom Akerson (CRC), 2:52:41 (Bradley Weiss) 2017: Bradley Weiss (RSA), 2:32:09 (Mauricio Mendez) 2016: Mauricio Mendez (MEX), 2:49:38 (Ruben Ruzafa) 2015: Josiah Middaugh (USA), 2:35:32 (Braden Currie) 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)

PAST WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS (Runner-up)

2018: Lesley Paterson (GBR), 3:29:07 (Michelle Flipo) 2017: Flora Duffy (BER), 2:47:47 (Barbara Riveros) 2016: Flora Duffy (BER), 3:14:59 (Lesley Paterson) 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)

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More than 60 of the fastest XTERRA racers in the world will line-up for the $100,000 showdown, including the top five elite men from last year’s race, four of whom have won it before; Rom Akerson from Costa Rica (2018), Bradley Weiss from South Africa (2017), Josiah Middaugh from the U.S. (2015), and Ruben Ruzafa from Spain (2008/2013-2014). Those are your race favorites, and while it’ll be tough to stop any of them, many will try, starting with Sam Osborne from New Zealand, who was in that top five last year. He finished third just behind Rom and Brad and ahead of Ruben and Josiah. This year the Kiwi posted six wins including the Pan Am Championship. The intrigue comes from across the pond, where the “two Arthurs” from France took the XTERRA European Tour by storm. Arthur Forissier won the ITU Cross Tri World Title in April, then XTERRA Garda, Switzerland, and the big one at XTERRA France. But just when he looked poised to run the table Arthur Serrieres stole the spotlight with wins at the XTERRA European Championship in the Czech Republic, then XTERRA Germany two weeks later. His run speed is outrageous. And there are others who have had breakout seasons, like Canada’s Karsten Madsen who looks to be firing on all cylinders and Maxim Chane has shown signs of brilliance and seems destined for gold. It’s an all-star cast, and anyone who breaks into the top 10 out-side this group would have had themselves a day to remember. In the women’s elite race four-time winner Flora Duffy from Bermuda strives for five, but reigning and 3x Champ Lesley Paterson has plans of her own. The "Scottish Rocket" outran the women's field by four-minutes last month at the XTERRA Pan Am Championship and has been champing at the bit to get to Maui ever since. Those two will be up against Europe’s best with Morgane Riou from France who won four races including the European Championship, Helena Karaskova from the Czech Republic who won her fifth Euro Tour title, the young gun Loanne Duvoisin from Switzerland who won the overall amateur title just a few years back, and Carina Wasle from Austria who won the Asia-Pacific Tour this year. And the contenders list just rolls from there with Jacqui Allen from the UK and Penny Slater from Australia who had big wins, the XTERRA Pan Am Tour Champ Samantha Kingsford and the speedy Lizzie Orchard from New Zealand who are real threats, and American aces Suzie Snyder and Julie Baker who are always in the mix.

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ELITE MEN’S CONTENDERSNo 1 – Rom Akerson from Tambor, Costa Rica

2019 XTERRA CHILE & ARGENTINA CHAMPION 2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPION Nickname: Kanga Born: September 29, 1984 2019: Won XTERRA Argentina and XTERRA Chile to open the season, and finished fourth at XTERRA Mexico. Placed sixth in the final XTERRA Pan Am Tour standings. 2018: Beat Josiah Middaugh to win XTERRA Costa Rica in March, was fourth at XTERRA Oak Mountain, and second at XTERRA Dominican Republic. Placed 10th in the final XTERRA Pan Am Tour standings, and became the first Costa Rican to win the XTERRA World Championship in October. 2017: Had surgery on his left leg to fix a pinch in the artery and has not raced this year. Received a medical exemption to waive the ‘must race one’ rule so he could participate in XTERRA Worlds, where he finished 10th. 2016: Finished 10th last at XTERRA Worlds, 3rd at XTERRA Costa Rica, 3rd at XTERRA Beaver Creek, won the last two regular season races on the Pan Am Pro Series at XTERRA Dominican Republic and XTERRA Mexico, and placed 5th at the Pan Am Championship in Utah. Finished 2nd to Josiah Middaugh in the XTERRA Pan Am Pro Series. In Maui: Last year Akerson was the ninth elite man out of the water and passed all of them on the bike. Ruben Ruzafa caught him and was first into the bike-to-run transition, with Akerson about 40-seconds back. At mile two of the run, Akerson passed Ruzafa and never looked back, taking the tape in 2:52:41, 35-seconds ahead of BrD Weiss, who posted the fastest run to finish second. Finished top 10 the past five seasons with the win las year, 10th place showings in 2016 and 2017, 8th in 2015, and 9th in 2014. Was 19th in 2009, 20th in 2007 in his first year as a pro, and won the amateur title in 2006 (finished 17th overall). Credentials: 14th year racing XTERRA. Nine career elite wins. At the age of 22 he won the overall amateur XTERRA World Championship. Won his first elite race at XTERRA Costa Rica in 2007, won XTERRA Brazil in 2009, Costa Rica in 2015, DR and Mexico in 2016, Costa Rica and Maui in 2018, Argentina and Chile in 2019. Also: His Dad, Heart, raced XTERRA Worlds barefoot in 2017, and Ironman Canada barefoot four times, and XTERRA Costa Rica … barefoot. Heart is on the start list this year as well. Quote: I was born on the beach, raised on the beach, grew up on my mountain bike and running in the sand and on the trails. XTERRA comes naturally to me. The vibe, the community, the scenery, it all fits into who I am.

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No. 1 – Brad Weiss from Stellenbosch, South Africa

2017 XTERRA World Champion 2017-2018 XTERRA European Champion 2018-2019 XTERRA Asia-Pacific Champion Born: March 21, 1989 2019: Won XTERRA South Africa and the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Taiwan, and was third at the XTERRA European Championship in the Czech Republic. 2018: Won XTERRA South Africa, the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Danao, was 2nd at XTERRA Albay, 3rd at XTERRA France, 2nd at XTERRA Cyprus, won XTERRA Poland and the XTERRA European Championship on back-to-back weekends in August, placed 2nd at the XTERRA Pan American Championship in September, and 2nd at XTERRA Worlds. 2017 Finished 2nd at XTERRA South Africa to Richard Murray, won XTERRA Philippines for the third straight season, tied for first at XTERRA Malaysia with Kieran McPherson, Sam Osborne, and Ben Allen. Finished 4th in the final XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour standings. In Europe he finished 4th at XTERRA Belgium, 4th at XTERRA France, 3rd at XTERRA Germany, and won the XTERRA European Championship in Denmark. Finished 10th in the final XTERRA European Tour rankings. Placed 3rd at the XTERRA Pan Am Championship in Utah. Chased down Ruben Ruzafa on the run to win XTERRA Worlds. 2016: Won all three XTERRA events in South Africa including the Championship race in Grabouw for the first time. Also won XTERRA Philippines for the second year in a row. Placed 3rd at XTERRA New Zealand, 5th at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship, 2nd at XTERRA Malaysia, and was 2nd in the Asia-Pacific Tour standings. Placed 6th at Switzerland, 3rd at France, and 3rd at the European Championship in Germany. In Maui: Posted the fastest run split of the day to move from fourth at T2 to second at the finish line, just 35-seconds behind Akerson. Passed Ruben Ruzafa one-mile into the run to take the tape in 2017. Finished 13th in 2016 and 10th in 2014. Thoughts: My goal is to win. I believe my preparation has brought me to a place where I can be very confident and if I execute the fitness I have shown in training I am positive I will have a fantastic race. I guess I consider myself to be the race favorite but there are plenty of men out their capable of winning this title so I will have to be perfect come race day, I look forward to the challenge! I believe the French duo Arthur Forissier and Arthur Serrieres are incredibly dangerous athletes who will come on strong in the back half of the race. Sam Osborne has shown to be nearly unbeatable on the Pan Am Tour and will no doubt be a huge contender this year. Ruben Ruzafa has proven himself to be the most consistent athlete out

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in Maui and I believe he will be a decisive factor on the MTB as he has shown in prior years. Add 2018 World Champion Rom Akerson as well as 2015 World Champion Josiah Middaugh to the mix and its rather stacked up front! Credentials: Ninth year racing XTERRA. 12 career elite championship race wins on the World Tour. Won his first major at XTERRA Philippines in 2015 (then Reunion & Malaysia). Won Worlds in 2017, and the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship for the second straight season this year. Won back-to-back XTERRA European Championships in 2017 and 2018. Nearly won the continental Grand Slam of XTERRA in 2018 by winning the sports championship races in Africa, Asia, and Europe, before placing 2nd to Josiah Middaugh at the Pan Am Champs. Won the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour in 2015. Won ITU Cross Tri Worlds U23 division in 2012 in Alabama.

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ELITE MEN’S CONTENDERSNo 3 – Sam Osborne from Rotorua, New Zealand

2019 XTERRA PAN AMERICAN RACE & TOUR CHAMPION 2017-2018 XTERRA ASIA-PACIFIC TOUR CHAMPION @sam_osborneNZ Born: December 21, 1991 2019: Had the most wins of any man on the XTERRA World Tour with six. Placed second at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship race in Taiwan, then won XTERRA New Zealand, XTERRA Brazil, and XTERRA Oak Mountain in Alabama in a span of six weeks. Won XTERRA Victoria, finished second behind Middaugh at XTERRA Beaver Creek, won XTERRA Mexico, and the XTERRA Pan Am Championship race in Utah. Won the Pan Am Tour and finished third in the Asia-Pacific Tour. 2018: Won XTERRA New Zealand, was second at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Danao, second at XTERRA Tahiti, and beat Brad Weiss to win XTERRA Albay and capture the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour for the second straight year. In Europe he finished 7th at XTERRA Czech, second at XTERRA Poland, second at the XTERRA European Championship in Germany, and second at XTERRA Denmark. Placed 11th in the final XTERRA European Tour standings. Finished second behind Ruzafa at the ITU Cross Tri World Champs in Denmark. Placed third at the XTERRA World Championship behind Akerson and Weiss. 2017: Won the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour and finished second in the XTERRA European Tour standings behind Ruben Ruzafa. Won XTERRA Saipan and his hometown race at XTERRA New Zealand in Rotorua, was second at XTERRA Philippines, tied for first at XTERRA Malaysia with Ben Allen, Kieran McPherson, and Bradley Weiss, then won XTERRA Tahiti. In Europe, he was 4th at XTERRA Switzerland, 7th at XTERRA France, 2nd at XTERRA Italy, won XTERRA Poland and XTERRA Germany on back-to-back weekends in August, then placed 2nd to Weiss at the XTERRA European Championship in Denmark. 2016: Finished 9th at XTERRA Worlds, 2nd at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Australia, 5th at XTERRA Portugal, 2nd at XTERRA Belgium, 7th at Switzerland, 2nd at Italy, 3rd at Sweden, 2nd at the XTERRA European Championship in Germany and 2nd at XTERRA Denmark.Finished 2nd on the XTERRA Euro Tour. In Maui: Was first out of the water and finished 3rd last year, was 6th in 2017, 9th in 2016, and DNF in 2015. Credentials: Has 13 career wins on the XTERRA World Tour. Won the 2019 XTERRA Pan Am Championship and Pan Am Tour, and won the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour in back-to-back years in 2017 and 2018.

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No. 4 – Ruben Ruzafa from Aizarnazabal, Spain

3x XTERRA WORLD CHAMP, 4x ITU CROSS TRI WORLD CHAMP Nickname: The Boss www.rubenruzafa.com/en / @rubenruzafa Born: September 9, 1984 2019: Finished 3rd at XTERRA France, won XTERRA Italy-Lake Scanno, was second at the XTERRA European Championship in the Czech Republic, and won the inaugural XTERRA China off-road triathlon. Was also 2nd at ITU Cross Tri Worlds. 2018: Won XTERRA Portugal, XTERRA France, and XTERRA Czech, and was 4th at XTERRA Worlds. Also won the ITU Cross Tri World Title in Denmark for the fourth time in five years. 2017: Won XTERRA Reunion, XTERRA Greece, XTERRA Spain, XTERRA Portugal, XTERRA Belgium, finished second at XTERRA Switzerland behind Arthur Forissier, then won XTERRA France, XTERRA Norway, and was fourth at the XTERRA European Championship in Denmark. Won the XTERRA European Tour for the third time in four years. 2016: Placed 2nd at the XTERRA World Championship, won XTERRA Reunion, was 2nd at XTERRA Greece, then reeled off four straight wins at XTERRA Portugal, Switzerland, France, and Germany (which doubled as the XTERRA European Championship). Won the XTERRA European Tour for the second time in three years. In Maui: Has recorded the fastest bike split and been the first racer on to the run section of the bike for six straight years (2013-2018). Placed fourth behind Osborne, Weiss, and Akerson last year. Was third behind Mendez and Weiss in 2017. Was second in 2016 behind Mendez. Placed third in 2015 behind Currie and Middaugh. Won it in 2008, 2013 & 2014. Credentials: Won 35 of the 47 XTERRA majors he has raced since 2008. Has three XTERRA World Titles (2008, 2013-14) and four ITU Cross Triathlon World Titles (2014-2016, 2018). In 2013 when he retired from world cup mountain biking (where he collected four national titles in cross country and marathon for Spain) to focus on XTERRA he won XTERRA Spain, was 2nd at France, won Germany, and was third at the USA Championship, then went on a roll, winning Worlds in 2013, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, France, Italy, Czech, Germany, the USA Championship and Worlds in 2014, and Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, the European Championship in England in 2015 before his 15-race win streak was snapped in Maui, where he was third. He was the youngest to win XTERRA Worlds at the age of 24 in 2008, before Mendez won it as a 21yo in 2016. Thoughts: My goal is to concentrate, give it my all and try to win. I have been feeling well. My September and October training has been solid. I am healthy and ready for the race.

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No. 5 – Josiah Middaugh from Eagle-Vail, Colorado

2015 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPION Nickname: Beast Mode and “Mid-Awesome” www.middaughcoaching.com / @josiahmiddaugh Born: July 25, 1978 in East Jordan, Michigan and earned a bachelor of science degree in health fitness from Central Michigan Univ. where he ran x-country and track...earned his masters in human movement from AT Still University. 2019: Finished second behind Osborne at XTERRA Oak Mountain and XTERRA Victoria, then won XTERRA Quebec and XTERRA Beaver Creek. Placed 4th in the final XTERRA Pan Am Tour standings. 2018: Placed second at XTERRA Costa Rica, won XTERRA Oak Mountain and XTERRA Dominican Republic, was second at XTERRA Victoria and XTERRA Beaver Creek, won XTERRA Mexico, XTERRA Quebec, and the XTERRA Pan American Championship for the third time in four years, and finished fifth at XTERRA Worlds. 2017: XTERRA Pan America Tour Champ after winning XTERRA Costa Rica, Oak Mountain, Beaver Creek, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. Finished fifth at XTERRA France, and was second at the XTERRA Pan Am Championship. 2016: Was 5th at the XTERRA World Championship, 2nd at XTERRA Costa Rica, won XTERRA Argentina, Tahiti, Oak Mountain, and Beaver Creek before suffering mechanicals at XTERRA Dominican Republic and finishing 4th. Won the Pan America Championship by 7/100th of a second against Braden Currie, and the inaugural XTERRA Pan Am Pro Series. In Maui: 19th race. Finished 5th last year and was the top American for the 11th time (eighth straight year). Was 8th in 2017, 5th in 2016. Won for the first time in 2015 after 15 tries, becoming the first American to win Worlds since Michael Tobin in 2000. Placed 2nd in 2014, 4th in 2013, 2nd in 2012 less than a minute behind Javier Gomez despite bike tire falling off. Was 4th in 2011 with second best bike split. Placed 32nd in 2010 after a series of mechanicals. Was 9th in 2009, 7th in ’08, 17th in 2007, 4th in ’06 (fastest bike), 10th in ’05, 3rd in ’04, 6th in ’03, 28th in ’02 when he won the 20-24 World title, and 69th in 2001. Thoughts: This could be the most competitive men's field ever assembled for XTERRA Worlds. Early in my career I would be a little intimidated reading through a start list full of Olympians and world champions and wondering if I belonged. XTERRA is not based on resume submission, and this race more than any other chews people up and spits them out. I realized if I just turn my focus internally and gut it out from start to finish, then my finish is not predetermined, but up to me. This year we have a new two lap bike course and we don't know for sure who it

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will favor. It would be a mistake to think that this year's course will be any less challenging and I actually think the changes will make the race more demanding. Expect more attrition on the second lap of the bike and even more on the run. My calculation is that the new bike course will be longer and if it is hot, people will be wilting on the run course. This year my expectations of a finish place are not as clear because I have done less traveling to test myself against the top contenders. Personally, I just want to be a part of the excitement and keep these young guys honest. No matter what happens, it will be exciting to watch! Credentials: Has 36 career XTERRA Championship race wins in illustrious 19-year career. 2018 XTERRA Pan American/USA Champion. 2x XTERRA Pan Am Tour Champ. 2015 XTERRA World Champion. 13x National Champ. Three-time XTERRA (2013-15) U.S. Pro Series Champ. Top American in the US Pro Series 14 of 15 years from 2001-to-2016. Top American when the US Pro Series became the Pan American Tour past three years. Made his debut at Keystone in 2001. The top American at XTERRA Worlds 11 times. Alongside his brother Yaro has provided a sea-son’s worth of training tips for the XTERRA Tribe via the Middaugh Coaching Corner column.

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ELITE MEN’S CONTENDERSNo. 6 – Karsten Madsen from Guelph, ONT, Canada

2019 XTERRA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CHAMPION Nickname: The Cat www.karstenmad.com / @KarstenMad Born: November 9, 1991 in Kitchener 2019: Finished 2nd on the XTERRA Pan Am Tour. Placed 3rd at XTERRA Victoria, 2nd at XTERRA Quebec, 3rd at XTERRA Beaver Creek, 2nd at XTERRA Mexico, won XTERRA Dominican Republic, and was 2nd at the XTERRA Pan Am Championship. 2018: Finished 3rd on the XTERRA Pan Am Tour. Placed 3rd at XTERRA Costa Rica, won XTERRA Uruguay, was second at XTER-RA Brazil and XTERRA Oak Mountain, 3rd at XTERRA Dominican Republic, 8th at XTERRA Beaver Creek, 3rd at XTERRA Mexico, 2nd at XTERRA Quebec, 4th at the XTERRA Pan Am Championship, and 7th at XTERRA Worlds. 2017: Finished 2nd at XTERRA Oak Mountain and won XTERRA Victoria in B.C., Canada. DNF in Maui. 2016: Started the year with a runner-up showing behind Middaugh at XTERRA Argentina, was third behind Middaugh and Mauricio Mendez at XTERRA Oak Mountain, won both Canadian races – XTERRA Mine over Matter in Ontario and XTERRA Victoria in British Columbia. Also won his country’s cross tri national championship for the second straight year. Placed 5th at the Pan Am Championship race in Utah and finished the season 3rd in Pan Am Pro Series. In Maui: Placed seventh last year. Did not finish either of the preview two years in 2016 and 2017. Thoughts: I’ve put together a lifetime best block. I’ve seen another big bump of fitness even from where I was last year at this time. There are so many good guys I believe 2019 is looking like the strongest start list I’ve ever seen. Every real off-road super star is coming so I know all the lads will come out swing-ing and just need to be ready. My mindset has been focused on doing everything I can do to win. It will take my perfect day and touch of luck. There is a collection of 10-14 guys that really have a chance to win this thing. I had a setback in April with my heart that caused me to take 4 weeks off and have a cardio ablation study done in June. Since I got cleared from that I’ve just been getting better and better each race. I’m motivated in a way I’ve never been before. I’m just grateful to race and be able to express my fitness and that mindset netted me my best XTERRA season yet after a pretty bleak outlook.

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No. 11 – Branden Rakita from Colorado Springs, CO

www.brandenrakita.com / @btrakita Nickname: Mitch Man Born: March 25, 1981 in Durango, Colorado 2019: Finished 6th at XTERRA Oak Mountain, 4th in Victoria, 5th in Quebec and Beaver Creek, 3rd in Mexico, 2nd in DR, and 3rd at the Pan Am Champs. Finished 3rd in Pan Am Tour. 2018: Finished 3rd at XTERRA Chile, 4th at XTERRA Argentina and XTERRA Brazil, 7th at XTERRA Oak Mountain, 6th at XTERRA Dominican Republic, 3rd at XTERRA Victoria, 6th at XTERRA Beaver Creek, 5th at XTERRA Mexico, 4th at XTERRA Quebec, and 8th at the XTERRA Pan Am Championship. Finished 4th in the final XTERRA Pan Am Tour Standings, 23rd in Maui. 2017: Finished 2nd in the 2017 XTERRA Pan American Tour standings. Finished 4th at XTERRA Argentina, 6th at XTERRA Chile, 5th at XTERRA Oak Mountain, 3rd at XTERRA Victoria, 7th at XTERRA Beaver Creek, 6th at XTERRA Mexico, 4th at XTERRA Dominican Republic, and 9th at the Pan Am Championship. Placed 18th at XTERRA Worlds. In Maui: Placed 23rd last year, 18th in 2017, DNF in 2016, was 20th in 2015, 35th in 2014, 27th in 2013 and 2012, 18th in 2011, 15th in 2010 (top American), 20th in 2009, and 18th in 2008. Credentials: 13th year racing XTERRA. Did his first one in 2000. Also: Famous for being the “Mitch Man” as a Paul Mitchell sponsored athlete. Earned a degree in civil engineering from Colorado State. His dad David is an XTERRA World Champion.

No. 7 – Maxim Chane from Falicon, France

Born: March 30, 1996 2019: Finished 5th at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Taiwan, 4th at XTERRA Tahiti, 11th at XTERRA Switzerland, 4th at XTERRA France, 7th at XTERRA Italy-Scanno, 5th at the European Championship in the Czech Republic, and 5th at XTERRA Germany. Finished the season ranked 7th on the XTERRA European Tour. Placed 3rd at the inaugural XTERRA Kenting in mainland China, and finished 2nd in the final XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour standings. 2018: Finished 5th in Malta, 2nd in Cyprus, 14th in Greece, 12th at XTERRA Italy-Garda, 8th at XTERRA France, 6th at XTERRA Czech, 3rd in Poland, 8th in Germany, 5th in Denmark, and 8th at XTERRA Worlds. Finished 5th on the XTERRA European Tour. 2017: Finished 11th in Malta, 9th in Greece, 3rd at XTERRA Tahiti, 6th in Belgium, 10th in France, 4th in Scanno, 8th in Poland, 7th in Germany and Denmark. Finished the season ranked 6th on the XTERRA European Tour. Credentials: Won the 15-19 division XTERRA World Championship in 2014 before going pro.

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ELITE MEN’S CONTENDERSNo. 24 – Arthur Forissier from Saint Etienne, France

2019 XTERRA FRANCE CHAMP, ITU CROSS TRI WORLD CHAMP Born: September 2, 1994 2019: Finished second at XTERRA Greece then won the ITU Cross Triathlon World Championship in Spain and three races in a row on the European Tour at XTERRA Italy-Lake Garda, XTERRA Switzerland (for the third straight year), and XTERRA France. Placed 4th at the XTERRA European Championhship in Czech. Finished 5th on the XTERRA European Tour. 2018: Won XTERRA Greece, was second at XTERRA Italy-Lake Garda, won XTERRA Switzerland, and was second at XTERRA France. Placed 10th on the XTERRA European Tour. 2017: Finished 5th at XTERRA Greece, won XTERRA Switzerland, was third at XTERRA France. Placed 14th in final Euro Tour standings. In Maui: Placed 11th in 2017, 18th in 2015, 36th in 2014. Credentials: Seven career XTERRA wins (won his first at XTERRA Switzerland in 2015).

No. 34 – Arthur Serrieres from Montpellier, France

2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPION 2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN TOUR CHAMPION Born: February 8, 1994 2019: Won XTERRA Greece, was second at XTERRA Italy-Lake Garda, XTERRA Belgium, and XTERRA France before capturing the XTERRA European Championship in the Czech Republic, then winning XTERRA Germany two weeks later. Secured the XTERRA European Tour title with a second place finish at XTERRA Luxembourg. 2018: Was third at XTERRA Greece, won XTERRA Italy-Lake Garda, placed 4th at XTERRA Switzerland and France, won XTERRA Romania, and was 5th at XTERRA Poland. Finished 7th in the final XTERRA European Tour standings. 2017: Placed 3rd at XTERRA Spain, Switzerland, and Poland, was second at XTERRA Germany, and 11th at the XTERRA European Championship in Denmark. Finished 9th in final Euro Tour standings. In Maui: In 2013, the only other time he’s raced in Maui, he placed 30th overall and finished 2nd in the amateur 15-19 division behind Mauricio Mendez. Credentials: Eighth year racing XTERRA. 2019 XTERRA European race and tour champion. Has finished in the top five at each of last 14 majors he’s competed at over the last two years, including five wins, four runner-ups, and two third-place finishes.

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ELITE WOMEN’S CONTENDERSNo. 51 – Lesley Paterson from Stirling, Scotland THREE-TIME XTERRA WORLD CHAMPION Nickname: The Scottish Rocket www.lesleypaterson.com / @lesleydoestri Born: October 12, 1980 2019: Won XTERRA Greece, was second at XTERRA Oak Mountain, and won the XTERRA Pan American Championship. 2018: Placed second at XTERRA Tahiti, won XTERRA Oak Mountain, was fourth at XTERRA France, won the ITU Cross Tri World Title for the second time in Denmark, won XTERRA Beaver Creek, and the XTERRA Pan American Championship for the second straight year, then the XTERRA World Championship for the third time. 2017: Finished second at XTERRA Oak Mountain to Suzie Snyder, then won XTERRA Beaver Creek and the XTERRA Pan Am Championship. Finished 5th in the XTERRA Pan America Pro Series, and wrote a book with husband Simon, titled “The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion.” Placed 5th at XTERRA Worlds 2016: Won XTERRA Tahiti, XTERRA France, and XTERRA Italy and was runner up at the XTERRA World Championship to Flora Duffy for the second year in a row. In Maui: In her last nine Maui attempts she has won it three times and finished second an unprecedented four times. Finished 5th in 2017 despite racing with a stress fracture in her pelvis. Had the fastest bike split and finished 2nd in 2015. In 2014 dealt with injury all season, came back to finish 3rd at XTERRA Nationals in her only race of the season, then Lyme Disease kicked in shortly after that race and she was unable to compete in Maui. Chased down Flora Duffy in the finish line stretch to take 2nd behind Nicky Samuels in 2013. Won her second straight World title and beat her own record for fastest winning time - a 2:44:11 - in 2012. Also had the fastest bike and run splits that year. Won her first title in 2011 with the fastest run split. Finished 7th in 2010, 2nd in 2009, and 10th in 2008. Credentials: 14th year racing XTERRA. Has 25 career wins on the XTERRA World Tour. Won her first title at the XTERRA Pacific Championship in Santa Cruz, CA in May, 2011. Is the reigning and 3x XTERRA World Champion and Pan American Champ. Won the 2011, 2012 and 2018 XTERRA World Titles and the 2012 and 2018 ITU Cross Triathlon World Titles. Is the 2015 XTERRA European Champion. In 2012 was named the off-road triathlete of the year at Endurance Sports Awards. Also: Moved from Sterling, Scotland to the U.S. in 2001. Earned her bachelor’s degree in performing arts from England and a master’s in theatre acting from San Diego State. Is also a coach, actress, and film producer.

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ELITE WOMEN’S CONTENDERSNo. 52 – Lizzie Orchard from Auckland, New Zealand

2016 XTERRA ASIA-PACIFIC TOUR CHAMPION

Born: November 26, 1985 2019: Placed 20th at the XTERRA European Championship in the Czech Repulic, was 3rd at XTERRA Luxembourg and 3rd at the inaugural XTERRA Kenting off-road triathlon in mainland China. 2018: Placed 3rd at XTERRA Czech, 5th at XTERRA Italy, fourth at the XTERRA European Championship in Germany, and 3rd at XTERRA Denmark. Finished the season ranked 8th in the XTERRA European Tour standings. Placed third at XTERRA Worlds. 2017: Was 2nd at XTERRA Italy, 4th at XTERRA Poland, 4th at XTERRA Germany, 3rd at the XTERRA European Championship in Denmark, and did not finish at XTERRA Pan Am Championship due to bike mechanical. Placed 7th at XTERRA Worlds 2016: Won XTERRA Philippines, XTERRA New Zealand, and the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Australia, then placed second at XTERRA Malaysia and won the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour title. Finished 2nd at the XTERRA Pan America Championship race in Utah, and 8th at Worlds. In Maui: Finished a career-best 3rd last year, 7th in 2017, 8th in 2016, 5th in 2015, 15th in 2014, 11th in 2012, and 15th in 2011 as an amateur when she won the 25-29 division world title. Credentials: 10th year racing XTERRA. Won the 25-29 World Title in 2011 before going pro. Also won the amateur title at the 2012 ITU Cross Tri World Championships.

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ELITE WOMEN’S CONTENDERSNo. 53 – Suzie Snyder from Reno, Nevada

TWO-TIME XTERRA PAN AM TOUR CHAMP, 3X USA CHAMP @SnyderSuzie Born: March 30, 1982 in Averill Park, New York. 2019: Won XTERRA Oak Mountain, was 2nd at XTERRA Victoria, won XTERRA Beaver Creek, was third at XTERRA Mexico, 2nd at XTERRA Dominican Republic, and 5th at the Pan Am Championship. Placed 2nd in the Pan Am Tour. 2018: Placed 4th at XTERRA Victoria, 2nd at XTERRA Portland, and second at the XTERRA Pan Am Championship (top American, thus winning the XTERRA USA elite title for the third time). Placed 4th at XTERRA Worlds, top American. 2017: Won XTERRA Argentina, was second to Barbara Riveros at XTERRA Chile, then won XTERRA Costa Rica, XTERRA Oak Mountain, and XTERRA Victoria, placed second at XTERRA Beaver Creek, won XTERRA Mexico, and placed 4th at the XTER-RA Pan Am Championship in Utah. Won the XTERRA Pan Am Pro Series for the second straight season. Placed 6th at Worlds. 2016: Won XTERRA Oak Mountain, XTERRA Mine over Matter, XTERRA Dominican Republic, XTERRA Mexico and the Pan America Championship. Was second at XTERRA Beaver Creek and finished third at the XTERRA World Championship. Also won the inaugural Pan Am Pro Series and USA titles. In Maui: Top American female for three straight years. Finished 4th last year, 6th in 2017, and 3rd in 2016. Was injured in 2015, placed 6th in 2014, 10th in 2013, 80th in 2012, and was 15th in 2011. Has competed in Maui 14 times, and won the 20-24 division World Title in 2004 & 2006 before going pro. Thoughts: I'm feeling really good! I had a rocky middle-end of the season and felt like I lost some fitness, due to a number of factors, but I've been working really hard and feel like I've gained it back so I'm ready to put it all out there on race day and see what I've got! My goal is always to win, but I'd also be happy with a top 3 podium. Achieving either of those goals will take a smart pre-race prep week, and everything I've got on race day. Credentials: 14th year racing XTERRA. Has nine career elite race wins on the XTERRA World Tour. Her first was at XTERRA New Zealand in 2015. A two-time XTERRA Pan Am Tour Champion. Finished in the top 5 of the U.S. Pro Series five straight years before it became the Pan Am Tour in 2016. Is the 2018, 2016, and 2012 elite women’s XTERRA National Champion (awarded to the top American in the U.S. Pro Series). Won four National Titles as an amateur before going pro.

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ELITE WOMEN’S CONTENDERSNo. 54 – Carina Wasle from Kundl, Austria

2019 XTERRA ASIA-PACIFIC TOUR CHAMP carina-wasle.com / @carinawasle Born: October 20, 1984 2019: Placed 3rd at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Taiwan, won XTERRA Cyprus, was 12th in Malta, won XTERRA Tahiti, was 4th in Belgium, 2nd in Denmark, 5th in France, 9th in Germany, and 2nd at the inaugural XTERRA China. Won the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour and finished 2nd on the XTERRA European Tour. 2018: Had 15 podium finishes out of 15 races, won four majors including the Asia-Pacific Championship and won the XTERRA European Tour for the first time in her career. Won XTERRA South Africa, was 2nd at XTERRA Malta, 3rd at Greece, 2nd at Italy-Garda and Portugal, 3rd at Belgium, Switzerland, and France, 2nd at Czech and Italy, 3rd at Poland and Germany, and won XTERRA Finland and Norway. Also won the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship race in the Philippines. Placed 6th at XTERRA Worlds. 2017: Competed in 16 XTERRAs this year. Finished first in the XTERRA Asia Pacific Tour standings and 3rd in XTERRA European Tour standings for the second year in a row. Won XTERRA Saipan, XTERRA Philippines, and XTERRA Tahiti. In Europe, Wasle finished 5th at XTERRA Malta, 2nd at XTERRA Portugal and XTERRA Belgium, 5th at XTERRA Switzerland, 6th at XTERRA France, 3rd at XTERRA Poland and XTERRA Germany, and 4th at the XTERRA European Championship in Denmark. Placed 9th at XTERRA Worlds. 2016: Placed 2nd at XTERRA South Africa, won XTERRA Saipan, was 2nd at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship, 3rd at XTERRA Malaysia, and finished 3rd in the Asia-Pacific Tour standings. Won XTERRA Reunion. On the European Tour she was 4th at Portugal, 2nd at Belgium, 7th in Switzerland, 6th in France, 5th in Sweden, 5th in Germany, and 2nd at Denmark. Finished 3rd in the European Tour standings. Finished 9th at the XTERRA World Championship. In Maui: Finished 6th last year, 9th in 2016/2017, 6th in 2015, 10th in 2014, 11th in 2013, 6th in 2010, 8th in 2008, 10th in 2007. Thoughts: After lots of injuries and setbacks this year, I’m now healthy and ready to race. I had some weeks of good training leading up to the most important race of the year. XTERRA China was a small step in the right direction and I think I could improve my fitness in the last weeks. I can’t wait to give 100 %. Credentials: 23 career XTERRA World Tour wins in her 15 year XTERRA career. The most traveled XTERRA athlete of all-time. Two-time XTERRA Saipan winner (2016 & 2017). Finished 3rd at XTERRA Austria in first-ever XTERRA in 2005.

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ELITE WOMEN’S CONTENDERSNo. 55 – Julie Baker from Sonora, California

2019 XTERRA U.S. CHAMPION Born: November 19, 1976 2019: Placed 4th at XTERRA Oak Mountain and Victoria, 2nd at XTERRA Beaver Creek and 4th at the Pan Am Championship, and top American to win the XTERRA U.S. Champion title. Also finished 4th in the final XTERRA Pan Am Tour standings. 2018: Finished 2nd at XTERRA Oak Mountain, won XTERRA Victoria, was 2nd at XTERRA Beaver Creek, and 8th at the XTERRA Pan American Championship. Finished 6th in the final Pan Am Tour standings. Placed 7th at XTERRA Worlds. 2017: Finished 3rd at XTERRA Oak Mountain, 3rd at XTERRA Beaver Creek, and 3rd at the XTERRA Pan Am Championship. She finished 6th In the XTERRA Pan Am Pro Series. Placed 12th at XTERRA Worlds 2016: Won XTERRA Beaver Creek in her first race as a pro and was 3rd at the Pan Am Championship and 13th at the XTERRA World Championship. Named the female USAT amateur off-road triathlete of the year. In Maui: Was 7th last year, 12th in 2017, 13th in 2016, her first year as a pro. Won the overall XTERRA World Championship amateur title in 2015.

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ELITE WOMEN’S CONTENDERSNo. 56 – Penny Slater from Wamboin, NSW, Australia

2018 XTERRA ASIA-PACIFIC TOUR CHAMPION Born: March 4, 1996 2019: Won the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship to open the season, her first big XTERRA win. Finished 2nd at XTERRA New Zealand, 6th at the XTERRA European Championship in the Czech Republic, 6th at XTERRA Germany, and 6th at the inaugural XTERRA China. Finished 4th in the Asia-Pacific Tour standings. 2018: Won the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour. Finished 4th at XTERRA New Zealand, 2nd at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship race in Danao, 3rd at XTERRA Tahiti, and 2nd at XTERRA Albay. In Europe, she finished 5th at XTERRA France, 6th at XTERRA Czech and Poland, and 13th at the XTERRA European Championship in Germany. Finished 12th on the XTERRA European Tour. Also won the ITU Cross Tri U23 World Title for the second year in a row. Placed 9th at XTERRA Worlds. 2017: Finished 5th at XTERRA New Zealand, and 2nd at XTERRA Philippines. Was 3rd on the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour. Placed 11th in her first attempt at XTERRA Worlds. In Maui: Was 9th last year and 11th in 2017. Thoughts: I think this is probably going to be one of the best womens XTERRA races ever as all the best girls are coming so anything inside the top 10 I would be satisfied with. But ultimately I am gunning for a top 5 spot. After ending my European season at XTERRA Germany I returned home to Canberra in Australia to go back to uni and continue my training block for Maui. I’m really lucky to have fantastic mtb and road riding straight out back door in Canberra so its a great spot for training. I’ve also been down to Wollongong to train with Jacqui this past week to put the final touches on the training block. No. 57 – Katie Button from B.C., Canada

2019 XTERRA QUEBEC CHAMPION Born: May 6, 1985 2019: Placed 5th at XTERRA Victoria, won XTERRA Quebec a week later, and was 11th at the Pan Am Championship. 2018: Finished 6th at XTERRA Oak Mountain, 5th at XTERRA Victoria, 3rd at XTERRA Quebec, and 14th at XTERRA Worlds. In Maui: Did her first XTERRA Worlds in 2010, was 14th last year. Thoughts: Goal is top 10, will have to really fight for it judging by the start list and knowing this course/conditions are always so challenging. Managed some respectable efforts through July and have been feeling back on track and balanced. I'm hoping Maui will be my high point.

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ELITE WOMEN’S CONTENDERSNo. 58 – Jacqui Allen from Stoke-on-Trent, England

2019 XTERRA NEW ZEALAND CHAMPION www.jacquislack.uk / @jacquislack Born: June 17, 1983 2019: Placed 2nd at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship race in Taiwan and won XTERRA New Zealand. Placed 4th at the XTERRA European Championship in the Czech Republic and 5th at XTERRA Germany. Was 4th at XTERRA China, and finished 2nd at ITU Cross Tri Worlds. 2018: Won XTERRA New Zealand and XTERRA Tahiti, and was 2nd at XTERRA Taiwan. 2017: Won XTERRA New Zealand, was 3rd at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Malaysia, and won XTERRA Tahiti. Placed second in the XTERRA Asia Pacific Tour standings for the second year in a row. Finished 2nd at the ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships in Canada and was second at the XTER-RA Pan America Championship in Utah. 2016: Placed 2nd at XTERRA Philippines, 3rd at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championships, won XTERRA Malaysia, finished 2nd in the Asia-Pacific Tour standings, 2nd at XTERRA Switzerland and 7th at XTERRA France. In Maui: Finished 7th in 2016, 8th in 2015, 9th in 2013 and 2014, and 5th in her first attempt at Worlds in 2012. Credentials: 10th year racing XTERRA. Was a firefighter prior to turning pro. Named the 2012 XTERRA Warrior Award winner with husband Ben Allen for perpetuating the “Live More” spirit of XTERRA.

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ELITE WOMEN’S CONTENDERSNo. 62 – Flora Duffy from Devonshire, Bermuda

FOUR-TIME XTERRA WORLD CHAMPION @floraduffy Born: September 30, 1987 2019: Finished third at the Tokyo Olympic Qualification event in August, her first race back from a year-long foot injury that kept her out of ITU and XTERRA racing, was 5th at the WTS Grand Final in Lausanne, and 3rd at the Banyoles World Cup on September 7. Won the 2019 Beijing International Triathlon on Sunday (Oct. 20) in China, 2017: Won XTERRA South Africa in February then turned her focus to the road where she won the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Series Championship for the second straight year with wins in Yokohama, Leeds, Hamburg, Edmonton, Stockholm, and Rotterdam. 2016: Won XTERRA South Africa, finished 8th in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, won the ITU Grand Final in Cozumel and the World Triathlon Series title, then captured XTERRA Worlds for the third straight year. In Maui: In 2017 she became the first female to win four XTERRA World Championship titles and the only elite – male or female - to win four straight. She posted the fastest swim, bike, and run times for the second straight year. In 2015, had the fastest swim for the third straight year and won her second world title. She won in 2014 with the fastest swim and bike splits, and in her first Maui in 2013 she had the fastest swim and finished 3rd. Thoughts: I am really excited to be back in Maui for XTERRA Worlds. After missing most of last season and this season to injury, I have so much more appreciation for being healthy and the privilege of racing. The time off due to injury was really difficult and there were a lot of moments where I did not think I would race again. So to be back racing is already a huge win. My progress back to full fitness has been slow but with each race I did this season, I have felt more like my old self. The big focus is the Olympics next year, so this year is about racing again, building back fitness, and enjoying it all again. I am really glad that the XTERRA World Championships fit in with the plan. I have always enjoyed racing in Maui and missing last year was really strange. It will be my 5th year racing in Maui but with the new course and new start time, it will have a bit of a first time feel to it. Credentials: 3x Olympian, placed 8th in Rio (2016), 45th in London (2012), DNF in Beijing (2008). Reigning and 4x XTERRA World Champion, 2x ITU World Triathlon Series Champion, 2x ITU Cross Triathlon World Champion. In XTERRA, she has won 11 straight, 16 of 19 since 2013.

Also: Earned sociology degree from UC Boulder. Married to XTERRA Hall of Famer Dan Hugo. Finished 6th in her first XTERRA in 2013 at Beaver Creek, and swore she would never do another. “Thankfully I did, it sort of led me to finding myself in triathlon.Here, you are racing against yourself, you have to do everything to get through the race. I’ve kind of taken that to the road side of life. I think XTERRA really aided my success on the road.”

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ELITE WOMEN’S CONTENDERSNo. 67 - Helena Karaskova-Erbenova from Czech

FIVE TIME XTERRA EUROPEAN TOUR CHAMPION Four XTERRA World Tour Wins in 2019 Born: June 2, 1979 2019: Was 2nd at XTERRA Greece and XTERRA Italy-Lake Garda, won XTERRA Denmark, was 3rd at XTERRA France, won XTERRA Italy-Scanno, was 2nd at the XTERRA European Championship, and won XTERRA Germany and Luxembourg. Captured the XTERRA European Tour title for the fifth time. 2018: Placed 3rd at XTERRA Malta, 2nd in Greece, won XTERRA Italy-Lake Garda, was 4th in Switzerland, 2nd in France, won XTERRA Czech and XTERRA Poland, was 2nd at the XTERRA European Championship and 3rd in the final European Tour standings. 2017: Posted four wins on the European Tour. Finished 2nd at XTERRA Malta, won XTERRA Greece and XTERRA Spain, was 3rd at XTERRA Portugal, won XTERRA Belgium, was 8th at XTERRA Switzerland, 3rd at XTERRA France, won XTERRA Italy, was 2nd at XTERRA Poland and XTERRA Germany, and 5th at the XTER-RA European Championship in Denmark. Won the XTERRA European Tour by two points over Brigitta Poor. Placed 8th at XTERRA Worlds. 2016: Posted five wins on the European Tour. Won XTERRA Greece, XTERRA Portugal and XTERRA Belgium, was 3rd in France, 2nd in Italy, won Poland and Sweden and was 4th in Germany. Finished 4th in the European Tour standings. In Maui: Finished 8th in 2017, 5th in 2016, 7th in 2015, 5th in 2014, 7th in 2013, 9th in 2012, and was 3rd in her first attempt in 2011. Credentials: Ninth year racing XTERRA. Has 34 career XTERRA World Tour wins in 13 countries and five European Tour Championships. In her rookie season of 2011 she was 2nd at XTERRA Czech, 5th in Germany, 3rd in Switzerland, 5th in the final European Tour standings, and third at XTERRA Worlds. She opened 2012 with a 2nd at XTERRA Italy, won her first XTERRA in France on July 8, 2012, then went on a roll with wins at Czech, Germany, and Switzerland to take the Euro Tour for the first time. She had at least three wins in eight straight years. Won the European Tour in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019. Also a tow-time Winter Olympian (2002+2006), placing 29th in the 7.5km + 7.5km double pursuit in 2006.

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ELITE WOMEN’S CONTENDERSNo. 68 - Samantha Kingsford from Tirau, New Zealand

2019 XTERRA PAN AMERICAN TOUR CHAMPION Three XTERRA World Tour Wins in 2019 Born: November 8, 1990 2019: Placed 4th at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship, third at XTERRA New Zealand, won XTERRA Brazil, was third at XTERRA Oak Mountain, won XTERRA Victoria, was 5th at XTERRA Beaver Creek, won XTERRA Mexico, and was second at the Pan Am Championship. Won the XTERRA Pan American Tour. 2018: Finished 2nd at XTERRA New Zealand, 4th at XTERRA Tahiti, and won her first XTERRA in Albay, Philippines. Placed 5th at XTERRA Poland and 4th at XTERRA Denmark. In Maui: First attempt. Thoughts: My goal for this race is to have a solid race where I can execute everything to a level that I can walk away at the end of the race and feel as though I have done my best in all 3 disciplines. I guess being my first year racing Worlds I don’t have a lot of expectations. I’m going into this race in the unknown a little bit as I have never raced In Maui and I don’t really know what I'm heading into. No. 73 - Morgane Riou from Fontenay Aux Roses, France

2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPION Four XTERRA World Tour Wins in 2019 Born: January 6, 1986 2019: Placed 6th at the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship, fourth at XTERRA New Zealand, then won four straight at XTERRA Italy-Lake Garda, XTERRA Belgium, XTERRA France, and the XTERRA European Championship in the Czech Republic. Finished 3rd on the European Tour. 2018: Finished 4th at XTERRA Malta, 5th in Greece, won XTERRA Belgium, was 6th in Switzerland, 2nd in Romania, 4th in Poland, and 11th at the European Championships. 2017: Finished 2nd at XTERRA Argentina, 3rd in Chile, 2nd at Victoria, 4th at Beaver Creek, third in Mexico, won the XTERRA Dominican Republic (her first on the World Tour) and was 5th at the Pan Am Championship. Placed 3rd in Pan Am Tour. In Europe, she was 2nd in Cyprus, 4th in Greece, and 3rd in Belgium and Switzerland. Place 8th in Euro Tour standings. 2016: Placed 2nd in Malta, 5th in Greece, 3rd in Belgium, 9th in Switzerland, 10th in France, and 7th in Germany. Placed 5th in final XTERRA European Tour standings. In Maui: Finished 11th in 2016.

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XTERRA WORLDS ELITE PRIZE PURSE

XTERRA World Championship

Pro Purse ($100,000)

Place 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

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The Double Award is given to the amateur man and woman with the fastest combined 2019 XTERRA World Championship and Ironman Hawaii Championship time. Winners receive four nights stay at The Kapalua Villas. Last year, Germany’s Nico Seitter won the men’s amateur title with a combined time of 12:50:57 and Australia’s Kate Bramley won the women’s amateur division title with a combined time of 14:56:27.

THE OUTRIGGER RESORTS DOUBLE AWARD

ALL-TIME ELITE DOUBLE WINNERS

2017: Ben Hoffman (11:06:34) 2016: Ben Hoffman (11:14:41) 2015: 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)

Tentative 2019 Double Contenders

Division Name Hometown IM Time

M40-44 Oscar Alberto Garcia Pilar, Argentina 9:34:58 M30-34 Adrien Pascal Marne, France 9:44:01 M45-49 Patrice Lilloni Issy Les Moulineaux, France 10:03:54 M35-39 Jorge Ascani Nueve de Julio, Argentina 10:05:18 M50-54 Marek Antoniak Tallinn, Estonia 10:12:11 M55-59 Josef Diepold Kosching, Germany 10:15:13 M55-59 Trevor Buchanan Melbourne, Australia 10:48:19 M50-54 Daryl Smith Lahaina, Maui 10:49:50 M45-49 Greg Becker Cape Town, South Africa 11:34:23 F45-49 Uta Knape Ludwigshafen, Germany 11:54:56 M60-64 Tom Monica Thousand Oaks, California 12:00:21 F40-44 Angie DeFilippi Colchester, Vermont 12:12:48 F45-49 Megan Arthur Hamilton, New Zealand 12:22:13 F55-59 Rebecca Smith West Chester, Pennsylvania 12:27:05 M60-64 Thierry Foulounoux Paris, France 12:32:16 M60-64 Andrew McLeod Wanaka, New Zealand 12:41:24 M50-54 Dai Matsui Tokyo, Japan 12:45:20 M50-54 Todd Meadows Kihei, Maui 15:09:17

2018 Double Results

Division Name IM Time XTERRA Combined

M25-29 Nico Seitter GER 9:09:22 3:41:35 12:50:57 M40-44 Jose Graca BRA 8:58:58 4:07:15 13:06:13 M40-44 Martin Bravo ARG 9:34:03 3:49:59 13:24:02 M35-39 Pablo Ureta ARG 9:31:21 3:57:10 13:28:31 M40-44 Ian Gray CAN 10:06:40 4:18:20 14:25:00 M40-44 Stephane Vander Bruggen BEL 9:14:29 5:21:45 14:36:14 M50-54 Arnaud Bouvier FRA 10:35:31 4:03:41 14:39:12 F30-34 Kate Bramley AUS 10:18:32 4:37:55 14:56:27 M45-49 Jason Sandquist CAN 9:56:19 5:01:25 14:57:44 M50-54 Andrew Brierley GBR 10:51:56 4:26:28 15:18:24 M40-44 Daniel Redelinghuys CAN 10:30:41 4:54:52 15:25:33 F30-34 Marisol Franco Acevedo MEX 10:44:34 4:53:47 15:38:21 M40-44 Jefferson Oishi BRA 11:28:33 4:33:33 16:02:06 M60-64 Ned Daily USA 11:27:45 4:35:06 16:02:51 M35-39 Josh King USA 11:08:53 5:22:37 16:31:30 M60-64 Tom Monica USA 11:33:41 5:39:15 17:12:56 F45-49 Tine Vogt GER 11:42:48 5:44:25 17:27:13 M35-39 Chris Calimano USA 13:16:57 6:04:54 19:21:51 M55-59 Matthew Carr USA 14:32:48 6:24:33 20:57:21 M50-54 Gregg Edelstein USA 14:47:53 6:54:27 21:42:20

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2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEWOctober 28, 2018 (Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii) – Rom Akerson from Costa Rica and Lesley Paterson from Scotland captured the 23rd annual XTERRA World Championship off-road triathlon elite titles on a sunny but muddy day in Kapalua, Maui. It’s the first XTERRA World title for Akerson and the third for Paterson, who last won in 2011 and 2012. Both earned $20,000 for their respective victories. More than 700 endurance athletes from 44 countries and 39 U.S. states competed in the event, which started with a one-mile rough water swim at D.T. Fleming Beach, continued with a muddy 18.5-mile mountain bike ride that traversed the West Maui Mountains, and finished with a 6.5-mile trail run through forest trails and beach sand. There was more than 4,000 feet of combined climbing on the technical bike and run courses, which were muddy and slippery due to recent rainstorms on Maui’s northwest coast. In the men’s elite race New Zealand’s Sam Osborne and Spain’s Roger Serrano were first out of the water, with last year’s winner Brad Weiss, 3x winner Ruben Ruzafa, and Akerson about one-minute behind. Ruzafa posted the fastest bike split for the sixth straight year to take the lead early on the bike, but Akerson was just 40-seconds behind him by the time they got to the bike-to-run transition. At mile two of the run, Akerson passed Ruzafa and never looked back, taking the tape in 2:52:41, just 35-seconds ahead of Weiss, who posted the fastest run to finish second. “I can’t even believe it,” said Akerson after the race, full of emotion with tears of joy in his eyes. “I opened it up today and just felt great. My Pura Vida spirit came out. During the run when I got the lead and I knew it was going to happen I wanted to cry but I had to tell myself to keep going, that I couldn’t cry if I hadn’t won it yet.” The women’s race belonged to Paterson, who had the fastest bike and run times, coupled with one of the better swims of her career. She attributed her success to consistency of training, which has been lacking during the past five years while she struggled with Lyme Disease and injuries. “I’ve done a lot of hard work over the summer and a lot of strength training and time at the gym,” said Paterson after the

wreath of ti leaves was placed on her head. “Instead of being frustrated with the conditions, I was so grateful and happy to be out there. I may have dropped a few f-bombs here and there, but I kept it pretty chill.” Flipo, who had won four out of the five XTERRA races she had entered before this one, swam with the men and had the fastest women’s swim split of the day with a time of 21:43, about three minutes ahead of three-time XTERRA World Champ Melanie McQuaid. Suzie Snyder was only six seconds behind McQuaid, and Brigitta Poor, Carina Wasle, Paterson, Penny Slater, Allison Baca, and Lizzie Orchard were within 20 seconds of Poor. Flipo kept her lead on the mountain bike, but by mile two and a half, her lead was down to about a minute and a half over Paterson. By the six-mile mark, Paterson had moved into first place, with an almost two-minute lead on Brigitta Poor and more than two minutes on Flipo. Snyder moved into fourth place, followed closely by Lizzie Orchard and Carina Wasle. “I had a great swim today and was really happy with it,” said Paterson. “When I got on the bike, I got into the lead pretty quick and tried to stay patient with the conditions.” Still, Paterson never got comfortable with her position in the race. During the mountain bike course, she was aware that Poor, a strong mountain biker, was behind her. “When I passed Brigitta, she was breathing hard and I felt good,” said Paterson. “My run is super strong right now but you’ve got to stay focused the whole time. You never know if you’ve got the win until you’ve crossed the line. That’s some-thing I’ve learned.” By the time the athletes came into transition, Paterson was leading Michelle Flipo by more than six minutes. Poor was about 90 seconds behind Flipo and Snyder was almost 90 sec-onds behind her. Orchard was next, about 10 minutes behind Paterson. Paterson continued to dominate the run, passing some of the elite men as she made her way over the mud and the hills. By the time she cruised across the finish line, she had a more than a 10-minute lead over Flipo, who finished second.

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2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS

TOP 15 ELITE MEN

Pl Name Hometown Time Purse

1 Rom Akerson Puntarenas, Costa Rica 2:52:41 $20,000 2 Bradley Weiss Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:53:16 $12,000 3 Sam Osborne Rotorua, New Zealand 2:54:37 $7,000 4 Ruben Ruzafa Malaga, Spain 2:55:34 $4,000 5 Josiah Middaugh Eagle-Vail, Colorado, USA 2:56:33 $2,500 6 Mauricio Mendez Mexico City, Mexico 2:57:10 $1,500 7 Karsten Madsen Kitchener, Canada 3:04:05 $1,100 8 Maxim Chane Falicon, France 3:07:07 $800 9 Francois Carloni Frejus, France 3:07:41 $600 10 Roger Serrano Castellfollit Del Boix, Spain 3:10:29 $500 Also: Olly Shaw, Pierrick Page, Ryan Petry, Jens Emil Nielsen, Anthony Pannier TOP 15 ELITE WOMEN

Pl Name Age Hometown Time Purse 1 Lesley Paterson Stirling, Scotland 3:29:07 $20,000 2 Michelle Flipo Palma De Mallorca, Mexico 3:39:55 $12,000 3 Lizzie Orchard Auckland, New Zealand 3:40:53 $7,000 4 Suzie Snyder Reno, NV, USA 3:44:28 $4,000 5 Brigitta Poor Gyor, Hungary 3:45:26 $2,500 6 Carina Wasle Kundl, Austria 3:51:08 $1,500 7 Julie Baker Sonora, California, USA 3:59:26 $1,100 8 Angela Niklaus Langnau, Switzerland 4:00:21 $800 9 Penny Slater Wamboin, Australia 4:04:15 $600 10 Allison Baca Boulder, Colorado, USA 4:06:34 $500 Also: Renata Bucher, Leela Hancox, Melanie McQuaid, Katie Button, Heather Zimchek-Dunn Fastest 1.5-kilometer swim: Sam Osborne (20:47), Michelle Flipo (21:42) Fastest 30-kilometer bike: Ruben Ruzafa (1:41:07), Lesley Paterson (2:08:03) Fastest 10.5-kilometer run: Bradley Weiss (44:35), Lesley Paterson (53:04)

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Sergio Baxter Totana, Spain 3:28:32 20-24 *Karel Dusek Karlovy Vary, Czech 3:08:46 25-29 Loic Doubey (2) Legna, France 3:10:38 30-34 Mathieu Desserprit St. Pierra, Reunion 3:30:50 35-39 Francisco Gonzalez (2) Santiago, Chile 3:16:19 40-44 Romaric Delepine (2) Zimming, France 3:28:13 45-49 Eskild Ebbesen Bagsv, Denmark 3:23:54 50-54 Calvin Zaryski (8) Calgary, Canada 3:38:01 55-59 Gregory Ball (3) Noosa, New Zealand 4:11:05 60-64 Ned Daily New Hyde Park, NY 4:35:06 65-69 Allan Caird Wanganui, NZL 5:11:12 70-74 Bruce Wacker (4) Kailua Kona, HI, USA 5:51:34 PC Michel Gonon (2) Villard De Lans, FRA 5:02:59

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Pauline Vie Alhandra, Portugal 4:24:42 20-24 Alizee Paties Dijon, France 4:13:14 25-29 Gaelle Leduc Vertou, France 4:32:24 30-34 Maria Calleja Aguayo Madrid, Spain 4:13:47 35-39 *Jindriska Zemanova Plzen, Czech 4:02:02 40-44 Deanna McCurdy Littleton, CO, USA 4:18:12 45-49 Sheri Foster (2) Calgary, Canada 4:20:05 50-54 Rita Haerteis (2) Kochel Am See, GER 4:29:46 55-59 Sharon McDowell-Larsen (2) Colorado Springs, CO 5:03:57 60-64 Barbara Peterson (8) Berkeley, CA, USA 5:41:32 65-69 Lorenn Walker (6) Waialua, HI, USA 6:18:41 (#) denotes number of World Championships won *Top Amateurs

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2017 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEWOctober 29, 2017 (Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii) – Bradley Weiss from Stellenbosch, South Africa and Flora Duffy from Devonshire, Bermuda captured the 22nd XTERRA World Championship elite titles on a sunny day in Kapalua, Maui. It’s the first XTERRA World title for Weiss, and the fourth in a row for Duffy. With the win, Duffy joins XTERRA Hall of Famer Conrad Stoltz as the only other elite to win four titles, she is the first female to four, and is the only elite to win four straight. More than 800 endurance athletes – including six physically challenged athletes – from 52 countries competed in the event, There was more than 4,000-feet of combined climbing on the technical bike and run courses, which were in excellent condi-tion despite pouring rain on Monday and Tuesday of this week. For Weiss, the day started with a magical swim. “I didn’t lose any time on the swim which was unbelievable,” said Weiss, who has always been a strong biker and runner, but came out of the water more than two-minutes behind the swim leaders last year. “I don’t know how I did it. I just felt so comfortable in the water. I actually caught a wave at the end and caught up and got past the group. When I stood up on the sand and saw Ben and Flora and the whole group I just thought, what’s going on?” It’s often been said that you can lose an XTERRA race on the swim but you can’t win it, but Weiss thinks he might have proven the theory wrong. “One hundred percent I won the race on the swim,” said Weiss, perhaps half in jest. “It’s been letting me down all these years. When I stood up out of the water and saw Mauricio and Ben, I thought, ‘Game on, here we go.’ And I think mentally I won the race there. I was just so, so confident.” Weiss finished in 2:32:10 and was a humble champion in his first victory after three attempts on the Maui course. “The Maui gods definitely looked after me this year,” said Weiss at the awards ceremony. “I’m so happy to be here standing on the top of the podium. Even when I was winning, I didn’t think I deserved to be there, but I’m super proud and super grateful.” After Weiss surprised himself with a great swim, he took a chance and charged hard from the beginning of the bike course. “I got on the bike and I knew Ruben and Josiah would be coming,” said Weiss. “And I knew I had to put a gap on Mauricio. He’s proven time and time again that he’s putting the fastest run splits in.”

On the bike course, Ruben Ruzafa, a tremendously skilled mountain biker, caught up to Weiss just before the second water station, but Ruzafa never had more than 30 seconds on his competitor. “Once Ruben caught me, I thought, ‘Hang in there as long as you can,’” said Weiss. “I made a little mistake on the last bit of single track and Ruben got away.” Weiss caught up to Ruzafa about one-mile into the run and put a charge into it, ultimately finishing down the chute with his arms outstretched, sharing high fives with the crowd. Mauricio Mendez, the 2016 XTERRA World Champ, was the eventual runner-up. He was expected to be racing from the front, but he was in fourth place off the bike. He then posted the fastest run split, covering the 6.5-mile course in 39:49 to Weiss’ 41:40 and Ruzafa’s 43:41. Ruzafa had the fastest bike split and was the first rider into T2 here in Kapalua for the fifth straight year, but got caught by Weiss early on the run and got reeled in by Mendez just before the last stretch of sand before the finish and ended up in 3rd place. Josiah Middaugh was the top American finisher in Maui for the 10th time and seventh year in a row, and finished eighth. WOMEN'S RACE: Duffy led the swim, the bike, and the run for the women by a remarkable margin. By mile 15 on the bike, Duffy had an almost six-minute lead on runner up Barbara Riveros from Chile. “I did my first XTERRA World Championship in 2013, and I can vividly remember almost falling over running on that beach down there,” said Duffy. “So, to be here today after winning four in a row is pretty unbelievable and pretty crazy to think about where I started. It’s a very special day for me, and what made it even cooler was that Bradley Weiss – Bad Brad I like to call him – won his first world title. We’ve done a lot of training together over the years. He helped me in my final prep to Rotterdam and I would like to think I helped him today.” The 2017 XTERRA Chile Champion, Barbara Riveros was in sec-ond place for most of the race after a solid swim. She finished in 2:56:11, about eight minutes behind Duffy. Laura Philipp was third in 2:57:24. “On the bike, Flora was on another level, we all know that,” said Riveros, a three-time Olympian, who missed the last two years at Maui because of injury.

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2017 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS

TOP 15 ELITE MEN

Pl Name Hometown Time Purse

1 Bradley Weiss Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:32:09 $20,000 2 Mauricio Mendez Mexico City, Mexico 2:33:24 $12,000 3 Ruben Ruzafa Malaga, Spain 2:33:45 $7,000 4 Francisco Serrano Monterrey, Mexico 2:34:29 $4,000 5 Cedric Fleureton Albigny, France 2:34:50 $2,500 6 Sam Osborne Rotorua, New Zealand 2:36:22 $1,500 7 Braden Currie Wanaka, New Zealand 2:39:03 $1,100 8 Josiah Middaugh Eagle-Vail, Colorado 2:39:32 $800 9 Brice Daubord Orleans, France 2:41:36 $600 10 Rom Akerson Tambor, Costa Rica 2:42:23 $500 Also: Arthur Forissier, Ben Hoffman, Rui Dolores, Ben Allen, Jan Kubicek TOP 15 ELITE WOMEN

Pl Name Age Hometown Time Purse

1 Flora Duffy Devonshire, Bermuda 2:47:47 $20,000 2 Barbara Riveros Santiago, Chile 2:56:11 $12,000 3 Laura Philipp Heidelberg, Germany 2:57:24 $7,000 4 Brigitta Poor Gyor, Hungary 3:02:36 $4,000 5 Lesley Paterson Stirling, Scotland 3:06:01 $2,500 6 Suzie Snyder Reno, Nevada 3:06:27 $1,500 7 Elizabeth Orchard Auckland, New Zealand 3:06:40 $1,100 8 Helena Karaskova Jablonec, Czech Republic 3:08:22 $800 9 Carina Wasle Kundl, Austria 3:11:34 $600 10 Emma Garrard Park City, Utah 3:12:45 $500 Also: Penny Slater, Julie Baker, Kara LaPoint, Debby Sullivan, Isabella Ribeiro Fastest 1.5-kilometer swim: Ben Allen (19:09), Flora Duffy (19:14) Fastest 30-kilometer bike: Ruben Ruzafa (1:27:23), Flora Duffy (1:41:00) Fastest 10.5-kilometer run: Mauricio Mendez (39:49), Flora Duffy (45:08)

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Tate Haugan Fort St. John, CAN 2:54:41 20-24 Ondrej Petr Novy Bor, Czech 2:55:31 25-29 Arnaud Taurelle* Nancy, France 2:49:53 30-34 Pierrick Page Bressolles, France 2:52:35 35-39 Francisco Gonzalez Santiago, Chile 2:52:59 40-44 Marconi Ribeiro Brasilia, Brazil 3:00:53 45-49 Jose Yuste Abbeville, SC 3:03:44 50-54 Grzegorz Zgliczynski Elblag, Poland 3:12:00 55-59 Gregory Ball (2) Noosa, Australia 3:23:40 60-64 Carlos Cabrita Loule, Portugal 3:33:46 65-69 Juerg Binia Dresden, Germany 4:03:22 70-74 Peter Wood (10) Papeete, Tahiti 5:13:54 75-79 Roger Kern (3) Scotts Valley, CA 6:05:47 80+ Jon Adamson Alpharetta, GA 6:38:46 PC Ed Fattoumy (11) Honolulu, HI 3:50:01

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Loanne Duvoisin* Les Geneveys, SUI 3:17:32 20-24 Amanda Nadeau Calgary, Canada 3:50:10 25-29 Carolina Nieva Yerba Buena, ARG 3:37:04 30-34 Verena Eisenbarth La Roche, France 3:36:09 35-39 Kristy Jennings Wanaka, NZL 3:39:20 40-44 Tanya Sharp Auckland, NZL 3:28:31 45-49 Mimi Stockton (5) Stevensville, MI 3:38:09 50-54 Catherine Gance (2) Cergy, France 3:50:53 55-59 Celine Hepworth Montmorency, AUS 3:59:30 60-64 Martha Buttner (2) Boulder, CO 4:11:21 65-69 Lynne Pattle Auckland, NZL 4:30:25 (#) denotes number of World Championships won *Top Amateurs

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2016 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEWOctober 23, 2016 (Kapalua) - Mauricio Mendez, 21, from Mexico City, Mexico and Flora Duffy, 29, from Devonshire, Bermuda captured the XTERRA World Championship off-road triathlon elite titles on a wild, windy, and muddy day. In the men’s race Mendez posted the fastest run split of the day (42:06) and passed three-time XTERRA World Champion Ruben Ruzafa from Spain with one-mile left in the run to take the tape in 2:49:38. “It’s a dream come true,” said Mendez, the first pro from Mexico to win an XTERRA World title. “I’ve looked up to these guys for so long and now to be up here with them is very special. I’m just happy, really happy.” In the women’s race Flora Duffy led from start-to-finish and posted the fastest swim, bike, and run times to take the win in 3:14:59, more than 10-minutes ahead of runner-up Lesley Paterson from Scotland. It’s Duffy's third XTERRA World Championship win in a row, tying Julie Dibens record of three straight from 2007-09. “It was really tough out there,” said Duffy. “I crashed on the bike, went over the handlebars and flying into the bushes. My gears weren’t working, and all the while Lesley was back there charging hard behind me. The 3-peat it really cool. It’s actually probably even cooler with the fact that I also won the ITU World Championship and then to back it up with this, wow, it’s really a year I could not have asked for. And to tie Julie’s record of 3 in a row, it’s not easy to do, so many things can go wrong out there. You really need a bit of luck, to prepare meticulously.”

MEN’S RACE: So a 21-year-old (his birthday was on Thursday) won the 21st annual XTERRA World Championship. “My first XTERRA was in 2010 in Mexico, in the junior kids race, and I won it, and I remember Dan Hugo was first place at the time and thinking wow, this is amazing, I want to be like him,” said Mendez. “And I just got into it and from that day I dreamed about being the world champion. I don’t know, I feel like I am still sleeping.” Mendez was third out of the water, worked hard with Leo Chacon on the bike to catch Courtney Atkinson at mile three, then he caught Ben Allen at about mile six and those two were together for the rest of the bike. Ruben Ruzafa caught them at about that same time and rode away, coming into transition with more than two minutes. Mendez, who had the fastest run

last year by more than one-minute over Middaugh, had the fastest this year by just 41-seconds over Braden Currie but it was 3:41 faster than Ruzafa. Ben Allen came off the bike in third and stayed there. It’s the third time in four years Allen has finished 3rd here at XTERRA Worlds. Currie and Middaugh came off the bike together at T2, both caught Leonardo Chacon, with Currie finishing fourth and Middaugh in fifth (and top American for the ninth time and fifth time in a row). WOMEN’S RACE: Just a few weeks removed from upsetting Olympic gold medalist Gwen Jorgensen to win the ITU Grand Final in Cozumel and ITU World Triathlon Series title, Duffy put her name in the record books with her third straight XTERRA crown. It didn’t come easy. “Just before the first bike feed on the steep section I flipped over my bars into the trees just like I've done before here, and I was super lucky, again. My bike is a little banged up, but I got back on and I was like ‘dodged another bullet Flora.’ My gears stopped working. I was stuck in easy for most of it, and I was like, you’re done. Spinning, spinning. Not a good thing when you have Lesley behind you.” Duffy, who finished 7th in her first XTERRA and said she’d never do another, says she’s happy that she did. “The first XTERRA I did in 2013 in Beaver Creek, I swore I was never going to do one again,” she explained. “Thankfully I did, and it sort of led me to finding myself in triathlon. Here you are racing against yourself, you have to do everything to get through the race, so I’ve kind of taken that to the road side of life. I think XTERRA has really aided my success on the road.” For Paterson, the day started with a bit of a worry. “I was not calm before or during the swim. Nothing would have helped with that. I had a pretty big panic attack through that, it was awful. You’re standing at the edge seeing these big waves and you think “Oh my God,”. And it was brutal, really brutal.” For Suzie Snyder, who finished in third and top American, it was the culmination of her best year as an elite. “I kind of can’t believe this whole year,” she said.” It’s awesome.” Myriam Guillot-Boisset finished 4th for the second straight year, and Helena Erbenova finished 5th for the second time in three years.

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TOP 15 ELITE MEN

Pl Name Age Hometown Time Purse

1 Mauricio Mendez 21 Mexico City, Mexico 2:49:38 $20,000 2 Ruben Ruzafa 32 Malaga, Spain 2:51:02 $12,000 3 Ben Allen 31 Wollongong, Australia 2:53:49 $7,000 4 Braden Currie 30 Wanaka, New Zealand 2:55:48 $4,000 5 Josiah Middaugh 38 Vail, Colorado, USA 2:57:06 $2,500 6 Leonardo Chacon 32 Liberia, Costa Rica 2:57:14 $1,500 7 Ben Hoffman 33 Boulder, CO, USA 3:01:41 $1,100 8 Courtney Atkinson 37 Queensland, Australia 3:02:22 $800 9 Sam Osborne 25 Rotorua, New Zealand 3:02:52 $600 10 Rom Akerson 32 Tambor, Costa Rica 3:05:16 $500 Also: Roger Serrano, Felipe Barraza, Bradley Weiss, Karl Shaw, Felipe Moletta

TOP 15 ELITE WOMEN

Pl Name Age Hometown Time Purse

1 Flora Duffy 29 Devonshire, Bermuda 3:14:59 $20,000 2 Lesley Paterson 36 Sterling, Scotland 3:25:01 $12,000 3 Suzie Snyder 34 Reno, NV, USA 3:29:03 $7,000 4 Myriam Guillot-Boisset 37 Brindas, France 3:30:51 $4,000 5 Helena Erbenova 37 Jablonec, Czech Republic 3:32:54 $2,500 6 Michelle Flipo 28 Palma De Mallorca, Mexico 3:35:49 $1,500 7 Jacqui Slack 33 Stoke-on-Trent, England 3:41:45 $1,100 8 Lizzie Orchard 31 Auckland, New Zealand 3:42:14 $800 9 Carina Wasle 32 Kundl, Austria 3:44:19 $600 10 Joanna Brown 24 Guelph, ON, Canada 3:56:59 $500 Also: Morgane Riou, Maia Ignatz, Julie Baker, Mieko Carey, Kara LaPoint Fastest 1.5-kilometer swim: Courtney Atkinson (20:01), Flora Duffy (21:26) Fastest 30-kilometer bike: Ruben Ruzafa (1:42:42), Flora Duffy (2:05:01) Fastest 10.5-kilometer run: Mauricio Mendez (42:06), Flora Duffy (48:32)

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 (2) Hayden Wilde Whakatane, NZL 3:19:38 20-24 Loic Doubey Legna, France 3:09:29 25-29 Pierre-Alain Nicole Varois, France 3:10:16 30-34 Xavier Dafflon Fribourg, SUI 3:09:35 35-39 Alejandro Bulacio Yerba Buena, ARG 3:25:32 40-44 Nicolas Durin Vernioz, France 3:17:13 45-49 (7) Cal Zaryski Calgary, Canada 3:24:10 50-54 Guy Evans Geneva, Switzerland 3:48:17 55-59 Gregory Ball Noosa, Australia 4:10:12 60-64 Karsten Olsen Fredericia, Denmark 4:26:13 65-69 Carl Peterson Penticton, Canada 5:00:07 70-74 Roger Kern Scotts Valley, CA 7:58:28 75-79 John Stover Jackson, MS, USA 8:08:00 PC Michel Gonon Villard de Lans, FRA 4:31:55

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Heather Horton Draper, UT, USA 5:25:08 20-24 Camille Jobard Sainte Sabine, FRA 4:37:07 25-29 Ariarn Huston Perth, Australia 4:29:18 30-34 Lydia Hale Rotorua, NZL 4:12:02 35-39 Courtney Kaup Hinesburg, VT 4:21:37 40-44 (4) Mimi Stockton Stevensville, MI 4:28:52 45-49 Nathalie Pugeault Draguignan, France 4:47:18 50-54 (3) Carol Rasmussen Karlslunde, DEN 4:45:26 55-59 Stephanie Landy Ballston Spa, NY 4:51:27 60-64 (7) Barbara Peterson Berkeley, CA, USA 5:17:00 65-69 (7) Cindi Toepel Littleton, CO, USA 5:40:13 70-74 (9) Wendy Minor Kamuela, HI, USA 7:50:15 PC Beth Price Spanish Fort, AL 7:18:39

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2015 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEWNovember 1, 2015 (Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii) - Josiah Middaugh, 37, from Eagle-Vail, Colorado and Flora Duffy, 28, from Devonshire, Bermuda won the 20th XTERRA World Championship off-road triathlon elite titles on an incredibly scenic day in Kapalua, Maui. It’s the first XTERRA World Title for Middaugh after 15 attempts, and he becomes the first American to win Worlds since Michael Tobin back in 2000. For Duffy, the win marks a perfect season with five straight wins, her second XTERRA World Championship in a row, and 12th XTERRA major victory in her last 13 attempts since the start of 2014. More than 800 endurance athletes from 43 countries participat-ed in the event, which started in the relatively calm waters of the Pacific Ocean at D.T. Fleming Beach, continued with a 20-mile mountain bike that traversed the West Maui Mountains, and finished with a grueling 6.5-mile trail run. After 15 years of trying Josiah Middaugh has his world title…“15th time’s a charm,” Middaugh said to the crowd as he crossed the line, barefoot, holding the finish tape and an American flag with his son Porter and daughter Larsen by his side (his oldest son Sullivan and wife Ingrid were watching in admiration). “I haven’t planned a single thing beyond this day so this is the end and the beginning right here, it’s amazing.” The men’s race started out as expected with all the fast swim-mers getting an early jump … Courtney Atkinson, Ben Allen, Jens Roth, Mauricio Mendez and Sam Osborne were the 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 more importantly he was side-by-side with Ruzafa. Last year he was 1:41 down on Ruzafa coming out of the water. “You never know how you are going to feel, you always feel sluggish the morning of the race. I felt good in the water though and I was psyched to come out with Ruben,” said Middaugh. Those two worked their way to the front of the pack on the bike in no time but after a crash set Middaugh back, Ruzafa pounced. “I felt really good on the bike,” said Middaugh. “I was riding with Ruben and then I had a spill on an off-camber cor-ner. It was a little wet, lost my front tire and went down. It was just enough to lose 20 seconds to Ruben, and I was able to stay

in that gap but some people filled in – Paco (Francisco Serrano) and Braden (Currie). Then I came down and washed out over another corner, turned the handlebars over and was then 45 seconds behind Ruben and I was just trying to keep it. Last year he put 45 seconds on me on the last five miles, this year he put one-minute on me. Nothing you can do, he’s an amazing rider.” Ruzafa did indeed put some time on the pack, but the effort took its toll. “At the top of the climb I passed Josiah and I put some time into him and arrived 1:45 at T2, but my body was not the same and I exploded on the run,” he explained. “I caught Ruben right before the lake at the big climb. I was making back 20-30 seconds a mile on him. I was shocked. Last year he was climbing at the same speed as I was. I was charg-ing as hard as I could, I was lifting my knees and pumping as hard as I could go and I knew I was coming back on him. It felt good.” In the women’s race Flora Duffy was determined. “I had the big target on my back, and I came here with a mission. I wanted to defend, and got away with that by the skin of my teeth today,” said Duffy. “I really struggled. Hit a tree, slide out on a corner, fell in a big mud puddle, and all the while the time gap between me and Lesley was getting smaller and smaller.” Duffy had the fastest women’s swim split (5th overall) and was 3:45 up on two-time XTERRA World Champion Lesley Paterson out of the water. Paterson posted the best bike split to pull back a couple of minutes and was seemingly in striking dis-tance heading out on the run. “There were moments out there when I questioned it,” said Duffy. “I really, really struggled on the bike this year, not sure 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 had no idea if I could hold on.” In the end Duffy took the tape in 2:54:17, five minutes in front of Paterson. “It was a tough day. For everybody it's tough. You have obstacles you have to get over.” Emma Garrard had a great race of her own to finish in third position, yet another step forward in her amazing progression through the years (she was 5th two years ago, and 4th last year). Garrard was once again the top American finisher.

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TOP 15 PRO MEN

Pl Name - Age, Hometown Final Time Purse

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

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN

Pl Name - Age, Hometown Final Time Purse

1 Flora Duffy - 28, Devonshire, Bermuda 2:54:17 $20,000 2 Lesley Paterson - 35, Sterling, Scotland 2:59:16 $12,000 3 Emma Garrard - 34, Park City, Utah 3:03:28 $7,000 4 Myriam Guillot-Boisset - 36, Brindas, France 3:07:27 $4,000 5 Lizzie Orchard - 29, Epsom, New Zealand 3:09:57 $2,500 6 Carina Wasle - 31, Kundl, Austria 3:11:23 $1,500 7 Helena Erbenová - 36, Jablonec, Czech Republic 3:17:12 $1,000 8 Jacqui Slack - 32, Stoke-On-Trent, United Kingdom 3:18:04 $800 9 Renata Bucher - 38, Lucerne, Switzerland 3:19:34 $600 10 Susan Sloan - 34, Benoni, South Africa 3:20:44 $500 Also: Elisabetta Curridori, Maia Ignatz, Kara LaPoint, Verena Eisenbarth, Alena Stevens Fastest 1.5-kilometer swim: Courtney Atkinson (19:23), Flora Duffy (19:57) Fastest 30-kilometer bike: Ruben Ruzafa (1:27:27), Lesley Paterson (1:42:52) Fastest 10.5-kilometer run: Mauricio Mendez (40:51), Emma Garrard (46:08)

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Hayden Wilde Whakatane, NZL 2:59:46 20-24 Charly Sibille Montmorot, France 2:58:08 25-29 (2) Martin Kostelnicak Bratislava, Slovakia 2:56:23 30-34 * Christophe Betard Epinal, France 2:56:00 35-39 Oscar Garcia Pilar, Argentina 2:59:28 40-44 (2) Martin Flinta Molndal, Sweden 2:57:10 45-49 (6) Calvin Zaryski Calgary, Canada 3:01:09 50-54 (2) Benoit Lalevee Saint Nazaire, FRA 3:10:28 55-59 Philippe Costet Vandoeuvre, FRA 3:27:02 60-64 Peter Dann Eagle, Colorado 3:44:07 65-69 (3) Bruce Wacker Kailua Kona, Hawaii 4:17:57 70-74 Steffen Neuendorff Michelbach, GER 5:46:54 PC (10) Fouad Fattoumy Honolulu, HI 3:47:12

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Clara Clemmensen Taastrup, Denmark 3:55:55 20-24 Larissa Rabago Guadalajara, Mexico 3:40:48 25-29 (3) Elizabeth Gruber Colorado Springs 3:26:44 30-34 Susi Pawel Dresden, Germany 3:39:15 35-39 * Julie Baker Sonora, California 3:25:51 40-44 (3) Mimi Stockton Stevensville, MI 3:29:06 45-49 Catherine Gance Cergy, France 3:57:43 50-54 (2) Carol Rasmussen Karlslunde, DEN 3:44:32 55-59 Sharon McDowell-Larsen Colorado Springs 3:51:56 60-64 (6) Cindi Toepel Littleton, Colorado 4:23:31 65-69 (3) Libby Harrow Fruita, Colorado 6:01:00 70-74 (8) Wendy Minor Kamuela, Hawaii 6:17:18 (#) denotes number of World Championships won *Top Amateurs

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2014 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEWOctober 25, 2014 (Ritz-Carlton Kapalua, Maui, HI) - One elite became an instant legend in her home country and another solidified his status among XTERRA’s all-time greats at the 19th running of the XTERRA World Championship. Flora Duffy, who first dreamed of becoming a world champion when she was 8-years-old, became the first pro triathlete from Bermuda to win a triathlon world title and Ruben Ruzafa from Spain captured his third XTERRA World Championship and wrapped up a perfect season that featured nine straight wins, the XTERRA European Tour Championship, the ITU Cross Triathlon World Championship and the XTERRA USA Championship. More than 800 endurance athletes from around the world par-ticipated in the off-road triathlon, which started and finished at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua hotel on Maui. The course consisted of a 1-mile swim, a 20-mile mountain bike, and a 6-mile run. It used to be all about the bike for Ruben Ruzafa, who has now posted the fastest bike split at all three XTERRA World Championship races he’s entered (and won) , but now he’s almost just as strong at swimming and running. “I feel great, it’s incredible. Until you finish the race you don't know if you are going to win. Today, I knew it was going to be hard because Josiah was really good. I am surprised because I swam very well… but Josiah did really well in the ride, and run-ning of course he was very fast. So, it wasn’t until the end of the course that I knew he was not there.” Ruzafa came out of the water less than one-minute behind the leaders and made all that up and more to take the lead on the bike by the six-mile mark when he passed the other 11 riders in front of him and finally Ben Allen. More importantly, his 20:51 swim split was 1:45 faster than his toughest opponent, Josiah Middaugh. He extended the gap on Middaugh by 50-seconds on the bike and even though the American XTERRA icon ran more than a minute faster in the final leg of the race, it wasn’t enough. Here’s how Middaugh explained it… “I knew I had to have a really good swim. I had a great start today and I had the best swim I’ve ever had here. I was a little over two minutes behind the lead, but really close to the people I was racing with but Ruben was off ahead with an even better

swim. He wasn’t too far off the front. I caught the top 5 on the bike really early and I put together the best race I have done here. It wasn’t quite enough to win but I'm very happy with sec-ond. I feel like I pushed really hard all the way through. I feel like I emptied the tank like 50 times and put every single thing into this race. Best day I’ve had.” In the women’s race nothing could stop Flora Duffy, not a mechanical, not even a wicked crash that sent her flying into the bushes and ripped holes in her racing kit. “I crashed so hard, I literally don't know how I got back on my bike,” said Duffy. “You know how it’s a steep gnarly decent, I hit a root awkward-ly and just flew into the trees head first with the bike on top of me. I was lucky I landed in the bushes. Then, five minutes later I had a mechanical. It was a hard day out there.” It was even harder for all the elite women trying to keep up with Duffy. Last year’s women’s winner Nicky Samuels did her best, but said she lacked the fitness after her break from ITU racing. “I had a break after the ITU season so I think 3rd is about where my fitness is, and to hold on to 3rd place was good enough for me,” said Samuels. Riveros, who was the runner-up two years ago and finished fourth last year, worked her way back into the second spot this year. “I’m very, very proud of Flora,” said Riveros. “I'm happy for her for getting the title for her country. She’s a role model. She’s very strong and I knew she was the big contender here and she more than proved that today so clap for her and congratulations to everyone.” Emma Garrard continues to shine bright as America’s top female racer with a fourth-place showing . Helena Erbenova was several minutes behind the leaders after the swim but coupled a great bike and run to work her way into fifth despite crashing on the bike.

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TOP 15 PRO MEN

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

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN

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

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

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Maxim Chane Falicon, France 2:55:37 20-24 Thomas Kerner Burglengenfeld, GER 2:53:27 25-29 Martin Kostelnicak Bratislava, Slovakia 2:52:58 30-34 * Guillaume Jeannin Bergholtz-Zell, FRA 2:46:21 35-39 Johann Mathis Le Tholy, France 2:57:34 40-44 Martin Flinta Molndal, Sweden 2:53:11 45-49 Tom Evans Penticton, Canada 2:54:41 50-54 Dennis Farrell Littleton, Colorado 3:11:00 55-59 (2) Dennis Brinson Carson City, Nevada 3:20:58 60-64 Johnny Davis Boulder, Colorado 3:40:27 65-69 (2) David Rakita Durango, Colorado 4:10:39 70-74 (9) Peter Wood La Jolla, California 4:43:18 CA (9) Fouad Fattoumy Honolulu, Hawaii 3:40:00

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 (5) Hannah Rae Finchamp Altadena, California 3:30:52 20-24 Natia Van Heerden Hazyview, RSA 3:29:08 25-29 * Brittany Webster Canmore, Canada 3:17:36 30-34 Laurianne Levasseur Nantes, France 3:34:14 35-39 Nadine Mueller Canmore, Canada 3:25:57 40-44 Kelli Montgomery Wallingford, CT 3:40:24 45-49 Riikka Vreeswijk-Kelja Gorinchem, NED 3:30:27 50-54 (2) Tamara Tabeek San Diego, California 3:51:18 55-59 Martha Buttner Boulder, Colorado 4:05:10 60-64 (5) Cindi Toepel Littleton, Colorado 4:25:46 65-69 Linda Usher West Upton, MA 5:48:52 CA (2) Judith Abrahams Anchorage, Alaska 5:20:13 (#) denotes number of World Championships won *Top Amateurs

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2013 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEWRitz-Carlton, Kapalua (October 27, 2013) - Maui turned up the heat and the competition last year as more than 700 endurance athletes from around the world participated in the ultimate XTERRA at The Ritz-Carlton Kapalua hotel on Maui. Temperatures approaching 90 degrees turned it into a race of attrition as much as a race of competition. Ruben Ruzafa from Spain made a triumphant return to the top of the XTERRA World Championship podium after completing the course in 2 hours, 34 minutes, 34 seconds. Nicky Samuels from New Zealand took the women’s title in her first appear-ance at the XTERRA World Championship. She finished the course in 2:57:48. Ruzafa, who is 30 and resides in Malaga, Spain, won the 2013 XTERRA World Championship for the second time in his career last year (and he hasn’t lost a race since). “We knew that it was a really hot day,” Ruzafa said. “I drink a lot (of water). I drink three bottles on the bike so I can make it to the run relatively fresh. I pushed hard and I’m very, very happy.” Ruzafa trailed the leaders by around two minutes after the swim, but he more than made up for it with an astonishing bike ride. He finished with a bike split of 1:30:11, which was the fastest of the day by more than a minute. He eventually reeled in all the leaders on the bike, and had a lead of about 45 sec-onds entering the run. “I was really surprised,” Ruzafa said of his ability to pass the other pros on the bike. Nobody got close to Ruzafa on the run, and he eventually finished 1 minute, 27 seconds, ahead of the rest of the field. “Two (XTERRA) championships is really, really good for me,” he said. “It’s a dream.” The women’s race had no such drama at the front, as Samuels jumped into the lead early in the bike and stayed somewhat-comfortably in front the rest of the way. “A bit shocked, really,” Samuels said of her successful debut at the XTERRA World Championship. “I didn’t know how my descending skills, or lack of, was going to stand up to the other girls.”

Samuels, 30, who raced for New Zealand at the London Olympics and normally focuses on ITU road events, and said she practiced her mountain biking for only three weeks prior 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 lot of sandy stuff on the bike,” she said. “I guess that’s what it might have been, but more of a mountain bike course with berms and jumps and things. It was kind of like a school cross country race when you’re 5 or 6. It was fun, something different and a nice way to end the season.” She is the first female from New Zealand to win the XTERRA World Championship (Hamish Carter took the men’s title in 2006). Her victory ended the successful run of Scotland’s Lesley Paterson, who was the two-time defending XTERRA women’s world champ and had posted seven consecutive XTERRA race victories leading up to this year’s Worlds. “I just didn’t feel like I had the legs from the start and that’s a horrible course to feel like that,” said Paterson, 33. Paterson said she knew midway through the bike that victo-ry was probably out of reach, but she still displayed her cham-pion spirit by tracking down two fellow pros on the run to take second place. Paterson finished the bike in fourth, but passed Barbara Riveros first on the run, then staged a late surge to pass Flora Duffy in the final 100 meters of the run. “I came off the bike just way down, not where I wanted to be, and I just fought all the way,” she said. Paterson finished in 3:00:14, including the fastest run split of the day at 43:55. Duffy, who is an Olympian from Bermuda, finished in third – five seconds after Paterson – for an impressive debut of her own 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: “I couldn’t respond. I was just hoping there was nobody behind Lesley.” Riveros, who is an Olympian from Chile and placed second at the 2012 XTERRA Worlds, took fourth this year with a time of 3:01:43.

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TOP 15 PRO MEN

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

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN

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

Fastest 1.5-kilometer swim: Leonardo Chacon (18:31), Flora Duffy (19:21) Fastest 30-kilometer bike: Ruben Ruzafa (1:30:11), Shonny Vanlandingham (1:49:22) Fastest 11-kilometer run: Asa Shaw (39:24), Lesley Paterson (43:55)

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Mauricio Mendez* Mexico City, Mexico 2:45:48 20-24 Clement Briere Bretteville, France 2:53:23 25-29 Albert Soley Bigues, Spain 2:53:27 30-34 Oliver Pichou Canteleu, France 2:56:19 35-39 Romaric Delepine Zimming, France 2:50:45 40-44 (4) Thomas Vonach Schwarzach, Austria 2:58:10 45-49 (5) Calvin Zaryski Calgary, Canada 2:58:31 50-54 Tim Sheeper Menlo Park, CA 3:13:38 55-59 (4) Tom Monica Thousand Oaks, CA 3:28:18 60-64 (4) John Royson Albany, California 3:34:51 65-69 (2) Bruce Wacker Nelson, NZL 4:29:03 70-74 (8) Peter Wood La Jolla, California 5:07:59 75-79 (2) Ron Hill Hayden, Idaho 7:12:11 PC (8) Ed Fattoumy Honolulu, HI 3:52:13

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 (4) Hannah Rae Finchamp* Altadena, California 3:11:02 20-24 (2) Elizabeth Gruber Redding, California 3:29:13 25-29 Kara Lapoint Truckee, California 3:28:24 30-34 Debby Sullivan Roseville, California 3:37:46 35-39 Jennifer Todd Newbury Parks, CA 3:39:33 40-44 (2) Mimi Stockton Stevensville, MI 3:33:09 45-49 Kim Beckinsale Noosa Heads, Aus 3:28:38 50-54 (2) Anne Gonzales Aspen, Colorado 3:23:53 55-59 (2) Lucia Colbert Cordova, Tennessee 4:11:16 60-64 Beverly Watson Priddis, Canada 4:15:05 65-69 (7) Wendy Minor Kamuela, Hawaii 6:09:21

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2012 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP REVIEWRitz-Carlton, Kapalua (October 28, 2012) -A tsunami warning for the Hawaiian Islands was canceled early on Sunday morning, and then Javier Gomez Noya and Lesley Paterson went out and stormed the competition at the 2012 XTERRA World Championship at the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua on the island of Maui. Gomez Noya was the overall winner, completing the course (1.5-kilometer swim, 30K mountain bike, 10K trail run) in 2 hours, 26 minutes, 50 seconds. The 29-year-old from Spain followed up his silver medal performance at the 2012 Olympics with an impressive victory in his inaugural XTERRA appearance. Paterson was the top female, not only repeating her accom-plishment of a year ago, but bettering it. She finished with a time of 2:44:11, which was nearly two minutes faster than her winning time of a year ago. A capacity – and XTERRA World Championship record – field of 750 athletes from around the world participated in the event, which was held on Maui for the 17th consecutive year. As if the lead-in drama to the event were not enough, a tsunami warning was issued for all of the Hawaiian Island late Saturday night. Many of the athletes stayed up late trying to get updates on the tsunami, and some were even evacuated from their hotels or homes. “I think maybe some of the athletes had to evacuate or had to stay up a little bit later, but I don’t think it had a big influence on the race,” said Conrad Stoltz, who placed third overall. “I think we were lucky to have a fair world championship.” 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 addition to the 2012 Olympic silver medalist. They just didn’t know how good he might be on an XTERRA course. He turned out to be exceptional. Gomez Noya made quite the XTERRA debut, run-ning 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 the good mountain bikers, they are much better than me, especially on

the technical sections, so my tactic was try to push really hard uphill because then you can go hard uphill and then on the downhill just not even try to go crazy fast, just try to recover and avoid crashing. It worked pretty well.” After breaking through for her first XTERRA World Championship last year, Paterson did it again. She was the top female, finishing with a time of 2:44:11. “It was perfect from start to finish for me,” she said. “I’ve done some great training leading up to this. This was my big focus of the year, and it panned out exactly how I wanted it to.” The 32-year-old from Scotland (pictured) took the lead early in the bike and then ran away from the other women. She finished more than four minutes ahead of runner-up Barbara Riveros (2:48:18) from Chile. Marie Rabie from South Africa was third in 2:53:55, and Heather Jackson from Carlsbad, Calif., was fourth in 2:54:12. Riveros, Rabie and Jackson were all making their XTERRA World Championship debuts. Among the age-group amateurs, a pair of California teenagers took the spotlight. Neilson Powless (pictured) from Roseville, Calif., was the top overall amateur with a time of 2:42:35, while Hannah Rae Finchamp from Altadena, 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 title of top over-all 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 the female 15-19 age group. Powless exited the water in 15th place among the amateurs, but he eventually caught them all. His overall finishing time was 14 seconds ahead of New Zealand’s Oliver Shaw. Finchamp’s win wasn’t nearly as close, as she finished more than seven minutes ahead of the next amateur female. Her finishing time would have placed her 13th among the pro women.

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TOP 15 PRO MEN

Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Javier Gomez Noya 29 Pontevedra, Spain 2:26:54 $20,000 2 Josiah Middaugh 34 Vail, Colorado 2:27:41 $12,000 3 Conrad Stoltz 39 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:30:04 $7,000 4 Leonardo Chacon 28 Liberia, Costa Rica 2:30:19 $4,000 5 Victor Del Correl 32 Santa Olivia, Spain 2:30:24 $2,500 6 Brent McMahon 32 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:30:56 $1,500 7 Asa Shaw 28 Frejus, France 2:32:16 $1,000 8 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 WOMEN

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

Fastest 1.5-kilometer swim: Javier Gomez (19:05), Mari Rabie (21:11) Fastest 30-kilometer bike: Josiah Middaugh (1:23:34), Lesley Paterson (1:36:01) Fastest 11-kilometer run: Javier Gomez (37:51), Lesley Paterson (40:51)

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Neilson Powless* Roseville, CA 2:42:35 20-24 Oliver Shaw Rotorua, New Zealand 2:42:49 25-29 (2) Jiri Klima Osek, Czech 2:44:46 30-34 (3) Tim Van Daele Burcht, Belgium 2:43:59 35-39 Antonio Martin Del Campo Guadalajara, Mexico 2:53:11 40-44 (3) Thomas Vonach Schwarzach, Austria 2:48:28 45-49 Benoit Lalevee St.Nazaire, France 2:55:40 50-54 (3) Casey Fannin Birmingham, Alabama 3:09:00 55-59 Dennis Brinson Carson City, Nevada 3:13:03 60-64 Tryg Fortun Kenmore, Washington 3:24:10 65-69 Michal Mogrovics Olomouc, Czech 3:56:52 70-74 Roger Kern Scotts Valley, CA 5:30:38 75-79 Nathaniel Grew Costa Rica 6:06:56 CEO Mike Cabigon Edmonton, Canada 2:52:15 PC (7) Fouad Fattoumy Honolulu, Hawaii 3:34:22

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 (3) Hannah Rae Finchamp*Altadena, California 3:05:55 20-24 Elizabeth Gruber Redding, California 3:23:04 25-29 Becci Kaltenmeier Freiburg, Germany 3:21:48 30-34 Sarah Backler Tauranga, NZL 3:14:55 35-39 Kristen Tamburrino St. Catharines, CAN 3:21:25 40-44 Mimi Stockton Stevensville, MI 3:20:41 45-49 Carol Rasmussen Karlslunde, DEN 3:33:09 50-54 Anne Gonzales Aspen, Colorado 3:13:00 55-59 Lucia Colbert Cordova, Tennessee 3:49:55 60-64 (2) Sharon Prutton Christchurch, NZL 4:00:43 65-69 (2) Kathy Frank Santa Cruz, CA 6:07:13 PC 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 new venue served as a fitting place to crown new XTERRA world champions. The 16th XTERRA World Championship turned into a sweet celebration for Michael Weiss, Lesley Paterson and Kapalua, Maui. Weiss and Paterson earned their first XTERRA world titles on a new course that was described as both beautiful and brutal. After 15 previous years at Makena, the XTERRA World Championship off-road triathlon moved to the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua this year. A total of 675 athletes representing 28 coun-tries and 42 states participated in the event, which featured a 1.5-kilometer swim, a 30-kilometer mountain bike and a 10-kilometer trail run. Weiss was the overall winner, completing the course in 2 hours, 27 minutes, including an astonishing bike split of 1:19:32. No other competitor finished with a bike time under 1:21:03. It was a breakthrough win for the 30-year-old Weiss, who had finished second at the 2008 XTERRA Worlds, and then third in 2009 and 2010. “It’s amazing,” said Weiss, who is from Vienna, Austria. “I still cannot believe it. A big dream came true, and it was a really tough course.” Weiss was in the middle of the pack after the swim, but made his remarkable move to the front on the bike. By midway through the bike course, Weiss and South Africa’s Dan Hugo were riding next to each other in second place. The only rider in front of them was the legendary seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, who was competing in the XTERRA World Championship for the first time. Weiss and Hugo actually talked about working together so that they could conserve energy in their pursuit of Armstrong. “That was a critical moment for me, about three-quarters of the way through the bike and I was with Weiss, and we said let’s work together, but (Weiss) was one notch stronger and he kind of took off from me and he bridged to Armstrong,” said Hugo. Shortly after breaking away from Hugo, Weiss closed in on Armstrong, and said it gave him an adrenaline rush that pushed him all the way to the finish line.

“It felt amazing,” Weiss said. “I had goose bumps. It’s some-thing very special to catch Lance on a climb. It was an amazing feeling, and even motivated me more.” Hugo finished second with a time of 2:27:33 – 33 seconds behind Weiss. Former three-time XTERRA world champion Eneko Llanos of Spain was third in 2:28:26, followed by Josiah Middaugh of Colorado in 2:29:14. Spain’s Ivan Rana, a three-time Olympian who was making his XTERRA debut, placed an impressive fifth with a time of 2:29:31. Like Weiss, it was a breakthrough win for Paterson. She had three previous top-10 finishes, including a runner-up showing in 2009. She got so excited after passing McQuaid late in the run course that she fell on the rocks leading to the stretch run on D.T. Fleming Beach. “What happens is your heart rate is super high, it’s at the end of the race, you’re dehydrated and your legs are not quite sure what you’re doing with them,” Paterson said. “And I just got in the lead, so you’re kind of nervous with anticipation.” McQuaid had a large lead after the bike, but could not complete the race due to exhaustion. She collapsed just a few hundred yards from the finish line, and had to be assisted off the course. She said she was okay a few hours after the race. Marion “Bubu” Lorblanchet of France took second with a time of 2:48:08. She also got passed by the roadrunner legs of Paterson during the run. “On the run, I was good, then I see ‘beep, beep’ and it was Lesley,” Lorblanchet said. “I think it was not possible for me to follow her. “I’m very happy because it was a good race for me. Last year, I was third, this year second, so maybe next year?” Helena Erbenova of the Czech Republic capped an impressive XTERRA rookie season with a third place showing at Worlds. She finished with a time of 2:51:51 in her first appearance on Maui. Erbenova is a former Olympic cross country skier.

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TOP 15 PRO MEN

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

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN

Pl Name Age Hometown Time Purse 1 Lesley Paterson 31 San Diego, Calif. (Scotland) 2:45:59 $20,000 2 Marion Lorblanchet 28 Clermont Ferrand, France 2:48:08 $12,000 3 Helena Erbenová 32 Czech Republic 2:51:51 $7,000 4 Renata Bucher 34 Lucerne, Switzerland 2:52:02 $4,000 5 Danelle Kabush 36 Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2:54:35 $2,500 6 Erin Densham 26 Melbourne, Australia 2:57:46 $1,500 7 Sara Tarkington 30 Boulder, Colorado 2:57:59 $1,000 8 Emma Garrard 30 Park City, Utah 2:58:42 $800 9 Brandi Heisterman 36 Brackendale, B.C., Canada 3:03:39 $600 10 Jessica Noyola 29 San Diego, California 3:04:25 Also: Brigitta Poor, Kelley Cullen, Fabiola Corona, Manuela Vilaseca, Suzie Snyder Fastest 1.5-kilometer swim: Richard Stannard (20:22), Erin Densham (22:32) Fastest 30-kilometer bike: Michael Weiss (1:17:30), Melanie McQuaid (1:29:27) Fastest 11-kilometer run: Alejandro Santamaria (40:58), Lesley Paterson (43:54)

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Marvin Gruget France 2:35:22 20-24 (2) Alexander Haas Germany 2:33:37 25-29 Daniel Carleton South Africa 2:49:21 30-34 Ryan Ignatz Boulder, Colorado 2:36:53 35-39 (2) Thomas Vonach Schwarzach, Austria 2:40:10 40-44 (4) Calvin Zaryski Calgary, Canada 2:39:28 45-49 (2) Mark Geoghegan Honolulu, Hawaii 2:50:17 50-54 David Maclean Ludington, Michigan 3:02:36 55-59 Jaroslav Balatka Czech Republic 3:19:56 60-64 Mike Lyons New Zealand 3:52:52 65-69 (2) Bruce Wacker Colorado Springs 3:33:27 70+ (2) John Stover Jackson, Michigan 4:37:55 CEO Mike Byam Grand Rapids, MI 4:10:00 PC (6) Fouad Fattoumy Honolulu, Hawaii 3:32:51

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 (2) Hannah Rae Finchamp Altadena, California 3:16:16 20-24 Danielle Kehoe Arvada, Colorado 3:22:14 25-29 Lizzie Orchard Auckland, NZL 3:10:05 30-34 Maia Ignatz Boulder, Colorado 3:12:44 35-39 Tamara Donelson Edwards, Colorado 3:09:47 40-44 Kim Baldwin Boulder, Colorado 3:22:52 45-49 Sue Lambert Anchorage, Alaska 3:30:42 50-54 Tamara Tabeek San Diego, California 3:29:04 55-59 (6) Barbara Peterson Berkeley, California 3:56:52 60-64 (4) Cindi Toepel Littleton, Colorado 3:59:45 CEO Cheryl Iseberg Fircrest, Washington 5:51:40 (#) denotes number of World Championships won - Top Amateurs

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2010 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS TOP 15 PRO MEN

Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse

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

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN

Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse

1 Shonny Vanlandingham 41 Durango, Colorado 2:58:20 $20,000 2 Julie Dibens 35 Bath, United Kingdom 2:59:33 $12,000 3 Marion Lorblanchet 27 Clermont Ferrand, France 3:06:11 $7,000 4 Christine Jeffrey 37 Guelph, Ontario, Canada 3:07:22 $4,000 5 Suzie Snyder 28 Stafford, Virginia 3:08:04 $2,500 6 Carina Wasle 26 Kundl, Austria 3:08:06 $1,500 7 Lesley Paterson 30 Sterling, Scotland 3:11:37 $1,000 8 Sara Tarkington 29 Boulder, Colorado 3:11:45 $800 9 Emma Ruth Smith 27 Glos, Great Britain 3:11:53 $600 10 Emma Garrard 29 Park City, Utah 3:13:38 Also: Melanie McQuaid, Danelle Kabush, Mieko Carey, Marie Helene-Premont, Darelle Parker Fastest 1.5-kilometer swim: Seth Wealing (19:29), Christine Jeffrey (19:41) Fastest 30-kilometer bike: Conrad Stoltz (1:23:48), Shony Vanlandingham (1:40:22) Fastest 11-kilometer run: Nicolas Lebrun (44:01), Marion Lorblanchet (48:39)

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Hannah Rae Finchamp Altadena, California 3:43:10 20-24 Bettina Uhlig Freiburg, Germany 3:27:55 25-29 Luisa Bryce Denver, Colorado 3:29:13 30-34 Amber Monforte (2) Reno, Nevada 3:18:52 35-39 Martina Donner Kotschach, Austria 3:33:13 40-44 Kathleen Coutinho Fairfax Station, VA 3:34:31 45-49 Carolina Colonna Taos, New Mexico 3:34:47 50-54 Beverly Enslow Metamora, Illinois 3:42:05 55-59 Beverly Watson (5) Priddis, Canada 3:56:39 60-64 Libby Harrow (2) Vero Beach, Florida 5:30:09 65+ Charlotte Mahan Lenoir City, TN 5:58:34 (#) denotes number of World Championships won - Top Amateurs

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP)

Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Michael Keith Somerset, So.Africa 3:03:13 20-24 Jiri Klima Osek, Czech Republic 2:57:59 25-29 Pierre-Yves Facomprez Nevers, France 2:49:54 30-34 Tim Van Daele (2) Burcht, Belgium 2:48:28 35-39 David Ballabio Aubavilla, Italy 2:53:35 40-44 Calvin Zaryski (3) Cargary, Canada 2:58:16 45-49 Mark Geoghegan Honolulu, Hawaii 3:06:26 50-54 Tom Monica (3) Thousand Oaks, Calif. 3:21:26 55-59 Valerio Curridori Villacidro, Italy 3:35:40 60-64 David Rakita Durango, Colorado 3:45:21 65-69 Peter Wood (7) La Jolla, California 4:06:19 70+ Ron Hill Hayden, Idaho 5:44:54 PC Fouad Fattoumy (5) Honolulu, Hawaii 3:44:08

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2009 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS TOP 15 PRO MEN

Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse

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

Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Julie Dibens 34 Bath, England 2:56:42 $20,000 2 Lesley Paterson 29 Sterling, Scotland 3:04:16 $12,000 3 Melanie McQuaid 36 Victoria, B.C., Canada 3:05:46 $7,000 4 Carina Wasle 25 Kundl, Austria 3:07:23 $4,000 5 Shonny Vanlandingham 40 Durango, Colorado 3:08:00 $2,500 6 Marion Lorblanchet 26 Clermont Ferrand, France 3:13:15 $1,500 7 Danelle Kabush 34 Canmore, Alberta, Canada 3:13:50 $1,000 8 Christine Jeffrey 36 Guelph, Ontario, Canada 3:15:01 $800 9 Sara Tarkington 28 Boulder, Colorado 3:15:56 $600 10 Rebecca Dussault 28 Gunnison, Colorado 3:17:22 Also: Emma Garrard, Marie-Helene Premont, Jenny Tobin, Renata Bucher, Sabrina Enaux Fastest 1.5-kilometer swim: Luke McKenzie (19:30), Christine Jeffrey (19:42) Fastest 30-kilometer bike: Michi Weiss (1:28:11), Julie Dibens (1:42:48) Fastest 11-kilometer run: Chris Legh (43:59), Lesley Paterson (49:45)

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP)

Division Name Hometown Time 15-19 Sebastien Antony Goupillieres, France 3:19:22 20-24 Alexander Haas Georgensgmuend, GER 2:56:23 25-29 Tim Van Daele Burcht, Belgium 2:53:46 30-34 Cedric Lassonde London, England 2:55:20 35-39 Thomas Vonach Schwarzach, Austria 3:00:49 40-44 (2) Calvin Zaryski Calgary, Canada 2:56:32 45-49 (2) Casey Fannin Hoover, Alabama 3:14:18 50-54 (2) Tom Monica Thousand Oaks, California 3:18:19 55-59 (3) John Royson Albany, California 3:31:02 60-64 (6) Kent Robison Reno, Nevada 3:46:37 65-69 (6) Peter Wood La Jolla, California 4:09:25 70+ (4) Hans Dieben Chula Vista, California 5:03:46 PC (4) Ed Fattoumy Honolulu, Hawaii 3:51:33

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)

Division Name Hometown Time 15-19 Shea Reardon Taupo, New Zealand 4:08:43 20-24 (2) Monique Avery Rotorua, New Zealand 3:47:15 25-29 Bridget Keegan Napier,New Zealand 3:39:29 30-34 Martina Donner Kotschach, Austria 3:34:33 35-39 Sheri Foster Calgary, Canada 3:38:31 40-44 Darrelle Parker London, England 3:34:24 45-49 (2) Kaja Polivkova Prague, Czech Republic 3:41:30 50-54 (4) Beverly Enslow Metamora, Illinois 3:51:15 55-59 Sharon Prutton Christchurch, New Zealand 4:14:38 60+ Kimiko Matsuda Osaka, Japan 5:55:00 PC (2) Megan Fisher Missoula, Montana 5:22:10 (#) denotes number of World Championships won - Top Amateurs

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2008 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS TOP 15 PRO MEN

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

Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Julie Dibens 33 Bath, United Kingdom 3:03:57 $25,000 2 Danelle Kabush 33 Canmore, Alberta, Canada 3:04:56 $15,000 3 Shonny Vanlandingham 39 Durango, Colorado 3:10:49 $8,000 4 Renata Bucher 31 Lucerne, Switzerland 3:11:06 $5,000 5 Christine Jeffrey 35 Guelph, Ontario, Canada 3:11:50 $3,000 6 Jennifer Smith 35 Westport, New Zealand 3:15:59 $1,750 7 Jenny Tobin 39 Boise, Idaho 3:16:08 $1,200 8 Carina Wasle 22 Kundl, Austria 3:17:31 $1,000 9 Sara Tarkington 26 Boulder, Colorado 3:19:16 $800 10 Lesley Paterson 27 Sterling, Scotland 3:19:53 $700 Also: Kristy Lanier, Fabiola Corona, Emma Garrard, Sibylle Matter, Sari Anderson. Fastest swim (1-mile): Brent McMahon (18:13), Linda Gallo (18:16) taken out of T1 Fastest bike (20-miles): Ruben Ruzafa (1:30:25), Shonny Vanlandingham (1:48:12) Fastest run (7-miles): Brent McMahon (43:18), Danelle Kabush (49:55)

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP)

DivisionName Time Hometown 15 - 19 Julian Langer 3:01:35 Vienna, Austria 20 - 24 Francois Carloni 2:54:26 Saint Raphael, France 25 - 29 Peter Hawkins 2:58:24 Gloustershire, GBR 30 - 34 James Walsh 2:55:17 Carlsbad, CA 35 - 39 Patrick Harvey 2:59:46 Auckland, New Zealand 40 - 44 Dirk Pauling 2:56:24 Rupperswil, Switzerland 45 - 49 (7) Tom Lyons 3:13:51 Reno, Nevada 50 - 54 Franz Pretzl 3:23:00 Teublilz, Germany 55 - 59 Randy Beckner 3:26:32 Helena, Montana 60 - 64 Bruce Wacker 4:02:08 Colorado Springs, CO 65 - 69 (5) Peter Wood 4:09:11 La Jolla, California 70+ Manfred Klittich 5:18:25 Eschborn, Germany PC David Kyle, 4:59:04, Athens, FL

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)

DivisionName Time Hometown

15 - 19 Charlotte McShane 3:35:01 Victoria, Australia 20 - 24 Erin Kummer 3:36:31 Boulder, Colorado 25 - 29 Emma Smith 3:40:25 London, United Kingdom 30 - 34 Dominique Angerer 3:44:43 Elsbethen, Austria 35 - 39 Sarah McMahan 3:45:04 Incline Village, Nevada 40 - 44 Keri Grosse 3:34:04 Leavenworth, Washington 45 - 49 Ulrike Striednig 3:53:56 Klagenfurt, Austria 50 - 54 (3) Beverly Enslow 3:55:47 Metamora, Illinois 55 - 59 Beverly Watson 4:19:39 Priddis, Alberta, Canada 60+ Kathy Frank 5:51:52 Bend, Oregon PC: Megan Fisher, 5:09:47, Missoula, MT (#) denotes number of World Championships won Top Amateurs

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XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)

Division Name Time Hometown 15 - 19 Monique Avery 3:56:35 Rororua, New Zealand 20 - 24 Erin Beresini 4:06:11 Hermosa Beach, California 25 - 29 (2) Marion Summerer 3:29:35 Honolulu, Hawaii30 - 34 Susie Wood 3:31:54 Nelson, New Zealand 35 - 39 Lisa Lieb 3:39:09 Durango, Colorado 40 - 44 Kaja Polivkova 3:41:05 Prague, Czech Republic 45 - 49 Meiling Yee 3:54:57 Sunnyvale, California 50 - 54 (2) Beverly Enslow 3:56:52 Metamora, Illinois 55 - 59 (3) Cindi Toepel 4:24:55 Littleton, Colorado (#) denotes number of World Championships won Top Amateurs

2007 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS TOP 15 PRO MEN

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

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

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

Division Name Time Hometown 15 – 19 Martin Jiskra 3:05:01 Karlovy Vary, CZE 20 - 24 Nicolas Fernandez 3:01:14 Pelissannee, France 25 - 29 Lars Fricke 3:00:01 Apolda, Germany 30 - 34 Alexander Eiler 2:57:34 Kailua, Hawaii 35 - 39 Laurent Beuzeboc 2:58:04 Saint Bonnet, France 40 - 44 Ulrich Katzer 3:02:02 Anger, Austria 45 - 49 (6) Tom Lyons 3:09:01 Reno, Nevada 50 - 54 Tom Monica 3:25:19 Walnut Creek, California 55 - 59 James Lewis 3:45:39 Broomfield, Colorado 60 - 64 (5) Kent Robison 3:43:37 Reno, Nevada 65 - 69 Art Gardenswartz 4:27:07 Albuquerque, New Mexico PC (3) Ed Fattoumy 3:46:33 Honolulu, Hawaii

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XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)

Division Name Time Hometown 15 - 19 Valeria Curridori 4:10:50 Villacidro, Italy 20 - 24 * Suzie Snyder 3:36:19 Colorado Springs, CO 25 - 29 Kim Hill 3:50:48 Honolulu, HI 30 - 34 * Laura Home 3:40:35 Santa Cruz, CA 35 - 39 Janice Fliegler 3:53:46 Carson City, NV 40 - 44 Barbara Alber 3:56:18 Dettingen, Germany 45 - 49 Catherine Dunn 3:52:50 Wellington, New Zealand 50 - 54 $ Barbara Peterson 4:08:44 Berkeley, CA 55 - 59 * Cindi Toepel 4:25:14 Littleton, CO 60+ 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 RESULTS TOP 15 PRO MEN

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

Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse 1 Melanie McQuaid 33 Victoria, B.C., Canada 3:07:53 $25,000 2 Danelle Kabush 31 Canmore, Alberta, Canada 3:15:58 $15,000 3 Sibylle Matter 31 Bern, Switzerland 3:19:50 $8,000 4 Jennifer Smith 33 Westport, New Zealand 3:20:08 $5,000 5 Renata Bucher 28 Lucerne, Switzerland 3:22:14 $3,000 6 Jenny Tobin 38 Boise, Idaho 3:22:42 $1,750 7 Michelle Lombardi 38 Somerset West, South Africa 3:23:44 $1,200 8 Mami Saito 29 Kawasaki, Japan 3:24:32 $1,000 9 Shonny Vanlandingham 37 Durango, Colorado 3:24:58 $800 10 Cameron Randolph 36 Ridgway, Colorado 3:30:17 $700 Also: Carina Wasle (AUS), Ingrid Rolles (RSA), Nicole Newton (USA), Imke Schiersch (GER), Jackie Burt (USA) Fastest swim: Brent McMahon (19:41), Sibylle Matter (20:51) Fastest bike: Josiah Middaugh (1:35:08), Melanie McQuaid (1:49:55) Fastest run: Brent McMahon (45:05), Danelle Kabush (53:51)

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP)

Division Name Time Hometown 15 - 19 Kyle Kennedy 3:33:37 West Vancouver, Canada 20 - 24 Rom Akerson 2:57:43 Costa Rica 25 - 29 Trevor Glavin 3:11:38 Salinas, CA 30 - 34 Conrad Snover 3:01:50 Truckee, CA 35 - 39 Calvin Zaryski 3:04:51 Calgary, Canada 40 - 44 Tim Johnston 3:11:10 Los Gatos, CA 45 - 49 $ Tom Lyons 3:14:24 Reno, NV 50 - 54 * Ian Davidson, Jr. 3:22:59 Clemson, SC 55 - 59 # Kent Robison 3:38:47 Reno, NV 60 - 64 # Peter Wood 3:59:46 La Jolla, CA 65+ John Stover 4:51:22 Jackson, MI Physically Challenged Division

* Fouad Fattoumy 4:07:40 Honolulu, HI

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XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)

Division Name Time Hometown 15 - 19 Kate Chapman 3:57:01 Breckenridge, Colorado 20 - 24 Marion Summerer 3:21:03 Freiburg, Germany

25 - 29 Louisa Davis 3:41:03 Wadestown, New Zealand 30 - 34 Laura Home 3:30:54 Santa Cruz, California 35 - 39 Beate Kleindienst 3:52:56 Dachau, Germany 40 - 44 Rita Haerteis 3:44:24 Penzberg, Germany 45 - 49 # Barbara Peterson 3:59:52 Berkeley, California 50 - 54 Cindi Toepel 4:12:16 Littleton, Colorado 55 - 59 Susan Swan 5:17:22 Coromandel, New Zealand 60+ $ Wendy Minor 5:06:43 Honolulu, Hawaii # Four-time XTERRA World Champion $ Five-time XTERRA World Champion Top Amateur Female

2005 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS TOP 15 PRO MEN

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

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

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) Division Name Time Hometown 15 - 19 Jordan Bryden 3:09:20 Calgary, Canada 20 - 24 Scott Thorne 3:03:58 Hamilton East, New Zealand 25 - 29 Ryland Garnett 3:02:02 Seaford, Australia 30 - 34 Jason Jablonski 3:01:48 Wenatchee, Washington

35 - 39 Michael Nahom 3:03:28 New Milford, Connecticut 40 - 44 # Tom Lyons 3:08:21 Reno, Nevada 45 - 49 Casey Fannin 3:13:57 Birmingham, Alabama 50 - 54 Ian Davidson, Jr. 3:21:29 Clemson, South Carolina 55 - 59 Gary Mercer 3:59:56 Anderson, California 60 - 64 % Peter Wood 3:53:53 La Jolla, California Challenged Athletes Division

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

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2004 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS TOP 10 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse

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

TOP 10 PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse

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

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

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALES)

Division Name Time Hometown

15 - 19 Jana Chocholova 4:22:29 Hluboka, CR 20 - 24 Suzi Snyder 3:36:03 Springfield, MA 25 - 29 Amber Monforte 3:21:29 Reno, NV 30 - 34 Ingrid Rolles 3:15:23 Honolulu, HI 35 - 39 Birgit Johnston 3:27:32 Los Gatos, CA 40 - 44 Josie Sinclair 3:42:25 Epsom, AUS 45 - 49 # Barbara Peterson 3:43:21 Berkeley, CA 50 - 54 ! Lorenn Walker 4:08:27 Waialua, HI 55 - 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 Hometown

15 - 19 # Taylor Tolleson 2:51:56 Pacific Grove, CA20 - 24 Petr Vejvoda 2:59:41 Liberec, CR 25 - 29 Jim Vance 2:45:06 San Diego, CA 30 - 34 # Matt Boobar 2:53:17 Plymouth, NH 35 - 39 Curt Chesney 2:46:38 Boulder, CO 40 - 44 * Tom Lyons 2:59:04 Reno, NV 45 - 49 Bruce Wilson 3:11:10 Temecula, CA 50 - 54 Chris Robinson 3:45:46 Vancouver, WA 55 - 59 * Kent Robison 3:23:27 Reno, NV 60+ Peter Wood 3:44:18 La Jolla, CA 65+ 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 Hometown 20 - 24 Shae Rainer 3:26:28 Austin, Texas 25 - 29 Sonia Foote 3:28:55 Rotorua, NZ 30 - 34 Katrin Hockenjos 3:25:49 Konstanz, Germany 35 - 39 Riikka Kelja 3:24:37 Netherlands

40 - 44 Maria Raether 3:33:13 Weinheim, Germany 45 - 49 Barbara Peterson 3:38:37 Berkeley, California 50 - 54 $ Lorenn Walker 4:01:03 Waialua, Hawaii 55 - 59 * Wendy Minor 4:49:12 Honolulu, Hawaii PRO Melanie McQuaid 2:57:08 Victoria, BC, Canada * Three-time XTERRA World Champion $ Four-time XTERRA World Champion Top Amateur Female

XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE)

Division Name Time Hometown 15 - 19 Taylor Tolleson 3:00:13 Pacific Grove, CA 20 - 24 Chad Seymour 2:57:04 Honolulu, Hawaii 25 - 29 Greg Krause 2:53:42 Denver, Colorado 30 - 34 Robert Latschen 2:47:30 Graz, Austria

35 - 39 Michael Nahom 2:54:02 New Milford, CT 40 - 44 # Tom Lyons 2:55:18 Reno, Nevada 45 - 49 Leo McCarthy 3:11:06 Kapaa, Hawaii 50 - 54 Guenther Weber 3:17:25 Roth, Germany 55 - 59 # Kent Robison 3:37:18 Reno, Nevada 60+ * Hans Dieben 4:14:07 Chula Vista, CA PRO Eneko Llanos 2:32:56 Spain # Two-time XTERRA World Champ * Three-time XTERRA World Champion Top Amateur Male

2003 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

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TOP 3 ELITES ALL-TIME2018-------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Rom Akerson 2:52:41 1. Lesley Paterson 3:29:07 2. Bradley Weiss 2:53:16 2. Michelle Flipo 3:39:55 3. Sam Osborne 2:54:37 3. Lizzie Orchard 3:40:53 2017 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Bradley Weiss 2:32:09 1. Flora Duffy 2:47:47 2. Mauricio Mendez 2:33:24 2. Barbara Riveros 2:56:11 3. Ruben Ruzafa 2:33:45 3. Laura Philipp 2:57:24 2016 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Mauricio Mendez 2:49:38 1. Flora Duffy 3:14:59 2. Ruben Ruzafa 2:51:02 2. Lesley Paterson 3:25:01 3. Ben Allen 2:53:49 3. Suzie Snyder 3:29:03 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Josiah Middaugh 2:35:32 1. Flora Duffy 2:54:17 2. Braden Currie 2:38:30 2. Lesley Paterson 2:59:16 3. Ruben Ruzafa 2:40:40 3. Emma Garrard 3:03:28 2014 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Ruben Ruzafa 2:29:56 1. Flora Duffy 2:47:59 2. Josiah Middaugh 2:31:11 2. Barbara Riveros 2:50:04 3. Ben Allen 2:34:50 3. Nicky Samuels 2:56:31 2013 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Ruben Ruzafa 2:34:34 1. Nicky Samuels 2:57:48 2. Asa Shaw 2:36:01 2. Lesley Paterson 3:00:14 3. Ben Allen 2:36:24 3. Flora Duffy 3:00:19 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Javier Gomez 2:26:54 1. Lesley Paterson 2:44:12 2. Josiah Middaugh 2:27:41 2. Barbara Riveros 2:48:19 3. Conrad Stoltz 2:30:04 3. Mari Rabie 2:53:56 2011 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Michael Weiss 2:27:00 1. Lesley Paterson 2:45:59 2. Dan Hugo 2:27:33 2. Marion Lorblanchet 2:48:08 3. Eneko Llanos 2:28:26 3. Helena Erbenova 2:51:51 2010 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Conrad Stoltz 2:31:07 1. Shonny Vanlandingham 2:58:20 2. Franky Batelier 2:36:14 2. Julie Dibens 2:59:33 3. Michi Weiss 2:36:45 3. Marion Lorblanchet 3:06:11 2009 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Eneko Llanos 2:37:22 1. Julie Dibens 2:56:42 2. Nico Lebrun 2:38:17 2. Lesley Paterson 3:04:16 3. Michi Weiss 2:40:24 3. Melanie McQuaid 3:05:46 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Ruben Ruzafa 2:37:36 1. Julie Dibens 3:03:57 2. Michi Weiss 2:38:10 2. Danelle Kabush 3:04:56 3. Brent McMahon 2:40:56 3. Shonny Vanlandingham 3:10:49 2007 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Conrad Stoltz 2:40:54 1. Julie Dibens 3:01:24 2. Olivier Marceau 2:42:05 2. Melanie McQuaid 3:09:52 3. Brian Smith 2:42:35 3. Jamie Whitmore 3:11:37

2006 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Hamish Carter 2:42:36 1. Melanie McQuaid 3:07:53 2. Olivier Marceau 2:42:55 2. Danelle Kabush 3:15:58 3. Seth Wealing 2:44:05 3. Sibylle Matter 3:19:50 2005 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Nicolas Lebrun 2:38:19 1. Melanie McQuaid 3:07:16 2. Eneko Llanos 2:41:41 2. Sibylle Matter 3:08:00 3. Brent McMahon 2:42:01 3. Jamie Whitmore 3:13:51 2004 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Eneko Llanos 2:28:44 1. Jamie Whitmore 3:01:35 2. Olivier Marceau 2:29:45 2. Melanie McQuaid 3:04:25 3. Josiah Middaugh 2:33:28 3. Danelle Kabush 3:05:19 2003 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Eneko Llanos 2:32:56 1. Melanie McQuaid 2:57:08 2. Nicolas LeBrun 2:36:31 2. Jamie Whitmore 3:01:14 3. Justin Thomas 2:37:31 3. Candy Angle 3:06:09 2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Conrad Stoltz 2:22:55 1. Candy Angle 2:57:33 2. Eneko Llanos 2:23:57 2. Jamie Whitmore 2:59:10 3. Nicolas LeBrun 2:27:37 3. Shari Kain 3:03:20 2001 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Conrad Stoltz 2:28:48 1. Anke Erlank 3:00:59 2. Kerry Classen 2:37:02 2. Cherie Touchette 3:11:51 3. Jimmy Riccitello 2:37:31 3. Kerstin Weule 3:12:37 2000 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Michael Tobin 2:30:53 1. Kerstin Weule 3:07:04 2. Mike Vine 2:33:10 2. Melanie McQuaid 3:09:17 3. Michael Pigg 2:33:43 3. Uli Blank 3:17:32 1999 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Ned Overend 2:32:50 1. Shari Kain 3:04:19 2. Michael Tobin 2:34:26 2. Kerstin Weule 3:06:27 3. Jimmy Riccitello 2:35:54 3. Jody Purcell 3:08:42 1998 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Ned Overend 2:24:46 1. Sue Latshaw 2:58:49 2. Wes Hobson 2:29:16 2. Uli Blank 3:00:05 3. Michael Tobin 2:31:22 3. Caroline Rahner 3:06:27 1997 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Mike Pigg 2:28:48 1. Cameron Randolph 3:04:25 2. Ned Overend 2:32:12 2. Lesley Tomlinson 3:04:31 3. Jimmy Riccitello 2:34:49 3. Sue Latshaw 3:11:32 1996 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Men Women 1. Jimmy Riccitello 2:27:42 1. Michellie Jones 3:04:53 2. Mike Pigg 2:31:13 2. Shari Kain 3:05:05 3. Ned Overend 2:33:39 3. Sian Welch 3:20:55

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2019 XTERRA WORLD TOUR ELITE RACE WINNERSDate Race Location Elite Winners

Feb 24 XTERRA South Africa Grabouw, Western Cape Brad Weiss/Hayley Preen

March 23 XTERRA Argentina # Silver Dique Ullum, San Juan Rom Akerson/Erika Simon

March 30 XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship + GOLD Kenting, TW Brad Weiss/Penny Slater

March 31 XTERRA Chile # Silver San Bernardo, Santiago Rom Akerson/Valentina Carvallo

April 6 XTERRA New Zealand + Silver Rotorua Sam Osborne/Jacqui Allen

April 7 XTERRA Cyprus * Silver Akamas Filippo Rinaldi/Carina Wasle

April 21 XTERRA Greece * Silver Vouliagmeni Arthur Serrieres/Lesley Paterson

May 11 XTERRA Brazil # GOLD Ilhabela Sam Osborne/Samantha Kingsford

May 18 XTERRA Oak Mountain # GOLD Pelham, Alabama, USA Sam Osborne/Suzie Snyder

May 18 XTERRA Malta * Silver Majjistral Nature Reserve Rui Dolores/Maria Doring

May 26 XTERRA Italy - Lake Garda * Silver Toscolano Arthur Forissier/Morgane Riou

May 31 XTERRA Tahiti + Silver Moorea Brice Daubord/Carina Wasle

June 1 XTERRA Portugal * Silver Golega Rui Dolores/Eleonora Peroncini

June 8 XTERRA Belgium * Silver Namur Yeray Luxem/Morgane Riou

June 16 XTERRA Denmark * Silver Aarhus Kris Coddens/Helena Karaskova

June 29 XTERRA Switzerland * Silver Vallee de Joux Arthur Forissier/Camille Defer

July 7 XTERRA France * GOLD Xonrupt Arthur Forissier/Morgane Riou

July 7 XTERRA Victoria # Silver Victoria, BC, Canada Sam Osborne/Samantha Kingsford

July 14 XTERRA Quebec # Silver Quebec City, QC, Canada Josiah Middaugh/Katie Button

July 20 XTERRA Beaver Creek # GOLD Beaver Creek, CO, USA Josiah Middaugh/Suzie Snyder

July 21 XTERRA Italy - Scanno * GOLD Abruzzo Ruben Ruzafa/Helena Karaskova

Aug 3 XTERRA Mexico # GOLD Tapalpa Sam Osborne/Samantha Kingsford

Aug 3 XTERRA European Championship * GOLD Prachatice, Czech Republic Arthur Serrieres/Morgane Riou

Aug 17 XTERRA Germany * GOLD Zittau Arthur Serrieres/Helena Karaskova

Sept 1 XTERRA Dominican Republic # Silver Samana Karsten Madsen/Fabiola Corona

Sept 1 XTERRA Luxembourg * Silver Rosport Yeray Luxem/Helena Karaskova

Sept 7 XTERRA Pan Am / USA Championship # GOLD Ogden, Utah, USA Sam Osborne/Lesley Paterson

Sept 14 XTERRA Netherlands * Silver Ameland Island Jorik Van Egdom/Kate Bramley

Sept 15 XTERRA Japan * Silver Marunuma Kieran McPherson/Fabiola Corona

Sept 22 XTERRA Kunming + GOLD Yunnan Province, China Ruben Ruzafa/Fabiola Corona

Oct 27 XTERRA World Championship Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii

* XTERRA European Tour / # XTERRA Pan American Tour / + XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour

GOLD = Min. $15,000 pro prize purse & 100-point scale / Silver = Min. $7,500 pro prize purse & 75-point scale

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2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN TOUR ELITE STANDINGS

ELITE MEN S S S S S S S S G G G G G S

PL NAME, NAT TOT CY GR ML ITG PT BE DK CH FR IT.S CZ DE LX NL

1 Arthur Serrieres , FRA 566 X 75 X 67 X 67 X X 90 X 100 100 67 X 2 Xavier Dafflon, SUI 498 67 33 X 47 X 39 X 51 58 90 63 75 47 X 3 Francois Carloni, FRA 457 X 51 67 X X x27 X X x45 75 49 53 56 61 4 Rui Dolores, PRT 451 x36 X 75 56 75 X 56 X 69 69 X 49 51 X 5 Arthur Forissier, FRA 392 X 67 X 75 X X X 75 100 X 75 X X X 6 Peter Lehmann, GER 328 X X 56 X 51 33 67 X 37 X X 45 39 X 7 Maxim Chane, FRA 301 X X X X X X X 30 75 58 69 69 X X 8 Doug Hall, GBR 296 33 X X 21 X 21 X 43 41 49 41 X 25 43 9 Geert Lauryssen, BEL 295 61 X X 33 X 36 X X 31 X X 34 33 67 10 Ruben Ruzafa, ESP 272 X X X X X X X X 82 100 90 X X X 11 Jens Roth, GER 259 X X 61 X X X X X X X X 90 61 47 12 Samuel Jud, CHE 253 47 36 51 27 X X X 39 X 53 X X X X 13 Kris Coddens, BEL 214 X 47 X X X X 75 X X X X X 36 56 14 Yeray Luxem, BEL 211 X 61 X X X 75 X X X X X X 75 X 15 Jens Nielsen, DNK 211 56 X X X X X 61 X 49 X 45 X X X Also: Filippo Rinaldi, Corentin Duclos, Cedric Fleureton, Max Sasserath, Tiago Maia, Filippo Barazzuol, Dominik Wychera, Felix Forissier, Sebastien Carabin, Jan Kubicek, Andreas Zanega, Lukas Kocar, Bradley Weiss, Aleix Sierra Oliver, Jorik Van Egdom, Theo Dupras, Ricard Costa, Charly Sibelle, Rafael Domingos, Ben Allen, Xavier Riart, Ondrej Petr, Francesco Figini, Mathurin Boutte, Will Kelsay, Karel Zadak, Mathieu Desserprit, Aurelien Lescure, Martin Dekker, Veit Hoenle, and 28 more.

ELITE WOMEN S S S S S S S S G G G G G S

PL NAME, NAT TOT CY GR ML ITG PT BE DK CH FR IT.S CZ DE LX NL

1 Helena Karaskova, CZE 679 X 67 X 67 X X 75 X 82 100 90 100 75 X 2 Carina Wasle, AUT 377 75 X 61 X X 56 67 X 69 X X 49 X X 3 Morgane Riou, FRA 350 X X X 75 X 75 X X 100 X 100 X X X 4 Anna Tomica, POL 324 36 56 X 43 X 39 51 X 41 58 X X X X 5 Ladina Buss, SUI 315 X X X X X X X 67 63 69 34 82 X X 6 Matilde Bolzan, ITA 300 51 X X X X 67 X X X 75 49 58 X X 7 Nicole Walters, GBR 289 61 X X 36 X 43 X X X X X 37 51 61 8 Maria Doring, DEU 279 33 X 75 X X X 43 47 53 X X 28 X X 9 Eleonora Peroncini, ITA 272 67 X X 61 75 X X X X X 69 X X X 10 Eva Garcia, ESP 260 X X X X 67 X X X X 82 58 53 X X 11 Alizee Paties, FRA 255 47 X X 51 X X X X 90 X X X 67 X 12 Camille Defer, FRA 233 X X X 39 X 61 X 75 58 X X X X X 13 Loanne Duvoisin, SUI 223 X X X X X 51 X X X X 82 90 X X 14 Janni Spangsberg, DNK 209 X X X X X 47 56 X X X 28 31 47 X 15 Pauline Vie, PRT 192 39 X X X 61 X 61 X 31 X X X X X Also: Sandra Mairhofer, Marta Menditto, Angela Niklaus, Brigitta Poor, Jacqui Allen, Maria Calleja Aguayo, Penny Slater, Kate Bramley, Pavlina Vargova, Segolene Leberon, Tereza Durdiakova, Lesley Paterson, Fabiola Corona, Adrian Klimkova, Linda Van Vliet, Charlotte Deldaele, Isabelle Ferrer, Lizzie Orchard, Emeline Azam, Malvina Gomes, Sabrina Harpaintner, Heidi Thranum, Louise Fox, Mandy Dammekens. Find complete standings at xterraplanet.com. Gold Points: 1=100, 2=90, 3=82, 4=75, 5=69, 6=63. 7=58, 8=53, 9=49, 10=45, 11=41, 12=37, 13=34, 14=31, 15=28 Silver Points: 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

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2019 XTERRA PAN AMERICAN TOUR ELITE STANDINGS

ELITE MEN S S G G S S G G S G

Pl Name, NAT TOT ARG CHI BRA OAK VIC QBC BCR MEX DOM USA

1 Sam Osborne, NZL 565 x x 100 100 75 x 90 100 x 100 2 Karsten Madsen, CAN 465 x x x x 61 67 82 90 75 90 3 Branden Rakita, USA 419 x x x 63 56 x51 69 82 67 82 4 Josiah Middaugh, USA 332 x x x 90 67 75 100 x x x 5 Will Ross, USA 291 43 56 x x 51 61 49 x x 31 6 Rom Akerson, CRC 225 75 75 x x x x x 75 x x 7 Kieran McPherson, NZL 216 67 67 x 82 x x x x x x 8 Felipe Moletta, BRA 212 61 61 90 x x x x x x x 9 Brian Smith, USA 191 x x x 69 x x 53 x x 69 10 Evan Pardi, USA 191 x x x 58 47 x 41 x x 45 11 Ryan Ignatz, USA 165 x x x 49 x x 63 x x 53 12 Alejandro Bulacio, ARG 156 51 47 58 x x x x x x x 13 Rafael Juriti, BRA 153 39 51 63 x x x x x x x 14 Mike Meehan, USA 150 x x x x x x 75 x x 75 15 Elliot Bach, USA 120 x x x 75 x x 45 x x x Also: Alex Roberts, Brad Zoller, Alex Rhodes, Sebastian Neef, Diogo Malagon, Marcus Fernandez, Francisco Serrano, Leonardo Saucedo, Chad Hall, Arturo Rodrigues, Dean Cane, Edmond Roy, Hugo Barbosa, Walter Schafer, Trevor Wurtele, Lucas Mendez, Matthew Alford, Raul Furtado, Will Kelsay, Barret Fishner, Vince Bethumeur, Edivando Cruz, Zach Winter, Carlos Chang, Ronaldo Ferreira, Alex Willis, Nelson Hegg, Jean-Philippe Thibodeau, Benny Smith, Andy Lee.

ELITE WOMEN S S G G S S G G S G

Pl Name, NAT TOT ARG CHI BRA OAK VIC QBC BCR MEX DOM USA 1 Samantha Kingsford, NZL 522 x x 100 82 75 x 75 100 x 90 2 Suzie Snyder, USA 485 x x x 100 67 x 100 82 67 69 3 Laura Mira, BRA 328 67 61 75 x x x51 x 69 56 x 4 Julie Baker, USA 296 x x x 75 56 x 90 x x 75 5 Fabiola Corona, MEX 247 x x x x x x x 90 75 82 6 Valentina Carvallo, CHI 240 x 75 90 x x x x 75 x x 7 Maia Ignatz, USA 214 x x x 69 x x 82 x x 63 8 Kelli Montgomery, USA 201 x x x 45 x 61 x x 61 34 9 Lesley Paterson, USA 190 x x x 90 x x x x x 100 10 Katie Button, CAN 167 x x x x 51 75 x x x 41 11 Deanna McCurdy, USA 116 x x x 49 x 67 x x x x 12 Tess Amer, USA 116 x x x 53 x x 63 x x x 13 Kara LaPoint, USA 106 x x x x x x 53 x x 53 14 Nicole Valentine, USA 95 x x x x x x 58 x x 37 15 Sabrina Gobbo, BRA 82 x x 82 x x x x x x x Also: Erika Simon, Mirian Gomes, Anne Nevin, Johandri Leicester, Amanda Felder, Sofia Rodrigues, Melanie McQuaid, Jessie Koltz, Heather Wurtele, Javiera Gainza, Amanda Bayer, Michelle Mehnert, Jennifer Smith, Emanuela Bandol, Marta Menditto, Anne Usher, Allison Arensman, Brittany Oliver. Find complete standings at xterraplanet.com. Gold Points: 1=100, 2=90, 3=82, 4=75, 5=69, 6=63. 7=58, 8=53, 9=49, 10=45, 11=41, 12=37, 13=34, 14=31, 15=28 Silver Points: 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

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2019 XTERRA ASIA-PACIFIC TOUR ELITE STANDINGSElite Men G S S S G

PL NAME, NAT TOT TWN NZL TAH JPN CHN 1 Brice Daubord, FRA 247 82 x 75 x 90 2 Maxim Chane, FRA 207 69 x 56 x 82 3 Sam Osborne, NZL 165 90 75 x x x 4 Ben Allen, AUS 165 75 56 x x 34 5 Yen-Ching Chiang, TWN 139 41 x 51 47 x45 6 Yuan Keng Hsu, TWN 137 37 x27 x43 51 49 7 Chung-Yi Lin, TWN 121 31 x25 47 43 x37 8 Lewis Ryan, NZL 114 63 51 x x x t9 Ruben Ruzafa, ESP 100 x x x x 100 t9 Bradley Weiss, RSA 100 100 x x x x 11 Brodie Gardner, AUS 86 53 33 x x x 12 Taylor Charlton, AUS 85 49 36 x x x 13 Kieran McPherson, NZL 75 x x x x 75 14 David Escolar, ESP 69 x x x x 69 t15 Ryan Sissons, NZL 67 x 67 x x x t15 Cedric Fleureton, FRA 67 x x 67 x x Also: Petr Ondrej, Olly Shaw, Arthur Serrieres, Doug Hall, Pavel Jindra, Alex Roberts, Sam Clark, Luke McKenzie, Cameron Paul, Jacky Boisset, Flavio Vianna, Joe Miller, Clark Ellice

Elite Women G S S S G

PL NAME, NAT TOT TWN NZL TAH JPN CHN 1 Carina Wasle, AUT 247 82 x 75 x 90 2 Fabiola Corona, MEX 244 69 x x 75 100 3 Jacqui Allen, GBR 240 90 75 x x 75 4 Penny Slater, AUS 230 100 67 x x 63 5 Leela Hancox, AUS 174 49 x x 67 58 6 Samantha Kingsford, NZL 136 75 61 x x x 7 Morgane Riou, FRA 119 63 56 x x x 8 Lydia Hale, NZL 105 58 47 x x x 9 Lizzie Orchard, NZL 82 x x x x 82 10 Kate Bramley, AUS 69 x x x x 69 11 Mieko Carey, JPN 61 x x x 61 x 12 Johandri Leicester, RSA 53 x x x x 53 13 Nicole Walters, GBR 53 53 x x x x 14 Rachel Challis, NZL 51 x 51 x x x 15 Myriam Guillot-Boisset, FRA 49 x x x x 49 16 Leti Tang, CHN 45 x x x x 45 Also: Leti Tang

Gold Points: 1=100, 2=90, 3=82, 4=75, 5=69, 6=63. 7=58, 8=53, 9=49, 10=45, 11=41, 12=37, 13=34, 14=31, 15=28 Silver Points: 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

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Top 50 Men Top 50 Women Pos. Athlete Points Pos. Athlete Points 1 AKERSON ROM 221.83 1 PATERSON LESLEY 219.96 2 WEISS BRADLEY 221.5 2 RIOU MORGANE 217.16 3 OSBORNE SAM 220.71 3 KARASKOVA ERBENOVA HELENA 216.86 4 RUZAFA RUBEN 220.16 4 DUVOISIN LOANNE 216.76 5 MIDDAUGH JOSIAH 219.59 5 KINGSFORD SAMANTHA 216.02 6 MENDEZ MAURICIO 219.24 6 ALLEN JACQUI 216.01 7 SERRIERES ARTHUR 218.89 7 CORONA FABIOLA 215.63 8 FORISSIER ARTHUR 216.29 8 POOR BRIGITTA 215.43 9 MADSEN KARSTEN 215.84 9 WASLE CARINA 215.14 10 ROTH JENS 215.28 10 FLIPO MICHELLE 214.79 11 DAFFLON XAVIER 215.21 11 ORCHARD ELIZABETH 214.33 12 CHANE MAXIM 215.11 12 BUSS LADINA 213.74 13 KOCAR LUKAS 215.09 13 PATIES ALIZEE 213.7 14 LUXEM YERAY 214.69 14 PERONCINI ELEONORA 213.47 15 ZADAK KAREL 213.67 15 SLATER PENNY 213.3 16 CARLONI FRANCOIS 213.48 16 GARCIA GONZALEZ EVA 213.29 17 FLEURETON CEDRIC 213.41 17 MENDITTO MARTA 213.24 18 SERRANO ROGER 213.3 18 SNYDER SUZIE 212.62 19 SHAW OLLY 213.28 19 BOLZAN MATILDE 212.39 20 VAN EGDOM JORIK 213.04 20 BRAMLEY KATE 211.67 21 PETR ONDREJ 212.95 21 MAIRHOFER SANDRA 211.27 22 RAKITA BRANDEN 212.81 22 DURDIAKOVA TEREZA 211.25 23 LAURYSSEN GEERT 212.78 23 BAKER JULIE 211.17 24 DAUBORD BRICE 212.68 24 IGNATZ MAIA 210.66 25 SLOTH NIELSEN JENS EMIL 212.64 25 WALTERS NICOLE 209.36 26 SASSERATH MAXIMILIAN 212.59 26 WURTELE HEATHER 209.11 27 DOLORES RUI 212.54 27 ZEMANOVA JINDRISKA * 209.09 28 DUSEK KAREL 212.52 28 DEFER CAMILLE 209.02 29 BARAZZUOL FILIPPO 212.46 29 RIVEROS BARBARA 209.01 30 HALL DOUG 212.29 30 LAPOINT KARA 208.14 31 FORISSIER FELIX 212.08 31 SASSERATH ANNA PAULINE * 207.76 32 RINALDI FILIPPO 211.64 32 GUILLOT BOISSET MYRIAM 207.26 33 MEEHAN MIKE 211.57 33 VAN VLIET LINDA 206.78 34 CARABIN SEBASTIEN 211.49 34 MORVILLO BIANCA 206.42 35 DOUBEY LOIC 211.44 35 DORING MARIA 206.08 36 ALLEN BEN 211.08 36 HANCOX LEELA 206.08 37 SILBERBAUER ANDREAS 210.61 37 VIE PAULINE 205.97 38 LEHMANN PETER 210.49 38 LEICESTER JOHANDRI 205.64 39 VAN DEYNZE LUCAS 210.17 39 NIKLAUS ANGELA 205.64 40 KUBICEK JAN 210.12 40 CALLEJA AGUAYO MARIA 205.59 41 MAIA TIAGO 210.09 41 BUCHER RENATA 205.59 42 MC PHERSON KIERAN 210.02 42 CORONA FABIOLA 205.48 43 PLAPPERT MALTE 209.91 43 TREPTE EVELYNE * 205.4 44 HOENLE VEIT 209.69 44 DELDAELE CHARLOTTE 205.19 45 JUD SAMUEL 209.61 45 FERRER ISABELLE 204.91 46 SIBILLE CHARLY 209.56 46 SPANGSBERG JANNI 204.9 47 VAN HEMEL TIM 209.54 47 AZAM EMELINE 204.65 48 FRANCKE MICHAL 209.5 48 VARGOVA PAVLINA 204.57 49 PAGE PIERRICK 209.48 49 SMITH JENNIFER 204.45 50 MOLETTA FELIPE 209.48 50 PICHLIKOVA JANA 203.91 * Age grouper

2019 XTERRA PERFORMANCE POINTS STANDINGSNico Lebrun, the 2005 XTERRA World Champion and director of XTERRA Europe, has been working for several years to develop a worldwide ranking system for XTERRA athletes. It awards points to athletes based on their skill level, depth of competition, and difficulty of the course and then presents the data in a clean, user-friendly website interface. When it debuts in 2020, it will be an invaluable tool for race announcers and journalists, and a virtual competitive tool for athletes. The XPP system was beta tested in 2019, and below you can find athlete rankings, as of 10.19.2019. Based on competition results from 2018 and 2019.

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2018-2019 XTERRA RESULTS ELITE MEN Sorted by Alpha, last name, and in reverse chronological order from most recent race. *Raced in age group before turning elite Rom Akerson

Date Event Overall 8/3/2019 XTERRA MEXICO 4 3/31/2019 XTERRA CHILE 1 3/23/2019 XTERRA ARGENTINA 1 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLDS 1 6/3/2018 XTERRA DOMINICAN REBUBLIC 2 5/19/2018 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 4 3/25/2018 XTERRA COSTA RICA 1 Ben Allen

Date Event Overall 9/22/2019 XTERRA CHINA 72 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 14 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 13 4/6/2019 XTERRA NEW ZEALAND 4 3/30/2019 XTERRA ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP (TWN) 4 9/30/2018 XTERRA TAIWAN 2 8/12/2018 XTERRA POLAND 4 8/5/2018 XTERRA ROMANIA 3 5/11/2018 XTERRA TAHITI 4 4/22/2018 XTERRA ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP (PHI) 4 4/7/2018 XTERRA NEW ZEALAND 4

Alejandro Bulacio

Date Event Overall 6/8/2019 XTERRA BELGIUM 37 5/11/2019 XTERRA BRAZIL 7 3/31/2019 XTERRA CHILE 5 3/23/2019 XTERRA ARGENTINA 6 Dean Cane

Date Event Overall 9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 7 9/30/2018 XTERRA TAIWAN 7

Maxim Chane Date Event Overall

9/22/2019 XTERRA CHINA 3 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 5 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 5 7/21/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE SCANNO 7 7/7/2019 XTERRA FRANCE 4 6/29/2019 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 11 5/31/2019 XTERRA TAHITI 4 3/30/2019 XTERRA ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP (TWN) 5 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLDS 8 9/9/2018 XTERRA DENMARK 5 8/18/2018 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (GER) 8 8/12/2018 XTERRA POLAND 3 7/15/2018 XTERRA CZECH 6 7/1/2018 XTERRA FRANCE 8 6/9/2018 XTERRA BELGIUM 128 5/27/2018 XTERRA ITALY GARDA 14 5/11/2018 XTERRA TAHITI 3 4/29/2018 XTERRA GREECE 15 4/22/2018 XTERRA CYPRUS 2 4/15/2018 XTERRA MALTA 5 Taylor Charlton Date Event Overall 7/7/2019 XTERRA FRANCE 51 4/6/2019 XTERRA NEW ZEALAND 11 3/30/2019 XTERRA ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP (TWN) 9 9/30/2018 XTERRA TAIWAN 4 Xavier Dafflon

Date Event Overall

9/1/2019 XTERRA LUXEMBOURG 6 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 4 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 6 7/21/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE SCANNO 2 7/7/2019 XTERRA FRANCE 7 6/29/2019 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 5 6/8/2019 XTERRA BELGIUM 8 5/26/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE GARDA 6 4/21/2019 XTERRA GREECE 10 4/7/2019 XTERRA CYPRUS 2 9/9/2018 XTERRA DENMARK 6 8/26/2018 XTERRA FINLAND 1 8/18/2018 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (GER) 7 7/22/2018 XTERRA ITALY SCANNO 2 6/23/2018 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 6 6/9/2018 XTERRA BELGIUM 8 5/27/2018 XTERRA ITALY GARDA 4 4/29/2018 XTERRA GREECE 7

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2018-2019 XTERRA RESULTS ELITE MEN Mathieu Desserprit

Date Event Overall 9/1/2019 XTERRA LUXEMBOURG 18 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 29 7/7/2019 XTERRA FRANCE 13 6/29/2019 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 18 6/8/2019 XTERRA BELGIUM 28 5/26/2019 *XTERRA ITALY LAKE GARDA 23 10/28/2018 *XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 35 6/23/2018 *XTERRA SWITZERLAND 35 Rui Dolores

Date Event Overall 9/1/2019 XTERRA LUXEMBOURG 5 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 9 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 27 7/21/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE SCANNO 5 7/7/2019 XTERRA FRANCE 5 6/16/2019 XTERRA DENMARK 4 6/1/2019 XTERRA PORTUGAL 1 5/26/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE GARDA 4 5/18/2019 XTERRA MALTA 1 4/7/2019 XTERRA CYPRUS 9 9/9/2018 XTERRA DENMARK 4 9/1/2018 XTERRA NORWAY 26 8/18/2018 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (GER) 9 8/12/2018 XTERRA POLAND 8 7/22/2018 XTERRA ITALY SCANNO 8 7/1/2018 XTERRA FRANCE 16 6/23/2018 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 15 6/9/2018 XTERRA BELGIUM 16 6/2/2018 XTERRA PORTUGAL 3 4/29/2018 XTERRA GREECE 93 4/15/2018 XTERRA MALTA 9 Karel Dusek

Date Event Overall 9/1/2019 XTERRA LUXEMBOURG 26 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 16 5/26/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE GARDA 11 10/28/2018 *XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 10 8/18/2018 *XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (GER) 86 8/12/2018 *XTERRA POLAND 14 7/15/2018 *XTERRA CZECH 9 6/23/2018 *XTERRA SWITZERLAND 7 Cedric Fleureton

Date Event Overall 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 8 7/7/2019 XTERRA FRANCE 8 6/29/2019 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 2 5/31/2019 XTERRA TAHITI 2

Arthur Forissier

Date Event Overall 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 4 7/7/2019 XTERRA FRANCE 1 6/29/2019 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 1 5/26/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE GARDA 1 4/21/2019 XTERRA GREECE 2 7/1/2018 XTERRA FRANCE 2 6/23/2018 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 1 5/27/2018 XTERRA ITALY GARDA 2 4/29/2018 XTERRA GREECE 1 Chad Hall

Date Event Overall 9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 6 Ryan Ignatz

Date Event Overall 9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 8 7/20/2019 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 6 5/18/2019 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 10 Samuel Jud

Date Event Overall 9/1/2019 XTERRA LUXEMBOURG 16 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 18 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 19 7/21/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE SCANNO 8 7/7/2019 XTERRA FRANCE 33 6/29/2019 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 8 6/8/2019 XTERRA BELGIUM 21 5/26/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE GARDA 12 5/18/2019 XTERRA MALTA 43 4/21/2019 XTERRA GREECE 9 4/7/2019 XTERRA CYPRUS 6 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 28 8/18/2018 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (GER) 25 7/1/2018 XTERRA FRANCE 12 6/23/2018 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 14 6/9/2018 XTERRA BELGIUM 12 Tom Kerner

Date Event Overall 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 20 5/26/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE GARDA 25 5/27/2018 XTERRA ITALY GARDA 24 4/29/2018 XTERRA GREECE 14

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2018-2019 XTERRA RESULTS ELITE MEN Geert Lauryssen

Date Event Overall 9/14/2019 XTERRA NETHERLANDS 2 9/1/2019 XTERRA LUXEMBOURG 10 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 13 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 21 7/7/2019 XTERRA FRANCE 14 6/8/2019 XTERRA BELGIUM 9 5/26/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE GARDA 10 4/7/2019 XTERRA CYPRUS 3 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 46 9/9/2018 XTERRA DENMARK 7 7/1/2018 XTERRA FRANCE 7 6/9/2018 XTERRA BELGIUM 3 5/27/2018 XTERRA ITALY GARDA 7 4/15/2018 XTERRA MALTA 6

Andy Lee

Date Event Overall 9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 18

Peter Lehmann

Date Event Overall 9/1/2019 XTERRA LUXEMBOURG 8 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 10 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 16 7/7/2019 XTERRA FRANCE 12 6/16/2019 XTERRA DENMARK 2 6/8/2019 XTERRA BELGIUM 10 6/1/2019 XTERRA PORTUGAL 8 5/18/2019 XTERRA MALTA 5 9/1/2018 XTERRA NORWAY 2 8/26/2018 XTERRA FINLAND 2 8/18/2018 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (GER) 17 8/12/2018 XTERRA POLAND 6 8/5/2018 XTERRA ROMANIA 5 7/15/2018 XTERRA CZECH 8 6/23/2018 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 8 6/2/2018 XTERRA PORTUGAL 2 5/27/2018 XTERRA ITALY GARDA 13 4/29/2018 XTERRA GREECE 8 4/15/2018 XTERRA MALTA 10

Karsten Madsen

Date Event Overall 9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 2 9/1/2019 XTERRA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1 8/3/2019 XTERRA MEXICO 2 7/20/2019 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 3 7/14/2019 XTERRA QUEBEC 2 7/7/2019 XTERRA VICTORIA 3 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLDS 7 9/15/2018 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 4 8/18/2018 XTERRA QUEBEC 2 8/4/2018 XTERRA MEXICO 3 7/21/2018 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 8 6/3/2018 XTERRA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 3 5/19/2018 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 2 5/12/2018 XTERRA BRAZIL 2 5/5/2018 XTERRA URUGUAY 1 3/25/2018 XTERRA COSTA RICA 3

Josiah Middaugh

Date Event Overall 7/20/2019 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 1 7/14/2019 XTERRA QUEBEC 1 7/7/2019 XTERRA VICTORIA 2 5/18/2019 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 2 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLDS 5 9/15/2018 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 1 8/18/2018 XTERRA QUEBEC 1 8/4/2018 XTERRA MEXICO 1 7/21/2018 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 2 6/3/2018 XTERRA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 3 5/19/2018 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 2 3/25/2018 XTERRA COSTA RICA 2

Sebastian Neef

Date Event Overall 5/11/2019 XTERRA BRAZIL 3

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2018-2019 XTERRA RESULTS ELITE MEN Sam Osborne

Date Event Overall 9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 1 8/3/2019 XTERRA MEXICO 1 7/20/2019 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 2 7/7/2019 XTERRA VICTORIA 1 5/18/2019 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 1 5/11/2019 XTERRA BRAZIL 1 4/6/2019 XTERRA NEW ZEALAND 1 3/30/2019 XTERRA ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPS (TWN) 2 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLDS 3 9/9/2018 XTERRA DENMARK 2 8/18/2018 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (GER) 2 8/12/2018 XTERRA POLAND 2 7/15/2018 XTERRA CZECH 7 6/17/2018 XTERRA ALBAY (PHI) 1 5/11/2018 XTERRA TAHITI 2 4/22/2018 XTERRA ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPS (PHI) 2 4/7/2018 XTERRA NEW ZEALAND 1

Pierrick Page

Date Event Overall 6/29/2019 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 15 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 15 6/23/2018 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 9 6/9/2018 XTERRA BELGIUM 13

Evan Pardi

Date Event Overall 9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 10 7/20/2019 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 12 7/7/2019 XTERRA VICTORIA 6 5/18/2019 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 7

Branden Rakita Date Event Overall

9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 3 9/1/2019 XTERRA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2 8/3/2019 XTERRA MEXICO 3 7/20/2019 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 5 7/14/2019 XTERRA QUEBEC 5 7/7/2019 XTERRA VICTORIA 4 5/18/2019 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 6 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 39 9/15/2018 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 8 8/18/2018 XTERRA QUEBEC 4 8/4/2018 XTERRA MEXICO 5 7/21/2018 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 6 6/3/2018 XTERRA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 6 5/19/2018 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 7 5/12/2018 XTERRA BRAZIL 4 3/24/2018 XTERRA ARGENTINA 4 3/18/2018 XTERRA CHILE 3

Filippo Rinaldi

Date Event Overall 6/8/2019 XTERRA BELGIUM 3 5/26/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE GARDA 3 4/7/2019 XTERRA CYPRUS 1 7/22/2018 XTERRA ITALY SCANNO 4 5/27/2018 XTERRA ITALY GARDA 5

Will Ross

Date Event Overall 9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 16 7/20/2019 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 10 7/14/2019 XTERRA QUEBEC 3 7/7/2019 XTERRA VICTORIA 5 3/31/2019 XTERRA CHILE 4 3/23/2019 XTERRA ARGENTINA 12 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 23 4/22/2018 XTERRA ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP (PHI) 8

Edmond Roy

Date Event Overall 7/14/2019 XTERRA QUEBEC 4

Ruben Ruzafa

Date Event Overall 9/22/2019 XTERRA CHINA 1 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 2 7/21/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE SCANNO 1 7/7/2019 XTERRA FRANCE 3 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 4 7/15/2018 XTERRA CZECH 1 7/1/2018 XTERRA FRANCE 1 6/2/2018 XTERRA PORTUGAL 1

Arthur Serrieres

Date Event Overall 9/1/2019 XTERRA LUXEMBOURG 2 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 1 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 1 7/7/2019 XTERRA FRANCE 2 6/8/2019 XTERRA BELGIUM 2 5/31/2019 XTERRA TAHITI 3 5/26/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE GARDA 2 4/21/2019 XTERRA GREECE 1

Benny Smith

Date Event Overall 9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 13 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 428

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2018-2019 XTERRA RESULTS ELITE MEN Bradley Weiss

Date Event Overall 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 3 3/30/2019 XTERRA ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP (TWN) 1 2/24/2019 XTERRA SOUTH AFRICA 1 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 2 9/15/2018 XTERRA PAN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 2 8/18/2018 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (GER) 1 8/12/2018 XTERRA POLAND 1 7/15/2018 XTERRA CZECH 2 6/17/2018 XTERRA ALBAY (PHI) 2 7/1/2018 XTERRA FRANCE 3 4/22/2018 XTERRA ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP (PHI) 1 2/24/2018 XTERRA SOUTH AFRICA 1 Brad Zoller

Date Event Overall 9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 11 7/20/2019 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 7

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2018-2019 XTERRA RESULTS ELITE WOMEN Jacqui Allen

Date Event Overall 9/22/2019 XTERRA CHINA 4 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 5 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 4 4/6/2019 XTERRA NEW ZEALAND 1 3/30/2019 XTERRA ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP (TWN) 2 9/30/2018 XTERRA TAIWAN 2 5/22/2018 XTERRA TAHITI 1 4/7/2018 XTERRA NEW ZEALAND 1 Julie Baker

Date Event Overall 9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 4 7/20/2019 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 2 7/7/2019 XTERRA VICTORIA 4 5/18/2019 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 4 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 7 9/15/2018 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 8 7/21/2018 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 2 7/7/2018 XTERRA VICTORIA 1 5/19/2018 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 2 Katie Button

Date Event Overall 9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 11 7/14/2019 XTERRA QUEBEC 1 7/7/2019 XTERRA VICTORIA 5 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 28 9/15/2018 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 9 8/18/2018 XTERRA QUEBEC 3 7/7/2018 XTERRA VICTORIA 5 5/19/2018 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 6 Maria Calleja Aguayo

Date Event Overall 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 15 7/21/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE SCANNO 6 7/7/2019 XTERRA FRANCE 11 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 14 6/2/2018 XTERRA PORTUGAL 6 4/29/2018 XTERRA GREECE 21 4/15/2018 XTERRA MALTA 11

Valentina Carvallo

Date Event Overall 8/3/2019 XTERRA MEXICO 4 3/31/2019 XTERRA CHILE 1 Jamie Chapoteau Date Event Overall 7/20/2019 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 10 Loanne Duvoisin

Date Event Overall 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 2 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 3 6/8/2019 XTERRA BELGIUM 5 8/18/2018 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (GER) 10 6/23/2018 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 5 Amanda Felder

Date Event Overall 5/18/2019 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 6 Isabelle Ferrer

Date Event Overall 6/29/2019 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 3 6/23/2018 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 7 Maia Ignatz

Date Event Overall 9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 6 7/20/2019 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 3 5/18/2019 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 5

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2018-2019 XTERRA RESULTS ELITE WOMEN Helena Karaskova Erbenova

Date Event Overall 9/1/2019 XTERRA LUXEMBOURG 1 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 1 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 2 7/21/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE SCANNO 1 7/7/2019 XTERRA FRANCE 3 6/16/2019 XTERRA DENMARK 1 5/26/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE GARDA 2 4/21/2019 XTERRA GREECE 2 8/18/2018 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (GER) 2 8/12/2018 XTERRA POLAND 1 7/15/2018 XTERRA CZECH 1 7/1/2018 XTERRA FRANCE 2 6/23/2018 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 4 5/27/2018 XTERRA ITALY GARDA 1 4/29/2018 XTERRA GREECE 2 4/15/2018 XTERRA MALTA 3 Samantha Kingsford

Date Event Overall 9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 2 8/3/2019 XTERRA MEXICO 1 7/20/2019 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 5 7/7/2019 XTERRA VICTORIA 1 5/18/2019 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 3 5/11/2019 XTERRA BRAZIL 1 4/6/2019 XTERRA NEW ZEALAND 3 3/30/2019 XTERRA TAIWAN 4 9/9/2018 XTERRA DENMARK 4 8/12/2018 XTERRA POLAND 5 5/11/2018 XTERRA TAHITI 4 4/22/2018 XTERRA ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP (PHI) 1 4/7/2018 XTERRA NEW ZEALAND 2 Adriana Klimkova

Date Event Overall 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 33 5/18/2019 XTERRA MALTA 5 8/18/2018 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (GER) 28

Kara LaPoint

Date Event Overall 9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 8 7/20/2019 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 10 9/15/2018 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 7 8/18/2018 XTERRA QUEBEC 2 8/4/2018 XTERRA MEXICO 2 7/21/2018 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 3 7/7/2018 XTERRA VICTORIA 6 6/3/2018 XTERRA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2 5/19/2018 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 4 5/12/2018 XTERRA BRAZIL 4 5/5/2018 XTERRA URUGUAY 2 Brittany Oliver

Date Event Overall 5/18/2019 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 12 Lizzie Orchard

Date Event Overall 9/22/2019 XTERRA CHINA 3 9/1/2019 XTERRA LUXEMBOURG 3 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 20 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 3 9/9/2018 XTERRA DENMARK 3 8/18/2018 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (GER) 4 7/22/2018 XTERRA ITALY SCANNO 5 7/15/2018 XTERRA CZECH 3 Lesley Paterson

Date Event Overall 9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 1 5/18/2019 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 2 4/21/2019 XTERRA GREECE 1 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 1 9/15/2018 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 1 7/1/2018 XTERRA FRANCE 4 7/21/2018 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 1 5/19/2018 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 1

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Alizee Paties

Date Event Overall 9/1/2019 XTERRA LUXEMBOURG 2 7/7/2019 XTERRA FRANCE 2 5/26/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE GARDA 5 4/7/2019 XTERRA CYPRUS 6 10/28/2018 *XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 13 7/1/2018 *XTERRA FRANCE 10

Morgane Riou

Date Event Overall 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 1 7/7/2019 XTERRA FRANCE 1 6/8/2019 XTERRA BELGIUM 1 5/26/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE GARDA 1 4/6/2019 XTERRA NEW ZEALAND 4 3/30/2019 XTERRA TAIWAN 6 8/18/2018 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (GER) 11 8/12/2018 XTERRA POLAND 4 8/5/2018 XTERRA ROMANIA 2 6/23/2018 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 6 6/9/2018 XTERRA BELGIUM 1 4/29/2018 XTERRA GREECE 5 4/15/2018 XTERRA MALTA 4

Erika Simon

Date Event Overall 3/23/2019 XTERRA ARGENTINA 1

Penny Slater

Date Event Overall 9/22/2019 XTERRA CHINA 6 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 6 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 6 4/6/2019 XTERRA NEW ZEALAND 2 3/30/2019 XTERRA TAIWAN 1 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 10 8/18/2018 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (GER) 15 8/12/2018 XTERRA POLAND 6 7/15/2018 XTERRA CZECH 7 7/1/2018 XTERRA FRANCE 6 6/17/2018 XTERRA ALBAY (PHI) 2 5/11/2018 XTERRA TAHITI 3 4/22/2018 XTERRA ASIA PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIP (PHI) 2 4/7/2018 XTERRA NEW ZEALAND 4

Suzie Snyder

Date Event Overall 9/7/2019 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 5 9/1/2019 XTERRA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2 8/3/2019 XTERRA MEXICO 3 7/20/2019 XTERRA BEAVER CREEK 1 7/7/2019 XTERRA VICTORIA 2 5/18/2019 XTERRA OAK MOUNTAIN 1 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 4 9/15/2018 XTERRA PAN AM CHAMPIONSHIP (USA) 2 7/7/2018 XTERRA VICTORIA 4

Janni Spangsberg

Date Event Overall 9/1/2019 XTERRA LUXEMBOURG 8 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 15 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 16 6/16/2019 XTERRA DENMARK 4 6/8/2019 XTERRA BELGIUM 7 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 20 9/9/2018 XTERRA DENMARK 5 9/1/2018 XTERRA NORWAY 2

Pavlina Vargova

Date Event Overall 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 14 8/3/2019 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (CZE) 22 7/21/2019 XTERRA ITALY LAKE SCANNO 9 6/8/2019 XTERRA BELGIUM 13 8/18/2018 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHP (GER) 12

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Carina Wasle

Date Event Overall 9/22/2019 XTERRA CHINA 2 8/17/2019 XTERRA GERMANY 9 7/7/2019 XTERRA FRANCE 5 6/16/2019 XTERRA DENMARK 2 6/8/2019 XTERRA BELGIUM 4 5/31/2019 XTERRA TAHITI 1 5/18/2019 XTERRA MALTA 12 4/7/2019 XTERRA CYPRUS 1 3/30/2019 XTERRA TAIWAN 3 10/28/2018 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPS 6 9/1/2018 XTERRA NORWAY 1 8/26/2018 XTERRA FINLAND 1 8/18/2018 XTERRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (GER) 3 8/12/2018 XTERRA POLAND 3 7/22/2018 XTERRA ITALY SCANNO 2 7/15/2018 XTERRA CZECH 2 7/1/2018 XTERRA FRANCE 3 6/23/2018 XTERRA SWITZERLAND 3 6/9/2018 XTERRA BELGIUM 3 6/2/2018 XTERRA PORTUGAL 2 5/27/2018 XTERRA ITALY GARDA 2 4/29/2018 XTERRA GREECE 3 4/22/2018 XTERRA ASIA PACIFIC CHAMP. 1 4/15/2018 XTERRA MALTA 2

2018-2019 XTERRA RESULTS ELITE WOMEN