Beginning in 2011, the Ironman World Championship 70.3 moved to Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, Nev, located just minutes away from the Las Vegas Strip. Since its inception in 2006, the Championship race in the global Ironman 70.3 Series has been held in Clearwater, Fl. More than 1,800 domestic and international competitors will earn the right to compete in the Ironman World Championship 70.3 by qualifying at an Ironman 70.3 event

The race begins with a 1.2-mile swim in Lake Las Vegas at Lake Las Vegas Resort. Next, athletes will embark on a challenging 56-mile bike through Lake Mead National Recreation Area that includes several steep climbs. Participants will finish with a 13.1-mile run through Henderson’s scenic residential areas with views of the Las Vegas Strip. More than 60,000 athletes will participate in the Ironman 70.3 Series in 2012, which consists of nearly 50 events in locations such as Germany, South Africa and Switzerland. Participants in the World Championship will range in age from 18 to 70-plus and will represent all 50 states and nearly 50 countries. Each age group winner at the 2011 Ironman World Championship 70.3 will automatically qualify for the 2013 event. The Ironman World Championship 70.3 will offer a prize purse of $100,000 for distribution among the top professional

male and female finishers. More than 2,500 volunteers from the local community will support the event Ironman 70.3 Ireland will have 35 slots up for grabs for age groupers. Athletes must be present at the Roll Down/Acceptance Ceremony in order to accept the slot. If athletes are not present to accept their slot, it will be forfeited. A slot will roll down to the next person (same gender). Actual slots given in each age group will be finalised in accordance with actual participant entry data for that race. If there are no athletes entered in the race in a particular age group, then that slot will be moved to the largest populated age group in that same gender. The Ironman 70.3 World Championship fee will be paid onsite on Sunday 2nd September. You can pay using cash or credit card. Any credit card charges are at the athletes cost. The entry fee will be the equivalent euro amount based on the exchange rate on Race Day itself.

Ironman 70.3 Ireland 2012 Qualifiers

BIB	Last Name	First Name	Category/Division	Swim	Bike	Run	Finish Time
1852	O Driscoll	Laura	F18-24	00:24:22	02:58:35	01:45:08	05:20:30
1748	Gaskell	Sophie	F30-34	00:19:29	02:52:25	01:43:06	05:07:14
1782	Jones	Helen	F30-34	00:20:39	02:50:59	01:48:09	05:11:09
1800	Lauver	Caroline	F30-34	00:23:33	02:54:06	01:51:49	05:24:04
1797	Ledger	Alison	F30-34	00:22:32	02:54:22	02:10:32	05:36:28
107	D’Arcy	Vikki	F35-39	00:22:40	02:43:41	01:35:20	04:52:24
1718	Meghen	Deborah	F35-39	00:22:35	02:55:40	02:06:39	05:37:56
1647	Murphy	Mary	F40-44	00:24:21	02:49:40	01:59:17	05:24:37
1660	Wall	Miriam	F40-44	00:25:49	03:06:05	01:51:34	05:35:28
1663	Johnson	Alexandra	F40-44	00:25:08	02:58:38	02:01:14	05:37:26
1628	Hack	Kay	F45-49	00:21:53	02:44:16	01:55:06	05:12:11
1619	Benstead	Amanda	F50-54	00:42:43	03:20:32	01:48:32	06:05:59
1396	Herber	Philipp	M18-24	00:18:19	02:24:43	01:32:03	04:23:59
1495	Sheahan	Colm	M25-29	00:18:04	02:27:09	01:28:17	04:23:12
359	Kildea	Karl	M25-29	00:16:43	02:31:23	01:37:36	04:33:14
1580	Hoare	James	M25-29	00:18:42	02:33:08	01:30:18	04:30:25
61	Duffy	Dessie	M30-34	00:20:01	02:25:23	01:30:36	04:24:45
915	Mccarron	Michael	M30-34	00:18:29	02:33:31	01:31:13	04:31:36
300	Kildea	David	M30-34	00:16:49	02:28:57	01:35:18	04:32:12
1399	Whetman	James	M35-39	00:16:27	02:37:00	01:25:34	04:28:51
69	Marrey	Padraig	M35-39	00:21:26	02:30:26	01:31:06	04:32:36
97	Higgins	Gary	M35-39	00:19:44	02:30:50	01:36:21	04:34:34
1240	Varoli	Davide	M35-39	00:18:34	02:47:30	01:48:17	05:06:24
177	Arnett	Daniel	M35-39	00:18:40	02:44:07	01:53:14	05:06:29
167	Mccabe	Mark	M40-44	00:18:23	02:25:59	01:37:50	04:31:50
1056	Eckstein	Klaus	M40-44	00:17:50	02:29:43	01:27:04	04:23:50
444	Molloy	Matt	M40-44	00:14:55	02:17:02	01:26:02	04:07:39
740	Bolger	Mick	M40-44	00:21:55	02:31:52	01:31:40	04:37:09
411	Leahy	Derek	M45-49	00:24:16	02:36:56	01:35:06	04:45:55
79	Rees	Adam	M45-49	00:18:56	02:36:22	01:44:28	04:48:46
1445	Lowe	Dermot	M50-54	00:24:26	02:50:13	01:32:38	05:03:15
83	Zeleznikar	Janko	M50-54	00:18:36	02:35:39	01:38:49	04:43:48
846	O’Driscoll	Christopher	M55-59	00:24:25	03:01:48	02:07:22	05:46:23
765	Conway	Daniel	M60-64	00:24:05	02:51:48	02:19:26	05:48:53