ATC Year End Party “Race Report”
First up, a race report from the awesomeness that was the Atlanta Tri Club year end party. Every year this gets better, and this year was no exception. We handed out 27 individual awards and recognized over 100 individual Atlanta Tri Club members through awarding magnets with race distances (John’s awesome idea).
These magnets cannot be bought, they are only handed out at socials and the end of the year party. How cool was it this year to see so many tackle everything from their first sprint to their first IRONMAN. Our Atlanta Tri Club sponsors also came out in full force and contributed an insane number of prizes and giveaways. The tally of attendees reached 190 and it’s safe to say that a good time was had by all. This year we added something else different, Gabe (DJ QTip) DJ’ing after the awards and announcements. What a hit that was! We also had great videos put together by Blake (on Challenge Roth), Amber (on this year’s Time Warner Program), and Ron (on the ATC racers as a whole). Hudson Grille was also nice enough to not kick us out until 12:30, too. I’m not sure whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing that there seem to be hardly any pictures from the night!
- Newbie of the Year- Sean Donaghy, Amy Cox
- Most Dedicated- Chuck Chittick, Nicole Chittick
- Most Enthusiastic- Gabe Peck, Hilary Murdock
- Time Warner Fit Nation Member of the Year- Amber Hosch, Christian DuChateau
- Breakthrough Performance- Alexandra Ricca, Chris Janke
- Above and Beyond- Tony Toson, Kim Locher
- Race Team Member of the Year- George Darden, Chrissy Blaisdell
- Most Improved- Michael Oyler, Katarina Dubcova
- Race Performance of the Year- Eddie Ferguson, Susie Kelly
- Comeback of the Year- Carletta Cunningham, Charlie Holder, Casey Seabright, Richard Nasser
- Coach of the Year- Jerome Feuiltault, Kathryn Taylor
- Paratriathlete of the Year- John Pulliam
- Triathlete of the Year- Tim Myers, Heather Gill
- Finally was able to award Sondra her Breakthrough Performance 2013 Award!
We also announced the new 2015 race team. I’m very excited to train and race alongside this great group of individuals for next year! Also, I’m glad I managed to complete three races and make the cut or it would have been embarrassing to have had to kick myself off the team! 🙂
Here is the roster: For the ladies, we have myself, Susie Kelly, Katarina Dubcova, Carrie Smith, Giorgia Valoti, Heather Gill, Kim Locher, Jessie Glisson, Melissa McDonald, Lisa Harris, and Alexandra Ricca. Also, even though she moved away, we can’t forget our honorary member, our 2014 Race Team member of the year Chrissie B! For the gents, we have George Darden, Eddie Ferguson, Paul Linck, Dave Gill, Tim Newberg, Ted Morris, Tim Myers, John Rutledge, Dan Jones, Michael Oyler, Sam Morgan, and Rich Yarbrough. Should be a great year!
