Charleston Sprint Triathlon Series
Register for $70 per per race. Registration ends on the Wednesday before to each race. No race day registration.
Open/Elite
Awards will be given to the top three men and top three women in the Open/Elite and Open/Elite Masters (40+) division and is restricted to those who have finished in the top twenty overall in a triathlon. Open/Elite entrants are guaranteed placement in the first wave and specially designated transition area. Open/Elite Division participants will not be eligible for age group awards. Wetsuits are not permitted in the Open/Elite and Open/Elite Masters (40+) Division.
Age Group
Age Group awards will be in 5-year increments and will be three deep in all age groups.
Clydesdale (Under 40) & Athena
Awards will be given to the top three in these divisions. Participants in these divisions are not eligible for Age Group awards. Clydesdale divisions are limited to men 220 pounds or greater. Athena Division is limited to women 165 pounds or greater.
Prime
Medals will be awarded to the top male and female swim, bike, and run finishers.
To qualify for Championship awards participants must compete in three of the four races in the series. Only the BEST three scores from each athlete are used to determine the final series score. This practice is geared to reward performance and not the number of events raced. Scores are weighted by race. CSTS Races 1-3 are weighted 1.0, and the CSTS Championship Race 4 is weighted 2.0 (double).
Summary
To establish the event score for participants, all times are divided into the base average time and then multiplied by the event weight index, then multiplied by 10000 to make the number an integer. Men’s and women’s times will be calculated separately. This same process will apply for females. The fastest female time will become the "base" time that all female times are measured against. Timing System: ChampionChip timing system
Age Groups
For each of the Charleston Sprint Triathlon Series races, your age for your respective age group will be your age on the date of the first race of the series, regardless of which races you participate in. Please make sure that your date of birth has been submitted at the time of registration.
Awards
Series Champions (first place only) will receive specially-designed awards. In addition, the top three men and women in the Open/Elite Division will earn automatic entry into the following year CSTS.
Reminder
The Championship Race is usually the highest demand for entry. Be careful not to get closed out of this race.
- Race management reserves the right to alter the course or change the scope of this event, if circumstances dictate an alteration.
- Participants must be at least 12 years of age to participate.
- One t-shirt per participant for the series.
- There is no team relay competition.
- The Open/Elite division is restricted to those who have finished in the top 20 overall in a Triathlon. Open/Elite entrants are guaranteed placement in the first wave and specially designated transition area.
- Wet suits will NOT be allowed in the Men's and Women's Open/Elite Division.
- If you enter the Open/Elite Division, Athena (Women over 165 lbs.) or Clydesdales (Men over 220 lbs.) Division you will not be eligible for age group awards.
- All participants must wear an approved, undamaged, and unaltered helmet that meets or exceeds the safety standards of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, American National Standard Institute (ANSI Z-90.4) or SNELL (ASTM F-1446) and (ASTMF-1447) and be responsible for the safety of their own bicycle. Although traffic is controlled by local law enforcement, each cyclist is ultimately responsible for their own safety while participating in the event.