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Monday, 25 October 2010 05:00

photos - L-R - Smiley Diane - "Aerial Pidgeoning" Katherine - BOUSing Julia

Minnesota Multisport Awards - The official finalists for the Minnesota Most Improved Female award are: Diane Hankee (33, Lino Lakes), Katherine Schlaefer (32, St. Paul), Julia Weisbecker (44, Mendota Heights) and Jenny Wilcox (35, Cottage Grove). None..

of these women have prior MMA nominations. (Is that cool, or what!)

Cathy Lee (36, Minneapolis) also received serious consideration in this category.

2010 Competitive Highlights & Comments:

* Diane Hankee - Diane's season was highlighted by four wins, four course records, seven 2nd place finishes and two 3rds, totaling 13 podium appearances. Hankee cracked the Top 3 on five occasions in 2009.

jenny * Katherine Schlaefer - The spooky-smart contortionist Schlaefer raced four times in 2010, winning every time. She had no previous tri victories. FYI, Katherine will be featured in an upcoming "Going Off-Course..." post.

* Julia Weisbecker - Julia had raced sporadically and with solid results in multisport events until this year. (Bike racing and tennis were her main sports.) In 2010 she was the amateur champ at Maple Grove Olympic, runner-up at Square Lake and Lakefront Days, 3rd at Lake Waconia / BOUS Qualifier and coupled with Matt Payne reached the podium (3rd place) in the Fastest State Team Competition at the Best of the US National Championship.

* Jenny Wilcox (photo L) - Jenny came into the season with two wins--Winter Be Gone Duathlon '08 & Fall Classic Du '08--under her belt. In 2010 she raced 17 times (thus far), posting 10 wins, setting six course records, finishing 2nd thrice and 3rd twice.

Tomorrow: Triathletes of the Year & Performances of the Year.

The MMAs will be presented at Tri Night 2010 on December 4. Event details to follow.

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