Oh the places we'll go.................

In less t han one full year a member of the elite travel team for the FRPA logs many miles, meets many new friends and cultures. These athletes truly define the mission stated within this organization, to develop youth leadership, expose youth to new places, cultures and real life situations, empowering youth to create goals and fulfill dreams.

Many people not familiar with our young leaders and our sport, have not been aware of some rather interesting facts that we gathered as the year concluded our year. As we crossed through Death valley Fuzzy, Dodge and I wrote down numbers that made us realize what we have just accomplished in a short 10 months.

Races Competed in (May-August) - 19

Total Medals won by the athletes (May-August):

• Gold Medals- 37
• Sliver Medals- 27
• Bronze Medals- 19

Total Medals - 83 total medals

Top World Rank for our top C2- 33rd in the ICF World Ranking   Nic Borst and Chris Wiegand

Avg Medals per athlete for summer = 8.3 total medals per athlete in 19 races (can you say competitive)

• Miles Driven- 32,406 miles
• 29/50 States and 4 Canadian Provinces
• Gas Consumed- 3,116 gallons
• Cost for fuel- 8,106.00
• Costs of rental vans for group travel- 11,310.00 (includes additional insurance)
• Average cost per year per child for gear, travel, food, coaching fees= 5,900.00

• Hours training (non travel)-  820 hours
• Hours in School- 1440 hours
• Hours spent in travel for racing/training camps- 2184
• Hours of avg sleep per year - 2912
• Hours available in one year- 8736 total hours in one year
• Hours available not in sleep, kayak related or school= Only 1380 hours per year available

That is only  an average of 26 hours per week or 3 hours day to eat, watch tv and do homework.

Our team requirement to maintain team membership is a minimum GPA of 3.3 (83%). Our kids have attended top colleges around the US (M.I.T., Tufts, Military Academy, Stanford, Princeton, Gettysburg)

Time for trouble....? Not possible Why do these kids commit to all this time and make so many personal sacrifices? 

Fun, Challenge and Reward!

Care to help these kids afford to travel and keep up with gear? Please contact Chris@wiegand.com or call 720.205.9092

Also visit our sponsorship page for more information of what can can offer and how you can help.

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All revenue is used to cover costs to purchase new equipment, lessen costs to families for travel and camp costs.

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