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About the 2018 Minnesota Multisport Honors....

Thursday, 20 September 2018 23:10

Concerning the upcoming 2018 MMHs (Minnesota Multisport Honors), its Committee is hard at work determining this year's nominees, which will be revealed on this site over the next several days. 

Online voting for 2018 Triathletes Choice Race of the Year is already underway. Voting will conclude at 11:59 PM on October 7. The five Race of te Year finalists will be posted on this site on October 8. The winner, and MMH winners, will be announced on MTN of October 13, and free posters featuring the winners will be available at the TRI SOCIAL on October 13. 

For those who don't know, the MMHs will recognize those Minnesota athletes who set the performance standards in 2018. Athletes in 12 categories will have their 2018 resumes measured against those of past winners, and the historical standards set at the races they participated in.

National and world class amateur tri / du-athletes have claimed most of the honors in the past, and will again this year....

To get a sense for how tough the standards are, here are the categories and a few of the past champions that this year's nominees will be measured against:

MALE TRIATHLETE OF THE YEAR-  DAVID THOMPSON (Pre-2004), MATTHEW PAYNE, DAN HEDGECOCK, BRIAN BICH

FEMALE TRIATHLETE OF THE YEAR - CATHY YNDESTAD (top photo), HEATHER LENDWAY (Pre-2016), RUTH BRENNAN MORREY (Pre-2014)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - HANNA GRINAKER, KORTNEY HAAG, CHUCK SMITH

JUNIOR OF THE YEAR - BETH ZIRBES, GRETA DANIELSON, MICHAEL WILLIAMS

GRAND MASTER OF THE YEAR - JAN GUENTHER, PAM STEVENS, GREG TAYLOR (photo R),  BEN EWERS

MALE MASTER OF THE YEAR - TONY SCHILLER, KEVIN O'CONNOR, BRIAN BICH, MATT PAYNE

FEMALE MASTER OF THE YEAR - JAN GUENTHER, HEIDI KELLER-MILER, CHERYL ZITUR, DIANE HANKEE

DUATHLETE OF THE YEAR (Coed) - RUTH BRENNAN MORREY, PATRICK PARISH, MATTHEW PAYNE, MARLO CROSBY

MALE MOST IMPROVED - WADE CRUSER, DAN HEDGECOCK, PATRICK PARISH

FEMALE MOST IMPROVED - HEATHER LENDWAY (Pre-2016), CLAIRE BOOTSMA, CATHY YDNESTAD

MALE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR - MATT PAYNE'S two wins at BEST OF THE US

FEMALE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR - HEATHER LENDWAY's two wins at USAT Nationals, and win at Edmonton Worlds in 2015