Each year USA Triathlon (USAT) awards All-Americans for each sport, age group, and gender. Each race is scored with a calculus type formula and many times the scores may not match what you think they would be and that is on the plus and negative side. With that said, it’s not a perfect system but gives a pretty good indication of how you match up with other competitors.
To be an All-American, you must be in the top 10% of athletes in your age group. I’ve been competing in duathlon for six years and 2024 marked my sixth consecutive year earning the honor.
Recently USAT released the final rankings for 2024, and I ended the year ranked #4 in the country. I am honored to be in this class. I put a lot of effort into training and racing and love every part of it. This is one of the rewards.
2024 had the lowest of lows and two of my greatest races as well. Four significant points in the year:
- Olympic Distance National Championship – injury prior to the race resulted in an absolute disaster of a race.
- Olympic Distance World Championship – got healthy and raced strong resulting in a Top 10 in the World placing and 1st American in Age Group.
- Crash – Eight weeks prior to the Long Course National Championship I crashed on the bike, was knocked out with a bad concussion, and broke my wrist.
- Long Course National Championship – I trained while getting healthy from the crash and won my 1st National Championship…my greatest race!
I will keep working my butt off to compete as well as I can in 2025 and strive for another All-American honor. Each year in the Age Group (3rd of 5) gets harder with the young 55- and 56-year-olds in the mix as I’m a mid-ranger at 57 this year…ha!
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