Gainesvilles first triathlon inspired by push for organ donations

Rookie Splash and Dash and Super Sprint Triathlon draws 40 at Don Carter State Park

Julie Burke finishes the final leg of her triathlon Saturday during the Gainesville Rookie Splash Dash and Super Sprint Triathlon at Don Carter State Park. The event benefited Team Green, an organization aimed at increasing awareness of the need for transplant organ donations. - photo by Erin O. Smith

0710TRIATHLON 0007 — Julie Burke finishes the final leg of her triathlon Saturday during the Gainesville Rookie Splash Dash and Super Sprint Triathlon at Don Carter State Park. The event benefited Team Green, an organization aimed at increasing awareness of the need for transplant organ donations. - photo by Erin O. Smith

Kristen Oliver

Updated: Jul 10, 2016, 4:30 AM

Published: Jul 10, 2016, 2:03 AM

Forty of North Georgia’s finest athletes took to the beaches, streets and paths Saturday at Don Carter State Park for Gainesville’s first-ever triathlon. The G-ville Rookie Splash and Dash and Super Sprint Triathlon had approximately 40 participants and benefited Team Green, an organization started by Peter Kite. The event was organized by Jacob Burke and his father Pat, after first hearing of Kite’s story years ago.

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