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2015 Male POYs...

Monday, 26 October 2015 01:10

2015 Minnesota Multisport Awards - Here are the nominees for MALE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR:

STEVE MORRIS (23, Coon Rapids) - 5th @ Ironman Wisconsin - In the 14-year history of IMOO, Steve's 9:36:07 is the fastest time by a Minnesoya male. We believe that this was Steve's IM debut.

KEVIN O'CONNOR (44, Medina) - 1st @ Sprint Duathlon Nationals - Our research suggests that, at 44, Kevin is the oldest overall National Champion in the history of tri and du championships in the US, a history that began in 1983. Other O'Connor efforts that were considered for this award were his amateur victory / Masters redord at RochesterFest Olympic (1:59:22) and his amateur win at Pigman Sprint.

MATTHEW PAYNE (38, Columbia Heights - photo L) - Amateur Course Record at Apple Duathlon (1:20:45) - This performance, which featured a bike course CR, lowered Patrick Parish's 2012 amateur record by 19 seconds....

MATTHEW PAYNE (38, Columbia, Heights) - Victory at Duathlon Nationals (Standard Distance). The win here was his second consecutive national duathlon title. His bike split was insane! More than 1-mph faster than the second fastest rider, two-time US DOY Dave Slavinski of New Jersey.

Also considered in theis category: Bennett Isabella's win at Memphis in May, Kris Spoth's win at Life Time -Maple Grove and Sean Cooley's win at Brewhouse.