Don't miss this exceptional opportunity!
The Challenged Athletes Foundation is announcing the inaugural Accenture Challenged Athletes National Championship at the New York City Triathlon with a $4,500 challenged athletes prize purse. In addition, CAF is offering travel grants to help you get there! (Read the full press release here).
DATE: Sunday, July 8, 2012
LOCATION: New York City, NY (at NYC Triathlon)
Total Challenged Athlete Prize Purse: $4,500
CAF is proud to announce that for the first time in North America, prize money will be offered at a Championship for challenged athletes. Male and females in all six Paratriathlon classes will compete against each other for a $4,500 prize purse. To ensure that challenged athletes from across the US and around the world have the opportunity to participate, CAF will offer travel stipends up to $1,000 to support 15 qualified athletes.
HOW TO REGISTER FOR RACE:
To register for the Accenture Challenged Athletes National Championship, please contact Allie Otto at Korff Enterprises: Allie@korffenterprises.com or call 212.691.9086. Registration deadline is April 15; however YOU MUST BE REGISTERED to apply for a travel grant.
HOW TO APPLY FOR TRAVEL GRANT: Individuals can apply for these grants through the CAF website and will be chosen at the discretion of CAF. The grant registration deadline is April 1. Individuals who have not been nationally or internationally classified in one of the six paratriathlon classes must complete an Athlete Classification Form and a Physician Form and send the completed forms to Travis Ricks. Contact Travis with any questions in completing these forms; email travis@challengedathletes.org.
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Feb 15 |
CAF Accenture Paratriathlon National Championship travel support grant appication opens. DOWNLOAD AND PRINT APPLICATION |
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April 15 |
Registration deadline for travel support grant. (Grant must be faxed or post marked by April 15 for consideration.)
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April 15 |
Medical forms due for registered athletes who have not been classified |
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May 1 |
Race registration deadline. (Register by contacting Allie Otto at Korff Enterprises: Allie@korffenterprises.com or call 212.691.9086) |
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May 1 |
Travel support grant recipients notified |
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Prize and Judging Procedures:
The Accenture Challenged Athletes National Championship will be the first race to offer prize money to Paratriathletes. A $4,500 prize purse will be divided among the top three male and female finishers as follows:
First place: $1,000
Second place: $750
Third place: $500
The winners will be determined using a “Power Points” format – all six classes in each gender will compete against a par time for their category. The winner, second place and third place overall finishers for male and female paratriathletes will be determined by who comes closest to (or exceeds by the most) the par time for their category. Each finisher’s time will be divided by the par time to determine their Power Points. The Power Points will then be used to rank all finishers competing for the prize money to determine the victors.
For example:
Athlete A, a TRI-1, finishes with a time of 2:21:07 vs. the TRI-1 par time of 2:22:54 = 101.26 Power Points
Athlete B, a TRI-6, finishes with a time of 2:05:34 vs. the TRI-6 par time of 2:02:15 = 97.34 Power Points
Athlete A is the winner even though his time is substantially slower than Athlete B’s.
Target Times:
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Males
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Par Time
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Females
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Par Time
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TRI 1
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2:22:54
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TRI 1
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3:11:47
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TRI 2
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2:54:20
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TRI 2
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3:03:06
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TRI 3
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2:35:34
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TRI 3
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3:10:31
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TRI 4
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2:16:02
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TRI 4
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2:39:19
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TRI 5
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2:13:17
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TRI 5
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2:37:57
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TRI 6
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2:02:15
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TRI 6
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2:41:47
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