Road Season Update

The men and women from Boone have been showing impressive results throughout the ACCC so far this season and we wanted to update you on their results. The Mountaineers recently competed in Philadelphia, Boone, and Harrisonburg, VA, and Charlottesville, VA. Only three weekends remain in the 2008 season with races remaining at Virginia Tech, West Virginia, and Wake Forest. It's now or never for the Appalachian State Cycling Team and you can certainly bet that the Apps will leave it all on the table in hopes of walking away with another conference title.

Philadelphia was a display of brutal weather with constant rain and heavy winds but the Apps managed to pull out some much needed points in their quest to capture their third straight ACCC Road Championship. The home weekend over Easter Break in Boone witnessed an impressive display of heroics by the riders in black and gold as top five finishes were common. Zach Greene came out of the woodwork to record his first win of the 2008 campaign by launching to a 1st place finish in a sprint for the line in a road race that included only a select group of riders at the finish. The women with Amanda Gilbert, Allison Forkner, and Ariel Leath also recorded top finishes in the women's B road race on a beautiful afternoon in Boone. Other top performances include that of Chris Jones and Josh Marcus who both recorded top five finishes in their respective road races. Special attention also goes to Lauren Trull who recorder two first place finishes in the women's A road race and criterium. David Forkner unleashed the fury in Sunday's criterium as well as he soloed to a 2nd place finish after constantly being in break-aways all afternoon. If there was an aggressive rider award for Boone's criteriums, David would take home that honor without any doubt.

The Mountaineers have fought back tooth and nail with in-state rival Pfeiffer University as well as conference power John Hopkins. Harrisonburg and Charlottesville provided a few opportunities for Appalachian to make up some ground on first place as they currently sit at 2nd in the conference standings. It is very crowded at the top of the conference standings but the Mountaineers are resilient in their efforts to capture that elusive third conference title. Updated ACCC standings will be coming shortly so stay posted!

-App State Cycling