COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Triathlon today announced its full calendar of Regional Championships for 2019, an action-packed slate of multisport events for age-group, youth and paratriathletes across USA Triathlon’s six Regions.

Regional Championships for the discipline of Olympic-distance triathlon offer athletes a special opportunity to qualify for the Toyota USA Triathlon Olympic-Distance Age Group National Championships. The top 35 percent or top five finishers per age group (whichever is greater) earn the opportunity to go to Nationals — in comparison to a standard USA Triathlon Sanctioned Event, in which only the top 15 percent in each age group qualify.

All Olympic-distance Regional Championships occurring before Aug. 2, 2019, will qualify top finishers for the 2019 Toyota USA Triathlon Olympic-Distance Age Group National Championships, set for Aug. 10 in Cleveland. All Regional Championships occurring between July 1 and Aug. 2, 2019, will qualify athletes for both the 2019 and 2020 edition, while all races occurring after Aug. 2 will qualify athletes for the 2020 edition. The date and location of the 2020 Toyota USA Triathlon Age Group National Championships are to be determined.

Olympic-Distance Regional Championships

Regional Championships will also be held for the disciplines of sprint-distance triathlon, duathlon and multisport (may include long-course triathlon, aquathlon and/or aquabike), as well as for youth athletes and paratriathletes.

The full calendar for each Region is as follows:

Northeast Regional Championships (CT, MA, ME, NJ, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT) 

Mideast Regional Championships (DE, D.C., KY, MD, NC, OH, TN, VA, WV)

North Central Regional Championships (CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, SD, UT, WI, WY)

West Regional Championships (AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, WA)

Southeast Regional Championships (AL, FL, GA, MS, SC)

South Central Regional Championships (AR, LA, MN, OK, TX)

For more information about USA Triathlon Regional programming and events, visit usatriathlon.org/regions. Links to register for all championship events are available on the webpage for each Region, linked above.

About USA Triathlon
USA Triathlon is proud to serve as the National Governing Body for triathlon, as well as duathlon, aquathlon, aquabike, winter triathlon, off-road triathlon and paratriathlon in the United States. Founded in 1982, USA Triathlon sanctions more than 4,300 events and connects with more than 400,000 members each year, making it the largest multisport organization in the world. In addition to its work at the grassroots level with athletes, coaches, and race directors — as well as the USA Triathlon Foundation — USA Triathlon provides leadership and support to elite athletes competing at international events, including International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Championships, Pan American Games and the Olympic and Paralympic Games. USA Triathlon is a proud member of the ITU and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC).