Start List Announced; 2025 IRONMAN Pro Series heads to Sunny Oceanside, California for its first stop in North America

March 20, 2025

- Oceanside, Calif. is set to host the first IRONMAN Pro Series event of the season in North America, with a field of over 100 professional athletes competing for a total event pro prize purse of $50,000 and up to 2,500 series points - Star-studded field highlighted by three-time and reigning IRONMAN World Champion Patrick Lange (DEU), 2022 IRONMAN World Champion Gustav Iden (NOR), and 2021 IRONMAN World Champion Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR) to headline a men’s field stacked with World Championship pedigree; Lionel Sanders (CAN) also set to defend his title in Oceanside - Women’s field highlighted by 2024 IRONMAN Pro Series runner up Jackie Hering (USA), 2022 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship second place finisher Paula Findlay (CAN) and 2023 IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside Champion Tamara Jewett (CAN)

OCEANSIDE, Calif. / TAMPA, Fla. (March 20, 2025) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – On April 5, over 100 of the world’s top professional triathletes will converge in Southern California to compete in the first stop of the 2025 IRONMAN Pro Series™ in North America at the Athletic Brewing IRONMAN^® 70.3^® Oceanside triathlon. This iconic early season race will once again pit some of the top talent in the sport against each other in the birthplace of triathlon. The Athletic Brewing IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside triathlon will offer a total prize purse of $50,000 USD, with the male and female winners each taking $7,500 USD home as well as 2,500 IRONMAN Pro Series points.

The Athletic Brewing IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside race has historically attracted some of the biggest names in the sport to produce thrilling races with unforgettable performances and 2025 is shaping up to be another race for the ages. With three qualifying slots per gender available for the 2025 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlon in Marbella, Spain, the stakes are high as the performance-based world series rolls into its third event of the 2025 race season.

In what is sure to be a race to remember, the Athletic Brewing IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside triathlon will be broadcast live and for free across multiple platforms for viewers around the world including proseries.ironman.com, Outside TV for US and Canada viewers, DAZN, iQIYI, L’Equipe Live, and YouTube among others.

A men’s field packed with firepower will see reigning IRONMAN^® World Champion Patrick Lange (DEU) look to kick off his season with a good result when he returns to Oceanside hoping to better his 17th place finish in 2024. Also kicking off their season and bringing World Championship accolades to SoCal are Norwegian duo Gustav Iden, 2022 IRONMAN World Champion, and Kristian Blummenfelt, 2021 IRONMAN World Champion, both making their debuts in Oceanside.

Reigning Athletic Brewing IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside champion Lionel Sanders (CAN) will wear the number one bib as he returns to California to defend his title. The perennial favourite will look to add to his three wins in Oceanside (2024, 2017, 2016) and get his season off to a flying start. Two-time IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside champion (2021, 2019) and two-time IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship runner-up Ben Kanute (USA) also returns to the start line aiming for another podium finish.

Other top contenders kicking off their seasons include 2024 IRONMAN World Championship^® podium finisher Rudy von Berg (USA), who typically performs well in Oceanside, finishing in the top five in all three previous appearances, as well as five-time IRONMAN winner Chris Leiferman (USA), and Trevor Foley (USA), who last year secured two IRONMAN 70.3 wins and a maiden IRONMAN victory.

On the women’s side, 2024 IRONMAN Pro Series runner up Jackie Hering (USA) will be returning to Oceanside for the first time since her fifth-place finish in 2022. Another front runner will be 2022 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship second place finisher Paula Findlay (CAN) who will take to the start line in Oceanside for the seventh time. Findlay has never finished lower than sixth at the event and captured the women’s title in a fall edition of Oceanside in 2021. Five-time IRONMAN 70.3 winner Tamara Jewett (CAN) will also hope to replicate her previous success in this race, where in 2023 she secured an impressive win in Oceanside against a deep field.

Other challengers on the women’s side include 2024 IRONMAN Lake Placid champion Danielle Lewis (USA) who will be looking to repeat the success she achieved throughout the season in 2024 that saw her earn sixth place finish in the inaugural IRONMAN Pro Series, and Alice Alberts (USA) who carried her success in 2023 winning IRONMAN Lake Placid and IRONMAN Maryland, to a strong ninth place finish in the 2024 IRONMAN Pro Series.

Below are the professional start lists, (subject to change):

In addition to the professional field, approximately 3,000 age group athletes will compete at the 2025 Athletic Brewing IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside triathlon alongside the professionals on the same course, looking to earn age group qualifying slots to the 2025 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlon taking place in Marbella, Spain, on November 8-9.

For more information on the IRONMAN Pro Series visit here.

For more information on the 2025 Athletic Brewing IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside triathlon, visit www.ironman.com/im703-oceanside. To learn more about the IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 brands and series of events, please visit www.ironman.com. Media inquiries may be directed to press@ironman.com.

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About IRONMAN Pro Series 

The IRONMAN Pro Series™ is a year-long performance-based world series that showcases and rewards top professional triathletes as they vie for points and event prize money, on their way to claiming the title of IRONMAN Pro Series champion and a lion’s share of the lucrative $1.7 million USD year-end bonus prize pool.  Along the way, athletes will battle for the prize money offered at each individual IRONMAN Pro Series triathlon, equating to over $2.5 million USD, as well as coveted world championship qualifying slots. Open to approximately 1,000 eligible professional triathletes worldwide, the IRONMAN Pro Series ushers in a new era of IRONMAN racing where Every Second Matters – every second behind the race winner equates to a point earned or lost. Incorporating iconic distances, challenging courses, and stunning destinations, every IRONMAN Pro Series race will be broadcast live and free to a global audience. In 2025, the IRONMAN Pro Series will be contested over 18 events and 17 race locations around the globe, including a combination of six IRONMAN^® and eight IRONMAN^® 70.3^® triathlons, as well as the IRONMAN World Championship^® women’s and men’s races and IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlon. An additional 40 events outside of the 2025 IRONMAN Pro Series will also offer IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 professional racing fields with world championship qualifying opportunities, and over $1.8 million USD in prize money. This creates a total professional prize purse of over $6 million USD in 2025. For more information, visit proseries.ironman.com.

About The IRONMAN Group

The IRONMAN Group operates a global portfolio of events that includes the IRONMAN^® Triathlon Series, the IRONMAN^® 70.3^® Triathlon Series, 5150™ Triathlon Series, the Rock ‘n’ Roll^® Running Series, IRONKIDS^®, premier running events including the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon™ and City2Surf^®, UTMB^® World Series trail-running events including the Canyons Endurance Runs™ by UTMB^®, Tarawera Ultra-Trail™ by UTMB^® and Ultra-Trail Australia™ by UTMB^®, Epic Series™ mountain bike races including the Absa Cape Epic^®, road cycling events, and other multisport races. The IRONMAN Group is the largest operator of mass participation sports in the world, providing participants the benefits of endurance sports through the company’s vast offerings. Since the inception of the iconic IRONMAN^® brand and its first event in 1978, athletes have proven that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE^® by crossing finish lines around the world. Beginning as a single race, The IRONMAN Group has grown to become a global sensation with hundreds of events across 55+ countries. For more information, visit www.ironman.com/about-ironman-group.