Chris_McDonald

Chris lived in Australia until 1999 before moving to New Zealand to start a small construction business. Chris started competing in triathlon in November of 2001 and began his professional racing career in April 2004. Chris now splits his year between Boulder Colorado and Albury, NSW in Australia.

Highlights of Chris' 2010 Races: Ironman 70.3 China - 2nd Place/Fastest Bike Split; Ironman St. George, Utah - 3rd Place Overall; Ironman Coeur d Alene - 5th Place; Challenge Roth - 13th Place; Ironman World Championships, Kona, Hawaii - 35th Place; Ironman Florida - 9th place.

Petr Vabrousek

"SLS3 compression makes my frequent racing a breeze. It starts helping me when I wake up on race morning and gets me through the race up to the successful finish.”

On May 21st, Petr was 9th place at Ironman Texas and had enough Kona Pro Ranking points to secure his 12th consecutive Kona slot. He Also finished his 100th IM distance race. On June 4th he took 1st place at Czechman Pardubice Halfironman, Czech cup race.

Camilla Lindholm

Camilla is a Swedish pro triathlete who won the European Duathlon Championships on April 18, 2011. Living and training in Sweden, Camilla works as a teacher and lecturer in sports psychology, public health and leadership.

Heleen bij de Vaate

Originally from the Netherlands, Heleen took her first Dutch Ironman title in 2004. As a result, Heleen started seriously to focus on triathlon at the pro-level. At first, she combined triathlon with her full time job. In 2006, she raced the World Championships in Hawaii for the first time and finished 13th between a lot of other woman who were full time pro triathletes. Although she was 32 years old already, her level was still improving so she made the decision to become a full-time pro in 2007. This really paid off in her first 2 pro-seasons, with a second place at Ironman Florida 2007 and her first Ironman victory in Arizona 2008! This season, Heleen took 8th place at IM 70.3 Austria as she accumulates points towards another IM Championship in Kona this fall.

Jessica Jacobs

Jessica's Race Highlights: 2011 Women's Champion Ironman Wisconsin and Florida,
2010Ironman Florida, 2010 Women's Champion in a time of 9:07:50. Rev3 Cedar Point - 2nd WPRO. Ironman Canada - 6th WPRO. Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon - 1st Female. Powerman Alabama - 2nd Female.

Kellie Wells

Kellie is a hurdler and sprinter from Richmond, Virginia. A multiple time, MEAC Conference champion, NCAA All American, as well as an Academic All American, Kellie now lives and trains in Orlando, FL. Kellie just finished 2nd place at the Diamond League Track Meet in Rome. Kellie is currently the series points leader and holds the current World Lead time for the 100m hurdles! We are excited to see her at the World Championship this summer!

Linda Schuecker

Linda did her first triathlon in 1997 (at the age of 14), a sprint distance race where she did breast stroke and did the bike part on a borrowed MTB! She LOVED the event and has been competing in triathlon races ever since. She had always wanted to do the Ironman-distance and did her first one in 2006. It was a smaller race in Switzerland (Bodensee Tri Challenge) which she won in 10:12. This is also where she did one of her best Ironman Marathon performances with a sub 3:20h run split.

Now, she has finished 8 IM distance races -placing top 10 at IM Germany (2007&2008), IM Wisconsin (2008) and IM Nice (2009). Last year, she did Challenge Barcelona where she came 4th which was one of her best results.

Linda’s focus this year is on Challenge Copenhagen and maybe another Challenge or IM race later on during the year. Her best IM time so far is 9:47 and she hopes to improve on that this year.

Mackenzie Madison

Mackenzie Madison is a professional triathlete and coach in Eugene, Oregon. She ran at Iowa State University aquiring B.S. Kinesiology and has her Masters in Human Physiologyfrom the University of Oregon. Starting out as a Division I runner in college for Iowa State University, she quickly found her passion in the multisport community. Now, she wants to continue to learn and help others achieve their goals while sharing the passion for triathlon.

Shane Giardino

Shane is originally from Winnipeg, MB, Canada but was living outside Vancouver, BC before moving to Nashville, Tennessee. Shane has been a coach with Team in Training and is helpiing start a new charity called TEAM CHAD.

Matt Hiramoto

Matt currently resides in Honolulu Hawaii, and this is his second year of doing triathlons. He's mostly done sprint and Olympic distance races, but just completed his first 1/2 IM (Honu 70.3). Matt is an avid cook and maintains a great blog with food ideas for hungry triathletes!

Amy Larson & Andy Larson

Amy grew up in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and moved with her family to San Diego when she was 11 years old. Andy grew up in the Reno, Nevada area. Both are avid triathletes, completing a 70.3 and IM distance race each year. In 2010, Amy qualified for and competed at the World Championships. Professionally, Amy works in the Medical field and Andy is an editor/producer with a major Network and manages to work as a professional photographer at the same time.

David J. Callahan, III

David J. Callahan, III lives and trains in Nashville, Tennessee. Recently, David placed 2nd in the clydesdale division at the "Memphis in May" triathlon and earned a spot to the 5i50 Hy-Vee Championship race this September.

Tom Maliszewski

Tom Maliszewski is based in Rochester, MI. His professional background is in chemical engineering and he takes a methodical approach in his training, specifically how it relates to his racing. Tom is a consistent top finisher at local and national races. His primary goal for 2011 is focused on qualifying for the October World Championship Triathlon in Kona at the Ironman Coeur d'Alene on June 26th. We are glad to have Tom on our Team!

Marisela C. Martinez

Marisela has been in sports since she can remember! A competitive athlete, in tennis and swimming, representing her native country - Venezuela - as a junior in many events. She started in the sport of triathlon in 2008, for fun! but soon made it to Nationals that same year! In 2009, she made the Team USA as an amateur to represent USA in the ITU Long Distance Worlds Championships Germany 2010, where she placed 13th in her age-group F25-29. She made Team USA again this year, so in November, Marisela will again represent USA at the ITU Long Distance World Championships, in Las Vegas!