USA Triathlon has announced its Age Group Athlete of the Year
Award winners for 2004.The Awards Committee, consisting of members of the USA Triathlon
Age Group Commission and various other commissions and
committees, considered the results from various high-profile
races during the 2004 season.
For more information on each winner, please go to the front page
of the USA Triathlon web site at www.usatriathlon.org and click
on the Athlete of the Year story.
Triathlon
Junior Male: Stephen Godlove (16, Orlando, Fla.)
Junior Female: Justine Whipple (19, Annapolis, Md.)
Open Division (20-40 years old) Male: Trent Tollakson (24,
Hutchinson, Kan.)
Open Division Female: Heather Haviland (31, Waukesha, Wis.)
Masters Division (41-60 years old) Male: Steven Smith (57, South
Bend, Ind.)
Masters Division Female: Holly Nybo (42, Portola Valley, Calif.)
Grand Masters (61-plus) Male: Richard Clark (66, Tiburon, Calif.)
Grand Masters Female: Ann Erickson (62, The Woodlands,
Texas) - pictured
Physically Challenged Male: Paul Martin (37, Broomfield, Colo.)
Physically Challenged Female: Lindsay Nielsen (49, Minneapolis,
Minn.)
Duathlon
Open Division Male: John McGovern (40, Kingston, N.Y.)
Open Division Female: Nina Wurzberger (29, Athens, Ga.)
Masters Division Male: Dan Rindfleisch (50, Madison, Wis.)
Masters Division Female: Sherry Shelton (47, Alpharetta, Ga.)
Grand Masters Male: Mike McCarty (59, New Bedford, Mass.)
Grand Masters Female: Celeste Callahan (62, Denver, Colo.)