Guidelines

Bike Check-In

There will be a mandatory bike check-in. You must attend a race briefing and pick up your race packet before checking your bike into the transition area. Your BIKE NUMBER must be properly affixed to your bike before racking your bike in transition. This will ensure race officials that you have attended a race briefing and received your race packet. If you're not able to check in your own bike on Saturday, you are allowed to have someone else check it in for you provided your bike has a bike number on it.

Wristbands

All athletes will receive a wristband at packet pick-up. The wristband must be worn until you remove your bike from the transition area after the race. There will be race staff and volunteers at the transition area to match your bicycle with your wristband upon exiting the transition area. You must remove your own bike from the transition area.

Minors In The Hy-Vee Triathlon

Are you under 18 years old and participating in the Hy-Vee Triathlon? You need to make sure that your entry is approved for admission by first checking the start list. If "entry approved" is next to your name you're all set; if not, you need to contact Susan. Admission for minors is at the discretion of race director, Bill Burke.

Race Age

"Race Age" - Race age for this event is the athlete's age on 12/31/2012.

Race Age was conceived by USATriathlon, the governing body of this sport, in order to standardize the age group system or ranking triathletes. In the past, some triathletes would race in one age group at the beginning of the season, then would age up on their birthday to a different age group thereby making it difficult to rank triathletes in their particular age group at the end of the year.

Divisions

Hy-Vee Age Group: An athlete who races in the Hy-Vee Triathlon within a defined age range and who competes against others of the same sex within this age range. Example: Male 20-24. If an age group athlete decides to assist in the swim portion of the event for a relay team, that age group athlete is not eligible for an age group award and that age group athlete must start the event in the Relay Swim Wave. An age group athlete can wear multiple timing chips during the swim portion of the event for multiple relay teams.

Clydesdale: A male triathlete who weighs 200 pounds or more. It is common for the athlete to step on a scale during the registration process to confirm his weight. You are not required to enter this division, but if you do, you will not be eligible for age group awards.

Athena: A female triathlete who weighs 150 pounds or more. It is common for the athlete to step on a scale during the registration process to confirm her weight. You are not required to enter this division, but if you do, you will not be eligible for age group awards.

Male Team: A relay team of two or three male participants. Each participant completes one or two segments of the race, and the timing chip is transferred from one relay participant to the next in the transition area.

Female Team: A relay team of two or three female participants. Each participant completes one or two segments of the race, and the timing chip is transferred from one relay participant to the next in the transition area.

Co-Ed Team: A relay team of two or three participants that include both males and females. Each participant completes one or two segments of the race, and the timing chip is transferred from one relay participant to the next in the transition area.

Corporate Team Relay: The first Corporate Challenge Team Relay event will be held during the Age Group Race of the annual Hy-Vee Triathlon. All participating corporate relay teams must be co-ed! Winning team cash in on a $10,000 donation to a charity, but they will also claim bragging rights with the coveted “Corporate Challenge Team Relay Cup”.

Hy-Vee 5150 U.S. Championship Age Group Elite: Athletes who have completed a USAT senctioned Olympic distance triathlon and meet the qualifying time. For more information Click Here.

Hy-Vee 5150 U.S. Championship Age Group: An athlete who has qualifies to race in the 5150 U.S. Championship within a defined age range and who competes against others of the same sex within this age range. For more information Click Here.

Professional Athletes: Triathletes who have earned the the right to be called a professional athlete through winning races, and have been deemed so by USAT or their national triathlon federation.