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Border State Honorees...

Saturday, 10 October 2020 23:10

2020 MINNESOTA MULTISPORT HONORS - Later this week we will begin the process of posting nominees for this year's MMHs, which will feature two athletes--AJ MANNING (Fargo, ND) and PATRICK ALLAIRE (Marshfield, WI) that reside in border states. Since 2000, the MMH Committee has been rewarding those visiting athletes who meet the criteria for consideration, and at least nine of those talented multisporters have taken home awards, including SARAH KOLPIN (photo), who won the Rookie of the Year and Duathlete of the Year in 2005, and was ranked 1st on Team MInnesota. She is the only rookie in MMH history to captain the Team.

They are:

ROBERT GILLES, Fargo, ND - 2001 Triathlete of the Year, 2001 Duathlete of the Year, 20o1 Performance of the Year, 3 x Team MInnesota (photo below)

SARAH KOLPIN, River Falls, WI - 2005 Rookie of the Year, 2005 Duathlete of the Year, 2 x Team Minnesota....

PETER SKORSETH, Hammond, WI - 2005 Master of the Year, 2005 Most Improved, 2 x Team MInnesota

MARNIE WALTH, Bismarck, ND - 2005 Performance of the Year, 3+ x Team MInnesota

KIM FORDHAM-LIEN, Aberdeen, SD - 2002 Performance of the Year, 2 x Team MInnesota

TYLER HECHT, Somerset, WI - 2012 Junior of the Year

ALY LINEHAN, River Falls, WI - 2005 Junior of the Year

GREG TAYLOR, Yankton, SD - 2014 Grand Master of the Year

MARTY NETZEL, Neenah, WI - 2000 Duathlete of the Year

Other out-of-staters receiving nominations:

MELANIE CARVELL, Bismarck, ND, LISA VETTERLEIN, Des Moine, IA, JON BALABUCK, Thunder Bay, ONT, KRIS NISULA, Thunder Bay, ONT, BRANDEN SCHEEL, Fargo, ND