Triathlon Learning

Joe Maloy is the USA Triathlon Collegiate Recruitment Program (CRP) Lead, where he identifies and recruits top-level NCAA runners and swimmers to elite triathlon. The CRP fast-tracks the talent transfer of single-sport collegiate runners and swimmers who have the potential to be elite triathletes through active recruitment, assessment, mentorship, support and a full-time coaching. Maloy was an NCAA Division I swimmer at Boston College, where he earned his undergraduate degree in 2008 and his master’s in 2010. He began competing on the elite International Triathlon Union (ITU) circuit in 2010, ultimately becoming the 2014 USA Triathlon Elite national champion and the 2013 Elite Nationals runner-up. At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Maloy was the top American man with a 23rd-place finish. Also in 2016, he anchored the U.S. Mixed Relay team to its first-ever world championship title in Hamburg, Germany. In addition, he is an accomplished non-draft triathlete, having won the 2015 Noosa Triathlon and the 2016 Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon. In addition to his athletic achievements, Maloy has significant coaching experience. He was the assistant coach of the Boston College men’s and women’s varsity swim teams from 2008-10 and coached a triathlon camp in Egypt in 2017 as part of USA Triathlon’s sports diplomacy initiative. He founded a private coaching business in 2018, and he coached the 2018 USA Triathlon Junior Elite Development Camp in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Maloy’s coaching and training articles have appeared in in Swimming World Magazine and the TrainingPeaks blog. Maloy is also a team captain of the 2019 USA Triathlon Foundation Ambassador Team Powered by Newton Running. In that role, he helps lead community service efforts while using his social media platform to advance the Foundation’s mission and vision.

Parker has worked at USA Triathlon since 2018 as the Project Podium Head Coach and now also serves as Development Senior Manager. He is a USA Triathlon Level III Certified Coach, Certified Exercise Physiologist through the American College of Sports Medicine and 2022 USAT Olympic Coach of the Year. He has his bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and a master's degree in Coaching & Exercise Science. Over the years his athletes have earned USAT Athlete of the Year awards eight times in the junior, U23, elite rookie, age group, master’s and military categories. Before his position at USA Triathlon, he was the head coach of the men’s swimming & diving, men & woman’s cycling, and men & woman’s triathlon at Liberty University. In addition to his role at Liberty, he held various positions with Endorphin Fitness from 2012-16, including as Director of Coach Operations, Head Coach of Adult Programs, and Junior Elite High-Performance Draft Legal Coach. He has also coached multiple age-group world champions, master's triathlete of the year, and multiple Kona qualifiers. Some of Parker’s key responsibilities at USAT are as follows: • Oversee all aspects of the Project Podium daily training environment. Coaching, recruitment, travel logistics, budget, support staff, etc. • Develop and oversee a strategic plan related to USA Triathlon’s overall Elite Olympic Development programs. • In consultation with the Elite Paratriathlon Manager, Develop and oversee a strategic plan related to USA Triathlon’s overall Paratriathlon Development programs. • Develop & oversee the budgets necessary to support and advance the Elite Triathlon and Elite Paratriathlon Development programs. • Supervise and coordinate the efforts of USA Triathlon High Performance (HP) Development staff including the Development Coordinator and Talent Identification Coordinator. • Collaborate with USA Triathlon Foundation on fundraising to provide additional support to youth, Junior, Elite Paratriathlon, and elite Triathlon development programs.

Ryan is a 2000 U.S. Olympian in triathlon, a renowned triathlon, running and cycling coach, and the USA Triathlon High Performance Technical Advisor. Bolton is the owner and founder of Bolton Endurance Sports Training (BEST) and the founder, director and head coach of the Harambee Project, a squad of elite runners based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is a USA Triathlon Level I and Youth & Junior Certified Coach. A graduate of the University of Wyoming, Bolton earned NCAA Division I All-American and Academic All-American honors in track and cross-country. After a successful collegiate running career, he went on to become a professional triathlete with a goal of competing in the Olympic Games. Bolton’s running prowess, combined with a strong background in swimming and cycling, provided an ideal foundation for an elite triathlon career. He represented the U.S. in the first-ever Olympic triathlon competition at the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia, and went on to find consistent success in professional non-drafting races — including Olympic, long (70.3) and ultra (140.6) distances. Upon his retirement from racing in 2004, Bolton returned to the University of Wyoming for graduate school and earned a master’s degree in human nutrition with an emphasis on stress metabolism. Combined with his undergraduate degree in exercise physiology as well as his own athletic expertise, this education prepared Bolton well for elite-level coaching. For more than a decade, Bolton has coached world-class professional runners and triathletes, Olympians, and amateur runners, cyclists and triathletes from around the world. Through the Harambee Project, Bolton famously coached Kenya’s Caroline Rotich to victory in the 2015 Boston Marathon.