Fw: First Union collegiate race (fwd)

[T. Erickson]

Coolegiate Racing at First Union!  Lemme know whattya think.

Don't forget the meeting tonight.  Hub 200AB at 7

Busto

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 06:00:15 -0700
From: Bill and Joan Wykoff <wykoff at moscow.com>
To: Daimeon Shanks <dshanks at gladstone.uoregon.edu>,
     Rusty Beall <beal4955 at uidaho.edu>,
     Rob Whitacre <RWhitacrNOAH at montana.campuscwix.net>,
     Christina Friedt <CFriedt at starbucks.com>,
     timmy evens <monkey_lips at yahoo.com>,
     T. Erickson <mtbiker at u.washington.edu>,
     Chris Crosby <crosbycj at whitman.edu>,
     Damian Schmitt <schmittd at ucs.orst.edu>,
     Doug Swanson <dswanson at montana.edu>, Bill Wutzke <wwutzke at wsunix.wsu.edu>,
     nwccc-info at cycling.org
Subject: Fw: First Union collegiate race

We are just a week or so away from the first ever NWCCC mtb event--please
let the promoter know if you are planning to attend (Russ Williams
rxwillia at aol.com).

I know it is early in the year to be thinking about road, but I would
appreciate any comments on the attached?  Any teams or individuals think
that they might be interested in participating?  I hope to have a revised
web page up in a week or so--I'm new at this game so patience will be
required and suggestions will be appreciated.  I am trying to include all
team directors as contact points for individuals at your school that might
want to participate.  Team directors who have not already done so should
send me their current contact info as soon as possible

Regards, Bill

Subject: First Union collegiate race


> Dear Conference Directors and Committee members,
>
> I have been speaking to Lou Marciani from Octagon Marketing (formerly
> Advantage International) about possibly adding a collegiate category duing
> the First Union Philadelphia weekend.  The race would probably be on June
> 3rd in Philadelphia the day before the USPRO championships.  Octagon would
> set up a career expo party after the event for the athletes.  They would
> get a title sponsor for the race, do all the marketing and promotions,
> there would be a prize purse etc.  I personally think this would be a
great
> opportunity for collegiate to get exposure, possibly attract sponsors and
> be fun for the athletes.
>
> What Lou has asked of me is to find out if the collegiate athletes are
> interested and if they would come and compete as a team after school is
out
> in early June.  The race would be open to anyone (team or individual) but
> we talked about putting a category restriction on the race.  He would like
> to attend our committee meeting in a few weeks to get ideas from the NCCA
> committee and speak to the athletes about the event.
>
> What I need from you is feedback from you and the athletes in your
> conference.  Octagon would like to move ahead on this immediatly if they
> think the race will attract a large number of athletes.  If you could
> please forward this e-mail or send one out yourself asking for input, I
> would appreciate it.  I would like to get back to Lou prior to the meeting
> so he does not waste his time flying to Georgia.
>
> Please give me a call if you have any questions.
>
> Thanks,
> Tara
>