Muncie Sprint and Olympic Triathlon
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Muncie Sprint and Olympic Triathlon
The event takes place at Prairie Creek Reservoir Park in Selma, Indiana. It is a USAT sanctioned, professionally chip timed multisport event limited to athletes aged 13 and older and capped at 1000 total racers. Race-day packet pickup and registration are available on site.
Distances offered include:
- Sprint triathlon: 500 yard swim; 12.5 mile bike; 3.1 mile run
- Olympic triathlon: 1500 meter swim; 25 mile bike; 6.2 mile run
- Sprint duathlon: 1 mile run to start
- Olympic duathlon: 3.1 mile run to start
The swim is a lake course at Prairie Creek Reservoir with a time-trial beach start, buoyed turns, and an optional mass start for less confident swimmers. Wetsuit rules follow USAT policy: wetsuits allowed at or below 78°F, allowed with results asterisked between 78.1°F and 84°F, and prohibited above 84°F. Many boats may be on the water.
The bike courses use smoothly paved roads with rolling hills and are one lap for sprint and two laps for Olympic. Police will control traffic at the park exit and key intersections. There are no aid stations on the bike course; aid and water are available near transition and approximately every mile on the run course. Run courses are single-lap out-and-back routes on mostly smooth pavement with one crushed gravel out-and-back section.
Transition area rules include assigned racking, a maximum of eight bicycles per rack, and access limited to participants and volunteers. Relay teams share a timing chip for tag transfers in transition. On-site parking is available a short walk from transition; porta-johns and a small park restroom are provided. Timing chips and neoprene ankle straps are distributed at packet pickup. Contingency plans allow course format changes if swim or bike segments are unsafe. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
