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Caryn, Caryn & Heather...

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By Simon

2024 Minnesota Multisport Honors - Here are the three finalists for 2024 Female Performance of the Year: 

CARYN WIKMAN, 34, St. Louis Park - Win @ Ironman 70.3 Madison. Her time--4:37:08--was a personal best and stands as the third quickest women's perormance in race history.

CARYN WIKMAN, 34, St. Louis Park - W @ Maple Grove Olympic. Her 2:05:09 was the fastest Olympic-esque time by a MInnesota woman a local race in 2024. The women's field at MGO was the deepest of the year on the MN tri scene.

HEATHER LENDWAY, 40, St. Paul - Duh! The newly minted 40-year-old was the overall women's  winner at Age Group Nationals in Atlantic City. HL's 2:07:11 was the fastest legitimate Olympic clocking by a Minnesota amateur woman since 2014. (Note: Heather had also won the National Championship in 2013 and 2014.)...

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Sean, Nathan & Preston are 2024 POY Nominees...

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By Garfunkel

2024 saw a post-pandemic rebound in the depth of elite racing at local triathlons. More guys competed for the podium at more races, but a few performances stood out from the rest. Below are the 3 performances from Minnesota men that Simon and I agree deserved to be nominated for Performance of the Year.

Sean Cooley’s Course Record at Square Lake Half:
Sean, a former Minnesota Triathlete of the Year and perennial nominee, set his fastest half distance time of the year at Des Moines 70.3 in 4:07:57. However, his solo-effort time of 4:10:53 on Square Lake’s challenging course made it his most impressive result of the season in our minds.

Nathan Kim’s Win at Chisago Half:
Nathan, at only 22 years old, won the Chisago Lakes half in a time of 4:11:50 – quite the impressive feat for an athlete of his age on such a hot and windy day....

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Caryn, Kadie & Tiffany are 2024 Most Improved Nominees...

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By Simon

Minnesota Multisport Honors - Here are the three talented woman that Garfunkel and I believe best deserve 2024 Most Improved nominations: 

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Nathan, Tevin & Spencer are 2024 Most Improved Male Nominees...

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By Garfunkel

One of the highlights of each season is seeing the growth and progression of Minnesota’s talented multisport athletes. To assess which athletes deserve a nomination for Male Most Improved, the Committee assessed not only who came the farthest over the past year, but their improvement relative to the state’s other elite athletes. For example, an athlete who came out of nowhere to just make Team Minnesota would be viewed similarly as an athlete ranked in the middle of Team MN who made a 4-5 spot jump to the top. So, below are the 3 guys who Simon and I believe earned Most Improved nominations in 2024.

Nathan Kim, 22, Minneapolis
Nathan, a collegiate swimmer at the U of M, was not on our radar in 2023 until his 5th place finish at Maple Grove Olympic. This year, he won at Chisago half in 4:11:50 and placed second at Maple Grove olympic in 1:52:50, just three seconds behind two-time Minnesota TOY Preston Youngdahl. He should be receiving a Triathlete of the Year nomination  in the next couple of weeks....

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Tiff, Andrea & Becky...

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Photo - Kadie & Becky at Green Lake.

 

By Simon

2024 Female Master of the Year – Leaving JULIA WEISBECKER off the list of official list of F-GMOY nominees was heart-wrenching. Garfunkel and I are still not sure that we made the right choices. Similarly painful was leaving BETTINA KEPPERS (photo below) off our list of nominees for Female Master of the Year.

Then there's KADIE HOKANSON, who excelled at sprint, Olympic and 70.3 in 2024. We had to do a deep dive into race histories to determine her MMH fate.

What all this means is that there were five truly deserving women in this category, and had 2024 AG National Champion HEATHER LENDWAY turned forty before Timberman, she too would have been eligible for a F-MOY nomination.

Here are the official nominees and their 2024 highlights:

TIFFANY KARI CIZMAS, 44, Duluth

1st overall woman @ Buzz Ryan
1st overall woman @ One Last Tri Intermediate
2nd overall woman @ Brewhouse Intermediate
2nd overall woman / 1st Master @ Square Lake Short Course
4th overall woman / 1st Master @ Brewhouse Olympic
20th overall woman / 2nd AG @ Torremolinos (ESP) Age Group Worlds – Fastest MN woman...

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