BallsJesus wrote:
I am interested in joining an age-group Tri team. I found this thread from last year regarding the topic but wanted to compile a relevant up-to-date list of current age-group Tri teams that you can apply to. I know some teams have closed applications but wanted others input on good teams to be a part of that are accepting members now or opening soon. I am currently a member of my local Tri club but they are not super active and so I am missing the community aspect. Donāt much care about discounts, etc., just want to be part of an active team.
Here is the thread I found:
https://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/?post=7060158 Here is the list Iāve compiled thus far:
Team Zoot (closed applications 10/15)
Matt Hanson Racing (open)
AP Racing (open)
Rev3 Tri (seems to be closed)
Snapple Team (open)
Baucco Squad (closed)
Kiwami (seem to be closed)
Wattie Ink (closed)
ENVE (closed)
Full Send (open)
Pearwear (closed)
Q2T (open but have to sign up for coaching)
Team Every Man Jack (seem to be closed)
Castelli Colletivo (open)
Dimond Factory (open)
SFuels (open)
Blueseventy (closed)
TriForce (open)
Cupcake Cartel (closed)
Stellafly (closed)
Base Performance (open)
FLO (closed)
Thatās all I could find really. Any input from current/past members or any recommendations I missed would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks for starting this thread. I am in the same boat as you and was looking for discussion on AG Triathlon Teams.
I didn't know that there was any type of application process for AG teams until about this time last year. I then applied to 5 teams. I was turned down to two teams, accepted to two teams, and have not idea what the deal was with the fifth team. I got confirmation that they had received my application but never got an acceptance or rejection letter.
I joined the Kiwami Team. It was a good experience for me. I live in Oklahoma and there is only one other member of the team in the state so I only got to do one race this year with another team member (a Super Sprint Duathlon in Guthrie, OK where both the Kiwami team member in the state raced). I tried to get the other team member to do a Duathlon Team with me at the Regional Championship thinking that we could win the event, but we weren't able to make that event work out for a team so I race individually placing 6th overall and 3rd over all master). Yes, there were team races set up and I planned on going the USAT AG National meet with about 20 other people on the team, but that didn't happen. Our team camp was canceled too. So, the extent of our activeness as a team consisted of 1) a supportive Strava team where I tried to keep up with my team mates on our team leader board and I got lots of Kudos and encouragement from team members 2) An active FaceBook group that was closed to the team where people could post race results (again not many this year), epic training workout completed, share news going on in the sport, ideas for staying motivated, etc. 3) We also had a Trainer Roads team where we had a custom PFT builder program shared with the team, 4) I don't Zwift, but there was a Zwift team too, and 4) we all signed up for the two weeks of free Rouvy and did a 56 mile team ride on Rouvy coupled with a Zoom call one weekend. Since we didn't get any VIP time with out brand sponsors at the team camp 5) our bike sponsor set up a conference call with the team where we got a lot of the insider information on their top secret new market development and got to discuss ways to make our team partnership more active and interactive. Our team had a few elite triathletes, tons of AG competitive team members, may who are certified USAT coaches, many have raced Kona, etc. It is a great community. but as an national team that was spread across a dozen time zones was an online community so it is not the same experience you would would have with a local tri club that gets together every week for an OWS, long bike ride, or speed work at the track. I live in a small town that doesn't even have a lap swimming pool or a bike shop for 50 miles and the closes Tri Club is 2 hours away so the on-line team was perfect for me. They did get me in some top of the line race gear which was a added bonus too and I did use some of the Discount Codes for our team partners to save money on shoes and race-day nutrition. Since we weren't able to do any team races this year, there was some talk of keeping the same team for 2021 and just making 2020 a bye year. We haven't got any final word on this yet so there is a possibility that there will be an application for the team open up in a few weeks. Many of these AG team may be in similar situations so I wouldn't be surprised to see some of them open up their application process in late October and November and would say to keep checking back on the teams that don't appear to be open.