The Team USA experience is more than just a chance to represent the red, white and blue. It's a lifelong community.
Team USA is the group of age-group athletes that qualify for the right to represent the United States and compete in the World Triathlon World Championships, which attracts the best athletes representing over 50 countries each year. While exact disciplines and races vary from year to year, athletes can generally compete in World Championships for the following:
Athletes are separated into five-year age groups (18-19, 20-24, etc., up to 90+).
There are five ways to qualify for Team USA. Qualifiers must also meet the following eligibility requirements: All Team USA athletes are required to be Citizens or Nationals of the United States. If an athlete has the nationality of two or more countries, the Athlete can choose the National Federation they want to represent. The athlete must choose their sporting nationality before their first participation in a World Triathlon Event. Athletes with previous participation in World Triathlon events who want to change their sporting nationality can go through the change of nationality process outlined in the World Triathlon Constitution [section 55.2(b)].
Athletes must be 15 years old as of December 31st of the Worlds Competition year to compete in the following events:
Athletes must be 16 years old as of December 31st of the Worlds Competition year to compete in the following events:
Athletes must be 18 years old as of the December 31st of the Worlds Competition year to compete in the following events:
Any athlete who places 1-5 in their age group at a World Championship will automatically qualify for the respective World Championship the following year.
Note: Qualifying for Team USA and completing the World Championship race one year does not automatically qualify you for a Team USA berth the next year (only top-five finishers are automatically qualified for the following year). Team USA qualifiers, however, will be qualified for that event's national championship the next year.
The remaining world championship slots are allocated to athletes who compete in the respective national championship and finish in a qualifying place, which varies from race to race.
If any World Championship event takes place within two weeks of the corresponding USAT National Championship event, the remaining spots on Team USA will be allocated to the highest placed finishers (after podium finishers) at the World Championship event.
*For 2024, this will only apply to Ultra Distance Nationals at Michigan Titanium &Path 1 - Youth & Junior Pathway: Eligible Junior Athletes (16-19 as of 12/31/2025) who compete in the 2024 USAT Youth and Junior Developmental Nationals and are within the top 50% of finishers will qualify for any remaining spots in the 2025 World Triathlon AG Draft-Legal Sprint Triathlon World Championship. Junior Draft-Legal athletes will have priority followed by Youth Draft-Legal athletes aging up to 16-19 AG for 2025 who are within the top 25% of finishers in that event. Any athlete selected to the Elite Junior World Championship Team will forfeit their AG Team USA slot.
Path 2 - NCAA Women’s Collegiate Pathway: Remaining female slots for the 2025 World Triathlon AG Draft-Legal Sprint Triathlon World Championship will be allocated to eligible U.S. citizens or U.S Nationals who are within the top 50% of U.S citizens at the Women’s Collegiate National Championship (NCAA).
Path 3 - Collegiate Club Pathway:
"If slots are still available, any athlete who finished in the top 20 of their respective age group in the annual year end (12/31) USA Triathlon National Rankings from the previous year after already qualified Team USA athletes have been removed is eligible to claim a spot on Team USA. The highest ranked athletes will have first priority to accept a Team USA spot, followed by 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc., (rolling down through the top 20 athletes who have not already been offered a spot)."
Not all age groups will have slots available as the team slots may have already been filled.
Note: For duathletes to be ranked during a season, they must complete two sanctioned duathlons between January 1 and December 31, of the respective year. Triathletes must complete three sanctioned triathlons between those dates. Visit the rankings page for more information.
Whatever your age is as of December 31, during the year in which you want to compete for Team USA will be the age-group used to determine your Team USA qualification status.
If an athlete "ages up" into another age group for the year of the World Championship, a separate set of results will be issued accounting for those athletes who aged up and Team USA slots will be awarded based on these results. Therefore, their finish time will be compared to those athletes in the older age group.
For example, if John Doe is going to be 49 years old by Dec. 31, 2022, he will age-up up into the 50-54 age group for the 2023 World Championships since he will be 50 years old by Dec. 31, 2023.
Thus, for Team USA qualifying purposes, his time at the qualification event will be compared to the men currently in the 50-54 age group.
We will post the age-up results at the awards ceremony of Toyota Age Group Nationals. At other national championships, age-up results will not be posted, and athletes will claim their spot through email within 2-3 weeks post-event. If you believe that you have qualified, please ensure that you have not unsubscribed from our communication. Qualification emails are sent to the email address that you used when registering for the qualification event. You will have only a few days to claim your slot once you receive the qualification email. If you do not receive your e-mail please let us know at teamusa@usatriathlon.org.
Athletes who fall just short of qualifying for Team USA are placed on the roll down list. Should qualified athletes forgo their spot at a World Championship event, that spot will be offered to athletes on the roll down list.
If selected for a Team USA spot, athletes on the roll down list will be contacted via email and will have a short amount of time to accept the berth. USA Triathlon will work as fast as possible until 45 days prior to a World Championship registration deadline to fill roll down spots.
If you would like to check where you are on the roll-down list, please click here to view the current standings for all applicable events.
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2025 Town Hall Dates:
Jan. 8 - 4 p.m. MST - January Recorded Town Hall
Feb. 5 - 4 p.m. MST - February Recorded Town Hall | First-Timers Meeting Recording
March 12 - 4 p.m. MST - March Recorded Town Hall
April 2 - 4 p.m. MST - April Town Hall Recap (PDF with Notes)
May 7 - 4 p.m. MST - May Recorded Town Hall
June 11 - 4 p.m. MST
July 2 - 4 p.m. MST
Aug. 6 - 4 p.m. MST
Sept. 3 - 4 p.m. MST
Oct. 8 - 4 p.m. MST
Nov. 5 - 4 p.m. MST
Dec. 3 - 4 p.m. MST
Watch past Team USA Town Halls
All members of Team USA are expected to abide by USADA policies, protocols and rules. In-depth information and resources can be found on USA Triathlon's anti-doping page.
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