USIAA Triathlon Rules:
Scholarship and Roster Rules:
- All programs can only have a max of 16 (8 men & 8 women) players during the regular season; this limit is lifted to 126 players for preseason tryouts & the spring practices only.
- All programs can choose whether to allow athletic scholarships or not; start-up programs are given a max of 5 years to decide whether or not to provide athletic scholarships to players.
- All scholarship programs can only have a max of 6.5 total scholarships, and a max of 2 full scholarship (1 man & 1 woman) players.
- All programs can only have a max of 12 (6 men & 6 women) players on the active roster for all regular season invitationals.
- 5 points for 1st place.
- 4 points for 2nd place.
- 3 points for 3rd place.
- 2 points for 4th place.
- 1 point for 5th place.
- 0 points for 6th place or worse.
- All programs play an 8-invitational season (may only host 1) beginning on the first Saturday of September and ending on third Saturday of October.
- All invitationals are coed, meaning that men & women will compete together but will have 2 separate championships (1 male champion & 1 female champion).
- Scores are determined by summing the top 8 individual finishing places (4 men & 4 women) on each team.
- The USIAA Regionals & Championships are a team & individual invitationals beginning on the second week after the regular season ends:
a) The top 12 players from the 16 schools from each region in addition to the top 44 independent players (22 men & 22 women) from teams that didn't make the playoffs (for a total of 236 total players) will compete in the regionals.
b) The top 12 players from the 4 schools from each region (i.e. 16 total teams) in addition to the top 12 independent players from each region (i.e. 48 players; 24 men & 24 women) from teams that didn't make the nationals (for a total of 240 total players) will compete in the nationals. The team with the fewest points receives the USIAA team title.
c) The top male & female athletes that win each invitational will win automatically qualify for the regional championships.
- The USIAA will use the sprint format for all triathlon invitationals:
a) 750m (0.5 mi or 2,460 ft.) Swim
b) 20 km (12.4 mi) Bicycle Ride
c) 5 km (3.1 mi) Run