Becky Lavelle

Becky showed strong athletic promise from a young age. She started swimming competitively in Minnesota when she was nine and excelled in the pool throughout high school.

At the age of 12, Becky was named best swimmer of her age group in Minnesota, a title she maintained for seven years. In 1993, during her senior year of high school, she was named (overall) Female Swimmer of the Year for Minnesota.

Becky went on to swim competitively at Louisiana State University (LSU) in college. Her collegiate swim career proved similarly illustrious, and before graduating, Becky had cemented herself as a ten-time NCAA All-American swimmer. Becky was crowned SEC Champion in 200y breaststroke, in 1996 during her junior year. Then in 1997, she was named NCAA state-level "Woman of the Year" for Louisiana, based on her athletic and academic achievements as well as her commitment to serving her community.[2] Despite the stresses that would accompany achieving these high goals, in 1998 Becky graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in kinesiology.

Before her collegiate career was even halfway over, Becky also got the itch to try triathlon.[3]

Becky took her initial stab at a triathlon in college. During her first event, Becky exited the water with a significant lead that helped her win fifth place overall. Before graduating college, she successfully competed in a few more triathlons, including the ITU Age-Group World Championship. This newfound excitement for triathlon, coupled with the success she already had achieved in the sport, kickstarted her career as a professional triathlete - a career that would span nearly two decades.

Some of her career highlights as a member of the US National Triathlon Team are as follows:

• In 2003, Becky was crowned the PanAm Games Bronze medallist.
• In 2005, Triathlete magazine designated Becky the "Comeback Athlete of the Year" after she won several big races, including the US National Championships and the Chicago Triathlon.[4]
• In 2006 and 2008, Becky was named Multi-sport Athlete of the Year by USA Triathlon.[5]
• In 2007, Lavelle won the US Long Distance Triathlon National Championships.
• In 2008, the same year she secured her spot as an alternate on the US Olympic team in Beijing, she was named the Overall Lifetime Fitness Triathlon Series winner.[6]
• In 2012, Becky officially retired from the sport of triathlon but went out with a bang, winning her final half-ironman distance competition, the Rev3 Florida Half-Ironman in Venice, FL.

In 2008, Becky Lavelle co-founded the non-profit organization Jenny's Light in honor of her late sister Jenny and her sister's baby boy Graham. Jenny's Light's mission is to improve and save lives by increasing awareness of all perinatal mood disorders, including postpartum depression. Jenny's Light has now joined forces with San Jose, CA based Supporting Mamas (supportingmamas.org) who has a similar mission. Additionally, the annual Jenny's Light Run (10K, 5K, and kids run) held in May in Los Gatos, CA helps raise funds. The organization has raised over $300,000, which they donated to other organizations aiming similarly to raise awareness around postpartum depression and to support mothers who suffer from the debilitating condition.[7][8]

After a few years of official retirement from triathlon and following the birth of her second child, Becky started running with Arete, a women's running club based in Santa Cruz, CA.[9]

Year	Distance	Competition	Location	Time	Comment
2017	Marathon	California International Marathon (CIM)	United States Sacramento, CA	02:56:50	Marathon debut
2019	Half-Marathon	Monterey Bay Half-Marathon	United States Monterey, CA	01:24:00
2017	10K	She Is Beautiful	United States Santa Cruz, CA	00:37:49
2018	5K	Silicon Valley Turkey Trot	United States San Jose, CA	00:18:30

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Year	Place	Competition	Location	Time	Comment
2012	1	Rev3 Florida Half-Ironman	United States Venice, FL	03:54:00	Win & last career race as a pro
2012	1	5150 New Orleans	United States New Orleans	02:11:52
2011	2	The Triathlon at Pacific Grove	United States Pacific Grove	02:06:13
2011	3	5150 Washington	United States Washington, D.C.
2011	3	Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon	United States San Francisco	02:19:21	After birth of first baby [11]
2009	1	Ironman 70.3 Lake Stevens	United States Washington	03:56:36	[12]
2009	3	Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon	United States San Francisco	02:24:00
2008	3	Ironman 70.3 World Championship	United States Clearwater	04:07:32	New swim record - 00:23:03 [13]
2007	1	Wildflower Triathlon	United States Lake San Antonio	04:35:19
2007	3	Ironman 70.3 California	United States Oceanside
2007	1	USA Long Distance Triathlon National Championships	United States		U.S. Championships
2006	1	Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon	United States San Francisco	02:21:05
2006	24	ITU Triathlon World Championships	Switzerland Lausanne	02:08:00
2006	1	Vineman Ironman 70.3	United States Sonoma County	04:29:10
2005	34	ITU Triathlon World Championships	Japan Gamagori	02:05:24
2005	1	USA Triathlon National Championships	United States Bellingham	02:07:55	National Champion
2003	15	ITU Triathlon World Championships	New Zealand Queenstown	02:10:27
2003	2	Wildflower Triathlon	United States Lake San Antonio
2003	3	USA Triathlon National Championships	United States San Francisco		U.S. Championships
2002	2	Wildflower Triathlon	United States Lake San Antonio
2001	2	Wildflower Triathlon	United States Lake San Antonio

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• Becky Lavelle at World Triathlon