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Current Team News
August 11, 2008 Crossroads Cycling Classic
August 8, 2008 Asheville, NC Track Race
Tuesday, Mellowdrome in Asheville: Category C races: 1st - Scratch race 1st - Snowball 1st - Points race 1st - Overall Omnium
Wednesday, Dick Lane Velodrome in Atlanta: Category C races: 1st - Scratch race 2nd - Unknown distance 1st - Points race 1st - Wheelrace (top 3 finishers of Scratch race in each category) 1st - Overall Omnium Category B race: 1st - Points race 3rd - Overall Omnium
Thursday at Mellowdrome Sprint Tourney: 1st - Flying 200 Qualifying race (12.5 seconds) 1st - Match sprint tounament
Not bad for my first week on the track. I'm pretty excited about it and State Champs next weekend. Ben
July 15, 2008 Team Results
The Road Team is looking really good these last few races! Great job guys!
Congratulations to Jason Marshall who finished first in the Bubba Category for the Tour de Kale. I really think they could have found a better name for that category...Jason is far from being a "bubba", but the event was held in Denton, NC, so I guess that explains it.
Congratulations to Chris Thomas who finished 3rd overall in the Masters 35+ for the Piedmont Omnium. He was 3rd in the criterium on Friday, 8th in the road race on Saturday and 3rd in the time trial on Sunday. It was a close one after the road race on Saturday, but his 3rd place in the Time Trial on Sunday gave him the points he needed to secure that 3rd place overall! The team worked hard to keep Chris up near the front in the road race hoping to give him the points he needed and it worked.
Congratulations to Todd Clapp for his 4th place finish in the road race for the Piedmont Omnium.
I was able to get my first podium finish (and nice medal) coming in 3rd place at the NC State Games Criterium in Greensboro on June 22. I'm starting to really like this road stuff.
Here are the team results for the past few weeks:
Tour de Kale, Denton, NC, June 21 Bubba Category – Jason Marshall 1st Men 36-50 – Todd Clapp 8th TJ Wood 21st
NC State Games Criterium, Greensboro, NC, June 22 Pro 1, 2, 3 – Chris Thomas 3rd (Cat 1), 10th overall Masters 35+ - Brian Conroy 8th Cat 4 Women – Leah Mitcham 3rd
Piedmont Triad Omnium, Lexington, NC, July 11-13 Criterium Pro 1, 2, 3 – Ben Faulk 11th Cat 4 – Todd Clapp 23rd Masters 35+ - Chris Thomas 3rd Neal Boyd 8th Todd Schmidt 10th Brian Conroy 17th Masters 45+ - Mike Mabry 16th
Road Race Cat 4 – Todd Clapp 4th Masters 35+ - Chris Thomas 8th Brian Conroy 19th Todd Schmidt 21st Masters 45+ - Mike Mabry 23rd
Time Trial Masters 35+ - Chris Thomas 3rd
Charlotte Mtn Bike Summer Series, Francis Beatty Park, Charlotte, NC, July 2 Expert Men – Santana Wilkinson 4th Sport Men 35-45 - Sonny Joyner 6th Beginner Men 19-34 – Austin Joyner 3rd Sport Women – Leah Mitcham 1st
June 17, 2008 Team Results
The mountain bike team continues to do well in the weekly summer series.
The race last week at Fisher Farm was the first one for the Farm and it left a lasting impression with the "perfect storm" hitting around Lap 2. When the wind starting whipping up, I could hear branches falling and I yelled to one of the girls in front of me to watch out for falling limbs. Unfortunately, TJ wasn't close enough to hear the warning and proceeded to get knocked off his bike by a rather large limb (at least he said it was a large limb). He ended up with a few scratches and finished in 3rd place. The adrenaline was already up, but with the addition of the pouring rain, lightening, thunder, wind, slick trail and slick roots, it kicked into high gear. It was actually a blast! Next up the Whitewater Center tomorrow night! Maybe this time I will do the trails I'm supposed to do and leave out the extra mileage :)
The road team was in Salisbury this past weekend for the NC Road Race Championships. It was a hot one! The course was great, relatively flat with several rollers. The ClifBar team was out in force.
Congratulations to Brian Conroy on his 2nd place finish Saturday in the Master Men 40-44!! Great job guys.
Here's the results for the past two weeks: RENAISSANCE RACE Expert Men TJ Wood 6th
Sport Men 35-45 Sonny Joyner 12th
Sport Men 45+ Jim Mead 1st
Beginner Men 19-34 Austin Joyner 2nd
FISHER FARM RACE Expert Men TJ Wood 3rd
Sport Men 35-45 Sonny Joyner 11th
Sport Men 45+ Jim Mead 1st Scott Steurer 5th
Beginner Men 19-34 Austin Joyner 2nd
Sport Women Leah Mitcham 1st
NC STATE RR CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday, June 14 Master Men 30-34 Ben Faulk 11th
Master Men 35-39 TJ Wood 4th Chris Thomas 17th
Master Men 40-44 Brian Conroy 2nd Chad Andrews 7th
Sunday, June 15 Men Pro/Cat 1,2,3 Chris Thomas (Cat 1) 5th Ben Faulk (Cat 1) 7th Chad Andrews (Cat 2) 25th
Men Cat 3 Brian Conroy 18th
Men Cat 4 Todd Clapp 24th Jason Marshall 25th
Women Cat 4 Leah Mitcham 12th (I've got to figure out that sprint deal...I lost the edge at the end)
June 6, 2008 Catawba Riverfront Classic
It was a tough day at the Riverfront Classic yesterday for some of the mountain bike team, but for others it turned out pretty good. It was held at the Whitewater Center which is one of the toughest courses around, then you add the heat and humidity. Let me just say, from my perspective, it was brutal!! Congrats to the following:
Austin Joyner 1st place Juniors 13-14
Brian Conroy 3rd place Expert Men 40-49
Sonny Joyner 10th place Sport Men 40+
Leah Mitcham 1st place Sport Women 40+
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