| Fuji bicycles announced its newest sponsored | | | | multiple school records, earning repeated district |
| athlete, 6-time Armed Forces Champion Timothy | | | | championships and All-State honors. |
| O'Donnell. Most recently Tim conquered all fellow | | | | Funny enough, O'Donnell never foresaw becoming |
| competitors at the Ironman 70.3 St. Croix on May | | | | a triathlete as anything up his alley. Tim credits his |
| 3rd. | | | | older brother as the reason he is involved with |
| After the race 28 year-old O'Donnell described his | | | | triathlons in the first place. "The rest of our family |
| gameplan for this reknowned tough course. “I | | | | thought it was pretty hilarious when I started |
| had heard how tough the run can be here, and | | | | doing triathlons. As a kid I had a very bad track |
| how it is so easy to blow up on that second lap. | | | | record on the bike. In fact I ran into the garage, a |
| Rather than go for it on the bike, I just tried to | | | | parked car and two brick mailboxes growing up." |
| stay in the mix, while hoping to have some extra | | | | In 2003, O'Donnell graduated from the Naval |
| strength on the run.” Cliff English, Tim's coach, | | | | Academy with distinction. He earned a spot in the |
| had recently placed him on a new running | | | | Immediate Graduate Education program while in |
| program which apparently did the trick as Tim | | | | school and soon headed to the University of |
| came out of transition 2 (T2) in fifth place and | | | | California at Berkeley for a Masters in Ocean |
| somehow found the strength at the remaining | | | | Engineering. O'Donnell managed to grab six Armed |
| third mile to pull ahead and claim victory. | | | | Forces Triathlon Championship titles as well as the |
| Karen Bliss, Fuji's Director of Marketing, said "he | | | | Under-23 U.S. National Triathlon Championship. In |
| impressed me at the 2007 Eilat World Cup where | | | | regards to bragging rights within the armed |
| he was the second American to finish behind our | | | | forces, O'Donnell claimed first place at the 2007 |
| other Fuji-sponsored triathlete, Matt Reed. Now | | | | Armed Forces Triathlon Championships. |
| that I know more about him and his incredible | | | | In 2007, O'Donnell also earned spots on the U.S. |
| accomplishments both on and off the bike, I'm | | | | National and World Championship Teams and in |
| convinced Tim's the guy to watch in 2009 and | | | | 2008 placed 6th at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials. |
| beyond." | | | | Though he missed the team, O'Donnell soon |
| Tim began scratching off accomplishments as | | | | decided to devote his efforts full-time in triathlon. |
| early as high school where he was nominated | | | | Next up for this all-star triathlete is the Rev 3 Half |
| captain of the varsity swim team and had set | | | | Ironman on June 7th in Conneticut. |