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The return of Spencer Smith

Spencer Smith won the ITU World Championships in 1993 and 1994 and also has a couple of Ironman titles to his name. He has finished as high as 5th in Kona but more recently it has been fairly quiet around this charismatic athlete. A 3rd place at 70.3 Florida last weekend though showed that he is far from gone.

Industry athlete Seton Claggett

As part of our "industry athlete" series we wanted to know more about the background of Seton Claggett of trisports.com. Seton and his wife Debbie opened trisports.com in Tucson, AZ in 2000, but he did his first triathlon in 1989.

Pigg Power – Mike Pigg

Like many of us, Mike Pigg was inspired to race triathlons when he watched Dave Scott win the 1983 Ironman on TV. Unlike most of us though, the man who would soon be known as Pigg Power managed to finish 7th overall at that event 2 years later.

Meet Janda Ricci-Munn

Janda Ricci-Munn had a tough setback in 2007 but closed out his season as the fastest age grouper at 70.3 Worlds in Clearwater and a top 20 finish overall. He has announced that he has turned professional for 2008 and confirmed that he'll actually quit one of his other day jobs.

Flying Wolverine Davis Tarwater

Davis Tarwater is the 2005 and 2007 US Champion in the 200m Butterfly and he also won that event at the 2007 Duel in the Pool. He is currently preparing for the US Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska and shared a few of his thoughts with Slowtwitch.

Industry athlete Kevin O’Connor

We are starting a new interview series featuring industry people who are doing what they are preaching. Our first subject of "industry athlete" is Kevin O'Connor, the owner of Gear West Bike & Tri. He has been as fast as 9:13 in Kona and just recently finished in 9:35.

A chat with Sarah Haskins

Sarah Haskins narrowly missed taking the automatic qualification spot at the 2008 US Olympic Trials in Tuscaloosa, AL, but put herself in a good position to be considered for the final slot. She talked to Slowtwitch about racing and training.

Meet Kirsten Sweetland

Kirsten Sweetland won the 2006 Triathlon Junior World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland and continued to impress during her 2007 rookie pro ITU season. We wanted to know more about this 19 year old from Nanaimo, British Columbia.

Hook ’em Michael Klueh

Earlier this year Michael Klueh was part of the Longhorn 800m relay team that set a new American record in 6:10.55, breaking the previous mark of 6:14.14 set by Club Wolverine. Later this summer he'll try to qualify for the Olympics in the the 200, 400 and 1500m freestyle.

Mordieux Mathieu O’Halloran

The 2008 Ironman Malaysia was Mathieu O'Halloran's first experience at that distance and he was first out of the water and finished the race in fourth place. Relatively unknown until that day, he shared some of his thoughts with Slowtwitch.

Leanda Cave, fast and focused

In 2002 Leanda Cave surprised many folks when she won the ITU World Championships in Cancun, Mexico. Not content with ITU racing, Leanda started to race longer distance events a few years later and now really is a force to be reckoned with on all distances.

Boom Boom Matty Reed

Matty Reed recently got the US citizenship and is currently pushing hard for a spot on the US Olympic team. If things work out, he will able to join his brother Shane Reed who just made the Olympic team of New Zealand. Slowtwitch had a little chat with him.

Fighting for an Olympic spot, Tom Koucheravy

23 year old Tom Koucheravy is the 8th fastest qualifier for the 1500 meters Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Nebraska, and he is now focused on actually landing a spot on the team. Meet this athlete and find out more about his training and interests.