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Description:
The Swim for Smiles Foundation is excited
to announce that registration is open
for our 4th Annual Youth Triathlon to
be held on May 16, 2010 in Chapel Hill,
NC. Last year's event drew over 440 participants
and this year's has been expanded to accommodate
at least 600. Open to kids from ages 6-18,
the Swim for Smiles Youth Triathlon is
a USA-Triathlon sanctioned event and includes
two courses for ALL levels of participants.
In addition, we have a limited number
of relay teams made up of kids of any
and all ages (one kid will swim, another
bike and the third will run the course
-- all relay participants and teams will
do the Long Course).
Beginners
can select a Short Course triathlon that
includes a 100-meter swim, a 2.5-mile
bike course and finishes with a short
1K (0.6miles) run. Long Course participants
will begin with a 300-meter swim, transition
to a 5-mile bike course and then finish
with a 3K run (1.8miles). The Swim for
Smiles Youth Triathlon will start on May
16th at 8am in Chapel Hill Country Club's
heated pool, move to a neighborhood bike
ride and end with a side-walk run. This
is considered an easy triathlon and it
designed for all levels of youth participants.
Every
finisher receives a medal and the top
three finishers of each age group will
receive prizes!
Description:
The Swim for Smiles Foundation is excited
to announce details for it's 2nd Annual
Swim for Smiles Family Triathlon. To be
held at beautiful Southern Village, the
Family Triathlon is an open registration
(all ages can participate) USA-Triathlon
sanctioned event that will include BOTH
individual athletes as well as over 150
relay teams! Open to all aged participants,
the Swim for Smiles Family Triathlon is
unique as there will be so many relay
teams. And, the relay teams can be made
up of all adults, all kids of a mixture
of kids and adults (we will give prizes
for the Top-3 teams in each category).
In addition, we will have over 250 entries
for individual triathletes in this Sprint
Triathlon Course.
This
is still North Carolina's first and only
Family Triathlon and we want all levels
of participants to feel comfortable giving
it a try. Not only is it for a great cause
(the NC Children's Hospital on UNC's campus),
but we want to see at least 150 relay
teams made up of parents, their kids and
their friends. No one is expected to be
a world-class triathlete and the fun is
in accomplishing the goal: finishing!
So, every finisher will get a real triathlon
medal at the cross the finish line. So,
corral your friends, your family and give
it a try!
