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Karen Smyers

Awards And Accomplishments

The Trek Arete Awards, sponsored by Trek Bicycles, is given to inspirational athletes who overcome tremendous obstacles in the pursuit of their goals.
1989	Fourth place, International Triathlon Union (ITU) Triathlon World Championships
1990	ITU Triathlon World Champion
1990-95	Won U.S.A. Triathlon Elite National Championships
1991, 1994-95	Named Triathlete of the Year by Triathlete Magazine
1992-94, 1997, 1999	Won St. Croix (Virgin Islands) International Half Ironman Triathlon
1993	Second place, ITU Triathlon World Championships; fourth place, Gatorade Ironman; voted #1 in Readers' Poll by Triathlete Magazine
1994	Second place, Gatorade Ironman; fourth place, Hawaiian Ironman
1994-96	USOC Athlete of the Year, Triathlon
1995	Hawaiian Ironman World Champion; ITU Triathlon World Champion; won gold medal at Pan Am Games; New England Leadership Award
1996	ITU Triathlon World Champion-Long Course; fifth place, ITU Triathlon World Championships
1998	Fifth place, ITU Triathlon World Championships-Long Course
2001	Won U.S.A. Elite National Championships; first place, Muskoka, Canada, Triathlon; first place, New York City Triathlon; fifth place, Hawaiian Ironman; fifth place Roth Ironman; won Trek Arete Comeback Athlete Award; voted Sports Mom of the Year by Working Mother Magazine