USA Triathlon Releases Team USA Qualifying Standards

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Triathlon (USAT) has announced qualifying information for the 2010 and 2011 International Triathlon Union World Championships. USAT offers athletes a unique opportunity of competing for spots on Team USA to represent the U.S. at multisport events around the world.

In 2010, ITU will host World Championships in Budapest, Hungary; Immenstadt, Germany; and Edinburgh, Scotland. Beijing, China and Henderson, Nev., USA, have been announced as locations for 2011 World Championships.

New for 2010 is the USA Triathlon Rankings Qualifier, which allows the top 20 USAT ranked athletes in each age group to vie for two World Championship slots per age group. For 2010, the new qualifier is applicable for the Short Course (Olympic) Triathlon World Championships, Short Course Duathlon World Championships and Sprint Triathlon World Championships. For more details, visit the 2010 Qualification page on usatriathlon.org.

"The upcoming ITU World Championships will take athletes to Hungary, Scotland, Germany, China and one of the most famous U.S. cities – Las Vegas," said Amanda Duke, USA Triathlon's Team USA coordinator. "With the immense success from our 2009 season, we are very optimistic for terrific 2010 and 2011 seasons. The Team USA athletes really are the cream of the crop and their hard work is paying off on the world stage."  

For more information, visit www.teamusatriathlon.org or www.teamusaduathlon.org.

2010 Qualification Information

Short Course (Olympic) Triathlon World Championships
Budapest, Hungary
September 8-12, 2010
— 2009 Age Group National Championship (Tuscaloosa, Ala., August 22, 2009)
Top 18 in each age group rolling down to 25^th place after applying age-up rule
— USA Triathlon Rankings Qualifier
Two slots per age group out of the top 20 triathletes per age group in the USAT Official Rankings as of December 31, 2009

Long Course Triathlon World Championships
Immenstadt, Germany
July 31-August 1, 2010
— 2009 USAT Long Course Triathlon National Championship (Oklahoma City, Okla., September 19, 2009)
Top 14 in each age group rolling down to 18^th place after applying the age-up rule
— 2010 Rage Triathlon (Lake Mead, Nev., April 17, 2010)
Top two in each age group rolling down to fourth place
— 2010 Kinetic Half Triathlon (Spotsylvania, Va., May 8, 2010)
Top two in each age group rolling down to fourth place

Short Course Duathlon World Championships
Edinburgh, Scotland
September 3-5, 2010
— 2010 Duathlon National Championship (Richmond, Va., April 24-25, 2010)
Top 18 in each age group rolling down to 25^th place
— USA Triathlon Rankings Qualifier
Two slots per age group out of the top 20 duathletes per age group in the USAT Official Rankings as of December 31, 2009

Long Course Duathlon World Championships
Date and Location TBA
— 2009 Long Course Duathlon National Championship (Auburn, Calif., May 31, 2009)
Top three in each age group with no roll downs
— 2010 Long Course Duathlon National Championship (Oklahoma City, Okla., July 11, 2010)
Top 15 in each age group rolling down to 20^th place

Sprint Triathlon World Championships
Budapest, Hungary
September 8-12, 2010
— 2010 Quad Cities Triathlon (Davenport, Iowa, June 19, 2010)
Top 18 in each age group rolling down to 25^th place
— USA Triathlon Rankings Qualifier
Two slots per age group out of the top 20 triathletes per age group in the USAT Official Rankings as of December 31, 2009

Aquathlon World Championships
Budapest, Hungary
September 8-12, 2010
— 2010 Aquathlon National Championship (San Ramon, Calif., August 15, 2010)
Top 10 in each age group rolling down to 14th place
— Skills-Based Process
Submit 5k run and 1000m swim times to the Aquathlon Committee for consideration
Email Fred at Swimtrirunman@aol.com with your submission

2011 Qualification Information

Short Course (Olympic) Triathlon World Championships
Beijing, China
Date TBA
— 2010 Age Group National Championship (Tuscaloosa, Ala., September 25, 2010)
Top 18 in each age group rolling down to 25^th place after applying age-up rule
— USA Triathlon Rankings Qualifier
Two slots per age group out of the top 20 triathletes per age group in the USAT Official Rankings as of December 31, 2010

Long Course Triathlon World Championships
Henderson, Nev., USA
November 5, 2011
— 2010 USAT Long Course Triathlon National Championship (Myrtle Beach, S.C., October 2, 2010)
Top 20 in each age group rolling down to 25^th place after applying the age-up rule *please be aware that all athletes interested in going to Worlds must qualify for the National Championship

Sprint Triathlon World Championships
Beijing, China
Date TBA
— 2010 Sprint National Championship (Tuscaloosa, Ala., September 26, 2010)
Top 18 in each age group rolling down to 25^th place after applying the age-up rule
— USA Triathlon Rankings Qualifier
Two slots per age group out of the top 20 triathletes per age group in the USAT Official Rankings as of December 31, 2010