D3 Top 10's 2003-2005 180 Top Ten Finishes! Athlete Racing News: 06.30.08 Congrats to Honu Half Ironman Finishers: Frank Harney, Ida Jonsen, Eric Jonsen, Julia Purrington (5th AG), Chris Purrington, Sarah Petre-Mears (40 minute PR!) and Melanie Ricci (9 months after giving birth to Hope Ricci). It was fun traveling and racing with everyone! Join us next year for the D3 "away" race. Watch for details. Matt Given raced to 10th place overall at the Summer Open tri and won his AG. Amy Kuitse was 4th in her AG at the FL 70.3! Jeff Braaten was 4th in his AG at the Buffman Olympic. Sean Fey was 3rd Overall at the NC Xterra Race. Luke Falcone won his AG at the Summer Open Triathlon. Danielle Russell 1st AG at Summer Open Tri. Matt Given 1st AG at Steamboat Half Marathon. David Pollard 3rd Place AG at the OK City Sprint. Danielle Russell: Dueces Wild Tri - oly 2nd AG, 56 OA. This qualifies her for short course Nats! Pat Rice: UK 1/2IM - 5:15.54. Dave Sheanin won his AG at Ft Morgan Tinman race. Julia Purrington was 2nd overall and 2nd in the 30-34 div at Ft Morgan Tinman - 2:35:19. Nate Winslow completed the Eagleman Half Ironman. Athlete Racing News: 05.17.08 Lentine Zahler qualified for Kona at IM China! Congrats Lentine! Tom Gart and Johannes Faessler finished Napa Valley Half in 6:03. Sarah Petre-Mears was 1st place AG at the Grenada Sprint Triathlon. Jason Kaminski placed 42nd in the Tour of the Gila in NM. Athlete Racing News: 04.23.08 Boston Marathon: Martina Young: 3:30 Julia Purrington: 3:41 Ironman Arizona: Barry Siff, Rich Kylberg, Pat O’Connor, David Pollard, and Bud LaCombe all finished – the conditions were tough, but these guys were tougher! Congrats! Athlete Racing News: 03.22.08 Ida Jonsen ran a 1:45 at the Moab Half Marathon Keith Watson ran a 1:35 at the Moab Half Marathon Stephanie Gerena finished the 26.2 Run with Donna Marathon Sarah Petre-Mears was 1st woman out of the water and 2nd overall at the Nevis Sprint Triathlon Athlete Racing News: 01.22.08 Sarah Petre-Mears runs a big PR at the Disney Marathon – 5:06! Athlete Racing News: 12.12.07 Jeff Braaten races to an 11:34 and improves his IMFL time by 46 minutes! Athlete Racing News: 11.28.07 Lentine Zahler - Was 5th overall and 1st AG at the Izena 88 Triathlon, while setting the AG course record Rich Kylberg – 30-minute PR at IM HAWAII World Championships! Bob Seemuth – Finishes IM HAWAII World Championships! Craig Wilson – Finishes Great Floridian Iron Distance – 12th AG Keith Watson – Finishes Great Floridian Iron Distance – 17th AG Kathleen Steffe – Wins her AG by 30 minutes at the SOMA Half! Frank Harney – Goes 10:17 in his first Ironman at IMFL! Andy Rusk – Goes under 5:00 at the SOMA HIM! D3 is proud to announce the hiring of two more outstanding coaches! Ali Winslow from Boston, MA and John Lapehn of Granger, IN. Athlete Racing News: 10.27.07 Rich Kylberg – 30 minute PR at IM HAWAII World Championships! Bob Seemuth – finished IM HAWAII World Championships! Craig Wilson – finished Great Floridian Iron Distance – 15th AG Keith Watson – finished Great Floridian Iron Distance – 17th AG Athlete Racing News: 09.25.07 Kim Nickel: 91 minute PR at Ironman WI! Simply Stu: 3 hour 43 minute improvement at Ironman WI! Brett B: 2 hour PR at Ironman WI! Michelle Brost: 12:33 in her first Ironman IMWI! Iron Wil: Finishes her first Ironman at IMWI! Bold in Boulder: Finishes Ironman WI in under 13:00! Tyler Darby: Finishes his first Ironman at IMWI in 13:08! Roman Mica: Big man goes under 14:00 at IMWI! Chris Sweet: Punches his ticket to Kona at IMWI! Tom Romnek: Finishes first Ironman at IM Lou: 13:12 Tracy Eaves: finished IML in 15:32.21 Maureen Kennedy: finished IML in 14:18.01 Dave Perry: finished IML in 16:42.35 Coach Amanda: 3rd Place AG USAT Sprint Nationals Coach AJ: Races IM Canada and IMWI 2 weeks apart! Melissa Peyton: finished her first Ironman at IMWI in 16:44! Kyle Webb: was 2nd in his AG at the FIRM MAN Half Iron. Athlete Racing News: 08.25.07 Melissa Neal - IMCDA finisher! Joe Pozsgai - IMUSA finisher! Ali Winslow - 3rd at the Patriot Half Matt Given - Raced to a new IM PR of 10:31 at IM Lake Placid – 11 minutes from Kona Stefan Ekstrom - Raced to a 10:46 for at Sweden Iron Distance Jodee's Lammert - Won the Aqua-bike division at Loveland Lake to Lake Kathleen Steffe - 3rd AG at the 5430 Boulder Peak, 4th AG at 5430 LC Martina Young - 5th AG at 5430 Boulder Peak Julia Purrington - Made USAT World Team for Short Course Athlete Racing News: 07.22.07 Julia Purrington – 4th AG at the 5430 Sprint Barry Siff – 2nd AG at the Barking Dog Duathlon, 1st overall in the Series! Kathleen Steffe – 2nd AG at the 5430 Sprint Ryan O’Connor – 3rd AG at 5430 Sprint Athlete Racing News: 06.20.07 Beth Merkle - 4th AG and 4th Overall at Longmont Tri Ali Winslow – 30 minute (!) PR (5:03) at the Mooseman Half Iron Coach Amanda - Placed 1st AG at the Pelican Fest Matt Given - 3rd Place 35-39 at Pelican Fest Julia Purrington - 12th Female at Alcatraz Barry Siff - 2nd AG at the Barking Dog Duathlon Ryan Hillard - Napa Valley HIM, 4th AG Barry Siff - 3rd place AG at the Big Sky Duathlon Ida Jonsen - 4th place AG at the Tri for the Creek John Lapehn - 4:39 at Eagleman and 5th AG Stefan - 3:43 Stockholm Marathon Frank Harney - Top Ten in his AG at the Pelican Fest Craig McSaveny - Ran a 41:16 at the Bolder Boulder Coach Amy Kuitse - 1st AG at the Sunburst 10k Athlete Racing News: 05.23.07 Congrats to Sarah Petre-Mears for completing her first Half Ironman in St Croix! Also congrats to Joe Vrablik at St. Croix as well! Cathy Ruf qualified for Boston with a great run on a tough KY Marathon Course. Amy Hunt finished the Ft. Collins Marathon on a tough day – congrats Amy! Race Athletes rocked the house at Wild Flower short and long courses! Chris Sweet had a great double race at Memphis with placings in both the Mt Bike and Road Triathlon Races! Way to go Sweet! John Lapehn: Gulf Coast 1/2 IM, 2nd A/G, 4:47 Beth McGrory: Tri for the Cure-Tempe Sprint, 4th A/G, 40th O/A Seth Murphy: Buena Vista Adventure Race, 3rd in team division Athlete Racing News: 04.26.07 Congrats to the following racers at IM AZ: Monica – First time IM! Andy – He gutted it out on a tough day! David – 90-minute improvement to finish in 11:14! Alex – First time IM! Barry – Two IMs in 5 weeks – unbelievable effort at both! Kevin – Solid race and his 2nd IM finish! Mike P and Shawn – The speedy guys who raced into the 10-hour flat range! Athlete Racing News: 29.01.07 Top Performers of the Month: Julia Purrington: Ran to a Boston Qualifying slot in her first marathon at the Rock-n-Roll! Matt Given: Ran to a Boston Qualifying with a 3:08 in his first marathon! Andy Rusk: Ran to a solid PR of 1:36 at the Rock–n-Roll Half Marathon! Athlete Racing News: 12.12.06 Top Performers of the Month: Pat O’Connor – California International Marathon, 3:48 Bob Valley – California International Marathon, 3:49 Matt Given - 4 mile Turkey Trot, 2nd AG, 10th overall Athlete Racing News: 11.17.06 Top Performers of the Month: Rich Hamilton and John Fuller at IMFL!! Martina Young – 1:40/11th overall, 4th AG at the 2006 Silver Comet Half Marathon Andy Rusk – an outstanding performance at the SOMA Half Ironman: 5:09! Sarah Petre-Mears at NYC Marathon! Barry Siff won the Grand Master Iron Turkey in MI by winning the 5k and 10k in his AG! Athlete Racing News: 10.26.06 Top Performers of the Month: Max Lawler – 3rd overall at Great Floridian Iron Distance AJ Johnson – 9th AG at Hawaii Ironman World Championship and a PR! Peter Mendes – sub 10:00 Hawaii Ironman World Championship! Amy Kuitse – First Hawaii Ironman World Championship Finish! Mike Peters – 10:12 Hawaii Ironman World Championship Finish! Sara Cisler – 3:55 at Chicago Marathon, 20 minute PR! Tasha Given – 4:22 at Chicago Marathon and her first Marathon! Athlete Racing News: 09.23.06 Top Performers of the Month: Steph Popelar wins the BRONZE Medal at the 2006 World Champs! Steph used a gutsy run performance to come back and take 3rd! Congratulations Steph! Joe Vrablik – Joe finished IM WI in 15:02! Other notables for the month: Ida Jonsen 2nd in her AG at the Rattlesnake Olympic Distance Eric Jonsen 3rd in his AG at the Rattlesnake Olympic Distance Sara Cisler was 2nd in her AG in the Great Lake Escape Triathlon Bob Trautwine finished his first Half Ironman in 5:21 Matt Given was 3rd AG and 9th overall at the Skinnyman Tri Coach AJ won the Lake Geneva WI ½ IM! Way to go Coach! Heidi Adkisson – a 7 minute PR over last year at the Subaru Womens Only Sprint Athlete Racing News: 08.31.06 Top Performers of the Month: Kathleen Steffe, Steph Popelar, and Kevin Konczak all WON their respective AG’s in the Boulder 5430 Triathlon Series! Way to go Team! Other notables for the month: Rocky Stricklin was 1st AG CATS 1/2IM Aquabike Beth McGrory was 1st AG and 5th woman Overall in the Olympic Distance Gay Games David Carney and Ari Melmed finished Vineman! Sara Cisler won her AG and was 4th Overall in the Fat Rabbit Racing Triathlon Jim Tarpley finished his first IM at Lake Placid Andy Rusk also raced well at Lake Placid Brion Gluck finished his first triathlon – Brion once weighed over 390lbs! Martina Young finished her first IM in 12:04 at IM Austria Athlete Racing News: 07.27.06 Congratulations to the following D3 Athletes and Coaches: Coach AJ - 3rd overall at IM CDA Pat O’Connor, Sara Cisler and Max Lawler finished IMCDA Jim Tarpley who raced Buff Springs Coach Amy Kuitse (6th AG) and Kathleen Steffe (8th AG) at USAT Nationals Coach Kevin (1st AG) at Boulder Peak Triathlon Athlete Racing News: 06.21.06 Brandon Sawyer set a new PR of 48:26 at the Bolder Boulder! Bob Trautwine – 4th AG at the VT Sun Triathlon Martina Young – ½ IM Rock and Roll 3rd AG Christophe Chouteau – finished very strong at the Geneva Triathlon in Switzerland Bob Valley had a strong finish in his first ever duathlon at Barking Dog, and got some valuable race experience at his first Surf 'n Turf race, finishing with a strong run. Bob also completed his first triathlon at the 5430 Sprint. Coach Kevin K used a strong run to finish 2nd AG at the 5430 Sprint against a stacked field. Kathleen Steffe started the season strong with a dominating win at the 5430 Series in the 40-44 AG. Kathleen had the fastest swim overall for females and won her AG by over 5 minutes. Coach Amy Kuitse won the Johan’s Tri Fest in IN. Athlete Racing News: 06.09.06 Barry Siff: Finished IM Japan in 12:19 Bob Trautwine: 55th overall at the Vancouver ½ Marathon Pat O’Connor: PR at Wild Flower ½ IM! Beth McGrory: Tribute to Armed Forces Sprint 1st AG, 4th female Sarah Petre-Mears: 3rd AG at the Church Ground Run Cross Country Run Beth McGrory: Temple Sprint Tri. 2nd AG Martina Young: 3rd AG at Memphis in May Triathlon Amy Kuitse: 3rd AG at Memphis in May Triathlon Athlete Racing News: 04.29.06 Coach AJ raced to a 9:22 finish in his first race as a PRO at IMAZ! Matt Given went 10:56 in his first IM. Coach Mike Peters went 9:55 at IMAZ and scored a slot to Kona! Sarah Petre-Mears finished her first triathlon in Nevis. Bob Trautwine finished his first triathlon in CA! Sara Cisler finished 20th at the Kinetic Half IM. Sean Truchard picked up a couple of 3rd places at the Lake Havasu Tri and the Lake LV tri. Athlete Racing News: 03.31.06 Coach Kevin - 3rd overall at the 21 km Snow Mountain Stampede skate ski race Coach AJ - won the Lake Havasu Triathon Sean Truchard - 3rd in his AG at Lake Havasu Ari Melmed, David Carney and Andy Rusk all raced Half Ironman CA and had PR’s in at least one leg of the race! Athlete Racing News: 02.28.06 D3 Multisport, Inc. is proud to announce the addition of Amy Kuitse for the 2006 season. Amy is a married mom of two athletic girls. She is an Occupational Therapist and has coached high school soccer, cross country and has helped others with their triathlon pursuits. This past November, Amy qualified for Ironman Hawaii in her first attempt. She is coached by Erik Cagnina, and we are looking forward to Amy joining us this season at D3 Multisport. Amy will be focusing on beginner triathletes for the 2006 season. Welcome aboard Amy! Athlete Racing News: 01.21.06 Coach AJ was named in Inside Triathlon as an All-American in the 25-29 Age Group. Congrats AJ!

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