XTERRA Collegiate Division

XTERRA is the nation’s leading off-road triathlon series (swim, mountain bike, trail run) and has been around since 1996, but this is the first year XTERRA has offered a collegiate division.

Here’s how it works:

Any collegian with a current photo ID can race for their school as an individual. You do need to be a member of a school club or team.

There are no age groups in the collegiate division, just male and female categories.

Collegiate racers do not collect points in the XTERRA America Tour Series and are not eligible for age group awards - they only race against other collegiate entries.

Whenever there are three athletes from two or more schools entered in the same race they’ll go against each other for school pride in the college team division. There must be at least two schools with teams for a team award to be presented.

A "team" must consist of at least 3 male or female members. There are no mixed teams. A team can have more entrants, but less than three will not constitute a team.

Points for team awards (male and female) will count the finishing positions of the smallest number entered by a qualifying team.  Example: College A has 5 men; College B has 7 men; College C has 9 men. Only the fastest 5 finishers will count towards the team awards.

Points for team awards will be calculated based on the finishing positions of the team members. The lowest total is the winner.  Example:  Each team counts 3 athletes. Team A finishes 1st, 8th and 15th overall for a total number 24. Team B finishes 5th, 6th and 10th for a total number 21. Team C finishes 2nd, 9th and 20th for a total number of 31. Team B wins.

In no case will more than 7 athletes count towards the team awards regardless of the total number of entries by any one team.  Should a club enter more than 7 men or women, the coach must nominate the 7 individuals he wants scored for team awards. Other members are still eligible for individual awards, but their finishing position will not be counted towards the team totals.

Positions counted are overall positions in gender, not just collegiate entrants. This would include professional entries.

Collegiate Cup:

A Collegiate Cup award will be given when two or more schools have at least 3 men and 3 women per school represented. Example:  College A has 5 men, 2 women; College B has 7 men, 3 women.  There can be no Collegiate Cup award as there are not 2 teams that meet the overall requirements.

Should two or more schools have the necessary entries scoring will be similar to the team scoring method with all finishing positions of qualified team members added.

Lowest count wins.

Also:

Collegiate entrants race for separate awards.  Awards will be presented to the top three male and female individual collegiate division finishers, the winning men’s and women’s teams, and the winner of the Collegiate Cup competition (if applicable). Pre-Registration is required for the XTERRA Collegiate Cup to be presented.

No special wave starts are necessary.  Individual wave starts can be done at the RD’s discretion, but all collegiate entries must start in the same wave.

Athletes competing in the Collegiate Division do not prevent XTERRA Age Group athletes from receiving XTERRA America Tour points.

All collegiate entrants must be USAT Members or pay the $10 one day insurance fee.

At the XTERRA Regional Champ races listed below collegians can enter the Sport distance but as an age group athlete.  There is no college division in the half-distance XTERRA Sport race.

The Collegiate Division will be available at all XTERRA Regional Championship events and most all XTERRA Points Series races.  Please check with the race director when registering.

There are 60 XTERRA races in 30+ states across the U.S. in this year’s XTERRA America Tour to choose from.  See the complete race schedule at xterraplanet.com.  XTERRA Regional Events:

• May 18 - XTERRA West (Vail Lake Resort in Temecula, CA - Great place to Camp)
• June 8 - XTERRA Southeast (unreal mtn biking at Oak Mountain State Park in Pelham, AL)
• June 15 - XTERRA East (Urban adventure at its finest in Richmond, VA)
• Aug. 16 - XTERRAMountain (Killer Olympic venue at Snowbasin Resort near Ogden, UT)

For the championship distance races listed above (generally a 1.5k swim, 30k mountain bike, and 10k trail run) collegians get a break on registration fees - its $75 rather than the normal $115. 

Oct. 4 - XTERRA Collegiate Nationals (Epic mtn biking on the Flume trail - Lake Tahoe, NV)
750m swim in Lake Tahoe – 32k Mountain Bike on the Flume – 5k Forest Trail Run

All college students are welcome to race for the inaugural XTERRA Collegiate National Championship on Saturday, Oct. 4 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada!

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