The second Toyota Legacy Triathlon was held on Saturday July 17, in Long Beach, California. Organised by national governing body USA Triathlon (USAT), more than 800 triathletes raced in the main event at Alamitos Beach – the proposed site of the triathlon competitions for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Los Angeles 2028.
Together, with Friday’s 2021 USA Triathlon Aquathlon National Championships and open water swim competitions, more than 1,100 age-group athletes competed at this weekend’s multisport events.
The Toyota Legacy Triathlon was held for the first time in 2019, as USA Triathlon became the first national governing body in the US Olympic and Paralympic Movement to bring a new annual event to the Los Angeles footprint ahead of the 2028 Games.
The racing action continued on Sunday with the Toyota USA Paratriathlon National Championships and Americas Triathlon Cup Long Beach.
Age-group competitors in Saturday’s Legacy Triathlon raced a sprint-distance triathlon, consisting of a 750m swim, 22km bike and 5km run.
The race also included an Olympian Pro-Am Relay wave, which featured eight three-person teams, each comprised of one Olympian and two amateur athletes. The amateur athletes made a donation to the USA Triathlon Foundation for the opportunity to participate, with proceeds going toward the USA Triathlon Foundation’s youth pillar and the LA Sports Council’s Ready, Set, Gold! program.
The overall winners of the Legacy Triathlon were Brittaney Wyszynski (Los Angeles, CA) who won the women’s race in a time of 1 hour, 6 minutes, 31 seconds and Prashanth Ganesh (Livermore, CA) who took the men’s win with a time of 56:59.
In the Olympian Pro-Am Relay, each athlete completed one leg of the triathlon before tagging off to their next teammate. Eight Olympians from four different Olympic sports participated, including:
- Allen James, race-walking, 1992 and 1996 US Olympian
- Michellie Jones, triathlon, 2000 Australian Olympic silver medallist, 2016 Australian Paralympic gold medallist (guide)
- Barb Lindquist, triathlon, 2004 US Olympian
- Joe Maloy, triathlon, 2016 US Olympian
- Giddeon Massie, track cycling, 2004 US Olympian
- John Moffett, swimming, 1984 US Olympian, qualified for boycotted 1980 Olympics
- John Naber, swimming, 1976 US Olympian, four-time gold medallist, 1-time silver medallist
- Andy Potts, triathlon, 2004 US Olympian, 2020 US Paralympian (guide)
Maloy — who won the overall men’s title in the inaugural Legacy Triathlon in 2019 — tasted victory again on Saturday as his relay team with age group athletes Anthony Galloway and Malek Amrani won the Olympian Pro-Am Relay.
The Legacy Triathlon also featured a Physically Challenged (PC) Open division for athletes who did not meet qualification criteria or time standards for Sunday’s Toyota USA Paratriathlon National Championships. Zach Collins (Albuquerque, NM) won the men’s division with a time of 1:12:12, while Magnolia Peters (Fort Wayne, IND) won the women’s division, finishing with a time of 1:19:24.
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