UMKC med student and triathlete

Teeter described the triathlon as an experience-based sport, in which competitors identify their strengths and weaknesses, and then design the best training regimen.

“My first one I didn't train enough, my second one I trained too much,” she said. . . .

Teeter's final year in the 18- to 24-year-old age category will be 2005, and she'd like to use the Ironman Brazil competition that year to qualify for the world championship, Ironman Hawaii.