Scott Berlinger – Head Coach

Scott Berlinger | 45-49 ClydesdaleCoach Scott Berlinger is the Founder/President of Full Throttle Endurance. He is a USA Triathlon level 2 certified coach and USA Cycling Coach. He graduated from the University of South Carolia in 1988 with a B.S. Marketing/ Finance degree.

Scott has been a Division Winner or Runner up over 20 times, including winning his Division at the Team National Championships in St, Louis, MO in 2007, Las Vegas in 2008 and Oklahoma City in 2009. He was the Clydesdale National Champion Runner-up in The2008 USA Nationals, Portland Oregon.

Scott has signed Twinlab to be the title sponsor in 2009 and has a multi-year deal with the Jamis Bicycle Company.

A former "American Gladiator-Viper", his love for competition and training inspired him to start his own racing team, a place where athletes can realize their own goals and reach their highest potential. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and two children.

Coach Andrew "Drew Money " Kalley

Drew Kalley | 25-29Andrew Kalley was born and raised in NYC, Chelsea to be exact. He is a personal trainer and the Coach for the Full Throttle Endurance Level 1 Team. Andrew joined Full Throttle in 2006 with no prior multi sport training experience. With the help of Scott Berlinger and the Full Throttle program, Andrew managed to have a very successful first season. In 2006, Andrew completed 4 triathlons with 4 age group podiums, 3 of which were 1st in division. Scott Berlinger brought Andrew on as and assistant coach for the 2007 session. Andrew has found his calling as a triathlete and loves training and helping his fellow teammates.

Andrew was the Overall Winner at:

2008 West Point Triathlon, 2010 Mighty Montauk Triathlon, 2010 Stamford Triathlon, 2011 South Beach Classic 

Coach Rick "the Natural" Krupa

Rick Krupa | 40-44 Rick Krupa is a sponsored triathlete, competitor on Team USA at the ITU World Championships and a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified coach. He is a 6-time USAT All-American (’05-’10) triathlete. Rick placed first overall in 2010 USAT Team Nationals Sprint, 2010 Harriman Sprint and 2009 Long Island Gold Coast Triathlon. He placed second overall in the 2010 and 2009 Elite Division of the Nautica South Beach Triathlon. He brings an elite caliber athletic pedigree to the Full Throttle Endurance Racing team, which has garnered national titles 4 years in a row. Rick has spoken at seminars, colleges and to sports teams on the topics of goal setting, training and motivation.

Coach Mikael Hanson

Mikael Hanson | 40-44Mikael is a certified Level 1 USA Triathlon coach, a Level 2 USA Cycling coach, a Schwinn indoor cycling instructor, a member of Power Bar Team Elite, Suunto Sports Ambassador, and will soon be completing his USA Track and Field certification. His longevity in endurance sports comes from the fact that he has instilled training into his daily routine and has fun with it (and typically competes in over 20 events each year!).

After spending nearly 15 years working on Wall Street, Mikael left banking in 2004 and started Enhance Sports - an Endurance coaching company. In 2006, Mikael joined Cadence Cycling and Multisport Centers as the Director of Performance for their New York location.

Mikael left the world of corporate coaching in November of 2008 and returned to Enhance Sports where he could not only spend more time with his athletes, but also his new son Matthew (yes - I blame Matthew for my lack of podiums in 2008 - but I would have it no other way!).  

While growing up in Wisconsin, Mikael was a nationally ranked cyclist and top regional cross-country ski racer, but his move to the east coast has seen him graduate into other endurance sports. Mikael is the ultimate multi-sport junkie, competing in numerous duathlons, triathlons, bike races, running events, and even a couple cross-country ski races during the year and has been doing so for over two decades! 

Mikael has worked with athletes of all ages and abilities - from first timers to CEOs to even a World Champion! Mikael was the 2002 and 2004 multi-sport athlete of the year for the New York Flyers (NYC's largest running club) and represented Team USA at the 2007 World Duathlon Championships in Gyor, Hungry. He holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from NYU's Stern School of Business.

Coach Toni "the Tigress" Weeks

Toni Weeks | 35-3Eagle Man Half Iron Man  5:28:00

Ironman USA 12:13:42

Pat Griskus 1st 30-34

Northern Columbia Triathlon 1st Female overall

West Point Triathlon 1st 30-34



Cycling Coach Dan "Big Dan" Ownes

Dan Ownes | 40-445x group winner of the "King of the Hill" Xterra   

Overall winner of the "king of the Hill" Xterra   

5x Podium finisher in the 24 hrs of Allamuchy mtb race   

Nationally ranked expert mountain biker   

2nd in Division Harriman TRi   

5th Overall "War at the shore" tri in Longbranch    

2009, 2010 1st in Division "Flat as a Pancake" Staten Island   

2nd in Division Team Nationals OKC   

2nd in Division Mighty Hamptons

Father to Shane 8 and Ethan 5



Cycling Coach Bobby Kennedy III

Bobby Kennedy III | 25-2It was December 2008. I had been wearing pants that were much too tight for at least 9 months. My legs looked like sausages overstuffed into their casings; it wasn't a pretty sight. I had really let myself go since my lightweight rowing days. An important choice had to be made: buy larger pants, thereby admitting defeat and beginning down a slippery slope, or get my act together and lose the weight.  You may think I'm going to tell you that I chose the latter and joined Full Throttle.  You're wrong.  I bought a lot of new pants, and donated most of my old ones to charity.  A month later, Full Throttle team member and fellow Yale Varsity Lightweight Crew alumnus Don Kilpatrick and Coach Berlinger convinced me to make a serious attempt at a triumphant return to my former glory.  Now fast forward to June 2009.  I have a closet full of pants that are four inches too big in the waist and a podium finish at my first Olympic-distance triathlon.

It's great to be training with a team again - every member pushing him/herself individually, but toward a collective goal.  I am grateful to my coaches and teammates for welcoming me to the team and for all the encouragement. I'm looking forward to helping Full Throttle defend the national title in 2010. 

Swimming Coach Chris Coffin

Chris Coffin | 40-42008 was a comeback year for Chris after re-inventing himself as an AquaBike specialist and joining Team Full Throttle. In 2010 Chris joined the Full Throttle coaching staff as the team’s swim coach. Working closely with the USAT, Chris is dedicated to developing the future of AquaBike events on a local and national level. He attributes his success to the incredible coaching, team camaraderie and talent of the athletes that surround him every day. Full Throttle highlights include:

2008 - 3rd Overall Nutmegman 1/2 Ironman, AquaBike division

2009- 3rd Overall, 3rd  in Age Group, Eagleman 1/2 Ironman, AquaBike division

2009- 5th Overall, Timberman 1/2 Ironman, AquaBike division

2009- 1st Overall, Long Island Gold Coast Sprint , AquaBike division

2010- 1st Age Group, 4th overall, Eagleman 1/2 Ironman, AquaBike division

2010- 1st Overall, Long Island Gold Coast Sprint, AquaBike division

2010- 1st Overall, Colonial Beach Triathlon, Olympic AquaBike division

2010- 2nd Overall, USAT Team Nationals, 1/2 Ironman AquaBike division

Chris was a junior national water polo player and an NCAA Div.I swimmer for Providence College. He is a USLA lifeguard competitor specializing in the distance surf paddle and the lifeguard ironman for the Jones Beach Lifeguard Corps. Chris is an artist and art educator, and lives in Brooklyn with his wife Jennifer and their son, Kai.

www.chriscoffin.com

Coach Mark Guay – CT Regional Team

Mark Guay | 25-29Call it OCD. Call it what you will, but getting up to train before the sunrise is a welcomed addiction. Triathlon teaches me that the limits of one’s mind and body go far beyond what is traditionally expected. When others’ claim there is not enough time in the day, triathletes manage to train while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Full Throttle Endurance has helped push my limits beyond my imagination. So far, in my short career as a triathlete, I have stood on the podium for my age group in several competitive Olympic and Half-Iron triathlons and qualified for USAT Team USA for the 2009 World Long Course Championships in Perth, Australia. FTE’s fellow members have helped cheer me on to victory. From the elite field that FTE possesses to the novice businessman who has somehow fit training into his/her schedule, I am humbled to call myself a team member.

Cycling Coach John Profaci

John Profaci | 44-49 Owner/Manager Colavita pro-amateur cycling program.  Cat 3 USA Cyclist -  Grade School XC, Track & Field Coach - Co-founder of Triton Swim Trainer along with FTE legend Bill Kelly.   

Brief Bio: getting old, feeling old, gutting it out. “That’s all I have to say about that”  Forrest Gump

2009 Results:

Buckman Sprint Tri        3rd Overall
Redman Tri Sprint          3rd Overall 
Harriman Sprint Tri        4th Overall,  1st Age group
West Point Tri                5th Overall,   1st Age Group
Randolph Tri                  10th Overall,  2nd Age group

Bill "el Diablo" Kelly

Bill Kelly | 45-42008 Most Valuable Athlete  

A fixture on the Metropolitan Triathlon scene, Bill has been racing competitively in the age-group ranks for over 20 years. He is a multi-year member of Team USA and has consistently been named First Team All-American by USA Triathlon. While typically a short course racer, Bill has shown his versatility by racing the Hawaii Ironman numerous times and in 2007 being on the podium at Ironman USA in Lake Placid with an outstanding time of 9:57.  

Bill is the 2009 Overall champion of the Mighty Montauk triathlon and is the oldest to ever win that race. He has countless age group wins (He won his age group in the New York City triathlon 4 consecutive years) and despite his age still tends to race in the elite divisions. Bill is excited about the 2010 season where the focus of the season will be the Age Group World championships in Budapest Hungary in September as a member of Team USA.. Bill works in the financial field, lives in New Jersey with his wife and three children, and is a passionate New York Yankee and Bruce Springsteen fan.

Jesse Du Bey

Jesse Du Bey | 35-32007 Most Valuable Athlete

Jesse is originally from Seattle, WA, has lived in NYC for ten years and has been racing competitively for six years. 

Recent accomplishments include:

Overall amateur winner (and 12th in pro field) at 2010 Ironman St. Croix 70.3

Overall winner of 2009 and 2010 Nautica South Beach Triathlon

2010 Overall Winner at the Harryman Olympic Triathlon, 7th Overall American to cross the line at 2009 Ironman World Championships

Overall winner of 2009 Endurasport Harryman Half-Ironman

Multiple-time qualifier and finisher of Ironman World Championships and 3rd overall American at 2008 Long Course World Championships in Almere, Holland.  

Jesse is a five-time USA Triathlon All-American and holds a Washington State record in the mile run.  Jesse works at a private equity firm and lives with his wife Sonja in Chelsea.

Stacy "the Goal" Creamer

Stacy Creamer | 50-54Stacy Creamer competed in her first triathlon in 1994 but didn’t get serious about multisport until about four years ago. She started riding with Full Throttle in the spring of 2009 and committed to the full program in January, 2010.

Stacy is a 2009 USAT All-American in triathlon and duathlon.  In 2008, she was the USAT Duathlon National Champion in the F45-49 division and finished sixth in that age group at the Duathlon World Championships in Rimini, Italy.  In 2009, she finished third F50-54 at both the USAT Duathlon National Championships and the World Duathlon Championships.  In 2010, she took the F50-54 silver medal at the USAT Duathlon National Championships. 

Stacy is a two-time overall winner of the Central Park Triathlon and a frequent age-group winner at Olympic-distance triathlons.  A longtime member of the Central Park Track Club, she is also a frequent age-group winner in East Coast road races.

A 1981 graduate of Yale University, Stacy is the publisher of Touchstone, a division of Simon & Schuster. Her authors include Lance Armstrong, Elizabeth Edwards, swimmer Dara Torres, John McEnroe, mountain climber Ed Viesturs, pop star Rick Springfield, Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas, and former Guns n’ Roses bass player Duff McKagan , and she edited Lauren Weisberger’s bestselling novel The Devil Wears Prada.  In 2009, a book she edited—Douglas Blackmon’s Slavery by Another Name—was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction.  Stacy lives in Manhattan with Stuart Calderwood and their son Kieran.

Doug Clark

Doug Clark | 40-44 2009 and 2010 Most Valuable Athlete

Doug Clark was the 2009 Hawaii Ironman 40-44 Champion and the fastest American at ITU Short Course Worlds in each of the last two years. He was 2nd overall at USAT Nationals in 2010, where he defended his National Masters title for the third consecutive year. Since arriving from the UK 13 years ago Doug has taken 1st overall in 37 triathlons, 3 of them Half-Ironmans. He is a Software Engineer for Alcatel-Lucent in New Jersey, and is afflicted with being almost 6' 5". Fatherhood means he favors intensity over volume, and he did over half of his Ironman Training during his commute.

Most likely to say: "Let's squeeze in another 1000 yards"
Least likely to say: "Can I have the rest of this wrapped please?"

Allison Lind

Allison Lind | 30-34Allison Lind graduated with honors from Columbia University’s doctorate of physical therapy program. She graduated magna cum laude from Florida State University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology. At Florida State, Allison ran cross country and indoor and outdoor track. In college, she was a two time All-American in Division II and the National Champion Indoor 5k Runner Up. She was All-ACC and All-Region in cross country at Florida State.  

5k PR = 16:40 at Division II Indoor Track and Field National Championships (National runner up, All-American) in March 2001

10k PR = 35:23.13 ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships on April 18, 2003

15K = 57:46 Colon Cancer Challenge 15K Central Park, NY on March 11, 2007

20K = 1:16:40 New Alliance New Haven Road Race (USA 20k Championships) finished 22nd overall.

Half-Marathon = 1:20:37 Winner of the Ridgefield Half Marathon in CT on October 2, 2005 1:21:46 Philadelphia Half Marathon on September 16, 2007

Marathon = 2:57:23 ING NYC Marathon on November 5, 2005 (13th USA woman, 38th woman overall) 2:55:28 Philadelphia Marathon on November 18, 2007 (20th woman overall, 7th in age group) 2:57:20 Virginia Beach Marathon on March 16, 2008 (9th woman overall, 1st in age group)

18 miler = 2:01:16 Winner of Long Beach Island 18-miler on October 16, 2005
I was also All-American in DII for cross country and indoor track at South Dakota State University before transferring to Florida State in Cross Country 2000.

Shane Berlinger

Shane Berlinger | 10 Shane's 1st race was age 5 at the Boston kids run, while his dad was racing in the Boston Triathlon. He hopes to race with the team in the coming years. He now rides his Jamis bike proudly. He is addicted to Halo and paintball.

Connor Vanelswyk 20-24

Connor Vanelswyk | 20-24I usually bike around 200 miles a week (2 group rides equaling 100-120 miles, and 3 more rides comprised of either sprints or hill intervals to equal 200)....I run 3-4 times a week imediately after the ride is over (3-6 miles depending on the intensity of the ride) and I swim 5 days a week in a lap pool as it is still a little too cold to get in the ocean. Obviously my brother and my father have brought me into the sport which I now I love and I consider the bike my strongest event. I have two goals I will be attempting to achieve this year: one is to qualify this year for an Iron Man and the second (the most important) is to crush Brice in any distance so I can own him at the dinner table when he comes to visit and vice versa.



Jason Brahim – Pittsburgh Regional Team

Jason Brahim | 25-29Jason is relatively new to triathlon. He grew up playing many sports including; hockey, soccer, golf, football, baseball, and he skied. While in college at Washington and Jefferson, Jason began to run. He spent the summer of his sophomore year at Parris Island, S.C. with the Marine Corps. This is where he was introduced to running...and he ran a lot. From there, he completed a few marathons and last year marked his first year of triathlon. His first tri was Eagleman Ironman 70.3. Jason became hooked and raced Whirlpool Steelhead 70.3, and the Nation's Triathlon. His strength is on the bike and with the help of his coach, Erin Kummer of Team Timex, Jason hopes to have a breakthrough season. Jason is very excited about the opportunity to race as a representative of the Full Throttle Team and there is no doubt that Scott and the Gang will help him achieve his goals.

Lyle Maltz

Lyle Maltz | 25-2Lyle was introduced to Full Throttle in early 2010 by friend and fellow Yale '05 classmate Bobby Kennedy, and has been training with the team ever since. He raced in four triathlons during his first season and is looking forward to a fantastic 2011 season! 

Taylor Storms

Taylor Storms | 25 Taylor Storms began racing with Scott when he was sixteen and has been with Full Throttle since the beginning. Throughout his four years at Columbia University he continued to race with the team and has finished at the top of his age group in multiple races.