Trimble Racing

After finishing my cross country running season, I spent three days lying on the couch then was back on the bike and ready for some serious cycling. I decided to do my first cyclocross race the following weekend in Bristol Tennessee. The race was tons of fun, and I am now hooked on cyclocross! Check out the Maxxis Spiral of Death. True to cyclocross style, it was cold and rainy. As a cyclocross virgin, I raced cat 4. There was just over twenty ... Read More

Here are some photos from my cross country season at Lees-McRae. We had a great season, finishing second in our conference and fifth in our region. Our first meet was at Appalachian State University. I was pretty rusty after not running track last semester and my time showed it, but I soon got back in the swing of things and was running faster than ever. The whole crew at the start of a race in Lenoir, North Carolina. It was a relatively small meet of ... Read More

Clemson University in northwestern South Carolina hosted the 2008 SECCC Mountain Bike Conference Championship. Hannah and I both raced every event which included short track, downhill, and dual slalom on Saturday and cross country on Sunday. It was an action packed weekend full of nonstop racing. The team trailer fully loaded with racing machines. Several teams were in our hotel, and things got pretty crazy the night before the race. Short Track was first. Here is the men's A field about to start. Lees-McRae men took ... Read More

Adventure Village in the Appalachian Mountains of South-Western North Carolina was the backdrop for the Brevard College home race on September 13 and 14. I raced short track and cross country placing first in the men's B short track and second in xc. We stayed in some cabins in the park and spent all weekend racing bikes ands enjoying the natural beauty the area. The girls on the team made us pancakes for breakfast both mornings. The cabins may have been a little too comfortable. ... Read More

My first collegiate mountain bike race and my first race for Lees-McRae College kicked of September 6th and 7th hosted by Eastern Tennessee State University. The weekend began with short track followed by downhill and dual slalom on Saturday and cross country on Sunday. I raced short track and xc. As a member of the current best cycling school in the nation, I was put in the B races and finished 6th in the short track behind three of my teammates. What I ... Read More