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 2012-10-15 2:41 PM |
Veteran 405  New York, Connecticut |  Subject: USAT: Team USA NZLooking at the roster, How come there are so few 25-29 yr olds going to NZ to race for Team USA?? Total of 2 |
| 2012-10-15 3:00 PM in reply to: #4454465 |
Pro 6191   | Subject: RE: USAT: Team USA NZ Roster link here for those interested: http://www.usatriathlon.org/audience/team-usa/auckland/team-info-pages.aspx It's an EXPENSIVE endeavor. You qualify, you pay your way. Kinda stinks. My teammate, Julia Ledewitz is racing in the female 25-29 category. She had her bike stolen and ran her own fundraiser to be able to replace her bike and go to worlds. I imagine that 20-24 and 25-29 might have a hard time making it work financially. |
| 2012-10-15 3:04 PM in reply to: #4454465 |
| Veteran 405 New York, Connecticut | Subject: RE: USAT: Team USA NZ Would be nice if they sent an email out to those interested, just to fill the roster spots. Its a once if a life time opportunity. I would have gone in a heart beat.
Male 25-29 |
| 2012-10-15 3:08 PM in reply to: #4454526 |
Pro 6191 | Subject: RE: USAT: Team USA NZ husse23 - 2012-10-15 4:04 PM Would be nice if they sent an email out to those interested, just to fill the roster spots. Its a once if a life time opportunity. I would have gone in a heart beat.
Male 25-29 Come to Tucson for Duathlon nationals next year. Low turnout = almost a guarenteed spot. I qualified for Team USA, but didn't go to London. Many other financial priorites that I felt were better investements than going to France and underrepresenting the US on a world stage. |
| 2012-10-15 3:14 PM in reply to: #4454537 |
| Veteran 405 New York, Connecticut | Subject: RE: USAT: Team USA NZ That is the best part about burlington is that I am in NY. Just a long weekend trip.
Why do you feel is it such a under representing event for the US? I would be so amped to rep USA.
What is the result of winning age group at worlds? |
| 2012-10-15 3:43 PM in reply to: #4454559 |
Pro 6191 | Subject: RE: USAT: Team USA NZ husse23 - 2012-10-15 4:14 PM That is the best part about burlington is that I am in NY. Just a long weekend trip.
Why do you feel is it such a under representing event for the US? I would be so amped to rep USA.
What is the result of winning age group at worlds? I feel that I personally would be. My times for a 5k run, 35k bike, 5k run mirrored those of the people competing internationally... only they were running two 10k's instead!! I'd like to race if a qualified - and when they take 18 people, and only 10 show up in my age group, I don't feel like I "qualified". I only raced at Du Nationals because they were in town However, if I were more into the venue, I'd consider. Nancy, France (where du's were) isn't high on my list of places to visit, and I was already flying to 3 Rev3 events and to Ireland in 2012. I think, if you win, you just get an award and bragging rights? Also, I believe 2013 Tri Nationals are moving away from Burlington. The National Championship Races rotate venues every 2 years, usually. |
| 2012-10-15 9:07 PM in reply to: #4454616 |
Expert 1249 MI | Subject: RE: USAT: Team USA NZ I qualified for Team USA too... it was in the sprint for London 2013 and part of me feels like a fraud because well, yeah, I don't really feel like I "qualified." My age group was pretty small and basically only like 8-10 people in my AG who did the sprint did NOT qualify, and I was towards the bottom of qualifying. I took the second to last spot. That said, well, it seems that it would be quite the awesome opportunity be repping the US of A (there's even a parade of nations!), so yeah, I think I'm gonna take it! Plus, doing the race on the same course as the Olympics seems pretty awesome as well... Although technically I have until next summer to decide, because that's when the race entry is due and you officially become a member of Team USA. |
| 2012-10-15 9:13 PM in reply to: #4455050 |
Pro 6191 | Subject: RE: USAT: Team USA NZ michgirlsk - 2012-10-15 10:07 PM I qualified for Team USA too... it was in the sprint for London 2013 and part of me feels like a fraud because well, yeah, I don't really feel like I "qualified." My age group was pretty small and basically only like 8-10 people in my AG who did the sprint did NOT qualify, and I was towards the bottom of qualifying. I took the second to last spot. That said, well, it seems that it would be quite the awesome opportunity be repping the US of A (there's even a parade of nations!), so yeah, I think I'm gonna take it! Plus, doing the race on the same course as the Olympics seems pretty awesome as well... Although technically I have until next summer to decide, because that's when the race entry is due and you officially become a member of Team USA. Congrats - and I'd jump at the chance to race on the same course as the Olympics! That is where the venue would definitely trump anything else |
| 2012-10-15 9:16 PM in reply to: #4454465 |
Elite 4435 | Subject: RE: USAT: Team USA NZ I think they do offer the spots because my friend is representing Australia and she was shocked that she qualified in the 45-49 Sprint but they said she got in for just competing in every tri last season, some had turned it down. Great opportunity as we're only 4 hours flight away. She's torn though coz she's actually a New Zealander...living in Australia with dual nationality. I'm going to watch YAY! Got a few swim squaddies over there too. |
| 2012-10-15 9:26 PM in reply to: #4455058 |
Expert 1249 MI | Subject: RE: USAT: Team USA NZ jobaxas - 2012-10-15 10:16 PM I think they do offer the spots because my friend is representing Australia and she was shocked that she qualified in the 45-49 Sprint but they said she got in for just competing in every tri last season, some had turned it down. Great opportunity as we're only 4 hours flight away. She's torn though coz she's actually a New Zealander...living in Australia with dual nationality. I'm going to watch YAY! Got a few swim squaddies over there too. Qualifying standards vary by country. In the US, top 18 automatically qualify, rolling down to 25. |
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