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Saturday, 07 March 2015 06:10

MINNESOTA ROCKS!  - Nine Minnesotans were honored recently by USAT for their racing excellence in 2014. The next most decorated state was California (8), followed by Florida (7) and Colorado (7). New Jersey (6) rounded ou the Top 5. To recap, here are the honored Minnesotans:

Gwen Jorgensen - Elite ITU Racer of the Year

Ruth Brennan Morrey - Elite Duathlete of the Year

Dan Hedgecock - Elite Duathlete of the Year

Heather Lendway - Amateur Athlete of the Year

Matthew Payne - Amateur Duathlete of the Year & Athlete of the Year HM

Patrick Parish - Elite Duathlete of the Year HM

Diane Hankee - Duathlete of the Year HM (YndeCam Photo L)

Tony Schiller - Master of the Year HM

Kevin O'Connor - Master Duathlete of the Year HM

HEATHER'S DEBUT - Heather Lendway's pro debut was yesterday in the Orlando suburb of Clermont. Lendway placed 10th at the draft-legal CAMTRI-Clermont Sprint. She will be blogging about the experience soon and MTN will repost. Stay tuned for that. RESULTS ....(More Stuff on Page 2)

ANOTHER W FOR JORGENSEN - The 2015 World Triathlon Series started exactly where it left off last year, when reigning ITU World Champion Gwen Jorgensen proved that she will again be the woman to beat with a stunning performance in Abu Dhabi’s season opener on Saturday.

Jorgensen left the water 35 seconds down on the leaders, and then stepped onto the run course around one minute down. But in an incredible burst of speed, the Threadneedle No.1 cut 45 seconds of that deficit in the first 2.5km lap. She took the lead from Bermuda’s Flora Duffy with about 1.5km to go and pushed further ahead to win comfortably, in a time of 58 minutes and 58 seconds. Her run split was 15 minutes and 57 seconds. READ MORE