Board of Directors

Officers

Dave Anshen

President

(pictured with wife Tish)
“As a Tri Dawg since 2009, I enjoy the sense of community we have as a team (a.k.a. my extended family). I can not say enough great things about the support we provide each other and the encouragement we share…regardless of whether you are a podium regular or a casual beginner. I am so glad my wife taught me how to swim when I was 38 years old…and there is nothing quite like our Tri-Dawg tailgates. On a personal note, I have traveled to more than 35 countries and always find local runners and triathletes (in every country) that are willing to share advice. However, there is still nothing like our club! Tish and I enjoy traveling, hiking and being ’empty nesters’ with two adult children.”

Alison McCann

Vice President/Sponsor Liaison

(pictured with her family)
Alison started running 9 years ago and continued to progress into racing. In March 2017, she completed her first marathon and 7 weeks later completed her second. Spring 2020 will be her second Boston Marathon. This past season she started triathalons and fell in love. From sprint to olympic to HIM, she is hooked. When not training or racing, Alison spends time with my family, which includes 2 very active kids.

Michelle Wang

Treasurer

Michelle completed her first triathlon with a lot of support from the DAWGS in 2011, and has been an honorary social member since the “early days”. Since her first race, Michelle has been working to improve her swimming and biking and staying off the injured list. Aquabike are her favorite race type even though technically it’s not a triathlon! What she lacks in physical fitness she makes up for in managing the team’s finances, hosting impromptu training weekends, and obnoxious cheering.

Leslie Neff

Secretary

(center, pictured with Marianne Moore and Margaret Lafashia)

Leslie grew up playing competitive sports in high school and was a Cycling Instructor and HIIT Group Exercise coach at her local YMCA when she was asked by a friend to sign up for her first triathlon. She never looked back. Despite not having a background in swimming when she entered her first multi-sport racing event in 2010, Leslie worked extremely hard over the years to become a competitive triathlete – she quickly went from completing two sprints and an Olympic distance in her first year of competition into a 70.3 and 140.6 in her second and third years respectively. Leslie joined the Tri-Dawgs in 2016 and this was one of the best decisions. Not only did she join the best team she made ever lasting friendships!

Margaret Lafashia

WHIP

(pictured with husband Vince)

Along with Coach Glenn Moore, Margaret LaFashia was the other half of the duo that formed the Tri-Dawgs in 2006. The Tri-Dawgs as described by Margaret “is a family, we support each other and have a lot of fun!”

She started her athletic career at Temple University as a scholarship athlete on the Women’s Crew team and continued her athletic career by completing over 20 marathons including qualifying for Boston 12 times. She got into triathlons to “mix it up” from running and has competed at all distances from sprints to Ironman’s. Her greatest accomplishment is qualifying for and competing in Kona, Hawaii in 2009 and most recently qualifying to compete in Kona again in 2020.

Margaret has an MBA from Temple University and a Nursing degree from the University of Delaware. She currently works for Nemours A.I. DuPont Children’s Hospital.

When Margaret is not training for something she can be found with husbnd Vince, cooking and trying new recipes, walking the trails of Delaware or enjoying a nice glass of wine in Cape May NJ with their dogs Faith, Finn and Pepper.

At Large Members

Darlise DiMatteo

Buddy Program Coordinator

“I started running as a way to reduce my stress. That led to running marathons. Training for marathons led to injuries. I learned to swim and took up cycling as ways to cross-train through those down times. With aptitude in all three disciplines, I tried a sprint tri and was hooked. If I’m not training I’m usually working, I love my job!”

Billy Allaband

Before getting involved with triathlon racing, I played tennis since I was 7 years old. I was a member of the USA Deaf Tennis Team for over 20 years, and a veteran of the Deaflympics. I retired after playing at the Austria Deaf Tennis Open in 2005.

When I was teenager, the ABC Wide World of Sports introduced a new sport called “Ironman in Hawaii.” This was about 40 years ago. I became fascinated with the new sport. Unfortunately, there were no resources for training. I gave up and continued playing tennis.

I was also involved with an orienteering sport and I was once representative for the USA Deaf Orienteering Team in the World Deaf Orienteering Championship in Rochester, NY in 2015. I was the liaison officer for 6 years of USA Deaf Orienteering. I was an exhibitor at the Deaf Community Expo, which included Deaf Schools from the Northern area.

Since retiring, I have enjoyed outdoor activities like traveling, golfing, tennis, camping, the beach, downhill skiing, hiking, running, MTB, etc. One night, it just popped back into my mind: “Ironman!” That’s how I began getting involved in 2017.

Kristin Lepley

Kristin is a current resident of Newark, DE and works full time as a Product Manager at Bank of America. She was a collegiate distance swimmer and wanted to find an activity that joined her love of swimming and a sense of being on a team. Kristin joined the Tri-Dawgs in 2011 and has participated in numerous Triathlons, Aquabikes, Half Marathons, 10K’s and 5K Ocean Swims. In her free time, Kristin is a group fitness instructor at several of the local gyms in Delaware and teaches up to 13 classes a week in various disciplines (Indoor Cycling, Body Pump, Core, Sprint, and RPM).

Kristi Siner

(pictured with husband Ryan)
Kristi found the sport of Triathlon when she started dating TriDawg Member Ryan Lowe in 2014. She and her dog, Koji, had a blast cheering Ryan on as he competed in races around Delaware and Maryland. By 2017, she decided that she wanted in on this crazy sport herself! Kristi’s first race was the 2017 Tri-It and it didn’t go as planned…she didn’t even make it out of the park on her bike and went down in the gravel and left Lums Pond on crutches.

Not to be deterred, she immediately signed up for the 2018 race, bought a new bike (because N+1), named her bike Miranda and it was game on. She and Miranda completed quite a few races at the sprint distance in 2018. 2019 did not go as planned, with a wash out and some injuries, and 2020…yikes. She loves being a part of such an amazing and supportive club and she is excited to be part of the Board!

When she isn’t training, Kristi enjoys spending time with her family and dogs. She also enjoys cooking and eating all the food. If you need to find her for any reason, try the pool deck at Hockessin Athletic Club where she lifeguards and teaches Red Cross Lifeguard Certification classes. Her goals for the upcoming season are remaining injury free, looking badass in her spandex and convincing Bobby Steppi to race.