USA Triathlon Honors 2025 Multisport Life-style Award Winners

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Triathlon right this moment introduced the winners of the 2025 USA Triathlon Multisport Awards, annual honors that acknowledge USA Triathlon members who assist gas the multisport way of life by means of service, sportsmanship and neighborhood contributions. 

The Lifetime Achievement Award acknowledges people who’ve made important contributions to USA Triathlon and the multisport way of life by means of their efficiency, management, volunteerism or mentorship. This yr’s honorees, Wyndell Robertson and Pam Routh, are acknowledged for greater than 4 many years of service to triathlon and multisport as race administrators, occasion managers and volunteers.  

For over 40 years, the pair have served as race administrators for Memphis in May, one of many marquee triathlons within the nation, together with quite a few different triathlon and multisport occasions throughout the Mid-South area. Robertson and Routh had been instrumental in coordinating the U.S. Olympic Triathlon Trials in Dallas forward of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia — the first time triathlon appeared on the Olympic program — and once more forward of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, and labored with USA Triathlon to develop and implement drug-testing protocols for the Trials.  

Their service additionally consists of time on the USA Triathlon Southeast Region Board, as founding board members of the Susan G. Komen Memphis-Mid-South Race for the Cure, and in management roles with Club Tri Memphis. 

“Triathlons have been our love and lifestyle since 1984. We are so very honored to be recognized by our peers with the USA Triathlon Lifetime Achievement Award. It really means a lot to us both,” mentioned Wyndell Robertson and Pam Routh.  

The Volunteer of the Year Award acknowledges a person or group whose volunteer management has been transformative and has mobilized and unified athletes, applications and organizations within the multisport neighborhood. The recipient of the 2025 Volunteer of the Year Award is John Hansen, who has volunteered extensively with the UC Davis collegiate membership triathlon group and has performed a central function within the success of Collegiate Club Nationals. 

As Chair of the Collegiate Club Coaches Association, and an energetic member of the USA Triathlon Collegiate Club Committee, Hansen has labored to extend communication amongst collegiate membership coaches nationwide and is main the creation of a nationwide rating system for collegiate membership triathletes.  

“To be recognized in this way by USA Triathlon and by those within the multisport community means a great deal to me,” Hansen mentioned. “One of the most rewarding parts of being involved in this sport has been the opportunity to help build the collegiate club community, support athletes and coaches, and work alongside so many passionate individuals who continue to make collegiate club racing such a meaningful experience.” 

The Most Inspirational Comeback Award honors an athlete who has made a comeback to the game after a traumatic or troublesome private scenario. This yr’s honoree, Nancy Rehm, is acknowledged for her restoration after being struck by a automotive throughout a biking occasion, an incident that resulted in extreme accidents. Less than a yr later, Rehm returned to competitors, racing for Team USA on the World Multisport Championships in Pontevedra, Spain. 

This award honors Jeff Jewell, a therapeutic massage therapist for Team USA from 2001-2009, and acknowledges people of impeccable character who exhibit unwavering dedication by means of selfless service. This yr’s honoree, Lisa Thomas, has served for a few years as an envoy for the USA Triathlon Foundation and has introduced vitality and enthusiasm to Team USA. Thomas has impressed numerous younger ladies to get entangled in sport and has been an advocate for combating discrimination and difficult inequities, together with her function as a member and organizer of triathlon’s first Adaptive Athlete Mixed Relay Team. 

This award, named in honor of Mike Greer, acknowledges people who illustrate the rules of the constructive spirit of the game as displayed by means of acts of sportsmanship and management in multisport. Greer devoted his life to multisport as an athlete, race director, official, volunteer, creator, speaker, coach and innovator throughout a almost four-decade profession. This yr’s honoree, Allison Tuck, is acknowledged for her work supporting athletes of differing talents, together with her efforts on behalf of disabled veterans. Tuck’s selfless spirit and helpfulness have made it doable for a lot of athletes to take part in multisport who in any other case might not have had the chance. 

“I am incredibly overwhelmed with gratitude and humbly honored to be the recipient of this award,” Tuck mentioned. “It serves as a reminder of the incredible opportunities I have been given all while being a part of this amazing community of triathletes. I never saw the journey I was embarking on 12 years ago when I answered a simple email by clicking ‘sign up here.’”