The Capital of Texas Triathlon Will Host Over 40 Professional Triathletes in the Race to the Toyota Cup on Memorial Day
Alongside first timers, elites and professional triathletes include a team of severely injured service members participating in the triathlon

AUSTIN, TX, May 24, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- With this year debuting as part of the Race to the Toyota Cup, the 21st Annual Capital of Texas Triathlon (CapTexTri), announces, that they are expected to have a full field of amateur, elite and professional triathletes appearing in Austin, Texas this Memorial Day. Last year's event attracted over 3,000 athletes from 33 states and 8 countries, who competed in the swim - bike - run events staged in downtown Austin at Auditorium Shores. This year's participants also include 17 disabled service members, some fought in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Capital of Texas Triathlon, as the second stop on the Race to the Toyota Cup, will host over 40 of the nation's top professional tri-athletes. The Race to the Toyota Cup is a seven-race, national series for professional triathletes competing for a Series prize purse of over $600,000, with the Austin race committing to a minimum of $50,000 in prize money for the professional tri-athletes.

Current top professional men and women triathletes registered include:

- D'Ann Arthur (USA)
- Laura Brandon (USA)
- Teresa Cox (USA)
- Joanna Fiddler (USA)
- Sarah Haskins (USA)
- Pamela Hutchinson (USA)
- Alicia Kaye (CAN)
- Nicole Kelleher (USA)
- Becky Lavelle (USA)
- Sara McLarty (USA)
- Jasmine Oeinck (USA)
- Kristin Peterson (USA)
- McKenze Sander (USA)
- Lesley Smith (USA)
- Natasha van der Merwe (USA)
- Rebeccah Wassner (USA)
- Weslie Anderson (USA)
- James Bales (USA)
- Ryan Borger (USA)
- Barrett Brandon (USA)
- James Burns (USA)
- Peter Clode
- Ben Collins (USA)
- Nickolaus Early (USA)
- Cameron Dye (USA)
- Allen Gardner (USA)
- William Huffman (USA)
- Hunter Kemper (USA)
- Greg Kopecky (USA)
- Peter Mallett (USA)
- Dustin McLarty (USA)
- Filip Osplay (CZE)
- Justin Park (USA)
- Andy Potts (USA)
- Matty Reed (USA)
- Andrew Starykowicz (USA)
- David Thompson (USA)
- Daniel Tigert (USA)
- Robert Wade (USA)

WHEN: Monday, May 30, 2011, 7:00 a.m.

WHERE: Auditorium Shores
950 Riverside Drive
Austin, TX 78704 USA

To commemorate Memorial Day, CapTexTri event coordinators will kick off this week with a Wounded Warrior Dinner fundraiser to be held on Wednesday, May 25, at the Hilton downtown. 100% of the net proceeds from the Wounded Warrior Dinner will go directly to the Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project.

Also, if you are not able to race, then come watch, volunteer or sponsor the event and support thousands of triathletes as they race through the Capital of Texas. For complete details of this Memorial Day weekend's event agenda, visit www.captextri.com.

Press Release Contact Information:

Suzanha Pena
CapTexTri
Media Contact
Austin, TX
USA
Voice: 512-373-0906
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