TIME TRIAL

     We had some stellar performances by our cows at this year's time trial! Almost 60 cows came out (20 more than last year) and competed against one another for some fun and bragging rights of course. To start out the evening we had Patrick Fasick finish first in the mile with a time of 4:27.7. And for the ladies, Allie Levin won with an impressive 5:41.8. Next came the 200m where Adam El-Hendy (23.28- 200 m time trial champ two years in a row) and Jordyn Benn (30.64) took the top spots. The 800m race showcased some speedy cows with the champions being Haley Orf (2:27.8) and Tommy Martin (2:00.6). The 4x400 meter relay was an exciting event with the top team finishing in 4:06.

This thrilling time trial would not have been possible if it wasn't for our volunteers that timed the events and helped everything run smoothly. It looks like we are in for a very exciting and speedy season from our cows!

Photos and results can be found here (thank you Joe for helping take pictures).

UPCOMING EVENTS

PASTA PARTY🍝
February 7th pre-meet pasta party before BIG DAWGGGG! Starts at 6:30pm! 447 west washington!

COWS GO SKATING!⛸🏒
February 13th at 11:15pm (same night as the kick off meeting) come ice skating! $3 for skates and $4 rink fee. Bring your wiscards!

BOARD MEMBERS EAT AT DINING HALLS🍽
On Monday, February 17th our board members are eating at the dining halls to meet all of our newbies and answer any questions you might have! come eat dinner with us after practice! We will be at Flakes and Gordons!

FEMALE SOCIAL👭
Pizza? Movie? Cows? Intrigued? Me too. February 22nd at 8:30pm. 911 Spring Street. Be there.

(remember to sign up for female group fitness on sundays)

Meets and deadlines

PANTHER TUNE UP
Meet Date - February 22nd @ UW- Milwaukee
Deadline - February 15th @ Midnight

ILLINOIS CLUB RELAYS
Meet Date - February 29th @ U of Illinois
Deadline - February 15th @ Midnight
*NOTE: This is an overnight meet. We will leave Friday and return Saturday night.

The meet sign up link is here!

Other Reminders

Now that you see all of these enticing meets, I'm sure you're looking to compete with your fellow cows...but wait! Make sure you check off these couple things in order to compete!

DUES
Dues for this semester are $30. You can Venmo @WiscoTC or if you don't have venmo, we also accept cash or checks.

FORMS
To officially become a member of Track Club, visit our website to fill out the 3 required forms and request membership through WIN. Don't forget to become an authorized driver (@ wisco natives)! Here is a link to our website on how to become a member.

CALENDAR
Here is a link to our google calendar that is up to date with practices (workouts), meets, socials, etc! It's a great way to keep track of everything going on!

elections

Elections are tomorrow! It is very important that we as many people that can go to vote for our future board members as possible! Elections will be head in Humanities 1111 at 7:30pm! Please please please be there! And for those of you running for a position, make sure your speeches are ready!

milk mile

The annual milk mile is this Friday at 6pm at Ed Klief Park! You can sign up on the spreadsheet linked here if you are looking to take the treasured 1st place finish held by Nathan Orf the past three years. And if you don't think you're up for the challenge, we could use some volunteers! See you Friday:)

holiday lights run

Our last social event of the year will be the Holiday Lights Run to Olin Park! We will all meet up at P&L one last time to run through the holiday lights on Wednesday, December 11th at night! There will be more info about this event coming out soon! Mark your calendars until then!

performance list

Jacob Reiner has been working hard to update the performance list all season! This list contains all of the times the cows have run this year at every meet! Check it out to review how your season went! On another note, Jacob has also been keeping an all time records spreadsheet up to date! To see if you are in the top 10 in either the 8k or 6k, check that out here!

info about indoor track season

Following winter break is the start of indoor track season! We will meet in the shell (by Camp Randall) Monday-Thursday at 5:30! For distance, workouts will be inside the shell on Monday's and Wednesday's  and regular runs will be outside (if weather permits) on Tuesday's and Thursday's. Sprinters will meet inside the shell every Monday-Thursday at 5:30pm! Remember in order to get in to the shell you need to bring your wiscard!!! The time trial will be on the Friday we get back from break! Spread the word and get your fellow runners, jumpers, throwers, etc interested!

announcements

Elections coming up

This is an announcement for you cows to start thinking about running for a board position in December! There are a lot of board positions that cater to everyone's unique set of skills and as Frankie says, if no one runs the club, the club doesn't run. Start to think about what position you would be good at! We will be creating a google spreadsheet with brief summaries of the duties of all the board members and hold elections for the candidates on December 3rd.

Apparel

Your apparel is coming! Do not fret, we will get everyone their apparel as soon as we can! That time is still TBD but this is just a little reminder that it is on our minds and you will be notified as soon as it is here!

Regionals recap

Regionals. What a day. All of our cows who competed did so well and should be so proud of themselves! To start off... the boys got 2nd as a team with Sam Jaeger placing 9th overall and Patrick Fasick placing 10th! Way to go boys!!! The girls got 3rd as a team with Aasne Skram Troemborg placing 9th overall and Allie Levin placing 10th! I also wanted to thank everyone who came and congratulate all of our cows for running their hardest! Shoutout to our drivers, shoutout to Allie and Luke for all the work they put in to plan these travel heavy meets, and shoutout to our other two photographers Luke and Joe! Unfortunately, the results have not been posted yet so I am unable to link those but I do have some pictures! Here those are!

SOCIALS

BRINNER🥞🍳

The most anticipated social event of the entire year. This really is as big of a deal as we are making it out to be. Brinner will be taking place at the cow haus on Thursday, November 7th at 7:30pm! Yes, that is right. PM! Please do not come for a breakfast at 7:30 in the morning.

Study Night📝

You heard it! We have another study night coming up on Monday, November 11th at 7:30-9:30 in Helen C White 4275! Join your fellow cows to get some studying done during a busy time of year!

Movie night feat. cookies and ice cream🍪🎬🍦

LADY COWS ONLY!
Come join us for a fun movie night with some ice cream and cookies on Sunday, November 24th at 6:30pm! Wear your pjs or something comfy!!! Text Rachel at 847-558-0117 when your here so we can come grab you at the front door of 911 Spring Street! See you there!

announcements

sign up for meets

Competing in meets is what WTC does best, it is what sets us apart from other running groups on campus! Don't forget to sign up for meets, especially regionals and little nationals! Not only is it a great way to keep you motivated to stay in shape (or get in shape) but it is such a great way to get to know other cows and strengthen those bonds! A little reminder about meets: if you drop a meet after the deadline, you still have to pay for the meet; however, I would encourage you to find someone to take your spot so that another cow who wanted to compete can and so you don't have to pay the meet fee (because the person taking your spot would pay). Here is the meet sign up, and don't forget, the Kollege Town Sports Invitational sign up deadline is Saturday, October 5th at midnight!

Authorized drivers & Safety module

This is just a little reminder that we could use all the authorized drivers as we can get! Becoming an authorized driver is a very easy and short process (instructions) for Wisconsin residents, so please help us out and become one! REMEMBER you do not have to drive if you do not want to! We just need to have two authorized drivers per vehicle! ALSO everyone, please fill out this safety module. It is required that every member complete this.

volunteering opportunities

Don't forget that we have RACE on Saturday mornings from 9:15-10:15! We have a volunteer spreadsheet on the website and facebook page if you are interested in some of these volunteer opportunities! There will be more in the future, like working the concession stands!

Roy griak recap

Our cows traveled to Minnesota this past weekend and competed in the Roy Griak Invitational and boy did we represent. We ranked first among the other club teams on both the men's and women's side! Thank you to the Dado's for hosting a magnificent pasta party and our other families for having overnight guests! Here is a link to the pictures- thanks to Matt, Joe's dad, and myself. Here is a link to the results.

Also, something worth mentioning is the performance list that we keep here on the website! It is a record of the top 10 cow performances! Check it out here!

SOCIALS

Study Night📝

Not only are we fast, we are also studious🤓🤓 Join the cool cows at Humanities 1217 on Thursday night from 8-10:15pm! Check out the facebook event for it on the WTC fb page!

haunted house👻

You heard it folks here folks! We are going to Screaming Acres Haunted House on Friday, October 11th! Since we will be taking only personal vehicles to this social event, we will have a spreadsheet for you to fill out (like you would to compete in a meet) so that we can accommodate everyone and make sure we have enough cars! Make sure you fill that out and please bring your car if you are able!

Corn maze🌽

THE PREMIERE EVENT !!!!!! We will be going to Schuster's Farm on Friday, October 25th! Arguably, the best event of the fall season...come get your pumpkins and caramel apples people! Again, there will be a facebook event for this and a spreadsheet to fill out!

Pancake breakfast🥞

After a nice Sunday long run, come get some pancakes at the Cow House! Sunday morn, October 27th, long run, pancakes, cows...what could be better?!

announcements

formal

Folks, sign up for formal! The 2019 WTC Formal Awards Banquet will be held on 4/19 at the Fluno Center. I'd like to emphasize that you do not need a date to formal, but the more the merrier! Sign up on this spreadsheet to ensure your participation in the feast of bottomless pasta and other delicacies. The deadline is April 13th! Cost to attend is $27.50 per person and payment can be sent to @WiscoTC on Venmo.

practice change

This week, we will be moving practices from the Shell to McClimon Track! Mid-Distance/Distance will have workouts on Tuesday's and Thursday's and will begin meeting at Park and Langdon in front of Science Hall at 5:30 every day! For those Tues/Thurs workout days, we’ll do a warm up jog together over to the boat landing where we will do drills, and then we will move over to the track to begin the workout at 6 pm.

volunteering opportunities

Here is a quick note of the rest of our volunteering opportunities for the semester! We have RACE on Saturday, April 6th and Saturday, April 13th! Then, we have a friendship walk with best buddies (a club here on campus) on Friday, April 26th!

carroll and st. norbert's recap

In some unideal conditions, our cows still managed to achieve! At the Carroll Invite on Thursday, Frank Deguire ran the 3k steeplechase, and became the 4th fastest time in the list of top 10 (10:51.98)! Brian Wiedenfeld ran an impressive 16:50 5k, and now holds the 10th fastest outdoor 5k in the books! As for St. Norberts, the full list of results can be found here, and here are the pictures that Luke and Danielle took (thank you<3).  Max Barreau and Adam El- Hendy both got on to the list of top 10 in the 100 and 200 meter dash and placed in the top 3 for both events! Kyle Marcoe, Trevor Glass, and John Masse made the list of top 10 in the 400 m. Jacob Biewer placed first at St. Norbert's and now holds the second fastest 110 meter hurdle time and Thomas Mengwasser now holds the 6th fastest 400 meter hurdle time! On the women's side, Josie Helf placed second and accomplished an overall 8th place on the list of top 10 along with Grace Matzke who is now 10th on the list! Julianne Logan ran the 1500m and is now 8th on the list of top 10. And finally, Rachel Weix and Danielle Moczynski both ran speedy 5k's to round out our list of top 10, placing 4th and 7th respectively.

SOCIALS

pasta party

We have a pasta party on Thursday, April 11th at 7:30 at the Barn (1601 Chadbourne Ave)!!! Come enjoy some pasta, cookies, and chocolate milk with your fellow cows! Last one of the year! Don't miss it!

formal

The most anticipated social event of the year! Sign up!

workouts for the week of march 31st

announcements

workshop- march 6th

Okay cows, the time has come. The workshop is on March 6th and we need every member to be there at 6:30PM at the Nat, room 1140. Practice will be canceled for everyone on this day in order to make it to the workshop! Use herd finder to find some running buddies that day!

practice change

Starting the week of 3/10-3/16, we will be moving from the Shell to McClimon Track! Mid-Distance/Distance will then begin doing workouts on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We will have the track reserved from 6-7pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the rest of the school year except the week of Spring Break. Note: Mid-Distance/Distance will begin meeting at Park and Langdon in front of Science Hall at 5:30 pm starting the week of 3/10-3/16.We’ll do a warm up jog together over to the boat landing where we will do drills, and then we will move over to the track to begin the workout at 6 pm. I hope you’re all excited to get out of the Shell and move outside!

volunteering opportunities

First of all, GREAT JOB TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED CONCESSIONS! It went super well! Second, for those of you who haven't volunteered yet, everyone needs two hours of volunteer work or you are kicked off the WIN roster! The deadline for this is May 1st. The  opportunities to volunteer right now are RACE. Check it out in the sign up sheet.

Apparel is out!

Apparel is out and will be available to order until Saturday, March 9th at 11:59pm! The link is right here! Make sure you order soon before you forget!

sign the eligibility form if you are thinking about competing in nationals! Find luke kubasta (lkubasta@wisc.edu) to sign the form! 

SOCIALS

MOVIE NIGHT

Come to the WTC Movie Night, Sunday March 10th at 7pm! Join us to see Captain Marvel at Palace Cinema! ONLY $1 TO SEE IT! PLUS free popcorn and a drink! Check out the Facebook event and mark if you can go and fill out the spreadsheet! It'll be a fun! Pls come<3

meet the freshmen

Quinn Lodholz

Hometown: Wausau, WI
Dorm: Sullivan
Best Track Event: 200 m or triple jump
Favorite Band/Artist: Post Malone
Hidden Talent: I can speak German and Spanish
Fun Fact: I went to Africa over winter break.

Jeje moubarak

Hometown: Middleton, WI
Dorm: Water's
Best Track Event: 4x400m
Favorite Band/Artist: Mac Miller
Hidden Talent: Limbo
Fun Fact: Slightly smell blind

Dakota Fingerhut 

Hometown: Spring Green, WI
Dorn: Witte
Best track Event: 4x200
Favorite Band/Artist: Quinn XCII
Hidden Talent: Cooking
Fun Fact: This last summer I spent 6 days hiking the Grand Canyon sleeping outside on rocks most nights.

Zach teuscher

Hometown: Manawa, WI (about 30 miles northwest of Appleton in the middle of nowhere)
Dorm: Ogg
Best Track Event: 100m
Favorite Band/Artist: The Beatles
Hidden Talent: I can solve a rubix cube under 1 minute.
Fun Fact: 1) I can name every country in the word with its capital. 2) I have never been to Taco Bell.

Grace Matzke

Hometown: Green Bay, WI
Dorm: Witte
Best Track Event: 400m
Favorite Band/Artist: Bruno Mars
Hidden Talent: I can wiggle my ears😅
Fun Fact: Popcorn is definitely my favorite food.

Thorne powers

Hometown: Middleton, WI
Dorm: Leopold
Best Track Event: Triple Jump
Favorite Band/Artist: Avett Brothers
Hidden Talent: Cooks a mean Jambalaya
Fun Fact: Triple jump hurts!

TIME TRIAL

     We had some stellar performances by our cows at this year's time trial! Over 40 cows came out (10 more than last year) and competed against one another for some fun and bragging rights of course. To start out the evening we had Nathan Orf finish first in the mile with a time of 4:27.6. And for the ladies Sylvia Lechnir won with an impressive 5:45.2 (with Kaylee Sadeghpour-Hess just .3 seconds behind). Next came the 200m where Adam El-Hendy (24.3) and Autumn Wickman (29.3) sprinted to victory. The 800m race showcased some speedy freshmen with the champions being Haley Orf (2:29.4) and Tyler Masuda (2:06.7). The 4x400 meter relay was an exciting event with the top mens team being "Yandi" and the co-ed team being "3 Calves and a Bull" featured in the picture above.

This thrilling time trial would not have been possible if it wasn't for our volunteers that timed the events and helped everything run smoothly. It looks like we are in for a very exciting and speedy season from our cows!

Photos and results can be found here (thank you Luke).

UPCOMING EVENTS

Cows Go Skating!
February 7th at 11:15pm (same night as the kick off meeting) come ice skating! $3 for skates and $4 rink fee. Bring your wiscards!

Long Run Brunch
February 10th, brunch at Short Stack Eatery after our Sunday long run! Meet @ the Phallus at 10am for the run.

Eat with the Board:)
February 11th join your fellow cows and board members at the dining halls for dinner. Get to know your cows and learn more about the club while eating some delicious dining hall food (what will it be... tex mex or pasta?)

Pasta Party
February 21st pre-meet pasta party before Club Relays! Location and time tbd.

Volunteer Opportunities

We have some great volunteering opportunities on the horizon. Remember, every member needs 2 hours of volunteering this season!

Sign up for the SubZero Race series on February 9th, or for our more experienced cows, perhaps the Org Fair would be a great opportunity for you!

To sign up to volunteer and for more info, visit this spreadsheet.
Contact Rachel Weix (rgweix@wisc.edu) for any further questions.

Meets and deadlines

VALENTINE'S DAY 5K
Race Date - February 9th @ 11:00am, UW-Natatorium
Check it out here

BIG DAWG INVITE
Meet Date - February 16th @ UW-Steven's Point
Deadline - February 2nd @ Midnight

ILLINOIS CLUB RELAYS
Meet Date - February 23rd @ U of Illinois
Deadline - February 9th @ Midnight
*NOTE: This is an overnight meet. We will leave Friday and return Saturday night.

The meet sign up link is here!

Other Reminders

Now that you see all of these enticing meets, I'm sure you're looking to compete with your fellow cows...but wait! Make sure you check off these couple things in order to compete!

DUES
Dues for this semester are $30. You can Venmo @WiscoTC or if you don't have venmo, we also accept cash or checks.

FORMS
To officially become a member of Track Club, visit our website to fill out the 3 required forms and request membership through WIN. Don't forget to become an authorized driver (@ wisco natives)! Here is a link to our website on how to become a member.

PRACTICE
Distance/Mid-distance: M-Th 5:30pm @ the Shell (workouts M/W). Sunday long runs 10am.
Sprints/Fields: M-Th 6:00pm @ the Shell

regionals recap

The combination of birthdays (@Danielle), leftover Olive Garden breadsticks (@Joachim), Spoons champions (@Frank, Kevin, & Haley), and cute puppers made for an entertaining weekend. Additionally, the cows killed it in their races, with both teams finishing 2nd overall. On the men's side, Joachim Weel-Rosbo finished in first place with a time of 26:26. Rounding out the team score for the male cows were Kevin Dado (26:54.90), Nathan Orf (27:17), Nick Juntunen (27:39.70), and Sam Jaeger (27:39.70). On the women's side, Zoe Panos led the team, finishing in 5th with a time of 24:01.20. Rachel Anderson (24:24.20), Sylvia Lechnir (24:45.40), Autumn Wickman (25:12.50), and Megan Buechel (25:20.80) also scored for the cows.

Meet Results | Meet Pictures (S/O Luke & Haley)

nationals preview

We have two strong teams going into NIRCA Nationals in Lexington, Kentucky. In the A race will be Matt Kuik, Joachim Weel-Rosbo, Kevin Dado, Nathan Orf, Sam Jaeger, Luke Kubasta, and Owen Gage. For the women, it will be Zoe Panos, Allie Levin, Emma Jackler, Kaylee Sadeghpour-Hess, Rachel Weix, Danielle Moczynski, and Sam Weiler. It should be an exciting race all around! Get pumped for an 8 hour car ride, a fast course, and some great memories. As always, make sure you have paid dues and filled out all the required membership forms. ALSO, remember to represent the club well in Kentucky, this includes being respectful to other teams and NIRCA property. You'd think this is common sense, but we've had issues in the past. So please just think before you act!

apparel

Our apparel coordinator, Sabrina Belisle designed some awesome clothes for the fall order form. The deadline to order apparel is THIS  Sunday, November 4th @ Midnight. The order will then take 2-3 weeks to process. Once all items are processed you will able to pick them up. If you have any questions please email sbelisle2@wisc.edu. Check out everything here!

Volunteer Opportunities

We have RACE this Saturday from 9:15am-10:15am at 2000 University Bay Drive, please come if you are able to, we would love some company!

We also have another volunteer opportunity to be course marshals at Nats for the UW Badger XC team on November 10 (8-1pm).

To sign up to volunteer for these or other opportunities, visit this spreadsheet.
Contact Kaylee Sadeghpour-Hess (sadeghpourhe@wisc.edu) for any further questions.

upcoming deadlines

Deadline to Sign Up for UW-La Crosse Drews/Neubauer Invite - Sunday, October 7th @ Midnight

Deadline to Sign Up for NIRCA Regionals - THIS FRIDAY, October 5th @ Midnight

***You MUST run Regionals to run at Nationals, so keep that in mind knowing the deadline is TOMORROW***

upcoming socials

Picnic Point Bonfire- Thursday, October 4th @ 7-10pm @ Picnic Point Fire Circle  #4

Pancake Breakfast- Sunday, October 7th @ 11:30am @ the ChadBarn (1601 Chadbourne Ave)

Haunted House Trip- Saturday, October 13th @ 8pm @ Screamin' Acres

Schuster's Farm Corn Maze Trip- Friday, October 26th @ time TBD

griak recap

Griak was a major success on both the men and women's sides. It definitely helped that it was 50 degrees cooler than last year... The top 5 finishers on the women's side were Brooke Young (24:19.7), Sylvia Lechnir (24:56.0), Megan Buechel (24:57.0), Rachel Anderson (25:13.6), and Autumn Wickman (25:48.1). Freshman Brooke Young lead the team with a 10th place overall finish! On the men's side, the top 5 finishers were Matt Kuik (25:40.8), Joachim Rosbo (26:22.3), Kevin Dado (26:41.4), Sam Brey (27:39.3), and Sam Jaeger (27:41.9). There were three top 10 overall finishes: Matt in 3rd, Joachim in 7th, and Kevin in 8th. Both teams are looking strong, let's keep training hard and get ready for the post-season! Congrats to everyone who competed, and thank you to everyone's families who hosted the cows.

Top 10 List Changes
-Joachim broke into the Top 10 in 6th place with a time of 26:22

-Matt Kuik improved his 3rd place time to 25:40

-Brooke Young broke into the Top 10 in 9th place with a time of 24:19

Complete Meet Results |  Top 10 List

injury care

Men's Distance VP, Nick Feyen, recently shared a post on facebook that I thought would be valuable to share in the Moosletter as well. This is what he said:

If you’re feeling some “not good” pain (you know what I’m talking about) while running, if you can’t go to practice or train because of a current or pre-existing injury, or if you just aren’t sure if your body is going to hold up for the season. I want to help. I’ve had countless injuries over the years and know how crappy they are. I know how tough not having a “plan” can be. So, I thought I provide a list of campus area resources to deal with injury.

• RecScports Athletic Training. RecSports and UHS offer a free athletic trainer for sport clubs or anyone who is a student. This is a great free resource. I’ve used them a lot. You can get in to see someone quick. They can diagnose a problem and provide some strengthening exercises. Unfortunately, it seems most of them aren’t experienced with competitive runners, so they may not quite understand the in’s and out’s of our sport. Still a great, easy place to start. I personally like Andy Winterstein.
o Check out their drop-in clinic and appointment information here.

• UHS Physical Therapy. UHS offers physical therapists for students. It is a small fee to go see a UHS PT (about $50). They can develop some exercises and some good ways to strengthen your body to overcome your imbalances. The best way to see them is with a recommendation from a campus AT. Again, limited running specific experience here. I was recommended to see Colleen Colby when I went as she has dealt with runners more often.
o Info can be found here.

• Schupp Chiropractic. Dr. Andrew Schupp is the closest thing we have to a miracle worker in Madison. Dr. Schupp was a very talented runner himself and is a sports chiropractor certified in ART, Graston, Laser Therapy, and Cupping. He can find the problem and start actively adjusting you to actively fix it. He’s a chiropractor so you probably should supplement his treatment with some outside strengthening exercises. You will also probably have to pay out of pocket (around $60) unless your insurance covers him. Personally, going to see him was the best decision I’ve ever made. Also, it’s going to hurt. A LOT.
o Check out his website here: https://www.schuppchiropractic.com/

• UWHealth Running Lab. Personally, I’ve never used it, but I’ve heard great things. It’s a UWHealth clinic designed for runners. They do a lot of gait and other analyses to find a solution to your problem. Not exactly sure what all goes down, but they seem to be pretty good at their science. I’ve heard this will also cost you a fair bit if your insurance doesn’t cover it.
o Check them out here.

• Your friends and teammates at WTC. Other runners can often provide some helpful advice! A lot of us have been through a lot of injuries and know how to come out better than you were before. Just having someone to talk to about it can help a lot. If you don’t know who to talk to feel free to reach out to me. I’ve love to help. I love talking about aqua jogging and “grinding in the shell.”

Whatever you do please don’t fade away from the club after being injured. Stick with your cows. Do your rehab. Keep grinding. #CowsAchieve

Volunteer Opportunities

We have RACE this Saturday from 9:15am-10:15am at 2000 University Bay Drive, please come if you are able to, we would love some company!

We also have another volunteer opportunity to be course marshals at Pre-Nats and Nats for the UW Badger XC team on October 13 (9:30-2:30pm) and November 10 (8-1pm).

To sign up to volunteer for these or other opportunities, visit this spreadsheet.
Contact Kaylee Sadeghpour-Hess (sadeghpourhe@wisc.edu) for any further questions.

Important dates

Deadline to Sign up for the Eagle Open (UW-La Crosse) - May 6th @ Midnight

Sunday Pancake Breakfast Run - May 6th @ 10am @ The Chadbarn (1601 Chadbourne Ave)

formal

Thank you to all the cows who attended our second formal of the year! Special shoutout to Luke Kubasta and Cameron Lane-Flehinger for taking some amazing pictures that can be found here. (Make sure to give them photo creds if you use these)

Awards Recap:
Rookies of the Year - Kevin Dado, Alice Hermet

Social Cows - Max Loescher, Allie Levin

Most Improved - Brett Jones, Sam Weiler, Hunter Cummings, Molly Dieball

Behind the Scenes MVP - Hanna Docter

MVPs - Evan Kohl, Autumn Wickman, Peter Van Beek, Alice Hermet

Out of Pasture Cow - Kevin Boyle

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Overall, all the cows had a blast at formal (informal??)

nationals recap

The rain, wind, cold, and car problems didn't stop the cows from kicking grass at Nationals! Shelbyville ("the Vegas of Indiana" -Butters) treated us well, and we left with a 2nd place men's trophy and an 8th place finish for the women.

Complete Meet Results | Men & Women Nationals Performance List

Men

Top 5 Individual Finishes:

110m Hurdles - (1st) Hunter Cummings (14.96)

400m Hurdles - (1st) Colton Davis (56.13)

Discus - (3rd) Michael Fink (34.26m)

Triple Jump - (3) Hunter Cummings (41-11.00)

Shotput - (2) Michael Fink (13.05m)

women

Top 5 Individual Finishes:

400m - (2nd) Autumn Wickman (1:00.88)

800m - (3rd) Autumn Wickman (2:20.24)

100m - (5th) Alice Hermet (13.17)

200m - (5th) Alice Hermet (27.15)

uw-whitewater invite recap

While this meet took a lot longer than expected, at least those of us who raced Whitewater instead of Crazylegs or going to Mifflin shared some laughs watching the victims of the steeplechase water pit.

Despite the intense winds, there were successful races all around! Most significantly, Kevin Dado, Evan Routhier, and Andre Hesini took 4th, 5th, and 6th respectively in the 1500m. Autumn Wickman finished in 3rd in the 800m (2:23.24), as well as 2nd in the 400m (1:00.57).

Complete Meet Results

top 10 list

Top 10 List Changes 

-100: Alice Hermet broke into 2nd at 13.17
- 200: Alice Hermet broke into 2nd at 27.13
- 400: Autumn Wickman broke into 3rd at 60.57
- 800: Autumn Wickman broke into 2nd at 2:20.24
- 1500: Evan Routhier broke into 2nd at 4:03.20, Kevin Dado broke into 3rd at 4:03.25 (Whitewater)
- 5000: Allie Levin broke into 2nd at 19:16.20
- 110m Hurdles: Hunter Cummings improved his 1st place time at 14.96, Colton Davis improved his 2nd place time at 15.70, Matthew Laska broke into 3rd at 16.26
- 400m Hurdles: Colton Davis improved his 1st place time at 56.13, Matthew Laska broke into 3rd at 60.51
- High Jump: Andrew Hoffmann improved his 1st place height at 1.75m, Riley Enge broke into 2nd at 1.65m
- Long Jump: Peter Van Beek improved to 3rd with a distance of 5.71m
- Triple Jump: Hunter Cummings improved to 2nd with a distance of 12.78m, Molly Dieball broke into 2nd at 9.45m, Emma Dewane broke into 3rd at 9.04m
- Shot Put: TJ Kleckner improved his 3rd place distance at 10.65m, Sabrina Belisle broke into 1st at 6.10m
- Discus: Michael Fink improved his 2nd place distance at 34.26m
- 4x100m: Team of Peter Van Beek, Will Jordan, Hunter Cummings, and Karl Tremmel broke into 2nd at 45.84, team of Emma Dewane, Alice Hermet, Lauren Schilling, and Elizabeth Schreiber broke into 2nd at 55.27
- 4x400m: Team of Colton Davis, Peter Van Beek, Hunter Cummings, and Eric Western broke into 2nd at 3:29.82, team of Autumn Wickman, Lauren Schilling, Allie Levin, and Zoe Panos broke into 2nd at 4:28.67
- 4x800m: Team of Andre Hessini, Evan Kohl, Evan Routhier, and Kevin Dado broke into 2nd at 7:58.65, team of Lauren Schilling, Molly Baus, Kaylee Sadeghpour-Hess, and Autumn Wickman broke into 2nd at 10:19.06

*NOTE: these are from Nationals unless otherwise indicated*

Complete Top 10 List

boston marathon

WTC had amazing representation at the Boston Marathon this year, with two cows in the top 50!!  Shoutout to all the alumni and current cows who make us proud to be a part of WTC. (Sorry if I missed anyone)

Joseph Pendleton - 25th place, 2:31:09

Alexander Rink - 46th place, 2:34:43

Cameron Blegen - 2:58:16

Lauren McKay - 3:27:45

Rachel Anderson

crazylegs

Shoutout to all the cows who competed in Crazylegs! Congratulations to our top finishers, Luke Kubasta who took 4th with a time of 25:58 and Allie Levin who took 19th for the women in a time of 35:46!

(Yes, I did steal these photos from instagram - thanks Luke & Molly!)

Volunteer Opportunities

We are looking for people to help with the Oregon High School Special Olympics Track Meet May 5th from 12:30-4pm. In addition, we need volunteers for field and/or monitor relay exchanges on May 8th (field and running both start at 4pm) and/or May 11th (3:30pm for field and running for 4pm) at Madison East High School for the Big 8 Conference Meet. If you are able to help, please sign up here.

Summer!

Practice?

We will poll members who are staying in Madison in the summer to try and form practice times that work best for the majority of us. Last year, we had 7:15am and 5:30pm runs. Otherwise, use herdfinder or the summer running group chat to find running buddies!

Moovin' 5k

More details to come, but this is one of our primary fundraisers in the summer so we need volunteers! We use some of the proceeds to fund traveling to meets and donate some of the money to ACT. It is on June 2nd @ 9am. For those that are staying in Madison or live close, put the date in your calendars! Click here for more information.

Summer Track Series

The Summer Track Series is a set of meets for all ages. The meets are held at area high schools (June 14 and June 21 at Oregon High School, and June 28 and July 12 at Verona Area High School). Registration starts at 5pm. We need LOTS of volunteers for this! Please consider helping out. Kaylee will be sending out more info soon. Otherwise, visit our website for details.