Mini (me) triathlon brings families together

There is nothing quite like spending a day swimming, biking and running with one's cousins. It often is those cousins, after all, who become a youngster's first close friends.

This may be one of the big reasons the Perlinski and Graesser families and their children (cousins) look forward to the annual Mini (Me) Triathlon. If nothing else, the two related families get to spend time together.

"This is the third year we have done this," said Andre Grasser. "This is something we can do as a family. It is a lot of fun."

Graesser's brother-in-law, Addison Perlinksi, agreed:

"The cousins like being t...