Moosletter — Week of September 29th

Border Battle and Nuttycombe

The Cows swept the Border Battle this Saturday and we had a very hilly, but fun time!! Also, you might have caught some Cows running at Nuttycombe on Friday as well! Congratulations to everyone who ran over the weekend!! Cows Achieve!!

Also a huge thank you to all of the photographers that helped Liam out this weekend, our media presence was amazing and hopefully we can continue it from here on out!!

Be sure to check out our upcoming meets if you are interested in running!!

Schuster's Farm

Attention everyone: There is a chill in the air, the leaves are changing colors, and a spooky feeling has overcome Madison.  You all know what that means: time for Schuster's Farm! Next Friday, October 4th, we will be heading over to do the corn maze, meet the goats, play fun games, get fall treats, and so much more!  Sign up here!

Upcoming Meets:

Warrior Invitational: Join us to become two peat champions and try to remain the undefeated, undisputed champions of the Warrior Invitational! ! This is a great opportunity to race against D3 schools in West Allis- which is only about an hour drive away! According to Moses Nettles JR. who is a premier google level 7 local guide, "Tons of space for food, games, bounce house and clean bathrooms." So bring your Bouncy House and lets defend our trophy! ! ! 😤

Sign up is closed

Gene Davis: Come take a journey to the Big Apple(ton) and  enjoy the scenic Fox River as you race at the pristine grounds Lawrence University! (or maybe Reid municipal golf course instead) This will be the fastest course of the season and is a great opportunity to race against other D3 schools in the area! This meet is also only two hours away from Madison and you might run into Willem Dafoe... or see the ghost of Harry Houdini.

Sign up here

NIRCA Regionals: Come take a historic journey to University of Caitlyn Clark where we will take on NIRCA regionals against all of the track clubs in the great plains region!! This is a great opportunity to meet your fellow cows, as it is a overnight meet! By racing in this meet, you will also qualify for nationals as well! (if you didn't already run Border Battle!)

Sign up here

Volunteering:

The cows spent all day running an aid station for the Ironman, it was a huge success and thank you all who came out to support the club and the community! This is always one of our largest fundraising events of the year, along with STS! Be sure to check out and sign up for future volunteering events and look out for updates from our Volunteer Coordinator, Jenna Auth!

Check out and sign up for future volunteer events here!

"Emma Hudson jumps for joy, her face lit up with excitement as if the race has already been won. But behind that cheerful exterior, she hides the looming reality—an unforgiving race course with a million hills waiting to test her endurance. Her smile conceals the quiet dread of the challenge ahead, knowing the real battle hasn’t even started yet."

Message from the Photographer, Liam Beran!

Hey WTC! I have set up a #photographers channel for anyone who's interested in helping out the club (and me) by taking photos at meets. If you're at all interested in doing so, please join the channel; I'll be sending updates for photographers in there going forward. As a reminder, our next meet is Border Battle, which will take place in Verona at 11am, Saturday Sept. 28. Would love to see some of y'all taking pictures there.

Cownnections and WTC Wordle!

WTC Wordle

Cownnections

 

Join us

To become a member of the Wisconsin Track Club, please pay membership dues for the season by sending $30 to @WiscoTC on Venmo.

Join our Slack, Strava, and follow @wtccows on instagram

To learn more about us, check out these slides.  (will be updated for kickoff meeting)

We hope you come out to train, race, and socialize with us!

Thanks for checking out this week's Moosletter!

Moosletter — Week of September 22nd

Upcoming meet: Border Battle!

The cows are getting ready to compete in our very own home meet this weekend in Verona! Just a reminder that if you are racing at Border Battle Battle next Saturday you must complete all Do Sports Easy forms and become an approved member.  https://wisconsintc.org/join_track_club/

practice!

Distance practice will continue to meet at Engineering Hall (1415 Engineering Dr, Madison, WI 53706). Distance will be meeting there for practice Monday-Thursday.

Sprints/field practice will continue to on Mondays and Wednesdays! Meet at the McClimmon Track (750 Walnut St, Madison, WI 53705) at 5:30!

We hope to see you there!

Zoo Frun and ULTIMATE FRISBEE

The Cows went to the Henry Vilas Zoo this past Saturday morning and had a scavenger hunt and then hit up Gotham Bagels after! We saw monkeys, flamingos, bison, seals... and most importantly the badgers!! Although there were no cows in the Zoo- there were plenty of cows running around it. Congratulations to the winning group, who received two WTC hats!! We also played ultimate frisbee this past Thursday for practice and Group 1 emerged undefeated!! Thank you to all of the cows that came out to these events and had fun!! If you missed these events are are sad, make sure to check the Slack and the Instagram for updates about future socials!!

Message from the Photographer, Liam Beran!

Hey WTC! I have set up a #photographers channel for anyone who's interested in helping out the club (and me) by taking photos at meets. If you're at all interested in doing so, please join the channel; I'll be sending updates for photographers in there going forward. As a reminder, our next meet is Border Battle, which will take place in Verona at 11am, Saturday Sept. 28. Would love to see some of y'all taking pictures there.

Upcoming Meets:

Warrior Invitational: Join us to become two peat champions and try to remain the undefeated, undisputed champions of the Warrior Invitational! ! This is a great opportunity to race against D3 schools in West Allis- which is only about an hour drive away! According to Moses Nettles JR. who is a premier google level 7 local guide, "Tons of space for food, games, bounce house and clean bathrooms." So bring your Bouncy House and lets defend our trophy! ! ! 😤

Sign up here

Gene Davis: Come take a journey to the Big Apple(ton) and  enjoy the scenic Fox River as you race at the pristine grounds Lawrence University! (or maybe Reid municipal golf course instead) This will be the fastest course of the season and is a great opportunity to race against other D3 schools in the area! This meet is also only two hours away from Madison and you might run into Willem Dafoe... or see the ghost of Harry Houdini.

Sign up here

 

Volunteering:

The cows spent all day running an aid station for the Ironman, it was a huge success and thank you all who came out to support the club and the community! This is always one of our largest fundraising events of the year, along with STS! Be sure to check out and sign up for future volunteering events and look out for updates from our Volunteer Coordinator, Jenna Auth!

Check out and sign up for future volunteer events here!

"Seal-fie with a Smile"

Lauren Fligge captures a playful moment with a seal at the Henry Vilas Zoo, September 21, 2024. This spontaneous selfie highlights the joy of connecting with wildlife in a modern, social media-savvy world, blending nature, technology, and human curiosity 🤪

Cownnections and WTC Wordle!

WTC Wordle

Cownnections

Join us

To become a member of the Wisconsin Track Club, please pay membership dues for the season by sending $30 to @WiscoTC on Venmo.

Join our Slack, Strava, and follow @wtccows on instagram

To learn more about us, check out these slides.  (will be updated for kickoff meeting)

We hope you come out to train, race, and socialize with us!

Thanks for checking out this week's Moosletter!

Moosletter — Week of September 15th

Welcome back!

Hopefully you had an amazing start to the school year and are settling back into the groove of school!

If you're new here:

Welcome! We hope to see you come out to practice!

Make sure to join our Slack, Strava, and follow @wtccows on instagram! It's a great way to stay in the loop while getting to know your teammates.

To become an official member of the Wisconsin Track Club, please pay membership dues for the season by sending $30 to @WiscoTC on Venmo.

We hope you come out to train, race, and socialize with us!

practice!

Distance practice will continue to meet at Engineering Hall (1415 Engineering Dr, Madison, WI 53706). Distance will be meeting there for practice Monday-Thursday.

Sprints/field practice will continue to on Mondays and Wednesdays! Meet at the McClimmon Track (750 Walnut St, Madison, WI 53705) at 5:30!

We hope to see you there!

INtraquad 5k

Congratulations to all the cows who raced at the time trial on Friday!! It was a blast!! (From our standards the Cows remain undefeated against the Tide) Results are posted here!

Message from the Webmaster:

Hey cows! Since there are so many new members in the Slack, I wanted to share a tip about notifications. If you have no problems with Slack notifications, feel free to disregard this message. But it's been an issue in the past that some people won't receive channel notifications even after clicking all the buttons to enable them, so if this is you, you can try this workaround:
  1. Click on your profile picture in the corner
  2. Go to Notifications (or on desktop, Preferences -> Notifications)
  3. Under My Keywords, copy and paste this list of common English words: the,  be,  to,  of,  and,  a,  in,  that,  have,  I,  it,  for,  not,  on,  with,  he,  as,  you,  do,  at,  this,  but,  his,  by,  from,  they,  we,  say,  her,  she,  or,  an,  will,  my,  one,  all,  would,  there,  their,  what,  so,  up,  out,  if,  about,  who,  got,  which,  go,  me,  when,  make,  can,  like,  time,  no,  just,  him,  know,  take,  people,  into,  year,  your,  good,  some,  could,  them,  see,  other,  than,  then,  now,  look,  only,  come,  its,  over,  think,  also,  back,  after,  use,  two,  how,  our,  work,  first,  well,  way,  even,  new,  want,  because,  any,  these,  given day,  most,  us,  reminder,  hi
By default, you should receive notifications for any message that includes one of your keywords, and with this list that should be just about every message (although you can still adjust preferences for individual channels). Let me know if you have any questions!

Upcoming Meets:

Border Battle: Join us for our home meet and help the WTC compete to be the best of the midwest! By running in this race, it will also qualify you for Nationals if you cannot run regionals! The border battle is a perfect way to try racing for WTC and against other NIRCA teams, as there's no travel needed! Come race and help us defend the border!

Sign up here

Warrior Invitational: Join us to become two peat champions and try to remain the undefeated, undisputed champions of the Warrior Invitational! ! This is a great opportunity to race against D3 schools in West Allis- which is only about an hour drive away! According to Moses Nettles JR. who is a premier google level 7 local guide, "Tons of space for food, games, bounce house and clean bathrooms." So bring your Bouncy House and lets defend our trophy! ! ! 😤

Sign up here

Gene Davis: Come take a journey to the Big Apple(ton) and  enjoy the scenic Fox River as you race at the pristine grounds Lawrence University! (or maybe Reid municipal golf course instead) This will be the fastest course of the season and is a great opportunity to race against other D3 schools in the area! This meet is also only two hours away from Madison and you might run into Willem Dafoe... or see the ghost of Harry Houdini.

Sign up here

Volunteering:

The cows spent all day running an aid station for the Ironman, it was a huge success and thank you all who came out to support the club and the community! This is always one of our largest fundraising events of the year, along with STS! Be sure to check out and sign up for future volunteering events and look out for updates from our Volunteer Coordinator, Jenna Auth!

Check out and sign up for future volunteer events here!

Cownnections and WTC Wordle!

WTC Wordle

Cownnections

SPRINTS/FIELD WORKOUTS

SPRINTS - 5:30 p.m. at the Mid Distance Hill

Join us

To become a member of the Wisconsin Track Club, please pay membership dues for the season by sending $30 to @WiscoTC on Venmo.

Join our Slack, Strava, and follow @wtccows on instagram

To learn more about us, check out these slides.  (will be updated for kickoff meeting)

We hope you come out to train, race, and socialize with us!

Thanks for checking out this week's Moosletter!

Moosletter — Week of September 8th

Welcome back!

We hope you all had a great summer full of miles and smiles, and we're so excited to have you all back in Madison!

If you're new here:

Welcome! We hope to see you come out to practice!

Make sure to join our Slack, Strava, and follow @wtccows on instagram! It's a great way to stay in the loop while getting to know your teammates.

To become an official member of the Wisconsin Track Club, please pay membership dues for the season by sending $30 to @WiscoTC on Venmo.

We hope you come out to train, race, and socialize with us!

First full week of practice!

Though distance practices started with the first day of school last week, this week will be our first full week of practice!

Distance practice will continue to meet at Engineering Hall (1415 Engineering Dr, Madison, WI 53706). Distance will be meeting there for practice Monday-Thursday.

Sprints/field practice will officially start tomorrow, September 9th! Meet at the McClimmon Track (750 Walnut St, Madison, WI 53705) at 5:30 p.m. Sprints/field practice will be held there Mondays and Wednesdays!

We hope to see you there!

Kickoff Meeting

Our kickoff meeting will be held on Thursday, September 12th at 8pm  in Van Vleck B102! Make sure to show up and bring all of your friends with you too! Learn all about the club and our upcoming dates for meets, socials, and other important information! Most importantly: show up and get free pizza!

Badger Classic

Congratulations to all of the cows that raced in the Badger Classic on Friday! Shoutout to Dasha for CRUSHING the women's race and finishing first in a D1 meet against the Badgers, Illini, and Wildcats!

Camping Trip

The cows pulled up to Devil's Lake and Double K-D Ranch Campground for some end of summer fun! We had lots of fun hiking and swimming despite the extreme heat! Hopefully next year the weather will be just right after the last two years of being extremely cold, and extremely hot during our annual trip! More pictures will be coming once the disposable camera gets developed!

Summer Track Series

Another summer, another wonderful year of Summer Track Series! We put on several community meets including the Dane County Championships, helping to raise money for the club and bring some speed to the track in Dane County. This is one of the club's largest fundraiser (in addition to the Ironman!), so thank you to the volunteers who took time out to support our club and the community!

Upcoming Meets:

Intraquad 5k (Time Trials): 'Twas the night before Bama, when all through Madison
Not a creature was stirring, not even a badger;
The gamebibs were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that gameday would soon would be there;
But the cows weren't nestled all snug in their beds,
Their visions of victory danced in their heads
So they put on their running shoes and ate their gels
They met at porter boathouse where the fated race begun
but don't fret, this is for fun and do not be scared to give it your all
So make sure to sign up, and tell all your friends!

Meet at Porter Boathouse at 6:00 on Friday, the 13th for warm ups and the race starts at 6:30! Hope to see you there! Sign up deadline is the 12th

Sign up here

Border Battle: Join us for our home meet and help the WTC compete to be the best of the midwest! By running in this race, it will also qualify you for Nationals if you cannot run regionals! The border battle is a perfect way to try racing for WTC and against other NIRCA teams, as there's no travel needed! Come race and help us defend the border!

Sign up here

Warrior Invitational: Join us to become two peat champions and try to remain the undefeated, undisputed champions of the Warrior Invitational! ! This is a great opportunity to race against D3 schools in West Allis- which is only about an hour drive away! According to Moses Nettles JR. who is a premier google level 7 local guide, "Tons of space for food, games, bounce house and clean bathrooms." So bring your Bouncy House and lets defend our trophy! ! ! 😤

Sign up here

Gene Davis: Come take a journey to the Big Apple(ton) and  enjoy the scenic Fox River as you race at the pristine grounds Lawrence University! (or maybe Reid municipal golf course instead) This will be the fastest course of the season and is a great opportunity to race against other D3 schools in the area! This meet is also only two hours away from Madison and you might run into Willem Dafoe... or see the ghost of Harry Houdini.

Sign up here

Volunteering:

The cows spent all day running an aid station for the Ironman, it was a huge success and thank you all who came out to support the club and the community! This is always one of our largest fundraising events of the year, along with STS! Be sure to check out and sign up for future volunteering events and look out for updates from our Volunteer Coordinator, Jenna Auth!

Check out and sign up for future volunteer events here!

Cownnections and WTC Wordle!

WTC Wordle

Cownnections

SPRINTS/FIELD WORKOUTS

SPRINTS - 5:30 p.m. at the Mid Distance Hill

Join us

To become a member of the Wisconsin Track Club, please pay membership dues for the season by sending $30 to @WiscoTC on Venmo.

Join our Slack, Strava, and follow @wtccows on instagram

To learn more about us, check out these slides.  (will be updated for kickoff meeting)

We hope you come out to train, race, and socialize with us!

Thanks for checking out this week's Moosletter!