Draft Legal Triathlon World Qualifier

New Orleans, Louisiana

Nov. 05, 2016 9 a.m. (ET)


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USA Triathlon will host the 2017 Draft-Legal Sprint World Championship Qualifier on November 5, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This event will qualify athletes for the 2017 ITU Draft-Legal Sprint World Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.


Event Details

  • Date: November 5, 2016
  • Distance: 750m swim, 20k bike, 5k run
  • Entry Fee: $100 between October 1 and race day. $75: special collegiate rate.
  • Venue Address: Corner of Lakeshore Dr. and Beauregard Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70124
  • Start List: Click Here
  • Water Temperature as of 11/1/2016: 77 degrees F.

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Results

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Schedule

  • Thursday, Nov. 3:

    • Online registration for Age Group DL DU and TRI registration closes - 10 pm CST

  • Friday, Nov. 4:

    • 2-6 pm AGDL Tri Packet Pick Up - Race Venue
    • 3-4 pm AGDL Tri Athlete Meeting - Race Venue
    • 5 pm NCAA Athlete Meeting - Race Venue
    • 6 pm AGDL Tri On-Site Registration Closes

  • Saturday, Nov. 5: Age Group Draft-Legal Triathlon and NCAA Women's Collegiate Championship

    • 6 am – 7 am AGDL Tri Packet Pick Up – Race Venue
    • 6 am -5 pm AGDL Du Packet Pick Up – Race Venue
    • 6 am-7:45 am AGDL Tri Transition Opens (Male)
    • 7 am-9:00 am AGDL Tri Transition Open (Female)
    • 8 am Wave 1 Male 16-34
    • 8:10 am Wave 2 Male 35-54
    • 8:20 am Wave 3 Male 55+
    • 9:20 am Wave 4 Female 16-44
    • 9:30 am Wave 5 Female 45+
    • Noon Course closes
    • 11:30 NCAA Women TA Opens
    • 12:30 pm AGDL Tri Awards Ceremony – Race Venue
    • 12:15 - 12:40 NCAA Women Swim Warm up
    • 12:45 NCAA Women Athletes at Swim Start
    • 12:50 National Anthem
    • 12:55 NCAA Women Athlete Call Ups
    • 1 pm NCAA Women Race Start
    • 2:45 pm NCAA Awards – Race Venue
    • 4 pm AGDL Duathlon Athlete Meeting – Race Venue
    • 5 pm AGDL Du On-Site Du Registration Closes

  • Sunday, Nov. 6: Age Group Draft-Legal Duathlon

    • 5:30 - 7:15 am AGDL Duathlon Transition Open (Male)
    • 7:30 am Wave 1 Male 16-49
    • 7:45 am Wave 2 Male 50+
    • 8:00-9:45 am AGDL Duathlon Transition Open (Female)
    • 10 am Wave 3 All Female
    • 12:45 pm AGDL Du Awards Ceremony – Race Venue

Pre-Race Webinar


Checklist

Please review the Draft-Legal Triathlon equipment checklist which will answer most questions on draft legal racing.


Awards

The top three athletes in each male and female age group will win awards, starting with the 16-19 year old age group, 20-24, 25-29, etc. in 5 year increments through 85-89.

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Course Maps

DL Tri swim trans

DL Tri bike run



Qualifying for Worlds

USAT will reserve up to ten (10) ITU World Championship spots for women in each in each age group and up to ten (10) ITU World Championship spots for men in each age group at this event. In order to be eligible to claim his/her ITU World Championship spot, each qualifying athlete must place within the top 10 in their age group AND be within the established cut-off time using Table 1 shown below (calculations were based on results at the USAT Age Group Non-Draft Sprint Triathlon National Championship in Milwaukee, WI in 2015).

Athletes will compete in this event based on age as of December 31, 2017.

Note that because athlete’s eligibility to claim an ITU World Championship spot at this event is based on results from the USAT Age Group Sprint Triathlon National Championship, it is possible that not all 10 spots in each age group will be filled (meaning some people will miss the time back qualification).

  • Example 1: Michael Smith places first in his 50-54 aged up age group at the 2016 ITU Sprint Worlds Qualifier and automatically qualifies for the 2017 ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championship. His finish time is 60 minutes. That time would be what USAT uses to calculate the percentage back for the age group.
  • Example 2: John Jay finishes 11th in the 50-54 aged up age group, only 4% back of the first place finish time in his age group. Even if he was within the qualifying percent of the top finisher’s time in the age group according to the table published by USAT, John would not be eligible for a world championship spot since he was not among the top ten finishers in his age group.
  • Example 3: Janice Field, competing in the 20-24 age group,  places 9th in her age group with a time that is 12% behind her age group’s top finisher.  She would earn the spot based on her meeting both the finish place and time qualification (14.1%) for her age group.  If she had been (11th) eleventh place, she wouldn’t have met qualification.

Table 1

Age Percentage Between 1st-18th*
15-19 Male 9.0%
15-19 Female 14.9%
20-24 Male 9.6%
20-24 Female 14.1%
25-29 Male 13.4%
25-29 Female 14.0%
30-34 Male 10.9%
30-34 Female 11.3%
35-39 Male 16.7%
35-39 Female 16.1%
40-44 Male 8.3%
40-44 Female 13.2%
45-49 Male 7.2%
45-49 Female 11.7%
50-54 Male 7.0%
50-54 Female 13.7%
55-59 Male 11.0%
55-59 Female 14.6%
60-64 Male 10.6%
60-64 Female 17.7%
65-69 Male 10.2%
65-69 Female 25.2%
70-74 Male 19.0%
70-74 Female 43.5%
75-79 Male 31.4%
75-79 Female 21.4%
80-84 Male 22.2%
80-84 Female TBA
85-89 Male 29.6%
85-89 Female TBA

*Calculations were based on results at the USAT Age Group Non-Draft Sprint Triathlon National Championship in Milwaukee, WI in 2015. In the event there were not 18 finishers in a specific age group, the percentage is based on the last finisher.


Travel

There is no host hotel, but the following are the preferred hotels of this event:

Courtyard by Marriott
2 Galleria Blvd
Metairie, LA 70001
(504) 838-3800

Sheraton Metairie
4 Galleria Blvd
Metairie, LA 70001
(504) 837-6707

New Orleans Marriott Metairie at Lakeway
3838 N Causeway Blvd
Metairie, LA 70002
(504) 836-5253