{"607496":{"#nid":"607496","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Triathlon Team Takes Home 7 Awards","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThree sports, seven awards. That\u0026rsquo;s how you might summarize the performance of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s club triathlon team in Chattanooga, Tennessee, last week.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESix Tech students had top-five finishes in their respective age groups \u0026mdash; and three at podiums \u0026mdash; at the Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon on Sunday, June 24. The event\u0026rsquo;s overall winner was mechanical engineering graduate student Chris Douglas, who also set a new course record.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team competed against more than 1,000 other athletes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;ve been on the team since I arrived at Tech in Fall 2014, and every year our club gets a little better,\u0026rdquo; Douglas said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOther Tech student winners were David Wolfson and Kalina Paunovska, both graduate students in biomedical engineering, who placed first in their age groups; Mattie Rountree, a biology major who placed third in her age group; Elizabeth Spiers, a graduate student in earth and atmospheric sciences who placed fourth in her age group; Nathan Zavanelli, an electrical engineering major who placed fourth in his age group; and Carl Lehman, a chemical and biomolecular engineering major who placed fifth in his age group. Paunovska and Zavanelli competed in the sprint distance, while the rest competed in the Olympic distance event.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Chattanooga triathlon takes place each summer when many students are away. This year, though, the club fielded 10 competitors \u0026mdash; twice the number as in the past.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Our membership is increasing in number and diversity, which is something I think we\u0026#39;re all really excited about,\u0026rdquo; Douglas said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA supportive community and positive atmosphere could be the reason.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The goal is to do the best you\u0026nbsp;can, regardless of what everyone else does. Everyone \u0026mdash; from your teammates to the volunteers on the course \u0026mdash; is genuinely rooting for you to do your best.\u0026nbsp;Despite some challenging conditions during the race\u0026nbsp;in Chattanooga, everyone on\u0026nbsp;our team really gave it everything they had.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn more about Tech\u0026rsquo;s triathlon club \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GTTriathlon\u0022\u003Eon Facebook\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThree sports, seven awards\u0026nbsp;\u0026mdash;\u0026nbsp;that\u0026rsquo;s how you might summarize the performance of the club triathlon team from Georgia Tech in Chattanooga, Tennessee, last week.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Three sports, seven awards \u2014 that\u2019s how you might summarize the performance of the club triathlon team from Georgia Tech in Chattanooga, Tennessee, last week.  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