Swim Team Parents Become Tri-Athletes

You may have heard about or viewed our recent video about the Tri-bies - a group of Rye Y women who trained together at the Y and ran their first triathlon together in September. 

We just learned about another Rye Y triathlon group - this one formed spontaneously by parents of swim team members. In January, while watching their kids practice and compete, several parents decided to start training for their own event. The culmination was the Norwalk Spring Triathlon in July.

"It was a great experience," said Kate Tiedmann, Rye Y Swim Team Coach and participant. "These parents are an inspiration to their kids and the team!"  The group hopes that more parents will join them for training this year.  Participants were: Rozelle Corda, Ann Mackey, Geneve Quinones, Julianne Laverty, Virgina Colin, Fred Collin, Yakako Nishida and Kate and Art Tiedmann.