VI TRI

Vi-Tri (Visalia Triathlon) is returning to El Diamante High School in Visalia. Come out and have some fun!

This USAT Sanctioned Event is a great local triathlon, perfect for the 1st timer and veteran athlete. 

Super Sprint Triathlon: 400 yard pool swim, 9 mile bike, 2.2 mile run.

Participants get a shirt, cool finisher's medal, and a post race meal.

Volunteer to earn discounted or free race entries. 

Best Western Visalia

Located in Visalia, Best Western Visalia Hotel is a 4-minute drive from Visalia Adventure Park and 7 minutes from Visalia Country Club. This hotel is 5.5 mi (8.8 km) from Rawhide Ballpark and 6 mi (9.7 km) from Visalia Convention Center.

Dining venue(s)
Fitness facilities
Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 64 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. 42-inch LED televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.

Wyndham Visalia

Located in Visalia, Wyndham Visalia is a 3-minute drive from Visalia Adventure Park and 6 minutes from Rawhide Ballpark. This golf hotel is 5.8 mi (9.4 km) from Visalia Convention Center and 5.9 mi (9.5 km) from Visalia City Hall. Make yourself at home in one of the 256 air-conditioned rooms featuring microwaves and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily. Don't miss out on the many recreational opportunities, including an outdoor pool, an indoor pool, and a spa tub. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and wedding services. 

Race Insurance Recommended

WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU PURCHASE THE EVENT INSURANCE THAT IS OFFERED WITH EACH EVENT REGISTRATION. THIS INSURANCE WILL PROTECT YOUR REGISTRATION AND PROVIDE A FULL REFUND UNDER THE TERMS OF THE POLICY. 

Common covered reasons

Examples of situations that are typically covered include:

• Illness or accidental injury that prevents participation
• Serious illness or death of an immediate family member
• Vehicle breakdown or traffic accident while traveling to the event
• Severe weather that makes travel impossible or unsafe
• Job loss or involuntary layoff
• Required work relocation (under certain circumstances)
• Jury duty
• Active military deployment
• A positive COVID-19 test requiring isolation (when covered under the applicable policy)

What is not covered

RegShield generally does not reimburse if:

• You simply change your mind.
• You decide not to race.
• You have a scheduling conflict, vacation, or other personal plans.
• You forgot about the race.

The RegShield insurance premium is 8.1% of the registration cost (including processing fees) with a minimum insurance premium of $2.99 for registrations up to $24.99 and a minimum of $3.99 for registrations from $25.00 to $49.23. Premiums for registrations above $49.23 are 8.1%. Premiums in some states that apply surcharges may be slightly different.

Not able to participate this year?

REFUND POLICY: THERE ARE NO REFUNDS FOR EVENTS, NO EXCEPTIONS.

IF YOU CANNOT RACE IN THE EVENT FOR WHICH YOU ARE REGISTERED, AND YOU DID NOT PURCHASE THE INSURANCE, YOU CAN DO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ONLINE PRIOR TO THE EVENT, ON THE YEAR OF YOUR REGISTRATION. 

• Deferrals - Transfer to next year ($25.00) at least 4 days prior to the event.
• Transfer - To a different race ($10.00) at least 7 days prior to the event
• Transfer - To a different distance (free) at least 4 days prior to the event
• Transfer - To another participant (free) at least 4 days prior to the event

NO DEFERRALS OR TRANSFERS ARE PERMITTED AFTER THE EVENT.

Why do we charge for deferals?

Most requests for deferrals come after we have already ordered and paid for supplies (medals, bibs, chips, food, etc.) for the race.  The deferral fee helps offset some of these costs.  Transfers to another destination or person, on the other hand, are for the same event and do not incur extra costs.

The U.S. Center for SafeSport created the Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policies (MAAPP), a collection of proactive prevention and training policies for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movement to help create a safer and healthier environment in which minor athletes can thrive.

Required Prevention Policies

The MAAPP focuses on in-program contact between an Adult Event Participant and a minor athlete and covers the following Required Prevention Policies: Meetings, Individual training sessions, Therapeutic and Recovery Modalities and Manual Therapy, Locker Rooms and changing areas, Electronic communications, Transportation.

All Required Prevention Policies apply at all facilities or locations that are partially or fully under the jurisdiction of USAT which include any sanctioned event by USA Triathlon, or any facility that the USAT owns, leases, or rents for practice, training, or competition.

All Required Prevention Policies must be followed by Adult Event Participants who have regular contact and/or authority over minor athletes.

Mandatory Reporting

As a reminder, all Adult Event Participants – including those with one-day memberships – are Mandatory Reporters. If you see or hear a report of any form of abuse, whether it is sexual, physical, mental or another type of abuse you are required to report that abuse within a 24-hour period. You can file a report to the U.S. Center for SafeSport through its online reporting form or by calling the U.S. Center for SafeSport at 833-587-7233 or USA Triathlon at trisafe@usatriathlon.org.

Resources

• MAAPP at a Glance
• USA Triathlon’s Safe Sport Policies and References

We encourage you to review these resources and familiarize yourself with them. If you have any additional questions or concerns, please email trisafe@usatriathlon.org.

USA Triathlon Sanctioning

All Multisport events are USA Triathlon sanctioned and follow USAT rules. These rules do not apply to the 5K and 10K events.

Need to print a USAT membership card? Click HERE.

Check out complete USAT rules here: teamusa.org

USAT Wetsuit Rules

• If the water temperature is below 58F degrees, a wetsuit will be mandatory for any competitor.  Any person who is not wearing a wetsuit will not be allowed to compete.
• If the water temperature is 58F-65F degrees a wetsuit is recommended for any competitor. 
• Wetsuits may be worn if the water temperature is 78 degrees or lower.
• If the water temperature is 78.1F – 83.9F degrees, competitors may wear wetsuits but will not be eligible for awards or USAT points. 
• If the water temperature is 84F degrees or above, participants may NOT wear wetsuits.

Water temperatures will be posted at the top of the event page at least 24 hours before the event.

Youth Specific Rules

Youth athletes 15 and under may have one accompanying parent or guardian prior to the race. Please check in with a race official at transition if you would like to accompany a youth athlete in transition.  Parents may not enter transition after transition is cleared and cannot run or bike portions of the event with an athlete.

Athletes 16 and older must follow normal USAT rules; this includes athletes only in transition. 

Overview of USA Triathlon Rules

Note: Every athlete is responsible for knowing USAT rules and should review the official USAT rules before race day.  Check out complete USAT rules here: teamusa.org

General USAT Rules:

• Only athletes and race officials are allowed in transition. This includes dogs, kids, parents, and coaches.
• Age Group Rule: All age group athletes must participate and compete in the age group division corresponding to the athlete’s age on December 31 of the year of the event.
• Know the Course & Stay On Course: Participants must cover the prescribed course in its entirety. It is the participant’s responsibility to know the course.
• Upon leaving the course, a participant shall re-enter the course and continue at the same point of departure.
• Be a Good Sport: Participants shall refrain from unsportsmanlike conduct, including the improper use of language or conduct directed toward an official. 
• This is Not A Contact Sport: Participants shall refrain from intentionally or accidentally blocking, charging, obstructing, or interfering with the forward progress of another participant. No participant shall use his body, head, arms, or legs to gain an unfair advantage, or to push, pull, hold, strike, or force through one or more participants. 
• No Unfair Advantage: No participant shall accept from any person (other than a race official) physical assistance in any form, including food, drink, equipment, support, pacing, a replacement bicycle or bicycle parts, unless an express exception has been granted and approved, in writing, by USA Triathlon.
• No participant shall use any equipment which the Head Referee determines to be improper, including but not limited to equipment which might provide an unfair advantage or endanger other participants. 
• Race Numbers & Body Marking: Participants shall plainly display their race numbers at all times, and shall maintain the race number in an unaltered, unobstructed, and readable state at the start and finish gates, in the transition areas, and on the course except at designated areas. 
• Do Not Shed Your Gear or Trash: No participant shall leave any equipment or personal gear on the race course except at designated disposal areas such as aid stations. 
• No Audio Devices: No participant shall, at any time during the event, use or wear a hard cast, headset, radio, personal audio device, or any other item deemed dangerous by the Head Referee. 
• Glass is Bad for Feet & Bikes: No participant shall utilize any glass bottles or glass containers at any time during the event. 
• Keep Your Clothes On: Public nudity at any time during the event is prohibited.

Swim-Specific USAT Rules:

• All Strokes Allowed: Swimmers may use any stroke to propel themselves through the water and may tread water or float.
• Resting or Touching the Bottom: A participant may stand on the bottom or rest by holding an inanimate object such as a buoy, boat, rope, or floating object.
• Excluding the bottom, a participant shall not use any inanimate object to gain forward progress. 
• In Case of an Emergency: A swimmer experiencing difficulty and in need of assistance shall raise an arm overhead, and pump it up and down, and call or seek assistance. A swimmer can hold onto buoys, a kayak, or other assistance as long as they do not make forward progress from the assistance. 
• Wet Suits: Each age group participant shall be permitted to wear a wetsuit without penalty in any event sanctioned by USA Triathlon up to and including a water temperature of 78 degrees Fahrenheit. When the water temperature is greater than 78 degrees, but less than 84 degrees Fahrenheit, age group participants may wear a wetsuit at their own discretion, provided, however, that participants who wear a wetsuit within this temperature range shall not be eligible for prizes or awards. Age group participants shall not wear wet suits in water temperatures equal to or greater than 84 degrees Fahrenheit. Any swimmer wearing a wetsuit with a thickness measured in any part greater than 5 millimeters shall be disqualified. 
• Wear Your Swim Cap: If provided by race management, a swimmer shall wear the proper official swim cap corresponding to his wave. The penalty for an infraction of this rule is a variable time penalty. For safety reasons, if no official cap is provided, all swimmers should wear their own brightly colored swim cap.
• Goggles are Optional, But Highly Recommended: Swimmers may wear, but shall not be required to wear, swim goggles or face masks.
• You Cannot Use a Boat or Flippers: Any swimmer wearing any artificial propulsion device, including but not limited to fins, gloves, paddles, or floating devices of any kind, shall be disqualified.

Transition Specific USAT Rules:

• Mount and Dismount line: Athletes must walk bike to the designated mount line.  Athletes must dismount at the designated dismount line and walk bike to the designated transition spot. Failure to do so can result in a variable time penalty.
• All Gear Goes in the Transition Area: All participants shall place equipment only in the properly designated and individually assigned bicycle corral and shall at all times keep their equipment confined to such properly designated areas. All participants must return their bicycles to an upright position in the properly designated bicycle corral after completion of the cycling course and before beginning the next segment of the event. Any violation of this Section shall result in a variable time penalty.
• Watch Out for Others in Transition: No participant shall impede the forward progress of another participant or interfere with another participant's equipment while in the transition area. 
• Hand on Bike, Helmet on Head: The helmet must be fastened before the participant first mounts the bicycle, at all times when the participant is on the bicycle, and must not be unfastened until the participant has dismounted. 
• Glass is Bad for Feet and Bikes: Any participant who brings any glass container into the transition area shall be disqualified.

Bike Specific USAT Rules:

• Human Power Only & Push It If Necessary: All bicycles shall be propelled only by human force and human power. Other than pushing a bicycle, any propulsive action brought on by the use of the hands is prohibited. Participants shall not make any forward progress unaccompanied by their bicycle. If a bicycle is rendered inoperable, a participant may proceed on the cycling course, running or walking, while pushing or carrying the bicycle, so long as the bicycle is pushed or carried in a manner not to obstruct or impede the progress of other participants. 
• Obey the Traffic Laws: All participants must obey all traffic laws while on the cycling course unless otherwise specifically directed by a USA Triathlon official, race monitor or designee with actual authority. Unless otherwise directed in accordance with the preceding sentence, all participants shall come to a complete stop when required by a traffic sign or traffic control device and shall not proceed through any intersection unless such intersection is clear of oncoming traffic. In no case shall a cyclist cross a solid yellow line indicating a no passing zone.
• Hand on Bike, Helmet on Head: The helmet must be fastened before the participant first mounts the bicycle, at all times when the participant is on the bicycle, and must not be unfastened until the participant has dismounted. 
• You Cannot Draft Bikes or Cars: In accordance with the Rules as set forth in this section, a participant is not permitted to position his bicycle in the proximity of another moving vehicle so as to benefit from reduced air resistance.  While on the cycling course, participants shall not work together to improve performance, efficiency, or position by teamwork or other joint conduct. 
• The Drafting Zone: The term "drafting zone" shall refer to a rectangular area seven (7) meters long and two (2) meters wide surrounding each bicycle. The longer sides of the zone begin at the leading edge of the front wheel and run backward parallel to the bicycle; the front wheel divides the short side of the zone into two equal parts. With respect to a moving motor vehicle, the "drafting zone" is a rectangular area extending 15 meters to each side of the vehicle and 30 meters behind the vehicle.
• After Being Passed Move from the Drafting Zone: When the leading edge of the front wheel of one cyclist passes beyond the front wheel of another cyclist, the second cyclist has been "overtaken" within the meaning of these Rules. A cyclist who has been overtaken bears primary responsibility for avoiding a position foul and must immediately move to the rear and out of the drafting zone of the passing cyclist. The overtaken cyclist shall first move completely out of the drafting zone of the other cyclist before attempting to re-pass the other cyclist.
• No Blocking or Crowding; This is Not Football: Cyclists must not block or obstruct the progress of another participant. A participant is generally entitled to assume any otherwise proper location on the cycling course provided that the participant arrives in the position first without contacting another participant.
• When taking a position near another participant, however, a cyclist shall not crowd the other participant and shall allow reasonable space for the other participant to make normal movements without making contact.
• Stay to the Right: Except for reasons of safety and when no advantage is gained, all cyclists shall keep to the right of the prescribed course unless passing.
• Pass on the Left: A participant who approaches another cyclist from the rear or from another unfavorable position bears primary responsibility for avoiding a position foul even if the cyclist being approached alters speed. A participant must not attempt to pass another cyclist unless adequate space is available and the athlete is confident of his/her ability to pass the other cyclist. All passing is to be done to the left of the cyclist being overtaken unless otherwise specified.

Run Specific USAT Rules:

• Run or Walk The Course: A participant must run or walk the entire portion of the run course. Except for reasons of safety and when no advantage is gained, all runners shall follow and remain within the prescribed course. A participant who gains forward progress by crawling or otherwise violates this Section shall be disqualified. The responsibility of knowing and following the prescribed course rests with each participant.
• No Glass or Audio Devices: We already covered this.

Where Do I Set Up Transition? 

Typically, you set up transition next to your "down tire". You have the width of your handlebars on the left OR right of your bike. This allows your fellow athletes to also have space in transition.

• 7:00 Packet Pickup

• 7:00 Transition Opens

• 7:50 Clear Transition

• 8:00 First wave (men) begins

• 8:30 Second wave (women) begins

• 9:00 5k Run begins

• 10:00 Age Group Awards

Location: Next to the pool at El Diamante High School.

Race Day Only: Saturday May 23rd, 7am-8am

The 8.9 Mile course goes on city streets from El Diamonte High School to the Visalia Airport and back.

The run is 1.5 laps around El Diamonte High School for a total of 2.2 Miles.

Slap bracelets will be used to count laps as runners loop around the school.