Moosletter — Week of April 27th!

Outdoor meet schedule

It's time for outdoor track season!! You can find the sign up here, and previous meet results and season performance lists here and here. Sign ups for all outdoor meets are open now! Reach out to Meet Coordinator Nathan Simon with any questions and check out the schedule below.

NIRCA Outdoor Nationals: Congrats to all the Cows who ran in Virginia this week! They achieved and we're so proud of them!

Mississippi River Rumble: In the first outdoor meet of the season, the Cows brought home a ton of top performances and even a few new club records! Caleb Rocha had a huge day, and caught top ten times in the 200, 110 hurdles, and triple jump! The men’s 1500 saw a ton of incredible times, as well: Nathan Simon improved his outdoor standing, and Adam Kitay, Wil Lackner, and Mason Weber all added their names to the top 10 list. Samara Bradtke crushed the 100 and the 200, and Audrey Seefeld scored three all-time performances in the 100 hurdles, 400 hurdles, and long jump. The steeplechasers had some category three fun, with Tony Camacho and Whitney Sylvester landing new record list times and Lauren Tears setting a new women’s record!! Speaking of new records, Anneka Cassel threw for a new one in shot, and tossed herself onto the record list for discus, too! Sam Culwell continues his streak of hitting top ten times at every meet, this time in the 100 and 200, and Ruby Bergstrom grabbed two, too—in long jump and for second all time in high jump. The women’s distance crew had a great day: Leah Remiker ran a top ten time in the 800, and power duo Claire Matthai and Maya Winfield ran awesome 1500 times! Mckenna Thom mooooo-ved on up the 100 list, Ben Harmon cracked it in the 400, Jacob Rhodes jumped onto the high jump list, and Hayden Metzger threw himself onto the shotput one. Great job, everyone! This outdoor season is shaping up to be an incredible one. 

Lawrence University Viking Twilight: Was tragically not in the cards for the Cows this year due to bad weather and a change of date 🥺

Drake Alternative: Another change-of-date meet! Luckily, some Cows were lucky enough to travel down to Whitewater and have a great day. Sam Culwell set a new 200 PR and moved up on the all time list, and both Samarth Borath and Leah Remiker both had incredible 800 runs to move to second place on the WTC list. Tommy Dougherty improved his tenth place triple distance, and Lily Hamacher improved her second place 100 hurdles time! Great job, everyone! We'll see you at the last meet of the year.

Eagle Open: THE LAST MEET OF THE YEAR! Cap off your finals week with a weekend at the beautiful UW-Lacrosse, and race on Friday, May 9. Thanks to an awesome ASM grant, this meet will be very low cost OR FREE, depending on how many people sign up. We'll stay overnight in Lacrosse so we don't have to drive back super late at night, and go for a hike on Saturday morning! Sign up is now closed.

Meet fees range by meet, but are typically $20-$30 for one day meets. The more people that come to meets, the cheaper the meet fee. Make sure to sign up using your @wisc.edu email account, and that you are an official DoSportsEasy dues-paying member when you sign up for a meet.

Socials

Field Day is Saturday, May 3rd! Check Slack for locations and timing. Reach out to the VPs with any questions or social suggestions.

Volunteering & Fundraising

The Cows have a bunch of awesome volunteering and fundraising opportunities coming up!

  • RACE has resumed for the Spring! Meet at Picnic Point at on Saturdays at 9am and get matched with a running buddy for the day. This opportunity is quick and easy, and sometimes, the buddies just want to walk.
  • SUMMER TRACK SERIES is back this year!! This is WTC biggest fundraiser of the year, and we need your help to make it possible. On Exhibition Day (Monday, May 5th), come to McClimon from 6:00-7:30pm to learn how to run events. Dates and timing for the rest of the summer are coming soon. Please be sure to fill out this interest form if you'd like to help!

rapid-fire drake alternative recap with sam culwell

  • Year: Junior
  • Majors: Physics and History
  • Current binge watch: Arrested Development
  • Sprints, mid, or long distance? Definitely sprints
  • What events did you race this weekend? I ran the 100 and 200
  • What was your favorite part of the meet? PR-ing in the 200 felt really good. I did not have good times in the 100 earlier in the day, and the conditions were really good. 70 degrees and sunny was super nice.
  • Was anything at this meet super fun or super not fun? Samarth ran a crazy 800 PR and he ran like 4 seconds faster than he thought he was going to which was super hype
  • What is your favorite part of going to meets with the team? The camaraderie and cheering on the team and ofc Culver’s after
  • What’s your all-time favorite track club memory? Club relays 2025 was a blast, formal 2024 after party was also a lot of fun :shushing_face:

DISTANCE WORKOUTS
Monday
  • 2-3 miles easy warmup
    • Mid Distance
      • 400 at 95% effort, 5min recovery
      • 2x800m @ 5k, 2min rest
      • 3 min rest after sets
      • 3x200 @ 800, 2min recovery
    • Long Distance
      • 4x800 @ 5k, 400m steady recovery
      • 5 minute rest
      • 800m cutdown - each 200m progressively faster, finishing at mile effort
  • 1-2 mile cooldown
Tuesday Easy run, 3-7 miles + strides
Wednesday
  • 2-3 miles easy warmup
    • Mid Distance
      • 2x200m @ mile, 200m jog
      • 1k @ threshold/10k effort, 2min recovery
      • 2x200 @ 800, 200m walk recovery
    • Long Distance
      • 1k @ 5k effort, 400m jog
      • 2x400, 2x200 @ 5k down to 1mi effort, 200m jog 
  • 1-2 mile cooldown
Thursday LAST DAY OF PRACTICE 🥺

Easy run, 3-7 miles + strides

Friday LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Saturday FIELD DAY
SPRINTS & FIELD WORKOUTS
Monday (@5:30 @McClimon) Sprints
  • 3x250 @ 95%, full recovery

Vertical Jumps: Approaches all week!!!!

Horizontal Jumps: 

    • 3x 20m small bounds
    • 3x 20m large bounds
    • 2x (LJ) 12 continuous popups
    • 2x (TJ) 12 leg cycles
      • Switch legs after the first attempt
 LJ
  • Standing broad jump into pit (4x)
  • Double leg bounds into pit (3 bounds and then land in pit, total 4x)
TJ
  • 6 step to full speed into continuous alternating bounds with landing in the pit (run, bound, land, 6x)
  • Start about 70-80 feet out
Tuesday NO PRACTICE
Wednesday (@5:30 @McClimon) Sprints
  • 4x50 @ 95%, 5m rest. 3 point start.

Horizontal Jumps: 

    • 3x 20m small bounds
    • 3x 20m large bounds
    • 2x (LJ) 12 continuous popups
    • 2x (TJ) 12 leg cycles
      • Switch legs after the first attempt
    Everyone
    • 4x 80m sprint (2 minute rest)
    • 2 full approach with jump (LJ/TJ)
Thursday (@5:30 @Mid Distance Hill) TWO OPTIONS: 5x75m or 5x150m (half way up vs all the way up the hill). 4-8m rest.

LAST DAY OF PRACTICE !!

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, and Strava, and follow us on Instagram @wtccows!

To learn more about us, check out these slides. 

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

Thanks for checking out this week's Moosletter! As always, remember to send your Almost Meet Day pictures!

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