The Awards Committee, consisting of members of the USA Triathlon Age
Group Commission and various other commissions and committees,
considered the results from various high-profile races during the 2004
season.

For more information on each winner, please go to the front page of the
USA Triathlon web site at www.usatriathlon.org and click on the Athlete
of the Year story.

Triathlon

Junior Male: Stephen Godlove (16, Orlando, Fla.)
Junior Female: Justine Whipple (19, Annapolis, Md.)

Open Division (20-40 years old) Male: Trent Tollakson (24, Hutchinson, Kan.)
Open Division Female: Heather Haviland (31, Waukesha, Wis.)

Masters Division (41-60 years old) Male: Steven Smith (57, South Bend, Ind.)
Masters Division Female: Holly Nybo (42, Portola Valley, Calif.)

Grand Masters (61-plus) Male: Richard Clark (66, Tiburon, Calif.)
Grand Masters Female: Ann Erickson (62, The Woodlands, Texas)

Physically Challenged Male: Paul Martin (37, Broomfield, Colo.)
Physically Challenged Female: Lindsay Nielsen (49, Minneapolis, Minn.)

Duathlon

Open Division Male: John McGovern (40, Kingston, N.Y.)
Open Division Female: Nina Wurzberger (29, Athens, Ga.)

Masters Division Male: Dan Rindfleisch (50, Madison, Wis.)
Masters Division Female: Sherry Shelton (47, Alpharetta, Ga.)

Grand Masters Male: Mike McCarty (59, New Bedford, Mass.)
Grand Masters Female: Celeste Callahan (62, Denver, Colo.)