Tyler and Nikki Butterfield announced today that both husband and wife plan to compete at the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon on March 2nd, 2013. The news marks a return to racing for the defending women’s champion Nikki Butterfield, who put her athletic career on hold in mid-2012 in hopes of having a second child. […]
October 3, 2012 Tyler Butterfield claimed the third podium spot in the historic Superfrog Triathlon last Sunday, a half-iron distance race originally created as a motivational training tool for Navy Seals. Butterfield exited the swim a minute behind Leon Griffin and Lance Armstrong, a surprise deficit considering his swim-focused training in the lead up to […]
September 28, 2012 Tyler Butterfield raced to a solid second place in Sunday’s 5150 Galveston triathlon. The event marked his return to the non-drafting race format, following a year spent solely focused on ITU draft‐legal racing and highlighted by his second Olympic Games. Butterfield lead the second pack out of the swim, exiting the water […]
September 20, 2012 Professional triathletes Tyler and Nikki Butterfield have announced a shift in direction to both athletes’ competition plans. Tyler will turn his focus from ITU racing to the non-‐ drafting race format, while Nikki will sit out the 2013 season in hopes of having a second child. Tyler recently competed in the highlight […]
August 27, 2012 Professional triathlete Nikki Butterfield today confirmed that she would not compete in either the Hy-‐Vee 5150 U.S. Championship in Des Moines, Iowa or the Ironman 70.3 World Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada. She cited a lack of adequate preparation due to injury and travel as the reason for her withdrawal from the […]
