IMWC St George: ALL of the UK & Ireland Male Age-Group results

Every IRONMAN World Championship also features plenty of exceptional amateur athletes competing in the age-group ranks, and here I take a look at the UK and Ireland Male Age-Group results from St George. ALL of them!

[You can find the women’s AG roundup HERE]

Six British athletes secured podium (top-five) results on Saturday, including one very impressive new IRONMAN World Champion.

Below you will find two tables featuring the results of every entrant, ordered initially by overall time, and then by category in the second table.

(EDITORS NOTE: The full listing of GB & Ireland entrants was extracted from the official participants list pre-race. If there is an error or you are missing, then a) apologies (!), and b) that is probably why. Please do get in touch if that is the case (editor@tri247.com) and I’ll get things updated for you.)

Thelwell leads the way

Seeing John Thelwell as the leading Brit on the day is not unexpected, and we noted him as one to watch pre race, based up his impressive performances at IRONMAN UK an IRONMAN Tallinn.

The 15th fastest male age-group athlete overall, 9:17:23 also saw join take the fifth and final podium spot in M35-39.

Less than seven minutes behind John, Thomas Davies was the second quickest amateur Brit. Racing in the M25-29 division, Thomas earned the second place trophy.

“Previously said that Lanza & Kona are tough Ironman race… St George beats them hands down” – that was the post-race take from Scott Whittlestone, who seemingly conquered the challenges faced in some style, to earn second place in his M50-54 category.

We referenced the experienced Martin Gannon pre-race, with the comment that after two prior fourth place podiums, could he do even better this time? Absolutely he could, winning the M65-69 category by more than an hour, with a hugely impressive 11:09:42. That makes him the only British athlete to top an age-group podium in St George.

“Very happy!! Hard day, so all the more satisfying!”, Martin told me.

Racing in the same age-group as Martin, Nick Hewitt also made the podium in fifth place.

Completing the British podium performances in Utah was Quin Beach. A winner at IRONMAN last year, 11:38:55 secured him fifth place in M60-64.

All UK and Ireland Age-Group Male Entrants – Fastest First

All Great Britain and Ireland Age-Group Male Entrants – By Category