The San Francisco T100 Triathlon will see Marten Van Riel, Kyle Smith and Rico Bogen line up for a repeat of their 2024 sprint finish as the athletes get ready for the Escape From Alcatraz course on Saturday 31 May.

The Belgian, Kiwi and German produced the most exciting T100 race last term, in a sensational three-way dash to the line that saw the eventual 2024 T100 World Champion Van Riel edge out Smith by less than a second; with Bogen only a further 3 seconds back. 

Also lining up are home favourites Sam Long, Jason West and Morgan Pearson. Long delivered a creditable 8th place in Singapore, but with the strong currents of San Francisco Bay expected to sweep the athletes along and reduce his swim disadvantage – much as they did in 2024 when he emerged less than a minute down to swim leader Rico Bogen – the home crowd will expect him to challenge for the podium.

West begins his T100 season determined to improve on a largely disappointing 2024 series, whilst Pearson will be itching to make his mark having had to pull out of Singapore due to a fractured wrist.

Amongst the wildcards for the San Francisco race will be some familiar names of the World Triathlon circuit, like Kenji Nener (JPN), Jake Birtwhistle (AUS), Panagiotis Bitados (GRE) or Jamie Riddle (RSA). 

You can check the full start list HERE. 

The 2025 T100 Triathlon World Tour got under way in Singapore in April, when Kate Waugh of Great Britain and New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde produced two world class performances to win and take the lead in the T100 Race To Qatar Rankings. Singapore also saw 7,000 amateurs compete in a combination of a 100km triathlon, two distances of duathlon and an untimed 5km music run.