Triathlon Ontario announces 2017 award winners
Joanna Brown and Lionel Sanders headline a stellar group that includes five ITU World Champions and four national champions
Congratulations to all the triathletes awarded a Triathlon Ontario annual award for their achievements in the 2017 triathlon season. Here are names of all the winners:
World Champions                               National Champions
Lionel Sanders – ITU Elite Long Distance              Meghan Lamers – Age Group Sprint
Frank Sorbara – ITU Age Group Long Distance        Ben Rudson – Age Group Standard
Jasmin Aggarwal – ITU Age Group Standard Duathlon   Kate Timms – Age Group Sprint
Matt Straatman – ITU Age Group Standard Duathlon    Michael Hay – Age Group Standard
David Field – ITU Age Group Standard Duathlon
​Coach of the Year
One of the most popular categories for the awards season continues to be Coach of the Year. With dozens of coaches nominated around the province this year’s award went to Sheri Fraser (London Triathlon Club). Honourable mention went to Rick Hellard (Zone3 Sports),Mark Linesman (LPC Triathlon Club), Mat Reid (Fighting Koalas Triathlon Club), Scott Mallory (London Triathlon Club) and Sheryl Ross (Tornadoes Triathlon Club).
Full list of provincial champions:
Female winter triathlon — Susan Peddle
Male winter triathlon — David Field
Female indoor triathlon — Haley Sturrock
Male indoor triathlon — Jacob Jamnicky
Female sprint non-drafting — Sayaka Thiessen
Male sprint non-drafting — Lee Rantala
Female standard triathlon — Kelley Tessier
Male standard triathlon — Chris Van De Water
Female long course triathlon — Miranda Tomenson
Male long course triathlon — Jordan Monnink
Female cross triathlon — Heather Pady
Male cross triathlon — Lukas Ehgoetz
Female Elite/U23 — Danae Morris
Male Elite/U23 — Myles Zagar
Female junior triathlon — Cassandra Dalbec
Male junior triathlon — Liam Donnelly
Female U15 triathlon — Kira Gupta-Baltazar
Male U15 triathlon — Ian Young
Female age group triathlon — Erin Laughlin
Male age group triathlon — Ben Rudson
Female sprint duathlon — Jennifer Schindler
Male sprint duathlon — Garrick Loewen
Female standard duathlon — Tara Lapstra
Male standard duathlon — Male Straatman