Sean L. Robbins, Esq.

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Sean Robbins, Dallas, PA, graduated from Wyoming Seminary in 1988.  Following graduation, he completed a two-year program at Boston University, and graduated cum laude from Villanova University in 1993.  In 1997, Sean earned his JD from the Penn State Dickinson School of Law, concentrating in environmental law.  He is an attorney in the Governor’s Office of General Counsel with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, counseling programs the Department administers with a focus on air quality permitting and compliance.

At Wyoming Seminary, Sean played soccer and lacrosse.  After graduating he began competing in road cycling and mountain biking.  In 1994, Sean completed his first triathlon, the Wilkes-Barre Triathlon, which began a 30+ year racing career.

In the late 1990s, Sean began competing in long distance triathlons.  In 2001 he completed his first Ironman—a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike and 26.2-mile run—in Lake Placid, NY.  He has competed in 14 Ironman triathlons and is a five-time finisher of the Ironman World Championships in Kona, HI.  Eight years after hip surgery, and ten years after his last Ironman in 2012, Sean returned to compete in Lake Placid in 2022.   He finished fourth out of 260 athletes in his age group and qualified for the Ironman World Championships for the sixth time.

In addition to Ironman, Sean has competed in countless shorter distance triathlons, including sprint, Olympic and half-ironman races, and has claimed overall and age group podium finishes in all three distances.  His hundreds of results include overall wins at the Wilkes Barre Olympic distance triathlon in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016, and the sprint distance in 2015.  In 2018, Sean competed at the USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships in Cleveland, OH, finishing in the top 10% of his age group and qualifying to compete on Team USA at the 2019 ITU Triathlon World Championships in Lausanne Switzerland.  Sean won his first triathlon in 1998 and, 25 years later, claimed third and fourth place overall finishes at sprint and Olympic distance races in 2023.

Sean has also had a successful running career, competing in both the New York City and Boston Marathons.  He owns three diamond rings from division wins at the 9 mile Run for the Diamonds.  In 2012, Sean finished fifth overall in his first 25k trail race—an event he returned to win in 2021.  He claimed second overall in his first 50k ultramarathon in 2019.  Sean was the 2022 age group winner in the 25k division of the Rocksylvania Trail Series.  Out of 32 trail races over the last 11 years, Sean has finished in the overall top ten, 24 times, and the overall top three, 15 times.

Sean is a 2010 inductee of the Wyoming Seminary Sports Hall of Fame and a 15-time USA Triathlon All-American triathlete, an award conferred on the top 10 percent of athletes nationwide in each age group.

Sean is also active in community service.  He is the President of the Anthracite Scenic Trails Association; a former board member and current trail committee member of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, and is a founding board member of the Eastern States Trail Endurance Alliance.  Sean is also a recipient of the Secretary’s Community Service Award from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

He extends his deepest appreciation to his family and friends for all of their support and attributes a large part of his success to them.