Collegiate Committee

The USA Triathlon Collegiate Committee is the working group of USAT Collegiate Triathlon, tasked by the Board of Directors to develop, administer and promote collegiate triathlon throughout the United States.

The Collegiate Committee directs and administers the policies to be implemented at the Conference-level and at the Collegiate National Championship.   The Committee also works to increase the awareness, development and growth of triathlon at the collegiate level in each of the 10 USAT regions.

Regional Representatives

The USA Triathlon Collegiate Committee is composed of eleven members. Of these, ten are regional representatives. Regional representatives serve a two-year term on the Committee and are responsible for representing all teams within the states of their region. Term limits will run approximately from May to the end of Collegiate Nationals two years later, and each collegiate club in the region will have one vote towards the election of their representative.

To qualify to be a regional nominee, one must: 

  • Currently be an athlete or coach on a collegiate triathlon team in the region they wish to represent; and
  • Be able to fulfill a two-year term limit as a member of a collegiate triathlon team in that region 

Top Athletes Representative

The USA Triathlon Collegiate Committee also consists of one "top athletes" representative who provides representation and perspective of the nation's top collegiate triathletes. The Top Athletes Representative will serve a two-year term. Each individual (male/female) within the top 20 at the National Championship of the year of voting are both eligible to be nominated and vote for this representative position.

To qualify to be an Top Athlete nominee, one must:
  • have finished in the top 20 male or female finishers in the most recent Collegiate Nationals; and
  • be able to fulfill a two-year term limit while continuing as an eligible collegiate triathlete throughout their entire term limit.

2010-2011 Collegiate Committee
Committee Chair J. Ritterbeck   Email
Top Athletes Rep Kathrine Warren UC Santa Barbara Email
Florida Region David Schofield University of Florida Email
Mid-Atlantic Region Taylor Knight Duke University Email
Mideast Region Casey Hill Ohio State University Email
Midwest Region Summer Ohlendorf University of Wisconsin-Madison Email
Northeast Region Mike Abbene Northeastern University Email
Pacific Northwest Region Blair Bronson Oregon State University Email
Rocky Mountain Region Kevin Dwyer US Air Force Academy Email
Southeast Region Andrew Shanks Georgia State University Email
South Midwest Region Elizabeth Baugher Texas A & M University Email
Southwest Kevin Haas UC Berkeley Email