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GMOY King....

Thursday, 19 November 2015 00:10

MINNESOTA MULTISPORT AWARDS - Today we explain some of the thinking behind the selection of NEIL KING as 2015 GRAND MASTER OF THE YEAR.

- HANK LARSEN, 75, Glencoe - The 2008 GMOY's resume was impressive, but lacked volume. He only raced three times, winning each time and setting two AG CRs. The Selectors would have liked Hank to have 1-2 more efforts.

- 1st time-nominee SHERI SCHROCK, 61, Cohasset, raced often and with nice results. The highlight was her AG win at Long Distance Worlds in Sweden. Sheri managed to beat fellow nominee PAM STEVENS (62, Sartell) at Apple, but lost to Pam by a substantial margin at Chicago Worlds. Sheri's 7ths in her AG at Nationals and Worlds were perceived as solid, not quite stellar, results.

Pam, a two-time GMOY, demonstrated nice speed in her divisional wins at COLT and especially Maple Grove Olympic. The committee felt that Pam's speed vs. Sheri's strenth / volume ...

Doobie's Race...

Tuesday, 17 November 2015 06:10

MINNESOTA MULTISPORT AWARDS - There were 69 races, down from an all-time high of 83 a few years back, that were eligible for the TRIATHLETES CHOICE RACE OF THE YEAR award. Forty-three races (62%) received votes. We hope that that percentage grow next year.

Races were evaluated on a "% of finishers" basis, not by total number of votes. This allows smaller and medium-sized events to compete for the title. History tells us that an event needs voter support from at least 20% of their participants to win. Here's how this year's top five finalists fared. ...

Easy Pickins....

Tuesday, 17 November 2015 00:10

Photo - Minnesota Rookie of the Year and Long Course Athlete of the Year, Dani Vseteska.

MINNESOTA MULTISPORT AWARDS - Yesterday we discussed the slam-dunkiest of the slam dunk selections: male and female TOY. There were three other categories that were nearly as easy to determine:

DUATHLETE OF THE YEAR - Though there were many viable candidates in this category, several more than were actually nominated, and a number of Minnesotans should receive national recognition, one guy--MATTHEW PAYNE--stood out above the rest. Winning Standard Distance Nationals and setting a CR at Apple were, in our opinion, the two premier male Du performances of the year in the US. His amateur victory at Gear West rounded out the resume that should earn him the US DOY award for the second straight year....

This Year's Slam Dunks...

Monday, 16 November 2015 00:10

MINNESOTA MULTISPORT AWARDS - This week we are sharing some of the rationale the MMA Committee used to determine this year's winners. We're going to start with the slam dunkiest of the "Slam Dunks," the award winners that few, if any, would disagree with.