For the second year in a row, TOUGHMAN New York was the host site for the USA Triathlon Long Course National Championships in Stony, Point, New York.
Athletes from across the US gathered on Sunday, September 25 to compete for national titles in three multisport events: long course triathlon, duathlon and aquabike.
Due to the water conditions in Lake Welch at Harriman State Park, the triathlon transitioned into a run-bike-run duathlon format, with athletes racing on a 2-mile run, 56-mile bike, 13.1-mile run course.
New York’s own Kevin Cronin (Greenfield Center, NY) earned the overall men’s long course triathlon title and also claimed the men’s age group 20-24 title. In the women’s long course triathlon event, Blair Bartosiewicz (Delray Beach, FL) seized the overall crown, also earning the women’s 25-29 age group title.
The triathlon event scored a total of 22 age-group national champions from 15 US states. Sunday’s event also served as a qualifier for athletes to represent their age group for Team USA at World Triathlon events.
For the Long Course Triathlon, top finishers qualified for the 2023 World Triathlon Long-Distance Championship in Ibiza, Spain.
In Long-Course Duathlon, athletes qualified for the 2023 World Triathlon Powerman Long Distance Duathlon Championships Zofingen, set to be in Zofingen, Switzerland as well as the 2023 World Triathlon Middle Distance Duathlon Championships.
The Long Course Aquabike top finishers qualified for the 2023 World Triathlon Long Distance Aquabike Championships, also in Ibiza, Spain.
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