SOUTHWEST
southwest
junior development series ChAmpions
Attention junior Athletes! WAnt to improve your skills
Female 13-15:
And go fAster?
Caitlin Kellogg
The Southwest Region offers training camps and hosts two developmental race
series specifically for athletes ages 13-19. This is the third year of the Southwest
Female 16-19:
Region’s Junior Development Series and Junior Elite Cup Series which aims to provide
Claire Moty & Caitlin Scheder-Bieschin (tie)
athletes like you with tools to develop your talents.
Male 13-15:
The goal of the Junior Development Series is to provide athletes with the opportu- Michael Belcher & Austin Acosta (tie)
nity to experience the traditional non-drafting triathlon format in a safe atmosphere Male 16-19:
that fosters camaraderie and healthy competition. For athletes who have Olympic
Stephen Kuluris
aspirations and are interested in learning and practicing draft legal racing, the region
hosts the Junior Elite Cup Series. junior elite Cup series ChAmpions
The Junior Elite Cup Series features exciting draft legal racing with races for youth
elite (13-15) and junior elite (16-19) separate from age group competition. This past
Female 13-15:
summer, athletes from across the country converged at the Strawberry Fields and
Hannah Rae Finchamp
Pacific Grove Triathlons to test their skills and fitness. Female 16-19:
“The race was fun and scary at the same time,” said fourteen year old Strawberry Caitlin Scheder-Bieschin
Fields Tri competitor Caton Avilla (Monterey Bay Multisport, Calif.). “Once the gun
Male 13-15:
went off at the starting line, all those nerves and butterflies went away, and all I could
Colin Andrews-Gibson
think about was getting to the finish line as fast as I could.”
Male 16-19:
Over 150 athletes competed in the eight-race USAT Southwest Region Junior De-
Kirk Warner
velopment Series and two-race Junior Elite Cup Series. If you are age 13-19, “tri” the
series in 2010!
south midwest
SOUTH MIDWEST
f
or most of the multisport world, winter is a time to move indoors and work on base-building
for the upcoming season. The long, general endurance miles replace the specificity of the targeted
training of race season. Road cycling becomes more problematic with wind chills and slicker streets
pushing us reluctantly on to indoor trainers and in to spin classes. Running involves more layers than onions
have, and after warming up, we are soon peeling off those layers. Then there’s swimming: dry itchy skin and
wet hair in cold air, not to mention the disheartening challenge of just getting out of that warm bed and put-
ting our toasty bodies in that seemingly arctic-like pool water.
Because of less severe weather and less extreme temperatures, athletes in the four-state region of the
South Midwest enjoy a longer race season that starts in January and goes through November. Generally
these races are duathlons, which frequent the landscape of racing in the first quarter of each new year. The
highlight of the duathlon season is the annual Frost Yer Fanny event held on the same weekend as the annual
South Midwest Region Awards banquet. In 2010, Frost Yer Fanny will be held the last Sunday in February in
Katy, Texas. This beautiful town, along with an active Houston triathlon community, will be a first time host
to this prestigious event. The recently finished Katy Embassy Suites, which opened in November 2009, will
serve as the headquarters hotel for the race and the regional gatherings.
The region’s annual multisport weekend takes place on February 27 and 28, 2010 and features, in addition
to the Frost Yer Fanny Duathlon and Annual Regional Awards Banquet, a series of Saturday meetings includ-
ing a race director conference, an officials clinic, a regional club president meeting and the South Midwest
Region’s annual membership meeting.
florida
FLORIDA
t
he 2009 season has ended and we are Championship. This event will be held on April
You’ve probably had some time to reflect
already looking forward to next year. In 25, 2010 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Hopefully
on the ups and downs of the past season, and
our sunshine state, many athletes tend everyone had the opportunity to register for
you’ve resolved to make 2010 your best season
to either give up training until the end of the this sold-out event. If not, another opportunity
ever. Make big plans for our upcoming season
year or they train harder because they want to to qualify will be our Special Qualifier, the
and register for our regional qualifiers so we
get stronger for next season. For a successful Great Clermont Triathlon Festival – Olympic
can send as many Florida members as possible
season we have to start planning for 2010. Distance on March 28, 2010 in Clermont,
to Age Group Nationals in September!
Part of that planning can be the region’s Fla. Registration is open now! https:// CoAChes:
two major events that are the highlight of our
triamericafoundation.com/EventRegistration/ USAT Florida Region will be hosting several
season – Florida’s 2010 Regional Championship tabid/274/Default.aspx CEU opportunities during these races and
and a Special Qualifier for the 2010 USA These races will qualify the top 33 percent within our region.
Triathlon Age Group National Championships. or top five finishers (whichever is greater) in
The St. Anthony’s Triathlon – Olympic each age group for Age Group Nationals in
Distance will serve as our 2010 Regional Tuscaloosa, Ala. on September 25, 2010.
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