2018 Age-Group Triathletes of the Year

Men’s Overall Age-Group Triathlete of the Year: Justin Lippert (Middletown, N.J.)
Women’s Overall Age-Group Triathlete of the Year: Missy LeStrange (Visalia, Calif.)

Men’s Open Age-Group Triathlete of the Year: Justin Lippert (Middletown, N.J.)
Honorable Mentions: Todd Buckingham (Big Rapids, Mich); Nick Dorsett (Salt Lake City, Utah); Christopher Douglas (Atlanta, Ga.); Clay Emge (Tyler, Texas); Ryan Giuliano (Oakwood Hills, Ill.)

Women’s Open Age-Group Triathlete of the Year: Kirsten Sass (McKenzie, Tenn.)
Honorable Mentions: Gabrielle Bunten (Forest Lake, Minn.); Emily Cameron (Lititz, Pa.); Hilary Fenton (Findlay, Ohio); Jacqui Giuliano (Oakwood Hills, Ill.); Dani Fischer (Greenfield, Ind.)

Men’s Junior Triathlete of the Year: Zane Grenoble (Playa Del Rey, Calif.)
Honorable Mention: Graham Tuohy (Lakewood, Colo.)

Women’s Junior Triathlete of the Year: Katelyn Elliott (Porter, Texas)
Honorable Mention: Emily Minjares (San Jose, Calif.)

Men’s Masters Triathlete of the Year: Lee Walther (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Honorable Mentions: Jose Graca (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii); Bob McRae (Arvada, Colo.); Robert Skaggs (Solana Beach, Calif.); Richard Sweet (San Diego, Calif.); Brice Williams (Ogden, Utah)

Women’s Masters Triathlete of the Year: Beni Gras-Thompson (Roanoake, Va.)
Honorable Mentions: Kelly Phuah (Littleton, Colo.); Michelle Jones (Carlsbad, Calif.); Steph Popelar (Elizabeth, Colo.); Linda Robb (Juno Beach, Fla.); Sharon Schmidt-Mongrain (Lafayette Hill, Pa.)

Men’s Grand Masters Triathlete of the Year: Jeff Cuddeback (Longwood, Fla.) 
Honorable Mentions: Jon Brown (Albuquerque, N.M.); Terry Habecker (Ithaca, N.Y.); Robert Plant (Woodside, Calif.); Gregory Taylor (Yankton, S.D.); John Wilson (New Canaan, Conn.)

Women’s Grand Masters Triathlete of the Year: Missy LeStrange (Visalia, Calif.)
Honorable Mentions: Kelly Dippold (Olathe, Kan.); Carol Hassell (West Palm Beach, Fla.); Sibyl Jacobson (New York, N.Y.); Leslie Knibb (Washington, D.C.); Donna Smyers (Adamant, Vt.)

Men’s Off-Road Age-Group Triathlete of the Year: Cliff Millemann (Davis, Calif.)
Honorable Mention: Chuck Olinger (Lewisville, Texas)

Women’s Off-Road Age-Group Triathlete of the Year: Deanna McCurdy (Littleton, Colo.)
Honorable Mention: Sharon McDowell-Larsen (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

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2018 Age-Group Duathletes of the Year

Men’s Overall Age-Group Duathlete of the Year: Todd Buckingham (Big Rapids, Mich.)
Honorable Mentions: Keith Jackson (Loveland, Colo.), Nicholas Marcantonio (Glens Falls, N.Y.)

Women’s Overall Age-Group Duathlete of the Year: Aimee Philippi-Taylor (Glenville, Pa.)
Honorable Mentions: Makena Gates (Canton, Ga.), Cassidy Hickey (Parker, Colo.), Kirsten Sass (McKenzie, Tenn.)

Men’s Junior Duathlete of the Year: Patton Sims (Sterlington, La.)
Honorable Mention: Jared Eytcheson (Cary, N.C.), Axel Mateo (Marietta, Ga.), Oliver Porter (Asheville, N.C.)

Women’s Junior Duathlete of the Year: Cassidy Hickey (Parker, Colo.)
Honorable Mention: Makena Gates (Canton, Ga.), Rebecca Kefer (Kernersville, N.C.), Lauren Garriques (Lake Forest, Ill.)

Men’s Masters Duathlete of the Year: Nicholas Watson (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Honorable Mentions: Stefano Profumo (Santa Cruz, Calif.), James Duff (Carrboro, N.C.), Kevin Konczak (Boulder, Colo.)

Women’s Masters Duathlete of the Year: Aimee Philippi-Taylor (Glenville, Pa.)
Honorable Mentions: Melisa Christian (Dallas, Texas), Jennifer Rapaport (North Palm Beach, Fla.), Cynthia Abrami (Santa Barbara, Calif.)

Men’s Grand Masters Duathlete of the Year: David Burkhart (Brighton, Mich.)
Honorable Mentions: Steven Obenhaus (Overland Park, Kan.), Christian Evans (Glen Ellyn, Ill.), David Furey (Ann Arbor, Mich.)

Women’s Grand Masters Duathlete of the Year: Kirsten Chapman (Edmond, Okla.)
Honorable Mentions: Jocelyn Shilling (Saylorsburg, Pa.), Valerie Eipper (Longmont, Colo.), Jodie Bolt (Lakewood, Wash.)

Men’s Great Grand Masters Duathlete of the Year: David Lowe (West Chester, Pa.)
Honorable Mention: Larry Mayse (Milton, Ga.), Wolf Hillesheim (El Sobrante, Calif.), Fred Strong (Dayton, Ohio)

Women’s Great Grand Masters Duathlete of the Year: Sharon Gerl (Springfield, Ore.)
Honorable Mention: Phyllis Yester (Golden, Colo.), Vicki McCloskey (Henniker, N.H.), Sandy Meneley (Holmes Beach, Fla.)

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2018 Elite Triathletes of the Year

Women’s Olympic/ITU Triathlete of the Year: Katie Zaferes (Santa Cruz, Calif.)
Men’s Olympic/ITU Triathlete of the Year: Eli Hemming (Kiowa, Colo.)

Women’s Rookie of the Year: Sophie Chase (Carlsbad, Calif.)
Men’s Rookie of the Year: Morgan Pearson (Boulder, Colo.)

Women’s Elite Non-Drafting Triathlete of the Year: Sarah True (Hanover, N.H.)
Men’s Elite Non-Drafting Triathlete of the Year: Ben Kanute (Phoenix, Ariz.)

Women’s Elite Off-Road Triathlete of the Year: Julie Baker (Sonora, Calif.)
Men’s Elite Off-Road Triathlete of the Year: Josiah Middaugh (Vail, Colo.)

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