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Tim, Luke & Chuck are 2024 GMOY Nominees...

Tuesday, 15 October 2024 00:10

By Garfunkel

The Minnesota Multisport Honors Committee has been hard at work identifying and name-dropping athletes who stood out in 2024. Now, the time has come for Simon and me to deliberate and officially nominate 3 athletes per award category. Below, in alphabetical order, and the 3 men aged 60+ who are up for this year’s Grand Master of the Year title:

Tim Brown, 66, Emily
Tim won this honor in 2020 and 2023. This season he rocked a 5th overall at Apple Duathlon, and set age group records at Clearwater olympic and Chisago half. The Committee loves when athletes show race diversity (i.e., racing a duathlon, an olympic distance, and a half distance in the same year), like Tim did this season. He raced consistently at a national-class level.

Luke Harned, 71, Mahtomedi
Luke raced prolifically this season with 7 (!) sprint distance finishes. He set age group records at Timberman and Big Lake sprints. A perennial nominee in this category.

Chuck Hengel, 60, Wayzata
Chuck, in his first year of GMOY candidacy, excelled at sprint and olympic races. He set age group records at Clearwater and Green Lake sprints.

Comment - We are starting the 2024 MMH nomination process with Male Grand Master (60+) of the Year. Gar and I agree that these are slam-dunk pics. The women in this category, though, are not. We are still trying to sort that out. - Simon