Register for the 6th Annual Swim For Smiles Triathlon

January 18, 2012 / by Gary Kayye / Make A Comment / Filed under Blog

The Swim for Smiles Foundation is proud to announce that registration for our 6th Annual Youth Triathlon is OPEN. The 2012 race will return to Chapel Hill, NC on May 6th.

Last year’s event drew over 800 participants and was the largest kid’s triathlon in the USA. In addition, for the 2nd year in a row, we won the Endurance Magazine Award for the Best Kid’s Race in North Carolina. We are ready to accommodate over 1000 kids this year with a new course and even more fun activities pre- and post-race.

Open to kids from ages 5-18 (yes, now 5-year olds can participate), the Swim for Smiles Youth Triathlon is a USA-Triathlon sanctioned event and includes two courses for ALL levels of participants. In addition, we have a limited number of relay teams made up of kids of any and all ages (one kid will swim, another bike and the third will run the course — all relay participants and teams will do the Long Course).

Beginners should consider our Short Course triathlon that includes a 100-meter swim (in a heated pool), a 2.5-mile bike course and finishes with a short 1K (0.6miles) run. Long Course participants will begin with a 300-meter swim (in a heated pool), transition to a 5-mile bike course and then finish with a 3K run (1.8 miles). The Swim for Smiles Youth Triathlon starts at 8am and is considered an easy triathlon and it designed for all levels of youth participants.

Every finisher receives a medal and the top three finishers of each age group will receive prizes!