Hilo Sprints 2024
USA National Championships
October 14 & 15, 2023
Lake Natoma, California
Join us at Lake Natoma, Sacramento to secure your Championship Status and qualify for a berth at the 2024 Hilo IVF World Sprints. National selection for USA Elite team will be selected also.
Registration is now open!
Reach out to your teammates and get them registered by October 1. V1 entries will come from Registration while V6 Crew entry by event will be accepted separately once paddlers are registered.
Why should you participate?
- Race V6 and get a berth for your Club Crew at Hilo
- Race V1 and get a lane for Hilo
- Race V1 to be considered for Elite Camp in Spring 2024 for Hilo Elite V6
- Win the National Championship Title in V6, V1 or both!
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USAORCA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TRIALS
For Elite Men and Women, all V1 age groups and V6 Club Crews
to represent USA at IVF World Sprints 2024
Elite and V1 Sprint Championship
Deadline for expressing interest: September 5, 2023
Register Here
V6 Elite
V1 trials at Championships will be used by USA Sprint Coach Paolo Ameglio to select 18 elite athletes for a training camp in 2024 from which he will announce the top 12 men and women to race elite V6 for Team USA
V1 Individual
Athletes for all other age groups interested in challenging for the V1 spot for the USA need to attend the championship at Lake Natoma, CA October 14 and 15. All Divisions will run a 500 meter Championship (heats and finals where needed). Top finishers will be offered a USAORCA allocated lane for the 2024 Hilo World Sprint Championships, August 2024
V6 Crew Club Racing – 500 Meter straight and 1000 meter (3 turn) Events
All Divisions will also run in 2 classes of events, straight sprint and turn races. These are awarded separately. Build your crew from your club paddlers or a mix from your association and join us for a weekend of great competition!
Crews placing at this event will be offered USAORCA Lane allocations for the 2024 Hilo World Sprints. Requirement for Hawaii 2024 will be 50% of the crew earning the allocation must compete or release their allocated lane.
All V1 candidates, prospective elite paddlers and V6 club crews must register by September 5, 2023. Further details for racing, crew rosters, race rules will be coming soon!
Register Here
Any questions? Please email: info@usaorca.org
For continuing news on Hilo 2024, monitor the USAORCA 2024 World Sprints page!