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Age: 37

Personal:  I was born in Gainesville, FL. I met my wife, Elby, while we attended Georgia Tech. In college I enjoyed playing intramural sports and I played on the school rugby team. Elby and I have run several marathons together. We have two daughters, Laura, 7, and Danielle, 6. Laura does TaeKwonDo and Danielle does dance/cheer. We have two dogs, a Vizsla and a Lab mix, who love to run (especially at Blankets Creek Trails about a ½ mile from our house). I work for Air Quality Sciences, Inc. in Marietta as manager of the building consulting group. I enjoy working on and racing my bicycles. My goals are to be a good husband and father as the Christian leader of our family; to help those I work with to achieve great success; and to be competitive at all my athletic endeavors. I began running in high school and I started multi-sport racing 4 years ago. In my first (and only) two triathlons I finished on the podiums, but I am slow in the water and have much more fun in duathlons and bike races.

Athletic Accomplishments:

Top 100 National Duathlete, USAT 2008 Rankings
Overall winner, USAT State of Georgia Sprint Duathlon Championship 2008
Overall winner, Tri The Parks Duathlon Series 2008
1st place AG, Southeast Regional Short Course Duathlon Championship 2008
Qualifier for World Duathlon Championships 2008
2nd place overall, 2007 Myogenesis Duathlon — McDonough, GA
3rd place overall, 2007 Fall Chill Duathlon — Hiawassee, GA
Top 10 Finish, Mt. Cheaha 50K Trail Race, 2007
Boston Marathon, 2007 (qualified in 30-34 AG)
Overall winner, XTERRA Challenge Off-Road 10K, 2006
Overall winner, Holly Springs Centennial 5K, 2006
Overall winner, Candler Bark K9 Run, 2006
Top 3 overall in 3 consecutive years, Atlanta Dog Jog
Grand Prix Series Champion 2004, Atlanta Track Club, 30-34 AG
Overall winner, Nike-Philips R.A.C.E. 5K Run, 2004
Grand Prix Series Champion 2001, Atlanta Track Club, 25-29 AG
Olympic Torch Bearer, 1996 summer games in Atlanta

2009 Goals: My top goal this year is to again qualify for the Duathlon World Championships and compete on the USA age group team. I have also been focusing on bike riding for the past two years, and I aim to podium in an Omnium or Stage Race in 2009. My planned races for this year are:

Tundra Time Trial, February 14
Blankets Creek Dirty Duathlon (relay), March 14
ING Half Marathon, March 29
Hammer Duathlon, April 5
National Duathlon On-Road Championship, April 26
Brasstown Bald Buster Century, May 16
Fort Yargo Dirty Spokes Duathlon (relay), May 30
GA Gold Diggers Mountain Omnium, June 20-21
Indian Springs State Park Sprint Duathlon, June 27
Peachtree Road Race 10K, July 4
GA Tour De Palooza Omnium, July 18-19
Richard B Russell State Park Olympic Duathlon, August 15
GA State Time Trial Championships, September 12
World Duathlon Championship, September 26
ATC Haunted Hustle Cross Country 5K, October 31
Dirty Dauset Duathlon (relay), November 14