Age and Race Specifics
Age Swim Bike Run
6-8 50 yards 2 miles 500 yards
9-11 100 yards 4 miles 1 mile
12-15 150 yards 6 miles 2 miles
SportsPlex Tri for kids is a USAT sanctioned event. All participants will wear tri tags. About Time Events will be doing timing for the event. Awards will be given to the top 3 finishers, male and female, in each age group. The top 3 finishers, male and female, in each age division will receive Academy giftcards!
Because this is a USAT sanctioned event participants' ages are based on their age as of 12/31/13. This is a USAT rule.
All participants will receive their times in the following categories: swim, transition 1, bike, transition 2, run, and overall time. Prizes will be given based on overall time.
Parent meeting 8/2 at 7P at the Sportsplex
Packet pickup 8/2 from 3-9p at the sportsplex or 6-7am on race day
What to bring on race day:
goggles, swim suit or trunks, or tri suit, flip flops, towel, race shirt, helmet, bike, socks, shoes, race belt.
Stuff provided in packet:
tri tag/anklet, swim cap, bib number, safety pins, helmet and bike stickers
Timing of day:
6-7:00am 9 to 11 yr olds and 12 to 15 yr olds will be allowed in transition to set up
7:00 am 12 to 15 yr olds will compete
7:45 am 9 to 11 yr old BOYS will compete
8:30 am 9 to 11 yr old GIRLS will compete
9:15ish transition will open again for 6 to 8 yr olds to set up transition
9:45/10 am 6 to 8 yr olds will compete
11am (tentative) awards
Important info:
No diving at the swim start. Triathletes will enter the pool every 10-15 seconds.
Helmets must be worn when leaving transition. No riding bikes in transition.
Shirts must be worn during bike and run portion of the race.
No training wheels or flotation devices allowed.
Map Information
The Sportsplex Tri for Kids will take place at the Opelika Sportsplex, 1001 Andrews Road, Opelika, Alabama.
Participants in the 12-15 year old division will bike 2 loops of the bike course, starting from transition next to the splash park and looping along Andrews Road. The run course will cover two loops of the paved running trail behind the sportsplex and then the triathlon will finish next to the amphitheater.
Participants in the 9-11 year old division will bike on the same bike course, but will loop at an earlier point on Andrews Road. They will do two loops of the course. The run course will cover one loop of the running trail and finish next to the amphitheater.
The 6-8 yr old division will bike on the same course but will loop only one time. The run course will be from transition onto the road behind the sportsplex and finishing at the amphitheater.
The post race festivities will be held by the finish line and amphitheater.
There will be one water station at the beginning of the run portion of the race.
