The 2024 Age-Group IRONMAN 70.3 World Champions

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Originally published at: The 2024 Age-Group IRONMAN 70.3 World Champions - Slowtwitch News

Former professional IRONMAN World Champion Michellie Jones headlines the list of 28 men and women who can call themselves IRONMAN 70.3 age group world champions.

Jones, the 2006 IRONMAN World Champion, won the women’s 55-59 age group in a time of 4:52:28. Her title was one of 8 won by Australian athletes this weekend, which is the highest total of age group champions from any one country this weekend. The United States placed second with 7 champions. France and New Zealand were the only other countries with multiple winners, with 5 and 3 age group champions respectively.

More than 6,000 athletes from 119 different countries, territories, and regions, ranging in age from 18 to 85, competed in the 70.3 World Championships this weekend in Taupō, New Zealand. It was the 17th edition of the race, as the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the 2020 edition of the race.

Your 2024 IRONMAN 70.3 age group world champions:

Women’s Champions

Age Group Name Location / Country Represented Swim Bike Run Total Time
F18-24 Jasmine Brown Belmont, Victoria (AUS) 0:27:12 2:25:42 1:27:20 4:25:51
F25-29 Kelly Barton San Francisco, Calif. (USA) 0:29:11 2:27:47 1:27:40 4:31:20
F30-34 Francesca Smith London, U.K. 0:28:34 2:25:30 1:28:42 4:28:28
F35-39 Becky Woods Clontarf, Ireland (IRL) 0:29:10 2:29:40 1:24:28 4:29:29
F40-44 Alina Hanschke Puebla, Mexico (MEX) 0:31:08 2:36:02 1:22:37 4:36:12
F45-49 Claudia Weidekamm Auckland (NZL) 0:31:44 2:25:20 1:45:51 4:50:58
F50-54 Beni Gras-Thompson Roanoke, Vir. (USA) 0:33:06 2:30:57 1:37:55 4:49:01
F55-59 Michellie Jones Carlsbad, Calif. (USA) (Representing Australia) 0:30:06 2:37:06 1:39:13 4:52:28
F60-64 Gill Fullen Auckland (NZL) 0:33:59 2:42:05 1:37:46 5:00:59
F65-69 Janie White Paradise Valley, Ariz. (USA) 0:34:56 2:58:28 1:53:07 5:36:47
F70-74 Missy LeStrange Visalia, Calif. (USA) 0:36:21 3:22:47 2:32:22 6:44:24
F75-79 Pauline Higgins Salt Lake City, Utah (USA) 1:05:05 3:55:19 3:03:54 8:22:03
F80-84 Cherie Gruenfeld Cathedral Cty, Calif. (USA) 0:41:44 3:46:23 2:51:30 7:36:15

Men’s Champions

Age Group Name Location / Country Represented Swim Bike Run Total Time
M18-24 Leo Ouabdesselam Grenoble (FRA) 0:21:25 2:09:02 1:19:56 3:56:22
M25-29 Thomas Page Newtown, Victoria (AUS) 0:27:27 2:03:37 1:20:20 3:56:24
M30-34 Alexandre Caille Breuillet (FRA) 0:27:20 2:04:54 1:19:27 3:58:29
M35-39 Will Clarke Cressy, Tasmania (AUS) 0:24:10 2:06:37 1:21:33 3:58:50
M40-44 Francois Reding Thiaumont (BEL) 0:29:02 2:15:44 1:15:50 4:06:14
M45-49 Olivier Godart Dubai, UAE (Representing Argentina) 0:26:12 2:07:05 1:23:33 4:03:13
M50-54 Chris Bradford Viewbank, Victoria (AUS) 0:30:08 2:09:00 1:29:47 4:14:48
M55-59 Mark Clough Caringbah South, NSW (AUS) 0:26:26 2:24:56 1:26:17 4:23:49
M60-64 Christophe Jouffret Carqueiranne (FRA) 0:26:49 2:20:58 1:35:48 4:29:39
M65-69 Kevin Fergusson Adelaide, SA (AUS) 0:29:44 2:24:29 1:45:00 4:47:05
M70-74 Gilles Macherey Puyricard (FRA) 0:34:55 2:44:12 2:00:31 5:29:29
M75-79 Guy Fritz Carqueiranne (FRA) 0:53:55 3:04:20 2:04:38 6:11:50
M80-84 Gennaro Magliulo Tampa, Fla. (USA) 0:52:46 3:25:04 2:51:20 7:25:14
M85+ Warren Hill Auckland (NZL) 0:46:25 3:39:31 3:01:17 7:44:37
M-HC Nic Beveridge Mount Pleasant, QL (AUS) 0:32:04 3:30:17 1:16:30 5:26:48

These athletes will have the opportunity to defend their title at the 2025 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships, held in Marbella, Spain in November next year.

Photos: IRONMAN, Fiona Goodall / Getty Images for IRONMAN

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Just wanted to point out who won the W55-59. None other than our 2006 Kona champ and the Sydney Olympic champ (I have to stress that given the doper who “won”)

Congrats Michellie Jones…and she is clearly in shape, but her times go to show how age affects everyone. Michelle’s 30 min swim time

These are Michelle’s splits from Kona 2006

9:18:31 54:29 1:59 5:06:09 2:48 3:13:08

divide that in half and you get 4:39, 27.15, 2:33, 1:37

So she was slightly slower than than half her Kona win time from 18 years ago.

Even the best of the peer group gets slower . But great to see her in the age group game. Love it when the former pros join the rest of us. On the one hand humbling on the other hand inspiring.

Dev

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and how about USA women sweeping all age groups above 65

Does that say something about quality of life for relative affuent US seniors?

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I need to go interview Pauline Higgins She looks like this is just down the street from me.

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@E_DUB

Can you also interview Michellie. I talked to her after 2011 worlds in Vegas and she said she would not race age group. And probably 5 times in between I kept telling her she looks ripped and should join us (she is in my age group). So she had a change of heart and is OK to join us now and I think that is awesome

I was hoping to see Scott Molina racing as this event was in NZ and he’s raced age group plenty of times.

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only 2 seconds separating 1st and 2nd overall on the men’s side? That’s crazy! Too bad it wasn’t a mass start, they could have had a sprint finish.

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Janie White was 14sec behind with 1.4K to go and won by :40

She is a legend here in AZ and a role model for TriScottsdale.

She is coached by Lewis Elliot. Who is a legend in his own right

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Interesting to me to see the 18-24 AG with the fastest times. Would usually expect that to go up 1 or 2 age groups.

Also the M18-24 had an insane swim time. Fastest of the day by 23 seconds over Greg Harper.

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Someone posted up earlier that Gregs time in college for the 500 was 4;26, so great for a triathlete but not great in the sense of a swimmer. Ledecky goes that fast for comparison. So an 18-24 guy could be either still in college or just out, and closer to his times. 100’s of guys that break(or the meter equilevant) 4;20 for that 500 free…

And of course one has to be motivated too as for the pros those little gaps mean nothing once in T1. 10 second swim win turned into maybe 4th or 5th on the bike with a dozen others right on your heels…But good for a nice swim prime!!!