Friday, October 8, 2021

MOST IMPROVED TRIATHLETE AWARDS 2021!

Very excited to announce the 4th "annual" Utah Tri Buzz MOST IMPROVED TRIATHLETE awards!  

The Most Improved awards aren't a perfect science, but it's our best effort to recognize people who stepped up their game this season on the local scene.

The methodology is pure math, comparing everyone's top 3 results in the Utah Triathlon Championship Series from 2021 to prior seasons. With 2020 being what it was, we compared 2021 to the 2018-19 seasons.

As an example, let's say Jane Triathlete's best 3 races in 2019 were 60th out of 100 (60%) at Series race 1, 80th out of 200 (40%) at Series race 2, and 100th out of 500 (20%) at Series race 3. The average of those 3 results = 40%.



Ms. Triathlete went to work in the offseason and it paid off. Her best 3 local races this year were a 40%, 30%, and 20%, averaging to 30%... a 10% improvement from last year. In other words, she improved her average placing by 10 spots for every 100 participants.

Keep in mind that these and most of our other awards will continue to be based on the UTAH TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES, which gives some structure and standardization to the process.

New this year, however, we also reached out to leaders at BAM, SLTC, Intermountain Tri and SUTC to see if any nominations came to mind... we got 6 names back, so congrats to these folks as well!


So without further adieu, below are the M.I.T.'s for 2021! Please share with friends on the list!


"one by one I'll knock you out"



Note: Tia Dillman & Mitch Child have been M.I.T.'s 2 times in a row, a very difficult task!




Related Posts
MOST IMPROVED TRIATHLETE AWARDS 2018!
MOST IMPROVED TRIATHLETE AWARDS 2017!



*****Below was the 2021 UTCS lineup. Check out this post if you need a refresher on how it all works. Thank you Trent Perry for being the title sponsor of the Series!*****


Below are links to all the races in the 2021 Championship Series:

Ice Breaker - Sprint
Sand Hollow - Olympic
East Canyon - Olympic
Echo - Olympic 
Jordanelle - Olympic
Brineman - Half (70.3)


POPULAR LINKS

UTAH TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES 2021 --> HERE
LATEST AGE GROUP RANKINGS --> HERE
CHAMPIONSHIP BELT HOLDERS --> HERE
MOST IMPROVED TRIATHLETES --> HERE
TOP LOCAL RACER AWARDS --> HERE
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020 --> HERE
IMSG "COUNTY COMPETITION" (MAY BE REVIVED) --> HERE

UTAH TRIATHLON HISTORY 101 --> HERE






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