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Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky -- Fall 2014
In This Issue
Mideast Regional Event Results
Youth and Juniors: Talent ID Series
Race Director Symposium
Club Racing Series
Mideast Region Schedule
Snapshot

 

 

The Mideast Regional Council distributed our popular Age Group National Qualifier T-shirts at our Special Qualifier and Regional Championship races.

Viewpoint - Race Directing
Check out this article by Mideast Council member, Maggi Wettstein, discussing the challenges of race directing.
Club Racing
The battle between the Mideast Clubs continues. Check out the CURRENT STANDINGS for the Mideast Region Club Racing Series.

Congratulations to MERCRS Participant, Grim Reaper Fitness, for earning 2nd, Div IV, at the USAT National Club Championship. Results
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Mideast Regional Event Results 

Congratulations to all our Mideast Regional Champions for 2014, and to those who qualified for Age Group Nationals at our events! It was a fantastic season for the Mideast. Thank you to all the athletes participating in each regional event and to the race directors who hosted. Race results can be found here.

REGIONAL TRIATHLON CHAMPIONS:

Overall Female - Rachel Flores
Overall Male - Ian Boggs
Masters Female - Donna Heska
Masters Male - Roman Krzyzanowski
Grand Masters Female - Rebecca Birkan
Grand Masters Male - Michael Wendorf

 

REGIONAL AQUABIKE CHAMPIONS:

Overall Female - Ashley Sandborn
Overall Male - Steve Grant
Masters Female - Nancy Lyon-Stadler
Masters Male - Mike McDowell

 

REGIONAL DUATHLON CHAMPIONS-SPRINT:
Overall Female  - Romanie Walter
Overall Male - Stephen Pedone
Masters Female - Annette Kaptur
Masters Male - Daniel Lee 

REGIONAL DUATHLON CHAMPIONS-OLYMPIC:

Overall Female - Amy Lawson
Overall Male - Bob Snapper Miller
Masters Male - David Burkhart

 

REGIONAL PARATRIATHLON CHAMPIONS:

Joe Labrie

Israel Antonio 

 

Youth and Juniors


And that's a wrap...
Mike Groaning, Mideast Region RADC

Olivia Johnson - Haka Multisport
2014 Mideast Talent ID Series

It's been a long series of nine races leading up to the championship in Detroit where draft-legal racing was introduced to Belle Isle.  As you cross the MacArthur Bridge and enter Belle Isle, you see the rubber still on the roads from the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix telling you this island is no stranger to fast circuit racing.  The weather was perfect and the Detroit Triathlon course was one that everyone enjoyed.

 

The inaugural Elite Development Race (EDR) saw some fast times where the Mideast Region had four juniors participate mixed with the older draft legal experienced athletes.  The F1 race had 24 youth athletes from the Mideast Region participate where quite a few experienced their first draft legal race.

 

In the spirit of his established EDR events in Clermont and Sarasota, Bill Burnett (with the help of Epic Races, Eva Solomon) has brought an EDR event to the Mideast that will surely grow from here.

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Final Series PODIUM and RESULTS
 Mideast/Midwest Race Director Symposium
Eric Opdyke- REV3 
2013 Keynote
The fourth annual regional Race Director Symposium is scheduled for December 6th at the Four Points by Sheraton in Downtown Chicago and will include keynote presentations from 
Karen Smyers - USAT Hall-of-Famer, Multiple World Champion and 
Bill Burnett - Streamline Events, Race Director. 

The symposium is a great opportunity for race directors to meet and network with peers across the Mideast and Midwest regions, engage with USA Triathlon personnel, speak one-on-one with various multisport vendors, and become informed on various issues and trends facing the multisport industry. We will be giving away some nice gifts in the spirit of the holiday season. There will also be a fun run option led by Karen Smyers on Sunday morning for those that are interested. Check our website for information and registration.
2014 Mideast Region Club Racing Series (MERCRS)
Lansing YMCA Oak Park Triathlon Team

Oak Park Tri Team
 2014 MERCRS Featured Club

The Lansing YMCA Oak Park Triathlon Team (Oak Park Tri Team) is the vision of our founder, USAT Coach Kathi Shipley.  What started in 2010 as an "Introduction to Triathlon" class of 12 has exploded into a TEAM of nearly 100, with a wait list to join! 

 

In keeping with YMCA values, the Oak Park Tri Team welcomes members of all ages and backgrounds.  Athletes as young as 12 train alongside athletes that are 60+. This incredible diversity extends to our abilities as well.  We compete at every level, from Sprint to full Ironman distances, and everything in-between. We have athletes that are brand new to the sport, and athletes who compete at the National level. READ MORE 

Mideast Collegiate Triathlon Conference Championship
America Multisport presents the 2014 Mideast Collegiate Triathlon Conference Championship on September 6th,  Muncie September Triathlon, in Muncie, Indiana.

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Olympic Distance - Triathlon: 

 1.5K swim / 41.2K bike / 10K run

The MECTC participants will have a specific olympic triathlon wave. The following non-Championship events are open to collegiate athletes as well: Olympic distance triathlon/duathlon, sprint triathlon/duathlon, aquabike, and an open water swim. Post-race pizza and beverages will be available.

 

Coupon code 2014MECTC is good until August 29th at midnight and is valid for $5 off registration. 

 

Go to Muncie September Triathlon for information and to register. 

 

No qualification is required to compete in this Mideast Collegiate Triathlon Conference Championship Race.