UKOSF Unite Elevating Women and Girls in OCR
Date: International Women’s Day – Monday 8th March 2022 – note this event has finished
Time: 8-9 PM (GMT) (9 PM CET; 4 PM EST)
UKOSF Webinar
UKOSF is launching a new series of Webinars aimed at developing Obstacle Racing and Ninja Sport. The first in the UKOSF Unite series is:
Elevating Women & Girls in OCR
This Webinar will be run as a live international panel discussion with Q&A. To be part of the conversation, submit a question, comment or discussion topic with your registration or during the event itself on Zoom.
Panelists:
Nicole Mericle (USA) – 5-time Obstacle Course Racing World Champion and Founder of the new OCR Women’s Development Team, The Dream Team
Ida Mathilde Steensgaard (DEN) – Elite Obstacle Racer, Red Bull OCR Athlete and FISO Athlete Advisory Council member
Nicki Johnson (UK) – Elite Obstacle Racer, Spartan Pro, Mudstacle League and Hyrox VCF Champion
Cameron Tucker (USA) – Elite Obstacle Course Racer and member of the OCR Girls
Jojo Brown (UK) – Co-Founder of the Mudd Queens and behind the scenes aficionado
Host: Becky Rendell (UK) – UKOSF Head of Obstacle Racing
Date: International Women’s Day – Monday 8th March
Time: 8-9 PM (GMT) (9 PM CET; 4 PM EST)
Cost: Free
Location: Zoom
Anyone can register for access here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QgltxEpDQuqA63egXd7FDA
Registered attendees will be entered into a prize draw to WIN them and 1 friend a free training session at Rumble Fitness (UK)*.
A recording will be available on the UKOSF website after the event.
“I think OCR is a powerful, life-changing sport and I think the community will be strengthened by a growing female presence. I’m excited to speak on this panel and I hope this will initiate more conversation surrounding ways to increase female participation in OCR.” Nicole Mericle – 5-time Obstacle Racing World Champion.
Prize T&Cs:
*2 free tickets to any standard training day or equivalent to the value of £40 each. The tickets can only be used for 1 event and will not leave a balance value if the event does not total £40 upon registration.
*tickets are not transferable to others and must be used together for the same training day or time trial.
*tickets have no monetary value for exchange.
The Panelists
Photo credit: @nfritsnielsen
She has won events ranging from Spartan’s short course Stadion to Rat Race’s Dirty Double 40 mile obstacle race. She is undefeated at The Nuts Challenge, and 2 times winner of the Nuclear Challenge Cup. She has been winner of the UK Mudstacle league on multiple occasions.
Nicki is currently a member of Nuclear Phoenix and the Spartan Pro Team, and has podiumed in the UK and Europe at Spartan events.
Her most recent achievement was winning the Hyrox VCF competition.Photo credit: @nfritsnielsen
Cam had competed in only two age group races, one a Super and the other a Sprint, prior to her first Elite race; she placed first in both. The Super was in Jax the day before her first Elite race. The Sprint was the day after she competed in the 2019 Spartan Kids World Championship race in Los Angeles. Cam placed second in the kids WC race, following a third place finish in 2018. These were the only two competitive kids races, out of 30, in which she did not place first. She had 30 out of 30 podiums in her Spartan Kids career.
Cam competed in several open races immediately after turning 14 including a trifecta weekend in West VA the week after her bday; her first adult race was the WV Beast.
She was 13 when she competed in age group races in NORAMs in Stratton, Vermont. She placed 1st in the 3k race and 3rd in the 15k; her first two adult races. She also competed in the team event, keeping her band in all 3 races.
Cameron is a proud member of the OCR Girls international team. She has played club soccer since age 5, she also plays soccer and runs cross country at her school. Cameron previously competed in rock climbing, as well as Ninja at a national level.
