News & Notes
USA TRIATHLON ANNOUNCES ELECTION RESULTS
USA Triathlon announced March 7 that the organization’s 2013 Election Re-Vote is complete and five candidates for the USA Triathlon Board of Directors were elected.
Three incumbents were re-elected: Susan Haag (Jacksonville, Fla.), who represents the Florida Region; Mike Wien (Marietta, Ga.), from the Southeast Region; and Steve Sexton (Pilot Hill, Calif.) as an Elite/Pro Athlete Representative. Haag and Wien will both serve four-year terms, while Sexton will serve a two-year term.
Two newly elected members of the USA Triathlon Board of Directors were also announced and will serve four-year terms: Kevin Haas (Berkeley, Calif.) will join as the Southwest Region Representative, and David Kuendig (Lexington, Ky.) as the Mideast Region Representative, having previously served on the Board as an Athlete Representative.
Also, two seats on the Athlete Advisory Council (AAC) were newly filled by Gwen Jorgensen (St. Paul, Minn.) and Joel Rosinbum (Austin, Texas). Sexton retains his seat on the AAC by virtue of his election to the Board as Elite/Pro Athlete Representative. They will all serve two-year terms.
Additionally, nine USA Triathlon Regions elected members to their respective Regional Councils, while two national bylaw proposals and one resolution were approved.
More information on the 2013 USA Triathlon Elections — including full results, candidate platforms and bylaw proposals — can be found at
www.usatriathlon.org/2013elections.
FIVE MULTISPORT GREATS NAMED TO USA TRIATHLON HALL OF FAME; BANQUET TO BE HELD JUNE 26
Ironman pioneers John and Judy Collins and Tom Warren, along with elite legend Mike Pigg and age-group star Madonna Buder, comprise the sixth induction class of the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame, the multisport National Governing Body announced March 4.
“We are deeply honored to announce the 2013 inductees into the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame,” said Jon Gray Noll, chair of the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame Committee. “These five individuals truly embrace every aspect of the genesis of our sport – founder, elite competitor, pioneer, age-group athlete and innovator. Each person’s contribution and commitment has formed the bedrock upon which today’s triathlon competition thrives. To enshrine them in the Hall of Fame serves to confirm this legacy.”
The five inductees will be honored at a banquet Thursday, June 26 in Chicago to open the ITU World Triathlon Chicago race weekend. Tickets to this exclusive event, which has sold out in each of the past five years, will be available at a later date. Visit
www.usatriathlon.org/HOF for more information on the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame.
ABOUT THE INDUCTEES
Madonna Buder — Age-Group Athlete (Spokane, Wash.): Madonna Buder is widely known as Sister Madonna or the Iron Nun. She has won 11 U.S. national titles, including eight at the Olympic-distance race at USA Triathlon Age Group Nationals, and she is also a 16-time world champion. In addition to her collection of national and world titles in Olympic-distance events, she has also captured 12 age-group wins at the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
John and Judy Collins — Contributors (Coronado, Calif.): Creators of the Ironman Triathlon in 1978 in Hawaii, John and Judy Collins served as race directors of the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii in 1978-79. The pair are Ironman finishers themselves, John completing the 1978 Ironman and Judy participating in the 2003 Ironman Revisited on the original Oahu course. Both competed in the first-ever triathlon in the U.S. in San Diego in 1974 along with their 12-and 13-year-old children.
Mike Pigg — Elite Athlete (McKinleyville, Calif.): Known for his cycling prowess, Mike Pigg dominated Olympic-distance racing in the U.S. for several years in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He became the first men’s ITU World Cup winner in 1991 in St. Croix. His credentials also include three-time triathlon national champion and two-time USOC Male Triathlete of the Year. He competed in the Ironman World Championship for five straight years from 1985-89, recording his best finish (second) in 1988 behind Scott Molina.
Tom Warren — Contributor (San Diego, Calif.): Tom Warren is considered triathlon’s first folk hero and he has been involved with the sport from the early days in the 1970s. As the winner of the 1979 Ironman Hawaii, he was featured in the pivotal feature in Sports Illustrated, written by Barry McDermott, which helped inspire a generation to participate in the sport. In 1989, he finished third in his age group at the event.
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