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Final Stretch Rocks! Possible Minnesota Honorees...

Tuesday, 30 December 2014 06:10

GREAT NEWS FROM FINAL STRETCH - The MTN Guys want to thank our great friends at Final Stretch for adjusting their 2015 Multisport Schedule. If you check their website (LINK) you'll notice some great changes. You'll see that they will be producing the iconic Gear West Duathlon on May 17. Also, they have moved the North Mankato Tri from late June to early August. The biggest relocation, though, concerns the Waseca 1/3 and Sprint, which had been contested on the same day at the Chisago Half (now Toughman Half) for the last several years. It has been moved to the August 23. These changes will ease conjestion and, hopefully, help races to achieve satisfying attendance levels.

- POST SEASON HONORS - Triathlete Magazine and the ITU have named St. Paul's Gwen Jorgenson as their 2014 female ATHLETE OF THE YEAR. No surprise there, huh? There's a very good chance that Gwen will not be our state's only honoree. Though it won't be known for several weeks, it's likely that some of our state's best amateur tri and ...

du athletes will receive post-season recognition. Who? And in what categories, you ask? The following Minnesotans (and honorary Minnesotans Greg Taylor and Dani Fischer) should be in the discussion for USAT honors:

- HEATHER LENDWAY - AOY or HM

- MATTHEW PAYNE - AOY HM & Duathlete of the Year or HM

- DANI FISCHER - AOY or HM, Duathlete of the Year or HM