women's triathlon
WOMEN’S TRIATHLON QUICK FACTS • Women’s Triathlon will be a fall season sport. • Women’s Triathlon is a draft-legal sprint race consisting of a 750m Swim, 20k Bike, and a 5k Run. • Draft-legal racing: no minimum distance is required between competing athletes during any part of the race. • In 2014, over 2,000 triathletes between the ages of 14 and 19 competed in a USA Triathlon sanctioned triathlon. • In 2015, 186 USA Triathlon Certified Collegiate Club teams exist and compete in the Collegiate Club Triathlon season. • Up to two coaches can be hired to oversee all disciplines, while the institution may use the services of one volunteer coach per discipline. • NCAA-specific waves, where intercollegiate competitions take place with its own separate start time to separate student-athletes from the general public, can be implemented in pre-existing triathlon competitions. This reduces the financial responsibility that the institution would incur if hosting an event. USA Triathlon, the official governing body for the sport of triathlon in the U.S., can assist with identifying races.
USA TRIATHLON WOMEN’S TRIATHLON EMERGING SPORT GRANT USA Triathlon Women’s Triathlon Emerging Sport Grant is a three-year grant that provides funding to selected NCAA Division I, II and III institutions totaling $2.59 million dollars to develop, implement, grow and sustain a Women’s Triathlon program at the NCAA level. All recipients must be full NCAA member institutions. The division and monetary breakdown per institution will be designated as illustrated below:
CURRENT GRANT RECIPIENTS
The following institutions have been selected to receive funding as part of the USA Triathlon Women’s Triathlon Emerging Sport Grant: -Arizona State University (I) -Black Hills State University (II) -Centenary College of Louisiana (III) -Concordia University Wisconsin (III) -Daemen College (II) -Belmont Abbey College (III)
-Drury University (II) -East Tennessee State University (I) -North Central College (III) -Queens University of Charlotte (II) -University of West Alabama (II) -Southern Wesleyan University (II)
Marymount University is not a Grant recipient, but has a varsity program.
BUDGET • Startup costs for a Women’s Triathlon program can be minimized if facilities (pool and track) are pre-existing. Both a 25m and 50m pool can qualify as acceptable facilities. •The following budget samples are averages based off of submitted applications by NCAA member institutions for the USA Triathlon Women’s Triathlon Emerging Sport Grant.
CONTACT INFORMATION Jess Luscinski USA Triathlon, NCAA and Collegiate Triathlon Coordinator [email protected] 719.955.2805 usatriathlon.org/ncaa
USA TRIATHLON WOMEN’S TRIATHLON EMERGING SPORT GRANT USA Triathlon Women’s Triathlon Emerging Sport Grant is a three-year grant that provides funding to selected NCAA Division I, II and III institutions totaling $2.59 million dollars to develop, implement, grow and sustain a Women’s Triathlon program at the NCAA level. All recipients must be full NCAA member institutions. The division and monetary breakdown per institution will be designated as illustrated below:
CURRENT GRANT RECIPIENTS
The following institutions have been selected to receive funding as part of the USA Triathlon Women’s Triathlon Emerging Sport Grant: -Arizona State University (I) -Black Hills State University (II) -Centenary College of Louisiana (III) -Concordia University Wisconsin (III) -Daemen College (II) -Belmont Abbey College (III)
-Drury University (II) -East Tennessee State University (I) -North Central College (III) -Queens University of Charlotte (II) -University of West Alabama (II) -Southern Wesleyan University (II)
Marymount University is not a Grant recipient, but has a varsity program.
BUDGET • Startup costs for a Women’s Triathlon program can be minimized if facilities (pool and track) are pre-existing. Both a 25m and 50m pool can qualify as acceptable facilities. •The following budget samples are averages based off of submitted applications by NCAA member institutions for the USA Triathlon Women’s Triathlon Emerging Sport Grant.
CONTACT INFORMATION Jess Luscinski USA Triathlon, NCAA and Collegiate Triathlon Coordinator [email protected] 719.955.2805 usatriathlon.org/ncaa
