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Triathlon: 500Y Swim, 10M Bike, 5K Run    Duathlon: 2.5K Run, 10M Bike, 5K Run    Aquabike: 500Y Swim 10M Bike

Richland Village Drug

2012 Race Date
 Saturday, August 4
10th Anniversary

Our Mission - The Sherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center strengthens the spirit, mind, and body while instilling an appreciation of our natural environment.

The Shermanator Triathlon is a fund raising event for the Community Scholarship Program of the Sherman Lake YMCA Center in Augusta, Michigan. The race venue is the YMCA Camp and surrounding area. You will find it to be one of the most beautiful race venues in the region. The Shermanator celebrates it’s 9th anniversary with the 2011 event. In 2008, the decision was made to put the triathlon focus entirely on a Sprint distance event to provide athletes and spectators with what we hope you will agree is a World Class event.

Special thanks to our dozens of volunteers.  We could not put this event together to support the Sherman Lake YMCA Community Scholarship program without their tremendous efforts.

2011 event photos - available for viewing and purchase.

2011 triathlon results are posted here (searchable)
2011 5K results are posted here  (searchable)

What a great day for the 2011 Shermanator. Dozens of great stories with athletes developing their pursuit of lifelong fitness. And a supersonic field with the top 20 overall going sub 60 minutes.

The 2012 Shermanator features individual and relay divisions for the triathlon. New for 2012 are duathlon and aquabike divisions.  

The 5K previously held concurrent with the Shermanator is being separated from the multisport activities.  We are reviewing options to hold a 5K Run/Walk at the Sherman Lake YMCA later in the fall. Updates on that will be posted soon.

Gazelle Sports is offering its popular tri•zelle training program again this year with training sites in Battle Creek and Kalamazoo. Both are geared to prepare you for the Shermanator.  Go here to get more information and register.

We are ready with a potential change for the bike course for the 2012 event. Our normal sprint course has us going north on 37th St. From “G” Ave. to the
5 mile mark turnaround at Crane’s Pond.  However, 37th is being tore up and entirely rebuilt this summer. There is no way for us to know if it will be finished in time. So the alternate route, which we fully anticipate using, will be to go south on 37th from “G” to alongside the Galesburg-Augusta High School property near M-96 to the 5 mile turnaround, and then back.  We’ll keep you updated on the progress. The Kalamazoo County Road Commission and Ross Township will also be working together on pavement improvements along 39th Street from the YMCA main entrance to “G” Ave. this year.

Welcome to the 2012 Shermanator   
This is our 10th Anniversary!