Waco:
M40-44 and M45-49 both had 4 slots and both went to 9th (I got the final M40-44 for 9th place).
No other male AG went anywhere near that far. Nearly all of them stayed top 5. Some went 1-2 or 1-2-3.
They did the 25 women for tri slots after the main slots. They went much deeper. They were generally calling for anyone who finished top 20 in their AG.
at AZ70.3,
, anyone have the slot distribution and roll down? .
Some roll downs in the women’s AG before the WFT spots. The only AG I can sort of remember is the M45-49 where there were 4 or 5 spots. 1st & 4th passed.
I took the slot at 2nd, 3rd & 5th took their slots. I know the guy in 7th got a roll down slot as well.
Thanks, and congrats! Still curious but it doesn’t seem like anyone was paying attention. All good.
From Ironman 70.3 goa
60 slots total
M55-59 - 1 slot
M50-54 - 3 slots
M45-49 - 7 slots
M40-44 - 9 slots
M35-39 - 12 slots
Stayed through part of this.
Don’t have too many details but I have a friend qualified on the 45-49 AG at Los Cabos. He finished 5th.
Don’t have too many details but I have a friend qualified on the 45-49 AG at Los Cabos. He finished 5th.
I hung around for most of the roll down at Los Cabos, I think only one AG went to 10 most staying on the podium. To be honest I was a bit surprised but I guess I shouldn’t have, if you have the money to go to Los Cabos for a race you probably have the money to go to NZ for Worlds and its still early in the qualifying window. I’d expect most NA based races next year will have deep roll downs.
Don’t you think it is the other way around? It is basically, off season for most part of the triathlon community in the US, with virtually no rolldowns on most races. Don’t you think that, as the 2020’s heats up it shouldn’t become any easier to nag a spot? Also, i’m not sure about the money factor regarding racing in los cabos. I’m from Houston and travelling to Los Cabos wouldn’t be much more expensive than taking my bike on a plane to race in California, for example.
Don’t you think it is the other way around? It is basically, off season for most part of the triathlon community in the US, with virtually no rolldowns on most races. Don’t you think that, as the 2020’s heats up it shouldn’t become any easier to nag a spot? Also, i’m not sure about the money factor regarding racing in los cabos. I’m from Houston and travelling to Los Cabos wouldn’t be much more expensive than taking my bike on a plane to race in California, for example.
I’m not sure I quite follow you??? Historically as you get closer to the race the roll down goes deeper and deeper regardless of the 70.3 WC location, logistics become more and more challenging. My point about traveling and Los Cabos is that nearly everyone at the race was there on “vacation” very few athletes there live there, I could be wrong but I generally feel people typically don’t travel as far for the average 70.3 than they do for a 140.6
From 70.3 Xiamen:
(Split to show the 30 Kona / 50 Taupo slots)
M70-74: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 3rd
M65-69: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 5th
M60-64: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 3rd
M55-59: 1 Kona slot taken by 2nd / 2 Taupo slots taken by 1st, 4th
M50-54: 2 Kona slots taken by 4th, 5th / 4 Taupo slots taken by 6th, 8th, 10th, 13th
M45-49: 3 Kona slots taken by 1st, 2nd, 3rd / 7 Taupo slots taken by 6th then opened to all finishers of the AG (believe 17th got the last slot)
M40-44: 3 Kona slots taken by 1st, 2nd, 3rd / 7 Taupo slots taken by 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 16th
M35-39: 3 Kona slots taken by 2nd, 4th, 6th / 7 Taupo slots taken by 1st, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th
M30-34: 3 Kona slots taken by 1st, 2nd, 4th / 5 Taupo slots taken by 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th
M25-29: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 2 Taupo slots taken by 2nd, 3rd
M18-24: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 2nd
F65-69: 1 Kona slot rolled to F35-39 / 1 Taupo slot rolled to F45-49
F60-64: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 2nd
F55-59: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 2nd
F50-54: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 2nd
F45-49: 1 Kona slot taken by 2nd / 1+1 Taupo slots taken by 5th, 6th
F40-44: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 2 Taupo slots taken by 2nd, 3rd
F35-39: 1+1 Kona slots taken by 1st, 2nd / 2 Taupo slots taken by 4th, 5th
F30-34: 1 Kona slot taken by 2nd / 1 Taupo slot taken by 1st
F25-29: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 5th
F18-24: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 4th
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From 70.3 Xiamen:
(Split to show the 30 Kona / 50 Taupo slots)
M70-74: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 3rd
M65-69: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 5th
M60-64: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 3rd
M55-59: 1 Kona slot taken by 2nd / 2 Taupo slots taken by 1st, 4th
M50-54: 2 Kona slots taken by 4th, 5th / 4 Taupo slots taken by 6th, 8th, 10th, 13th
M45-49: 3 Kona slots taken by 1st, 2nd, 3rd / 7 Taupo slots taken by 6th then opened to all finishers of the AG (believe 17th got the last slot)
M40-44: 3 Kona slots taken by 1st, 2nd, 3rd / 7 Taupo slots taken by 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 16th
M35-39: 3 Kona slots taken by 2nd, 4th, 6th / 7 Taupo slots taken by 1st, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th
M30-34: 3 Kona slots taken by 1st, 2nd, 4th / 5 Taupo slots taken by 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th
M25-29: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 2 Taupo slots taken by 2nd, 3rd
M18-24: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 2nd
F65-69: 1 Kona slot rolled to F35-39 / 1 Taupo slot rolled to F45-49
F60-64: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 2nd
F55-59: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 2nd
F50-54: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 2nd
F45-49: 1 Kona slot taken by 2nd / 1+1 Taupo slots taken by 5th, 6th
F40-44: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 2 Taupo slots taken by 2nd, 3rd
F35-39: 1+1 Kona slots taken by 1st, 2nd / 2 Taupo slots taken by 4th, 5th
F30-34: 1 Kona slot taken by 2nd / 1 Taupo slot taken by 1st
F25-29: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 5th
F18-24: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 4th
Any reason Xiamen was so much slower this year? 2018 35-39 4:18 was the last Kona slot and this year the top five went 4:34-4:40.
The largest reason that Xiamen was slower in 2019 was the change in the swim from point to point (with a current) to a triangle. Swim times were 5-8 ins slower depending on abilities.
I think the bike was faster even though conditions were windier… we didn’t have the rain we had in 2018.
The run may have been slightly slower since it was dry and sunny so much warmer than in 2018.
From 70.3 Xiamen:
(Split to show the 30 Kona / 50 Taupo slots)
M70-74: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 3rd
M65-69: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 5th
M60-64: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 3rd
M55-59: 1 Kona slot taken by 2nd / 2 Taupo slots taken by 1st, 4th
M50-54: 2 Kona slots taken by 4th, 5th / 4 Taupo slots taken by 6th, 8th, 10th, 13th
M45-49: 3 Kona slots taken by 1st, 2nd, 3rd / 7 Taupo slots taken by 6th then opened to all finishers of the AG (believe 17th got the last slot)
M40-44: 3 Kona slots taken by 1st, 2nd, 3rd / 7 Taupo slots taken by 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 15th, 16th
M35-39: 3 Kona slots taken by 2nd, 4th, 6th / 7 Taupo slots taken by 1st, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th
M30-34: 3 Kona slots taken by 1st, 2nd, 4th / 5 Taupo slots taken by 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th
M25-29: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 2 Taupo slots taken by 2nd, 3rd
M18-24: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 2nd
F65-69: 1 Kona slot rolled to F35-39 / 1 Taupo slot rolled to F45-49
F60-64: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 2nd
F55-59: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 2nd
F50-54: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 2nd
F45-49: 1 Kona slot taken by 2nd / 1+1 Taupo slots taken by 5th, 6th
F40-44: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 2 Taupo slots taken by 2nd, 3rd
F35-39: 1+1 Kona slots taken by 1st, 2nd / 2 Taupo slots taken by 4th, 5th
F30-34: 1 Kona slot taken by 2nd / 1 Taupo slot taken by 1st
F25-29: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 5th
F18-24: 1 Kona slot taken by 1st / 1 Taupo slot taken by 4th
Any reason Xiamen was so much slower this year? 2018 35-39 4:18 was the last Kona slot and this year the top five went 4:34-4:40.
I was there with some of my athletes and was surprised with the rolling in the mens 45-49.
The Hong Kong guy that got the last spot was pretty happy.
Steve, any word on who got slots from 70.3 Taupo? Would be great to continue to see the breakdown!
Steve, any word on who got slots from 70.3 Taupo? Would be great to continue to see the breakdown!
I can’t believe I’m the one who started this thread & I managed to fall asleep at roll down! It had been a long couple days sorry. I woke up in the car as the last 18-24 female took her slot 🤣
Love it! I don’t suppose the lovely Ms Warriner was taking notes instead of getting her own slot…
Anyone else in here happen to know where roll-downs went at 70.3 Taupo?
Anyone else in here happen to know where roll-downs went at 70.3 Taupo?
I know M45 had 10 slots. 2 already had one from previous races, so rolled to 12th
Sorry didn’t pay attention to other age groups, but they generally only rolled if someone already had a slot
I’m just back home from doing 2019 Taupo. Great venue, great race. If anyone has questions about the race or travel from USA for next year I’d be happy to try to answer. I will say that was my first international 70.3 and I’m not sure if it was due to the Kiwis but my take away was that everyone was super FAST! I’d love to race there again next year but only if I could be teleported there and back. The 30hr travel day is just too much for this old man.
Hi, I’m currently planning my trip and wouldn’t mind some help. Sent you a PM. Thanks
Anyone have predictions for the remaining US qualifiers?
I’m doing Gulf Coast 70.3. I ended up fourth in my AG a few years ago (M25-29, now M30-34) after a less than desirable showing. I’m confident I can mix it up at the pointy end… but what are my chances of snagging a WC spot? If it doesn’t happen for me at GC, I was gunna try at Lubbock, which is one of the last chances for Taupo.
FYI there is another thread here with quite a bit of info for trip planning from both us locals and others that have been over from elsewhere. As it happens I’ve done both, doing the IM in 2008 as a holiday from the UK and since emigrating here in 2010.