It was another fantastic year of racing in Hawaii, with the Ironman World Championship wrapping up at midnight on Oct 8th. SaltStick athletes were out in full force, sporting the SaltStick dispensers on their bikes (saw many rolling into transition on Friday before the race), and on race day, it was clear there were lots of athletes using the SaltStick Caps- I saw that personally as well as a bit of litter on the ground, including some of the new green-white SaltStick Caps Plus product.

Craig “Crowie” Alexander won his 3rd World Title and credits SaltStick for helping get him to the finish line and the win. There’s an interesting little interview just posted here on Everyman Tri.

In fact, SaltStick athletes finished in 6 places of the top 10 men, and some of the top women too! Here is a list of top performances by athletes using SaltStick products, to the best of our understanding:

Pro Men
Finish Place	Finish Time	Race Number	First Name	Last Name	Country
1	8:03:56	1	Craig	Alexander	AUS
4	8:12:58	33	Dirk	Bockel	LUX
5	8:20:12	9	Timo	Bracht	GER
6	8:21:07	44	Mike	Aigroz	SUI
7	8:22:15	2	Raynard	Tissink	RSA
9	8:25:42	19	Luke	McKenzie	AUS
13	8:35:18	49	Marko	Albert	EST
14	8:35:53	27	Rasmus	Henning	DEN
16	8:38:11	50	Courtney	Ogden	AUS
17	8:38:36	29	Andy	Potts	USA
19	8:39:52	12	Jozsef	Major	HUN
21	8:42:39	35	Michael	Lovato	USA
27	8:50:00	48	Matty	Reed	USA
30	9:13:42	16	Petr	Vabrousek	CZE
31	9:15:08	46	Georg	Potrebitsch	GER
34	9:26:42	51	Hiroyuki	Nishiuchi	JPN
35	9:34:46	45	Mike	Neill	CAN

 

Pro Women
Finish Place	Finish Time	Race Number	First Name	Last Name	Country
3	9:03:29	107	Leanda	Cave	GBR
8	9:17:56	116	Heather	Wurtele	CAN
18	9:50:11	125	Amanda	Stevens	USA
19	10:02:33	132	Joanna	Lawn	NZL
21	10:19:09	127	Uli	Bromme	USA

Congratulations to all athletes in the entire race for their participation. Just getting to the start line is a huge achievement! See you next year in Kona!