The French Creek Tri is the Philadelphia Area’s Premiere Triathlon Event in French Creek State Park! It includes an Olympic Distance Triathlon, and a Sprint Distance Triathlon, an Aqua-Bike Division, a Relay Division, and a Team challenge event.

This year we’re gearing up for our 4th Year! The excitement is building to make this an even better event than last year’s FCT. John took all the feedback from the racers and volunteers, and is working hard to make a great event achieve even higher goals!

• USAT Sanctioned event
• Custom awards to top 3 in each age group
• Prize Purse to top 3 Male/Female overall winners in the Olympic distance race
• Free hot food buffet for all racers, and volunteers

John Kenny, a passionate race director, is gearing up for the 5th annual French Creek Tri! The excitement is building to make this an even better event than last year’s FCT.

John took all the feedback from the racers and volunteers, and is working hard to make a great event achieve even higher goals!
This is a USAT Sanctioned event.

• Custom awards to top 3 in each age group.
• CASH PRIZES to top 3 Male/Female overall winners in the Olympic distance race.
• Free hot food buffet for all racers and volunteers.

REGISTRATION AND SCHEDULE:

Packet pickup:

• Thursday and Friday at select sponsor locations.
• Saturday 10AM – 5PM,
• Sunday 5:00AM-6:30AM ($5 fee applies)

Weekend Schedule:

• Kid’s packet pickup – 10-11:30AM
• Adult packet pickup – 10AM – 5PM
• SAT 10:30AM – Kids’ transition clinic
• SAT 12 noon – Kids’ race start ages 4-6.
• SAT 20 minutes after ages 4-6 finish, start ages 7-10.
• SAT 20 minutes after ages 7-10 finish, start ages 11-14.
• SAT – 2:15PM – Kids’ awards ceremony
• SAT – 3:30PM – Kids’ open water clinic
• SAT – 4:30PM – Adults’ open water clinic and Q&A
• SUN 5AM Transition area opens.
• SUN 5AM-6:30AM – Packet pickup. There will be a $5.00 Packet Pickup fee for same day packet pickup!
• NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE TAKEN AFTER 6:30AM.
• SUN 6AM – swim warm up available.
• SUN 6:50AM Pre-race briefing at Hopewell Lake.
• SUN 7AM sprint race starts.
• SUN 7:20AM Olympic race starts.
• SUN 8:05 First sprint finisher estimated.
• SUN 9:30 First Olympic finisher estimated.
• SUN 8AM – 11AM Massage and ART available
• SUN 8:30AM-11:30AM Hot buffet style lunch for athletes and volunteers.
• SUN Apprx 11:30AM Awards ceremony to begin.

There will be a $5.00 Same Day Packet Pickup Charge, for anyone who wants to pick up their packet on Sunday morning! Free packet pickup will be available at the park, during our ToughKids Philly Triathlon, on SATURDAY MAY 20, and at our sponsors’ locations the week before the race. Stay tuned for more details. We encourage all racers to come out to our sponsors’ locations, or to the park on Saturday to avoid an extra fee and registration lines on Sunday.,The Philadelphia Area’s Premiere Triathlon Event! The French Creek Triathlon includes an Olympic distance triathlon, and a Sprint distance triathlon, along with an Aquabike and Relay division, and a Team Challenge event.