Sam Long highlights stacked men’s field at Clash Miami
Jackie Herring and Sara Perez Sala arrive as top-ranked women
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Clash-Endurance/ Eric Wynn
The men’s field set to compete at Clash Miami this year is, in a word, stacked. While defending champion Sam Long (USA) will likely garner a lot of the attention going into the race, the field includes some pretty major players, including two time world champion and Clash Daytona champ Vincent Luis (FRA), Ironman and 70.3 champion Daniel Baekkegard, multiple-Ironman champion Joe Skipper, two-time Kona podium finisher David McNamee and last year’s winner of Challenge Almere, Kieran Lindars.
Others in the field who could finish on the podium, or even take the win, include Canadian Olympian Matthew Sharpe, Australian Sam Appleton and Sweden’s Jesper Svennson.
The Clash Miami event will offer $50,000 in prize money, with athletes racing through a 1.7 km (1.1 mile) swim, 62.7 km (39 mile) bike and a 16 km (10 mile) run around the Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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Perez Sala returns after crash
Last year Spain’s Sara Perez Sala was in the lead on the bike at Clash Miami when she crashed into a cone. She would bounce back a few months later to take the Challenge Championship. The Spaniard burst onto the long-distance scene in Miami two years ago when she came out of the water with super-swimmer Lucy Charles-Barclay and would remain at the front through the bike at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Perez Sala will take on Americans Jackie Hering and Haley Chura, with Brazil’s Pamella Oliveira another to watch. Challenge Wales champ Lucy Byron (GBR) should also be in the hunt for a podium finish.
Clash Miami won’t be streamed live this year, but race-day updates will be provided on Clash Endurance’s digital channels.
Age group races at the event include a middle-distance triathlon, a sprint event, duathlons, along with a kids race. There will also be a new cycling event, the “Redline Relay,” which will allow the cycling teams to use the “pit” facilities for their relay needs.
The pros and age-group athletes will swim in a spring-fed lake in the middle of the speedway, while the bike and run courses take part on the speedway and surrounding roads.
Professional Women’s Field:
| Jackie | Hering |
| Sara | Perez Sala |
| Haley | Chura |
| Lucy | Byram |
| Pâmella | Oliveira |
| Grace | Alexander |
| Olivia | Mitchell |
| Brianna | Troksa |
| Brittany | Higgins |
| Bruna | Stolf |
| Kristoffer | Visti Graae |
| Sif | Madsen |
| Rebecca | Marrou |
| Ella | Hnatyshyn |
| Gabrielle | Suver |
| Olivia | Dietzel |
| Erin | Horil |
| Lauren | Babineau |
| Kayla | Pokorny |
| Holly | Smith |
| Kaylee | Slade |
Professional Men’s Field:
| Sam | Long |
| Vincent | Luis |
| Daniel | Bækkegård |
| Joe | Skipper |
| Jason | West |
| Youri | Keulen |
| Matthew | Sharpe |
| David | McNamee |
| Samuel | Appleton |
| Thomas | Bishop |
| James | Teagle |
| Andrew | Starykowicz |
| Jesper | Svensson |
| Mattia | Ceccarelli |
| Ruben | Zepuntke |
| Kieran | Lindars |
| Marty | Andrie |
| David | MendozaSanchez |
| Elliot | Bach |
| Luis | Ortiz |
| Domenico | Passuello |
| Ivan | Tutukin |
| Ted | Treise |
| Jørgen | Gundersen |
| Maximilian | Sperl |
| Casimir | Moine |
| Justin | Riele |
| Yunior | Rosete |
| Harvey | Nelson |