Triathlon Ontario Announces 2015 Award Winners

– Tickets for the banquet and guest speaker, Melissa Bishop, still available –

November 16, 2015 – Triathlon Ontario, the recognized Provincial Governing Body of Multisport in Ontario, announced its 2015 Award winners, which will be recognized at its social and year end awards celebration on December 5th, 2015, at McMaster University.

The awards celebration is part of a greater triathlon celebration that includes Series Awards over breakfast with Trisport Subaru Triathlon Series and then lunch with MultiSport Canada Recharge With Milk Triathlon Series and their Series Awards. During the day Personal Best is putting on a series of clinics and guest speakers that has something for everyone.

The evening will start with a cocktail party and social from 5:30-6:15pm followed by an evening (6:15-8pm) hosted by Steve Fleck with special guest speaker, Melissa Bishop. For registration and pricing details details click here. Tickets for the dinner and guest speaker will be just $40. A discounted price of $25 will be available for Triathlon Ontario Award winners.

Proxy Forms
Triathlon Ontario’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on December 5th, 2015. For those members that would like to vote at the AGM but cannot attend, a Proxy Form may be completed and submitted to the Triathlon Ontario office by November 30th. The Proxy Form can also be found on the “About Us” tab on the Triathlon Ontario website.

Award Winners
On behalf of Triathlon Ontario and every multisport athlete, coach, race director and official across the province, congratulations to the following award winners!

Non-Athlete Awards

Coach of the Year	Kent Crockower
Official of the Year	Joan Hollywood
Volunteer of the Year (Black Betty Award)	Marie Walker
Builder Award	Tara & Brad Melville
Lifetime Achievement Award	John Wragg

Athlete Awards

Short Course Triathlete of the Year		Long Course Triathlete of the Year
Elite	Dominika Jamnicky	Elite	Kirsten Marchant
	Taylor Forbes		Lionel Sanders
Age Group	Nina Sieh	Age Group	Brittany Dunbar
	Prakash Pandya		Kenneth Morris
Masters	Kirstie Kniaziew	Masters	Kimberly Fabian
	Nick Kolodzie		Tim Lychy
Junior Triathlete of the Year	Elise Bolger	AWAD/Paratriathlete	Christine Robbins
	Liam Donnelly
Cross Triathlete of the Year		Duathlete of the Year
Elite	Karsten Madsen	Age Group	Jasmin Aggarwal
Age Group	Brad Reiter		Brian Moor
Masters	Heather Pady	Masters	Tammy Purdy
			Larry Bradley

Provincial Champions

Sprint Triathlon	Sheri Mazella	U15	Haley Sturrock
	Prakash Pandya		Tristen Jones
Standard Triathlon	Kirstie Kniaziew	Indoor Triathlon	Elise Bolger
	Andrew Bolton		Liam Donnelly
Long Course Triathlon	Kristen Tamburrino	Sprint Duathlon	Jasmin Aggarwal
	Lionel Sanders		Brian Moore
Cross Triathlon	Heather Pady	Standard Duathlon	Tammy Purdy
	Karsten Madsen		Brian Moore
Elite/U23	Dominika Jamnicky	Division I Club Champions	LPC Triathlon Club
	Alexander Hinton	Division II Club Champions	Fighting Koalas
Junior	Elise Bolger
	Aron Mohammadi

Series Winners

Elite/U23	Dominika Jamnicky	Youth Cup (14-15)	Haley Sturrock
	Alexander Hinton		Tristen Jones
Junior Cup	Elise Bolger	Long Course Series
	Liam Donnelly	Age Group	Brittany Dunbar
Youth Cup (12-13)			Jonathan McMillan
			Kenneth Morris
		Masters	Liz Kutzscher
			Tim Lychy

About Triathlon Ontario
Triathlon Ontario is a non-profit organization that is the recognized Provincial Governing Body for Multisport in the province of Ontario. Our mission is to provide leadership and governance for the development of a safe and fair environment for Multisport in Ontario. Triathlon Ontario oversees the sanctioning of races and clubs and undertakes a number of duties and responsibilities on behalf of athletes at every level, coaches, clubs, officials and race directors to ensure the growth and development of the sport in a fun and safe way. For more information please visit: http://www.triathlonontario.com.