The Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) raised more than $2.1 million during its San Diego Triathlon Challenge weekend, held Oct. 23-25 across La Jolla.

The three-day stretch brought athletes with physical disabilities, Paralympians, families and supporters to Scripps Park, La Jolla Country Day School and La Jolla Cove for races, a cycle-thon, a walk-and-roll and grant presentations, as covered by the San Diego Union-Tribune.

The combined total stood at $2,136,346 as of Oct. 27, according to a CAF press release. The foundation described the figures as raised "to date," suggesting they could still climb.

The San Diego Triathlon Challenge itself accounted for $1,280,370. The Eōs Fitness Tour de Cove, a stationary cycle-thon, brought in $250,000, the highest fundraising total in the event's history. The CAF Cycling Club added $605,976 to date through its efforts this year.

The weekend hit a snag on Oct. 23 when ocean-swimming events at La Jolla Shores were cancelled due to bad weather. CAF's Heroes of Sport Awards ceremony went ahead that evening at the Green Acre Campus Point restaurant in University City. Honorees included the Roth Family, Mohamed Lahna, Kate Delson, Susannah Scaroni, Michelle Pinard, Nicole Ver Kuilen, Kyle Stepp, Beauden Baumkirchner, Dennis Pinn and the Switchfoot BRO-AM Foundation.

Events at La Jolla Country Day School on Oct. 24 and at La Jolla Cove on Sunday, Oct. 25 ran as scheduled.

The Sunday, Oct. 25 lineup at Scripps Park included a 5K run, a 30-mile bike ride, an eight-mile run through La Jolla, the Tour de Cove cycle-thon, a children's walk and roll, a 5K walk and roll and a family fun zone. Hundreds participated. Top individual fundraisers surpassed $80,000, and leading teams raised more than $170,000, according to the foundation.

CAF also awarded grants to athletes throughout the weekend. The funds aim "to remove financial barriers to participation in sport" by securing adaptive equipment, training, coaching and competitions, the foundation said.

"This weekend is a glimpse of what happens when access meets opportunity," CAF co-founder Bob Babbitt said in the release. "A child sees an athlete who looks like them. Someone tries a running prosthesis for the first time. …"

Babbitt added that the foundation's fundraisers, partners and volunteers make those moments possible, and that their impact "continues long after everyone leaves La Jolla Cove."

CAF awarded grants to select athletes during the weekend to help further their athletic careers, according to the Union-Tribune.