QUINTANA ROO FACTORY TEAM PRESS RELEASE
QUINTANA ROO ANNOUNCES 2025 QUINTANA ROO FACTORY TEAM
Chattanooga, TN (May 13, 2025) — Quintana Roo, a global leader in triathlon bikes and wetsuits, announce the debut of the Quintana Roo Factory Team.
For decades, Quintana Roo has been the choice of many of triathlon’s top names. In 2025, Quintana Roo sought out and forged partnerships with a range of professional triathletes that may not be new names to you—yet. That initiative bore the inception of the new Quintana Roo Factory Team.
Consisting of 13 budding pro triathletes from around the globe, the impetus of the Quinana Roo Factory Team is to provide opportunities befitting their pro status, making their path easier with support as they develop in the sport. Quintana Roo is providing Factory Team members the same performance bonus opportunity we offer our existing professional triathletes, and afford them pro-exclusive access to Quintana Roo triathlon and road bikes. Factory Team athletes also benefit from complimentary pro mechanical service at the growing number of IRONMAN and Challenge Family events where Quintana Roo is delivering on-site mechanical support, and direct access to the Quintana Roo team for support.
As athletes hailing from all points around the globe from Chile to The Netherlands, Washington State to South Florida, Quintana Roo Factory Team athletes also have compelling, funny, inspiring and very often relatable stories we aim to share with Quintana Roo fans and owners through our social channels and website in the coming months, as well as at signature events throughout the year at Meet & Greet opportunities.
Quintana Roo Factory Team athletes will be racing this season on the Quintana Roo V-PRi, with several complemented with the Quintana Roo Service Course road bike, adn Quintana Roo HYDROsix2 wetsuits and HYDROspeed swimskins for racing.
The 13 Quintana Roo Factory Team members include:
Marion LeGrand, Marseille, France
Instagram: @marion__legrand
The 2024 Duathlon World Champion and four-time French national champion is also a champ in triathlon, with a win at Ironman 70.3 Pays d’Aix and Triathlon Royan in 2024. Marion aims to kick off her triathlon season at Ironman 70.3 Nice in late June.
Robbie Webster, Puyallup, Washington
Instagram: @robbywebster22
A product of the Pacific Northwest, Robby parlayed his collegiate distance running background (10k and cross country) at the University of Washington into his segue into triathlon. He’s begun notching Top 10 results in recent years, including a seventh-place finish at Ironman Canada in 2024, and seventh at Ironman Coeur d’Alene and 10th at Ironman Maryland in 2023.
Tara Rooney, Chicago, Ill.
Instagram: @rooney_tara
While she’s from the city made famous by deep dish pizza and spent her collegiate years as a distance runner at Florida State University Tara has made the triathlon mecca of Girona, Spain—and the delicious local tapas—her home away from home. A longtime Quintana Roo devotee, she’s recently built her new V-PRi and has already put it to work with a 16th-place finish at Ironman 70.3 Valencia in Spain—with more to come.
Martin Ulloa, Chile
Instagram: @)_martinulloa
One of Chile’s top triathlon talents, Ulloa has done it all. Transitioning from a short-course athlete (where he won the Chilean Sprint Triathlon National Championships and represented Chile on the World Cup circuit), Ulloa became PanAm champ and a 70.3 beast, with a stack of podiums around the world, highlighted in 2021 with an Ironman 70.3 Los Cabos win, and 2023 runner-up finishes at Ironman 70.3 Oregon, and his home race, Ironman 70.3 Pucon.
Simon Shi, Santa Ana, Calif.:
Instagram: @thesimonshi
A former collegiate swimmer at Virginia Tech, Simon is best known as the Rubik’s Cube Triathlete. He has a wildly popular YouTube channel with a true behind-the-scenes look at the glamorous (and not so glamorous!) side of being a pro triathlete. With results stacking up on his V-PRi at Ironman 70.3 Oceanside and Ironman Texas, Simon keeps chipping his way forward in the results—and taking you along for the ride.
Giel Meesen (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Instagram: @gielmeesen.tri
A cycling specialist who is complimented with both the Quintana Roo V-PRi as well as the Service Course aero road bike, After kicking off the season with a third-place result at Triathlon International de Martinique, Meesen has a wide variety of events on his 2025 calendar, from representing his nation at the World Triathlon Long Distance World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain, to Embrunman and Challenge Family races in Almere and San Remo.
Jamie Hayes, Fairfax, Virginia
Instagram: @jahazetri
Hayes splits his time training with his work as an engineer in the military sector. He continues to cut his teeth and improve on his 12th-place result at Ironman New Zealand in 2024 and 11th-place result at Ironman Wisconsin in 2022.
Jana Uderstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Instagram: @janauderstadt
The diminutive German is quickly becoming a powerhouse on the world stage, and kicked off her 2025 campaign in style with a solid 6th-place finish (and a Kona qualification spot) at Ironman South Africa.
Benjamin Zorgnotti, French Polynesia
Instagram: @ben.tahiti
A former short-course athlete and multiple-time French Polynesia national champion in triathlon, the French-born Tahitian's resume is dotted with top results including a fourth-place finish at Ironman New Zealand in 2025.
Fiona Moriarity, Ireland
Instagram: @fionamoriaritytri
Ireland’s top talent calls the cool climes of Bend, Oregon home. However, she hits all points on the globe, with a sixth-place result at Ironman Cairns in 2024, fifth at Ironman 70.3 Campeche and appearances at both the Ironman and Ironman 70.3 World Championships that year.
Gerard Hubbard, Littleton, Colo.
Instagram: @protriathlontraining
As a frequent top-10 age group finisher at Ironman and 70.3 races the past few years, this rookie pro is best known as one of triathlon’s best content creators as the man behind the @protriathlontraining Instagram handle. Hubbard made his pro debut with the Factory Team in 2025, finishing seventh at the White Lake Pro Am Half.
Kellie Pope, Naples, Fla.
Instagram: @kellie__pope
A former collegiate swimmer at Florida Gulf Coast University, Kellie splits time between coach as part of NVDM Coaching group and training for the season, which includes starts at Ironman Chattanooga and Arizona, and Ironman 70.3 Happy Valley and Louisville.
Sarah Kim Bonner, Canada
Instagram: @sarahkimbonner
The queen of resilience, it took Sarah seven years and two major surgeries to get back to racing after being hit by a car while on her bike in 2018. A Canadian living on the triathlon-loving island of Lanzarote in Spain, you’ll find her on the hillier half-distance courses including the Alpe d’Huez Triathlon.
“Its the pros that set the bar and inspire us to achieve, and over the years we’ve met so many that have stories we wanted to support. The Quintana Roo Factory Team are a collective of pros that are serving to inspire in their own communities. We’re glad to be able to offer support to these athletes, and aim to be part of their journey when they become even bigger entities in the sport.
