Home > News

Jessica Jacobs is back to defend at Ironman Florida

Three former men's champions return on Saturday.

The flat and fast course, along with the chance to score some early Kona qualification points, has brought together a large professional field at the 14th Ironman Florida.

Taking place this coming Saturday November 3rd in Panama City, Florida, American Jessica Jacobs is back to defend her title. Also headlining the field is Meredith Kessler, and former Ironman World Champion Mirinda Carfrae.

“IM Florida – attempting to sort Kona qualification early,” tweeted Carfrae. “I’m heading to Florida while I still have a little Kona fitness left.”

Ottawa’s Ryan Cain will toe the start line in the men’s race which features three former Ironman Florida Champions – South Africa’s James Cunnama (2010), Estonia’s Kirill Kotsegarov (2009), and German Jan Raphael (2006).

The large professional field expected to race on Saturday is below:

Pro Women

1  Jessica Jacobs USA
4  Heleen bij de Vaate NLD
5  Morgin Chaffin USA
6  Suzanne Serpico  USA
7  Heather Leiggi USA
8  Ann Ciaverella USA
10 Jennie Hansen USA
11 Kelly Fillnow USA
12 Emelie Gunnarsson SWE
13 Natasha Van Der Merwe USA
14 Carrie Lester AUS
16 Asa Lundström SWE
17 Ashley Clifford USA
18 Stephanie Jones USA
19 Rebekka Essmueller DEU
20 Missy Kuck USA
21 Jackie Arendt USA
22 Katya Meyers USA
23 Kristin Lie NOR
24 Yvette Grice GBR
25 Eva Nyström SWE
26 Jeanne Collonge FRA
27 Sandra Soldan BRA
28 Yvonne Van Vlerken AUT
29 Meredith  Kessler USA
30 Mirinda Carfrae AUS

Pro Men

36 Kirill Kotsegarov EST
37 Jan Raphael DEU
38 Christophe Bastie FRA
39 Gabriel Raff ARG
40 Jose Rosales-Yepez USA
41 Ryan Cain CAN
42 David Nasvik SWE
43 Bojan Maric YUG
44 Nick Waninger USA
45 Alun Woodward GBR
46 Sean Donnelly DEU
47 Mike Hermanson USA
48 Tim Tapply USA
49 Daniel Schmoll DEU
50 Daniel Bretscher USA
51 Raymond Boteho USA
52 Alexander Grigoryev RUS
53 Petr Vabrousek CZE
54 Scott DeFilippis USA
55 Reinaldo De Oliveira BRA
56 Rodrigo Faria BRA
57 Richard Wygand BRA
58 Matjaz Kovac SVN
59 Blake Becker USA
60 Brad Seng USA
61 Denis Chevrot FRA
62 Andrew Hodges USA
63 Jonas Djurback SWE
64 Erik Strand SWE
65 Heinrich Sickl AUT
66 James McCurdy USA
67 Peter Kotland USA
68 Jens Petersen-Bach DNK
69 Alfred Rahm DEU
70 Marek Nemcik SVK
71 Karl-Johan Danielsson SWE
72 Timothy Beardall AUS
73 Thomas Gerlach USA
74 Dan Brown PHL
75 Andy Fuchs AUT
76 Anton Blokhin UKR
77 David Plese SVN
78 Brandon Jessop USA
80 Georg Potrebitsch DEU
83 Nikolaus Wihlidal AUT
84 Georg Swoboda AUT
85 Kyle Pawlaczyk USA
86 Olly Piggin NZL
87 Ciro Violin BRA
88 James Cunnama ZAF
89 Stefan Riesen CHE
91 Andrew Starykowicz USA