California Half Ironman Preview
Oceanside, California
Sunday, May 19, 2002
1.2m swim, 56m bike, 13.1m run
www.ironmancalifornia.com

Two thousand triathletes are entered for the first California Half Ironman, which replaces Ironman California. The Oceanside race offers 20 slots for Ironman Hawaii and an additional 125 slots for other Ironman North America events.

Pros will race for $25,000 in prize money. This will be the first race of 2002 for Ironman Hawaii champion Tim DeBoom. The pro field is listed below.

Pro Men
Craig Alexander (AUS), Andrew Beeghly, Jasper Blake (CAN), Cam Brown (NZL), Mike Cowdrey, Tim DeBoom, Tony DeBoom, Ben Hastings, Tim Hawkins, Tim Kabisch, Donald King, Steve Larsen, John Latimer, Chris Legh (AUS), Lew Elliot, Marcias Omar (MEX), Frank Pattison, Henry Sacre, Tim Sheeper, Torbjorn Sindballe (DEN), Jonathan Toker, Craig Walton (AUS), Cam Widoff, Damjon Zepic (SVN)

Pro Women
Lisa Bentley (CAN), Lori Bowden (CAN), Heather Fuhr (CAN), Katja Schumacher (GER),