Bowling Green Sprint Triathlon & Kids Triathlon
About this race
We are excited to bring back the Bowling Green Sprint Triathlon at the Preston Miller Park in 2026! Let's Go!
The Swim segment is 400 Meters in the Russel Sim Aquatic Center with 50-meter lanes to stretch out and build your speed! This is a serpentine swim.
The Bike segment is14 miles from park left onto Veterans Blvd traversing through some neighborhood roadways, making a loop and coming back to the park via Veterans.
The Run is a 5k that starts in Park at Transition and is an out and back in the Park and trails. This is paved and rock chip along the run.
Swim Map here with site map
Bike Map here
Run Map here
Each participant will get a shirt with their registration and those that finish will receiver a finishers medal.
Awards will be awarded to the top 3 male and female overall, top masters male and female overall, and top 3 in the following age groups: 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80+
This event is USA Triathlon Sanctioned, and each participant will be required to have a USAT Annual Membership, available for one day purchase through registration.
The Kids Triathlon will be taking place at 9:30am following the adult event. The kid's event will consist of a 50-meter swim, a 3-mile bike and a 1-mile run. The kid's courses are being redeveloped as we work with the city officials for the safest course! This event is part of the USA Triathlon Youth State Series.
Kids Swim Map here
Kids Bike Map here
Kids Run Map here
Pick your distance
Triathlon
Individual Triathlon
400 m swim/14 mile bike/ 3 mile run
Athena Triathon (165+ Female Weight Class)
400 m swim/14 mile bike/ 3 mile run
Clydesdale Triathlon (220+ Male Weight Class)
400 m swim/14 mile bike/ 3 mile run
Triathlon Relay Team
2 or 3 person relay
Sprint Aquabike (Swim Bike division)
400 m swim/14 mile bike only
Kids Triathlon - 50 M Swim, 3 Mile Bike, 1 Mile Run
Typical race-day weather
Based on 12 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Bowling Green, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:15 AM and sets at 7:17 PM local time (CDT) in Bowling Green on August 30, 2026 — 13h 02m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
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2026 results — Bowling Green Sprint Triathlon & Kids Triathlon
175 finishers across 6 distances · leading places in the Individual Triathlon
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Green | 59:49 | 3:27 /mi |
| 2 | Luis Plasencia | 1:00:49 | 3:30 /mi |
| 3 | Eric Knackmuhs | 1:04:12 | 3:42 /mi |
| 4 | Matthew Bartsch | 1:05:22 | 3:46 /mi |
| 5 | Dan Alber | 1:08:58 | 3:59 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 52 Bowling Green events
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