Lesley Paterson, 33, (GBR):
Lesley is the two time defending Champion on the same route as this year. She is currently on a 14 wins from 14 starts winning streak in XTERRA events. It was only Erbanova at the ITU cross triathlon championship that caused Lesley her only loss in the past 17 months. 
Barbara Riveros, 30, (CHI):
A fast ITU athlete that has crossed over to XTERRA. She was second to Paterson at Maui last year and at the XTERRA USA Championship last month. 
Helena Erbenova, 34, (CZE):
Helena is the ITU cross tri world champion and XTERRA Europe Tour champion for 2013. This is the first year that Helena arrives at Maui without injury. 
Melanie McQuaid, 40, (CAN):
In 2011 (on the same route) Melanie had a 10 minute lead off the bike, but heat exhaustion and dehydration caused her to collapse unconscious 80m from the finish line. Melanie’s chance will be in creating a large enough gap on the bike ahead of the three fast runners . 
Jacqui Slack, 30, (GBR):
Jacqui is a top swimmer and I expect her to lead into T1 with Riveros. Will her lead from Patterson, Erbenova and McQuaid be big enough and will she drop Riveros quickly? That question will be answered on Sunday.
Julie Dibens, 38, (GBR):
Julie won XTERRA Maui in 2007; 2008 and 2009. She then switched to 70.3 and Iron distance racing with great success before severe foot injuries cut into three seasons. This is her comeback year with good results, but a bike crash took her out of the Kona IM two weeks ago.
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