, 
, 
, 
The eighth annual Davis Lake Triathlon kicked off the Fourth of July activities at The Lake last week with athletic competition in kayaks, on bicycles and on foot.
The triathlon has two divisions, the Minnows and the Sharks.
The Minnows race is a quarter mile kayak, two-mile bike ride and one-mile run.
The Sharks race is a half mile kayak, eight-mile bike ride and 2 1/2-mile run.
Both races can be completed by individuals or three-person teams.
This year’s event saw the Minnows race go off without a hitch, but the Sharks race was delayed for 1 1/2 hours because of threatening weather and lightning.
Once the all-clear was announced, the Sharks race started and finished in cooler temperatures.
The winning Minnows team “Splash Flash Dash” finished the race in a time of 18 minutes, 29 seconds.
Team members were Kasey Buss, Jaydon Johnson and Luverne High School track and cross country runner Ella Schmuck.
Minnows individual winners were Jaxon Pick, Luverne, (male) in 24:12 and Anna Alvey, Hartford, South Dakota, (female) in 26:36.
The Sharks team “Air Force One,” consisting of Justin Rust, Kraig Rust and the two-mile ringer Jenna DeBates, another LHS track and cross country runner, finished the race in 49:27.
Sharks individual winners were Jon Alvey (male) from Hartford with a time of 49:27 and Jenna Dixon (female) from Canton with a time of 1:03:09.