Virginia Tech Cycling

2009 Tech Cross this Weekend!

Tim Ciarkowski — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:15:56 +0000

The Virginia Tech Cycling team is happy to announce that pre-registration is up for Tech Cross. Tech Cross will be held November 7th and 8th at the recreation fields near Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Saturday will begin at 5pm and will feature races under stadium lighting. There will be a new course the following day to present different challenges.

Pre-registration link,
http://www.pre-reg.com/Users/RacerMain.aspx?Type=1&EventID=352

Race Flier,
http://www.rms-events.com/Flyers/techcx09.pdf

Please visit the race’s sponsor, East Coaster’s in Blacksburg and Roanoke.

VT just misses out on Conference Championship

Tim Ciarkowski — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:14:16 +0000

The season results are in and the final score was WVU 1405 – VT 1400.

The complete season results can be found here.

VT and WVU tied going into Conferences

Tim Ciarkowski — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:42:31 +0000

Everything is riding on the upcoming weekend. VT will be battling it out on WVU’s home turf to decide the overall team results.

WVU will be hoping to add another team conference championship to go with their other nine, all of them in a row. There will be five events over the week, so the first team to win three will be the victor.

VT Battles it out in SECCC/ACCC dual conference weekend

Ben Rice — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:08:19 +0000

SECCC/ACCC Dual Conference Mountain Bike Race

This past weekend the Virginia Tech Mountain Bike team traveled to rainy Banner Elk, North Carolina to compete with the ACCC and SECCC. The SECCC brought on some very tough competitors for us, Lees-McRae college, the 2008 National Mountain Bike Champions, were one of many.

On Friday, during the drive from Blacksburg, the 19 person team stopped at a Mexican restaurant to fuel up for some big racing. This food was crucial to our success on Saturday. We arrived at our campsite (Lees-McRae soccer field) and set up camp for the night. Friday morning, the team was hungry for some WVU Mountaineer domination. The first event was a 4-mile loop cross country course. It consisted of some rolling climbs, slippery turns and a crazy fun downhill. The first half of the Downhill was a rocky creek bed with water following you down the decent. The tifosi were staged there to tell riders to man-up and not use brakes. The second half of the downhill was a steep, rutted-out fire road that required many bunny hops to navigate quickly.

The course was incredibly fun and resulted in a bunch of top ten finishes.

Men’s B

David Henry - 4th

Kyle Kearsley - 5th

James Kearsley - 7th

Christian Probst - 10th

Men’s C

Benjamin Rice - 1st

Christopher Brown - 2nd

Brice Collamer - 4th

Brian Lusher - 8th

Browning Gentry - 9th

Andrew Roberson - 10th

Women’s A

Laura Hamm - 6th

Kelly Neville - Honorable Mention, She rode 2 laps with a mechanical like a champ.

Women’s B

Irene Gardner - 4th

Later on in the evening, the Dual Slalom event took place.

VT also placed well in this event:

Men’s B

David Henry - 3rd

Men’s C

Brice Collamer - 1st

Andrew Roberson - 6th

Jordan Mullins - 8th

Brian Lusher - 9th

Benjamin Rice - 10th

Women’s B

Irene Gardner - 4th

Saturday night, you could find the VT Cycling team getting their money’s worth at a Chinese buffet in Boone, NC. We came back to our humble tents with full bellies and went to bed. Once all the tents were zipped up, the rain came. It rained all night long and prepared the short track course for a muddy event. Members of the team changed their sleeping locations as tents flooded with water. Some were found in vans some on couches in the vestibule of the Lees-McRae gym.

Sunday morning, the Downhill was canceled due to land owner issues. So, everyone was excited about a Short Track course in the rain. The VT team celebrated by going to a breakfast buffet and, again, getting their money’s worth. The short track course was an absolute mud pit. It consisted of lots of slippery muddy turns, a creek crossing and a little bit of grass that was converted to mud by the end of the day. Every person who raced had mud caked on their body. The pictures tell the story.

The VT team again placed very well:

Men’s B

David Henry - 1st

James Kearsley - 5th

Kyle Kearsley - 10th

Men’s C

Christopher Brown - 1st

Brice Collmer - 4th

Benjamin Rice - 5th

Bennett Gentry - 6th

Matt Londrey - 7th

Jan Grajkowski - 8th

Andrew Roberson - 9th

Brian Lusher - 10th

Women’s B

Irene Gardner - 3rd

After everything was all packed up and everyone was quite literally hosed off, the team went to Black Cat Burrito in Boone, NC for some well deserved Burritos.

It was an epic weekend of racing and fun was had by all who attended.

-Ben Rice

VT cycling clothing order

Tim Ciarkowski — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:31:43 +0000

“Now is the time to get the best cycling gear around!

We will be taking orders until Sunday the 27^th and need money by that following Wednesday.

This year we are working with Funkier Bikewear for the clothing, whose quality and comfort I can attest to personally. Their sizing chart is at www.andyreagan.com/funkier_sizechart.xls, and some highlights will include: a waterproof, zip pocket on all the jerseys, and much better prices! We will be ordering jerseys, long-sleeve jerseys, shorts, bib shorts, arm warmers, leg warmers, winter shoe covers, summer (aero) shoe covers, wind breaker vests, gloves, and socks! The other things that we are still looking into are winter jackets, t-shirts/polos, and skinsuits, so fill out the bottom of the form if you’re going to want those!

The picture of the jersey here is not 100% complete, we’re still working on the sleeves, but that is what they’re going to look like.

You can order by:

1) filling out the order form, which can found at https://survey.vt.edu/survey/entry.jsp?id=1252934180241, email vtcyclingclothing@andyreagan.com for the password.

2) Then you’ll need to get a check to Andy Reagan, addressed to “Treasurer, VT”, for the total amount no later than Wednesday, September 30.

My address is on the order form too, but for mailing checks it’s 0745 Lee Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24060-0007. They need to be made out to “Treasurer, VT.”

Send any clothing questions to vtcyclingclothing@andyreagan.com.

Thanks!

-Andy Reagan”

Hokies show promise at W&M

Tim Ciarkowski — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:45:35 +0000

Last weekend, the cycling team visited William and Mary to compete in two mountain biking events. Saturday was a time trial and Sunday was the cross country event.

The Hokies were narrowly defeated in both events by WVU, but there were some outstanding results. Zach Morrey was dominate during his races, winning the Men’s B time trial and then upgrading to Men’s A for the cross country race… and then dominating that race. David Henry was able to finish just behind Zach in the time trail and was able to win the following day in the Men’s B cross country race. Justin Morrison finished 3rd in the xc race.

Kelly Neville won the Women’s B time trial and then upgraded to Women’s A for the following day. She finished 3rd in the xc event while Lyndsay McKeever finished 2nd.

Unofficial results have VT trailing WVU my one event.

VT team takes first weekend

Tim Ciarkowski — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:24:15 +0000

The VT cycling team took the first mountain bike win of the season over West Virginia University last weekend with a score of 1931 to 1919. This is an extremely significant result considering that WVU has won mountain bike conferences 9 years in a row. Yes, that number is correct, 9 years in a row.

“WVU is no longer sitting pretty for the win of the season. We are going to give them a run for their money,” says David Henry, the VP of mountain biking.

Over 16 mountain bikers from VT will be competing at William and Mary this weekend and will hope to use the momentum from the past weekend to widen the gap between VT and WVU.

Full results from the VT weekend can be seen here.

VT Short Track Photos

Tim Ciarkowski — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:59:12 +0000

Photographs taken by Nick Shoemaker are up on the VT cycling Pisca account. The short track races were held Saturday night at the recreation fields on campus.

What you need to do before you race…

Tim Ciarkowski — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:26:43 +0000

The following Post is Long and Informative:

I, Ben Warren, recently had the opportunity to sit down with Lance and explain the licensing info for racing in Collegiate Cycling. The following is the Transcript of the conversation:

Lance: Hi, Ben.

Ben: Hi(awkward pause) Lance

Lance: So I want to race this weekend, but don’t have a license. How do I go about acquiring one?

Ben: Well Lance, You have two options:

Option 1: For everyday your racing you can acquire a One-Day License at registration. This option is fairly easy, however not only will you need a one-day license for everyday of racing, but you will also need to pay $10 for everyday of racing.

Lance: Sounds Easy enough.

Ben: Shh…. Lance Stop interrupting

Option 2: If you plan on racing more than two races you should go online and purchase an annual license(https://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=579). The annual collegiate license is $30. It expires on 12/31/09. So it will not work as your road license too. But it will work for mountain and cyclocross.

Lance: Well if I buy a One-day license, will that money go towards an Annual License?

Ben: Nop.

Lance: When I tried to buy one, it said the collegiate license was FREE?

Ben: Well (southpark voice on)Lance(southpark voice off), If you plan on racing USAC noncollegiate sanctioned events inaddition to collegiate events. Then the collegiate license is FREE with the purchase of a $60 USAC annual license. But once again note that every license expires on 12/31/09.

Lance: Ben your so knowledgeable, While I’m bothering you is there anything I need to fill out for the school this weekend?

Ben: Yes Lance, Yes. By this weekend you must go online and fill out the Code of Conduct and Assumption of Risk form (http://www.recsports.vt.edu/clubs/conduct.php). If this is not done, you Mr. Armstrong will not be allow to race.

Lance: But I do get to race for free this weekend if I do all this, right?

Ben: Well Lance if you are a VT student and performed the tasks in the preceding lines, then yes…yes you get to race for free.

Lance: Sweet Sauce

Ben: Peace, Lance. And you have anymore questions about licensing my contact information is below.

VT Mountain Bike Race September 5th and 6th

Tim Ciarkowski — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:31:43 +0000

This year’s race is going to be awesome. It’s a fun filled weekend with 5 different events. From XC Racing, Downhill and Dual Slalom action or testing yourself on the Uphill TT or Short track race there is something for everyone. Whether you’re a beginner or an expert we want you to come out and ride. We need you and its going to be a great way to get to know the team and test out if you like Mountain Bike Racing for FREE. That’s right, all Virginia Tech Students will race for FREE. You need only pay the 10 dollar one day license fee for USAC if you don’t currently have a license. And if you’re defiantly not the racing type then you can still come out and watch. We need a bunch of volunteers for both race marshals on Sunday and Parking Directors on Saturday. If you want to help out or have any Questions just ask David Henry poap@vt.edu.

PS, the Dual Slalom and Short track races will be spectator events come out and cheer on your Virginia Tech Team. GO HOKIES.

Link to flier

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