08/17/2026
Theta-Indiana collegians go "all in" when they dedicate themselves to training and competing in the campus-famous Little 500 bike race! 🚴♀️
If you didn't go to Indiana University, you might not know that Little 500 isn't just a race. It's a tradition and known as "The World's Greatest College Weekend." It takes over the town of Bloomington, Indiana, annually at the end of April.
"It only happens once," Anna Witte, Theta-Indiana, says. "It's not like a football game where you get multiple home games. This is it. Two days [one for women and one for men], and that's all you get." The race itself is simple in theory: a relay-style cycling competition held at Bill Armstrong Stadium, where teams of four riders circle the cinder track, exchanging bikes in a choreographed sprint that requires precision, trust and timing. There are 33 teams competing and only four riders per team of eight race. Once those four names are submitted five days before the event, there are no substitutions. "No pressure," Bridget Phau, Theta-Indiana, and senior captain of the 2026 Delta Gamma race team, said with a smile.
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