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Tuesday, 17 September 2013 00:20

Photo - Kevin O'Connor finishing at Nationals.)

2013 Minnesota Multisport Awards – The difficult task of studying resumes and narrowing the number of potential candidates to four official nominees in each of 12 categories has begun. This week MTN will post the official nominees in three of those categories, starting with Male Master of the Year.

Here are the male MOY nominees and their 2013 results: ...

BRIAN BICH, 46, Duluth (photo L)

1^st overall @ Brewhouse Olympic – 1:59:42

Brian 2^nd 45-49 @ USAT Age Group Nationals – 1:58:59

3^rd overall / 2^nd amateur / 1^st Master @ Heart of the Lakes

5^th overall / 1^st Master @ Dakota Man Duathlon (SD)

KEVIN O’CONNOR, 42, Medina

1^st overall @ Liberty Olympic - CR

1^st amateur @ Pigman Sprint

1^st overall @ Manitou Duathlon

1^st amateur @ RochesterFest Olympic (Master Record)

1^stoverall @ Waseca Sprint – CR

1^st amateur / 4^th overall @ Pigman Haf – 4:07:52 – Masters Record

2^nd 40-44 @ USAT Age Group Nationals

2^nd Master / 7^th overall @ USAT Sprint Nationals

TONY SCHILLER, 55, Eden Prairie (photo L) *

2^nd 55-59 @ USAT Age Group Nationals (2:04:43!)

3^rd amateur @ Lake Minnetonka (55-59 CR)

4^th overall / 1^st 50+ @ Heart of the Lakes (55-59 CR)

8^th overall / 1^st Master @ Gear West Duathlon (55-59 CR)

GREG TAYLOR, 59, Yankton, SD (photo R) * Greg

1^st overall @ Balaton Triathlon

2^nd overall @ North Mankato (55-59 CR)

2nf 55-59 @ 70.3 Worlds

3^rd overall / 1^st Master @ Timberman

3^rd 55-59 @ USAT Age Groupf Nationals

14^th overall / 1^st 50+ @ Pigman Half – 4:29:31 (55-59 CR)

Among the dozen other age 40-59 athletes who were given serious consideration in this category were THADDEUS INGERSOLL(42, Minneapolis), DAVID HOLDEN (44, North Hudson, WI), THOMAS KRENZ (52, Chisago City), RHETT BONNER (49, Duluth), DEREK HAGER (51, Minneapolis), ROD RAYMOND (48, Duluth).

* A very conservative Age Grading System was used to evaluate the resumes of Schiller and Taylor.