Considering trying to qualify for am elite card in 2015. I believe the qualifier races are those with $20k+ purses (correct me if I'm wrong). Living out on Long Island, but willing to drive a pretty good distance to race (6 hours is quite reasonable). I like to race more frequently than most athletes, so prefer to stick to Olympic distance with a few halfs. It would be hard to convince me to put an IM on my race calendar, but not impossible. I also have family in Florida, which makes traveling that way for early season events pretty reasonable. Here is what I'm leaning towards-

South Beach Triathlon
Challenge Quassy
NYC Triathlon
Rock and Roll Philly (couldn't find prize purse on website?)
Challenge Maine
Challenge Florida

Are there a lot of other elite qualifiers nearby I'm missing? Probably a ton. Just trying to keep the number of halfs down, because they leave me a little more beat up than Olympic distance racing. If there is a complete list of elite qualifiers like there has been in years past, that would be great to see too. Thanks for your help.

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Tim Russell, Pro Triathlete

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