_ 2017 Mackenzie Beach Odenton Youth Triathlon for Children's Cancer - Hosted by Anne Arundel Striders:

PACKET PICK UP & REQUIRED BIKE/HELMET INSPECTIONS WILL BE AT CROFTON BIKE DOCTOR ON TBD from 3-6pm.  Please email [email protected] with any questions.

1. THIS IS A TIMED EVENT & USTA Sanctioned!

2. The Athlete will complete in all three portions of the race in this specific order: swim, bike, run.  No other order will be accepted.  See distances listed below according to the athlete's age.  The age-up date is 12/31/17.  A child who will turn 5 during the CALENDAR year of 2017 will race as a 5 year old.  

3. ALL WAIVERS MUST BE COMPLETED and on file to PARTICIPATE in this race.

4. Any child in the age range of 5-17 can participate.  It is the responsibility of the athlete, and their responsible guardian, to have proper swimming attire, a safe riding bike and properly fiited bike helmet as well as proper running gear.

5. Race course informaiton will be added.  Waugh Chapel Swim Club is a 6 lane, 25 meter pool.  

6. What each athlete needs to bring: swimsuit, goggles, bike, bike helmet, biking and running clothes, biking and running shoes, water bottle, towel, sunscreen, bib NUMBER, and chip.  Shirts are required during the bike and run portion of the event.  During the bike portion the helmet MUST be buckled at ALL times.

Race Distances: we will use race waves/in water starts

5 - 7 year old: 50 meter swim, 2 mile bike, .5 mile run

8 - 11 year old: 100 meter swim, 4 mile bike, 1 mile run

12 - 17 year old: 300 meter swim, 4 mile bike, 2 mile run

Race Morning Details

6:00 AM - Transition OPENS

6:30 AM - Onsite Pack Pick Up

7:15 AM - Warm-ups Start

7:30 AM - Transition Closes

8:00 AM - 1st race wave starts (no more than 12 swimmers per wave)

Course Maps are as follows:

Mackenzie Beach Odenton Youth Triathlon

Course descriptions

Event Plan

-          Event is a triathlon for 5 – 18 year old participants, beginning and ending at the Waugh Chapel Swim Club (WCSC), 854 Waugh Chapel Road, Gambrills, MD 21054.

-          Agreement has been made between the Anne Arundel Striders and the Board of WCSC; permission has been given for the facilities to be used.

• Event begins with the swim, then bike, then run. Participants will start in waves based on age groups with first group beginning at 8am.

• Parking lot will open at 6am for registration and transition set up. End time is 11am, when WCSC opens.

• We plan to acquire support from EMTs to be on site that morning.

• Anne Arundel Striders will ensure the WCSC and any water stops are cleaned up and left as they were found, if not cleaner.

• The event will be publicized through the Piney Orchard and WCSC swim teams, as well as through social media and active.com

Event details and schedule

Please join us to Fight Childhood Cancer

Mackenzie was a healthy little girl at the time of diagnosis, she lost her fight to childhood cancer in December 2016.  She is a reminder to all athletes to never give up, and to keep fighting!  All proceeds will go to Children's Cancer.  

On March 22, 2016, Mackenzie was taken to the emergency department after she spent the morning vomiting. A CT Scan showed swelling of the ventricles and a collection of cerebral spinal fluid within her brain.

Mackenzie was transferred to Georgetown University Hospital Center, where an MRI identified a large tumor between her ventricles blocking the flow of spinal fluid. A neurosurgeon completed her first emergency surgery on March 23, 2016 to place an external ventricular drain to remove excess fluid and remove part of the mass for biopsy. Mackenzie was given six days to stabilize, prior to a second surgery on March 29, 2016 for a near total removal of the remaining tumor.

The pathology results returned as a malignant cancer, known as Atypical Teratoid Rhaboid Tumor (ATRT). This is an extremely rare, aggressive cancer seen in only 3 children out of 1,000,000.

Mackenzie is under the care of the neuro-oncology team at Children's National Medical Center, where her treatment regimen includes an experimental drug as part of a study with St. Jude's, six months of aggressive chemotherapy, followed by focal radiation therapy, consolidated with an additional two months of chemotherapy, and then maintenance cycles for the last six months.

In the 45 days she was hospitalized between March 22 and May 5, 2016, Mackenzie has fought her way through 8 surgeries, 7 of which were brain surgeries. This amazing little girl has astounded everyone, including her doctors, with her resilience and strength. Please consider showing your support to her and her family.

#Kenziestrong