Largest USA Triathlon event in history here this month
MORE THAN 4,500 of the nation's top amateur
triathletes will be in Milwaukee Aug. 10-11 to
compete in the USA Triathlon Age Group
National Championships.
Featuring Olympic Distance and Sprint
Nationals, the event will be the largest USA
Triathlon National Championship event in the
sport's history.
Action will begin Saturday, Aug. 10 with the
Olympic-Distance National Championship, followed on Sunday, Aug. 11, by the Sprint National
Championship. The races are scheduled to start
7:30 a.m. each day just south of Discovery World
Museum, along the shore of Lake Michigan
Held each year since 1983, the Olympic-distance
race at Age Group Nationals has substantially
grown in popularity over the past two years. A
USA Triathlon-owned National Championship
event for just the fourth year, Sprint Nationals
will experience a record-high field as well.
The 2012 event, held in Burlington, Vt., featured a
record total of more than 3,500 registered competitors, and combined participation in the two
races has more than doubled since 2010.
Over the course of two days, national titles will
be up for grabs in 28 age groups. The Olympicdistance age group event consists of a 1.5-kilome-
Photo by Lee Krohn/USA Triathlon
ter swim, 40-kilometer bike and 10-kilometer run
course, while the sprint event consists of a 750meter swim, 20 kilometers on a bike and a 5-kilometer run.
Visit usatriathlon.org for complete event information on both Olympic Distance Nationals and
Sprint Nationals.
U.S. DISABLED
SAILING CHAMPIONSHIP
SETS ITS COURSE TO
LAKE MICHIGAN
Milwaukee
Community Sailing
Center
September 5 - 8, 2013
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
USChamps@SailingCenter.org
SailingCenter.org
(414) 277-9094
Championships.USSailing.org
MILWAUKEE COMMUNITY
SAILING CENTER
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