At a national level, GRiT – Girls Riding Together – is a focused effort by NICA and local leagues to bring more girls and women into the cycling community to close the opportunity gap for current and future generations. NICA aims to increase female student-athlete and coach participation rates in its programs by 33% by 2023.
With help from the Walton Family Foundation, and a number of other sponsors and NICA leagues across the country, GRiT’s mission is to provide fair treatment, equal access, opportunity, advancement and elimination of barriers to encourage participation for all.
IYF/SoMont actively supports the effort with a strong cadre of female coaches and a growing number of female student-athletes.
