The IRONMAN Pro Series heads to Lake Placid this weekend with 5,000 points up for grabs – and a $125,000 event total prize purse.

Returning champions Danielle Lewis and Trevor Foley of the USA headline what looks certain to be a competitive race contested by a deep field on both the men’s and women’s side.

They will do battle with the likes of fellow American Jackie Hering, Spain’s Marta Sanchez and US-based Holly Lawrence of Great Britain, with Aussie Cameron Wurf and American duo Matthew Marquardt and Matt Hanson leading the charge on the men’s side.

Plenty of rivals for Danielle

Lewis, who currently sits fourth in the Pro Series standings, earned her first full-distance IRONMAN victory in a thrilling come-from-behind win in Lake Placid last year.

But Hering finished just behind her that day, when she also ended the season runner-up in the standings, and goes into this weekend’s race on a high after her triumph at IRONMAN Cairns so is looking to make it back-to-back wins.

Spain’s Sanchez, who sits sixth in the Series, will also be looking to shine in her first North American appearance following early season success that saw her place second at the IRONMAN South Africa African Championship in March.

Making her full distance debut in Lake Placid will be 2016 IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Holly Lawrence, who has just returned to racing following the birth of her first child last year.

Other potential challengers include Norway’s Solveig Løvseth, who is currently seventh in the standings and was brilliant on her IRONMAN debut in Hamburg, Dutch powerhouse Lotte Wilms, and IRONMAN New Zealand champion Regan Hollioake from Australia, who finished fifth in Lake Placid last year. Sarah True won here in 2022 and is also returning.

Pressure on Foley

On the men’s side, it’s Foley who will have the target on his back after his win here last year. He ran an incredible 2:36:31 marathon split to capture his first full-distance victory of the year in that race and will be the one to beat.

But he will face plenty of competition, with Wurf currently sitting second behind Kristian Blummenfelt in the Pro Series standings and eager to make an impression on his debut here.

Marquardt finished second to Foley at Lake Placid last year and has already won IRONMAN Cairns this season, making him a strong contender too.

Veteran triathlete Hanson has been here three times before but is still looking for his first win, while Denmark’s Kristian Høgenhaug is racing here for the first time, though has had a busy recent schedule

He was hugely impressive finishing second at the IRONMAN Frankfurt European Championship triathlon last month.

France’s Leon Chevalier, New Zealand duo Braden Currie and Mike Phillips, Italy’s Mattias Ceccarelli and South Africa’s Bradley Weiss are also all hoping to be in the mix in New York’s Adirondack Mountains.

Start lists in full

WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL FIELD
Bib	First Name	Last Name	Country Represented
F1	Danielle	Lewis	USA
F2	Jackie	Hering	USA
F3	Marta	Sanchez	ESP
F4	Solveig	Løvseth	NOR
F5	Lotte	Wilms	NLD
F6	Regan	Hollioake	AUS
F7	Lisa	Perterer	AUT
F8	Holly	Lawrence	GBR
F9	Laura	Jansen	DEU
F10	Maja	Stage Nielsen	DNK
F11	Sarah	True	USA
F12	Tamara	Jewett	CAN
F14	Penny	Slater	AUS
F15	Rebecca	Clarke	NZL
F17	Gabrielle	Lumkes	USA
F18	Katie	Colville	USA
F19	Nicole	Falcaro	USA
F20	Amber	Ferreira	USA
F21	Amanda	Macuiba	USA
F22	Jodie	Robertson	USA
F25	Angela	Naeth	USA
F26	Alexandra	Watt	USA
F27	Sarah	Karpinski	USA
F28	Leslie	Homol	USA
F29	Katie	Spoelman	USA
F30	Anne	Basso	FRA
F31	Erika	Danckers	USA
F32	Heather	Low	CAN

MEN’S PROFESSIONAL FIELD
Bib	First Name	Last Name	Country Represented
M1	Trevor	Foley	USA
M2	Matthew	Marquardt	USA
M3	Matt	Hanson	USA
M4	Cameron	Wurf	AUS
M5	Leon	Chevalier	FRA
M6	Braden	Currie	NZL
M9	Mattia	Ceccarelli	ITA
M10	Henrik	Goesch	FIN
M11	Dominik	Sowieja	DEU
M13	Kristian	Høgenhaug	DNK
M14	Colin	Szuch	USA
M15	Bradley	Weiss	ZAF
M16	Daniel	Bækkegård	DNK
M17	Leonard	Arnold	DEU
M18	Mike	Phillips	NZL
M19	Robert	Kallin	SWE
M20	Chris	Leiferman	USA
M21	Jason	West	USA
M22	Marc	Dubrick	USA
M23	Arnaud	Guilloux	FRA
M24	Ari	Klau	USA
M25	Hunter	Lussi	USA
M26	Sven	Wies	DEU
M27	Matt	Burton	AUS
M28	Connor	Ford	USA
M29	Andrew	Horsfall-Turner	GBR
M30	Robbie	Deckard	USA
M31	Tomasz	Szala	POL
M32	Matt	Kerr	NZL
M33	Andy	Krueger	USA
M34	Juan Ignacio	Villarruel Curra	ESP
M35	Rhys	Corbishley	AUS
M36	Matt	Schafer	USA
M37	Nick	Cosman	CAN
M39	Milosz	Sowinski	POL
M40	Elliot	Bach	USA
M42	Vicenç	Castellà	ESP
M43	Branden	Scheel	USA
M44	Jan	Stepinski	USA
M45	Yannick	Fischbach	DEU
M46	Jacob	Osswald	USA
M47	Jamie	Hayes	USA
M48	Ross	Baldwin	USA
M49	Yang	Pan	USA
M51	Piotr	Lawicki	POL
M52	Trevor	Delsaut	FRA
M53	Thomas	Gordon	USA
M54	David	Pinsonneault	USA
M55	Matt	Jackson	USA
M57	Eneko	Elosegui Armendariz	ESP
M58	Alexandre	Banville	CAN
M59	Alejandro	Garcia Sanchez	ESP