AGES:
5-12 - Participants must be 5 on or before April 11,
2008 and cannot be 13 on or before April 11, 2008.
RACE DISTANCES:
25 Yard Swim (1 length of Valdese Aquatic Center
Pool) Half Mile Bike Quarter Mile Run
(COURSE MAPS POSTED SOON ON THE COURSE
MAPS PAGE)
PRICING:
Before March 12, 2008 - $20 Before
March 28, 2008 - $25 Before April 9, 2008 -
$30 Each additional child from the same immediate
family receives a $5 discount (IF REGISTERED AT THE SAME TIME!! SEE
NOTES ON REGISTRATION PAGE) Please, only children from the same
immediate (i.e. siblings) family receive the discount.
REFUNDS:
A refund of half of the entry fee will be granted up
to March 12. No refunds for any reason after March 12. Contact
the
race director to request a refund.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS:
Participants swim one length (25 yards) in their
assigned lane at the Valdese Aquatic Center Pool where they are
helped by volunteers to exit the pool. Participants then exit the
pool area through the swim exit door and make their way to the
transition area to get their bike and gear. The bike course
takes participants gently down Hill Street making one sharp left
turn before coming to the turn around area that is large enough to
make a safe turnaround and heads back up Hill Street back to
the Transition Area. The run course leaves the Transition Area
and heads to the right up Laurel toward Main Stree / 70 to the
turnaround cone where participants head back down to the finish
line. Both Laurel and Hill Street will be closed to vehicular
traffic. See Course Maps for
more details.
RACE CAP:
To make sure that all participants finish safely,
the event will close registrations once 225 participants are
registered. Please register early to make sure you are not
closed out.
USA TRIATHLON SANCTIONED:
The event is sanctioned by the United States
Association of Triathlon. Sanctioning provides many benefits
to participants but requires that each participant is a member of
the USAT. Youth Memberships are only $5 and must be purchased
prior to registering for the event online. Follow the
instructions on the REGISTRATION PAGE.
TIMING:
Fleet Feet Sports of Hickory will be timing the
event. Participants will receive an overall time at the
conclusion of the event and results will be posted by age group no
later than April 14 at noon. (Sooner if possible.) See
FAQs for details about how the timing works.
AWARDS:
In the Inaugural Valdese Family Practice Youth
Triathlon, every finisher will receive a finisher's medal and all
registered participants will receive a race t-shirt and goody bag.
Participants will receive finish times and results listed by age
group. HOWEVER, NO AGE GROUP OR OVERALL AWARDS WILL BE
PRESENTED THIS YEAR.
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