XTERRA World Championship Pro Field

Here’s a look at the tentative pro start list for the 16th annual XTERRA World Championship race to be held October 23, 2011 at Kapalua, Maui.

MEN’S ELITE FIELD

(Place at 2010 XTERRA Worlds) – Name – Age, Hometown
(1) – Conrad Stoltz – 38, Stellenbosch, South Africa
(3) – Michael Weiss – 30, Vienna, Austria
(4) – Olivier Marceau – 38, Cannes, France (Switzerland)
(5) – Nicolas Lebrun -38, Digne-les-Bains, France
(6) – Eneko Llanos – 34, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
(7) – Richard Ussher – 35, Nelson, New Zealand
(9) – Mike Vine – 38, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
(10) – Jim Thijs – 31, Huldenberg, Belgium
(12) – Ronny Dietz  – 33, Chemnitz, Germany
(13) – Jan Kubicek – 31, Chodov City, Czech Republic
(15) – Branden Rakita – 30, Manitou Springs, Colorado
(17) – Sam Gardner – 36, Surrey, United Kingdom
(18) – Cedric Lassonde – 35 , London, United Kingdom
(20) – Cody Waite – 33, Lakewood, Colorado
(24) – Brad Zoller – 34, Avon, Colorado
(25) – Felipe Moletta – 24, Sao Jose Dos Pinhais, Brazil
(29) – Adam Wirth – 32, Boise, Idaho
(32) - Josiah Middaugh – 33, Vail, Colorado
(34) – Frederico Zacharias – 29, Cruzeiro Do Sul, Brazil
(35) – Yu Yumoto – 33, Tokyo, Japan
(36) – Dan Hugo – 26, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Ben Allen – 26, North Wollongong, Australia
Jimmy Archer – 39, Boulder, Colorado
Brian Astell – 30, Gualala, California
Simone Calamai – 42, Florence, Italy
Victor Morales – 31, Santa Oliva, Spain
Tim DeBoom – 40, Boulder, Colorado
Pierre Facomprez – 28, Nervers, France
Jan Frodeno – 30, Cologne, Germany
Denis Giovannetti – 38, Pistoia, Italy
Kelly Guest – 34, Victoria, B.C., Canada
Llewellyn Holmes – 29, Bristol, United Kingdom
Chris Legh – 38, Lyons, Colorado (Australia)
Jason Michalak – 33, Lakewood, Colorado
Antonello Pallotta – 37, Acquapendente, Italy
Ivan Rana – 39, Ordes, Spain
Will Ross – 22, Anchorage, Alaska
Cid Santos – 29, Natal, Brazil
Marco Silva Junior – 44, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Richard Stannard – 37, Surrey, United Kingdom
Graham Wadsworth – 29, Bristol, United Kingdom
Marcel Zamora – 33, Barcelona, Spain

WOMEN’S ELITE FIELD

(Place at 2010 XTERRA Worlds) – Name – Age, Hometown
(2) – Julie Dibens – 36, Boulder, Colorado (United Kingdom)
(3) – Marion Lorblanchet – 28, Clermont Ferrand, France
(5) – Suzie Snyder – 29, Stafford, Virginia
(6) – Carina Wasle – 27, Kundl, Austria
(7) – Lesley Paterson – 31, San Diego, California (Scotland)
(8) – Sara Tarkington – 30, Boulder, Colorado
(10) – Emma Garrard – 30, Park City, Utah
(11) – Melanie McQuaid – 38, Victoria, B.C., Canada
(12) – Danelle Kabush – 36, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
(13) – Mieko Carey – 33, Saipan, Northern Marianas
(18) – Sabrina Enaux – 33, Taintrux, France
Renata Bucher – 34, Lucerne, Switzerland
Caroline Colonna – 47, Taos, New Mexico
Fabiola Corona – 31, Mexico City, Mexico
Kelley Cullen – 31, New Castle, Colorado
Elisabetta Curridori – 20, Villacidro, Italy
Erin Densham – 26, Melbourne, Australia
Catherine Dunn – 50, Wellington, New Zealand
Helena Erbenova – 32, Czech Republic
Karen Hanlen – 31, Whakatane, New Zealand
Brandi Heisterman – 36, Brackendale, B.C., Canada
Jessica Noyola – 29, San Diego, California
Brigitta Poor – 22, Sopron, Hungary
Carla Prada – 40, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Brandyn Roark – 32, Seattle, Washington
Tanis Tomlin – Cranbrook, B.C., Canada
Manuela Vilaseca – 32, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

PAST MEN’S CHAMPIONS (COUNTRY), Time (Runner-up)
2010: Conrad Stoltz (RSA), 2:31:07 (Franky Batelier)
2009: Eneko Llanos (ESP), 2:37:22 (Nico Lebrun)
2008: Ruben Ruzafa (ESP), 2:37:36 (Michi Weiss)
2007: Conrad Stoltz (RSA), 2:40:54 (Olivier Marceau)
2006: Hamish Carter (NZL), 2:42:36 (Olivier Marceau)
2005: Nicolas Lebrun (FRA), 2:38:19 (Eneko Llanos)
2004: Eneko Llanos (ESP), 2:28:44 (Olivier Marceau)
2003: Eneko Llanos (ESP), 2:32:56 (Nicolas LeBrun)
2002: Conrad Stoltz (RSA), 2:22:55 (Eneko Llanos)
2001: Conrad Stoltz (RSA), 2:28:48 (Kerry Classen)
2000: Michael Tobin (USA), 2:30:53 (Mike Vine)
1999: Ned Overend (USA), 2:32:50 (Michael Tobin)
1998: Ned Overend (USA), 2:24:46 (Wes Hobson)
1997: Mike Pigg (USA), 2:28:48 (Ned Overend)
1996: Jimmy Riccitello (USA), 2:27:42 (Mike Pigg)

PAST WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS (COUNTRY), Time (Runner-up)
2010: Shonny Vanlandingham (USA), 2:58:20 (Julie Dibens)
2009: Julie Dibens (GBR), 2:56:42 (Lesley Paterson)
2008: Julie Dibens (GBR), 3:03:57 (Danelle Kabush)
2007: Julie Dibens (GBR), 3:01:24 (Melanie McQuaid)
2006: Melanie McQuaid (CAN), 3:07:53 (Danelle Kabush)
2005: Melanie McQuaid (CAN), 3:07:16 (Sybille Matter)
2004: Jamie Whitmore (USA), 3:01:35 (Melanie McQuaid)
2003: Melanie McQuaid (CAN), 2:57:08 (Jamie Whitmore)
2002: Candy Angle (USA), 2:57:33 (Jamie Whitmore)
2001: Anke Erlank (RSA), 3:00:59 (Cherie Touchette)
2000: Kerstin Weule (USA), 3:07:04 (Melanie McQuaid)
1999: Shari Kain (USA), 3:04:19 (Kerstin Weule)
1998: Sue Latshaw (USA), 2:58:49 (Uli Blank)
1997: Cameron Randolph (USA), 3:04:25 (Les Tomlinson)
1996: Michellie Jones (AUS), 3:04:53 (Shari Kain)

FRODENO TO RACE XTERRA WORLDS

Germany’s Jan Frodeno is the latest in a series of world-class athletes to announce their headed off-road, keen on discovering the “fun” of XTERRA.

The men’s triathlon gold medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing recently announced he will join more than 70 other professionals at the 16th annual XTERRA World Championship in Maui on October 23, 2011.

“I´m really excited to try the XTERRA format, realizing though, that there are some specialists who are at the top of their game. It will be hard to beat them, as I´m more focused on having fun right now and have only been training when I feel like it,” said Frodeno from Kona, HI where he is enjoying the Ironman World Championship festivities.

“This could be the first time in years that I haven´t lived according to a schedule but rather gone for the odd spin on the bike, some ocean swims and a jog on the golf course. I’ve done enough not to be last, but probably not enough to push the guys all the way to the line.”

Frodeno, who spent his youth in Cape Town and uses Stellenbosch, South Africa as his off-season base – is no stranger to XTERRA nor two of it’s biggest stars in Conrad Stoltz and Dan Hugo.

“He went mountain biking with us over this past summer and I can tell you his skill level will not be holding him back at all,” said Hugo, who nearly won the XTERRA USA Championship two weeks ago in Utah.  “The last time an Olympic Champion raced Maui he won it (Hamish Carter in 2006) and Frodeno is a very rounded athlete and for certain a crown contender.”