CaseyCanoeFund to Rio2016
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My name is Casey Eichfeld. Canoe slalom, a sport filled with soul and excitement, has been my home for 26 years. I have followed it through my state, across the Unites States, and around the world. I have represented Team USA in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics, and soon the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Olympic GOLD started as a young boy's dream, and has become this athlete's goal. Destined to love an obscure sport, fundraising is a large part of chasing the Olympics. Support funds training and racing expenses. These expenses include travel, room, board, and equipment costs.
Olympic GOLD remains my dream, and it is a journey that I have paddled tirelessly. Your support is invaluable encouragement to always do my best in sport and in life. I can't speak of the future, but I'll share with you what I wake up thinking each morning...
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt
Canoe Slalom - In simplest terms, it is a sport of speed. The raging rapids between START and FINISH line are filled with a series of 18-25 sequentially staggered gates hung from wires across the river. Six red and white striped gates are known as "upstreams," and are negotiated by paddling upstream through them. The remaining gates are "downstream" gates. They are negotiated by paddling downstream through them, and are green and white striped. A 2 second penalty is incurred by touching a gate. A 50 second penalty is incurred by missing or negotiating the gate in the wrong direction. The fastest total time takes home GOLD!
2016 Training/Racing Schedule
January 25 - February 22
Australia Training Camp (2000 Sydney Olympic course)
February 5-7
Australian Open (2000 Sydney Olympic course)
February 19-21
Oceania Championships (2000 Sydney Olympic course)
March 7-17
Rio Training Camp (2016 Rio Olympic course)
March 18-20
Pan Am Championships (2016 Rio Olympic course)
April 8-10
U.S. Olympic Trials #1 (USNWC Charlotte, NC)
April 18-29
Rio Training Camp (2016 Rio Olympic course)
May 6-8
U.S. Olympic Trials #2 (Oklahoma City Whitewater Center)
May 18-29
Rio Training Camp (2016 Rio Olympic course)
June 3-5
World Cup #1 (Ivrea, Italy)
June 10-12
World Cup #2 (Seu, Spain)
June 17-19
World Cup #3 (Pau, France)
June 22 - July 8
Rio Training Camp (2016 Rio Olympic course)
July 25 - August 6
Official Rio Olympic Training (2016 Rio Olympic course)
August 7-11
2016 RIO OLYMPICS!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 2-4
World Cup #4 (Prague, Czech Republic)
September 9-11
World Cup Final (Tacen, Slovenia)
Olympic GOLD started as a young boy's dream, and has become this athlete's goal. Destined to love an obscure sport, fundraising is a large part of chasing the Olympics. Support funds training and racing expenses. These expenses include travel, room, board, and equipment costs.
Olympic GOLD remains my dream, and it is a journey that I have paddled tirelessly. Your support is invaluable encouragement to always do my best in sport and in life. I can't speak of the future, but I'll share with you what I wake up thinking each morning...
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt
Canoe Slalom - In simplest terms, it is a sport of speed. The raging rapids between START and FINISH line are filled with a series of 18-25 sequentially staggered gates hung from wires across the river. Six red and white striped gates are known as "upstreams," and are negotiated by paddling upstream through them. The remaining gates are "downstream" gates. They are negotiated by paddling downstream through them, and are green and white striped. A 2 second penalty is incurred by touching a gate. A 50 second penalty is incurred by missing or negotiating the gate in the wrong direction. The fastest total time takes home GOLD!
2016 Training/Racing Schedule
January 25 - February 22
Australia Training Camp (2000 Sydney Olympic course)
February 5-7
Australian Open (2000 Sydney Olympic course)
February 19-21
Oceania Championships (2000 Sydney Olympic course)
March 7-17
Rio Training Camp (2016 Rio Olympic course)
March 18-20
Pan Am Championships (2016 Rio Olympic course)
April 8-10
U.S. Olympic Trials #1 (USNWC Charlotte, NC)
April 18-29
Rio Training Camp (2016 Rio Olympic course)
May 6-8
U.S. Olympic Trials #2 (Oklahoma City Whitewater Center)
May 18-29
Rio Training Camp (2016 Rio Olympic course)
June 3-5
World Cup #1 (Ivrea, Italy)
June 10-12
World Cup #2 (Seu, Spain)
June 17-19
World Cup #3 (Pau, France)
June 22 - July 8
Rio Training Camp (2016 Rio Olympic course)
July 25 - August 6
Official Rio Olympic Training (2016 Rio Olympic course)
August 7-11
2016 RIO OLYMPICS!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 2-4
World Cup #4 (Prague, Czech Republic)
September 9-11
World Cup Final (Tacen, Slovenia)
Organizer
Casey Eichfeld
Organizer
Mount Holly, NC