TeamROGUE
The time has come! This past Monday marks the first week of official team practice for the newly formed TeamROGUE. Everybody involved is incredibly excited about the endeavor and opportunities for success we have ahead of us. If you read my website's homepage, you will realize that we have organized this team differently than any of the current post-collegiate groups in the country. Yes, we borrowed organizational ideas from some of them, but as a whole, we are a new, unique support system and group that has grown its roots in THE grassroots capitol of the world (in my opinion) ... Austin, Texas. So here are a few of the highlights from TeamROGUE thus far:
Athletes: We currently have 8 athletes, 5 of whom are USATF Championship/Olympic Trials finalists, 1 of whom is a Kona World Ironman Championship Qualifier, and all of whom are multiple time NCAA Champions/All-Americans. This is the most exciting part of the group. Our athletes are not only the most talented athletes we believe ever assembled by a newly formed post-collegiate group, but these athletes are driven, smart and most of all, good persons.
Team Organization: Our team is being formed as a non-profit organization that will be used two-fold. TeamROGUE will provide the support structure for these elite athletes while, at the same time, the athletes then provide a healthy, active culture and community for our city's youth population in which our next generation will be able to participate in positive events promoting their health, safety and future opporunities. We have already passed our Texas State Non-Profit Incorporation and are waiting on final approval from the IRS which we hope to recieve very shortly so we can carry out this wonderful mission.
Local Support: We can not thank all of our local supporters enough for the services and in-kind donations we have already recieved. We even have free haircuts from Bird Barbershop!!! How cool is that?! We are in fact still looking for a few more local sponsors for in-kind support for certain areas of our athletes' lives and hope that recieving our 501c(3) will help with those, but can't say enough how grateful we are to have people like Dr. Z at Advanced Rehab on board and creating a long-term relationship with us already.
National Support: The responses from our possible national sponsors, which will compliment our local efforts, has been incredible. We never could have predicted (although we hoped!) the amount of interest we would begin to draw on the national level. We are looking forward to settling this side of the organization soon and starting a partnership that will grow and flourish over the many years to come.
That's all I will overload you with for now, but I hope you can all sense, through this blog, the excitement myself and my new teammates have about TeamROGUE Elite. We will carry this excitement through our fall training and onto the track as we turn heads with our performances.
All the best,
dbrown
Athletes: We currently have 8 athletes, 5 of whom are USATF Championship/Olympic Trials finalists, 1 of whom is a Kona World Ironman Championship Qualifier, and all of whom are multiple time NCAA Champions/All-Americans. This is the most exciting part of the group. Our athletes are not only the most talented athletes we believe ever assembled by a newly formed post-collegiate group, but these athletes are driven, smart and most of all, good persons.
Team Organization: Our team is being formed as a non-profit organization that will be used two-fold. TeamROGUE will provide the support structure for these elite athletes while, at the same time, the athletes then provide a healthy, active culture and community for our city's youth population in which our next generation will be able to participate in positive events promoting their health, safety and future opporunities. We have already passed our Texas State Non-Profit Incorporation and are waiting on final approval from the IRS which we hope to recieve very shortly so we can carry out this wonderful mission.
Local Support: We can not thank all of our local supporters enough for the services and in-kind donations we have already recieved. We even have free haircuts from Bird Barbershop!!! How cool is that?! We are in fact still looking for a few more local sponsors for in-kind support for certain areas of our athletes' lives and hope that recieving our 501c(3) will help with those, but can't say enough how grateful we are to have people like Dr. Z at Advanced Rehab on board and creating a long-term relationship with us already.
National Support: The responses from our possible national sponsors, which will compliment our local efforts, has been incredible. We never could have predicted (although we hoped!) the amount of interest we would begin to draw on the national level. We are looking forward to settling this side of the organization soon and starting a partnership that will grow and flourish over the many years to come.
That's all I will overload you with for now, but I hope you can all sense, through this blog, the excitement myself and my new teammates have about TeamROGUE Elite. We will carry this excitement through our fall training and onto the track as we turn heads with our performances.
All the best,
dbrown
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