sprint triathlon
2016 HamTrek
Thirty teams and 57 individuals competed in the 13th annual event on April 29. Participants swam 21 lengths in the pool, biked nine miles and ran 5 kilometers.
Hamtrek
HamTrek, Hamilton’s annual triathlon and walk, offers Hamilton community members the opportunity to compete individually or as relay teams in swimming, on-road biking and cross-country running.
HamTrek 2017 is Friday, April 28, 2017
As a sprint triathlon event, the distances are 525 yards of swimming (21 lengths in the pool), 9 miles of on-road biking (two times around the Griffin Road loop and 5k of cross-country running (the cross-country course).
The entire event takes place on the Hamilton campus and surrounding roads. HamTrek starts in the Bristol Pool and finishes in the field behind the fitness center.
Participants are encouraged to collect donations to benefit the Shawn Grady Memorial Fund. The Fund, a non-profit/tax exempt organization devoted to helping local families who have children with life-threatening illnesses, was established in memory of Shawn Grady, an outstanding athlete who was diagnosed with cancer in the fall of his sophomore year.