Triathlon News

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Christine M. Houser, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton commanding officer, gives remarks during a change of command ceremony at MCAS Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 13, 2024. During the ceremony, Col. David B. Moore relinquished command of MCAS Camp Pendleton to Col. Christine M. Houser. The ceremony represents the transfer of authority, responsibility, and accountability from the outgoing officer to the incoming commanding officer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela J. Watts)
After dominating basketball courts, Marine finds new passion on triathlon track
By Joe Lacdan, Army News Service | Aug. 5, 2024
Before Christine Houser ever swam or biked in a triathlon, another sport helped her weather through her toughest loss.
Maj. Christyn Gaa, who has competed in about 40 triathlons, finished third in the women's masters division at the 2024 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship. Gaa is assigned as the commander of the 745th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment... (Master Sgt. Sharilyn Wells)
Soldier discovers love of triathlons
By Joe Lacdan, Army News Service | July 12, 2024
Growing up in the lakefront city of Milwaukee, Christyn Gaa could shoot hoops, dribble a soccer ball and hit softballs. Years later, while studying nursing at Marquette University, she even joined an intramural basketball squad.
Maj. Nicholas Sterghos, a member of the Army Reserve, catches his breath after finishing 4th in the 2024 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship on July 29 at Point Mugu Beach, Calif. (Master Sgt. Sharilyn Wells)
Army Reserve Soldier finds his niche in the triathlon
By Joe Lacdan - Army News Service | July 8, 2024
Nicholas Sterghos faced a crossroads in his athletic career. During his first two years at the U.S. Military Academy, multiple fractures, aches and ankle injuries contributed to him missing time running with the Black Knights’ cross country and track teams from 2005-2006.
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Kyle Hooker of the Pentagon rides to his seventh gold medal during the 2024 Armed Forces Triathlon Championships was held at Naval Base Ventura County, Calif., June 26-30. Service members from Army, Marine Corps, Navy (with Coast Guard) and Air Force (with Space Force) battled alongside the Canadian forces for gold. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Sharilyn Wells/USACAPOC(A) PAO)
Sailor wins seventh Army Forces Triathlon, as Navy dominates the field
By Joe Lacdan, Armed Forces Sports | June 30, 2024
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Kyle Hooker raised his arms as he won his seventh Armed Forces Triathlon championship on an overcast day at Point Mugu Beach Saturday. 
2023 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship hosted by Naval Base Ventura County, California on April 1. The Armed Forces Championship features teams from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy (with Coast Guard runners), and Air Force (with Space Force Runners). Department of Defense Photo by Mr. Steven Dinote - Released.
Military triathletes to test mettle in annual Armed Forces championship
By Joe Lacdan, Army News Service | June 28, 2024
Athletes from every service branch will compete to determine the top triathletes in the military at the 2024 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship this weekend. 
Riders on the course of the 2023 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship hosted by Naval Base Ventura County, California on April 1. The Armed Forces Championship features teams from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy (with Coast Guard runners), and Air Force (with Space Force Runners). Department of Defense Photo by Mr. Steven Dinote - Released.
Navy Men and Marine Corps Women Capture Armed Forces Triathlon Gold
By Mr. Steven Dinote, U.S. Armed Forces Sports Secretariat | April 3, 2023
Navy men defended their title as the Marine Corps Women won team gold for the first time since 2008, during an exciting Armed Forces Triathlon Championship held at Point Mugu Beach aboard Naval Base Ventura County, California on April 1st.
Athletes enter the Pacific Ocean at Point Mugu Beach for the start of the 2021 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship held on 11 September. Service members from the Marine Corps, Navy (with Coast Guard) personnel), and Air Force (with Space Force personnel) compete for gold. (Department of Defense Photo, Released)
Naval Base Ventura County to host 2023 Armed Forces Triathlon
By Mr. Steven Dinote, U.S. Armed Forces Sports Secretariat | March 30, 2023
The Armed Forces Triathlon Championship featuring teams from Army, Marine Corps, Navy (including Coast Guard) and Air Force (including Space Force), will be held at the Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu Beach, California on 1 April 2023.  
Athletes enter the Pacific Ocean at Point Mugu Beach for the start of the 2021 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship held on 11 September. Service members from the Marine Corps, Navy (with Coast Guard) personnel), and Air Force (with Space Force personnel) compete for gold. (Department of Defense Photo, Released)
Navy Sweeps Men and Women Team Golds at 2021 Armed Forces Triathlon
By Armed Forces Sports | Sept. 23, 2021
A perfect day at the beach, as Navy swept men’s and women’s team gold at the 2021 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship held at Naval Base Ventura County’s Point Mugu Beach on September 11th.  
2020 Armed Forces Sports Championships Cancellations
By U.S. Armed Forces Sports | April 10, 2020
As leadership continues to monitor the current COVID-19 guidance from the Department of Defense and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Armed Forces Sports Council has made the decision to cancel all Armed Forces Sports Championships and events through September 30, 2020.  
Air Force Reserve Maj. Judith Coyle stands at attention for the U.S. national anthem after receiving the gold medal for placing first in the women's senior division of the CISM Military World Games triathlon in Wuhan, China, Oct. 27, 2019. In her left hand she holds the mascot of the games, BingBing, presented to all medalists.
USA’s Coyle wins triathlon gold in China
By Gary Sheftick | Oct. 27, 2019
In the final competition of the World Military Games in China, USA’s Judith Coyle finished the triathlon in 2:10:48 to win a gold medal Sunday in the women’s senior division and propel her mixed senior team to a silver medal.
The U.S. Armed Forces Sports team marches during opening ceremonies for the 2019 CISM Military World Games in Wuhan, China Oct. 18, 2019. Teams from more than 100 countries will compete in dozens of sporting events through Oct. 28. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)
Military World Games opens with dazzling spectacle
By Joe Lacdan and Gary Sheftick | Oct. 18, 2019
U.S. service members watched colorful pageantry Friday evening during the opening ceremony for the 7th CISM Military World Games.
NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY - POINT MUGU, Calif. (June 9, 2018) U.S. Navy Lt. Kyle Hooker of Bremerton, Wash. finishes in first place for the fourth year in a row at the 2018 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship. During the triathlon, service members competed both individually and as a team to Olympic distances of a 1,500-meter (approximately 1-mile) open-water swim, followed by a 40-kilometer (24.8-mile) bike ride, and finishing with a 10-kilometer (6.2-mile) run. Additionally, teams competed for points and spots on the U.S. Armed Forces Team that will compete at the Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) World Military Triathlon Championship in Lidkoping, Sweden from 15-18 June 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Dan Willey/Released)
Navy Sweeps Men's and Women's Triathlon Championship
By Armed Forces Sports | June 18, 2018
Navy Lt. Kyle Hooker of the USS Nimitz wins the 2018 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship men’s title for the fourth straight year and Marine Capt. Mollie Hebda of Camp Pendleton, Calif. takes home her second straight women’s gold at Point Mugu, California, June 9.
Point Mugu, Calif. (June 10, 2017) Army 1st Lt. Justine Emge is just ahead of Air Force Maj. Judith Coyle as they finish the 10-kilometer bike portion of the Armed Forces Triathlon. (U.S. Navy photo by Theresa Miller/Released)
NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY TO HOST THE 2018 ARMED FORCES TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP
By U.S. Armed Forces Sports | June 1, 2018
Naval Base Ventura County will host the 2018 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship here June 6-10. This event will feature men and women teams from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force along with athletes from the Coast Guard competing on the Navy team.
U.S. Armed Forces Triathlon team members gather for a group photo before heading out on a practice bike ride Aug.4, 2017 in Warendorf, Germany, in preparation for the Warendorf, Germany,. The multi-national competition is hosted by the International Military Sports Council, whose mission is to build “friendship through sports.” (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Savannah Mosby/Released)
U.S. Service Members Compete in International Military Triathlon
By Lance Cpl. Troy Saunders | Aug. 10, 2017
U.S. service members from all five branches competed together to represent the U.S. Armed Forces Triathlon Team in the 2017 World Military Triathlon Championship in Sassenberg, Germany, Aug. 5, 2017.
Point Mugu, Calif. (June 10, 2017) Navy Lt. Kyle Hooker and Navy Lt. Thomas Brown are first and second to complete the one-mile ocean swim at Point Mugu beach in the first leg of the Armed Forces Triathlon. (U.S. Navy photo by Theresa Miller/Released)
Armed Forces Triathlon winners to represent the U.S. at 2017 World Military Triathlon Championship
By THERESA MILLER - Naval Base Ventura County | June 29, 2017
POINT MUGU, California – Navy Lt. Kyle Hooker won the Armed Forces Triathlon Championship men’s title for the third straight year with a time of 1:50:12 at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu, California, on June 10.
Navy Lt. Kyle Hooker of NAS Jacksonville, Fla. won his second straight Armed Forces individual gold medal and led Navy to team silver. The 2016 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship was held at Naval Base Ventura County, Calif. on 18 June.
Navy's Kyle Hooker Repeats, Army Sweeps Armed Forces Triathlon
By Armed Forces Sports | June 22, 2016
Navy Lt. Kyle Hooker wins the Armed Forces Triathlon Championship men’s title for the second straight year with a time of 1:53:55 at Point Mugu, California, June 18. Air Force Maj. Judith Coyle from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington captured her first Armed Forces women’s gold with an overall time of 2:11:03.
Army 1st Lt. Gene LeHardy (right) runs out of the surf during the 1.5-kilometer swim leg of the men's triathlon in downtown Pohang, South Korea, during the CISM World Games Oct. 10, 2015.
USA takes 3 bronze medals in CISM triathlon
By Gary Sheftick | Oct. 20, 2015
POHANG, South Korea -- Despite beginning with shoulder-high waves breaking on their heads, Team USA took bronze medals in women's senior triathlon, men's senior and mixed team here at the CISM World Games Oct. 10.
Navy Lieutenans Derek Oskutis (front) of NB San Diego, Calif. and 2015 Armed Forces Triathlon Champion Kyle Hooker of NAS Whidbey Island, Wash. take a commanding lead in the road race portion of the 2015 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship at Wolf Lake in Hammond, Ind. held in conjunction with Leon's Triathlon on June 7, 2015.
Navy's Hooker, Army women dominate stormy Armed Forces Triathlon
By Gary Sheftick | June 18, 2015
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, June 18, 2015) -- Navy Lt. Kyle Hooker led the Armed Forces Triathlon Championship all the way to finish his run in a torrential downpour with a combined time of 1:51:24 in Hammond, Indiana, June 7.
The two first-place finishers, Army Capt. Nick Vandam for the men and Air Force 2nd Lt. Samantha Morrison for the women, relax after the triathlon.
Navy Men and Air Force Women take Armed Forces Triathlon Gold
By ANDREA HOWRY | June 12, 2014
The U.S. Navy men’s triathlon team repeated its 2013 first-place finish in this year’s Armed Forces Triathlon Championship Saturday, May 31, at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu. The Navy women’s team, which won the gold medal last year, had to settle for third-place this year, falling victim to a strong returning Air Force team, which placed first, and a new but powerful Marine Corps team that took home the silver.
Army Capt. Nicholas Sterghos of Fort Hood, Texas, gestures as he finishes the Armed Forces Triathlon in first place June 1 at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, Calif. Sterghos, who finished with a time of 1 hour, 49 minutes, 21 seconds, finished second in last year's race.
Soldier leads pack, Navy sweeps team titles in Armed Forces Triathlon
By Tim Hipps | June 6, 2013
NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (June 4, 2013) – Army Capt. Nicholas Sterghos won the men’s crown
Air Force Lt. Samantha Morrison, who graduated from the U.S. Academy just three days before the June 1 Armed Forces Triathlon, finished in 2:07:39, taking gold for the women's group.
Navy Teams Make History at 2013 Armed Forces Triathlon
By ANDREA HOWRY | June 6, 2013
Navy triathletes made history Saturday, June 1, when both the men’s and women’s teams took home gold
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