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Thursday, 24 September 2015 00:10
2015 MINNESOTA MULTISPORT AWARDS - The time has come to reveal the nominees for this year's MMAs. Only one of the categories has been determined thus far. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. This one was a piece of cake. There are three rookies who stood out among the hundreds of this season's first-times. Each of these athletes are destined for stardom and compare favorably with the ROY nominees of past years.
As for the other categories, they are harder to determine this year than ever, but will be revealed here on MTN when the nominees are finalized. MMA winners will be revealed at Tri-Night '15 on November 14 at Gear West Bike & Triathlon in Long Lake. For ticket info, click MMA button on the right side of this page.
Here are the official nominees for Minnesota Rookie of the Year, and their season highlights. Nominees must have a minimum of three outstanding performances to be eligible for consideration:
IMOO Notes....
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Wednesday, 23 September 2015 00:10
IMOO NOTES: Minnesota women kicked tush Big Time in Madison two Sundays ago. Two made the overall podium, four cracked the Top 10 and six—46%--finished in the top 13. Whoa!
All of those ladies cracked the 11-hour mark, which is a big deal, and all but one set a personal best.
The IM was won, for the 2nd time, was East Gull Lake’s MICHELLE ANDRES, whose 10:08:05 was 13:52 faster than the 2nd-place time.
Here’s the breakdown:
1. MICHELLE ANDRES, 38, East Gull Lake – 10:08:05 (1st Overall & AG)
3. SUZIE FOX, 31, Chaska – 10:34:49 (2nd AG – PR – Prior PR – 10:39:09) ...
Medals & Fast Times...
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Tuesday, 22 September 2015 00:10
Photo - Tony Schiller at Nationals. TS followed up his two-Gold medal weekend there with a Silver/Gold weekend at Worlds.
CHICAGO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Olympic Distance) - Minnesota triathletes made their home-state peers proud in Chi-Town, that city with big shoulders and the hog-butcher to the world, last weekend at Worlds. One--TONY SCHILLER--was crowned World Champ for the 8th time, and three others - GABY BUNTEN, MATTHEW PAYNE and CHERYL ZITUR--podiumed in their AGs.
Also, CHRISTINA ROBERTS turned in the fastest Olympic time--2:11:03--by an amateur Minnesota woman this year. (The result is unofficial as it appears that the course had a short bike route--37K-- and a longer than 10K--6.7ish--run.)
Good stuff, huh?
Here's a list of those Minnesotans who cracked the Top 25 in their respective age groups:
ELIOT SLADE - 5th 18-19M - 2:03:41
GABY BUNTEN - 2nd 20-24W – 2:11:59
CHRISTINA ROBERTS – 9th 25-29W – 2:11:03 - Photo below
KRIS SPOTH – 9th 25-29M – 1:58:49
JESSICA ROSSING – 25th – 30-34W – 2:19:02....
"I hugged That Guy For an Inappropriately Long Time"....
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Monday, 21 September 2015 00:10
By Sara Carlson (sarastrilife.tumblr.com)
Ironman Wisconsin Race Report - Mentally, the Thursday before the race, you could say I was a mental mess. I had a headache, nerves, and such deep doubts and fears of under-performing. I kept thinking of all of the people that knew my goals and have read my blog and I quite frankly feared failure. Not a good place to be before my “A” race of the year!
After sleeping poorly Thursday night, I woke up on Friday morning and started my day off right with some quite time and journaling. I am about 3 months behind in my chronological Bible read-through, but I opened up to the next day on my list. 1 Kings 19 was the chapter; and I found the parallels to my race to be quite interesting…Elijah sleeping under a broom bush (run course takes you on Broom Street), and then being...
Worlds Medalists & Local Heroics...
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Sunday, 20 September 2015 06:00
ITU WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - CHICAGO - GWEN JORGENSON capped her undefeated 2015 season with her biggest win of the year at the ITU Grand Final. Visit USATriathlon.org or Triathlon.org for pics and race coverage. Also, several Minnesotans rocked socks at Worlds, four of whom took home podium medals. More words and pics on Tuesday. RESULTS
FALL CALSSIC DUATHLON & ONE LAST TRI - KEVIN O'CONNOR has won the last four races he's entered, the most recent of which were back-to-backers at Fall Classic and One Last Tri - Sprint, at which he pocketed $100 in cash (photo L) and took BOB POWERS to breakfast, probably at Key's on 4th Street.
With her win at Fall Classic, MANUELA KNISPEL, who has a cool German accent, has put herself on the Master of the Year radar. FYI, she was the masters champ at Du Nationals (6th overall!)...
