PHOTOS: World Police & Fire Games Triathlon at Castaic Lake

Katharine Lotze
August 14, 2017
12:05 pm

FILE ART. A swimmer looks out over a serene Paradise Cove at Castaic Lake’s Lower Lagoon. The lake is part of the State Water Project that transports Northern California water to Southern California. August 14, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

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Swimmers in the second start wave of the World Police and Fire Games triathlon held this summer in Paradise Cove at Castaic Lake, part of the State Water Project that delivers water from Northern California. August 14, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

A cyclist starts out on the 25-mile ride during the World Police and Fire Games triathlon at Castaic Lake on Monday, August 14, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

A cyclist starts on the 25-mile cycling portion of the triathlong along Lake Hughes Road during the 2017 World Police and Fire Games on Monday, August 14, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

A cyclist coasts down Lake Hughes Road near the Lower Lagoon at Castaic Lake as he completes the cycling portion of the 2017 World Police and Fire Games triathlon on Monday, August 14, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Robert Ross of Canada, the winner of the 2017 World Police and Fire Games individual men’s triathlon, high-fives supporters after finishing the race at the Lower Lagoon of Castaic Lake on Monday, August 14, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Competitors from around the world converged on Castaic Lake early Monday morning to compete in a triathlon for the 2017 World Police and Fire Games.

Athletes were tested over a one-mile swim around the lake’s Lower Lagoon, 25-mile bike ride up Lake Hughes Road, and a 10-kilometer road run. Competitors were broken down by age group, and competed either in a team relay race, or the individual triathlon.

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Katharine Lotze

Katharine Lotze is a photojournalist and columnist at the Signal, and can be found photographing daily life in Santa Clarita, or writing personal essays about her own daily life.

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