Vandam Qualifies for WCAP
Professional Triathlete and Army LT., Nick Vandam, was awarded the opportunity to join the Army WCAP (World Class Athlete Program) and train in Colorado Springs, CO. Nick will be officially assigned to Col Springs and his mission will be to train to make the 2012 US Olympic Trials. It’s been a long, drawn-out process for Nick and we’re very happy to see all of his hard efforts pay off. Congrats Nick!
Nick spoke up on his blog about what it meant to him to finally have a chance to train properly as a professional:
“I finally made it into the World Class Athlete Program! It has taken me 5 years and a tremendous amount of work, but I will finally get a shot at being a real professional athlete. I will still be on active duty and still serving my commitment incurred from graduating from West Point, so I really can’t ask for a better deal. I will be moving to Colorado Springs July 16th and will for sure be there until October 2012. I will be focusing on ITU racing and doing everything I can to attain Olympic points so that I will have a shot at racing in the Olympic Trials. I really enjoy racing non drafting racing so I will continue to try and squeeze in some US short course racing when it fits into the schedule. I’m very excited that I will have a real chance to go through a proper training cycle. Lately it’s been just shoot from the hip and race what I can when I can and just build fitness from the races. This is pretty much a dream come true for me, and judging by the gains I had last time I went to CO I’m very excited to get faster and be a force to reckon with on the race course.”
Nick will be racing the Military Championships this weekend along with fellow DeBoom Athlete & US Army LT. and former West Point Team mate, Nick Dason. Military Champs are ITU style racing, so good opportunities for old teammates to work together. Good luck guys!
