Race Rules
TIME PENALTIES
Breaking the following rules will result in time penalties of varying severity.
Missing Laps
Athletes are responsible for keeping track of their laps. We have many ways to help them keep track, but ultimately it is their responsibility. But mistakes happen so if a young racer does miss a lap, they will not be disqualified but get a time penalty for each lap missed.
- Missing swim lap: 5 minutes added for each missed lap
- Missing bike lap: 20 minutes added for each missed lap
- Missing run lap: 5 minutes added for each missed lap
Abandoning Equipment
Throwing down the bike or helmet in a random location in transition, littering on the course, all or otherwise leaving your equipment somewhere it doesn’t belong will result in a 2-minute penalty for each occurrence.
DISQUALIFICATION
Breaking the following rules will result in disqualification
Interfering with another athlete.
This includes but is not limited to deliberately getting in their way, sabotaging their equipment or touching their stuff in transition area.
Outside assistance.
Triathlon is an individual sport. Therefore, only volunteers and other racers may assist your racer during the race. In particular, sneaking into the transition area to assist your child with their transitions is absolutely forbidden. It’s cheating.
Disobeying the volunteers or being rude to them.
No yelling or cursing out volunteers. No ignoring their directions. Even if you think a volunteer is wrong, you must do what they say.
You can recognize volunteers because they will be wearing a lanyard.
SPECTATORS MUST STAY OFF THE COURSE
We understand your enthusiasm for your child’s participation, but we ask that you be courteous to other parents and participants.
Please be aware of the race course flow and DO NOT go onto the race course or into the transition area, and please follow the directions of the VOLUNTEERS.
Any adult who goes out onto the bike course while racing is happening will be thrown out and put on our banned list. This is very, very serious as adults on the bike course cause crashes that have resulted in broken bones in the past.
Any adult who interferes with another racer or provides assistance to their racer will cause their racer to be disqualified.
DE ANZA COLLEGE RULES
NO DOGS in the “Physical Education” Area. This is the pool and the track. Service dogs are allowed, of course.
NO FOOD and ONLY WATER in the same areas. Please do your eating and drinking in the parking lot.
