Victory!

Charlie Salzer wins Men's D race at Rutgers, Drew Mitstifer 3rd after a great leadout.

Race Schedule

There have been some requests so you can find our race schedule here:

http://collegiatecycling.org/eccc/wiki/index.php?n=Calendar.Current

Next race: Grants Tomb Crit in NYC! This Saturday.

shaking off the rust

Rode my first longer miles of the season today. Nothing special or speedy, but definitely more exciting than my 1 mile commute.

I will try to get a few more rides before another outpatient surgery on March 17. Unlike last June when I had to take off the entire month, this surgery should only have my off the saddle for a week or so.

I'm looking forward to the familiar jaunts to the river, or out east through Amish farms. And I'd sure like to find a few new rides.

Glad the team is doing well, and that we do have at least one competing female rider. Looks like everyone returned, stronger than ever! If you post your pictures to Flickr, be sure add the tag "fmcycling" so the Blog slideshow will include your photos.

- Andy

Navy Report

This past Saturday the F&M cycling team kicked off its season with a crit at the Naval Academy in Annapolis MD. We have a more experienced team this year and we have all been training hard so we went into the race with high hopes. We did not disappoint.

Men's D race: We started the race with 9 riders, by far the most ever for this team. The race got off to a good start with Charlie, Dan, Matt, Drew and Jamie all making the front group. Early in the race we had a small mishap, with Matt taking a corner a little too fast and crashing. He was able to get right back up and keep racing, but unfortunately did not make it back to the front group. Dan had a great race, taking the first prime and staying away in a solo breakaway for two laps. As the race came to its last two laps the groups really started to beak up. Coming into the final sprint Dan was second around the last corner and just barely missed the win, finishing a fantastic second. Jamie, in his first race ever finished a great 10th, putting two F&M riders in the top 10. Also a congrats to Hans, Cory and Nick for all finishing their first races.

Men C: Stephen was our only rider in this race. In his first C race ever he rode great, getting stronger every lap and consistently staying at the front of the group. Going into the final turn Stephen was sitting in 5th position and looked to have at least a top 5 locked up. Unfortunately a Navy rider couldn't quite handle himself and crashed right into Stephen, taking them both down. Stephen was able to get right back up and ended up finishing 16th. A good result and hopefully next week with a little more luck it will be even better.

Men B: Rob had a good race and managed to finish 11th in the final sprint.

Women C: Courtney raced well against strong competition to finish 4th in her first race with the team.

For complete results look here: http://acccycling.org/media/NAVYCR.pdf

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Thank you all for your support of the F&M Cycling Team. We have been training hard for the last six weeks (despite the snow) to be in the best possible shape for our first race. Tomorrow (assuming the weather cooperates) we will be racing in Annapolis MD at the U.S. Naval Academy. The team is looking good and we hope to make you all proud. Keep an eye out for race results, pictures and reports in the coming days. Thank you all again for your support.

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