Jordanelle Triathlon returns with 700 athletes, continued growth
Seven hundred athletes will swim, bike and run at Jordanelle Reservoir, showing how a 1998 race became a sellout draw with 100 more supporters expected.
From a niche endurance event in the late 1990s to a 700-athlete regional draw, the Jordanelle Triathlon has become one of the Wasatch Back’s most durable summer fixtures. The race will return Saturday, June 20, at Jordanelle Reservoir’s Rock Cliff Recreation Area in Kamas, where competitors will swim, bike and run through a course built around the reservoir and the Provo River.
TriUtah lists the race as Utah’s longest-running triathlon, held since 1998, and says it sells out each year. The organization also says racers should arrive early because the park will close at 7:00 a.m. sharp on race day. The field includes sprint and Olympic divisions, along with relay, duathlon and aquabike categories, plus Clydesdale and Athena divisions that widen the event’s reach beyond traditional individual racing.
Race director Aamodt said the event has grown sharply since he bought TriUtah in 2012, when the race drew roughly 100 to 200 participants. The shift to 700 registered triathletes, along with another 100 or so supporters he expects at the state park, shows how much larger the triathlon’s footprint has become on the ground in Summit County and around Kamas.
That growth also carries a clear local payoff. The race raises money for the West Field High School cross-country team in Taylor and the Challenged Athletes Foundation, which says it helps athletes with physical disabilities through funding for adaptive sports equipment, training and community support. Even as TriUtah operates as a for-profit organization, the event’s charitable piece has remained part of its identity.
Aamodt said the setting is a big reason the triathlon keeps coming back, along with the active lifestyle around Park City and the wider Utah mountain region. He said the atmosphere stays welcoming, with competitors cheering each other on even while racing hard. That combination of scenery, scale and camaraderie has helped make the Jordanelle Triathlon a regular part of the Wasatch Back summer calendar, and one that continues to draw both serious racers and recreational entrants to the reservoir year after year.
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