Tyler Butterfield erased a 9 minute deficit after the bike leg to defending champion Michael Weiss of Austria, Manuel Kueng of Switzerland and Frederik van Lierde of Belgium with a sizzling fast 2:38:29 marathon that brought him to the finish in 7:44:01 with a 3:11margin of victory over Weiss and 8:01 over Mario de Elias of Argentina.
While his 806:08 finish only earned him 7th place, Timothy O’Donnell validated his 2nd place finish at Kona and won him a place at the Kona start line in 2020.
Carrie Lester had no such struggle as she won wire-to-wire in 8:38:41 with a 13:45 margin of victory over Maja Stage Nielsen of Denmark and 17:31 over 3rd place Michelle Vesterby of Denmark. Lester combined a women’s-best 45:35 swim split, a women’s-fastest 4:38:38 bike split that rewarded sheer speed on a pool table flat course, and a women’s 2nd-fastest 3:10: 26 marathon that brought her to the line in 8:38:41.
Lester thus completed a three race sub-9 hours end of season blitz which began with an 8:48:46 win at Ironman Mont Tremblant, an 8:58:40 8th place at Kona and her Ironman PR of 8:38:41 at Cozumel.
Ironman Cozumel
Cozumel, Mexico
November 24, 2019
S 2.4 mi. / B 12 mi. / R 26.2 mi.
Results
Men
1. Tyler Butterfield (BER) 7:44:01 S 42:11 T1 2:25 B 4:19:14 T2 1:44 R 2:38:29
2. Michael Weiss (AUT) 7:47:12 S 45:25 T1 2:43 B 4:07:21 T2 1:10 R 2:50:34
3. Mario de Elias (ARG) 7:52:02 S 42:19 T1 2:24 B 4:18:58 T2 1:12 R 2:47:10
4. Manuel Kueng (SUI) 7:54:59 S 39:19 T1 2:50 B 4:13:34 T2 1:52 R 2:57:27
5. Paul Schuster (GER) 7:58:37 S 39:32 T1 2:17 B 4:16:18 T2 1:17 R 2:59:15
6. Frederik van Lierde (BEL) 7:59:43 S 39:28 T1 2:38 B 4:13:32 T2 1:12 R 3:02:55
7. Timothy O’Donnell (USA) 8:06:08 S 39:18 T1 2:34 B 4:18:07 T2 2:53 R 3:03:18
Women
1. Carrie Lester (AUS) 8:38:41 S 45:35 T1 2:30 B 4:38:38 T2 1:33 R 3:10:26
2. Maja Stage Nielsen (DEN) 8:52:26 S 48:57 T1 2:38 B 4:51:42 T2 1:18 R 3:07:54
3. Michelle Vesterby (DEN) 8:56:12 S 47:02 T1 2:25 B 4:46:32 T2 1:48 R 3:18:27
4. Alexandra Tondeur (BEL) 9:03:10 S 51:24 T1 2:46 B 4:49:59 T2 3:13 R 3:15:51
5. Lenny Ramsey (NED) 9:09:14 S 54:15 T1 3:13 B 4:58:29 T2 1:40 R 3:11:40
