Name: Seth Rider
Sport: Triathlon
Height: 6'0"
Birthdate: March 6, 1997
Birthplace: Germantown, Tenn.
Hometown: Germantown, Tenn.
High School: Homeschooled

Career Highlights
Four-time ITU World Mixed Relay Series Medalist
2019 ITU Mixed U23-Junior Relay World Championships Bronze Medalist
2018 Clermont CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup Bronze Medalist
2018, 2019 ITU Under-23 World Championships Competitor
2014 ITU Junior World Championships Competitor
2014 Youth Olympic Games Nanjing, 12th (Individual), 6th (Mixed Relay)
2015 USA Triathlon Junior Elite National Champion

Elite Triathlon Career

2024: Traveled to Hong Kong to start his season at the first leg of the World Triathlon Cup and placed 24th • Placed 26th at the World Triathlon Championship Series Yokohama • Finished 20th in the mens individual race in Cagliari, the third leg of the series.
2023: Started the season in the World Triathlon Cup New Plymouth and placed sixth • Headed to Yokohama for the second leg of the World Triathlon Championship Series and placed 16th • Placed 44th in Montreal for the third leg of the series in June • Headed to Hamburg for the World Triathlon Sprint and Relay Championships, placing 16th individually and fourth as a part of the mixed relay • Placed 26th among elite men at the World Triathlon Olympic Games Test Event Paris • Placed 36th at the World Triathlon Cup Tangier in October • Placed fifth at the Santiago Pan American Games and second as part of the mixed relay • Placed sixth at the World Triathlon Cup Vina del Mar in November.

2022: Started the season by earning the silver medal at the 2022 Europe Triathlon Cup Quarteira in Portugal on March 26 • Placed 24th at the World Triathlon Championship Series season opener in Yokohama, Japan on May 14 • Came in 42nd at the WTCS Leeds on June 11 and the following day competed with Team USA in the Mixed Relay event alongside Matt Mcelroy, Taylor Spivey and Erika Ackerlund where they came in ninth • Finished 40th in Montreal, Canada at the World Triathlon Sprint & Relay Championships on June 25 and raced for Team USA in the Mixed Relay event with Taylor Spivey, Kevin McDowell and Summer Rappaport where they earned the bronze medal • Placed 21st in WTCS Hamburg, Germany on July 9 • Came in 13th with Taylor Spivey, Chase McQueen and Erika Ackerlund in the Mixed Relay race in Hamburg on July 10 • Had a top-ten finished by placing sixth in the World Triathlon Cup in Bergen, Norway on August 28 • Finished 15th in the World Triathlon Cup Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic on September 11 • Had a top-20 finish at the WTCS Cagliari race in Italy on October 8 by crossing the line 19th overall • Ended the season in Abu Dhabi by coming in 16th at the WTCS Finals and finished 41st overall in the Series rankings.

2021: Opened up the year by placing 22nd at the Europe Triathlon Cup in Melilla, Spain on April 18 • Finished 11th at the Europe Triathlon Cup in Caorle, Italy on May 15 • Finished 25th at the World Triathlon Cup Arzachena in Italy on May 29 • Had a top-20 finish at the AJ Bell World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds by finishing 17th on June 6 • Made it to the final stage of the debut super sprint format at the Groupe Copley World Triathlon Championship Series Monreal and placed ninth on August 14 • Was the first male to compete on the winning mixed relay team alongside teammates Kirsten Kasper, Taylor Spivey and Chase McQueen at the Groupe Copley World Championship Series mixed relay event on August 15 • Had his best individual result at the World Triathlon Championship Series Finals in Edmonton, Canada where he placed fourth on August 21 • Came in 41st at the World Triathlon Championship Series Abu Dhabi on November 5, where points earned counted toward the 2022 WTCS rankings

2020: Opened his season with a 28th-place finish at the Mooloolaba ITU Triathlon World Cup on March 14 • Placed 39th at the Hamburg Wasser World Triathlon on Sept. 5 • Took 33rd at the Karlovy Vary ITU Triathlon World Cup on Sept. 13 • Placed 24th at the Arzachena ITU Triathlon World Cup on Oct. 10

2019: Placed 46th at the Discovery Triathlon World Cup Cape Town on Feb. 10 • Took 25th at the Sarasota-Bradenton CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup on March 9 • Placed 4th at the Quarteira ETU Triathlon European Cup on April 27 • Took 11th at the Madrid ITU Triathlon World Cup on May 5 • Earned a new career-high 5th-place finish at the Chengdu ITU Triathlon World Cup on May 12 • Took 12th at the Groupe Copley World Triathlon Montreal, a career-best WTS finish, on June 29 • Helped the U.S. to a bronze medal at the ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Edmonton on July 21 • Helped the U.S. to a bronze medal at the ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Tokyo on Aug. 18 • Placed 12th at the ITU Under-23 World Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Aug. 30 • Anchored the U.S. to a bronze medal at the ITU Mixed U23-Junior Relay World Championships in Lausanne on Sept. 1 • Took 16th at the Banyoles ITU Triathlon World Cup on Sept. 7

2018: Earned a bronze medal at the Clermont CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup on March 3 • Took bronze for U23 men and 9th in the elite field at the Sarasota-Bradenton CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Championships on March 10 • Earned a new career-best 10th-place ITU World Cup finish in Chengdu, China, on May 6 • Placed 32nd at the Huatulco ITU World Cup on June 10 • Reached another career-best on the ITU World Cup stage with a 6th-place finish in Antwerp, Belgium, on June 17 • Helped the U.S. team to a silver medal at the ITU World Triathlon Mixed Relay Series Edmonton on July 28 • Placed 23rd at ITU World Triathlon Montreal on Aug. 26 • Placed 25th at the ITU Under-23 World Championships in Gold Coast, Australia, on Sept. 14 • Took 35th at the Weihai ITU Triathlon World Cup on Sept. 22 • Placed 46th at the Sarasota-Bradenton ITU Triathlon World Cup on Oct. 13 • Took 11th at the Tongyeong ITU Triathlon World Cup on Oct. 27 • Closed his season with a 20th-place finish at the Miyazaki ITU Triathlon World Cup on Nov. 10

2017: Placed 9th at the Sarasota CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Championships on March 11 • Took 11th at the La Paz CAMTRI Triathlon American Cup on March 25 • Took 6th at the Richmond CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup on May 7 • Raced his second career ITU Triathlon World Cup in Madrid on May 28, placing 18th • Made his ITU World Triathlon Series debut in Montreal, placing 34th • Earned a career-best 11th-place ITU World Cup finish in Yucatan on Aug. 12

2016: Opened his season with a 25th-place finish in the elite field at the Clermont CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup on March 5 • Took 18th for elite men at the Sarasota CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Championships on March 12 • Placed 16th at the Madrid ETU Triathlon European Cup on May 1 • Earned a silver medal at the Kitzbuhel ETU Triathlon Junior European Cup on June 19 • Placed 17th at the Holten ETU Sprint Triathlon Premium European Cup on July 2 • Took 5th at the West Des Moines CAMTRI Triathlon Junior American Championships on July 9 • Placed 6th at the USA Triathlon Junior Elite National Championships on July 30 • Made his ITU Triathlon World Cup debut in Salinas, Ecuador, on March 11, placing 31st

2015: Debuted at the senior elite level with a 17th-place finish at the Clermont CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup on March 7 • Placed 4th at the Sarasota CAMTRI Triathlon Junior North American Championships on March 14 • Placed 9th in the elite field at the Bridgetown CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup on April 19 • Placed 8th for junior men and helped his team to silver in the Mixed Junior Relay at the Monterrey CAMTRI Triathlon American Championships on May 3 • Took 4th for junior men at the Vienna ETU Triathlon Junior European Cup on May 30 • Recorded another 4th-place finish at the Holten ETU Triathlon Junior European Cup on July 4 • Won his first USA Triathlon Junior Elite National Championships title on Aug. 1

2014: Placed 10th at the Sarasota PATCO Triathlon Junior North American Championships on March 8 • Qualified for the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games with a win at the Monterrey PATCO Triathlon American YOG Qualifier on May 2, and also helped his team to gold in the Mixed Relay on May 4 • Placed 21st at the Dallas PATCO Triathlon Pan American Championships on May 31 • Was the runner-up at the USA Triathlon Junior Elite National Championships on Aug. 2 • Made his Team USA debut at the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, placing 12th as an individual on Aug. 18 and 6th in the Mixed Relay on Aug. 21 • Raced at his first Junior World Championships in Edmonton, Canada, taking 35th

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