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BATH — The Bath Area Family YMCA is scheduled to hold its sixth annual Y-Tri Sprint-Distance Triathlon at the YMCA on Centre Street on June 2 from 6:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Participants can register for either the full sprint triathlon (21 lengths in the YMCA pool, a 10-mile bike ride, and a 3.1 mile run), the aquabike competition (swim and bike portion), a duathlon (3.1 mile run, 10-mile bike ride and a 3.1 mile run), or the shorter Teen Tri for ages 12-17 (five pool lengths, 2.75 mile bike ride and one-mile run. Relay teams are also competing, including families.

Registration for all events in the Y-Tri (triathlon, aquabike, duathlon, relay and Teen Tri) is limited to 160 participants and will remain open through May 27 or until capacity is reached.

The run and bike courses take competitors through historic streets of intown Bath and through the countryside of North Bath. Bath police and fire department personnel will be stationed on the course for the safety of competitors, drivers and pedestrians.

Nearly 100 volunteers will serve food to competitors, assist with timing, count swimmers’ laps and direct runners and bikers on the course.

The winner of last year’s YTri was Cameron Mitchell of Boothbay Harbor with a time of 59:34. Fastest female was Michelle Bouchard, also from Boothbay Harbor, with a time of 1:16:51.

The winner of last year’s Teen Tri Triathlon was Tucker Banger of Woolwich, at 32:39, and the fastest female teen was Julia West from Wiscasset at 27:34.



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