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Going All the Way...
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Thursday, 17 October 2013 00:10
(Photo - MIchelle Andres)
Minnesota Multisport Awards - Too be leligible for the coed Long Distance Athlete of the Year award, an amateur triathlete must have turned in at least two outstanding long course--Half IM or longer--performances during the past season. For the men, only Matthew Payne was a slam dunk nominee, though Sean Cooley and Dan Arlandson also had noteworthy LD results....
Performance of the Year...The Women
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Wednesday, 16 October 2013 00:10
Minnesota Multisport Awards - Here are the official nominees for female Performance of the Year:
MICHELLE ANDRES - State Record 9:50:23 at Hawaiian Ironman World Championships.
EMILY KRATZ (photo below) - Amateur win @ Texas Ironman - 10:18:34
HEATHER LENDWAY (photo L) - Overall victory @ USAT Age Group Nationals (2:05:37)
HEATHER LENDWAY - Victory @ Leadman Epic-125 - Bend (Event Record)
Other performances receiving serious consideration: ...
Performance of the Year...The Guys
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Tuesday, 15 October 2013 00:10
(Photo - Matt Payne has two POY nominations this year.)
Minnesota Multisport Awards - A few years back the MMA Selectors created a policy wherein a single athlete could not have more than two nominations in the Performance of the Year category. Had this policy not been in place in 2012, for instance, Dan Hedgecock would have received at least three of the four official male POY nominations, something that has happened in the past, e.g. Marlo Crosby in 2006....
Here are the official 2013 men's POY nominees:
More MMA Stuff...
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Monday, 14 October 2013 00:10
Minnesota Multisport Awards - The nominees for all but two of the MMA categories--Long Course Athlete of the Year and Performance of the Year--have been officially announced, albeit in chunks. The male Triathlete of the Year candidates, for instance, were announced on October 2, while the female Most Improved nominees were revealed back on September 26, etc. For obvious reasons, the nominees in the final two categories were scheduled to be announced after the Hawaiian Ironman. To be more precise, those nominees will be tomorrow. Our fingers are crossed...
State Record!
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Sunday, 13 October 2013 00:10
Ironman World Championships - Last Friday a guy contacted us wanting to know what Minnesota amateur woman has the fastest time at Kona. We dug around a bit and believe that Catherine Lee was our state's fastest female finisher (amateur) at the Super Bowl of Triathlon. In 2010, she turned in a 10:28:27.
The guy asked his question because he assumed that whatever that time was, it was destined to be lowered by one or more of the fast Minnesota women that were scheduled to race on the Big Island on Saturday. We agreed with him that a new state record would be set.
Well, it's Sunday morning. Were we right? Did any of our state's women unseat Cathy Lee?
Oh yeah!
As most of you already know, Michelle Andres turned in a career performance yesterday. Her time was a jaw-dropping 9:50:23, which placed her 3rd in the...
