DC Suiter Coaching offers triathlon coaching and training for athletes of all ages and abilities, specializing in the beginner triathlete.  

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We offer personalized coaching to triathletes, duathletes, aquabikers and swimmers. Our training programs are designed specifically to meet your needs and goals, and our programs are not template based or computer-generated.  

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Cherilyn has a background in triathlon and swim coaching and specializes in beginner triathletes. A few of her accomplishments include a third place age group finish in the 1994 Duathlon World Championships on Team USA, an All-American Duathlete, a NJ top-10 Master's swimming finish, 10 overall wins in triathlon, over 50 age group wins and hundreds of multisport races. In 2022, she had her first Long Course Nationals podium finish as 2nd place Athena 40-54 division. In 2023 she represented Team USA again in Ibiza Spain at Multisport World Championships in Aquabike. Cherilyn has also raced hundreds of cross country and road races throughout high school and college (where she was awarded two running scholarships).

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Cherilyn has committed much of her time to volunteer coaching and speaking on topics such as transitions, coaching and training plans as well as teaching Tri 101 and Tri 102 classes. She has a passion for coaching beginner triathletes and teaching individual swim lessons. 

 

For more information about DC Suiter Coaching, please Contact Us!

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For the past three years, I have had the honor of being an ambassador to the USA Triathlon Foundation. I volunteer some of my time in exchange for my athletes donating to the Foundation. I am passionate about helping people and giving back to the sport.

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My story starts in 1987 in Bergen County, NJ. While on a full college scholarship for running, I biked to school 16 miles round trip every day and learned to swim when a trainer insisted on a swim class to rehab my knee. These were the days where I would go on 100 mile rides up to Bear Mountain with wired headphones, no helmet and no clue that I even needed flat changing stuff. I did my first race on a Sears special red bike that seemed to weigh about 30 pounds. I took 3rd in my age group and was hooked.

Over the next 7 years, I started placing overall in east coast races and winning a few and eventually found myself on Team USA in 1994 at the World Duathlon Championships (placing third in the world in my age group). I made the All-American Duathlon Team in that same year. 

Life happened, I got married and raised a family. I took some time off from triathlon to pursue competitive artistic roller skating, winning the NW Regional Championships in my division, which was a passion of mine at the time.

Over the next 20+ years, I kept in touch with triathlon by coaching a lot (including becoming a certified triathlon coach with USA Triathlon, USA Cycling coach and CAC Certified coach in Canada), and volunteering at races and with USA Triathlon. I also landed a job at FSA USA as their Office Manager for a short time, a job I loved but just wasn't quite ready for because I spent a lot of those 20+ years struggling with self-esteem and self worth.

After starting and stopping so many times, 2022 was my year to start over. I started the year off with the simplest of goals - to just get healthy. I was struggling with some health issues and I just didn't want this to be my life anymore. I started working with a nutritionist, lost 35 pounds and two months in, I had airline tickets to compete at Long Course Aquabike Nationals in NY in September of '22. I got my first Nationals podium finish with 2nd Athena 40-54 and qualified myself for the 2023 World Aquabike Championships in Ibiza Spain to compete as part of Team USA!

At the encouragement of a friend, I reapplied for my business license for coaching and put back up my coaching website. I started a FB Group that supports new multisport athletes and started a FB Blog Page about my triathlon journey. I am currently a 4th year USA Triathlon Foundation Ambassador, 3rd year Team Nuun Ambassador and 2nd year Team Bellingham Ambassador (Bellingham, WA).

I'm currently 55+ and a proud Athena who is working hard at making a difference and showing others what they can do by being myself and being transparent in my efforts in triathlon. This year, I have two half marathons, two half 70.3 distances planned, and a bunch of Olympic distance triathlons in the middl3. By taking this one step at a time, I am out to prove that anything is possible no matter what your circumstances.

Triathlon has been an important part of my life for the past 35 years and I hope to be able to encourage others to "tri a tri" and support the mission of the USA Triathlon Foundation. I am and have always been passionate about helping beginners - something I can definitely do as an ambassador. If you would like to visit my fundraising page, please click HERE.

 

Your donation is 100% tax deductible and with the support and generosity of athletes and donors like you, we can make a difference together! Please consider supporting this important mission.​​