Ironman 70.3 Oceanside features many T100 athletes who are skipping Singapore (and one who is not!)
Huge pro field on hand for opener of Ironman Pro Series
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Donald Miralle for Ironman
Heading into the 2024 season we’ve been wondering how the T100 Triathlon World Tour would affect other professional triathlon events. Earlier today we reported on the strong field that’s headed to Challenge Roth this summer, and we’ve just got a heads up from Ironman on the stellar (and large) field that’s headed to the opening race of the Ironman Pro Series – Ironman 70.3 Oceanside.
The women’s field is headlined by a number of athletes who have signed with the PTO for the T100 tour, including defending champion Tamara Jewett (pictured above), Taylor Knibb, Paula Findlay and Emma Pallant-Browne.
The men’s field includes T100 Miami runner-up Sam Long (USA), who is also on the T100 Singapore start list – that event takes place a week after the race in California. Long takes on the two-time Ironman world champion Patrick Lange, Canadian Jackson Laundry (2022 Oceanside champ and third last year) and his countryman Lionel Sanders, Great Britain’s Joe Skipper, New Zealand’s Braden Currie and Belgium’s Jelle Geens – to name just a few. The huge men’s field features 81 athletes.
The pro prize purse for the event is $50,000, but many of the big names in the field will no-doubt be looking to put themselves in the hunt for the top spots in the Ironman Pro Series and it’s US$1.7 million bonus. Ironman will livestream the event beginning at 6 am PST (9 am EST).
T100 contracts
Athletes who have signed T100 contracts are required to compete in at least five of the eight events plus the Grand Final. For athletes based in North America, skipping the Singapore event is likely a logical choice due to the travel and time-zone issues. We’re likely to see athletes like Jewett and Findlay compete at the remainder of the T100 series events, while Knibb will compete at all of the T100 races after the Paris Olympics.
Age group field and qualifying
Ironman reports that aproximately 3,000 age group athletes are expected to compete in the race, which serves as a qualifying event for the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Taupo, New Zealand in December, and also for the women’s Ironman World Championship Nice. The top five women in each age group will earn a spot to the full-distance championship in September.
Female Professional Start List
| Bib Number | Last Name | First Name | Country Represented |
| F1 | Jewett | Tamara | CAN (CANADA) |
| F2 | Knibb | Taylor | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F3 | Langridge | Fenella | GBR (UNITED KINGDOM) |
| F4 | Findlay | Paula | CAN (CANADA) |
| F5 | Pallant-Browne | Emma | GBR (UNITED KINGDOM) |
| F6 | Frades Larralde | Gurutze | ESP (SPAIN) |
| F7 | Thek | Grace | AUS (AUSTRALIA) |
| F8 | Lewis | Danielle | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F9 | Stage Nielsen | Maja | DNK (DENMARK) |
| F10 | Brandon | Lauren | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F11 | Curran | Kate | GBR (UNITED KINGDOM) |
| F12 | Alexander | Grace | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F13 | Strehlow | Annamarie | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F14 | Falcaro | Nicole | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F16 | Ryter | Joanna | CHE (SWITZERLAND) |
| F17 | Addie | Laura | GBR (UNITED KINGDOM) |
| F18 | Watt | Alexandra | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F19 | Dietzel | Olivia | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F20 | Colville | Katie | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F22 | Yunginger | Rebecca | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F23 | Heinbach | Elizabeth | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F24 | Vocke | Brittany | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F25 | Diaz Philippi | Maria Florencia | ARG (ARGENTINA) |
| F26 | Carter | Carolyn | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F28 | Sullivan | Abbie | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F29 | Eckhouse | Deborah | CAN (CANADA) |
| F30 | Becharas | Lisa | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F31 | Dirito | Meghan | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F32 | Ossola | Irena | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F33 | Mckinley | Freya | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F34 | Switaj | Caitlin | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F35 | Cullen | Jessica | CAN (CANADA) |
| F36 | Girona | Kerry | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F37 | Guzman | Anna | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F38 | Lance | Katie | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F39 | Levenson | Nicole | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| F40 | Shappell | Brittani | USA (UNITED STATES) |
Male Professional Start List:
| Bib Number | Last Name | First Name | Country Represented |
| M1 | Laundry | Jackson | CAN (CANADA) |
| M2 | Lange | Patrick | DEU (GERMANY) |
| M3 | Sanders | Lionel | CAN (CANADA) |
| M4 | Skipper | Joe | GBR (UNITED KINGDOM) |
| M5 | Currie | Braden | NZL (NEW ZEALAND) |
| M6 | Long | Sam | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M7 | Geens | Jelle | BEL (BELGIUM) |
| M8 | Foley | Trevor | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M9 | Dubrick | Marc | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M10 | Leiferman | Chris | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M11 | Rodriguez Hernandez | Tomas | MEX (MEXICO) |
| M12 | Hanson | Matt | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M13 | Angert | Florian | DEU (GERMANY) |
| M14 | Pohl | Jason | CAN (CANADA) |
| M15 | Sperl | Maximilian | DEU (GERMANY) |
| M16 | Quenet | Nicholas | ZAF (SOUTH AFRICA) |
| M17 | Sharpe | Matthew | CAN (CANADA) |
| M18 | Ulloa | Martin | CHL (CHILE) |
| M19 | Huerzeler | Samuel | CHE (SWITZERLAND) |
| M20 | Lopes | Andre | BRA (BRAZIL) |
| M21 | Gillespie | Dylan | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M22 | Ceccarelli | Mattia | ITA (ITALY) |
| M23 | Riele | Justin | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M24 | Stepinski | Jan | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M25 | Andrie | Marty | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M26 | Chase | Nicholas | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M27 | Trakic | Strahinja | SRB (SERBIA) |
| M28 | Lloyd | Liam | GBR (UNITED KINGDOM) |
| M29 | Webster | Robby | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M30 | Volk | Devin | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M31 | Wies | Sven | DEU (GERMANY) |
| M32 | Krueger | Andy | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M33 | Cordova Perez | Jose Luis | MEX (MEXICO) |
| M34 | Saez | Nicolas | CHL (CHILE) |
| M35 | Schafer | Matthew | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M36 | Scott | Nicholas | CAN (CANADA) |
| M38 | Lagerstrom | Eric | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M39 | Martynenko | Yegor | UKR (UKRAINE) |
| M40 | Suttor | Todd | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M41 | Scheel | Branden | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M42 | Zorgnotti | Benjamin | PYF (FRENCH POLYNESIA) |
| M43 | Price | Evan | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M44 | Shi | Simon | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M45 | Männer | Magnus | DEU (GERMANY) |
| M46 | Arishita | Michael | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M47 | Cosman | Nick | CAN (CANADA) |
| M48 | Hsiao | Yu | TWN (TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA) |
| M49 | Francoeur | Antoine | CAN (CANADA) |
| M50 | Pius | Rinel | EST (ESTONIA) |
| M51 | Lukacs | Levente | HUN (HUNGARY) |
| M52 | Bishop | Kevin | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M53 | Ford | Benjamin | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M54 | Warrick | Kyle | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M55 | Trouard | Andrew | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M56 | Scarabino | Federico | URY (URUGUAY) |
| M57 | Monda | Joshua | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M58 | Ziegler | Read | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M59 | Swan | Robert | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M60 | Elliot | Lewis | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M61 | Weitz | Matti | DEU (GERMANY) |
| M62 | Kohll | Max | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M63 | Aldrich | Zach | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M64 | Burgener | Jacob | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M65 | Callahan | Connor | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M66 | Cloarec | Andrea | FRA (FRANCE) |
| M67 | Days-Merrill | Taylor | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M68 | Donovan | Lewis | GBR (UNITED KINGDOM) |
| M69 | Folts | Brian | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M70 | Guenter | Matthew | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M71 | Guenthardt | David | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M72 | Inigo | Thomas | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M73 | Jensen | Soren | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M74 | Mckinley | Jonathan | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M76 | Pyryev | Denis | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M78 | Thelwell | John | GBR (UNITED KINGDOM) |
| M79 | Weaver | Connor | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M80 | Woodward | Tyler | USA (UNITED STATES) |
| M81 | Hammer | Christopher | USA (UNITED STATES) |