Welcome to the website for the NorthEast Collegiate Triathlon Conference
(NECTC). The NECTC was formed in 2006 to provide an organized series of
collegiate triathlon races for northeast schools. In addition to providing an
organized series of races, the NECTC also works together to lower race
expenses, obtain collegiate benefits (such as a dedicated start wave or discounted entries) and to
organize conference wide sponsors. A list of schools that are currently part of the NECTC, along with
contact information for each team, can be found on the teams page; information on how to join the conference is
posted on the information page.
Latest News
08/27/2008 -- Dalessio and Zubris Taking Lead at Cranberry
Congrats to Dalessio (Boston Univ.) and Kim Zubris (Boston Univ.), for winning the collegiate division of the Cranberry County Triathlon and receiving the first leader jerseys of the NECTC point series in 2008!
Men
Dalessio came out of the water 47 seconds behind Paul Knepley (Syracuse Univ.), who had the fastes swim time of the division at 18:44, but while Knepley was knocking down the bike racks in transition, Dalessio took off and increased the lead with the fastest bike time (1:03:06) and the fastest run time (38:27) in the division. Dalessio finished at 2:03:47, with a 6:23 margin to Knepley, who finished the second at 2:10:03. An Ironman Lake Placid 2008 finisher Russ Erickson (Columbia) finished the third with 2:13:12.
Women
Kimberly Zubris (Boston Univ.), similarly finished with a 6:24 margin to the second place finisher Melissa Gymrek (MIT). Kathryn Bewley (Boston) finished the swim section the first in the division with 22:59, while Zburis was the second at 28:59 and Gymrek was the third
with 37:55. Zubris and Gymrek caught Bewley during the bike section with 2nd and 1st fastest bike split respectively. Gymrek closed in to Zburis during the bike and the run, but Zubris held the lead and
finished at 2:39:28. Gymrek followed Zbris at 2:46:04 and Bewley finished the third at 2:55:17.
Team Competition
Boston Univ. became the leader of the team point competition, by bringing five strong members. Congrats to all the BU members!
New Teams
Norwich and Northeastern joined the NECTC for the first this season. So our warmest welcome to both teams!
The discounted race entry fee for collegiate athletes is $65. In order to receive the discount, you need to sign up using the entry form that I posted to the mailing list.
Also, this race offers and an unique opportunity that you or your team might want to consider:
TRAIN FOR TREATMENT:
Train For Treatment is a program through which your team can enter the race by raising donations for the Hemophilia Center. Every $300 a team raise will be counted towards one entry fee for the race. As a team,
you can raise as much as you can, and pay whatever the rest you need
to pay (if any).
This is a great program that gives us an opportunity to help our community through triathlon. If you are interested, please contact Linda (linda.miller@viahealth.org or (585)922-4168).
-Keisuke Inoue
07/25/2008 -- NECTC in Triathlon Life Magazine
NECTC was on the latest issue (Summer 2008) of Triathlon Life. Check out the article and learn how the conference grew from an idea of a few collegiates and to the race series that involves more than 10 schools!
The race organizer (Tri-Maine) gave us a very generous $40 discount and reserved 50 slots. The race is very well-organized and sell out quickly every year, so don't wait until the last minute and register now!
In order to receive the discount, you will need to enter a passcode at the online registration, which I e-mailed to all of your captains. If your captain did not receive my e-mail, please let him/her know to
e-mail me (keisuke[at]nectc.net).
A quick info. about the race:
Date: Sat. September 13, 2008
Start Time: 8:30 A.M.
Where: Winslow Park in Freeport, Maine
Distances: Olympic Distance race
-Keisuke Inoue
06/19/2008 -- Cranberry County Triathlon '08 Registration
The collegiate registration for the Cranberry County Triathlon is now open. We have only 30 slots available for now, so register ASAP! (We may convince the race director to increase the size, if we fill-in the slots quickly!)
The collegiate price has been discounted to $60 and we have a separate wave for the collegiate athletes to enable everybody to race against each other.
The form is on a password protected section on the NECTC website. If your school doesn't have an access, email to Bret Fortenberry (bret@nectc.net) to have it setup.
The Cranberry Triathlon is a very well run race, which serves as a regional club championship. So I'm many of you will take this opportunity!
-Keisuke Inoue
10/11/2007 -- NECTC Championship Thanks to all the participants of the NECTC '07! We ended the season with the championship race (Mightyman Sprint) on Sept. 29th with a great success. Congratulations to the overall champion Paul Knelpley (Syracuse) and Julia Roman-duval (Boston), as well as the team winners UVM and Boston University!
-Keisuke Inoue
09/07/2007 -- Special Discount For XTerra Wetsut XTerra Wetsute has agreed to provide a whopping 40% discount for all the brand new '07 models to the NECTC teams. The detail of the discount will be sent to the mailing list within a couple of days.
If you have any questions, please contact K .
For information about XTerra Wetsuits, go to http://www.xterrawetsuits.com -Keisuke Inoue
08/25/2007 -- Finger Lakes is in NECTC Given that Madison Triathlon has sold out so quickly, I would like to add another race in the conference.
Finger Lakes Triathlon (Sprint)
Date: Sept. 23
Website: http://fingerlakestriathlon.com/
They have both Sprint and Olympic distances, but it is one weekend before the Mightyman, so I am assuming you want to do the shorter (sprint) distance.
We won't receive any discount for the race, but there are a lot cheap accommodation options and the race is very well run, well worth of traveling.
Hopefully this will help those for who the Cranberry County Triathlon is too early.
Let me know if you have any questions or need help for lodging, etc.
-Keisuke Inoue
07/24/2007 -- NECTC Leader Jersey Champion System ( http://www.champ-sys.com) will be providing leader jerseys for NECTC this fall. The point leader (in male and female categories) will be receiving a leader jersey after each race, starting from the Cranberry County Triathlon!
-Keisuke Inoue
06/11/2007 -- New Sponsor: Hammer Nutrition Hammer Nutrition has agreed to provide prizes for NECTC in this Fall '07 season. At each race, male and female winners will be receiving Hammer Nutrition products. For information about Hammer Nutrition products, go to http://hammernutrition.com. -Keisuke Inoue
06/11/2007 -- Sponsor: Rudy Project Rudy Project has agreed to provide prizes for NECTC in this Fall '07 season! Male and female winners in the over all ranking will be receiving Rudy Project eye wear and helmets! For information about Rudy Project products, go to http://rudyproject.com. -Keisuke Inoue
06/07/2007 -- Captain's Page A captains page has been added to the website. This password access portion of the website will be used to view sponsorship procedures. It will also be used to update team information such as team members and contacts. Contact Bret or Keisuke to obtain a user name and password. contacts can be found on the information page. -Bret Fortenberry
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