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Marketing Director Wins 3rd Straight World Championship |
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Sunday, 08 June 2008 00:00 |
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VANCOUVER, B.C.—Due to unseasonably cold temperatures, the swim portion of the 2008 ITU Triathlon World Championships on June 8th was shortened from 1500 meters to 1100 meters. The bike and run courses were not altered and featured a 24.6 mile bike ride, followed by a 6.2 mile run. As in previous victories, Coyote Design’s director of marketing, and above the knee amputee, Matt Perkins came from behind to win the race after coming out of the water in third place. He took the overall lead on the bike, then extended his lead all the way to the ἀnish for his third straight world championship. Perkins was born with PFFD, and later underwent a Symes amputation. He was not interested in running or triathlon until the end of his ski racing career when he needed to add some endurance to his training. After retiring from ski racing he started using triathlon to stay in shape (apparently tradeshow food was catching up to him). After a couple of years he discovered he could compete at the highest level in the sport, and the rest is history. Perkins will be trying for his 4th straight championship next fall in Australia. |
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Perkins Hits Two Holes in One In Same Round |
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Sunday, 11 May 2008 00:00 |
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For years Coyote Design’s President, Peggy Perkins was the only family member to hit a hole-in-one. After years of trying, Dale Perkins, Coyote’s Director of Research hit his ἀrst hole-in-one on the 135 yard par three 9th hole at Blue Lakes Country Club in Twin Falls, Idaho. Dale continued his round and at the 175 yard, par three 17th hole hit his second hole-in-one of the day. The odds of hitting two holes in one on the same round are 67 million to 1. Recently Dale competed in the US Amputee National Championships and the College Park Cup (the amputee version of the Ryder Cup) where Team USA squared off against the best golfers from around the world in a match play tournament. |
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