{"id":187,"date":"2014-08-30T18:13:51","date_gmt":"2014-08-30T23:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/?p=187"},"modified":"2015-05-22T13:38:43","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T18:38:43","slug":"aaron-smith-14-competes-in-the-ironman-triathlon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/2014\/08\/30\/aaron-smith-14-competes-in-the-ironman-triathlon\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Smith &#8217;14 Competes in Ironman Triathlon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"color: #222222\">\n<div>Illinois Wesleyan\u00a0Scholar Athlete Aaron Smith &#8217;14 competed in the Ironman Triathlon at Couer d&#8217;Alene, Idaho this past June, completing the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride, and 26-mile, and 385-yard marathon in just over fourteen hours. Smith speaks about his experience in\u00a0an interview with the Journal Gazette and Times-Courier. &#8220;There were hundreds of people lining the finish line,&#8221; Smith said. &#8220;As I came into the finish chute Mike Reilly announced &#8216;Aaron Smith and NCAA championship runner, you are an Ironman&#8217; and it brought tears to my eyes. I wore my Wesleyan track singlet.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Read\u00a0the full article <a href=\"http:\/\/jg-tc.com\/sports\/running\/half-mile-record-setter-is-full-ironman\/article_4d5b7b34-2083-11e4-a137-001a4bcf887a.html\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ironman.com\/triathlon\/events\/americas\/ironman\/coeur-dalene.aspx#axzz3Bv1dKAxj\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/myroadtokona2014.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/cda-bike.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cyclists competing in the Ironman Coeur d&#8217;Alene<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Smith &#8217;14 was\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">chosen as the &#8220;Best Newcomer&#8221; for the IWU Men&#8217;s Cross Country team as a freshman, was named\u00a0the &#8220;Most Valuable Performer&#8221; on the IWU Men&#8217;s Track and Field team in the 2012-2013 season, and won\u00a0the 800-meter run at the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin outdoor meet as a senior with a time of 1:54.57.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"width: 277px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/iwusports.com\/roster.aspx?rp_id=3496\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwusports.com\/images\/2013\/8\/27\/small_Smith,%20Aaron%202013-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron Smith &#8217;14 in his senior year Track and Field roster picture<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Congratulations, Aaron!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois Wesleyan\u00a0Scholar Athlete Aaron Smith &#8217;14 competed in the Ironman Triathlon at Couer d&#8217;Alene, Idaho this past June, completing the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride, and 26-mile, and 385-yard marathon in just over fourteen hours. Smith speaks about his experience &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/2014\/08\/30\/aaron-smith-14-competes-in-the-ironman-triathlon\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":280,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[11,13,10,12],"class_list":["post-187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accomplishments","category-news","tag-aaron-smith","tag-competition","tag-ironman","tag-track-and-field"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":320,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions\/320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/2014classnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}