Columbia Multisport takes USA Triathlon National Club Championship

Inside Triathlon:
When the winners ofthe 2006 USA Triathlon National Club Championship were finally announced early yesterday afternoon, not a soul in the crowd could begrudge the Columbia Multisport Club their victory. The Los Angeles Tri Club, the nation's largest with over 1,300 members and likewise the largest contingent to venture into Boulder City, Nev. for the weekend's festivities, accepted defeat with appreciation and grace. The men and women from CMC has spent $32,000, traveled across the country, and attacked the relentless course with gusto; theirs was victory well earned.

The 4th annual Land Rover PumpkinManTriathlon was the host for the championship, an event that exploded this year thanks mainly to the efforts of Columbia. "L.A. wouldn't have brought 190 athletes to this race if we weren't here," speculated Mark Livesay, race director of USAT's Age Group Nationals this past July in Kansas City and the spirit behind Columbia Multisport. By focusing the club's expansive resources into contesting a title well removed from the Midwest, Livesay and CMC gave some meaning to the word "national"and swelled participation numbers from the 300's of previous years to over 900 this year.

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