Tri America in Anderson, SC; HELP NEEDED

Volunteers and Racers needed!!! –
Lets come together to support this local event. This is a wonderful opportunity to have a longer distance race in our own back yard not to mention the “home road” advantage. Somers Sports (they also manage the Great Floridian iron distance race) does all the setup and timing but they need racers and a good team of volunteers to put on a safe and enjoyable race. It looks like they will need around 60 volunteers on Saturday for the kids race and super sprint and around 140 on Sunday - that is a lot of people!! – I think the chart below shows 20 course marshals alone. The course venue is Darwin Wright Park so the bike course will be a lot of our usual Saturday and Tues night ride. For those cyclists thinking about tri-ing a new event – the super sprint on Saturday would be an easy entry – it consists of a 200 meter swim, 6 mile bike and 2 mile run. There are also 2 kids races on Saturday for 6-10 year olds and 11-15 year olds. On Sunday there are two races… the short course is 1 kilometer swim (.62 miles), 30 kilometer bike (18.6 miles), and a 7.5 kilometer run (4.7 mile run). – and the Tri America Distance is 2 kilometers (1.24 miles) for the swim, 60 kilometers (37.3 miles) for the bike and 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) for the run.

Athletes interested in competing in the Anderson event can register online at www.sommersports.com/events/triamerica/tour/anderson/. For additional information about the TriAmerica National Series Tour, contact Fred Sommer at fred@sommersports.com or 352-394-1320. Those interested in volunteering for the Anderson Race should contact Andy Blondeau (andy@visitanderson.com) at the Anderson Convention and Visitors Bureau at 864-716-3660.

Thursday, August 23
TASK H OURS QUANTITY SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
Event Set-up
8:00am - 6:00pm 8 Can be physically demanding

Friday, August 24
Event Set-up
8:00am - 6:00pm 8 Can be physically demanding

Saturday, August 25 - Super Sprint Triathlon (7:30am Start) & TriKidz Triathlon (9:00am Start)

Registration
5:45am - 7:45am 6 Adults Preferred

Body Marking - Chips
6:00am -

Transition Area
6:00am - 11:00am 6 Adults Preferred

Course Marshals
7:30am - 9:30am 10

Finish Line
8:00am - 9:30am 6

Water Stations/Food
7:30am - 9:30am 10

Saturday, August 25 - Triathlon Registration (9:30am - 5:00pm)
USAT Check
9:30am - 5:00pm 2 Adults

Registration Cards
9:30am - 5:00pm 2 Adults

Packets & Shirts
9:30am - 1:00pm 4
1:00pm- 5:00pm 4

Food Tent
8:00am-11:30am 6
Assist with food set-up and distribution


Sunday, August 26 - Triathlon Registration (5:45am-8:00am)

USAT Check
5:45am - 8:00am 2

Registration Cards
5:45am - 8:00am 2 Adults


Packets & Shirts
5:45am - 8:00am 6 Adults


Sunday, August 26 - Pre-Race

Body Marking
5:45am - 8:00am 7

Chip Distribution
5:45am - 8:00am 4 Adults

Transition Security
5:45am - 8:00am 4 Adults

National Anthem Singer
7:45am 1


Sunday, August 26 - Race (7:30am start)

Food Tent
8:30am-12:00pm 6 Assist with food set-up and distribution

Lifeguards
7:30am - 10:00am 10

Course Monitors
7:30am - 1:00pm 20 Adults - hours vary with location

Transition Area
8:00am - 1:00pm 8

Swim Finish
8:00am - 10:00am 4

Bike Finish
9:00am - 11:30am 4

Water Station - Swim
8:00am - 10:00am 6

Water Station - Bike #1
8:00am - 10:30am 8 Athletic

Water Station - Transition
9:00am - 11:30am 6

Water Station - Run 1
9:00am - 12:30pm 8

Water Station - Run 2
9:00am - 12:00pm 8

Post Race Food & Water
9:00am - 1:00pm 10

Chip Retrieval
9:00am - 1:00pm 6

Finish Line Timing
9:00am - 1:00pm 4 Adults

Tear-down Clean-up
12:00pm - 4:00pm 10


PAID WORKERS
Opportunities available to help with the event set-up and tear down.