Previewing Ironman 70.3 California

Melanie McQuaid and Andy Potts are back to defend.

Rogerhospedales March 26, 2013

Ironman 70.3 California is set to take place this coming Saturday March 30 at Oceanside, California. Thirty-two countries are represented with the United States sending 2,906 participants (90% of the field).

Victoria’s Melanie McQuaid (winning time of 4:19:13 last year), and American Andy Potts (3:54:03) are back to defend their titles.

Ironman 70.3 California offers a $50,000 professional prize purse and 30 age group qualifying slots for the 2013 Ironman World Championship 70.3, taking place at Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, Nevada, on Sunday September 8, 2013.

The professional start list is below and features a lot of top level talent as many of the world’s top 70.3 racers test their early season fitness. This will be a fun one to watch.

BIB #	FirstName	Last Name	Gender	Age	Country
1	Andy	Potts	M	36	USA
2	Matty	Reed	M	37	USA
3	Frederik	Van Lierde	M	33	BEL
4	Timothy	O Donnell	M	32	USA
5	Paul	Matthews	M	29	USA
6	Ben	Hoffman	M	29	USA
7	Luke	Mckenzie	M	31	AUS
8	Trevor	Wurtele	M	33	CAN
10	Jesse	Thomas	M	33	USA
11	Brandon	Marsh	M	38	USA
12	Pascal	Richter	M	31	DEU
13	Gudmund	Snilstveit	M	31	NOR
14	Derek	Garcia	M	28	USA
15	Steven	Zawaski	M	28	USA
16	Graham	O’Grady	M	30	NZL
17	Stephen	Kilshaw	M	28	CAN
18	Robert	Wade	M	30	USA
19	Martin	Lewinski	M	40	POL
20	Rod	De Kanel	M	31	FRA
21	Christopher	Legh	M	40	AUS
22	James	Burns	M	24	USA
23	Raymond	Botelho	M	39	USA
24	Branden	Rakita	M	32	USA
25	Bjorn	Andersson	M	33	SWE
26	Kyle	Leto	M	26	USA
27	Anthony	Toth	M	32	CAN
28	Christian	Nilsson	M	23	NOR
29	Jordan	Jones	M	31	USA
30	Jonathan	Shearon	M	33	USA
31	Swen	Sundberg	M	39	DEU
32	Brent	Mcmahon	M	32	CAN
33	Jose	Jeuland	M	31	FRA
34	Jim	Lubinski	M	34	USA
35	John	Dahlz	M	28	USA
36	Ian	Mikelson	M	32	USA
37	Michael	Murphy	M	23	AUS
38	Nicholas	Thompson	M	30	USA
39	Grant	Burwash	M	26	CAN
40	Dan	Litwora	M	37	USA
41	Gavin	Anderson	M	34	USA
42	Ryan	Kelly	M	31	USA
43	Tadashi	Iida	M	36	JPN
44	Sean	Sullivan	M	27	USA
45	Karl	Bordine	M	38	USA
46	Brad	Kahlefeldt	M	33	AUS
47	Henry	Beck	M	28	DEU
48	James	Hadley	M	33	USA
49	Mauro	Cavanha	M	28	USA
50	Thomas	Gerlach	M	31	USA
51	Damon	Barnett	M	26	USA
52	Lewis	Elliot	M	32	USA
53	Ronnie	Schildknecht	M	33	CHE
54	Bertrand	Billard	M	25	FRA
87	Andi	Boecherer	M	29	DEU
88	Jesse	Vondracek	M	31	USA

55	Melanie	Mcquaid	F	39	CAN
56	Heather	Jackson	F	28	USA
57	Mirinda	Carfrae	F	32	USA
58	Heather	Wurtele	F	33	CAN
59	Amy	Marsh	F	35	USA
60	Linsey	Corbin	F	32	USA
61	Rachel	Joyce	F	34	GBR
62	Lesley	Paterson	F	32	USA
63	Emma-Kate	Lidbury	F	33	USA
65	Julia	Gajer	F	30	DEU
66	Radka	Vodickova	F	28	CZE
67	Camilla	Pedersen	F	29	DNK
68	Terra	Castro	F	32	USA
69	Beth	Shutt	F	33	USA
70	Ali	Black	F	37	USA
71	Uli	Bromme	F	32	USA
72	Mirjam	Weerd	F	37	NLD
73	Ewa	Bugdol	F	26	POL
75	Kathleen	Calkins	F	37	USA
76	Danielle	Kehoe	F	25	USA
77	Michelle	Mighdoll	F	26	USA
78	Amber	Ferreira	F	30	USA
79	Beth	Walsh	F	33	USA
80	Lesley	Smith	F	29	USA
81	Mackenzie	Madison	F	26	USA
82	Mandy	Mclane	F	34	USA
83	Jennifer	Tetrick	F	31	USA
84	Karen	Thibodeau	F	33	CAN
85	Adrienne	Hengels	F	33	USA
86	Jocelyn	Cornman	F	33	USA

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