Southeast riders continue to podium at Master Nationals

SamPodiumTopStep

It was another fabulous day for bike racing at the Masters National Championships in Bend, OR. Friday’s criteriums were held on a flat 1.2 kilometer, 4-corner course in downtown Bend. USA Cycling reported that the crowds were at least two-deep around the perimeter of the course. Samantha Smith kept the momentum going for Team Headstrong [...]

Master National Championships – Team Headstrong medals

Christina Lindsey

Racers from around the nation have converged on Bend, Oregon for the 2011 Master Road Nationals. On the race schedule is the individual time trial, road race and criterium. While the competition just started, Greenville resident Christina Lindsey (Team Headstrong) has already medaled. Steve Baker, team manager of the Hincapie Development squad, is in Bend [...]

Marhanka wins his second national track championship title

Scratch Race

The Masters Track National Championships continued over the weekend and so did POA’s Darin Marhanka’s winning streak. Earlier last week Marhanka, in a close battle, took the stars and stripes jersey in the points race. After that event the POA rider felt that his form was good enough to win in Saturday’s 45-49 year old’s [...]

Marhanka wins national championship jersey at Master’s Track Champs

Points champion

The Upstate has a newly crowned national champion. In a hotly contested points race at the master’s national track championships in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, Darin Marhanka of the POA squad took the stars and stripes jersey. After a rain delay, which forced a pause in the action, 30 laps remained in the points race and Marhanka [...]

USADA suspends North Carolina master racer for doping

Cannell 2009 national master time trial champion

The United States Anti Doping Agency in a press release announced that Peter Cannell of North Carolina has been suspended for two years following a positive result for the anabolic agent drostanolone in an out of competition test conducted April 16th, 2010. The positive result came from a urine sample collected as part of the [...]