Practice Updates

With the end of the semester coming up, we wanted to give you all a few updates on how practice will be running until winter break.

• Distance practice: now begins at 4:30pm! We're done with structured workouts for the semester--great work on a successful cross country season!--but we'll continue to meet Monday-Thursday outside Union South.
• Sprints and Field practice: will remain at 5:30pm, but will now meet at the Near West Fields. THERE IS NO SPRINTS PRACTICE THIS WEEK!

Please feel free to reach out to the event VPs (Sam Culwell, Lauren Fligge, Grace Nwankwo, or Nathan Phillips) with any questions about practices or workouts!

Cross Country meet schedule

Thank you to everyone who made the 2025 cross country season a success! We're so grateful for everyone who coordinated sign-up (Nathan Simon), travel (Lauren Tears), finances (Adam Kitay), pictures (Elliot Grodsky), uniforms (Kate Bjorklund), cross country practices and workouts (Lauren Fligge and Nathan Phillips with Claudia Salgado), and everything in between (lots of people, but especially Jacob Alejandro). We couldn't have done it without all of them or without all of your dedication and hard work this season. I don't think we say it enough: THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE OF WTC! See you soon for track!!

Vic Godfrey Open: A couple very dedicated Cows trekked on down to UW-Parkside on Friday to kick off their season with an early (pre-season?) race. They ran incredibly well--I think we're on track to win NIRCA nationals this year!

Lakeshore Time Trial: Thanks to everyone who made our intrasquad time trial a success! We had tons of Cows come out to test their fitness and have a good time doing it. Congrats go out especially to men's winner Nathan Simon and women's winner Dasha Vorontsov!

Badger Classic: Congrats to everyone who ran on Friday against some very high quality D1 competition! Lauren Tears was our first (and only!) women's finisher, and Jacob Alejandro brought it home for us on the men's side, with Mason Weber close behind. The Cows are definitely here to compete this year--let's see how fast we can get! Find complete results here.

Border Battle: OUR SIGNATURE EVENT!! We're proud to say that we defended our borders this weekend with a sweep (🧹🧹🧹) with a win on both the women's and men's sides. Huge shoutout to Nathan Simon and all the other volunteers who made sure that this race ran a whole lot more smoothly than it did last time! Congratulations especially go out to Dasha Vorontsov, who brought home the win for the women, and Mason Weber, who led the men. The boys took home a clean sweep, finishing with a 15-point perfect score. Great work, everyone! We survived another battle with the borders (and Verona's hills and heat). You can find results here.

Warrior Invite: The Cows pulled out team (and individual!) wins this weekend at Wisconsin Lutheran College's Warrior Invite. Dasha Vorontsov (1), Lauren Tears (2), Lauren Fligge (4), Maddie Paradis (13), and Kristin Donart (14) led the women to a low, low 34-point team score, while Mason Weber (1), Owynn Garrelts (4), Tony Camacho (6), Jacob Alejandro (7), and Ethan Sefker (17) stormed to a 29-point victory! NIRCA may be dropping us in the rankings, but I think our races are speaking for themselves in terms of how ready WTC is for championship season. Great work everyone! Cows achieve! Find complete results here.

Gene Davis Invite: Thanks to everyone who speeded (sped?) along at this club-favorite meet this year! WTC showed out tons of PRs, and came away with some incredible team and individual scores. As is becoming typical, Mason Weber (5), let the men's side, and Dasha Vorontsov (1) brought it home for the women, bringing in another win! Owynn Garrelts (6), Adam Kitay (10), Justin Zens (14), and Aimon Van Houten (15) made up the rest of the men's score. Lauren Tears (12), Jojo Knauss (14), Lauren Fligge (15), and Madeline Paradis (33) brought it in for the women! Congrats to all our Big Apple(ton) racers! Find complete results here.

NIRCA Regionals: THE WISCONSIN TRACK CLUB COWS ARE YOUR 2025 NIRCA GREAT PLAINS REGIONAL CHAMPIONS!! We're so proud of how everyone kicked off the 2025 championship season! The men finished with a final score of 33, with Mason Weber (2), Nathan Simon (4), Jacob Alejandro (6), Wil Lackner (10), and Justin Zens (11) all scoring for the team. On the women's side, Dasha Vorontsov (1), Claire Matthai (3), Jojo Knauss (5), Madeline Paradis (13), and Megan Curran (23) all contributed to the team's final 44-point score. Tons of great performances all around! We're so excited to bring this energy into the rest of championship season. Cows achieve! Find complete results here.

UW-Oshkosh Open: Shoutout to all the Cows who ate it up at UW-Oshkosh this weekend! The men brought it in with 5 finishes in the top 15: Mason Weber (2), Jacob Alejandro (3), Adam Kitay (4), and Nathan Simon (5) showed out with the power of a running pack, and Tony Camacho (13) finished out our men's scorers. On the women's side, Claire Matthai brought home the win (!!!), and Lauren Tears (8) and Amelia Alvarez (48) rounded out our girl's results. You can find complete results here, and we'll see you in two weeks for the last meet of the season!

NIRCA Nationals: Congratulations to everyone who braved the thirteen hour car ride to Hershey, PA for NIRCA Nationals! The men's championship group finished 6th overall; Mason Weber (10), Jacob Alejandro (31), Nathan Simon (45), Justin Zens (73), and Adam Kitay (74) all scored. The women's team came in at 10th overall, with Dasha Vorontsov (3), Claire Matthai (16), Jojo Knauss (53), Lauren Fligge (71), and Lauren Tears (128) all scoring. In the freshman/sophomore men's race, Owynn Garrelts brought home the win (!!!!!!), and Aimon van Houten finished 4th overall. We're so proud of all of our racers, and we'll see you next cross country season! You can find complete results here.

Madison Marathon: While this isn't technically a club race, the Cows had lots of racers compete in both the Madison Marathon and the Madison Half this Sunday. We had tons of incredible showings, PRs, and first-time finishers, and everyone did awesome, especially considering the shock of the first really cold run of winter. Great work, everybody! You can find complete results here.

socials

• The men's and women's socials are THIS WEEK! Check cow-boys or wtc-women on Slack for more information.
• Y'all know what month it is! Clear your calendars for all of November--Brinner is coming soon!

Volunteering & Fundraising

The Cows have a bunch of awesome volunteering and fundraising opportunities coming up! You can find volunteering sign up here. NEW THIS YEAR: In order to be considered for a position for the 2025 Board, you MUST have completed at least 5 hours of volunteering in 2025. 

• Ainsley's Angels has a couple dates left! Be sure to check out the volunteering calendar or get in contact with volunteer coordinator Jenna Auth for more information about this opportunity!
• Concessions spots are still open for November 22! Support the Badgers and the Cows with this super spirit-packed opportunity. You can eat as much Camp Randall concessions food as you'd like, and bring home a Badgers food-safety baseball hat!
• Save lives at this year's YoungbloodxWTC Blood Drive! We're looking for Cows to donate their blood as well as their time on December 11. Check out the volunteering spreadsheet for more information.