York Sprint Triathlon
York College
899 South Richland Avenue
York, PA US 17403
Rise Up Racing in partnership with York College & Racine MultiSports Timing are happily bringing back the once well known York Sprint Triathlon race. The vision is to create strong, accessible, local, organized, sanctioned triathlon racing back to the York PA community. Come out and join this family friendly sprint & super sprint triathlon.
EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday June 18th 2027
4pm-6pm Pre-race packet pickup (optional) *Strongly encouraged for all athletes. Avoid any race day packet pickup lines, and get to pre-drive the bike & run courses.
6pmTriathlon Clinic & Athlete Briefing with Robin Barth, Race Director, L2 USAT Certified Coach, & Head Coach Rise Up Racing
Saturday June 19th 2027
*Athlete parking: W Campus Dr. If you park near the finishing area you will be stuck until all bikers are cleared off-course. We recommend you park in a lot a little further away.
Race Day Schedule – June 19th 2027:
5:00–7:00 AM – Packet pickup & bike racking
6:30–7:30 AM – Swim warm-ups (pool opens)
7:45 AM – Transition area closes (regardless of age group start time)
8:00 AM – Race begins (staggered swim starts every 5-10 seconds, racers ordered by 500-yard swim time w/in their age group)
9:00 AM – Finish line celebration with food trucks and post-race food for athletes
11:00 AM – Awards Ceremony
Swim Course
The swim course is a serpentine style swim and will be detailed in the athlete guide.
As race day approaches, each age group will be assigned:
A corral time
A start time
Age groups & Relay Participants will be seeded based on estimated 500-yard swim time 5 seconds apart with a 2 minute break between age groups. This format not only creates a more competitive and engaging race experience—especially as a USAT National Qualifier—but also helps reduce crowding on the pool deck and improves overall flow.
As race day approaches, each age group will be assigned: a corral time (corralling will happen in the front parking lot of the pool area)
The ‘corral ladies’ will be holding signs with the current age groups ‘on deck’ and then will be walking each age group on deck in order of their bib number to receive their chip timing device and then line up for the start. It is important that athletes line up with the ‘corral ladies’ in order of your bib number within their correct age group. Bib number is how we sorted estimated swim finish time.
We will be corralling 3 age groups at time, but this will move very quickly. There will only be a 2 minute gap between each age group. Age groups will be seeded by fastest expected swim finish time and will be mixed male & female. There will be a separate corral for relays.
Spectators are encouraged to cheer for their athletes on pool deck only when their athlete is being ushered in. No athletes or spectators are allowed to enter the pool deck through the race course, they MUST enter in through the main entrance. Once their athlete is finished swimming we ask that spectators move towards transition area or bike course to continue cheering and make room for other spectators to cheer on deck.
Coral Order by age group (age groups will be ordered by their estimated swim finish time):
70+
12-14
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
15-19
Relays
20-24
45-49
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
registrations after Wednesday June 16th .
Bike Course
The bike course is 13.5 mile course with 940ft of elevation change.
The roads will not be closed to traffic but will have safety personal and/or volunteers at every turn.
The bike course is hilly, but also fun with beautiful scenery and fast descending. The max grade is 6.7% and the max descent is -9.7%.
Run Course
5K Run: Runners will exit transition area heading through the neighborhood before entering the famous York Rail Trail and turning around. There will be 2 aid stations on course for the run
