The Philippine Aquathlon Championships (PAC) 2016 will be held on September 11 at the scenic Camayan Beach Resort at Subic Bay Freeport.
The aquathlon, which offers something for all types of athletes, will be done in the run-swim-run format over 2 distances: Standard Distance (2.5k-1k-2.5k) and Sprint (1k-600k-1k).
Categories include:
National School Championships (Team and Individual Men & Women); Junior (16-19 years old) & Youth (13-15 years old) with out school affiliation; Open Age Group; and the Para-aquathlon Championships.
Schools that have swim or track teams can have individual athletes compete or form relay teams to determine the viability of athletic careers in triathlon.
Tomas Carrasco, TRAP President explained: “We want to offer the run-swim-run format as this better resembles a triathlon; but, at the same time, allow swimmers or runners who are still feeling their way into multi-sport or full blown triathlons, a preparatory race. The distances are very doable.”
The PAC 2016 also launches the Philippine 2018 Youth Olympic Games Qualifying Races through which outstanding triathletes born in 2001 & 2002 can vie for slots as candidates for the 2018 Buenos Aires YOG. The YOG Qualifying Races will designate a series of races conducted all over the country from this year until early 2018 in which the Top 5 finishes will be given points; which will then be tallied to determine the most deserving athletes for the YOG. Full details are available on the TRAP website.
Para-athletes can also show their wares in the para-aquathlon race. “As you know, there will be a paratriathlon in Rio for the 1st time in the Paralympics and we hope we can develop athletes for future participation in this event,” added Mr. Carrasco. “This multi-format aquathlon is in keeping with our sports development mandate and promotion of mulit-sport.”
The PAC 2016 is organized by the Triathlon Association of the Philippines with Camayan Beach Resort and Ocean Adventure as venue partners. The event is supported by the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, Philippine Sports Commission, Green Triathlon, Blueseventy, Singphil, Gatorade, Standard Insurance, Asian Center for Insulation, Bert Lozada Swim School, Subic Holiday Villas, Lighthouse Marina Resort, Century Tuna, Vita Coco and C-lium. Media partners include: Endurance Sports Magazine, Raceday Triathlon, SBR.ph, Multisport, Kikay Runner, Swim Philippines and Sports Radio.
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