Tempe, Arizona, to hold 2021 USA Triathlon Collegiate Nationals
Tempe, Arizona, has been awarded the 2021 USA Triathlon Collegiate Club national championships after the 2020 event had to be rescheduled since of the coronavirus pandemic. The event, which has been staged in Tempe in 2013, 2014 as well as 2019, will return April 9–10, 2021.
The 2020 event had been arranged for October 16–17 in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
The USA Triathlon High institution national Championships, which were held in conjunction with the Collegiate Nationals from 2016–2019, will not be held in Tempe next year. The high institution event will instead be restructured to ended up being part of the USA Triathlon youth & Junior Nationals beginning in 2021 in West Chester, Ohio.
Tempe has a long history of holding triathlon events. In addition to the collegiate event, it has held the High institution national championships (2019), the USA Paratriathlon national championships (2014), the Women’s Collegiate Triathlon national championships (2017, 2018, 2019) as well as the Age group Draft-Legal national championships (2019). It has likewise held ITU pan American cup events as well as non-drafting triathlons such as Ironman Arizona as well as Life Time Tri Tempe.
“For years, Tempe has proven itself as a world-class hold for USA Triathlon national championships — from the flexible as well as beautiful location at Tempe town Lake to the unrivaled support from city officials as well as the neighborhood as a whole,” stated Brian D’Amico, USA Triathlon director of events. “We appreciate the city’s willingness as well as versatility to set its sights on Camiseta Kawasaki Frontale 2021, after COVID-19 prevented us from gathering this past Camiseta Celta de Vigo April.”
The Collegiate Nationals draw Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Senegal in 120 collegiate triathlon clubs with much more than 1,200 collegiate athletes expected to participate.
“We are thrilled that USA Triathlon included Tempe, Arizona, in their 2021 routine of events,” stated Brian McCartin, president as well as CEO of the Tempe tourism Office. “Tempe’s residents as well as our hospitality neighborhood will be prepared to welcome these skilled collegiate athletes this spring.”
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