Outdoor TRACK SCHEDULE

It's officially time to start outdoor season!! We're so excited to turn left outdoors this season--it's going to be an awesome run of meets! Sign up can be found here. Reach out to meet coordinator Aimon Van Houten with any questions. This is your reminder that you must have signed the NIRCA form in order to race at Nationals. PLEASE sign up to be an authorized driver. The process has changed, and it's pretty easy to be authorized, especially if you're from Wisconsin. We are required to have two authorized drivers per car when we go out of state. You can find information about the process here. Please also note that if you have more than two outstanding Venmo meet fee requests, you will NOT be able to attend a meet until you have paid. Feel free to reach out to treasurer Wil Lackner with any questions. 

• St. Norbert Early Bird Meet: The Cows kicked off spring break (and outdoor season) with some fantastic times and marks at St. Norbert on March 28th! We're so glad that everyone got a chance to get some outdoor speed in their legs before we travel off to NIRCA Nationals. Congratulations especially to Jonathan Kerby-White, who hopped on up to 8th on the WTC all-time list with a 1.80m high jump. Great start to the outdoor season, everyone! Cows achieve!
• NIRCA Nationals: Congratulations to everyone who represented the Cows in Olivet this weekend! Our women's team tied for ninth (with only three competitors!), and our men's team took twelfth. Nathan Simon continues his mid-distance speed kick, running a 3:56.52 1500 for 2nd all-time in WTC and 5th overall out of 303 competitors. Felix Boeing and Arlo White splashed on to the 3000m steeplechase all-time list, running a 10:24.44 for 6th all-time and 10:27.90 for 7th all-time, respectively. Caleb Rocha placed 6th in NIRCA with his 13.13m triple jump (also 4th all-time for WTC), and 5th in NIRCA with his 16.03m long jump. Duncan Lawlor jumped 1.82m in the high jump for 8th at the meet. Anneka Cassel proved once again that she's the best thrower this club has ever seen; her 11.33m shotput throw was good for first on the WTC list and second in NIRCA, and her 38.07m discus throw was good for second on the WTC list and first in NIRCA!! Alex Leuhrs rounded out our throwers at this meet, throwing a 36.06m for 2nd on WTC's list. Finally, freshman phenom (phreshman phenom? freshman fenom?) Owynn Garrelts ran an awesome 15:15.13 in the 5k for 4th on the all-time list. Congratulations to everyone! WTC did a fantastic job representing the UW this weekend on the national stage, and we're so proud of all the hard work everyone's put in so far this season.  Results can be found here.
• Lawrence Twilight Invitational: If you're looking to get some speed work in before WTC Formal, come on up to the Big Apple(ton) for Lawrence on April 18th. Please note that we will be leaving this meet early to come back for Formal, so you may not be able to compete in events occurring later in the day. Sign up is now closed.
• Drake Alternative: Come on out to our Friday, April 24 meet at UW-Whitewater! It's a great warm up for Crazylegs the next day and anything else that might be going on... This meet is always a favorite and we always hit lots of PRs here--make sure you sign up before Friday, April 17.
• Uncaged Eagle Open: A season closer classic! Finish out your finals week with UW-Lacrosse's Eagle Open on Saturday, May 8. This is a fantastic way to finish out another year of college and Track Club, and we hope to see you all there! Sign up closes Friday, May 1.

If you're looking for some other nonofficial WTC races, be sure to check out the Crazylegs Classic on April 25.

Socials

• We'll see you all next week at WTC Formal, on April 18th at Monona Terrace!! If you're signed up, be sure to be there by 6:15. Fill out our end of the year awards form here.
• WTC's first-ever Practice Swap will take place on Wednesday, April 22nd, and Thursday, April 23rd! On Wednesday, UW Swim Club will join us at McClimon for a workout, and then we are all invited to join them for a practice at 8:30pm on Thursday the 23rd. Meet some new friends and get some workouts in and watch me embarrass myself in the pool!! It's going to be a great time and a great community builder!
• Make sure to sign up for Crazylegs on April 25th! Join the WTC team so that we can all be a part of it together.
• We have lots more socials coming up! We'll give you more information as soon as we have it.

Volunteering

You can find volunteering sign up here. Please reach out to Volunteer Coordinator Whitney Sylvester with any questions. Stay tuned for lots of opportunities coming soon!

We also want to remind everyone of our volunteering incentives!! Here they are:

• 10 hours--food party
• 15 hours--$10 meet voucher
• 20 hours--$15 meet voucher
• 25+ hours--$20 meet voucher

Volunteering is great for the club and great for you. If you're interested in running for a board position in 2027, you must have completed five volunteering hours in order to be eligible to run. Here's what we have coming up soon!

• RACE is back up and running every Saturday at 9am at Picnic Point! RACE participants do a mixture or running, walking, and jogging, so there's a pace for everyone. Meet on the grass in front of the rock wall by the entrance to the trail.
• Race with Ainsley's Angels at the Run Midtown 5k on Saturday, May 23. We have a free registration link in the volunteering sign up sheet! This is a fantastic way to give back to the community while getting a run in.
• Register to run the Girls on the Run 5k on Saturday, May 30th, to support our Madison community and get some road racing experience !

WTC MERCH

Reach out to Brand Ambassador Lottie Andersson with any questions about merchandise!

• PLEASE message Lottie about a way to pick up your merch! We're accumulating a lot of it, so make sure you communicate with here to make sure you get everything you ordered.

NIRCA NATIONALS RECAP WITH Dmar hill-stanton

Reach out to Brand Ambassador Lottie Andersson with any questions about merchandise!

• Year: Junior
• Major: Biology
• Favorite pre-meet snack: Strawberry banana yogurt
• Sprints, field, or distance: Sprints
• Events this weekend: 110 hurdles and 200m
• How were your events this weekend?
  • For the first outdoor meet they were meh
• What was your favorite part of the meet?
  • Watching the steeplechase
• Any other part of the meet super fun or super not fun?
  • Running the 110s head on into the 25mph wind gusts was not the best
• What is your favorite part of going to meets with the team? Is there anything you would tell someone who’s debating whether to compete?
  • It's my first year so still getting to know everyone is great. Its good go get out there and have fun and go at your own pace; its a supportive community.
• What is your all-time favorite WTC memory?
  • Getting panda express at uiuc for club relays. I was super happy they had a panda express on campus.