The list should include Karen Smyers '83, who won numerous national and world championships in triathlon’s standard format as well as the Hawaii Ironman world championships, a feat equivalent to Carl Lewis winning not only the 100-meter dash but also the marathon. I wrote about her in PAW three decades ago. Truly the triathlon’s greatest female athlete of all time.
The list should include Karen Smyers '83, who won numerous national and world championships in triathlon’s standard format as well as the Hawaii Ironman world championships, a feat equivalent to Carl Lewis winning not only the 100-meter dash but also the marathon. I wrote about her in PAW three decades ago. Truly the triathlon’s greatest female athlete of all time.
Editor’s note: Smyers is featured in PAW’s sidebar about remarkable athletes who weren’t stars at Princeton.