Mountain & Cross, oh my!

Mountain bike season is well underway and the Appalachian State Cycling Team is dominating in usual fashion week-in, week-out. A couple of new additions to the team have performed well in the mountain season including Robert Jameson and Ryan Fawley who finished 1st and 4th respectively at races in Virginia. Michael Thomas and Daniel Sapp also picked up a couple of first place finishes in the early part of the mountain bike season. Riders like Alex Hannah, Zach Greene, Jerid Gooding, and "The Veteran", David Forkner, also picked up strong finishes to help the Mountaineers secure those precious team points. Currently the Mountaineers lead the conference standings and with an onslaught of talent primed and loaded for the cyclocross season, App State looks to bring home the Triple Crown this year in Mountain, Cyclocross, and Road categories.

Speaking of cyclocross, have you seen our guys around town training like the beasts they are? These guys are not taking anything lightly and a few of them have decided to sit out of the cycling study taking place in the Exercise Science Department in order to be ready and fresh for their races. Riders like Noah Niwinski, who graduates in December, looks to unleash the fury on his opponents as the cyclocross season approaches. Niwinski will help in leading a talented group of riders this season, and be sure to catch the local races as they come to towns near you. For a complete listing of races near your town, please click here!

If you see any of the riders around Boone, or in any towns near your area, be sure to congratulate the team on last year's success while also wishing them good luck in this year's season. All of our riders are hard at work in doing this necessary tasks to prepare for their respective seasons, and we look to bring home multiple Atlantic Coast Cycling Conference Championships this year!

Also, we're still looking for additional team sponsors for the 2007-2008 season before we make our jersey order. If you or your business is interested in becoming a team sponsor, please contact the ASU Cycling Team at appstatecycling@yahoo.com or e-mail Jerid Gooding at jg68987@appstate.edu. Sponsorship includes spots on the team jersey or team bibs, team website, race banner, shirts and other team wear, etc. This is a great opportunity for your business that you certainly don't want to miss, and your donation is even tax deductible! Contact us to find out ways in which you can be involved with a championship caliber team!

-App State Cycling

We're back!

After a long summer with scorching temperatures in the lowlands of North Carolina and the rest of the southeast United States, the ASU Cycling Team is back in the heart of the high country for the 2007-2008 school year. The fall semester is now underway and the Boone community is thriving with students who have returned from their summer vacations.

The team will return over 50 riders back to this year's squad, and the team is confident in repeating as Atlantic Coast Conference Champs. It will surely be a tough hill to climb as the Mountaineers lost Ross Bowden, a strong rider who raced in all three seasons (Cyclocross, Mountain, Road), to graduation in May as well as a few other riders. Travis Hurt, another dominant force to be reckoned with, also graduated and has moved away from Boone to begin his career in construction. Luckily the team will be returning a few riders who have graduated but are returning for graduate school. Jordan Nance will make his return to the road this coming spring after being accepted into the graduate History program, and Noah Niwinski has intentions on beginning graduate school after he finishes his undergraduate program in December. These two riders, as well as many others, will look to lead the team into continued success well into the future.

Speaking of this year's squad, you can't help but look at the amount of talent returning to the trails and roads. David Forkner is turning heads all of over the place as he continues to thrash his away around on both the mountain bike and cyclocross trails. Forkner took home a few top prizes in several races over the summer months. Jerid Gooding is also planning for a big spring showing after superb performances this summer in several road races. Watch for these guys as well as the many other riders as they continue racing through the fall and winter seasons.

Quick note on the first mountain bike race: Appalachian will host the first race of the ACCC season on the weekend of September 1st, in Wilkesboro, NC. For information on the race, please visit www.appstatecycling.com

Also, if your business is interested in team sponsorship for the 2007-2008 seasons, please contact the ASU Cycling Team at appstatecycling@yahoo.com or e-mail Jason Waddell at jw70160@appstate.edu. Sponsorship includes spots on the team jersey or team bibs, team website, race banner, shirts and other team wear, etc. This is a great opportunity for your business that you certainly don't want to miss, so join the ASU Cycling Team and win!

-App State Cycling