The rise and rise of Eva Goodisson now has a major piece of silverware attached.

The Gold Coast-based 27-year-old has been named Tri NZ Female Short Course Triathlete of the Year for the first time. She joins Hayden Wilde as the recipients of the top short course awards in the annual Tri NZ Triathlete of the Year Awards with Cantabrians Brea Roderick and Henry McMecking taking out the 23 gongs.

Goodisson, nominated alongside Nicole van der Kaay and Roderick for the top award, enjoyed a breakout year at the top level. She rattled off WTCS best performances of 23rd at Alghero and Wollongong (the season finale) and also raced for Team NZL in the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships in Hamburg.

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The Hawke’s Bay star was the top Kiwi in the Oceania Sprint Championships at Napier in February and won Continental Championship bronze at April’s Oceania SuperSprint Championships on the Gold Coast in the final event of the award qualification window.

Congratulations to all the award winners revealed across the week.

Tri NZ Triathlete of the Year Awards

HIGH PERFORMANCE
Male Triathlete of the Year: Hayden Wilde
Female Triathlete of the Year: Eva Goodisson
U23 Male Triathlete of the Year: Henry McMecking
U23 Female Triathlete of the Year: Brea Roderick
Long Course Male Triathlete of the Year: Hayden Wilde
Long Course Female Triathlete of the Year: Hannah Berry
NZ Standard Distance Champions: Saxon Morgan / Amara Rae
NZ Sprint Distance Champions: Hayden Wilde / Eva Goodisson

PARA
NZ Para Male Triathlete of the Year: Bruce Jordan (Taranaki Tri Club)
NZ Para Female Triathlete of the Year: Gillian Walker (North Harbour Tri Club)

AGE GROUP
Male Cross Triathlete of the Year: Bryce Dunlop (Tri Wanaka)
Female Cross Triathlete of the Year: Arna Craig (Tri Wanaka)
Male Long Course Triathlete of the Year: Finian Orr (Auck City Tri Club)
Female Long Course Triathlete of the Year: Amanda Woodd (Hamilton Tri Club)
Male Short Course Triathlete of the Year: Richard Chambers (Auck City Tri Club)
Female Short Course Triathlete of the Year: Joy Baker (Taranaki Tri Club)

COMMUNITY
Club of the Year: Triathlon Tauranga
Coach of the Year: Kent Horner (My Training Day)
Technical Official of the Year: Charlie Morris
Community Event of the Year: Rotorua Adaptive Tri
National Event of the Year: Pacific Radiology NZ Schools Triathlon Champs (Southland Tri Club)

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