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Tuesday, 05 October 2021 00:10
2021 MINNESOTA MULTISPORT HONORS - 2021 was a great year for Rookies, and juniors, too. We managed to narrow the teen field to five, which means that several talented athletes, e.g. CARSON DEICHMAN, 18, Mankato (1st overall at Bluff Creek , 2nd / Junior course record at Buzz Ryan), ARIANNA WERTS, 19, Rochester (AG Record @ Buffalo Olympic), NATASHA SORTLAND, 16, Mazeppa (6th - 1st Junior @ Heart Of the Lakes), CAROLINE PETERSON, 19, Northfield (2nd overall woman @ Heart of the Lakes Sprint), and especially MORGAN BELL, 18, Osseo (Top 10s / AG wins at Timberman Sprint, Chisago Sprint and Green Lake Sprint)--didn't quite make the cut. In their defense, most either didn't meet the three-race volume minimum, or their resumes included regional and National Draft Legal results that, in most cases, don't apply in MMH deliberations....
Here, in alpha order, are the official nominees and their 2021 hightlights:
NOAH BILLINGS, 15, Rochester (2nd JOY nomination - top photo R)
- 1st overall @ Tri Clear Lake Sprint (IA)
- 1st overall @ Fairmont Sprint
- 1st overall @ Maple Grove Sprint
- 4th overall / 1st Junior @ Apple Duathlon
- 9th overall / 1st Junior @ TriByKnight Sprint (IA)
BELLA BUENTING, 18, Chanhassen (2019 JOY)
- 2nd overall woman @ Pleasant Prairei Div. II College Championships (WI)
- 3rd overall woman / 1st junior @ Ohio Fall Challenge Sprint
- 4th overall woman / 1st junior @ Buffalo Sprint
- 4th overall woman / 1st junior @ Pleasant Prairie Spnt (WI)
- 5th overall woman / 1st junior @ Legacy Triathlon (CA)
GRACE BUSCH, 19, Mankato (top photo L - 1st JOY nomination)
- 1st overall woman @ Fairmont Sprint
- 1st overall woman @ Turtleman Sprint
- 3rd overall woman / 1st junior @ Brewhouse Sprint
MACY IYER, 17, Edina (2020 JOY - photo R)
- 1st overall woman @ Heart of the Lakes Sprint
- 2nd overall woman / 1st junior @ Clearwater Sprint (AG Record)
- 5th overall woman / 1st junior @ Aplle Duathlon
- 5th overall woman / 1st junior @ Lake Minnetonka
KYLE SWENSON, 19, Rogers (2019 JOY - photo L)
- 1st overall @ HITS Sarasota Sprint
- 1st overall @ Lake Minnetonka (AG Record)
- 1st overall @ Timberman Sprint (AG Record)
- 1st overall @ Maple Grove Olympic - 1:55:07 (AG Record)
- 2nd overall / 1st Junior / 1st Collegiate @ Pigman Sprint
- 6th overall @ Heart of the Lakes (AG Record)
- 11th @ Collegiate Olympic Nationals - 1:58:44
- 14th overall @ Sprint Nationals - 59:15
- 40th overall @ Olympic Nationals - 2:00:59
NEXT: 2021 Female Grand Masters Nominees
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