Posted: August 23, 2004

Triathlon: DeBoom, Fisher to race at Ironman Wisconsin

MADISON, Wisc.-Ironman standouts Nicole DeBoom (Lyons, Colo.) and Andrea Fisher (Austin, Texas) will compete in the third annual Ironman Wisconsin triathlon set to take place on Sunday, September 12, 2004 in Madison and surrounding Dane County.

DeBoom, who hails from Lyons, Colo., has posted a pair of top-five finishes in her Ironman career, and has three top-15 finishes at the Ironman World Championship held annually in Kona, Hawaii.

Competing in the first Ironman distance event of her career in 2000, DeBoom took third place at Ironman California. The 30-year-old returned to finish fifth in 2001 at the same event.

Nicole, who is the wife of two-time Ironman World Champion Tim DeBoom, is a standout swimmer who qualified for the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials in the breaststroke. DeBoom has been in the top five at the Ralphs California Half Ironman each of the past two years.

Fisher has been a staple at Ironman North America events over the past four seasons, posting five top-five finishes, including a career best second-place finish at Ironman Florida back in 2000. Her overall time of 9:38:24 at the Panama City Beach event was also the fastest Ironman in her career.

An All-American swimmer at the University of Texas, Fisher has been improving steadily, breaking the 10-hour mark for the first time in earning a fourth-place finish at Subaru Ironman Canada back in August of 2000. The 31-year-old also registered a top-five finish at the inaugural Ironman USA Lake Placid triathlon back in 1999.

This year has saw Fisher finished fourth overall at Ironman New Zealand held in March.

Ironman Wisconsin will take place for the third time on Sunday, September 12 in Madison and surrounding Dane Country. Athletes will be competing for 80 qualifying spots to the 2005 Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii as well as a $25,000 pro prize purse.

For more information on Ironman Wisconsin, log onto www.ironmanwisconsin.com.