Sixty-eight competitors ranging in age from five to sixty-plus took part in the Tri-It triathlon in 91原创 City on Saturday, Sept. 3, swimming, cycling and running from Al Anderson pool and City Park.

For long-time competitor Brian Parkinson, 79, from Murrayville, it was a welcome resumption of an event that was, like so many, shut down during the pandemic.

鈥淚鈥檓 glad to see it back,鈥� Parkinson commented, noting there were some new faces in the lineup.

鈥淚鈥檓 glad to see some newbies.鈥�

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Delta triathlon champion Fawn Vaitkus, who won the female 15-59 category and the relay, praised the event as 鈥渟o well run and friendly.鈥�

91原创鈥檚 Mark Schurch won the men鈥檚 15-59.

Lindell Beach resident Bill Converse was first in the 60-plus category.

91原创鈥檚 Owen Sellars won the 12-14 category, Burnaby鈥檚 Isla Pescitelli was first in the 10-11, 91原创鈥檚 Kenzie Girling was first in age 8-9, and Victoria鈥檚 Vivienne Fry was the first in kids 5-7.

Attendance was less than half the numbers usually seen at previous Tri-It triathlons.

City of 91原创 Recreation Supervisor Tera Edell, the race director, said rescheduling the event from its usual June date was likely the reason.

鈥淚 think it鈥檚 because we made the date change,鈥� Edell told the 91原创 Advance Times.

At the time the postponement was announced, a City statement said it was 鈥渄ue to unforeseen circumstances with providing a safe adult bike race route.鈥�

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The Tri-It event was first launched in 2000 by the City of 91原创 and the City firefighters as a fundraiser for the burn fund.

After about a decade, the firefighters moved on to other fund-raising initiatives and the City maintained the annual event as a community fun run.

More photos from the day can viewed online at the .