Name: Katie June

Age: 17

Coach: Holly Marzetti

Personal: I am currently a junior at Centennial High School in Roswell, GA, which means that I am in the middle of taking the SAT, visiting colleges, and figuring out what I want to do with my life. This year will be my sixth season of racing triathlons and my fourth year racing for the Sport Factory. I started swimming competitively when I was 8, but I would use the term “competitive” loosely since my swimming career never really took off. It did, however, lead me to my first triathlon when I was 11, the Iron Kids race in Alpharetta, which was pretty disastrous, to say the least. But despite getting second to last place, I decided to enter a few more races the next summer. I made the choice to stick with the sport after seeing large improvements at every race and realizing that I actually enjoyed training. Over the past few years, I’ve gone from finishing in the bottom few in a youth race in 2004 to winning a national championship in 2009. I hope that the 2010 season brings just as much success as my previous years of racing.

Athletic experience/accomplishments:

2009:
1st overall–Junior Elite Duathlon Nationals
1st AG, 4th OA–Clemson Triathlon
1st AG, 4th OA–Westpoint Lake
1st AG, 4th amateur–Iron Girl (and 4th fastest run split behind Mirinda Carfrae, Michellie Jones, and Pip Taylor)
1st AG–Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon
2nd OA–Acworth Women’s Triathlon
2nd OA–Peachtree City Triathlon
8th junior elite–Duathlon World Championship

2008 Results:
Tri the Parks at John Tanner: 2nd overall
Clemson Triathlon: 1st place Junior Elite
Festival of Flowers: 1st 15&U, 9th overall
Chattanooga Waterfront: 1st 19&U, 9th overall
Acworth: 2nd overall
Peachtree City: 2nd overall
Emerald Pointe: 1st 19&U, 6th overall
Celebrate America 10k: 3rd overall, new PR of 39:52
2008 Triathlon All-American (2nd in 15&U rankings)

2007:
John Tanner Tri the Parks: 1st place 14&U
Clemson Triathlon: 2nd place 15&U
Rock n’ Roll Man Sprint: 1st place 15&U and 6th overall female
Irongirl Atlanta: 1st place 14&U
Summer Sizzler International: 1st place overall female
High Falls Tri the Parks: 1st place 14&U and 7th overall female
Tri-PTC: 1st place 14&U and 6th overall female
Emerald Pointe: 1st place 14&U and 4th overall female
2007 All-American

2006:
1st AG— Emory Aquathon
1st AG— Lake Lanier Kids’Duathlon
2nd AG — Clemson Sprint Tri
1st AG— Tri the Parks 3 (Georgia
Sprint Distance Champion for 14&under females)
1st AG— Tri the Parks 4
2nd AG— IronKids Youth Triathlon
3rd AG— Mountain Lakes Tri
(National Sprint Distance Championship)
1st AG— Peachtree City Tri
1st AG— Emerald Pointe tri
First ranked female in USAT-SE 14 and under females for 2006

2010 Goals: I’d like to actually win a race this year, instead of being second or fourth overall (the trend of my past three years of racing). I’ll also be doing some bike racing this season, so I hope that goes well, too.