The PTO have revealed the wildcard picks for the women’s race at the San Francisco T100, which will be held next month in California.

The third leg of the brand new T100 Triathlon World Tour, San Francisco follows the Miami T100 and the Singapore T100 in the eight-race series this season.

With the contracted races already announced, the four additional wildcards look set to add an additional dimension to an exciting field of professional athletes.

Metzler looks to continue early season form

PTO World #40 Jeanni Metzler will make her first appearance of the season over the 100km distance in San Francisco, after the South African opened up 2024 with a fourth place finish at IRONMAN 70.3 St. George.

Grace Thek, who also finished fourth in her last outing at IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside, has also been named as a wildcard, and the Australian will race her first PTO event since the European Open last May.

Making up the quartet are Estonian Olympian Kaidi Kivioja, who was tenth in Miami and ninth in Singapore, plus Jocelyn McCauley, who was 13th in Singapore and finished third at IRONMAN New Zealand earlier this season.

The full list of athletes racing is as follows: 

1. Ashleigh Gentle (AUS)
2. Taylor Knibb (USA)
3. Anny Haug (GER)
4. Daniela Ryf (SUI)
5. Laura Philipp (GER)
6. Paula Findlay (CAN)
7. Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR)
8. Kat Matthews (GBR)
9. India Lee (GBR)
10. Chelsea Sodaro (USA)
11. Imogen Simmonds (SUI)
12. Lucy Byram (GBR)
13. Amelia Watkinson (NZL)
14. Marjolaine Pierre (FRA)
15. Skye Moench (USA)
16. Tamara Jewett (CAN)
17. Kaidi Kivioja (EST)
18. Jocelyn McCauley (USA)
19. Grace Thek (AUS)
20. Jeanni Metzler (RSA)

SAN FRANCISCO – A fire that damaged a hotel in San Francisco’s Russian Hill neighborhood, injured one person and closed nearby streets has been completely extinguished, a fire department spokesman said Sunday morning.   

The fire at the Broadway Hotel at 2048 Polk St. was reported just after 6 a.m. and was swiftly knocked down, said San Francisco Fire Department spokesman Justin Schorr. Residents who were evacuated have returned and Broadway and Polk streets reopened around 8 a.m., he said.   

One person sustained minor injuries in the blaze. The victim had not been transported to the hospital as of early Sunday morning.   

After containing the blaze, firefighters remained on the scene until around 9 a.m. checking the building to ensure the blaze was completely out, Schorr said.   

The spokesman said that after swiftly knocking a fire down, one of the challenges is ensuring that all of the embers in older buildings like the hotel are chased down and there is no lingering threat.  

“A fire can double in size every 60 seconds,” the spokesman said. “It’s our goal to arrive quickly, knock down the fire and then do our investigation to determine if the fire has been completely extinguished.”   

Often, firefighters will extinguish the main fire and for a considerable time afterwards will be opening ceilings and floors to ensure the fire is completely extinguished, Schorr said.   

The cause of the fire is under investigation, Schorr said.     

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — One box at time, the life of civil rights activist Reverend Cecil Williams and his work at GLIDE Memorial Church is being chronicled at the San Francisco Public Library main branch.

“We’re very excited to have this collection because it documents this major institution that really broke barriers, serving vulnerable people in the city,” said Tami Suzuki, Municipal Records archivist.

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The archives is comprised of documentation detailing GLIDE’s service in the Tenderloin neighborhood and to LGBTQ+ communities, as well as Williams’ influence on everyone from world leaders to rock stars.

“It Includes sermons from Cecil Williams, includes a lot of their Sunday celebration programs, photos of a lot of events and visitors to their programs,” explained Suzuki.

“It’s like you’re walking into that congressional archives. I mean, you see telegrams from presidents. You see incredible dialog about incredible civil rights action,” said Karl Robillard, chief communications and public affairs officer at GLIDE. “Cecil’s history is San Francisco’s history. He kind of carried a message of the day that I think was so significant, not just to GLIDE, but to San Francisco and beyond.

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And GLIDE is making sure the Williams message continues to be carried.

“Recognizing that this exhibit is bigger than GLIDE, we can’t just house this on the fifth floor in a corner office in the very back of the building,” said Robillard. “It needs to be public. People need to see it and feel it and experience it.”

Sunday is the memorial service for Reverend Cecil Williams who died last month at the age of 94. The service will be held at GLIDE at 1 p.m. and doors open at noon.

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