Oregon State Triathlon Club
Fall Term Meeting
September 27, 2016
You don’t need to do a tri to be in the club! You are welcome to just practice with us at the workout(s) you choose and that’s it! We welcome beginners! We make all practices beginner friendly and there are always options for your level. We will teach you how to swim, bike, and run if you want to learn. Please come to practice to see what we mean! We are so happy to have you!
Introduction of the officers
President: Quincy Gill
Vice President: Kevin Le
Secretary: Colette Pruitt
Treasurer:Ian Morelan
Webmaster: Rylee Glassman
Social: Mairin Fahey + Colette Pruitt
Sponsorship: Bryce Thornton
Volunteer: Melissa Britsch + MandiDesmarteau
Apparel: John Martinez
Recruitment: Josh Erkman + Erika Mittermaier
Travel: Open! Interested? Let us know!
Introduction of the coaches
Michael “Taz” Tasman
Blair Bronson
Staci Partridge
Nate Smith
Kara Smith
Erica McKenzie
Purpose
Promote knowledge of and participation in the sport of triathlon, and to provide a network of training and racing opportunities and assistance at ALL levels. We aim to remove all barriers to participating in triathlon/multisport races.
What the Tri Club has to offer you!
Beginner friendly environment
Race entry fees paid for by the club *if you volunteer in return (see volunteering)
Sponsorship deals to get gear for cheap
Many group practice options
COACHING!
High quality uniforms and training gear
Social gatherings (outside of practice)
Pancake breakfasts
Motivation
Training equipment
New friends
Your commitment to the Tri Club
Minimum commitment
Dues ($40)
0 hours of your time
-You can commit as much or as little as you’d like to the club. As you saw from a show of hands, almost every single returning member in the club has had a time where they did not attend any scheduled practices for weeks at a time. You are students first, so school comes first. If things get crazy, don’t worry! We will welcome you with open arms when you have time to practice later.
Optional (if you don’t plan to race)
Volunteering
- Even if you don’t plan to race, we would love your help at our fundraising events. Volunteering is great karma!
Practice
Every practice is optional! You can go to all or none, up to you!
- See note above. No one on our team attends all the practices and we don’t even want you to try. There are so many options because we hope at least a couple will work for your schedule. If none of them work, send an email to the list or watch the list for invites to other workouts throughout the week.
Becoming a Member
Pay your dues
- $40 / year checks out to OSU Triathlon Club - Cash is ok too
- You must give your dues directly to an officer. Please bring dues to practice.
Sign a waiver / sign up with rec sports (online or paper)
- Waivers MUST be submitted before you may participate in any practices.
- Waivers are available here
1. log in
2. click the “clubs” tab
3. search for tri or triathlon
4. click the join now bottom and follow the prompts from there.
Join the list serve
- The list serve is the means of communication within the club. Workouts meetings and all other inquiries are sent out via the list serve. Anyone can join the list serve.
- Visit the web site
- Fill out the form with your email and password. If you are an onid user, you can use your same password.
- Note: The last question before selection the subscribe button is: "Would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?"
- By selecting no (default), you will receive individual emails in real time. By selecting yes, you will receive 1 email a day usually around noon.
- If you get the digest, you will likely miss last minute emails for practices, so we recommend starting out in real time.
- A lot of emails are sent through the list serve and if you don't like to receive multiple emails a day, the digest is a good way to lessen the impact on your inbox. You can always change this option by revisiting the above site and editing your options at the bottom of the page.
- Also, if you receive digest emails, you will need your user name and password to access attachments. Just click the attachment link and put in your information to view the file.
- Please note: There are nearly 400 people on the list serve, and your email goes to all ofthem. Please use discretion and appropriate language. Nothing about alcohol ever.
Sign up to volunteer for the Fever (October 16th)
- Sign up here:
Mark your calendar for the Freezer April 1st
Start coming to practice!
Waiver
Fall Calendar
Date Time Event
9/26/16 see schedulePractices Beginsee schedule
10/2/16 11ish amFirst Pancake Breakfast (approx. every other weekend) KEM’s (see later email)
10/8/166:15-6:45pmClinic: How to fix a flat Women’s Building 19
10/14/163:00pm-?Beaver Fever Equipment LoadingClub Storage
10/15/16 12:00-5:00pmBeaver Fever Set UpPhilomath
10/16/166:00am-3:00pmBeaver Fever Race Volunteering Philomath
TBD10:00am-1:00pmClinic:Underwater swim analysis Pool/lower class
TBD6:00-7:00pm Clinic:How to create a training plan If there is interest
TBD12:00-2:00pm Clinic:General bike maintenanceBike Shop/lower class
TBDby appointmentBike Fit Nate and Kara’s
Sponsorship
We have amazing sponsors. Everyone who volunteers at the Fever will become eligible for sponsorship.
Pearl Izumi, ROKA, Corvallis Cyclery, Trek, SRAM, Vertebrata, Best in the West.
Fundraising
Beaver Fever Duathlon and Triathlon
October 16th
Beaver Freezer Triathlon
April 1st
We make all our money this way which allows us to travel and race for free! Please help by volunteeringand bringing a friend. The more, the merrier!
Club Funding
Students:
Dues only = practice only
Above + Freezer = practice, non-travel club race entries paid
Above + Fever = practice, all club race entries paid, eligible for sponsorship deals, eligible for nationals,
50% reduced kit
Above + Coordinator or additional 10 volunteer hours = above + 75% reduced kit
Above + Officer or Race Director = above + extra race money
Alumni, staff and faculty:
Dues only = practice only
Above + Freezer + Fever = practice, 50% race fee discount for local races, eligible for sponsorship
Above + 10 additional volunteer hours = above + 50% race fee discount for travel races + 50% reducedkit
Alumni/staff/faculty cannot be coordinators.
The more you do for the club, the more we give you!
Volunteering
Members are required to volunteer at the Fever and the Freezer for full race fee coverage.
We have pretty much covered it by now. Just know, if you can’t make it, there are still options to get yourrequirements taken care of!
Club Funded Races
Kingsley Field Du
HOTV Tri
*Nationals
*Wildflower
Oregon Dunes
*Troika
Blue Lake
*Pac Crest
Hagg Lake
Tri at the Grove
*Lake Tye Tri
Best in the West
*travel races, you must volunteer for both the fever and freezer to get these paid for.
Other Races (not club funded)
Mustache Dache 5k club - discount
Run to Get Lucky 5k/15k club - discount and group spin before
Corvallis Half Marathon club –discount
Stayton Tri
Tune Up Race 2015
Practice Freezer (March)
Fever course (April)
Think about it... Vote at our winter meeting! Which course would you prefer to do as a tune up race forfree in the early season?
Short introduction to the races, too. More on this at the winter term meeting.
Apparel
Uniforms are available for purchase.
Warm ups
General Swag
Nationals
Tuscaloosa, AL
4 guys, 4 gals
Applications required for funding – if you would like to see the application, email Staci. You cannot getnationals paid for if it will be your first triathlon or your first open water swim. Going as a first year clubmember can happen, you just need to work hard for the club. This is an all-expense paid trip, so you needto show that you are willing to work hard to support the club in return. If you want to go and aren’tselected, you can certainly travel with us,you will just need to pay for your own flights etc.
Due December 1st by 5pm