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Welcome back, everyone! If you are reading this, you survived the first week of practice. Once you have completed your membership survey, IMLeagues forms, and paid your dues, it is smooth sailing from here!

💬 Join Our Group Me(s)

Announcements Chat: This is used for time-sensitive announcements that can’t wait for the weekly email, like race sign up reminders and weather related practice cancellations.

General Chat: A place for everyone to chat with each other regardless of what practice group they’re a part of.

Practice group-specific chats: Your captains will add you to these. Come to practice and ask to be added if you aren’t in it already. This is for communication within groups.

👀 Where Do We Meet?

We have practice every weekday at 6pm at the Johnson-Miller Track Complex unless there is a university holiday. You can park in front of the track (unless there’s a game happening) or at the Chicken Hill lot. We understand that you are all busy college students, so everything we do from practice to socials to meets is optional, but we would still love to see you come out as often as you can!

🏃 Membership Requirements

Here are the three items you must complete in order to be an official member of the club.These must be completed by this Friday, September 13th.

1. Complete the membership survey.

2. Fill out your IMLeagues forms. Remember, you do not have to pay the $25 intramurals fee. Detailed instructions for what to click can be found on the join page of our website here.

3. Pay your dues! Dues are $30 if you are not competing this semester and $100 if you are. Dues must be paid by cash or check only (checks made out to “Treasurer at Virginia Tech”)! Dues cover your travel and lodging expenses as well as entry fees for 5 meets each semester.

The location to pay dues has changed! Dues are now paid at the Sport Clubs office in War Memorial Gym. The office is on your left just past where you swipe to get in. They are only accepting dues payments at specific hours. The hours for this week are as follows:

• Monday: 2:30 - 5:30 pm

• Tuesday: 8:30 - 11:30 am

• Wednesday: 8:30 - 11:30 am

• Thursday: 2:30 - 5:30 pm

• Friday: 9:30 - 11:30 am

Again, everything must be completed by this Friday, September 13.

⚔️ Our First Race at UVA (9/21)

It’s only the second week of practice but we’re already signing up for the first meet. We are super excited to beat UVA in their home turf as we’ve done many, many, times before and you won’t want to miss this season opener tradition, so make sure to sign up here by this Friday, September 13th!

REMINDER: THERE ARE NO TRYOUTS OR CUTS. YOU CAN RACE BY SIMPLY SIGNING UP AND COMPLETING THE MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS FOR RACING.

The following is a message from our Race Coordinator, Ellie:

If you have not raced with us before, I NEED you to fill out this form (also found in step 1 below) by Tuesday, September 10. This is so I can create your NIRCA account so that you can eventually be registered to race. 

Here's what you need to do:

1. Fill out this form by 9/10/2024 (I will create your account with this info).

2. Verify your account via the email NIRCA will send you.

3. NIRCA will send you an email to fill out a waiver. Try to do this ASAP!

4. Once you fill out the waiver, I can then register you for the race.

If you are hesitant about whether or not you want to race, we encourage you to watch this video from one of our alumni. We think it’ll give you a good idea of what our competitions look like. We are taking applications for inflatable dinosaurs too, as Tyler graduated that year and we’ve had no one step up to take his place.

🌯 🥑 Chipotle Percentage Night (9/10)

It’s time for our first team dinner of the season! We will be going to Chipotle on Main Street after practice. 25% of the proceeds support the club and help us keep dues low. You must show them this flyer or tell them you're with VT Club XCTF for us to get the percentage from your order. Hope to see you all there!

⚽️ Rec Field Social (9/14)

Come out to the Rec Fields thisSaturday, September 14 at noon to play games! We’ll have spikeball, football, frisbees, soccer, etc. If you have anything else you’d like to play, please bring it! This is yet another great opportunity to meet your teammates.

🏋️ Team Lifts on Thursdays

New this year, we’ll be having a team-wide lifting session after practice on Thursdays at the Bubble right next to practice! We had our first session last week and it was a big success. Not only will you become a stronger and better athlete, but this is the perfect opportunity to meet the rest of your team besides your training group.

Take a look at our recap videofrom last year. If you like what you see, we’ve got a lot more on the way. Here’s to a great year, everyone!