Seth Rider

The up and coming American had come in hot, scoring his best back-to-back weekends of racing at elite level just weeks before by helping the USA win the Mixed Relay at WTCS Montreal and a statement fourth place in the World Triathlon Championship Finals in Edmonton.

Last year, there was no Super League action but elsewhere he was racing hard, including a sixth place in a World Cup in Bergen in a star-studded field and finishing 16th in the World Triathlon season climax in Abu Dhabi, where he was part of the breakaway on the bike.

Rider, who comes from Tennessee, followed in the footsteps of his two older brothers by starting life in the pool as a swimmer. However, that didn’t last too long and he raced his first triathlon aged just six. It remained a hobby growing up until he reached 14, where, realising he had some serious talent, he fully committed to the sport and made a big impact at youth level.

In 2014, Seth raced in the ITU Junior World Championship and then the Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China, where he finished 12th in the individual event and anchored a Team America Mixed Relay quartet to sixth. A year later he was crowned USA Triathlon Junior Champion. 

By 2018, Seth was making his way at elite level and picked up a bronze at the Clermont CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon American Cup, before finishing third at the ITU Under-23 Mixed Relay World Championship in 2019.

Now an established short course triathlete approaching his peak, the raw speed means he’s rarely far off the pace in the swim and has seen him become a decorated member of Team USA’s Mixed Relay squad. It sets him up well for a return to Super League this autumn.