Summer Training

The WTC Summer Training Plan 2k17 has finally begun and the cows have began to train hard to bring some NIRCA hardware home this cross country season. Make sure to join the summer training Facebook group to get updates on the training schedule as well as weekly tips of the week from our President Kevin Boyle. Practices are held Monday through Friday at 7:30 am as well as 6:00 pm and then on weekends at 10:00 am all starting from Park and Langdon. Additionally be sure to keep posting in heard finder when you can't make it to regularly scheduled practices!

Use these two links to check out the training plans! Special thanks to Kevin and Sandy for putting them together!

WTC Training Plan 1 and Plan 2

Meet Recaps

Eagle Open

The cows headed to La Crosse on May 13th for one last meet as a team before the season concluded. They brought a strong group and had a lot of great performances. On the female side, they has Estrella Tesch kicking off the day in the long jump jumping a very long 4.5 meters. She then went on to run the 200 in 28.10. Next up was Madi Pape and Zoe Panos in the 800 meter run. These ladies ran 2:11 and 2:27 respectively, which was good for 1st and 11th place. Madi and Zoe also had a great races in the 1500, where they ran 4:43 and 5:05 for 1st and 8th place.

On the boys side, TJ Kleckner started off the day throwing the discus a mighty 30.34 meters. On the running side, we had three cows in the 800 meter run. They were lead by Andrew Schilling who ran 1:54.29 for 4th place. He was followed by Matt Kuik (2:00.15) and Bryan Jackler (2:14.03). Next was the men’s steeplechase, where Luke Kubasta ran a 10:18 for 6th place. In the 1500, we had Evan Kohl leading the cows with a 4:00.52 which was good for 2nd place. Following Evan was Brett Jones, who ran a 4:25.95. Both Matt Kuik and Nick Feyen ran the 5000 meter run and finished with times of 15:42 and 17:21, respectively. On the sprints side, we had three speedy cows compete in the 200 meter dash. Karl Tremmel lead the sprinters with a time of 23.48, and he was followed by Brandon Clark (25.45) and Alex McKenna (27.88).

La Crosse Final Qualifier

Madi Pape was the only cow to compete at the La Crosse Final Qualifier on May 18th. Madi ran a 4:37.17 1500, just edging out her competitor to come in 1st place. Great job Madi, way to represent the Wisconsin Track Club!

Thanks again to Luke Kubasta for the awesome pictures!

Summer Track Series

Now that summer is finally here, it’s time for the annual WTC Summer Track Series. The summer track series is a set of meets that WTC puts on throughout the course of the summer for the Madison community to compete in. There is no age minimum or maximum for these meets so they are great for the whole family. In years past the meets have been held at McClimon track, however due to the track being resurfaced it will be held at local high school tracks instead. On June 15th and June 22nd the meet will be held at Oregon High School, and then on June 28th it will be at Mt. Horeb high school, and finally on July 13th it will be held at Verona high school. WTC has been putting on these meets for over 20 years so come out to see what fun it is! To sign up to volunteer click here, else for more information about participating click here!

WTC Kid's Clinic

On May 14th the Wisconsin Track Club put on their very first kids clinic held at Vilas park. There were 13 kids who attended and had a great time. The kids were able to learn more about track and field by learning drills, going for a short “distance” run, throwing both the shot and disc, doing sprints, long jumping, core strengthening, and finally lots of games of sharks and minnows and freeze tag. The kids liked the ducks that decided to join the camp the most, but throwing was a close second. Overall it was a great event! Special thanks to Matt Kuik for organizing it and to all the volunteers who made it a great day.