{"id":71,"date":"2021-10-08T16:55:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T16:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitca.org\/MITCA\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2025-11-06T17:59:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T17:59:33","slug":"about-mitca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mitca.org\/MITCA\/","title":{"rendered":"About MITCA:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association (MITCA) is a coaching organization with a membership of approximately twelve hundred Track &amp; Field and Cross Country Coaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 1959, MITCA operates under a set of by-laws and is dedicated to the education and recognition of the athlete and coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for visiting our website. We are in the process of updating and adding content to this new website. If there is something that you are looking for please contact our Media &amp; Communications E-Board member Carey Hammel at <a href=\"mailto:careyhammel@gmail.com\">careyhammel@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Recent News<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/runsignup.com\/Race\/MI\/Shepherd\/TeamMichigan\">2025 MITCA Meet of Champions &#8211; November 8th @ Shepherd &#8211; Sign Up Here!<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6>11:00am &#8211; Course Preview and Check In &#8211; Please do not try to check in before 11am as our volunteers will not be ready!<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6>12:30pm &#8211; Girls Elite Open<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6>1:00pm &#8211; Girls Elite TEAM Race<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6>1:30pm &#8211; Boys Elite Open #1 (Races assigned by school affiliation and seed time)<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6>2:00pm &#8211; Boys Elite TEAM Race<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6>2:30pm &#8211; Boys Elite Open #2 (Races assigned by school affiliation and seed time)<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6>2:55pm &#8211; Girls All-Comers Open<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6>3:25pm &#8211; Boys All-Comers Open #1 (Races assigned by school affiliation and seed time)<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6>3:55pm &#8211; Boys All-Comers Open #2 (Races assigned by school affiliation and seed time)<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1_oUlkTLMFqEhDCYR0gS3y2fKgM_Czfv31oEBDHiB_xo\/edit?usp=sharing\">Race Assignments<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/live.chttiming.com\/meets\/59051\">Live Results<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/ZbT6Ea1VYtI?feature=share\">Live Stream<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>2025 Cross Country Clinic<br>Thursday November 6th through Saturday November 8th<br>Comfort Inn &amp; Suites in Mt. Pleasant<br><a href=\"https:\/\/mitca.org\/MITCA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025XC-Clinic.pdf\">Clinic Info<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/mitca.org\/MITCA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025XC-Clinic-Bios.pdf\">Clinic Speaker Bios<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/runsignup.com\/TicketEvent\/MITCAXC\">Clinic Online Sign Up<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/mitca.org\/MITCA\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2025XC-Clinic-Schedule.pdf\">Clinic Schedule<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association (MITCA) is a coaching organization with a membership of approximately twelve hundred Track &amp; Field and Cross Country Coaches. Founded in 1959, MITCA operates under a set of by-laws and is dedicated to the&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mitca.org\/MITCA\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitca.org\/MITCA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitca.org\/MITCA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitca.org\/MITCA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitca.org\/MITCA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitca.org\/MITCA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/mitca.org\/MITCA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1044,"href":"https:\/\/mitca.org\/MITCA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71\/revisions\/1044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitca.org\/MITCA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}