Transformers/Breakaway - DFW

Dallas-area Transformers (ages 8-15) and Breakaway (ages 14-18) teams are coached by Darrick Walls and hold weekly workouts in both Dallas and Southlake. Junior athletes not living in this area are welcomed to join the team, be coached remotely, and join the rest of the team for camps, clinics, and regional/national races.

 

Breakaway Tryouts

Tryouts for Breakaway will be held on April 2, 2011 at Telos Fitness Center in Dallas. All athletes who try out will make the team. Tryouts will determine athlete placement on either the developmental or elite squad. Please review the Tryout Details PDF for more information. Register today. Space is limited.

 

2011 Transformers Race Schedule

Date	Race or Event	Location
Apr 10	Caveman Tri
Apr 17	King Tut Tri
May 1	Cedar Park Kids Tri	Round Rock, Texas
May 28	Oklahoma Christian Univ Kid's Tri	Edmund, Oklahoma
Jun 5	PlayTri Festival	Las Colinas, Texas
Jun 20	Rock de Hills
Jul 1	Team Camp	Southlake, Texas
Aug 7	USAT Youth Nationals	San Diego, California
Aug 22	IronKids
Sep 5	Lil Buggy Kid's Tri (Regional Championsip)	Plano, Texas
Sep 25	Stone Bridge Tri
Oct 25	Monster Tri	Keller, Texas
Nov 7	Bronda Duathlon

Bold races are "A" priority races. Race schedule is tentative and might be updated as USAT adds/changes races.

 

2011 Breakaway Race Schedule

Date	Race or Event	Location
May 15	TexasMan	Lake Ray Roberts
May 30	CapTexTri	Austin, Texas
Jun 5	PlayTri Festival	Las Colinas, Texas
Jun 19	IRP Mansfield Sprint	Mansfield, Texas
Jul 16	Flatland Junior Elite Cup	West Des Moines, Iowa
Jul 17	Disco Tri	Lake Ray Roberts
Jul 31	Pioneer Power Sprint Tri	Denton, Texas
Aug 6	USAT Junior Nationals	San Diego, California
Oct 2	Toyota US Open	Rockwall, Texas

Bold races are Junior Elite draft-legal races (DL). Race schedule is tentative and might be updated as USAT adds/changes races.

 

Team Training Schedule

Dallas
Weekly workouts in Dallas are for Breakaway members only and will be posted following tryouts on April 5. Swim and indoor cycling workouts are conducted at Telos Fitness Center in North Dallas. Locations for group rides and track workouts will be published following tryouts.

Southlake
Indoor cycling workouts are conducted at Knobbies and Slicks in Colleyville on Thursday evenings at 6:30 pm. Bike and run workouts are Saturday mornings from 9:00-10:30 am. Swim workouts are typically on Sunday afternoons, depending on lane availability.

Remote
Junior athletes (Breakaway) not living in the Dallas area are welcome to joing the team. They will be able to join the rest of the team for all camps, clinics, and competitions. In lieu of weekly workouts that they may not be able to attend, coach Darrick will use Training Peaks, video assessments, and phone consults to prescribe a training program preparing the athlete for team races.

* For each competition year, athlete's ages are determined by their age as of December 31 of that year.