Tim was a high school and college runner, who always had a lingering desire to compete in triathlon.  In 1998, while training for the Boston Marathon, an injury forced him into cross-training.  He took up swimming and biking once or twice a week in order to supplement his reduced running mileage.  After the marathon the cross-training stuck, and he was soon introducing more and more swimming and biking into his daily training.  In August of 1998, he completed the Massachusetts Triathlon, on a $174 mountain bike purchased from Sears. Over 150 races later, Tim has completed 18 Ironman distance events.  He has found a great deal of success training and racing in the New England-area, where he has won countless races, and is a perpetual top-3 finisher.

Cait started swimming for her local swim team when she was eight years old, and competed for a US swim team for several years prior to high school.  She entered her first triathlon at thirteen, after seeing several videos of the Hawaii Ironman, including the Julie Moss crawl.  She won her first race (Worcester Youth Triathlon) in flannel shorts and on her mother’s bike. In 2002 Cait qualified for the Cancun ITU World Championships in the 20-24 age group.  The following year she qualified for the New Zealand World Championships in the U23 elite division, and was invited to train and race for USAT’s development team.  Through this program, Cait worked with world-class coaches, nutritionists, and sports specialists, training alongside past and future Olympians.  As a member of this development team, Cait raced in Portugal, Puerto Rico, Canada, Arizona, California, Washington, Arkansas, Michigan, and New York, under the Olympic format. She now focuses on the Ironman distance and long course racing.

During the summer of 1998 Jesse found a triathlon in his area and signed up. After he crossed the finish line he knew he was hooked. Following that experience, he began to refocus his pursuits from weight lifting to triathlon.  In the year 2000 at a body weight of approximately 190lbs he completed what he calls his first real triathlon season as well as his first half Ironman in a time of 6:05. Since then, Jesse has completed over 140 triathlons including more than 30 half Ironmans and 7 Ironmans. He lives and trains in Boston with his wife Chrissie where he works as a structural engineer when he's not coaching. 

Tim began his athletic career as a ski racer; running track was simply a training tool for other sports. He began competing in triathlon in the summer of 2001, after that, he was hooked.  During one of his first races watched by his father, after a characteristically poor swim, his father proudly exclaimed that the only person in his age group that he beat out of T1 was some poor soul flapping around on the ground, stuck in his wetsuit.  After that, Tim began a career in the Marine Corps where he was fortunate to compete for the Marine Corps Triathlon, Marathon and Cross Country Teams. In 2006, competing in the Armed Forces National Triathlon Championships, Tim qualified for the U.S. World Armed Forces Triathlon Team and competed at the World Armed Forces Championships in Sweden.  Also in 2006, Tim was fourth place overall military at the U.S. Armed Forces Marathon Championships. Tim now focuses on longer distance triathlons and marathons.  He enjoyed a personal best at Timberman Triathlon in 2007, placing 16th overall and a personal best at the 2007 Marine Corps marathon, running 2:29:01 and placing 7th overall. Tim looks forward to returning to triathlon full time in 2008 and eventually moving up to the Ironman distance.

Molly was a high school and college basketball player who couldn't stand running.  She reluctantly did it anyway to get in shape for her final college basketball season and decided to keep it up after graduation.  A year later, her father gave her his old road bike, she started swimming and signed up for her first triathlon to fill the void left by team sports.  She never would've seen herself competing in triathlons, but after having lost 70 pounds and competing in her first race in July of 2002, she quickly became addicted.  One year after her first triathlon signed up for her first Ironman in Lake Placid where she has now raced five times. Since then she has completed nine Ironman triathlons, including three trips to Kona, many 70.3 races and several shorter races.  Molly lives and trains in New Hampshire and is focusing on long-distance racing. 

It was Ironman Lake Placid 2005 as a spectator where Chris decided he had to give Ironman a shot. He completed his first triathlon in 2005 and completed his first Ironman at Lake Placid in 2006. Chris focused his training on the Ironman distance and in 2007 he made his way to Kona,Hawaii. He has had great success at long course racing in just a few years and continues

Doug grew up in Vestal, NY, and did his undergrad at Cornell University, where he was a member of the rowing team.  After graduating in 2002, he was an officer in the US Navy for 4 years, and then enrolled in grad school at the University of Michigan in 2006.  While at Michigan, he discovered triathlon.  Upon graduation in December 2008, he moved out to Colorado Springs, where he did a 3 month coaching internship at Carmichael training Systems.  Doug now lives in Boulder, CO, where he trains, races, and coaches.

The 2003 Boston Marathon was the start of Michelle's athletic career.  She became a passionate distance runner, competing in a total of 8 marathons, culminating with a 3:19 at the 2008 Boston Marathon.  As marathon training began to take a toll on her body, she decided to take up indoor cycling in 2005, and later obtained her certification to teach Spin.  After teaching countless cycle classes, Michelle wanted to take on a new challenge so she hit the open road and started outdoor cycling. Shortly after, she started competing in sprint triathlons in 2005, joined QT2 late 2007 and by 2008 had won Spring Fling Sprint Triathlon with a time of 57:26, placed at the top of her division in Mooseman International, Providence Half, Timberman Half, and placed 3rd overall in Pumpkinman Half with a time of 4:45:47.  Michelle recently finished Ironman Arizona in 10:29:55, which awarded her a Kona slot for 2009.  

Hannah is entering her fourth season in triathlon, after a college career as an All-American rower. After college she ran a handful of marathons before turning to triathlon. In her first race, Ironman California 70.3, she placed third in her age group, and qualified for Kona at her very next race. Since then, she has raced triathlons of all distances, but has focused mostly on the half ironman and ironman distance. She qualified for Kona in 2007 and 2009, and her best performances include a 4:55 at the half ironman distance and 10:48 at ironman Arizona.

John has been racing long enough that he remembers when he raced in nothing but a Speedo. John’s first triathlon was circa 1990 at 14 years old when he was a bike racer. After bike racing and running x-c throughout high school and college, John got the triathlon bug for real in 1998. 10 years and over 100 triathlons later, John continues to find more to love about the sport whether it’s pushing to a new level in training and racing or helping a new athlete get started in the sport.

After swimming for SUNY StonyBrook, Mary came home to Buffalo and began dabbling in triathlon because it seemed the natural thing to do.  That was back in 1996!  She had her son in 2000, and did her first Ironman when he was just 18 months old.  Since then, she has done 4 Ironmans and qualified for Hawaii 3 times.  She lives in Rochester NY with her triathlete husband, Curt, and our 9 year old son, Luc, who is also a budding triathlete!  She’s a mom, wife, pediatric emergency nurse and yoga teacher.

Matt had a lot of energy growing up and throughout high school.  Like a lot of teenagers, Matt's energy got him into many sticky situations. Thankfully, as a senior project, Matt's guidance counselor and family friend suggested training for the Mooseman Half-Ironman in Bristol, NH in 2006.  Impressively, Matt finished first in his age group with a time of 4:54.  The outlet training and racing provided led Matt to continue, and he decided to pursue Olympic distance races, as well as competing in the ITU circuit.  Racing and training provide the tructure and release Matt thrives on, and continue to motivate him in his athletic, personal and academic pursuits.