Liberty to host triathlon regional championships for three years

Members of Liberty’s triathlon team cheer teammates on to the finish line at the Liberty University Collegiate Triathlon, held on campus Sept. 21, 2013.

Liberty University has been selected to host the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Triathlon Regional Championships in October for the next three years. For the past two seasons, the USA Triathlon-sanctioned event, which concludes the fall race series, has been held in Ellicott City, Md.

Last fall, the Flames hosted the Liberty University Collegiate Triathlon, a USAT-sanctioned sprint event on campus. That race was run so smoothly that it attracted the attention of the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Triathlon Conference.

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