Posted: March 6, 2005

Triathlon: "Best Of The Us Amateur Triathlete Competition" Now Has 47 State Qualifiers - Only 3 To Go

(St. Paul, MN - 3/7/05) On February 16, Midwest Events, LLC, producers of the "Best of the US Amateur Triathlete Competition," announced that they had secured 31 state qualifying events. That number is now 47. Only Alaska, Kansas and Oklahoma do not currently have qualifiers. Organizers are confident that these states will be accounted for prior to the program's opening weekend (April 2-3), when Hawaii's Lavaman and Nevada's LVTRI will be contested.

Here are the official State Qualifiers:

ALABAMA. Buster Britton Triathlon - Pelham, AL - June 12
ALASKA.  TBA
ARIZONA. Sahuarita Lake Triathlon - Sahuarita, AZ - May 30
ARKANSAS. Louisiana Red River Tinman - Shreveport, LA - June 5
CALIFORNIA.  Santa Cruz Triathlon - Santa Cruz, CA - July 10
COLORADO.  Loveland Lake to Lake - Loveland, CO - June 25
CONNECTICUT.  Pat Griskus Olympic Triathlon - Middlebury, CT - June 18
DELAWARE. Escape From Fort Delaware - June 18
FLORIDA.  Coca-Cola Classic Sprint- St. Augustine - April 30
GEORGIA.  West Point Lake Triathlon - LaGrange, GA - July 24
HAWAII.  Lavaman Triathlon - Big Island - April 3
IDAHO.  YMCA Spudman Triathlon - Boise, ID - June 11
ILLINOIS.  Iron Horse Quartermax - Springfield, IL - June 19
INDIANA.  YMCA Pepsi Y-Tri - Muncie, IN - August 13
IOWA.  Pigman Sprint - Palo, IA - June 5
KANSAS.  TBA
KENTUCKY.  East Fort Triathlon - Bethel, OH - July 17
LOUISIANA.  Louisiana Red River Tinman - Shreveport, LA - June 5
MAINE.  Mooseman Triathlon - Bristol, NH - June 5
MARYLAND.  Columbia Triathlon - Ellicott City, MD - May 22
MASSACHUSETTS.  Mooseman Triathlon - Bristol, NH - June 5
MICHIGAN.  Ann Arbor Triathlon - Pinckney, MI - June 26
MINNESOTA.  Lake Waconia Triathlon - Waconia, MN - June 26
MISSISSIPPI. Heatwave Classic Triathlon - Ridgeland, MS - June 4
MISSOURI.  St. Louis Quartermax - St. Louis, MO - July 31
MONTANA.  Janet Clarkson Memorial -  West Yellowstone, MT - June 18
NEBRASKA.  Pigman Sprint Triathlon - Palo, IA - June 5
NEVADA.  LVTRI - Las Vegas, NV - April 3
NEW HAMPSHIRE.  Mooseman Triathlon - Bristol, NH - June 5
NEW JERSEY.  Escape From Fort Delaware - June 18
NEW MEXICO.  Milkman Triathlon - Dexter, NM - June 4
NEW YORK.  Shoreline Triathlon - Hamlin, NY - July 24
NORTH CAROLINA.  White Lake Sprint  -  White Lake, NC - May 8
NORTH DAKOTA. Timberman Triathlon - Cohasset, MN--July 9
OHIO.  Caesar Creek Triathlon - Waynesville, OH - July 10
OKLAHOMA.  TBA
OREGON.  Deschutes Dash - Bend, OR - July 24
PENNSYLVANIA.  City of Philadelphia Triathlon - June 26
RHODE ISLAND.  Pat Griskus Olympic Triathlon - Middlebury, CT - June 18
SOUTH CAROLINA.  Clemson Triathlon - Clemson, SC - May 14
SOUTH DAKOTA.  Timberman Triathlon - Cohasset, MN - July 9
TENNESSEE.  McMinnville City Triathlon - June 25
UTAH.  Rage in the Sage Triathlon - Las Vegas, NV - April 23
VERMONT.  Mooseman Triathlon - Bristol, NH - June 5
VIRGINIA.  Columbia Triathlon - Ellicott City, MD - May 22
WASHINGTON.  Federal Escape Triathlon - Federal Way, WA - July 30
WEST VIRGINIA.  Mountaineer Triathlon - Morgantown, WV - June 26
WISCONSIN.  Wisconsin Triterium - Verona, WI - June 19
WYOMING.  Loveland Lake To Lake - Loveland, CO - June 25

To find out more about these great events, visit www.bestoftheustriathletes.com.