Yellow Springs RR CANCELLED

Last minute, unforeseen issues has forced the cancellation of this race...unfortunately.
A team ride will probably take it's place this Saturday.

Always.Ride.Fast.


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Philly Phlyer Recap (March 19-20th)

Racers: Will Kavanagh, Evan Hollenshade, Rob Abramo, Garrett Olsen, Justin Yeash, Cam Piper, Katie Beringer, Quent Dickmann, Carrie Rose

•Garrett: Men's A
--Riding in Maillot Jaune as Series Points Leader
--Circuit -- 8th of 48
--Crit -- 14th of 47
After the race weekend, Garrett remains the series points leader with 273 points! HE REMAINS IN YELLOW FOR ANOTHER WEEK!
•Rob: Men's A
--3rd in Crit

•Justin: Men's C
--Philly circuit C2: 10th out of 41
--Temple crit C2: 10th of 39
•Cam: Men's C
--24th in RR (Circuit Race)
--8th in Crit

•Kav: Men's D
--25th Crit
•Quent: Men's D
Freshman and first year rider Quent Dickmann placed 21st in the Men's D circuit race and 17th in the Men's D criterium, seeing continued improvement in the second race this week of his career.

•Carrie: Women's C
--RR- 10th (3 points)
--Crit- 16th
•Katie: Women's Intro
--RR: 7/19 (4 points)
--Crit: 4/16 (7 points)

The team travels two vans strong to this "home" race in local Philadelphia. Representing Villanova Cycling in blue and white kits, with the men's having at least two racers for each race category (except Men's B). For the women, Carrie Rose tackled Women's C in hopes of moving to Women's B in the very near future. Katie Beringer had a notiable performance in Women's Intro, accumulating a total of 11 points from both her races...finishing FOURTH in the crit!
Both Justin and Cam finished top 10 in the Temple criterium. Kavanagh makes his debut in Men's D for his first race of the season, fighting the pain from a previous injury to finish 25th in the crit. Most notable rider of the weekend is awarded to our captain, president, and fearless leader Garrett as he defends the yellow jersey as the series points leader. Yes fellow collegiate competitors, get used to seeing the back-side of Garrett because you will be seeing a lot of it. Be on the lookout, if you're not on guard, he will destroy you.
Garrett's fellow Men's A teammate, Rob Abramo, jammed during the criterium, finishing 3rd!

Always.Ride.Fast.

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Location:Philadelphia, PA

Upcoming Weekend of Races

2 Racing Fronts in one weekend!

Rob Abramo and Garrett Olsen will be heading down to Charlottesville, VA to race the:

Jefferson Cup RR 2011/Nature Valley Pro Selection Race
http://www.bluewheel.com/jefferson-cup-2011/

Former President and Villanova Cycling Alumnus James Miceli will also
be heading down to join his old teammates.

As for the rest of the team...

Men's 4-5:
Justin Yeash
Cam Piper
Quent Dickmann

Women's Open:
Carrie Rose
Arielle Kogut

will be traveling locally to Chester Springs, PA to race the Yellow Springs Road Race this Saturday (the 26th).

Both the Men's 4-5 and the Women's Open races will be a brisk 27miles.

If you're in the areas of Charlottesville OR Chester Springs this weekend, come check out some of the races!!

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Location:Charlottesville, VA and Chester Springs, PA

Philly Phlyer Race || March 19 & 20

Check out the Philly Phyler Race this weekend if you are in the area! Villanova Cycling will be defending the "Maillot Jaune" as the series leader! Location is easy to get to and whether should be decent. I hear 70 degrees on Friday so maybe the good weather will carry through the weekend.

Local Weather
Official Blog of Collegiate Racer || Garrett Olsen
Leaders Recap Article
DIRECTIONS / RACE DETAILS

SATURDAY - CIRCUIT RACE
(5Laps / 32 miles) Fairmont Park (Just Outside Philly towards Villanova)
*Not too spectator friendly - Come if you just want to tailgate and
hang out.
MENS A @ 2:15PM 
MENS C
MENS D
WOMENS C

SUNDAY -  TEMPLE CRITERIUM
(1.1 miles course / 60mins) Temple University Campus
*Very spectator friendly - short course - many laps so you get to see
the whole race in front of you.
MENS A @ 12:45PM
MENS C
MENS D
WOMENS C

Columbia Race Weekend Recap

First weekend where the Big Four is in full swing and all present. Unfortunately, because of the cancellation of the Steven's Race due to the heavy rain days before, the team had to travel elsewhere to find some competition to take down.

The next venue for the slaughter was just a few blocks away in central park. Garrett and Rob did their best in the Pro/1/2 race, but the intensity of the day before did not favor the best results in the New York Spring Series. Justin, however, stepped up to the occasion. In the 3/4 race, in a field of 50, Justin came in 6th place winning him 31 points in the series which also corresponded to $31. Let's do the math, registration cost $27, Justin won $31. Any cyclist can and do the subtraction to see that Justin won $4. First time to win money cycling for him. A couple of shout outs are in order as well. We would like to thank Ray Junkins for showing us around Hoboken and Katie Beringer for bringing the "tiger blood."

THE BIG FOUR IN TIMES SQUARE!!
Columbia Race Weekend (Stevens Cancelled)- March 12-13th Racers: Garrett Olsen, Rob Abramo, Justin Yeash, Cam Piper, Katie Beringer •Overall ECCC Team Omnium 4th place overall with Total: 47 points •Men's A Criterium: 60 minutes --Garrett: 3rd place, 58pts 2nd place in primes 3 and 4 --Rob: 4th place, 52pts •Men's C Criterium: 30 minutes --Justin: 9th out of 58, 4pts 4th place in prime 1 --Cam: 18th place •Women's Intro: 15 minutes --Katie: 7th place, 5pts •Men's CAT 3/4: --Justin: 6th out of 50 •Men's Pro 1/2: --Rob: 18th place --Garrett: 23rd place •Men's NYC Circuit Race: --Rob: Pack Fodder - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Location:NYC

Rutgers Race Weekend Recap

Rutgers Race Weekend: (March 5-6)
"Rutgers Scarlet Scurry"

Racers: Garrett Olsen, Rob Abramo, Matt Kwasnik, Carrie Rose, Justin Yeash, Katie Beringer

Results:
•Carrie: Women's C's
Points Race: 16th Place

•Katie: Women's Intro
TT: 14th out of 24
Crit: 19th out of 27

•Justin: Men's C
ITT: 5th out of 30 div C2
Crit: 5th out of 33 div C2

•Rob: Men's A
Time trial: 7th
Points race: 5th

•Garrett: Men's A
Individual Time Trial: [2.2 miles]
4th of 52 (4:30.56)
Criterium: [60 min.]
4th of 58
Points Race / Circuit Race: [60 min.]
7th of 46

Great results by team as a whole! Notable finishes by Justin, Rob, and our fearless leader Garrett.

Always.Ride.Fast.


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Location:Rutgers University

Jeff's New Bike

A brand new Trek bicycle!


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Location:High Road Cycles, Wayne

Navy Race Weekend (Feb 26-27th)

Carrie was the only Nova team member to enter the race for Women's C's. Kicking butt in the criterium, Carrie won all three primes and then finished first! She also took 2nd in the time trial. Way to go Carrie!!

Results-

Criterium:
1st Place - Prime 1, 2 and 3
1st Place overall

Time Trial:
Distance: 17mile
2nd Place - 00:55:07

Always.Ride.Fast.

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Location:Annapolis, MD

Updated Pain Cave

We have couches!!


No this is not a "club house" but this is our second home, with our 5 trainers and all our equipment for the race weekends stored here. The pain cave is invaluable and we are very fortunate to have this facility.

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Location:St. Mary's Garage, West Campus