Joey Boyle, 8, left, joins his father, Rogers High School social studies teacher Joe Boyle, of Bowling Green, for the last 50 yards.
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The first race begins from the beach at Olander Park.
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Swimmers on the beach shortly before the races begin. Different colored swim caps denote different categories of participants.
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The national anthem is played.
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Phillip Clauda of Blue Ash, Ohio, right, and other riders as they start the bike portion of the event.
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Third-year University of Toledo College of Medicine student Haley Akin, of Maumee studies while her husband participates.
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Wilson Chimbira of Ann Arbor leaves the bicycle transition area after the swim.
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Swimmers gather on the beach at Olander Park.
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In the bike transition area, one racer escorts her bike past another racer who is drying her feet.
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Bukky Nafiu, of Saline, Mich., left, and Wilson Chimbira of Ann Arbo, after completing their races.
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Runners on the last leg of the event head east on Sylvania Avenue.
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Volunteers offer water to runners from the Sylvania Senior Center table. They are, from left: Sunhui McPherson of Sylvania; Jody Harris of Toledo, volunteer coordinator at the Sylvania Senior Center; and Charles Buchanan, 16, of Holland, who will be a junior at Springfield High School.
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Sprint men, 40 years of age and above, in the swim.
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The first race begins from the beach at Olander Park.
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The first race begins from the beach at Olander Park.
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Finishing together from left are Nick McElhinny of St. Claire Shores, Mich., his fiancee Maggie Lentine of Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., and her siblings, Katie Porter of Ann Arbor and Bill Lentine of Beltsville, Mich.
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