IRONMAN Pro Series Start Lists Announced for the 2025 Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas North American Championship

Taking place in The Woodlands (a northern suburb of Houston, Texas), the 2025 Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas North American Championship triathlon event can be seen live in person and will be available across multiple platforms for viewers around the world, for free, including proseries.ironman.com, Outside TV for US and Canada viewers, DAZN and L'Equipe in France, iQIYI and YouTube among others.

Kicking off her 2025 IRONMAN Pro Series campaign in the women’s professional field will be 2024 IRONMAN Pro Series Champion and defending Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas Champion Kat Matthews (GBR). Matthews will face some stiff competition from the likes of three-time and reigning IRONMAN® 70.3® World Champion Taylor Knibb (USA), who will be taking on only her second full-distance IRONMAN triathlon following her fourth-place finish at the 2023 IRONMAN World Championship race in Kona. Also looking to make an early stamp on the season will be 2022 IRONMAN World Champion Chelsea Sodaro (USA), who proved her world class pedigree by finishing on the podium, one place behind Matthews, at the IRONMAN World Championship race in Nice last year.

Also likely to feature at the pointy end of the women’s race are Australia’s Penny Slater, who finished second in Texas last year and tenth in the inaugural IRONMAN Pro Series last year; Danielle Lewis (USA) who finished sixth in the 2024 IRONMAN Pro Series and took her first IRONMAN win in Lake Placid last year and comes fresh off a podium finish at the Athletic Brewing IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside triathlon; Alice Alberts (USA), 2024 IRONMAN Pro Series ninth place-getter, and 2023 IRONMAN Lake Placid and IRONMAN Maryland winner; and Canada’s Tamara Jewett, who will be stepping up to her first full-distance IRONMAN triathlon and comes to Texas after an impressive run split that took her to a fourth place finish at the Athletic Brewing IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside..

Other challengers for the women’s title include Stephanie Clutterbuck (GBR), Haley Chura (USA), Julie Iemmolo (France), Regan Hollioake (AUS) and Chloe Lane (AUS).

On the professional men’s side, three-time and reigning IRONMAN World Champion Patrick Lange (DEU) is also back with a bid to defend his title in Texas. 2022 IRONMAN World Champion Gustav Iden (NOR), and 2021 IRONMAN World Champion Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR) also headline a ferocious field of world class contenders. Looking to chase down these three World Champions will be the likes of Rudy von Berg (USA), hot off the heels of his second place finish at the Athletic Brewing IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside race and returning to Texas for the first time since his win in The Woodlands in 2023; France’s Leon Chevalier, who will make his first trip to Texas after racing in South Africa last month which followed his fourth place finish at the 2024 IRONMAN World Championship triathlon in Kona; Matthew Marquardt (USA) who took fourth place in the 2024 IRONMAN Pro Series; and Denmark’s Kristian Høgenhaug, 2024 IRONMAN Pro Series’ third place-getter, who will return to Texas for the first time since 2018.

Not to be underestimated are also the likes of Daniel Bækkegård (DNK), Robert Kallin (SWE), Matt Hanson (USA), Ben Kanute (USA), Trevor Foley (USA), and Matt Burton (AUS) among many others.

Below are the pro start lists (subject to change):

Bib Number / First Name / Last Name / Country Represented

F1 Kat Matthews GBR

F2 Taylor Knibb USA

F3 Chelsea Sodaro USA

F4 Penny Slater AUS

F5 Alice Alberts USA

F6 Danielle Lewis USA

F7 Regan Hollioake AUS

F8 Haley Chura USA

F9 Stephanie Clutterbuck GBR

F10 Julie Iemmolo FRA

F11 Tamara Jewett CAN

F12 Chloe Lane AUS

F13 Svenja Thoes DEU

F14 Olivia Dietzel USA

F15 Arlette Gonzalez MEX

F16 Sara Svensk SWE

F17 Miranda Tomenson CAN

F18 Allison Jacob CAN

F19 Rachel Zilinskas USA

F20 Teresa Adam NZL

F21 Carolina Fernández Ortuño ESP

F22 Chelsea Bingham USA

F23 Joanna Ryter CHE

F24 Brittany Vocke USA

F25 Anne Basso FRA

F26 Brianna Troksa USA

F27 Amanda Macuiba USA

Bib Number / First Name / Last Name / Country Represented

M1 Patrick Lange DEU

M2 Rudy Von Berg USA

M3 Gustav Iden NOR

M4 Kristian Blummenfelt NOR

M5 Leon Chevalier FRA

M6 Matthew Marquardt USA

M7 Kristian Høgenhaug DNK

M8 Trevor Foley USA

M9 Matt Hanson USA

M10 Robert Kallin SWE

M11 Chris Leiferman USA

M12 Antonio Benito ESP

M13 Ben Kanute USA

M14 Daniel Bækkegård DNK

M15 Cameron Wurf AUS

M16 Matt Burton AUS

M17 Robert Wilkowiecki POL

M18 Paul Schuster DEU

M19 Casper Stornes NOR

M20 Andrea Salvisberg CHE

M21 Kieran Lindars GBR

M22 Kacper Stepniak POL

M23 Wilhelm Hirsch DEU

M24 Ben Hamilton NZL

M25 Nick Thompson AUS

M26 Jarrod Osborne AUS

M27 Thomas Davis GBR

M28 Finn Große-freese DEU

M29 Dominik Sowieja DEU

M30 Marc Eggeling DEU

M31 Jason Pohl CAN

M32 Pamphiel Pareyn BEL

M33 Adam Feigh USA

M34 Connor Weaver USA

M36 Andrew Horsfall-Turner GBR

M37 David Plese SVN

M38 Tristan Olij NLD

M39 Michael Arishita USA

M40 Patrick Brady USA

M41 Luke Mathews ARE

M42 William Mennesson FRA

M43 Flavio Morandini ARG

M44 Garrick Loewen CAN

M45 Matt Kerr NZL

M46 Branden Scheel USA

M47 Nick Cosman CAN

M48 Mikael Staer Nathan CAN

M49 Levente Lukacs HUN

M50 Daniel Bluff GBR

M51 Simon Shi USA

M52 Joshua Monda USA

M53 Taylor Days-Merrill USA

M54 Tomasz Brembor POL

M55 Fraser Walsh AUS

M56 Joaquin Pereda MEX

M57 Robert Swan USA

M58 Elliot Bach USA

M59 Marcel Bischof DEU

M60 Trevor Delsaut FRA

M61 Chris Beckmans AUS

M62 Thomas Gordon USA

M63 Nik Reinert USA

M64 Matt Jackson USA

The 2025 Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas North American Championship triathlon will lead athletes along a full-distance IRONMAN journey through The Woodlands with a spectacular finish line experience on Waterway Ave. The event will begin with a 2.4-mile point-to-point swim inside Lake Woodlands starting at North Shore Park before embarking on a 112-mile two-loop bike that traverses portions of the Hardy Toll Road. The 26.2-mile marathon run allows athletes to soak in one of the most spirited spectator-lined courses on the IRONMAN circuit, with athletes racing through Hippie Hollow—an area lined with tie-dye banners, twinkling lights, and costumed performers.

In addition to the professional field, more than 2,600 age group athletes will compete at the 2025 Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas North American Championship triathlon alongside the professionals on the same course, looking to earn age group qualifying slots to the 2025 IRONMAN World Championship triathlons in Nice, France (men’s race) and Kona, Hawai`i (women’s race).

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