Media Relations
Press Release:
MEDIA CONTACT : Whitney Turk
561-297-3020, mediarelations@fau.edu
FAU’s Today & Beyond
Wellness Hosts 19th Annual Wellness Triathlon
WHAT:
Florida Atlantic University’s Today &
Beyond Wellness hosts its “19tAnnual
Wellness Triathlon”
WHEN:
Sunday,
April 18, check-in is from 5:30
to
6:45 a.m., and the triathlon begins at 7 a.m.
WHERE:
Spanish River Park
3001
Ocean Blvd.
Boca
Raton
COST:
Individual
USA Triathlon Member - $65
Individual Non-USA Triathlon Member - $ 75
Team USA Triathlon Member - $ 125
Team Non-USA Triathlon Member - $155
CONTACT:
For
more information, contact Rosemary Dunbar
at 561-297-3615, or visit
www.fau.edu/today/triathlon
The
19th annual Wellness Triathlon consists of a quarter-mile swim in
the Atlantic Ocean parallel to the beach, as well as a 10-mile
flat bike ride and 3.1-mile run along A1A. The event is limited
to 1,000 participants who may compete as individuals, or teams of
two or three people.
Registration can be completed online at www. imAthLETE.com prior to Friday, April 16 at midnight, or by downloading the registration and consent form and mailing it to Florida Atlantic University, Today & Beyond Wellness, SS-222, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431. Registration also can be done in person on Saturday, April 17 at the FAU Recreation and Fitness Center, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus, from 1 to 5 p.m. or on Sunday, April 18 at Spanish River Park from 5 to 6:45 a.m. A free race clinic designed to assist participants new to the sport will be offered at the Recreation and Fitness Center on Saturday, April 17 from noon to 1 p.m. Participants may pick up their races packet information directly after the clinic.
All revenue generated from the race will go to support FAU’s Today & Beyond Wellness and programs for the university community.
-FAU-
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10 colleges: College of Architecture, Urban & Public Affairs, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science, the College of Business, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Graduate College, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
