Santa Rosa Island Triathlon

Awesome Day for the The 14th Annual Santa Rosa Island Triathlon

We have just had another great year for the race with beautiful weather, great water,and  no jelly fish. Last year was pretty good but I think this year even topped it. We have been slowly building back this race, now five years after Hurricane Ivan just about destroyed Pensacola Beach and the  SRI triathlon had to be completely canceled. The next year, Hurricane Dennis came along right before the race and wrecked havoc on the beaches.

This year, due to the recent completion of the road to Navarre, we were able to have the bike course revert to the original course down into the National Seashore, 9 miles out and 9 back.  It is fantastic to see so many old  friends and lots of new faces here enjoying this event with us. This year registration was over 800 triathletes and many of those are first timers. We had a huge turnout for our first timers meeting on the deck of the Hampton last night. We hope everyon  had a great race today and if so spread the word.

First Place Event Winners

Congrats to Brian Fleischmann and Amy Kloner our first place winners!

Winner of the Bicycle Drawing compliments of Bike’s Plus

Rachael Pongetti, a photography teacher at PJC was the winner today of the drawing for the Treks Bike so graciously donated by Bikes Plus. Rachael had tears in her eyes and said,

I am so happy, my bike was probably the worse one on the course!

Special Thanks

We want to thank all of our volunteers for all that they do to put on this event and also give a big round of applause for our generous sponsors for their support.

Press

Check out our Press Section for some more stories about this year’s Triathlon.

Here are a few highlights from the event.

Sponsors

We couldn’t put on this race without the help of our generous sponsors. Please support them and tell them thanks!