MINI FEATURE | Chelsea Hollingsworth-Barnhill after her Ironman 70.3 win

Chelsea Hollingsworth-Barnhill is a physical therapist training in Palm City, Florida. She had a marathon PR of 2:41 and ran at the 2020 Olympic Marathon Team Trials.

With a strong background in swimming, having spent hours on the bike crosstraining through injuries throughout her running care and her family’s encouragement, Chelsea decided to give the 70.3 Ironman triathlon distance a try.

In May, she won her first go at the distance at the Visit Panama City Beach Ironman 70.3 Gulf Coast.

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MINI FEATURE | Akis Medrano

Akis Medrano lives in Boulder, Colorado, and trains with the Boulder Underground group based there. He is a 2019 graduate of Indiana State University.

During his time as a Sycamore, he scored multiple conference championship meet points, qualified for the NCAA East Regionals on the track at 10,000-meters and earned an NCAA Cross Country Championships berth.

Akis has strong personal bests from the 800-meters (1:53.16) all the way up to the 10,000-meters on the track (29:46.48). His dream is to be a professional athlete.

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