SECCC: The Beginning and the End

Friday, August 5, 2011

The Beginning and the End

Beginning: The fall mountain bike season begins at the end of this month! The first weekend, at East Tennessee State, is set for August 27th/28th. The flyer for that weekend is now posted, so you can start to make plans.

End: Conference Finals this year will be hosted by Lees McRae October 15th/16th. The host has mentioned already that a local festival will be occurring at the same time, so please, book your hotels early (at least by September 1st)! A list of hotels will be sent out via the Yahoo listserve to help in securing lodging for the weekend.

The Southeastern Collegiate Cycling Conference was established to support collegiate cycling in the Southeast United States. The conference is made up of schools from Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and a few schools in North Carolina. The SECCC is one of 11 conferences in the United States that make up the National Collegiate Cycling Association (NCCA). The NCCA administers, develops, promotes, and governs collegiate cycling across the country. The NCCA is a standing committee of USA Cycling.

Eash school can become an NCCA club or team, regardless of size, and regardless of whether the school intends to compete in collegiate events or not. Today, there are over 200 registered collegiate cycling clubs that are registered with the NCCA, representing over 2,500 athletes.