A Message from the board <3

We want to remind everyone to check the Slack every week (or even every day)! There's so much great information on there, as well as sign ups for meets and socials and updates about the club.  If you need any reminders about how to use Slack or how to join specific channels (#distance, #sprints-and-field, #wtc-women, etc.) feel free to reach out and let us know! We love being able to keep you all in the loop. Let us know if you have any questions!!

- Aimon, Brianna, Jacob,  Lauren, Lauren, Lottie, Nathan, Nora, Maia, Sam, Simon,  Whitney, and Wil

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: This new meet for the Cows is on Saturday, March 28th! Use this meet to get in that seed time for Nationals and scurry on up to beautiful De Pere to open the season strong. Sign up closes Saturday, March 21.
• NIRCA Nationals: Our beautiful friends are NIRCA have blessed us with a track nationals meet within reasonable driving distance of Madison! This year's national meet will be held in Olivet, Michigan, from April 11-12. It's a great way to get some big competition and have fun at an overnight meet with your teammates. Sign up closes Saturday, March 28.
• 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 closes Saturday, April 11.
• 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 annual Shamrock Shuffle on March 14, and Crazylegs Classic on April 25.

Socials

• Assassin Tag is heating up! Congrats to Lauren Tears on the first kill (Adam Kitay), and the Nathan Phillips for the second (Lauren Fligge). They remain in the mix, and so do Bret Connolly, Brianna Kiriago, Jacob Alejandro, Lottie Andersson, Maia Nebo, Nora McCormick, Tyler Swenson, and Whitney Sylvester. Nathan Simon is also out. May the odds be ever in your favor....
• Get ready to cheer the Badgers on in this year's edition of March Madness! Keep an eye out fro a message from Nathan Phillips regarding how to submit your bracket to the pool.
• Join us for a Pasta Dinner this Friday, March 20th, at the Cow House! We'll chow down at 7:00--keep an eye on the Slack to see what your grade level should bring.
• Next Friday, March 26th, we'll have a WTC Game Night! We'll have lots more information coming soon.
• Save the date for WTC Formal, happening on April 18th at Monona Terrace. Make sure that your dues are paid--sign up has been sent out to dues paying members already!
• 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 will meet every Saturday at 9am beginning April 11th 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 Cottontail Classic 5k on Saturday, April 4, and 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 !