BREAKOUT YEAR

KRISTEN MARCHANT

At this year’s St. Anthony’s Triathlon in Florida, up-and-coming pro Kristen Marchant found herself swimming neck and neck with three-time Kona champion Mirinda Carfrae. “Before I got into triathlon, I watched the 2010 broadcast of Kona and watched her run through the field to victory – it was amazing. I’ve looked up to her since I started in the sport,” Marchant says. “So that was pretty much the coolest thing that’s ever happened.” Though Marchant didn’t have the day she was hoping for at St. Anthony’s (it was her first race of the year and a nagging hip issue left her