SUPERKids Race Day Info

SUPERKids RACE DAY INFO
Check-In: Saturday May 31, 2013 (4-7pm)
You must check in for the Triathlon to pick up your race packet & T-shirt.
Your packet contains your helmet, bike and bib numbers. Please make sure these numbers are all the same and your bike/bib number is coded with the correct amount of laps. Check-in will be held in front of the URI Recreation Center. In order to keep things moving smoothly, we remind you that you must have signed a race waiver online as well as joined your child in the USAT. Please bring their membership card. Children that are not active members of the USAT or that have forgotten their membership cards, will be required to sign-up again at registration and pay the $5 fee. NO EXCEPTIONS!! USAT Membership is required of all participants for insurance purposes.
Bike Check/Body Marking:
On race morning, your child should go to the BIKE CHECK/BODY MARKINGS area (signs will direct you). NBX will perform mandatory bike safety checks of all athletes to ensure the safest race possible. To speed things up, have your child’s bike and helmet tuned up, prior to arriving at the race! In addition, your child's race number will be marked on his/her leg and arm. These markings will be used to identify your child's race number at the start of the swim.
Transition Area Preparation:
The transition area is located in the grassy area in front of the Tootell Aquatic Center. Individual spots will not be assigned, but signs will clearly designate the areas reserved for each age group. Athletes should have their transition area equipment (i.e., bike, shoes, etc) set up at least 1/2 hour prior to the start of the race, if not earlier. Transition area will close 15 minutes prior to the race for safety and mandatory participants meeting! Be sure to stay clear of the athletes during the race! In order to make sure everyone has room in the transition area, each athlete should use only the minimum amount of space required to place their equipment. For more info, please visit the transition area page.
Race Results:
Our race results will be posted on this website as well as www.coolrunning.com

Parking:
All parking will be in the Boss Arena Parking lot and the URI Commuter Lot.
DIRECTIONS: Click Here
URI Recreational Services and Mackal Field House
3 Keaney Road, Suite #1 Kingston, RI 02881
Phone: (401) 874.5926 Fax: (401) 874.4829
Email: [email protected] Hotline: (401) 874.4343
Race Start:
Prior to race start, all athletes will be called into the Tootell Aquatic Center Stadium and seated by Wave#. Parents will remain outside the Tootell aquatic center during the swim portion and be able to see their athletes as they exit the Aquatic Center, once they have completed the swim portion. The safety of your children is our #1 priority. We understand the nervousness that comes with the swim portion, but we have never had a child who did not complete the swim portion of the race. Our volunteers are experienced and do a great job of keeping the kids at ease as they prepare for the race. Please do not worry!

Please leave yourself enough time to set-up in transition area.
The race will begin at the pool, and the start will begin with the oldest age group, in waves of 16 swimmers at a time, 2 per lane. Each wave of athletes will be assigned a swim start time, with the first wave starting at 9am.
**Only Athletes and volunteers will be allowed in the pool area.
13-15 Age Group
Participants 1 - 16 Wave #1: Start time 9:00am
Participants 17 - 32 Wave #2: Start time 9:05am
Participants 33 - 49 Wave #3: Start time 9:10am

Until the age group is finished. We will then break and allow the entire age group to complete the bike portion of the race before calling in the next age group.
All other participants will be seated in the stadium seating overlooking the pool. Each wave will have a volunteer coordinator. Swimmers will be called into the pool by wave number. It is the athlete's responsibility to get to the Aquatic Center on time to line up with their wave. Volunteers will assist the athletes in the staging area. Parents are not allowed in the staging area.
When a wave is called to the swim start, the participants then follow volunteer instructions to their lane assignments. At the whistle, approx. 1 minute later, the swim begins. The athletes will swim their required number of laps in their lane. Counters will be monitoring each child. At the end of the swim they will walk from the pool and enter the transition area.