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Competitors row, bike, run during inaugural Hohenfels Driathlon

By Bryan Gatchell, USAG Bavaria Public AffairsAugust 27, 2024

Rugged Terrain Driathlon
1 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Community members at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center participate in the annual "Rugged Terrain Driathlon" near Hohenfels Germany, Aug. 17, 2024.

The Driathlon had over 30 participants and consisted of three events; a 750m row, 20km bike ride, and 5km run. Participants could participate as individuals or as part of a team to complete this timed event. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nicko Bryant Jr.) (Photo Credit: Spc. Nicko Bryant Jr)
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Rugged Terrain Driathlon
2 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Community members at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center participate in the annual "Rugged Terrain Driathlon" near Hohenfels Germany, Aug. 17, 2024.

The Driathlon had over 30 participants and consisted of three events; a 750m row, 20km bike ride, and 5km run. Participants could participate as individuals or as part of a team to complete this timed event. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nicko Bryant Jr.) (Photo Credit: Spc. Nicko Bryant Jr)
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Rugged Terrain Driathlon
3 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Community members at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center participate in the annual "Rugged Terrain Driathlon" near Hohenfels Germany, Aug. 17, 2024.

The Driathlon had over 30 participants and consisted of three events; a 750m row, 20km bike ride, and 5km run. Participants could participate as individuals or as part of a team to complete this timed event. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nicko Bryant Jr.) (Photo Credit: Spc. Nicko Bryant Jr)
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Rugged Terrain Driathlon
4 / 4 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Community members at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center participate in the annual "Rugged Terrain Driathlon" near Hohenfels Germany, Aug. 17, 2024.

The Driathlon had over 30 participants and consisted of three events; a 750m row, 20km bike ride, and 5km run. Participants could participate as individuals or as part of a team to complete this timed event. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nicko Bryant Jr.) (Photo Credit: Spc. Nicko Bryant Jr)
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USAG BAVARIA – HOHENFELS, Germany – Dozens of athletes took to the Joint Multinational Readiness Center to row, bicycle, and run as part of the Hohenfels Military Community’s inaugural Driathlon Aug. 17, 2024 at Hohenfels, Germany.

There were 19 individual participants and seven three-person teams coming from Hohenfels, Grafenwoehr and as far away as Stuttgart to compete.

Participants rowed for 750 meters on stationary rowing machines, and from there they took to the gravel roadways of the training area on bicycle. The final stage of the race was a five-kilometer run, which started with an uphill climb and ended with an uphill climb.

Despite the name "driathlon," the weather was not dry, and competitors rowed, biked and ran in wet weather.

Organizations provided food and water at the event start site, and volunteers staffed water tables along the bicycle and running portions of the race.

Below are the results from the event:

Individual Female:

  • 1st - Ellie Christensen - 1:43:03
  • 2nd - Amanda Butler - 1:43:51
  • 3rd - Brittany Martinez - 1:45:04

Individual Male:

  • 1st - Joshua Lothspeich - 1:14:51
  • 2nd - William West - 1:26:09
  • 3rd - Michael Curtain - 1:31:38

Teams

  • 1st - Tri Hard Crew (Edgar Orellana, Austin Luher, Grayson Haws) - 1:06:38
  • 2nd - Califas Brown Bears (Savino Cisneros, Alfred Flores, Hector Ruelas-Godinez) - 1:23:55
  • 3rd - M30ABC (Francisco Granda, David Ries, William Holden) - 1:31:33

Bes Mixed Team

  • Gainz & Roses (Verena Wolfrum, Will Powell, Ethan Reynolds) - 1:26:34