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USA Triathlon Announces Elite Team for World Triathlon Championships
Joanna Zeiger of Baltimore Named To Team
July 16, 2001

Courtesy: USA Triathlon

USA Triathlon, the U.S. national governing body for the multi-sport disciplines of triathlon and duathlon, 
has announced the names of the elite triathletes it submitted to the International Triathlon Union (ITU) for the 
2001 ITU World Triathlon Championships.

Assuming they are approved by the ITU, these athletes will compete at worlds on July 22 in Edmonton, 
Alberta, Canada. The race will be draft legal and Olympic distance - 1.5K swim, 40K bike, 10K run.

Women:
Barb Lindquist (32; ranked No. 3 in the world; Wilson, Wyo.)
Laura Reback (26; No. 5; North Palm Beach, Fla.)
Jennifer Gutierrez (34; No. 10; Greenwood Village, Colo.)
Becky Gibbs (27; No. 17; San Jose, Calif.)
Joanna Zeiger (31; No. 19; Baltimore, Md.)
Sheila Taormina (32; No. 29; Livonia, Mich.)

Men:
Hunter Kemper (25; No. 15; Longwood, Fla.)
Andy Kelsey (33; No. 30; Cupertino, Calif.)
Michael Smedley (27; No. 56; Colorado Springs, Colo.)
Joe Umphenour (32; No. 58; Seattle, Wash.)
Brian Fleischman (22; No. 139; Tallahassee, Fla.)
Brent Perdrizet (24; No. 181; New Fairfield, Conn.)

Kemper, Smedley, Umphenour and Perdrizet are all resident athletes at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in 
Colorado Springs, Colo.

Gibbs, Taormina, Umphenour, Smedley, Kelsey and Sara McLarty (18; Deland, Fla.) will represent the United States 
at the 2001 Aquathlon World Championships, which will be July 18 in Edmonton. The event consists of a 2K run, 
750m swim and 2K run.

USA Triathlon Certified Coach Joe Friel and USA Triathlon National Teams Director Libby Burrell will coach the teams. 
USA Triathlon Resident Team Coach Michelle Blessing will be coaching U.S. junior elite athletes in Edmonton.

The U.S. team leader is USA Triathlon Deputy Director Tim Yount

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