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|  USA Triathlon announces board election winners November 7, 2003 Courtesy: USAT
USA Triathlon has announced the winners of its 2003 Board of
Directors elections. Leading the list of winners is Valerie Ellsworth-Gattis, the
current Board president. Gattis (Louisville, Ky.) was the
Central Region representative in 2001, but in 2003 she won an At-
Large seat over Mike Greer (Canyon, Texas) and current Board
secretary Karen Buxton (Greensboro, N.C.). In the Western Region, Jim Girand (Palo Alto, Calif.), the
current Board vice president, was re-elected to his post over
former Board member John Duke (Cardiff, Calif.). In the Central Region, former Board member Jack Weiss (Euless,
Texas) regained a seat on the Board by defeating Lew Kidder (Ann
Arbor, Mich.) and Bill Burke (Metairie, La.). Finally, in the Eastern Region, current Board treasurer Diane
Travis (Clermont, Fla.) retained her seat on the Board,
defeating former Board member Rob Vigorito (Columbia, Md.) and
Tom Ziebart (Howie in the Hills, Fla.). A total of 3,344 ballots from USA Triathlon annual members were
received. Board members serve two-year terms. The new Board members will
take their seats Jan. 1, 2004. The final meeting of the former
Board members will be Nov. 14-15 in Colorado Springs, Colo. USA Triathlon's elite athletes also held their elections for the
athlete representatives to the Board. Susie Gallucci (Hudson,
Ohio) and Kevin Carter (Silver Spring, Md.) will be the new
athlete representatives. They will each serve a two-year term. Elite athletes also voted for members of the Athletes Advisory
Council, which helps USA Triathlon set policy for elite
athletes. The following athletes were voted to two-year terms:
Jimmy Archer (Boulder, Colo.), Gina Kehr (Redwood City, Calif.),
Greg Mueller (South Bend, Ind.) and Meredith Novack (Clermont,
Fla.). Final tallies for Board elections: Western Region
Central Region
Eastern Region
At-Large
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