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Olympic-Distance: August 10, 2019
1500m swim, 40k bike, 10k run
Sprint: August 11, 2019
750m swim, 20k bike, 5k run
Open Water Swim Competition:
August 9, 2019 11:00 a.m.
750m Swim
Entry Fee: $45
No USAT One Day Membership Fee SOLD OUT
Location: Edgewater Park, Cleveland, Ohio
Registration Closes on Aug. 7 at 11:59 p.m. MT
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Return to the Capital
USA Triathlon is heading back to Cleveland, Ohio, the "Rock 'n Roll Capital of the World!" The Olympic-Distance Toyota Age Group National Championship will take place on Saturday, Aug. 10 while the Sprint National Championship will occur on Sunday, Aug, 11. Athletes will swim in Lake Erie and bike and run along the lake shore overlooking downtown Cleveland. Participants of both races have the chance to compete for Age Group National Titles as well as spots on Team USA in 2020.
No stranger to adrenaline rushes, Cleveland is home to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as well as three professional sports teams. For a different kind of performance, Cleveland’s Playhouse Square, the largest performing arts center in the United States outside of New York City, hosts Broadway hits, solo acts and so much more. If you like to eat, don’t miss the West Side Market, with more than 100 vendors selling local produce, exotic spices, and authentic cultural foods from shawarmas to strudels. And if you like the outdoors, head out on Lake Erie, visit one of the 18 reserves of the Cleveland Metroparks that surround the city, or take a quick drive south to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio's only National Park.
Check out ThisIsCleveland.com for travel suggestions and to start planning your trip to Northeast Ohio.
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The Age Group Nationals pre-event webinar is now available on YouTube. Click here watch the webinar to learn the latest on event details, rules and more information to make race day a breeze.
Team USA Qualification
Standard-Distance Team USA
The 2019 Toyota USA Triathlon Olympic-Distance Age Group National Championships in Cleveland, Ohio will qualify athletes for the 2020 ITU Standard-Distance Triathlon World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. After applying the age-up rule, the top 18 in each age group, rolling down to 30th place will qualify for the World Championship. The top 20 athletes per age group in the USA Triathlon annual rankings as of 12/31 will qualify for the world championship. The top 2 are offered a spot rolling down to 20th.
Athletes must be present at the awards ceremony to accept their slot. Failure to accept your slot at the ceremony will result in a forfeiture of your slot.
Note: All spots offered via the rankings system are subject to spots being available on the roster
Sprint-Distance Team USA
The 2019 Toyota USA Triathlon Sprint-Distance Age Group National Championships in Cleveland, Ohio will qualify athletes for the 2020 ITU Draft-Legal Sprint-Distance World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. The 2019 Toyota Age Group National Championships are not-draft legal, however, athletes will also have the additional opportunity to qualify through the Draft-Legal National Championships on November 16, 2019 in Tempe, AZ. Eight (8) spots per age group at the Age Group Sprint National Championships and ten (10) spots per age group at the Draft-Legal National Championship will be allocated to the World Championship. Click here for further details on qualification.
Team USA Age-Up Rule
At 2019 Nationals, athletes will race in their appropriate age groups based on their age as of Dec. 31, 2019. Awards will be issued based on those results. If an athlete "ages up" into another age group in 2020, a separate set of results will be issued accounting for those athletes who aged up and Team USA slots will be awarded based on these results. So their finish time will be compared to those athletes in the older age group. For example, if John Doe is going to be 49 years old by Dec. 31, 2019, he will age-up up into the 50-54 age group for the 2020 World Championships since he will be 50 years old by Dec. 31, 2020. Thus, for Team USA qualifying purposes, his time at the qualification event will be compared to the men currently in the 50-54 age group. We will post the age-up results at the awards ceremony.
Who can qualify for Team USA?
All athletes eligible to represent the United States must:
Be a U.S. citizen OR
Be a U.S. national – someone who has resided in the U.S. for three consecutive years and has not competed for their country of citizenship in the prior year. Team USA eligible athletes must not have competed for their country of citizenship in the prior year. Athletes who choose to be recognized as nationals who have competed for their country of citizenship in the last year may get dispensation by obtaining a letter from the National Federation of their home country allowing competition as a USA athlete.
For more information visit the Team USA website.