Team Freespeed confirm Katrina Rye to 2019 squad

The latest new recruit to Team Freespeed for 2019 is Katrina Rye, the 2018 winner of the Vitruvian Triathlon. Here are the details on their new member
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Katrina Rye is the second new Team Freespeed athlete to be confirmed for 2019

(Katrina is picture above, second from the left, image courtesy of Franke Snell’s Photography – part of the winning Army Triathlon team at the 2018 Triathlon England National Club Relay Championships)

Following up one the news (HERE) that Neil Eddy will be joining Team Freespeed (www.teamfreespeed.com), the second – of four – new athletes has just been announced, and it is Katrina Rye.

Here’s what Team Freespeed had to say about Kat joining the team:

We were super impressed with Kat’s half ironman prowess last year with overall wins both in UK at Vitruvian and abroad at Calgary 70.3.

Already qualified for 70.3 World Champs at Nice she’s heads down and focussed and is determined to maintain that winning record.

Kat’s a British Army physio and puts a lot of value into the science and theory of training so we’re looking forward to reaping the benefits of this.

We’re also really pleased she likes to celebrate well too. In true Freespeed style here she is at the finish line in Calgary with a G&T.

Welcome Kat.

Kat Rye / Katrina Rye

John Levison
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John Levison
TRI247's Chief Correspondent, John has been involved in triathlon for well over 30 years, 15 of those writing on these pages, whilst he can also be found commentating for events across the UK.
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