About the Coaches
Jerome
2015 First Triathlon (Age 37)
11 Full Ironmans
26 70.3 Triathlon
5 World Championships
Jerome was born in France and moved to the United States in his 20's to pursue better career opportunities. It was not until his late 30's that a friend challenged him to participate in a triathlon. Jerome accepted the challenge and has been hooked ever since! He completed his first 70.3 that same year, a full iron the following year, and has completed many many more since then. When Jerome met KC it only fueled the fire as she joined in the training and racing. She also encouraged him to branch out into the related disciplines of ultra marathon and adventure racing which has kept things fresh and exciting! They now travel the world and take on adventures of all kinds together.
Currently, Jerome is a continuous improvement manager for Resolute Forest Products who support and sponsor many of his events. Jerome has also been a Unified Partner for Special Olympics triathlete and swimmer Ryan Aytona since 2020.
KC
Former Pro OCR Athlete
2007 First Triathlon (Age 19)
8 Full Ironmans
18 70.3 Triathlons
5 World Championships
KC discovered endurance sport in college after joining the Triathlon club. She trained and competed on and off throughout her early adulthood but got serious about endurance training when she got hooked on OCR in her late 20's. She worked her way up and ended up competing at the pro level with several top 5 finishes (and a couple wins!). It was around this time she met Jerome, who was passionately training for triathlon. Having had very limited success in triathlon almost a decade prior, KC decided to transition back and give Tri another shot in 2017. KC and Jerome have been training and competing together ever since!
In 2020 KC was looking to give back and reached out to the local Florida Special Olympics program and was paired up with her partner, Thomas Welsh, who she's been training and competing with ever since in triathlon and open water swimming. KC is also a volunteer track coach at Lake Mary Highschool and is an Engineer for Georgia Pacific.