COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Triathlon and Streamline Events today announced the 2024 Women’s Collegiate Triathlon National Championships will take place Nov. 9 in Clermont, Florida, bringing together the nation’s top women’s varsity collegiate triath...
Are you a high school triathlete looking to participate in NCAA Women’s Varsity Triathlon or Collegiate Club Triathlon? You can participate in the new USA Triathlon Swim/Run Combine and have the potential to be recruited by NCAA Triathlon teams!Here’s ...
Gallaudet is the first school for deaf and hard of hearing students, 14th Division III School to add NCAA Triathlon.
Trine University women’s collegiate triathlete Kathryn Berlew grew up doing a variety of sports.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — La Salle University in Philadelphia is the latest NCAA program to add women's collegiate triathlon to its varsity collegiate sport offerings. An NCAA Division I program, La Salle University competes in the Atlantic 10 Conferen...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Triathlon and the USA Triathlon Foundation today announced the largest gift in the history of the Foundation, $850,000 from the TriDave Legacy Trust to support women’s collegiate triathlon becoming an o...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, North Carolina, is the latest NCAA program to add women's collegiate triathlon to its varsity collegiate sport offerings. An NCAA Division III program, Warren Wilson will begin competition i...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The University of Northern Kentucky will become the 15th NCAA Division I program to offer women’s triathlon at the varsity level, as the Norse will begin competition in fall 2024. “We are thrilled to see new athletic opportuni...
Over the last decade, women’s triathlon has made significant progress towards becoming a full-fledged NCAA championship sport. In 2022, Cal Poly Humboldt became the 40th school to add varsity women’s triathlon, meeting one of the NCAA’s requirements surrounding sustainability and success at the NCAA varsity level. Only becoming an NCAA Emerging Sport for Women in 2014, triathlon is already a varsity sport at schools in all three levels of NCAA competition across the nation.
Every fall, USA Triathlon hosts a sprint distance draft-legal championship race for schools in each of the three NCAA divisions. By sponsoring a national championship race, providing resources and funding to schools adding triathlon and championing triathlon at all levels of intercollegiate competition, USA Triathlon is committed to helping the sport reach full NCAA status.
Each member institution is allowed a maximum of 6.5 (Division I) or 5.0 (Division II) equivalency scholarships. There is no lower scholarship equivalency limit.
Teams must have at least three athletes. There is no upper roster limit.
Teams must participate in at least four and at most six intercollegiate contests (except dates of competition excluded under Bylaws).
Races are draft-legal and cover the sprint distance (750m swim, 20k bike, 5k run)
Five participants per team may compete in the varsity draft-legal race.
Scoring will be modeled after the cross country scoring system.
USA Triathlon has partnered with Gametime, a recruitment platform for high school athletes to showcase their training details and videos at no cost. If you are interested in having collegiate club and NCAA Women's program coaches look at your details - 1600-meter run and 100-meter swim – this is the place to go.
As of March 2023, 42 NCAA schools sponsor women's triathlon. Stretched across all three NCAA divisions and located in 25 states, NCAA Triathlon is nationwide. No matter any prospective student-athlete's school preferences, they can find a school that fits their need.
October 12, 2024
Springfield, Missouri
October 12, 2024
Charlotte, North Carolina
November 8, 2024
Clermont, Florida
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Rochester, New York
June 9, 2024
Get ready for an amazing experience at the Nike Triathlon Clinic with former Paratriathlete and current Women's Triathlon Coach at Roberts Wesleyan University, Thomas Giannettino!
Tucson, Arizona
June 4 - June 8, 2024
Get ready for an amazing experience at the Nike Triathlon Camp with former National Team Coach for USA Triathlon and current University of Arizona Triathlon Head Coach, Wes Johnson!
The following is a list of athletic and academic honors to be used by the Collegiate Triathlon Coaches Association during the 2024-2025 season. These honors are for current, paid members of the CTCA varsity NCAA-sponsored teams only.
From recruiting to NCAA bylaws, there's a lot for prospective NCAA triathletes to manage before joining a team.
What coaches must know when working in NCAA Triathlon
Information school administrators must know before launching an NCAA women's triathlon program
