The Spartan Race will be crowning the 2017 Spartan U.S. Championship Series winners AND first-ever age group champions at the Summit Bechtel Reserve on August 26 and 27, 2017. NBC Sports will be on hand to film all the action as part of comprehensive, season-long coverage of the 2017 Spartan U.S. Championship Series.
The Spartan U.S. Championship Series will crown both individual race winners and an overall series champion based on cumulative points earned across the five race series and award more than $100,000 in cash and prizes. The Emmy-nominated series will once again be televised on NBCSN. As the final race in the Spartan U.S. Championship Series, The Ascent presented by Wild, Wonderful West Virginia will bring the most competitive field of athletes to test themselves on the most challenging course of the series.
About Spartan Race, Inc.
Spartan Race is the world’s leading obstacle race company and the first of its kind to feature timing and global rankings. With more than 200 events in 30+ countries planned for 2017, Spartan Race has more than 1 million global participants, and offers open heats for all fitness levels as well as competitive and elite heats. With over 5 million passionate social media followers, health and wellness products, as well as the popular NBC television series, Spartan Race has made obstacle racing one of the fastest growing sports—and lifestyles— in the world. Spartan Race features races at three distances, 3+Mile/20+ Obstacle “Sprint,” 8+ Mile/25+ Obstacle “Super” and 12+ Mile/30+ Obstacle “Beast,” culminating each year in the Reebok Spartan Race World Championship. Visit http://www.spartan.com for more information, a schedule of events, and to register for a race.
About the Summit Bechtel Reserve
The Summit Bechtel Reserve is one of four “high-adventure” facilities owned and operated by the Boy Scouts of America. The site, which is spread across more than 14,000 acres of reclaimed mining land adjacent to the New River Gorge National River in the mountains of West Virginia, uses world-class outdoor facilities and programs to focus on leadership, adventure, service, and sustainability. It also serves as the permanent home of the BSA’s National Jamboree, which attracts more than 30,000 youth and adult members every four years to the organization’s premiere celebration of Scouting.
As the home of the National Jamboree, the Summit Bechtel Reserve will welcome more than 30,000 Scouts and volunteers in July 2017 for the Boy Scouts of America’s premiere celebration of Scouting. Situated in beautiful West Virginia adjacent to the New River Gorge National River, the 14,000-plus-acre site features an unrivaled mix of amenities and adventure facilities, including one of the longest zip line courses in North America, with nearly 5.5 miles of lines; approximately 680,000 square feet of skating and BMX ramps, parks, and street courses; treetop canopy tours; rock climbing; dozens of miles of single-track mountain bike trails; and more than 13 acres of archery, sporting clays, and aquatics centers. Visit http://www.summitbsa.org for more information.