Hi all,


Here is the final version of the NECTC 2008 race schedule.

I know it's end of the semester and you are all busy, preparing for the
finals, but please communicate with your team members and make up a plan
for the exciting second season of the NECTC before the summer break!


We basically selected the most-attended races from the 2007 season. As
in the last season, let's make it a requirement to attend the
championship race (Mightyman) to win the overall regional title, while
you can count in scores from at most two races prior to the
championships. (If you attended all the three races before the
championship, you can use the score from the two best races.) Let me
know if you have any questions.


1) Aug. 24 Cranberry County (MA)
    Website:  http://www.cranberrycountrytri.com/
    Format: Olympic

2) Sep. 13 Lobsterman (ME)
    Website: http://www.tri-maine.com/Lobster.html
    Format: Olympic

3) Sep. 21 Finger Lakes (NY)
    Website:  http://www.fingerlakestriathlon.com/
    Format: Sprint

4) Oct. 4 Mightyman Sprint - Regional Championships (NY)
    Website: http://www.eventpowerli.com/2008/index.cfm?ID=52
    Format: Sprint

The registration procedures for the races are not fixed yet. I'll keep
you updated as we negotiate with the race organizers.
(Wait for my next post for the Cranberry Triathlon registration.)

Have a good summer and I'm looking forward to see you all in the fall
(if not at a race in the summer)!

K

--- In NECTC@yahoogroups.com, Eric Averill <eric.averill@...> wrote:
>
> I had the privilege of attending the Collegiate Nationals last
weekend
> in Tuscaloosa. The energy and excitement displayed by collegiates
is
> unmatched in our sport. It's gratifying to see triathletes come
together
> in an atmosphere of healthy, spirited competition and have so much
fun.
> USAT should do everything possible to support and stimulate
Collegiate
> Triathlon. You truly advance the Multisport Lifestyle.
>
> Eric Averill
> USAT Board of Directors Northeast Region
>


Eric,

I couldn't agree with you more.  The entire weekend was filled with
spirit and energy at a level that is rarely matched.  Great job to
the 117+ schools that made the great effort to travel and compete!

Bart Davis
US Collegiate Triathlon
www.usctri.com

I had the privilege of attending the Collegiate Nationals last weekend
in Tuscaloosa. The energy and excitement displayed by collegiates is
unmatched in our sport. It's gratifying to see triathletes come together
in an atmosphere of healthy, spirited competition and have so much fun.
USAT should do everything possible to support and stimulate Collegiate
Triathlon. You truly advance the Multisport Lifestyle.

Eric Averill
USAT Board of Directors Northeast Region

They seem to have put a good effort in this.  I encourage you to join
the site.

http://www.usctri.com/

K

Thanks to those who provided feedback. I am still looking for more
feedback. I am particularly interested in knowing races you or your
team are planning to do during the summer. Since we'll be rather
spread out during the summer, if we are having a race during the
summer, I would like to make sure we will have a good attendance.

So far I collected following races:

1) Jun. 7, Mooseman Triathlon (New Found Lake, NH)
http://www.timbermantri.com/moosemanindex.html

2) Jun. 30, Shipbuilders Triathlon (Bath, ME)

http://www.tri-maine.com/Shipbuilders%20news.htm

3) Aug. 3, Wild Cat Sprint Triathlon (Lowell, MA)

http://www.firm-racing.com/prerace.asp?RID={612ABB30-BC24-4EDE-A7CF-18327AFC6756\
}

4) Aug. 3, ITC Cayuga Lake Triathlon (Ithaca, NY)

http://www.ithacatriathlonclub.org/race/default.html

5) Aug. 10, Cazenovia Triathlon (Cazenovia, NY)
http://www.cnytriathlon.org-a.googlepages.com/cazenoviatriathlonhome

Like I mentioned earlier, 5) is the best bet if we want a decent
support from race organizers. Another interesting idea (suggested by
Rori@BU) is to do the Cayuga Lake Triathlon. The race is the Sprint
Distance National Championship this year, so some of you are planning
to go to the race anyway. It is a very well organzied race, and if we
have a good turn-out, we can ask the race organizer to support us from
next year.

The Cayuga Lake Triathlon is filling up very quickly, so let me know
asap if you think this is a good idea.

Thanks,

Keisuke Inoue
SU. Triathlon Club

Hi all,

I hope you are having good winter training, preparing for the
coming-up Nationals and the NECTC season that follows it. I have a
couple of ideas that I would like to share with you and have feedback
from you all.

1. FALL RACE SCHEDULE:

I propose the following races for our fall season.

1) Aug. 24 Cranberry County (MA)
2) Sep. 13 Lobsterman (ME)
3) Sep. 21 Finger Lakes (NY)
4) Oct.  4 Mightyman Sprint - Regional Championships  (NY)

I think 1), 2), and 4) are no-brainers. The races are very well
organized and the race organizers are very supportive.

3) is a bit far from many schools. But for Syracuse (and a few other
schools in our area), all the races are 6+ hours drive distance, so I
would like to include it. I think the race is well-organized and the
venue is great, worth travelling. I hope other schools will be
interested in doing this race, but I would love to hear oinions and
alternative ideas from other schools.


2. SUMMER RACES

In addition, I think we can have a couple of summer races, if there's
enougth interests. Let me know if you know any good races in the
region during the summer, or any races that you or your school will
participate.

* If there's not enough interest, we won't do it, so let me how you think.

I have a couple of races in my mind:

1) Jun. 30 Shipbuilders Triathlon (Bath, ME)

This is a olympic distance triathlon, organized by the same race
organizer of the Lobsterman, so we can assume the race will be
organized.

    http://www.tri-maine.com/Shipbuilders%20news.htm

2) Aug. 10, Cazenovia Triathlon (Cazenovia, NY)

This is a race organized by a local triathlon club in Syracuse so I'm
sure we can get discount as a collegaite and a separate wave start.
There are intermediate and sprint distances. The problem of this race
is travel. I think pretty much everyone has to travel for this race.
(Even SU people are not in town during the summer.) They let athletes
to use the dorm rooms of the near-by Cazenovia College, so
accommodation is cheap (~$40).

    http://www.cnytriathlon.org-a.googlepages.com/cazenoviatriathlonhome

Again, let me know how you guys think.

Keisuke Inoue,
NECTC & SU Tri. Club



K

Did you try Champion System (http://champ-sys.com/)?

They are generous enough to provide us the leader jerseys and offer a
very nice deal (low minimum, no color charges, low cost). The
turn-around is faster than other makers, too, in my experience, so if
you are aiming for the Nationals, they have a better chance.

K




Keisuke Inoue wrote:
> Did you try Champion System (http://champ-sys.com/)?
>
> They are generous enough to provide us the leader jerseys and offer a
> very nice deal (low minimum, no color charges, low cost). The
> turn-around is faster than other makers, too, in my experience, so if
> you are aiming for the Nationals, they have a better chance.
>
> K
>
>
>
>
> Audrey Perlow wrote:
>>
>> Hello conference!
>>
>> Happy off season!  The Northeastern University Triathlon Team is
>> looking into getting uniforms in time for Nationals.  Can anyone
>> recommend a good distributor/contact to work with?  We have a design,
>> but are having a hard time finding companies with triathlon apparel
>> and/or making some companies' required minimum orders (~25 pieces for
>> some places).  Our current order will be about half that size.  Any
>> advice/companies/contacts you can share would be appreciated.  If you
>> could reply to me and our VP Jen (CC'd) who is heading up our uniform
>> effort that would be great.
>>
>> Thanks!  Happy training!  (And two members of our team, Jen and Alex,
>> will be at Nationals so look for them in April!)
>>
>> -Audrey-
>>
>> Audrey Perlow
>> President
>> Northeastern University Triathlon Team
>>
>>
>
>

---

To: NECTC@yahoogroups.com
CC: jennifer.stringfellow@...
From: audreyleeperlow@...
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:53:14 -0500
Subject: [NECTC] Seeking uniform advice

Hello conference!

Happy off season!  The Northeastern University Triathlon Team is looking into getting uniforms in time for Nationals.  Can anyone recommend a good distributor/contact to work with?  We have a design, but are having a hard time finding companies with triathlon apparel and/or making some companies' required minimum orders (~25 pieces for some places).  Our current order will be about half that size.  Any advice/companies/contacts you can share would be appreciated.  If you could reply to me and our VP Jen (CC'd) who is heading up our uniform effort that would be great.

Thanks!  Happy training!  (And two members of our team, Jen and Alex, will be at Nationals so look for them in April!)

-Audrey-

Audrey Perlow
President
Northeastern University Triathlon Team

Now that the new year has come, you maybe, just maybe, have been thinking about
your
summer racing schedule.  And maybe some have you considered signing up for the
collegiate
70.3 (half ironman) championship in Lawrence, Kansas?  Its June 15th and also a
qualifier for
Clearwater. This is its first year so hasn't sold out yet, although nearly all
other 70.3 filled up
quickly, so I would consider registering soon.  Once you do, get in contact with
me, and we
can represent the NECTC (plus it would be easiest to minimize costs by sharing
transportation and hotel rooms etc).

enjoy the cold weather, if you are one of those crazy people

-Russ

Thanks to all the participants of the NECTC '07! We started the season
with a modest turn-out, but finished it with a great success. I hope you
all enjoyed the season and come back next year.

Congratulations to the overall champion Julia Roman-duval (Boston) and
Paul Knelpley (Syracuse), as well as the team winners UVM and Boston
University!

I put the picture from the Mightyman on the website http://nectc.net (I
screwed the news...hopefully Bret will fix it soon...). I think it's
really nice picture, so check it out. If you want an original image with
a better resolution, e-mail Mike (mtfenoff.syr.edu). If you are an award
winner, he might have a picture of you, as well, so e-mail him.

Thanks again and I hope to see you all at the nationals. Have a good off
season!

K

Hey all,

I got a couple of e-mails from those who missed this great deal. So I
asked Victoria@XTerra to extend the deal. The coupon code is now
reactivated and will be valid until next Thursday (Oct. 11).

Again, this is really a good deal, so pass on to your team mates!


K, SUTC & NECTC

----------          ----------          ----------

If you don't have a wetsuit, you should buy one now.
I am happy to announce that our new sponsor, XTerra Wetsuit is offering
us a whopping *50%* discount for all the brand-new '07 models.

As far as I know, this is way cheaper than the cost for the most bike
tri. shops. Not to mention, XTerra is one of the top triathlon wetsuits
brands.

This is a very special discount for the NECTC teams and a limited time
offer. So if you are thinking about buying a new wetsuit, go the
following website and use the coupon code: CTC50 NOW.
http://www.xterrawetsuits.com/onlineshopping.html

The offer will end on Saturday, 22nd.

Oh, one more thing: every six purchases we make, we will get one wetsuit
for free! So I am thinking about raffling it off to you at the
Championships (Mightyman)!

Let me know if you have any question.

K
SUTC & NECTC

Hi all,

I just got a message from Vicki, saying we have *59* collegiate
participants in Mightyman so far. This is, by far, the largest
collegiate competition in our region!

So thank you to all the captains who are brining their teams together
and individuals coming to the race! Good luck to you all and see you
soon at the race.

K, NECTC & SUTC

Hey,

I am wondering any other schoold did the Finger Lakes. I thought I
heard from Linda that RIT or UofR were doing. Let us know.

K, NECTC & SUTC

One more thing about the Mightyman:

As I announced earlier, you can volunteer for the the race on the next
day of our race and get $50 reimbursement for your race entry fee. In
addition, the race volunteer will be invited to the staff party on
Sat. after the race, so get the free meal, too.

I need to know a rough count of volunteers by tomorrow afternoon, so
if you or your team is going to the race, and planning to do
volunteering please let me know.  So far I know only BU (how many?)
and SU are doing.


Thanks!

K

This is will be the last reminder to register for Mightyman.
The race information is available at:
    http://www.longislandtri.com/index.cfm?ID=32

It's a short sprint distance triathlon, which is perfect for even
beginners. This will be our last race in this season, and I am
expecting it will be the largest race for the collegiate triathletes
in the region EVER, so don't miss this great event!

If you would like to pay by a check, or online registration is closed,
you can e-mail the following information to the the race director
Vicki <eventpower@...>, and send a check ($75 per person) to the
following address:

Athlete Information:
    First Name:
    Last Name:
    Age:
    DOB:
    Email Address:
    Collegiate Conference: NECTC
    Address:
    City:
    State:
    Zip:
    USAT #:
    T-Shirt size:

Address
    Event Power
    PO Box 1626
    Southampton NY 11969

Thanks,

K

I totally agree with the points Bret made.

This is a good lesson that we learned. For next year, by planning the
season good ahead, and knowing which teams are going to which races
ahead of the season, we can avoid the problem, all of which need all the
teams to meet up to discuss at some point. We should talk more a the
Mightyman.

This conference has just started and we need more input and active
participation from all the schools, i.e. BU, Syracuse, MIT, Yale, West
Point, UVM, Brown, Harvard, WU, PSU, and NE. We really want *all of you*
to be involved in the discussion and competition.

We have been fortunate to have Bret, as a USAT Collegiate Commission,
and the board members in USAT North East (Steve Kelly, Ian Briggs, and
Eric Averill), all of whom have been very supportive of our conference.

I heard we are becoming a role model of other collegiate conferences. It
   is really a time for all of us to get involved and discuss, plan, and
implement the better conference.


K
SUTRI & NECTC




Bret Fortenberry wrote:
> Yes this is something we would need to vote on.  I have been trying to
> put together a conference board that consist of one representative from
> each team and that items like this must be voted by the board.  I do not
> want it where a select few make the decision for the whole conference.
>
> I agree this is not fair for the competitiveness for the conference.  On
> the other hand much of this is due to the fact that many teams did not
> go to most of the races.
>
> The four issues that I want to bring up are:
> 1. It would not really be fair for the person that actually went to the
> race.  However, I understand your point and there are options to make it
> where we only count her individual score and not the team score.  I
> cannot take away her individual score.
> 2. There are still two races this week that have people going to the
> race.  Fingerlakes is also closed but vineland is open.  I know of two
> teams that have people going to vineland.  Next year I think we are
> going to cancel vineland because it is too far away and only have
> fingerlakes.
> 3. I am thinking of the conference in the future years.  I personally
> want to have people know that the more races your team goes to is better
> than just going to one or two.  If people see one team excel because
> they went to more races then that is better for them.
> 4. Mighty man is worth double points and the winning team gets 200
> points rather than 100.  Also 20 points will separate the teams rather
> than 10.  I think MIT is only bringing two girls and by that they cannot
> score as high.  If a team has a full team score (4 male, 4 Female) there
> is opportunity to score several more points.  I think Boston University
> and Northeastern have people going to vineland and Syracuse is going to
> fingerlakes.  this will boost two schools by 100 and one school by 90.
> Not the ideal situation but it will make the race much tighter going
> into Mightyman.
>
> I am in no way saying that this is the decision but the above is my
> opinion.  I would love to see all the teams vote on this issue.
> However, I think the votes should be limited to one vote per team for
> all the teams that have competed or are signed up for Mightyman.  This
> vote must occur before Mightyman takes place.
>
> On 9/20/07, *Ian Sullivan* <jayapura1701@...
> <mailto:jayapura1701@...>> wrote:
>
>     Hey Brett,
>
>     In the spirit of fairness I have to ask if Zane's race is fair to
>     count as part of the rankings.  The race failed to save collegiate
>     spots and sold out quite early.  It was sold out to the extent that
>     only one person, male or female, from the conference attended the
>     race.  This clearly benefited MIT in the rankings to a degree which
>     is not indicative of the competitiveness of the conference.  The
>     other men's races averaged 8 participants, Zane's had zero.  The
>     other two women's races had an average attendance of 8 as well and
>     Zane's had one.  This seems as though an inequitable to decide a
>     large number of points in the series for the teams and individuals
>     through a race which other contestants were excluded from.
>
>
>
>     Thanks for listening,
>
>     Ian Sullivan
>     ----- Original Message ----
>     From: Bret Fortenberry <bret.fortenberry@...
>     <mailto:bret.fortenberry@...>>
>     To: NECTC@yahoogroups.com <mailto:NECTC@yahoogroups.com>
>     Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 7:24:02 PM
>     Subject: [NECTC] Point series results are up.
>
>     I know this is way over due but the point series points are finally
>     up.  The race at Mightyman is going to be very interesting.
>     The team scores are currently:
>     MIT killing everybody with: 270 points
>     UVM: 190
>     Boston University: 150
>     Syracuse: 140
>
>     However, MIT's score is based on three and the rest are based on
>     two.  The way it works is that the top four scores count and
>     Mightyman is worth double points.  This means any of the other teams
>     have a chance to earn an extra 100 points that MIT cannot win.  This
>     could potentially put one of the other teams either ahead or right
>     on MIT's tail going into Mightyman.
>
>     To view the point series race go to:
>     http://nectc. net/results07/ omnium.php
>     <http://nectc.net/results07/omnium.php>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>

Jut want to remind you that the online registration for the NECTC
Championship race (Sprint Mightyman) is still open:

http://www.longislandtri.com/index.cfm?ID=32

The race organizer for this race has been extremely supportive of our
conference, offering us:
   + $30 entry fee discount
   + volunteer opportunity for *$50 money back from entry fee*
   + race-site camping option

Other than those benefits, this will be the Collegiate Regional
Championship race, so overall winners in each division (Male
Individual, Female Individual, and Team) will be awarded at the award
ceremony.

Hope to see many of you there. Check out the my previous message for
the details about the race. And let me know if you have any questions.


Thanks,
Keisuke Inoue, SUTC & NECTC

If you don't have a wetsuit, you should buy one now.
I am happy to announce that our new sponsor, XTerra Wetsuit is offering
us a whopping *50%* discount for all the brand-new '07 models.

As far as I know, this is way cheaper than the cost for the most bike
tri. shops. Not to mention, XTerra is one of the top brands for the
triathlon market.

This is a very special discount for the NECTC teams and a limited time
offer. So if you are thinking about buying a new wetsuit, go the
following website and use the coupon code: CTC50 NOW.
    http://www.xterrawetsuits.com/onlineshopping.html

The offer will end on Saturday, 22nd.

Oh, one more thing: every six purchases we make, we will get one wetsuit
for free! So I am thinking about raffling it off to you at the
Championships (Mightyman)!

Let me know if you have any question.

K
SUTC & NECTC

Since my last e-mail, the following people have been added to the
collegiate field of Lobsterman. We now have 20 athletes in the field.
     Lindsey Holland  (MIT)
     Zuzana Trnovcova (MIT)
     Chris Oravetz    (MIT)
     Kenneth Adorisio (UVM)
(Don't be alarmed if their web-site is not updated. I got the
confirmation.)

Those who haven't registered, they can still sign up by faxing the form
to Nicole *BY END OF TODAY (9/12, Wed)*.

    Nicole Pisani
    Director of Events, Tri-Maine
    E - nicole@...
    P - 207-221-5420 ext.3
    C - 207.751.6003
    F - 207-571-8418

Or, you can sign-up in the morning of Friday. (Detail should be found at
the race info section of the their webste (http://www.tri-maine.com).

Let us know if you have any questions.


K

SU Tri. Club
NECTC





Keisuke Inoue wrote:
> Hey,
>
> The online registration for the Lobsterman has closed, but the NECTC
> members can still register for the race by faxing the forms to the race
> organizer by Sept. 10th.
>
> I attached the registration from for your convenience. In order to
> receive the collegiate discount, you need to fill in the pass code,
> which is available in the captain's page of http://nectc.net.
>
> (Contact Bret <bret@...> to obtain an access to the captain's page.)
>
> If you have any questions about the registration, contact Nicole
> nicole@....
>
> Also, here is the list of current participants sent from Nicole. Let me
> know if anyone is missed from the list.
>
> -----     -----     -----     -----
> SCHNEIDER, KATHERINE
>
> GASSMAN, AMY
>
> BENSEN, DANIEL
>
> BRADLEY, SHANNON
>
> GASSMAN, EMILY
>
> FORTENBERRY, BRET
>
> ROMAN-DUVAL, JULIA
>
> ALBERTINI, GIOVANNA
>
> LYONS, EMMA
>
> ESKRICH, SARA
>
> YOUNG, BRYAN
>
> CALLAHAN, KATE
>
> FEUOFF, MICHAEL
>
> KNEPLEY, PAUL
>
> MCCOY, JEFFREY
>
> PRESLEY, DOUG
>
> -----     -----     -----     -----
>
> Thanks,
>
> K
>
>

Hey,

The online registration for the Lobsterman has closed, but the NECTC
members can still register for the race by faxing the forms to the race
organizer by Sept. 10th.

I attached the registration from for your convenience. In order to
receive the collegiate discount, you need to fill in the pass code,
which is available in the captain's page of http://nectc.net.

(Contact Bret <bret@...> to obtain an access to the captain's page.)

If you have any questions about the registration, contact Nicole
nicole@....

Also, here is the list of current participants sent from Nicole. Let me
know if anyone is missed from the list.

-----     -----     -----     -----
SCHNEIDER, KATHERINE

GASSMAN, AMY

BENSEN, DANIEL

BRADLEY, SHANNON

GASSMAN, EMILY

FORTENBERRY, BRET

ROMAN-DUVAL, JULIA

ALBERTINI, GIOVANNA

LYONS, EMMA

ESKRICH, SARA

YOUNG, BRYAN

CALLAHAN, KATE

FEUOFF, MICHAEL

KNEPLEY, PAUL

MCCOY, JEFFREY

PRESLEY, DOUG

-----     -----     -----     -----

Thanks,

K

Hey everyone,
Two MIT triathletes would like to participate in Lobsterman, but
neither have a car and both are under 21 (and so they can't rent a
car).  Is anyone from the Boston area willing to give them a ride?  We
can supply a bike rack (2 bikes) and they're happy to bike somewhere
to meet before you drive up.  We're happy to pay for gas.

Thanks . . . let me know!
Jessica Edmonds
jedmonds@...