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Mitchell Clayton is 2025 Male Most Improved...
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Saturday, 22 November 2025 00:10
By Bonnie
On the subject of 2025 Male Most Improved, Clyde and I enjoyed a healthy debate:
2025 Masters of the Year: Tiff & Josh...
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Wednesday, 19 November 2025 00:10
By Bonnie & Clyde
The two of us are in clomplete agreement that Josh Blankenheim and Tiffany Kari-Cizmas most richly deserve the 2025 Master of the Year honors. Here is our reasoning:
Male MOY -
Bonnie – For me, this was a slam-dunk category. Thad Ingersoll and Andy Wiberg had solid results, but Josh Blankenheim's were spectacular. Three starts, one course record, one overall masters record, and one AG record. His resume earned him a TOY nomination. So, Josh, who was the Male MOY last year, is my pick for this year's honor.
Clyde - I was impressed by Thad’s Ironman Wisconsin age group win, and Andy’s Des Moines 70.3 performance. However, compared to his 40+ year-old peers, Duluth’s top-dog Josh Blankenheim was in another league and had himself not just a Master of the Year-worthy season, but one that put him in contention for Triathlete of the Year, too.
Female MOY -
Bonnie – A pair of 45-year-old Duluthians are my picks for 2025 Master of the Year. Joining Josh Blankenheim as my men's pick is Tiffany Kari-Cizmas, whose results landed her in the 4th spot on Team Minnesota. If we were naming four TOY nominees, Tiff would have been that fourth selection. Andrea Myers is an eight-time MOY nominee, and 2024 MOY Becky Youngberg had solid seasons, but Tiff's resume was clearly superior.
Once Again, Cheryl is Female Grand Master of the Year!
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Sunday, 16 November 2025 00:10
By Bonnie and Clyde
Once again, there is a stellar group of F- Grand Master of thhe Year nonimess: Jan Guenther, Julia Weisbecker and Cheryl Zitur.
Bonnie – This category appeared to be a toughie until I took a deeper dive, after which I concluded that Cheryl Zitur was clearly the most deserving of the F-GMOY. Two outright wins,where she outraced several younger credentialed athletes. Her 2nd behind TOY nominee Cami Eckhoff at Buffalo Sprint was just as impressive, and her 4th place overall finish at Timberman Olympic was an AGR.
Finally, there is a definite spot for Cheryl in the Top 6 on 2025 Team Minnesota, whereas Julia and Jan are projected to place between 11th and 15th.
Clyde - My two frontrunners for the female GMOY honor were Jan and Cheryl. Jan was competitive at long course races (predominantly) this season, whereas Cheryl was fast at local short course races. Like Bonnie, I thought this would be a tough category to pick a winner. In the end though, I do agree with her that Cheryl should be awarded ...
Luke is 2025 Male GMOY!
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Thursday, 13 November 2025 00:10
By Bonnie and Clyde
2025 Minnesota Multisport Honors - MALE GRAND MASTER OF THE YEAR
Bonnie – In the previous 26 years of the MMHs no man over the age of 70 had been named Grand Master of the Year. There are several good reasons for this. Field size is one. Most notable though is the fact that Minnesota has been home to many world and national class 60-to-69-year olds. Greg Taylor and Tony Schiller and Ben Ewers raced at a world class level in their 60s, and guys like Tim Brown, Neil King and Bill Schmitt were not far behind.
Of the two 60-69ers nominees this year, Rod Raymond had best lived up to the standards set by the aforementioned men. His Age Group record at Ironman 70.3 Michigan was particularly impressive, and his effort at Northwoods was only seconds behind Neil King's long-standing mark. Rod's Shell Lake effort was very solid, but in my opinion, he needed one more elite performance to upend my pick for GMOY....
Corbin Repeats as JOY!
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Tuesday, 11 November 2025 00:10
By Bonnie and Clyde
2025 Junior of the Year - Agreeing that Corbin Deichman and Adeline Althaus-Kotila were the strongest candidates, here is a portion of the debate our concerning the selection of Junior of the Year: ....
