The Company:
Based in Birmingham, Alabama, Team Magic, Inc. has been producing multisport events for over twenty-five years. While triathlons and duathlons are the main focus and make up the majority of the events, Team Magic also has worked and currently works with several running events, including Birmingham Race for the Cure, the Mercedes Marathon, the Marathon Olympic Trials hosted by the Mercedes Marathon, the JP Morgan Corporate Challenge in Chicago, the Jingle Bell Jog for Arthritis, the JCC Montclair Thanksgiving run, and in 2008 established a half-marathon and 5k on the Alabama Gulf Coast Beaches. Team Magic was appointed as race management for the 2007-2008 USA Triathlon National Collegiate Triathlon Championship. In 2008, Team Magic served as race management for the Tuscaloosa Tri-Palooza which included the Men's and Women's Olympic Trials Qualifier for the Beijing Olympics.

 

Team Magic regularly receives the honor of hosting championship events for USA Triathlon, including regional championships, grand prix series events, world championship qualifiers, and in 2006 Team Magic played host of the USA Triathlon National Sprint Championship at our Mountain Lakes Triathlon in Guntersville, Alabama. Team Magic also hosts the Best of the USA Amateur Championship Qualifiers in the states of Alabama and Tennessee.

 

 

Expanding to Nashville:
In 2001, Team Magic began expanding into Tennessee with the Powerman Tennessee Duathlon, held about 30 miles outside of Nashville in Williamson County. In 2002, the Old Hickory Lake Triathlon was added in Hendersonville, TN, about 30 miles from Nashville. In June 2003, another triathlon was added in McMinnville, TN, about 70 miles from Nashville and Chattanooga. This triathlon was a huge success with great reviews from beginners and elite racers. In 2004, the Cedars of Lebanon Triathlon was born at the beautiful Cedars of Lebanon State Park about 35 miles from Nashville. In 2005, two new races were established in Tennessee....the GJCC Memorial Day Triathlon brings a true beginner triathlon to metro Nashville and the Chattanooga Waterfront Triathlon is now Team Magic's premier intermediate distance triathlon in downtown Chattanooga. In 2006, Team Magic took ownership of the 2nd oldest triathlon in the country - the Music City Triathlon, which celebrated 30 years in 2008.

 

Directors:
Team Magic is co-owned by Therese Bynum and Faye Yates. Bynum and Yates serve as race directors at all events.

 

Therese Bynum received her undergraduate degree from the Mississippi University for Women and her post-graduate degree from University of Alabama at Birmingham.

 

Therese has raced for over 20 years very competitively and continues to top the master's ranks when she finds time to race. In 2007, Therese was 6th in her age group at the USAT National Championship and represented the USA at the World Championship in Switzerland by claiming 8th in her age group.

 

 

 

 

Faye Yates received her undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University in Mechanical Engineering. She started working with Therese Bynum part time in 1995 and made Team Magic her full-time occupation in 2002 with a focus on expanding the Tennessee races.

 

When not organizing events, Faye also enjoys racing with many triathlons under her belt, many marathons (including the Boston Marathon) and half-marathons and one Ironman Triathlon in Panama City Beach, Florida.

 

 

 

 

George Mattison joined Team Magic in February 2009. He works behind the curtain facilitating the best races in the Southeast. George loves cycling in all forms and has even been known to race a triathlon when he's not working on them.

 

He lives in Birmingham with his wife Mary Ellen and dogs Logan, Layla and Shiloh.