In this Issue:
Welcome Back Cows
Sprinters
WOmen's Team jackets
Moovin' 5k Recap
Summer Track Series Recap
Who's Who
Fun
Welcome back cows
Welcome back Cows! Hopefully everyone had a wonderful summer and is ready to get back to the grind of training for that NIRCA National Title. Coming off a 1st and 3rd place finish this track season the men and women are looking forward to another strong showing this season. Here are a few important reminders for the start of this new year!
Practice/coaches
Official practice will begin starting September 5th at 5:30 from the corner of Park and Langdon (right in front of Science Hall). For this practice we will be doing an easy run and then playing ultimate frisbee afterwords followed by a trip to Dejope for dinner. Remember to bring your WisCard and a shirt. All cows welcome!
Workouts will take place every Tuesday and Thursday and regular runs will be on Mondays and Wednesdays. Unofficial practice is currently occurring Monday through Thursday at 5:30, and 9:00 am Saturday and Sunday all at Park and Langdon. The practice plan can be found by clicking here and you can subscribe to it by clicking here. Kenny Haferkorn will be returning as head coach the guys with Kevin Boyle as assistant coach. On the women’s side Madi Pape will be head coach with cow alumni Rissa Lane as assistant coach. If you have any questions regarding training feel free to reach out to any of them!
Kenny- kenhaferkorn@gmail.com
Madi- madeleine.pape@gmail.com
Kevin- krboyle@wisc.edu
Rissa- rissa.lane.723@gmail.com
REMINDERS
Fill out all of your forms! New and returning cows need to fill out new forms for the 2017-2018 school year. Our website has a wonderful step by step process to getting everything you need to do done. Click here to get all your things done! Also if you have not yet joined our Facebook group, Herd Finder, or email list please do so as well as you don’t want to miss any cow-tastic updates! Links to join these are also found on the website on the link above! If you have any questions about forms that need to be filled out please reach out to any of the officers and they will be glad to assist you.
Pay your dues. Don’t be that cow who tires to slide by without paying. We will catch you. Our dues go to helping reduce the meet fees as well as towards other club necessities. Each semester is $30. Remember, if you don’t pay your dues you can’t sign up for meets and that will make us all sad, so please pay. If you have questions about paying meet fees or dues contact Izak Oltman (ioltman@wisc.edu).
Meets
Travel
Our first meet of the year will be an interclub 5k held on September 8th at 5:30 starting on the Lakeshore path right near the limnology building. After the run, we are having a cookout at the Cow House located at 505 W. Dayton Street. Even if you can’t make the run please come join us for food and lots of fun after. The full season schedule can be found here. To sign up for meets click here. Remember that you must complete all your membership forms, as well as pay both your club dues and the meet fees BEFORE you can attend meets. Sign up for meets closes 2 weeks prior to the meet day and if your name is on the sign up at that time you MUST pay. If you can no longer attend the meet you must still pay or find someone to take your spot. If you have any questions about meets or meet procedures please contact Ryan Diedrich (rdiedrich@wisc.edu) .
For traveling to and from meets we either use member’s cars or we rent vehicles. Because of this, we need as many authorized drivers as possible to ensure we have enough people to drive us to meets. Each vehicle needs two authorized drivers, even if only one person ends up driving. You can become an authorized driver by completing Step 7 here. Additionally, using members' cars allows us to save money and reduce the overall fee for each meet, so if you have a car that you are willing to drive to meets, please let Nick Feyen (nfeyen@wisc.edu) know! In addition to saving the club money, WTC will pay you $0.10 per mile traveled up to $50.
Sprinter Fall Practice information
The sprinters will be practicing this fall as well, every Tuesday from 6-7 pm on the McClimon Track. They will also be practicing on Thursdays at a location to be announced. Watch the Facebook page for more information. Karl Tremmel and Jordyn Riemer will be coaching the sprinter squad again this year, so if you are interested in joining the squad contact them at ktremmel@wisc.edu and jmriemer@wisc.edu.
Women's team jackets
With the help of the VHH Grant (and a lot of hard work put in by Jing and Lauren), the Wisconsin Track Club was able to purchase a set of women's jackets for the team to loan out each year. If you are a female and do not yet have a jacket please contact Megan Buechel (buechel2@wisc.edu) to get one!
A few notes about the jackets:
1. These are not yours to keep: each season/semester you will have to "renew" the jacket.
2. If you are selected to get a jacket: you will have to put down a $45 security deposit. When you return the jacket you can get your money back.
3. If you put down the deposit and don't return the jacket, a hold will be put on your student center account and you will be unable to graduate. SO RETURN THE JACKET
moovin' 5k recap
The Moovin’ 5k took place earlier this summer on the beautiful morning of June 3rd. 58 runners laced up their shoes to take on the new course for the event. Winning the event was former cow Dylan Souder with a time of 16:01, and on the female side Krista Jahimiak with a time of 17:45. The new pint glasses were a hit and are surely being put to good use for chocolate milk. Special thanks to Max, Sara, and Matt for putting the race together and to all the volunteers for their help. Full results can be found here.
Summer track series Recap
The weather may not have been in our favor this summer with the Summer Track Series having two meets shortened due to thunderstorms, but the two meets that did come to completion were a great time had by all. Additionally, we had a good turnout for the last meet with just the pole vault and the mile. Huge shout out to everyone who came out to help with the meet (especially Jordyn Riemer for organizing all our volunteers). We couldn’t have done it with all you!
Who's who
Just a friendly reminder of the executive board for this upcoming season. If you have any questions, or just want to talk about the club feel free to reach out to any of them!
President- Kevin Boyle
krboyle@wisc.edu
Male Distance Vice President- Matt Kuik
mkuik@wisc.edu
Sprinter Vice President- Max Ritzow
ritzow@wisc.edu
Female Distance Vice President- Megan Buechel
buechel2@wisc.edu
Treasurer- Izak Oltman
ioltman@wisc.edu
Secretary- Stephanie Rink
rink2@wisc.edu
Meet Director- Ryan Diedrich
rdiedrich@wisc.edu
Travel Coordinator- Nick Feyen
nfeyen@wisc.edu