CONGRATULATIONS
to the winners of the USAT Junior Triathlon Festival Essay Contest
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Emma Cavendish
I live in Jupiter, Fla., and flew all the way to San Diego for the National Championship. I have been doing triathlons since I was 6 years old, and have done them all over Florida. I started when my big brother did one and liked it, so I decided to try. This was the first one I did in a different state, and it was the coolest one. We had fun in San Diego and it was neat seeing the flags from all of the states around transition. I liked seeing the Marines marching on the Marine base. When we tried to find where to park for the triathlon, my parents asked a marine where to go. It was funny because he said “sir, this recruit does not know the answer, sir.” After that, it was a family joke that my parents would ask me a question, and I would say, sir, this triathlete does not know the answer, sir. Swimming in the bay was fun, but the water was freezing - we don’t have cold water like that in Florida.
Read Emma’s full essay at
www.usatriathlon.org/essays
9-10
Andre Arsenault
The National Championship, San Diego Zoo, Sea World, the Padres, Balboa Park, Disneyland and the beaches. What more could you ask for? Maybe a top-five finish? My dad once told me you must set your goals, work
hard, remain focused, and anything is possible! So about a year ago I decided I was going to compete at the
National Championships in San Diego. First, the hard part. I had to convince my parents to take me there. I drew
up a training schedule and calendared the races I wanted to participate in. Then I presented my plan to my dad.
He said if I could beat all local competition he would take me to Nationals. That was the first step! With a plan in writing, the training began.
Read Andre’s full essay at
www.usatriathlon.org/essays.
11-12
Sarah Keenum
Ready, set, go! I tell myself as I run into the icy water. Aft er my swim warm-up I was shaking from the cold
water and had goose bumps everywhere! But I wasn’t nervous, and Iknew I was ready. The swim was freezing! When I first went in everything went numb. But the swim didn’t feel that long, because it was only 200 meters.
As I was swimming, I started to feel warmer because I was swimming fast. The bike course was great! It was flat and had lots of straightaways where you could go really fast and pass people. On the bike, I felt like I was going faster than I normally would have.
Read Sarah’s full essay at
www.usatriathlon.org/essays.
13-15
Stephanie Jenks
Wednesday, Aug. 11- The car is loaded with our gear, the bikes will meet us there and we are headed to Milwaukee to catch our Thursday morning flight to San Diego, Calif. This is going to be awesome. This is my first year with the Z3 Tri Team and I am so looking forward to the team activiti es and the competition that lies ahead. Nationals here we come!
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