This year, Cal Poly has the honor of hosting the West Coast Collegiate Triathlon Confrence Championships (WCCTC Championships) for the fifth time running. In addition to this, the March Triathlon Series will host the USAT Southwest Region Collegiate Championships for the second year in a row.
scoring points for WCCTC
individual scoring
Individual points toward the WCCTC omnium are awarded based on the following formula:
Points = 100 + [ (1 - p) x 2 ]
Where “p” represents place. Therefore first place would receive 100 points, and second place 98 points, all the way down to 51st place which receives 0 points.
team scoring
The WCCTC scores a maximum of five male and female participants toward their schools team total. Other athletes from the school can displace competitors, but their individual scores will not be added to the team total. Team points are then added up, and the highest score wins. Team points are then awarded as follows:
| Place | Points |
| 1st | 100 |
| 2nd | 90 |
| 3rd | 80 |
| 4th | 70 |
| 5th | 60 |
| 6th | 50 |
| 7th | 40 |
| 8th | 30 |
| 9th | 20 |
| 10th | 10 |
scoring points for WCCTC
The WCCTC uniform rules have changed this year! MTS will be monitoring athletes to ensure proper attire is worn. Below are the guidelines for uniforms.
3.3. UNIFORMS
- 3.3.1. For each official WCCTC team, every individual member racing and scoring for that team shall participate wearing an “officially
recognized” uniform for that team.
- 3.3.2. All team uniforms should be of similar colors and design so as to be easily distinguishable as team members of the same school and easily distinguishable from other WCCTC schools.
- 3.3.3. The school’s name or initials must appear on the racing uniform of a WCCTC team member and must be the largest and most prominent name or logo on the front and back of the uniform.
- 3.3.4. Sponsors’ logos may appear in addition, provided they are smaller than the school name or initials. The Director reserves the right to disapprove team uniform designs.
- 3.3.5. Athletes not wearing their official team uniform at the Conference Championship event will be rendered ineligible for omnium scoring.
march mustache disclaimer
The MTS committee has taken every step it can to make sure that MTS will be a fair race. HOWEVER, there is one area that we simply cannot change that might allow some people an unfair advantage. It is tradition, and that is why we simply cannot change it.
That unfair advantage that some may gain is the mustache. The “Mustache” March Triathlon Series must uphold this tradition, even if it grants advantages to those who can grow them. History has shown us that the mustache is a powerful extension of the male anatomy. Mustaches have granted men tremendous super human powers. People with mustaches become famous because of the super powers that their mustaches grant them such as charisma, virility, and physical prowess.
So while it is an unfair advantage, you’ll have to pardon us for trying to uphold this tradition.
