McLean County MissFits

McLean County MissFits (MCM) was a women's flat track roller derby league based in Bloomington, Illinois. Founded in 2010, the league consisted of a three home teams, plus two travel teams, the All-Stars and the Wanna-B's, who compete against teams from other leagues. McLean County was a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

McLean County MissFits
League logo
Metro areaBloomington, IL
CountryUnited States
Founded2010 by Janice Kunkel
Dissolved2015?
TeamsAll Stars (A team)
Wanna-B's (B team)
AlphaBetties
Cupquakes
pTERRORdactyls
Track type(s)Flat
VenueThe Interstate Center
AffiliationsWFTDA
Websitemcmderby.wixsite.com/mcm-new

History

Founded in April 2010,[2] the league was bouting by December, when it played the Soy City Rollers in that league's debut game.[3] In April 2011, it hosted its first home bout.[4]

The league was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in July 2011,[5] and it graduated to full membership in December 2012.[6] As of December 2017, McLean County is no longer listed as a current member on the WFTDA website, and last received a ranking in the May 31, 2015 release, at 217th overall.[7]

WFTDA rankings
Season Final ranking[8] Playoffs Championship
2013 161 WFTDA[9] DNQ DNQ
2014 205 WFTDA[10] DNQ DNQ

References
  1. "WFTDA Leagues – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  2. "Rolling with the Missfits", Bloomington Pantagraph, December 28, 2010
  3. "Decatur roller derby team to make debut", State Journal-Register, December 15, 2010
  4. "Roller Derby set for April 9 at Coliseum", Bloomington Pantagraph, March 8, 2011
  5. "WFTDA Adds Crop of 15 Apprentice Leagues Archived 2011-11-07 at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 13 July 2011
  6. "WFTDA Welcomes 14 New Members Archived 2012-12-06 at the Wayback Machine", 3 December 2012
  7. "Rankings: May 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  8. "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  9. "Rankings: December 31, 2013 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  10. "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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