Congrats Celeste and Sherri

Celeste Callahan is appointed to the board (see below )!
Congratulations to Celeste, who is one of the WC founding mothers, our Mountain states regional rep, and the coach of the largest women's triathlon clinic in the US!

Celeste, please deem this email our official request to have you serve as the WC board liaison.

Sherri  writes... I also got some exciting news ... .  I have been selected this year's recipient of the Sprint Spirit Award given by the Women's Intersport Network of Greater Kansas City!  I will get an award and give a little speech at the annual luncheon on Feb 4 that is attended by about 1000 people and have a photo shoot with other award winners (eg, coach of the year) next week!  It's kind of exciting.  I'm following in the footsteps of our fellow WC member & coach Peggy Donovan who received the WIN for KC Senior Sportswoman of the Year award a few years back!
Sherri W


Subject: USA TRIATHLON: Board Appoints New Members

Board Appoints New Representatives

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 11, 2005) - USA Triathlon has announced
that Celeste Callahan and Gina Kehr have been appointed to its Board of
Directors.

Callahan replaces Dan Empfield as the Western Region representative.
Kehr replaces Susie Gallucci as the elite athlete representative. Both
Empfield and Gallucci resigned from the Board in November. Their terms
will expire on July 1, 2005.

Under USA Triathlon's bylaws, the Board must appoint replacements when
members resign. Replacements for elite athlete Board members are
appointed by the Athlete Advisory Council.

"The USA Triathlon Board of Directors is excited to have these two
dynamic women join our ranks," said Board President Brad Davison. "We
look forward to working with them."

Callahan, of Denver, Colo., has been involved in triathlon for 20 years.
She has been a perennial member of Team USA since 1991. In 2002, she won
gold at the International Triathlon Union Triathlon World Championships
in Cancun, Mexico. The same year, she won a bronze medal at the duathlon
world championships in Alpharetta, Ga. She is the current duathlon
national champion in her age group. Callahan and three teammates hold
the inaugural record for Team Race Across America for women over 50.

A three-time Hawaii Ironman finisher, Callahan did a fourth Ironman
distance race in Israel in 1999 to celebrate five years free from
cancer.

Away from the races, Callahan is a charter member and co-chairman of
Judy Flannery Memorial Fund, which was established following the tragic
death of Flannery, the first Women's Commission chair, in 1997. Callahan
is also one of the founding members of the USAT Women's Commission.

Gina Kehr, of Redwood City, Calif., did her first triathlon in 1994 and
became and elite/professional triathlete in 1998. Since then, she has
found success at triathlon distances from Olympic to Ironman.

Some of Kehr's athletic accomplishments include top-five finishes at the
2001, 2002 U.S. elite/pro national championships, and eighth at the 2000
U.S. Olympic Trials. She has finished second at Ironman France, Ironman
USA (Lake Placid, N.Y.) and Ironman Germany. She has competed at the
Ironman World Championships six times, with her top finish being seventh
in 2003.

Away from competition, Kehr is very involved with the Silicon Valley
Triathlon Club, where she serves as a track coach. She also speaks to
various Bay Area triathlon clubs. She has also served USA Triathlon as
president of the Athlete Advisory Council, which supports elite
multi-sport athletes.

In other Board news, Eastern Region representative Rob Kasper has taken
over as Board vice president.

USA Triathlon is the national governing body for triathlon, duathlon,
aquathlon and winter triathlon in the United States. For more
information on this and other stories related to USA Triathlon, please
contact communications and media relations manager B.J. Evans at
719-597-9090, ext. 105 or at BJ@USATriathlon.org. USA Triathlon's web
site is www.usatriathlon.org.