QUALIFYING FOR EVENTS
Qualifying for Season Opener / Regional Classics Any athlete meeting our eligibility requirement as outlined below can attend our annual Season Opener and Regional Classic events. Our sport offers an entry point for all first-time athletes to ensure they are properly aligned by performance, age, and gender. Qualifying rounds for the Individual Category are held on day one of these events. Qualifying for U.S. Nationals Competing in the U.S. National Championship is for eligible athletes only. The Season Opener and five (5) Regional Classic events serve as qualifiers. • Any U.S. athlete who competed and successfully completed the course at a minimum of one (1) regional event (or Season Opener event), during the current regular season is eligible to enter and compete at U.S. Nationals. No exceptions to this rule. • Athletes that ran and successfully completed an Individual Category run at a qualifying event are eligible to compete in all categories at the U.S. National event. Athletes that only compet- ed in a Tandem or Relay Category are only eligible to compete in these two categories. Qualifying for the World Championship Currently the World Championship is open to any firefighter from around the world that meets our general eligibility requirements. This event offers four (4) days of highly competitive qualifying rounds to determine the small percent- age of elite athletes and teams that will advance to the world title finale(s).
ELIGIBLE ATHLETES The TFT® Firefighter Challenge Championship Series is open to:
• career or volunteer firefighters (active or retired) ages 18+ that are employed by and/or are voluntary members of an organized fire department (i.e.: township, municipal, district, county, state, country, military, or industry) • licensed firefighters seeking employment • cadets • junior firefighters/explorers (ages 14-21) • accredited governmental or educational agencies with a fire service curriculum
At times, we do offer special events that allow non-firefighters to participate. Rules for these types of events will be customized for the type of event being offered. All rules and awards categories will be published with the event. DIVISIONS Our division, age and gender segmentation model align our sport with other professional sports that recognize the value and benefit of placing athletes with others based on their performance, age, and gender. athletes under the age of 40 (our largest body of athletes) are segmented into one of three (3) Divisions based on their Individual Category run time. Note: our division model was adopted instead of further breaking down this large age group into ten-year age increments like our age 40 and older subcategories. • athletes over the age of 40, known as our veterans, are automatically assigned to Division 1, and compete in their respective age/gender subcategory groups. 2 In our sport: •
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