Video by David Corrigan | Voice of Karin Stanton

Over a thousand competitors took the early morning plunge into Anaehoomalu Bay in Waikoloa for the 14th Annual Lavaman Triathlon, which consists of a rugged 1.5k swim, a 40k bike and 10k run.

The winner amongst men – 25 year old Erich Wegscheider of San Jose California, who made his professional debut on Sunday.

First place for the women for the second straight time was local crowd favorite Bree Wee.

Also competing in the race: Hawaii County Mayor Billy Kenoi and Formula 1 driver Jensen Button. We will have more on these unlikely tri-athletes in the coming days. 

Top 20 finishers in 2011 Lavaman Waikoloa:

Place No. Name                   Age Sex Time
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    1   4 Erich Wegscheider       25   M 1:53:31
    2   3 John Flanagan           36   M 1:56:28
    3 642 Jens Beck               41   M 1:57:20
    4   2 Timothy Marr            32   M 1:59:00
    5 186 Greg Price              43   M 2:00:50
    6 199 Sam Corace              29   M 2:01:28
    7 159 Benjamin Williams       28   M 2:01:38
    8 305 Tai Blechta             32   M 2:02:02
    9 859 Mike Ferreira           47   M 2:04:05
   10  29 William Ross            22   M 2:04:05
   11 566 Spence Cocanour         39   M 2:04:07
   12 890 Mark Geoghegan          48   M 2:04:10
   13 340 Jason Lamoreaux         33   M 2:04:12
   14   1 Bree Wee                32   F 2:04:28
   15 567 Penn Henderson          39   M 2:04:43
   16 862 John Bursell            47   M 2:05:09
   17 645 Michael Ingardia        41   M 2:05:14
   18 644 Gary Keith              41   M 2:06:24
   19 818 Andrew Duenow           46   M 2:06:41
   20   6 Dave Scott              57   M 2:07:11