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I am very happy to announce that I have a new sponsor for the 2010 race season!  I have been accepted for Team TriSports.com!  During the end of the 2009 race season, I started to look into difference sponsors that I wanted to apply for, but I have had my eye on TriSports.com for a while.  I missed the cut off date for the application last year, so I have always had them in the back of my mind.  When TriSports.com posted the application for 2010 online, I quickly printed it off and began to gather my materials for the application.  I put together as professional as an application as I could because I have never made a resume for triathlon before.  For the essay I recruited some of my friends from medical school to get some input and I would like to thank my close friend Jay Sibbett for his great advice.  I was very nervous when I finally took the trip to the post office and mailed out my application.  Then there was nothing to do but wait.  As the weeks went by, I began to get more nervous.  Waiting is not one of my best features!  When the deadline passed I began to get very worried and sent the sponsorship department an email.  A very nice lady named Lisa Ribes got back to be right away to tell me that the team had not been picked quite yet.  A few days later I received another email from Lisa Ribes.  The subject line basically stated that the team had been chosen.  I had had a very good day shadowing a pediatric surgeon in the OR for the first time so I wasn't sure if I wanted to open the email just yet.  Of course, I am far too curious for my own good sometimes, so I just opened the email.  The first word I saw was congratulations and I started running around and jumping, I was so excited! 

So I am very happy to announce my new sponsor and new team for the upcoming season.  I'm very excited to be a part of the team and I'm looking forward to the new opportunities that I have as a member of this team.  I'm planning to head to Chicago as one of my big races for Team TriSports.com and I am very excited about the race and the famous expo!  I'll make sure to post more updates as the season gets closer!