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2023 Women's Performance of the Year Nominees...

Friday, 01 December 2023 00:10

By Mav

2023 Women's Performance of the Year - Goose and I have previously revealed our thoughts for the 2023 Male Performance of the Year nominees, and now it’s time to evaluate the Minnesota’s stellar women’s performances. The competition is full of household names, and high level efforts at a variety of races made narrowing the list to 3 very challenging. In alphabetical order by the athlete’s last name, here are my nominees for the 2023 Female Performance of the Year:"

Elena Hengel’s win at Buffalo Sprint: Elena posted the fastest women’s time on the day, but she was also less than 4 minutes off Brian Storhaug’s overall winning time. Elena had the 5th fastest swim and 9th fastest bike split overall. Also, her time of 1:04:09 has only been bettered twice (Cindy Blackstock, 2012, in 1:03:18 and Cheryl Zitur, 2016, in 1:03:22). Oh, and Elena took over 2 minutes off her winning time from 2022.

Heather Lendway’s overall win at Hopkin’s Royal: Heather, the former pro, national champ, and world champ, only knows how to win. On an ideal day in early September, she went 1:05:48 on Hopkin’s incredible course, beating her closest male competitor by almost 3 full minutes....

Katie, Kadie and...

Tuesday, 28 November 2023 00:10

By Mav

2023 Most Improved – Womens Nominees - A couple of weeks ago, Goose and I revealed our picks for the Mens Most Improved Minnesota Multisport Honor. Today, I’m highlighting three women who upped their game this past season and earned the right to be nominated for the Most Improved MMH.

Kadie Hokanson, 42, Alexandria: Kadie, as a Master (40+), was relatively unknown a year ago but boasted two wins (Alexandria Sprint and Young Life Sprint) and a second (Average Jo) this year. She placed well at these events AND went fast, setting a course record at Alexandra and the second fastest posting at Average Jo....

2023 Male Performance of the Year Candidates...

Sunday, 26 November 2023 00:10

By Goose

2023 - Minnesota Multisport Honors -Of the eight performances listed below, three will be nominated for 2023 Male Performance of the Year."MOV" represents "margins of victory."

NOAH BILLINGS - Course Record @ Maple Grove Sprint - 59:26 (MOV - 4:08)

SEAN COOLEY - Win @ Trinona Olympic - 1:58:30 (MOV - 1:45)

BROOKS GROSSINGER - Win @ Northwoods - 58:26 (MOV -2:04)

SAMUEL HAUCK - Win at One Last Tri Olympic - 1:56:13 (MOV - 18:09)...