Now that we’re nearly through June, it’s time for Round 1 of the Utah Tri Buzz 2021 age group rankings!
We stand & applaud everyone who has qualified for the Round 1 rankings. Regardless of individual rank, these are all people who enjoy the friendly competition and camaraderie of the Utah Triathlon Championship Series and who support the local scene.
Think about it, how many people stayed in bed while you were out testing your limits??
How many others are active, yet too chicken to ever toe a start line??
Kudos to everyone in the rankings... you're fighters who are strong in both body & mind!
Lastly, keep in mind this is for FUN. The intention is to build some hype and intrigue throughout the local tri season, as we've strived to do since 2016... please don't take it too seriously.
The methodology is simple:
* To be eligible for Round 1 Rankings, must have raced at least 2 of the 5 events on the Utah Triathlon Championship Series calendar to date
* Like last year, rankings will be updated throughout the season and will of course change as more people qualify. Only 2 races will still be needed for Round 2 rankings (post-Jordanelle), but a minimum of 3 will be required for the final rankings.
Round 1 (Jun): 2 race minimum (average of your top 2 races)
Round 2 (Aug): 2 race minimum (average of your top 2 races)
Round 3 (end of season): 3 race minimum (average of your top 3 races)
* The final rankings will be the basis for several “Most Improved Triathlete" and many other awards at the end of season Awards Night, not just for Championship Belt Holders and other elite-level athletes.
* Like prior years, we'll take the AVERAGE of everyone’s top 3 series races for the final rankings… this provides some incentive to get out and race often, as you can only help yourself by racing more. For example, if you had an off day, or even a DNF, that result will shake out of your top 3 average if you raced 4+ times.
* We use your Overall % to calculate the rankings (which is shown in all the individual race “Results Breakdowns” we post). This is simply how you placed vs. the field - if you placed 60th out of 100 at a race, that’s 60%. If you placed 80th out of 200 at another, that’s 40%. In this case those two then average to 50%.
Your 50% average would then be stacked up to other qualifying triathletes for the rankings.
Next races up in the Series before Round 2 of the rankings:
6) Jul 10: Echo - Olympic
7) Aug 14: Jordanelle - Olympic
So if you've raced one Championship Series race so far, it only takes one of these to qualify for Round 2 rankings. If you haven't done any so far, go knock'em both out!
Keep in mind that most of the Series events have non-Championship Series options as well (for example Echo sprint, Jordanelle sprint, Brineman sprint & olympic). For these the emphasis is less on results, rankings, etc and more on getting people out to experience triathlon.
Without further adieu, here's the Round 1 WALL OF FAME... scroll down to see splits by gender and age group as well!
OVERALL RANKINGS
ROUND 1
ROUND 1
Click on any of the snapshots below for a clearer image
ROUND 1 RANKINGS - WOMEN
ROUND 1 RANKINGS - MEN
ROUND 1 RANKINGS BY A.G.
*****Below is the 2021 UTCS lineup! Check out this post if you need a refresher on how it all works. Thank you Trent Perry for being the title sponsor of the Series!*****
Below are links to all the races in the 2021 Championship Series:
POPULAR LINKS
UTAH TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES 2021 --> HERE
LATEST AGE GROUP RANKINGS --> HERE
CHAMPIONSHIP BELT HOLDERS --> HERE
MOST IMPROVED TRIATHLETES --> HERE
TOP LOCAL RACER AWARDS --> HERE
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020 --> HERE
IMSG "COUNTY COMPETITION" (MAY BE REVIVED) --> HERE
UTAH TRIATHLON HISTORY 101 --> HERE
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