IRONMAN Pro Series Women’s Standings: Paula Findlay on the way up after Mont-Tremblant success

The IRONMAN Pro Series standings are updated after 70.3 Mont-Tremblant last weekend, with Paula Findlay now pushing for top-10 status after her superb success.

The Canadian star was in terrific form once again, prevailing in dreadful conditions on home turf to move up 11 places to #11 in the early-season rankings.

The other notable mover on the back of 70.3 Mont-Tremblant is Aussie star Ellie Salthouse, who goes up nine places to #9 on the back of her third-place finish behind Paula.

Aussie star Kylie Simpson still heads the standings after a consistent start to 2024 – a podium at IRONMAN Cairns along with top-10 finishes at IRONMAN Texas and 70.3 St George. Britain’s Fenella Langridge is close behind in second with American Jackie Hering third after her terrific win at IRONMAN Hamburg.

Current Pro Series rankings – Women

The leading women – as of June 25, 2024 – are as follows:

• 1. Kylie Simpson (AUS) – 10,900
• 2. Fenella Langridge (GBR) – 9,971
• 3. Jackie Hering (USA) – 9,759
• 4. Lotte Wilms (NED) – 9,581
• 5. Hannah Berry (NZL) – 9,492
• 6. Danielle Lewis (USA) – 8,915
• 7. Maja Stage Nielsen (DEN) – 8,768
• 8. Alice Alberts (USA) – 7,704
• 9. Ellie Salthouse (AUS) – 7,113
• 10. Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR) – 6,846
• 11. Paula Findlay (CAN) – 6,787
• 12. Erin Schenkels (CAN) – 6,415
• 13. Lesley Smith (USA) – 6,213
• 14. Lauren Brandon (USA) – 6,106
• 15. Rebecca Clarke (NZL) – 6,065
• 16. Julie Iemmolo (FRA) – 5,577
• 17. Elisabetta Curridori (ITA) – 5,504
• 18. Ai Ueda (JPN) – 5,166
• 19. Kat Matthews (GBR) – 5,000
• 20. Penny Slater (AUS) – 4,866

How do the rankings work?

In this year’s brand new series, the points awarded at each race are determined by the event distance and winner’s finishing time. For the first placed athlete, a middle distance win is worth 2,500 points and a full distance race worth 5,000 points.

At IRONMAN Texas, Kat Matthews earned the maximum 5,000 points, with each athlete behind her receiving a score based on the system that awards points for their individual finish time relative to the event winner.

For every second an athlete finishes behind first place, their tally diminishes by one point. In Texas for example, Penny Slater received 4,866 points after finishing 134 seconds (+2:14) behind Matthews.