Practice Updates

With the end of the semester coming up, we wanted to give you all a few updates on how practice will be running until winter break.

• Distance practice: now begins at 4:30pm! We're done with structured workouts for the semester--great work on a successful cross country season!--but we'll continue to meet Monday-Thursday outside Union South. Distance's last day of practice for the semester is next Wednesday, December 10th. 
• Sprints and Field practice: will remain at 5:30pm, but will now meet at the Near West Fields.  Sprints' last day of practice for the semester is next Wednesday, December 10th. 

Please feel free to reach out to the event VPs (Sam Culwell, Lauren Fligge, Grace Nwankwo, or Nathan Phillips) with any questions about practices or workouts!

Elections

Elections are this Thursday, December 4th, at 7pm! We'll start the night off with our cross country season recap and awards, and then move onto election speeches and appointments. If you're interested in running for a board position, sign up here! You must have five volunteer hours submitted to Volunteer Coordinator Jenna Auth in order to be eligible to run. 

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We're busy this week at WTC! Here's what we have on tap:

• This year's Holiday Lights Run will be held on Wednesday, December 3rd at 5:30pm. Distance practice will meet an hour later than usual and run over to the lights at Olin Park, and sprinters will meet us there (or, join distance for a run!). Bring a couple bones to get a candy cane at the end : )
• Elections are this week Thursday, December 4th at 7:00pm. Sign up to run for a position here! We'll start with cross country awards and then go into speeches and appointments. Cast your votes for awards here.
• On Friday, December 5th, we're running our annual Milk Mile! Zoom around Ed Klief park and drink up some chocolate milk to win the grand prize (another gallon of chocolate milk). Sign up here. Race time is 5:00pm.

Practice Updates

With the end of the semester coming up, we wanted to give you all a few updates on how practice will be running until winter break.

• Distance practice: now begins at 4:30pm! We're done with structured workouts for the semester--great work on a successful cross country season!--but we'll continue to meet Monday-Thursday outside Union South.
• Sprints and Field practice: will remain at 5:30pm, but will now meet at the Near West Fields. 

Distance practice will ONLY RUN MONDAY AND TUESDAY THIS WEEK. THERE IS NO SPRINTS PRACTICE. Have a good Thanksgiving break, and we'll see you next week! Please feel free to reach out to the event VPs (Sam Culwell, Lauren Fligge, Grace Nwankwo, or Nathan Phillips) with any questions about practices or workouts!

Elections

This year, elections will be held on Thursday, December 4th, at 7pm. We'll start the night off with our cross country season recap and awards, and then move onto election speeches and appointments! If you think you're interested in running for a board position, reach out to the current board member for more information about each role. You must have five volunteer hours submitted to Volunteer Coordinator Jenna Auth in order to be eligible to run. If you do not have five volunteer hours completed and need to get some, Jenna can help you figure out what to do. Election interest forms can be found here!

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• Thanks to everyone who came to Brinner this week! We had so much fun scarfing down pancakes, and the pie-snipes were awesome! Hope that it got everyone into the holiday spirit and that you enjoyed spending some quality time with your fellow Cows.
• Send in your hometown (or Madison!) Turkey Trot photos (to Secretary Nora McCormick (me!)) to be featured on the WTC Instagram! Have a very Happy Thanksgiving, run fast, and eat lots of pie 🦃🦃🦃
• This year's Holiday Lights Run will be held on Wednesday, December 3rd at 5:30pm. Distance practice will meet an hour later than usual and run over to the lights at Olin Park, and sprinters will meet us there (or, join distance for a run!). Bring a couple bones to get a candy cane at the end : )

Volunteering & Fundraising

The Cows have a bunch of awesome volunteering and fundraising opportunities coming up! You can find volunteering sign up here. NEW THIS YEAR: In order to be considered for a position for the 2025 Board, you MUST have completed at least five hours of volunteering in 2025. Reach out to Volunteer Coordinator Jenna Auth if you need help finding hours!

• Thank you so much to everyone who volunteered at concessions this year! We raised a TON of money for the club and ate approximately one thousand pretzels. New concessions spots will open in the winter for Kohl Center events--keep your eyes out!
• Save lives at this year's YoungbloodxWTC Blood Drive! We're looking for Cows to donate their blood as well as their time on December 11. Check out the volunteering spreadsheet for more information.

Practice Updates

With the end of the semester coming up, we wanted to give you all a few updates on how practice will be running until winter break.

• Distance practice: now begins at 4:30pm! We're done with structured workouts for the semester--great work on a successful cross country season!--but we'll continue to meet Monday-Thursday outside Union South.
• Sprints and Field practice: will remain at 5:30pm, but will now meet at the Near West Fields. 

Please feel free to reach out to the event VPs (Sam Culwell, Lauren Fligge, Grace Nwankwo, or Nathan Phillips) with any questions about practices or workouts!

Elections

This year, elections will be held on Thursday, December 4th, at 7pm. We'll start the night off with our cross country season recap and awards, and then move onto election speeches and appointments! If you think you're interested in running for a board position, reach out to the current board member for more information about each role. You must have five volunteer hours submitted to Volunteer Coordinator Jenna Auth in order to be eligible to run. If you do not have five volunteer hours completed and need to get some, Jenna can help you figure out what to do. Election interest forms can be found here!

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• Had a great time this week watching Twilight New Moon at the women's social! Thanks to everyone who came out for crafting and a movie : )
• Brinner is THIS WEEK THURSDAY, November 20th, at 7:30 at the Cow House! Come join us for our annual official club holiday 🤗🤗🤗 Check the Slack for more details. You can pay $5 at Brinner to pie a board member and raise money for the club!

Practice Updates

With the end of the semester coming up, we wanted to give you all a few updates on how practice will be running until winter break.

• Distance practice: now begins at 4:30pm! We're done with structured workouts for the semester--great work on a successful cross country season!--but we'll continue to meet Monday-Thursday outside Union South.
• Sprints and Field practice: will remain at 5:30pm, but will now meet at the Near West Fields. THERE IS NO SPRINTS PRACTICE THIS WEEK!

Please feel free to reach out to the event VPs (Sam Culwell, Lauren Fligge, Grace Nwankwo, or Nathan Phillips) with any questions about practices or workouts!

Cross Country meet schedule

Thank you to everyone who made the 2025 cross country season a success! We're so grateful for everyone who coordinated sign-up (Nathan Simon), travel (Lauren Tears), finances (Adam Kitay), pictures (Elliot Grodsky), uniforms (Kate Bjorklund), cross country practices and workouts (Lauren Fligge and Nathan Phillips with Claudia Salgado), and everything in between (lots of people, but especially Jacob Alejandro). We couldn't have done it without all of them or without all of your dedication and hard work this season. I don't think we say it enough: THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE OF WTC! See you soon for track!!

Vic Godfrey Open: A couple very dedicated Cows trekked on down to UW-Parkside on Friday to kick off their season with an early (pre-season?) race. They ran incredibly well--I think we're on track to win NIRCA nationals this year!

Lakeshore Time Trial: Thanks to everyone who made our intrasquad time trial a success! We had tons of Cows come out to test their fitness and have a good time doing it. Congrats go out especially to men's winner Nathan Simon and women's winner Dasha Vorontsov!

Badger Classic: Congrats to everyone who ran on Friday against some very high quality D1 competition! Lauren Tears was our first (and only!) women's finisher, and Jacob Alejandro brought it home for us on the men's side, with Mason Weber close behind. The Cows are definitely here to compete this year--let's see how fast we can get! Find complete results here.

Border Battle: OUR SIGNATURE EVENT!! We're proud to say that we defended our borders this weekend with a sweep (🧹🧹🧹) with a win on both the women's and men's sides. Huge shoutout to Nathan Simon and all the other volunteers who made sure that this race ran a whole lot more smoothly than it did last time! Congratulations especially go out to Dasha Vorontsov, who brought home the win for the women, and Mason Weber, who led the men. The boys took home a clean sweep, finishing with a 15-point perfect score. Great work, everyone! We survived another battle with the borders (and Verona's hills and heat). You can find results here.

Warrior Invite: The Cows pulled out team (and individual!) wins this weekend at Wisconsin Lutheran College's Warrior Invite. Dasha Vorontsov (1), Lauren Tears (2), Lauren Fligge (4), Maddie Paradis (13), and Kristin Donart (14) led the women to a low, low 34-point team score, while Mason Weber (1), Owynn Garrelts (4), Tony Camacho (6), Jacob Alejandro (7), and Ethan Sefker (17) stormed to a 29-point victory! NIRCA may be dropping us in the rankings, but I think our races are speaking for themselves in terms of how ready WTC is for championship season. Great work everyone! Cows achieve! Find complete results here.

Gene Davis Invite: Thanks to everyone who speeded (sped?) along at this club-favorite meet this year! WTC showed out tons of PRs, and came away with some incredible team and individual scores. As is becoming typical, Mason Weber (5), let the men's side, and Dasha Vorontsov (1) brought it home for the women, bringing in another win! Owynn Garrelts (6), Adam Kitay (10), Justin Zens (14), and Aimon Van Houten (15) made up the rest of the men's score. Lauren Tears (12), Jojo Knauss (14), Lauren Fligge (15), and Madeline Paradis (33) brought it in for the women! Congrats to all our Big Apple(ton) racers! Find complete results here.

NIRCA Regionals: THE WISCONSIN TRACK CLUB COWS ARE YOUR 2025 NIRCA GREAT PLAINS REGIONAL CHAMPIONS!! We're so proud of how everyone kicked off the 2025 championship season! The men finished with a final score of 33, with Mason Weber (2), Nathan Simon (4), Jacob Alejandro (6), Wil Lackner (10), and Justin Zens (11) all scoring for the team. On the women's side, Dasha Vorontsov (1), Claire Matthai (3), Jojo Knauss (5), Madeline Paradis (13), and Megan Curran (23) all contributed to the team's final 44-point score. Tons of great performances all around! We're so excited to bring this energy into the rest of championship season. Cows achieve! Find complete results here.

UW-Oshkosh Open: Shoutout to all the Cows who ate it up at UW-Oshkosh this weekend! The men brought it in with 5 finishes in the top 15: Mason Weber (2), Jacob Alejandro (3), Adam Kitay (4), and Nathan Simon (5) showed out with the power of a running pack, and Tony Camacho (13) finished out our men's scorers. On the women's side, Claire Matthai brought home the win (!!!), and Lauren Tears (8) and Amelia Alvarez (48) rounded out our girl's results. You can find complete results here, and we'll see you in two weeks for the last meet of the season!

NIRCA Nationals: Congratulations to everyone who braved the thirteen hour car ride to Hershey, PA for NIRCA Nationals! The men's championship group finished 6th overall; Mason Weber (10), Jacob Alejandro (31), Nathan Simon (45), Justin Zens (73), and Adam Kitay (74) all scored. The women's team came in at 10th overall, with Dasha Vorontsov (3), Claire Matthai (16), Jojo Knauss (53), Lauren Fligge (71), and Lauren Tears (128) all scoring. In the freshman/sophomore men's race, Owynn Garrelts brought home the win (!!!!!!), and Aimon van Houten finished 4th overall. We're so proud of all of our racers, and we'll see you next cross country season! You can find complete results here.

Madison Marathon: While this isn't technically a club race, the Cows had lots of racers compete in both the Madison Marathon and the Madison Half this Sunday. We had tons of incredible showings, PRs, and first-time finishers, and everyone did awesome, especially considering the shock of the first really cold run of winter. Great work, everybody! You can find complete results here.

socials

• The men's and women's socials are THIS WEEK! Check cow-boys or wtc-women on Slack for more information.
• Y'all know what month it is! Clear your calendars for all of November--Brinner is coming soon!

Volunteering & Fundraising

The Cows have a bunch of awesome volunteering and fundraising opportunities coming up! You can find volunteering sign up here. NEW THIS YEAR: In order to be considered for a position for the 2025 Board, you MUST have completed at least 5 hours of volunteering in 2025. 

• Ainsley's Angels has a couple dates left! Be sure to check out the volunteering calendar or get in contact with volunteer coordinator Jenna Auth for more information about this opportunity!
• Concessions spots are still open for November 22! Support the Badgers and the Cows with this super spirit-packed opportunity. You can eat as much Camp Randall concessions food as you'd like, and bring home a Badgers food-safety baseball hat!
• Save lives at this year's YoungbloodxWTC Blood Drive! We're looking for Cows to donate their blood as well as their time on December 11. Check out the volunteering spreadsheet for more information.

Practice Updates

With the end of the semester coming up, we wanted to give you all a few updates on how practice will be running until winter break.

• Distance practice: Will begin at 4:30pm beginning this Monday, November 3rd. After Nationals next weekend, Distance will run easy and without structured workouts until January. We'll continue to meet at Union South, and workouts this week will be held on the bike path.
• Sprints and Field practice: Will remain at 5:30pm, but its location will change beginning this Monday, November 3rd to the Near West Fields. THERE IS NO SPRINTS PRACTICE THIS MONDAY (NOVEMBER 3RD)

Please feel free to reach out to the event VPs (Sam Culwell, Lauren Fligge, Grace Nwankwo, or Nathan Phillips) with any questions about practices or workouts!

Cross Country meet schedule

It's the best time of the year...leaves are changing, temperatures are dropping, and cross country lead carts are tearing across the nation. Join us for some (or all) of our cross country meets this season! Part of what makes our meets run so smoothly is the dedication of our Authorized Drivers. PLEASE REGISTER TO BE AN AUTHORIZED DRIVER!! Authorized Drivers allow us to rent cars as underage college students through UW. We are required to have two Authorized Drivers per rental car. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DRIVE IF YOU ARE AN AUTHORIZED DRIVER! YOU CAN BE THE PASSENGER PRINCE/PRINCESS! Here are instructions to become a driver (if you're from Wisconsin, this process is especially easy), and here is the Authorized Driver questionnaire that EVERYONE SHOULD COMPLETE BEFORE SIGNING UP FOR A MEET. Thanks!! 

Vic Godfrey Open: A couple very dedicated Cows trekked on down to UW-Parkside on Friday to kick off their season with an early (pre-season?) race. They ran incredibly well--I think we're on track to win NIRCA nationals this year!

Lakeshore Time Trial: Thanks to everyone who made our intrasquad time trial a success! We had tons of Cows come out to test their fitness and have a good time doing it. Congrats go out especially to men's winner Nathan Simon and women's winner Dasha Vorontsov!

Badger Classic: Congrats to everyone who ran on Friday against some very high quality D1 competition! Lauren Tears was our first (and only!) women's finisher, and Jacob Alejandro brought it home for us on the men's side, with Mason Weber close behind. The Cows are definitely here to compete this year--let's see how fast we can get! Find complete results here.

Border Battle: OUR SIGNATURE EVENT!! We're proud to say that we defended our borders this weekend with a sweep (🧹🧹🧹) with a win on both the women's and men's sides. Huge shoutout to Nathan Simon and all the other volunteers who made sure that this race ran a whole lot more smoothly than it did last time! Congratulations especially go out to Dasha Vorontsov, who brought home the win for the women, and Mason Weber, who led the men. The boys took home a clean sweep, finishing with a 15-point perfect score. Great work, everyone! We survived another battle with the borders (and Verona's hills and heat). You can find results here.

Warrior Invite: The Cows pulled out team (and individual!) wins this weekend at Wisconsin Lutheran College's Warrior Invite. Dasha Vorontsov (1), Lauren Tears (2), Lauren Fligge (4), Maddie Paradis (13), and Kristin Donart (14) led the women to a low, low 34-point team score, while Mason Weber (1), Owynn Garrelts (4), Tony Camacho (6), Jacob Alejandro (7), and Ethan Sefker (17) stormed to a 29-point victory! NIRCA may be dropping us in the rankings, but I think our races are speaking for themselves in terms of how ready WTC is for championship season. Great work everyone! Cows achieve! Find complete results here.

Gene Davis Invite: Thanks to everyone who speeded (sped?) along at this club-favorite meet this year! WTC showed out tons of PRs, and came away with some incredible team and individual scores. As is becoming typical, Mason Weber (5), let the men's side, and Dasha Vorontsov (1) brought it home for the women, bringing in another win! Owynn Garrelts (6), Adam Kitay (10), Justin Zens (14), and Aimon Van Houten (15) made up the rest of the men's score. Lauren Tears (12), Jojo Knauss (14), Lauren Fligge (15), and Madeline Paradis (33) brought it in for the women! Congrats to all our Big Apple(ton) racers! Find complete results here.

NIRCA Regionals: THE WISCONSIN TRACK CLUB COWS ARE YOUR 2025 NIRCA GREAT PLAINS REGIONAL CHAMPIONS!! We're so proud of how everyone kicked off the 2025 championship season! The men finished with a final score of 33, with Mason Weber (2), Nathan Simon (4), Jacob Alejandro (6), Wil Lackner (10), and Justin Zens (11) all scoring for the team. On the women's side, Dasha Vorontsov (1), Claire Matthai (3), Jojo Knauss (5), Madeline Paradis (13), and Megan Curran (23) all contributed to the team's final 44-point score. Tons of great performances all around! We're so excited to bring this energy into the rest of championship season. Cows achieve! Find complete results here.

UW-Oshkosh Open: Shoutout to all the Cows who ate it up at UW-Oshkosh this weekend! The men brought it in with 5 finishes in the top 15: Mason Weber (2), Jacob Alejandro (3), Adam Kitay (4), and Nathan Simon (5) showed out with the power of a running pack, and Tony Camacho (13) finished out our men's scorers. On the women's side, Claire Matthai brought home the win (!!!), and Lauren Tears (8) and Amelia Alvarez (48) rounded out our girl's results. You can find complete results here, and we'll see you in two weeks for the last meet of the season!

NIRCA Nationals: Nationals will be held allllll the way in Hershey, PA for the second year in a row! Please note that you must run at Border Battle or NIRCA Regionals in order to compete. Spend two beautiful nights on the east coast and run with the best of the nation on Saturday, November 8! Sign up is now closed.

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• Happy Halloween! I had so much fun seeing everyone's costumes, and it was a spooky good Halloweekend.
• Y'all know what month it is! Clear your calendars for all of November--Brinner is coming soon!

Volunteering & Fundraising

The Cows have a bunch of awesome volunteering and fundraising opportunities coming up! You can find volunteering sign up here. NEW THIS YEAR: In order to be considered for a position for the 2025 Board, you MUST have completed at least 5 hours of volunteering in 2025. 

• This is the last week of RACE for the fall! This opportunity is quick and easy, and sometimes, the buddies just want to walk.
• Ainsley's Angels has a couple dates left! Be sure to check out the volunteering calendar or get in contact with volunteer coordinator Jenna Auth for more information about this opportunity!
• Concessions spots are still open for November 22! Support the Badgers and the Cows with this super spirit-packed opportunity. You can eat as much Camp Randall concessions food as you'd like, and bring home a Badgers food-safety baseball hat!
• Save lives at this year's YoungbloodxWTC Blood Drive! We're looking for Cows to donate their blood as well as their time on December 11. Check out the volunteering spreadsheet for more information.