Announcing the Addition of a Western Series!
We are proud to announce the addition of a new race series here in the Northeast Region! The purpose is to increase both the level of U19 participation in Upstate New York and also help us better identify talent from that area. The Mussleman and Cayuga stages will serve as a bridge between the two race series’. Athletes will be able to score points for both series in those events. Additional events include Keuka Lake Tri in Penn Yan, NY, HITS Hunter Mountain Sprint in Hunter Mountain, NY, Tri Dunkirk in Dunkirk, NY which will serve as the series finale and the HITS Cooperstown Sprint in Cooperstown, NY.
Make sure that you sign up for these events as they are very popular and fill up fast. If you have any questions please use the contact form. We are very excited to have these races on board and hope we’ll see you out there!
2012 Northeast Skills and Select Camp Dates Set
The Northeast Skills and Select Camps will be held from July 5th through 12 noon on Saturday the 8th. The Select Camp will run from July 5th through the 10th (5pm). Wheaton College in Norton, MA is again welcoming us back to stay and train. The skills camp is open to athletes 13 to 19, 12 year olds will be considered on a case by case basis. Sign ups will begin in January for the skills camp. Invites for athletes attending the select camp will go out around that time as well.
2012 Schedule Released
The stages for the 2012 season are all set! (Click the 2012 Stages button at the top) There is a new series finale at the Cranberry Sprint Tri. As of now there will be one bonus point race at the Sprint Nationals in Burlington, VT. We may assign one more this winter so stand by. Last year was one of the closest series finishes ever and with most of the top athletes coming back we expect that it will be the same for 2012! There will be a lot of updates in the next several days so check back, subscribe to the USAT Juniors Facebook Page, Friend the USAT Northeast Junior Triathlon Facebook page and check the Northeast Regions Facebook page to be notified when updates occur!
Series Standings Now Final Due to “Irene”
Because of the the travel dangers athletes faced due to “Irene”, the decision was made midday yesterday to cancel the final stage of the series. While everyone would have lied to see the contenders fight it out for the men’s and women’s championship, the potential dangers inherent in the travel home after the race for many of the athletes was too high to ignore. So that being said…
In the Women’s Series 1st through 4th place was decided by 65 points with athletes from 3 states. This year’s 2011 Champion is Erin Begg from Newtown, CT with 275 points, 2nd is Sydney Michalak with 260 points from Peterborough NH, 3rd was Emily Doherty from Hopkinton, MA with 255 points, 4th was Hannah Goodrick of Darien, CT with 210 points and 5th was the 2 time defending champion Ashley Thrower from Windham, NH with 205 points.
On the men’s side, Taylor Peterson from Fairfield, CT took the series title with 380 points, Trevor Heller from Naugatuck, CT was 2nd, Matt Jardin from Lakeville, MA was 3rd, Matt Callman from Merrick, NY was 4th and Greg Palken was 5th.
Congrats to both of our champions and to all of our podium finishers! Go to the Standings page for the final results.
