A look at a few of the Enhance Sports athletes...

George Schroeder - What can we say, other than George is the team's duathlon ACE, having posted more duathlon, running, and now cycling wins over the past few years than we can keep track of. While George does not swim (yet), he is one of the top duathletes on the East coast and regularly competes in over 50 sporting events per year. George ended the 2005 season on a high note, winning the Central Park biathlon (his 4th win in Central Park) and would post several more wins in 2006 and did so again in 2007 - proving he remains one of the top duathletes in tha region! 

Jack Smith - Crime fighter by day but fierce multi-sport racer come the weekend, Jack is a former nationally ranked rugby player and currently an Assistant US Attorney in their Brookyln office. He logs long hours, yet still managed to put in the time to train for his first Ironman, which he succesfully completed in 2004 and came back for more in 2005 tackling both Ironman Brazil and Ironman Florida (where he nadded a huge PR!). In 2006, Jack would would break his pelvis (thanks to a wrong turn by a truck) in August, but fight his way back to health and PR at the 1/2 IronMan distance at the 70.3 Championships in FLA in Novemeber (and he was even faster in 2007).

Grant Connelly - New to us in 2006, Grant has returned to the sport of triathlon after a 10 year hiatus. How was his return? Try five top 3 finishes in five races (and one of those top threes was a win!) in 2005. 2006 proved even better with a handful of wins, nearly a dozens top 3 finishes and this guy also earned births on both Team USA for both duathlon and triathlon (with him opting to travel to Switzerland for Triathlon World Champioships). While a new baby girl delayed the start of his 2007 season, it did not slow him down much as he posted a win almost immediately! 2008 will see him focus first on the Boston marathon, then his first IronMan race (Louisville).

Carrie Barratt - Carrie was the first woman named to the Elite Enhance Sports triathlon team and very much deserving! An accomplished runner, Carrie caught the triathlon bug in 2004 and posted many impressive results as a rookie. However 2005 was a very different story as Carrie grabbed several top 3 age group finishes, including an age group win the Pawling triathlon (4th female overall), and two impressive 2nd place finishes at the Whirlpool Steelhead Half-Ironman and the Chicago Triathlon. Carrie continued to impress in 2007, with a huge PR at Memphis in May and won her age group at the NYC triathlon (where she was also one of their Accerale Athletes of the Month!).

Stacy Creamer - What can we say about Stacy. She began running competativly late in life and has quickly earned a reputation as one of the top masters females in the NY area. She turned to triathlon a couple years ago and has already created quite a stir in her first year with Enhance Sports. Stacy had 2 duathlon wins in 2007, a 3rd palce overall at the Philly Women's triathlon, and PR'd at NYC with a blistering 2:18 to take 10th in the Elite female wave (did we say she has also posted a couple of runing wins this year as well?). She opened the 2008 season with another duathlon win, went on to win her age group at Duathlon National championships and then represent Team USA at Worlds in Rimini Italy. Her 2009 season was even better - turning her 3rd place Duathalon Nationals finish into a 3rd place podium at Du Worlds in North Carolina! 

Enhance Team News and the PowerBar Outstanding Performances:

Our 2009 PowerBar Outstanding Performer is  - Stacy Craemer!

Stacy not only placed in the top 5 overall of all of her triathlons,
she traded her 3rd place at Duathlon Nationals for a 3rd place at
Duathlon World Championships and ended the year recognized by
USAT for her work in the sport of DUATHLON!

Our 2008 PowerBar Outstanding Performer is Under 19 star - Kelsey Markham!

If she did not win her age group in every triathlon or duathlon entered, she was very close! Kelsey was the USA triathlon under 19 national champion and represented Team USA for Duathlon short course worlds - where she was crowned the under-19 Duathlon world champion!

2009 will she her not only graduate to the 20-24 age group, but also take a stab at bike racing (and we expect her to kick some arse there as well!)

Our 2007 PowerBar Outstanding Performer is Junior phenom, Brian Duffy!

Winning the 2007 Philly Sprint triathlon was not enough. Nor was a win at the Avalon Man triathlon, a 3rd place in his first ever Olympic distance event (NJ State triathlon), or a 4th place finish ay Junior Nationals. In his last race of the season, before heading back to his Sophmore year at Duke University - Brian Duffy became the first ever ITU Sprint World Champion, besting an international field from dozens of countries on a cool day in Hamburgh Germany!

Way to go Brian - World Champion (has a nice ring to it!).


Our 2006 PowerBar Outstanding Performer was none other than Grant Connelly!

He opened the 2006 season on a tear - pushing his top 3 finishing streak to 13 events! Some of his 2006 results include; 3rd at the March Madness biathlon, 1st at the Carl Hart biathlon, 2nd at the Shamrock duathlon (which earned him a birth on the Team USA duathlon worlds team!), 3rd at the Harriman triathlon (over some local Pros!) and another 1st at the Gold Coast triathlon, 3rd at the new NJ State triathlon, 1st at the Port Jefferson biathlon, and a win at a triathlon in Virginia of all places!

WAY TO GO GRANT!
Here is the Hartford Courant article on the Shamrock Duathlon race!

Random photos from the past several seasons...