Multisport Explosion is a youth triathlon team that serves athletes of all abilities from ages 6 to 19. We offer training for Developmental (beginner/new) athletes ages 6 to 14 through training camps, we also offer next level training for our Emerging Elite athletes ages 12 - 15, and our premier team is our High Performance Team for elite athletes race age 13 - 19 that compete in the USA Triathlon Youth and Junior Race Series draft legal races, Youth and Jr National Championships, America Cup races, World Championships and beyond.
Our High Performance Team was the National Championship Runner-ups for 2025. We have had a lot of success since 2010 where we started as a youth developmental program with a dozen kids that quickly grew to 50 plus athletes within the first season and we went on to win the Alpharetta Ironkids team award 4 years in a row, too many age group podiums to count at local youth races and are now the oldest and most successful team in Georgia and the Southeast region of the United States.
We added the High Performance Team in 2016 and quickly became one of the top programs in the USA. Our team has finished the top 3 for the past 9 years. Multisport Explosion finished 3rd at the Youth and Junior National Championships in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023. We were 2nd place or runner up National Champions in 2021, 2024 and 2025. We have had multiple podium winners at the Series races throughout the seasons and three individual National Champions along with other multiple podium finishers at the National Championships. We have seen almost a dozen of our female athletes move on to race NCAA Women's triathlon and another 20 males and females that have gone on to compete in XC/track and cycling at the NCAA level. We also have multiple International athletes that compete for our team and their individual countries: Mexico (National Champion 2025), Peru, Puerto Rico and Chile.
Our Head Coach, Lisa Marshall, was the USAT Developmental Coach of the Year in 2022. All of our Multisport Explosion coaches have multiple coaching certifications with many, many years of coaching experience of youths and as competitive age group triathletes themselves. Coach Lisa started the team to give young athletes the opportunity to learn more about the sport of triathlon and to have peers to train with as her sons Alex and Clay were triathletes from the age of 6 through 19, competing for the Southeast High Performance Team and representing the USA in America's Cup races. Clay was the 13-15 Age Group National Champion when he was only 12 but race age 13. Alex was 3rd at Nationals as a Youth Elite and both were All American athletes for 6 years of their draft legal careers. Coach Lisa learned a lot as a parent of high performing youth and junior draft legal athletes along with being mentored by Coach Kathleeen Johnston and assisting her with camps for the Southeast High Performance Team. Kathleen Johnston, was the USAT Developmental Coach of the Year and Head Coach of a top 3 team in the USA for many years before retiring the team.
Our High Performance Team has in person practices year round with our season running January through August and providing off-season training the remainder of the year. We place a lot of focus on proper age appropriate training loads for developing males and females in their teen years. We understand the need to be a complete athlete with core stability strength, efficient and fast technically in all 3 sports, and mentally prepared to balance sport with school work, school sports teams and a social life outside of the sport. The team is based on respect of and friendship with teammates as they spend a lot of time training and supporting each other through the years. We have many that remain close friends years beyond their competition years on our team. We offer monthly training camps January through July to bring our remote athletes in to train in person with our local athletes for a weekend of intense training and classroom time. We not only have local GA athletes, we have had remote athletes from SC, NC, TN, AL, NY, and IN. Our athletes are also taught life skills through sport: how to set and achieve goals, the importance of using mental skills: visualization, positive affirmations, time management, the importance of sleep, post workout recovery, managing their pre-race routine timelines, the importance of proper fueling through nutrition and hydration as we discuss disordered eating, underfueling, an athletes dietary and caloric needs to remain helathy and injury free. We want them to have all the tools necessary to be healthy successful elite athletes to reach their full potential and achieve their goals. The majority of our athletes are also high performers in the classroom as well as they learn how to properly manage their time and the importance of their education as well as their sports aspirations.
We have coaches that provide 1:1 online personal coaching training plans if an athlete wants additional training outside of our in person coached practices and monthly camps. We are happy to set up meet and greet calls with our personal coaches for you all to decide if that personal coach meets your needs. We do not allow our team members to have personal coaches that have any affiliation with other high performance teams.
Our Teams Mission Statement: Multisport Explosion was created to provide youth athletes with the opportunity to train, learn, improve and compete with other athletes that enjoy the sport of triathlon. We provide a training enviroment for them to thrive and achieve their goals. We strive to provide them the tools to be successful not only in sport but in life so they develop into strong and healthy adults.
