Official Rules and Regulations

Swim:

Swimmers must begin the race in the water with a body parts in contact with the starting end of the pool.

Swimmers will start and stop when the swim marshal blows the whistle.

Swimmers must stay in their assigned lane, as well as on their side of the lane.

Swimmers must remain in the pool for the duration of the swim.

The use of any artificial propulsion and/or flotation device is prohibited; including, but not limited to fins, hand paddles, water gloves, kickboards, pull buoys, and snorkels.

With the exception of the end walls; no inanimate object (lane ropes, sides of pool, pool bottom) may be used to aid in forward progress at anytime. Flip turns are allowed.

Failure to adhere to this regulation will result in a warning and 100 meter penalty after the first offense and disqualification after the second. (This means you cannot walk or jump off of the bottom of the pool.)

Swimmers must continue in the same forward direction until they have made contact with the end wall. (You cannot turn around until you have completed a full pool length.)

Distance covered and amount of time will be kept by event officials, all other time keeping and/or distance measurements are null & void.

Bike:

Riders must remain on the bike for the duration of the biking leg.

Shoes, shirt, and shorts/pants must be worn at all times during the biking leg.

Dry yourself as much as possible to avoid soaking the bikes.

Riders may get on the bike prior to the start, but cannot begin to pedal until the start signal is given.

Late arrival for the start of this leg will result in a penalty of time lost.

Distance covered and amount of time will be kept by event officials, all other time keeping and/or distance measurements are null & void.

Run:

Runners must remain on the treadmill for the duration of the run.

Shoes, shirt, and shorts/pants must be worn at all times during the running leg.

Runners may get on the treadmill prior to the start, but cannot begin running until the start signal is given.

Late arrival for the start of this leg will result in a penalty of time lost.

Distance covered and amount of time will be kept by event officials, all other time keeping and/or distance measurements are null & void.

Transitions:

All changing of clothes must take place inside the locker rooms.

Participants must not attempt to disrupt or impede the transition of another competitor in any way.

Failure to appear to the next leg of the race with in the transition time limits will result in a penalty of time lost for that leg, failure to appear to any one or more legs of the race will result in disqualification.

Absolutely NO running in the transition areas.

Also:

All participates must conduct themselves within the guidelines of good sportsmanship and in accordance with the rules and regulations listed above.

Competitors must follow any and all instructions given by event officials.

Except where an alternative penalty is listed; any violations will result in disqualification. Any and all judgments/rulings made by event officials are final and may not be disputed.

What to do after the Triathlon:

Please feel free to use the locker room and showers after your final event.

The awards will be given out promptly after the last wave finishes.

Refreshments will also be available.

Dont be shy about cheering for your friends and/or teammates.