Dragon Fly Triathlon & AquaBike
About this race
Dragon Fly Triathlon & AquaBike will host the Mississippi Age Group and High school State Championship
State championships will have the following qualification criteria for Age Group Nationals:
State championships will qualify the top 35% or top five (5) finishers in an age group (whichever is greater). You may only qualify for Olympic-distance Nationals by placing in the Olympic-distance State Championship race or Sprint Nationals by placing in the sprint distance State Championship race.
High School Championship Awards:
1st Overall High School Club (based on score - lowest score wins)
1st Overall High School Club Participation (highest participation number wins)
¨ High School State Championships Exemption: All high school athletes who finish any of the State High School Championships will automatically qualify for Sprint-distance (pending they are at least age 15 as of December 31, 2026.)
Club State Championship Awards:
1st Overall USAT Club (based on score - Lowest score wins)
1st Overall USAT Club Participation (highest number of participation wins)
Scoring will follow standard cross-country scoring, in which the lowest point total among qualifying teams will be the winner.
¨ Host nor athletes need to do anything to confirm their qualification. USAT will notify athletes of qualification after Host submits results through the sanctioning process.
The 36th Annual DragonFly Sprint and Olympic Triathlon will have two distances to choose from 1500 meter swim, 40K Bike, 10K run and 750 meter swim, 20K bike, 5K run. The DragonFly Triathlon is located at Cypress Point on the Lower Lake at Sardis Lake Reservoir. The swim is always cool, refreshing and you will have a sandy beach entrance and exit. The bike course goes through farm land and is flat, flat, flat! The run is on pavement for 2 miles and on trails.
Race day registration is available but get there early!
Finishers Medals for all, pizza, watermelon, chips & ice cream by Prairie Farms; this will make a great early summer triathlon for your 2026 season.
Awards to overall Female and Male, Age Groups and Relays.
Packet Pickups & registration
Thursday July 23rd, 2026 -3:30 p.m. -6:00 p.m. Located at Bikes Plus - 7124 Stage Rd #115, Bartlett, TN 38133
Friday July 24th ; 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
Dragon Fly Sprint Triathlon Race Site
Cypress Creek Point
Lower Lake Sardis
Sardis, MS 38666
Saturday July 25th; 6:00 am -7:30 am
Dragon Fly Sprint Triathlon Race Site
Cypress Creek Point
Lower Lake Sardis
Sardis, MS 38666
Pick your distance
Triathlon
Dragon Fly Sprint Triathlon - Individual
Dragon Fly Sprint Triathlon - Athena / Clydesdale Division
Clydesdale is a Male 225 lbs and over An Athena is a Female 165 lbs and over
Sprint Relay Captain (create a team)
The first member to sign up will create a team name so your other teammates can sign up under the same team name
Sprint Relay Team Member (join a team)
A Team Member will receive the team name from the team captain and sign up under that team name
Sprint Physically Challenged
Physically Challenged Athletes will have the option of running the run course as marked that will consist of 2.5km of trails and 2.5km of pavement, or 2.5k of pavement twice to make the 5k run. Contact the race director at packet pick up if you have any questions.
Dragon Fly Olympic Triathlon
Dragon Fly Olympic Triathlon - Athena / Clydesdale Division
Clydesdale is a Male 225 lbs and over An Athena is a Female 165 lbs and over
Olympic Relay Captain (create a team)
The first member to sign up will create a team name so your other teammates can sign up under the same team name
Olympic Relay Team Member (join a team)
A Team Member will receive the team name from the team captain and sign up under that team name
Duathlon
Dragon Fly Sprint Aquabike
750m swim, 20km bike
Typical race-day weather
Based on 11 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Sardis, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:05 AM and sets at 8:07 PM local time (CDT) in Sardis on July 25, 2026 — 14h 01m of daylight.
Course
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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, 1 Sardis event
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