2009 resulted in a stellar year for the ‘Blue and Gold’ of PacWest. Our team of both men and women dominated much of the local and regional race scene here in Northern and Central California. We also had strong performances at the national level including in Ironman and Ironman 70.3 events. The season was highlighted with qualifying eight (8) athletes for the Ironman World Championships. Six (6) went on to successfully compete at Kona in October.

2009 Team Highlights:
1st Place Team Competition – Wildflower Long Course
1st Place Team Competition – Wildflower Olympic Distance
1st Place USA Productions’ Tri Club Challenge – Folsom Olympic Distance Triathlon
2nd Place USA Triathlon Southwest Regional Club Team Championship – Santa Cruz Triathlon

We are fortunate to have some of the top US age group and young professional triathletes living in the San Francisco Bay Area and Hawaii racing for us. Our roster is stacked with USA Triathlon All-Americans.

Partial team photo: (top row) Kiet Tran, Oliver Ralph, Scott Robertson, David Condon, Peter Mendes, Chris Morales, Team Co-Captain – Jason Campbell, Adam Zastrow, Brian August. (bottom row) PacWest President/Coach – Jay Ridgeway, Race Team Coordinator – Kara Teklinski, Gayln Burke, Gabrielle Goodman, Monique Petrov, Natie Tillotson, Rachel Main, Race Team Director/Head Coach – Keith McDonald.