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38 Thursday, July 25, 2024 BATTLE CREEK SHOPPER NEWS http://www.thebattlecreekshopper.com

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WILL KOWALSKI
Sports Editor/Asst. Editor

A total of 149 competitors of all

ages participated in the eighth annual

Cereal City Triathlon-Duathlon event

last Saturday morning (July 20) that

featured start and finish lines located

in the Willard Beach area in Battle

Creek.

The event, put on by the Cereal

City Athletics organization, featured

three divisions:

• A main Sprint Triathlon that con-

sisted of a 500-meter swim, a 20K

(12-mile) bike and a 5K (3.1-mile)

run.

• A Super Sprint Triathlon for

those ages 9-18 that featured a 400-

meter swim, a 10K (6-mile) bike and

Results from the eighth annual Cereal City Triathlon-Duathlon

Swimmers begin to get out of Goguac Lake waters and onto dry land during the first leg of the Cereal City Triathlon-

Duathlon last Saturday morning at Battle Creek’s Willard Beach area. (Shopper News photo by Will Kowalski)

Runners move along paths next to Goguac Lake during the eighth annual

Cereal City Triathlon-Duathlon last Saturday. (Shopper News photo by Will Kowalski)

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a 3K (2-mile) run.

• And, a main Duathlon that was
  made up of a 3K (2-mile) run, a 20K
  (12-mile) bike and then a 5K (3.1-
  mile) run.
  Competitors in all three divisions,
  which took place simultaneously in
  and around the Willard Beach area,
  were able to complete their tasks in
  sunny and cool summer weather with
  temperatures in the low to mid 60s.
  Participants could compete as an
  individual, or as a member of a two-
  person or three-person relay.
  All proceeds from the event went
  toward scholarships for youths who
  would like to compete in the CCA
  group’s Cereal City KIDS Triathlon
  that’s set for Saturday, Aug. 17, also
  at the Willard Beach area. To sign up
  for the KIDS Triathlon or for more
  information, visit cerealcityathletics.
  com.
  The CCA group – run by Charles
  and Nikki Elder and Tim and Emily
  Bandeen – contributes over 50
  scholarships each year for the KIDS
  Triathlon event.