2010 Season Highlights
VO2 Multisport Elite Team (L to R) – Matt Sheeks, Ethan Lyons,
Charles Rivers, Erin Heard, Gerry Marvin, Coach Ben Bigglestone
“Only Going to Get Faster”
Matt Sheeks roared through a successful rookie year as a professional triathlete, winning a professional national championship, with two top ten finishes in a WTC event, and placing top 3 at the Desert Classic Duathlon. Matt also posted the fastest run split at two WTC events, at Boise against the likes of Craig Alexander, Matt Whyte, and Jamie Whyte, and again at Ironman Lake Placid against Ben Hoffman and Mark Twelsik. With big plans to swim 2 times a day this winter, we should see Matt more towards the front at these races next year!
1st – USAT Elite Duathlon National Championships
March 2010 – Birmingham, Alabama
10k/60k/10k – 2:45:28
10k/60k/10k – 2:45:28
8th- Ironman Lake Placid
July 2010 – Lake Placid, NY
9:17:57– fastest run split
July 2010 – Lake Placid, NY
9:17:57– fastest run split
8th- Boise 70.3 Half Ironman
June 2010 – Boise, Idaho
4:13:48 – fastest run split, 3rd American
3rd – Desert Classic Duathlon
March 2010 – Phoenix, AZ
1st– Top Put Donut Dash
April 2010 – Seattle, WA
5k – 14:43
April 2010 – Seattle, WA
5k – 14:43
2009
1st- ITU Duathlon Short Course World Championships
25-29 Age Group and Overall winner -1:43:09
September 2009- Concord, NC
1st- ITU Duathlon Short Course World Championships
25-29 Age Group and Overall winner -1:43:09
September 2009- Concord, NC
1st- Who’s the Hardest? Off-Road Duathlon
December 2009 – Tacoma, WA
2011 Race Plan
Matt plans to follow the Ironman Hawaii track and so will be competing in at least 5 WTC events. He also plans to race Duathlon Nationals again, where and whenever that might be.
Ford Ironman St. George
St. George, Utah
June 11, 2011
Ironman Boise 70.3
May 7, 2011
Boise, Idaho
Ford Ironman Couer D’Alene
June 26, 2011
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Ironman Lake Stevens 70.3
August 14, 2011
Lake Stevens, WA
Subaru Ironman Canada
August 28, 2011
August 28, 2011
Penticton, B.C.
Ironman World Championships
October 8, 2011
Kona, Hawaii