Hy-Vee Des Moines 5150 Preview
Richest race in triathlon & the 5150 US Championship goes Sunday.
The richest race in triathlon, Hy-Vee 5150 U.S. Championship Elite Cup, goes this Sunday September 4 in downtown Des Moines, Iowa.
With 1.1 million dollars US up for grabs (the male and female winners get $151 500 each), the professional field is stacked with many of the biggest names in the sport of triathlon.
On top of the 5150 Elite qualifiers, reigning Ironman world champions Chris McCormack and Mirinda Carfrae (both from Australia) will also be on the start line, Denmark’s Rasmus Henning and American Laura Bennett, winners of the inaugural Hy-Vee Elite Cup races in 2007 are also in the field.
Check out the race day agenda below:
Sunday, September 4th
6:45 a.m. – Hy-Vee 5150 U.S. Champ (age group)
7:40 a.m. – Hy-Vee Triathlon
1:30 p.m. – Hy-Vee 5150 Elite Cup W
4 p.m. – Hy-Vee 5150 Elite Cup M
Live streaming of the event begins at 1 pm at https://www.hy-veetriathlon.com/
Here is the Professional Start List:
MEN
1 Stuart Hayes GBR
2 Paul Matthews GBR
3 Cameron Dye USA
4 Martin Krnavek CZE
5 Matt Reed USA
6 Csaba Kuttor HUN
7 Bertrand Billard FRA
8 Benjamin Collins USA
9 Joshua Amberger AUS
10 Filip Ospaly CZE
11 Kris Gemmel NZL
12 David Thompson USA
13 Chris Foster USA
14 Ritchi Nicholls GBR
15 Brian Fleischmann USA
16 Kyle Leto USA
17 Igor Sysoev RUS
18 Jordan Jones USA
19 Kaleb VanOrt USA
20 Tim Reed USA
21 Greg Bennett AUS
22 Tim O’Donnell USA
23 Fraser Cartmell GBR
24 Kevin Everett USA
25 Marcus Ornellas BRA
26 Rasmus Henning DNK
27 Hunter Kemper USA
28 Chris McCormack AUS
29 Andy Potts USA
30 Jarrod Shoemaker USA
WOMEN
1 Nikki Butterfield AUS
2 Alicia Kaye USA
3 Annie Warner USA
4 Amanda Stevens USA
5 Nicole Kelleher USA
6 Angela Axmann DEU
7 Radka Vodickova CZE
8 Liz Blatchford GBR
9 Renate Forstner DEU
10 Annabel Luxford AUS
11 Jenny Fletcher CAN
12 Amanda Felder Derkacs USA
13 Pip Taylor AUS
14 Margaret Shapiro USA
15 Sara McLarty USA
16 Laurel Wassner USA
17 Sarah Haskins USA
18 Kristen Peterson USA
19 Christine Jeffrey CAN
20 Becky Lavelle USA
21 Evelyne Blouin CAN
22 Rebecca Wassner USA
23 Amy Bevilaqua USA
24 Sarah Groff USA
25 Mandy McLane USA
26 Laura Bennett USA
27 Mirinda Carfrae AUS
28 Gwen Jorgenson USA
29 Nicole Spirig SUI
30 Lisa Norden SWE