Athletes will assemble at Volunteer Landing adjacent to Knoxville’s renowned Calhoun’s on the River.
Each wave will enter the water via the deck at Calhoun’s Restaurant and tread water until the gun sounds. Athletes will swim up river make the turn and swim back down river exiting at the UT Rowhouse across the street from Neyland Stadium.
Safety Plan/Policy:
- Wearing swim goggles or a face mask is highly recommended.
- No fins, paddles, snorkels or flotation devices of any kind allowed.
- Traditional wetsuits are not required but are highly recommended.
- Timing Chips must be properly fixed on your ankle.
- No individual paddlers or escorts allowed. Course will be adequately patrolled by surfboards, kayaks and patrol boats.
- Swimmers will be required to have official race number marked on shoulders.
- Please do not apply sunscreen or Vaseline to areas bearing your race number prior to numbering. Numbers must remain on during the swim.
- Time penalties may be imposed on athletes not behind the official start line 5 minutes prior to race start.
- Swimmers are required to stay on course, swim clockwise and keep course markers on their right. Failure to do so may result in disqualification.
- Any assistance required during the swim will result in disqualification.
- Contestants that are swimmers only will remove the chip timer off their angle and give to the officials. This is a security measure designed to maintain an accurate count of swimmers in an out of the water above and beyond the electronic chip counting system.
Each Swimmer must wear the colored swim cap provided by the Director.