WE RACE Women’s Racing Initiative Announces 2011 Points Series

2010 Rock Hill Cat 4 Podium

WE RACE Women’s Racing Initiative , which merged with the Southeast Women’s (SEW) Cycling series for 2011, has announced its 2011 schedule for the WE RACE Points Series, featuring five race weekends in five southeastern states: South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama. The series will kick off at the first annual Blythewood Omnium [...]

Carla Swart memorial service set for Saturday

Carla Swart - she will be missed

Members of the Lees-McRae College and Banner Elk communities are invited to join in a memorial service to celebrate the life of Carla Swart at the Banner Elk Presbyterian Church on Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. The service will be a time to remember a remarkable young talent, as well as honor her [...]

Collegiate cycling champion Carla Swart dies in tragic accident

Photo: Carson Blume

It is with much sadness that we report that Carla Swart, a multi-discipline cycling collegiate champion for Lees-McRae College, was killed today while training in her native South Africa. Her family emigrated to the US and on a running/cycling scholarship she enrolled at the North Carolina college. While an athlete at Lees-McRae she held 19 [...]

Interview: HTC-Highroad’s Ally Stacher

Big season in front of Stacher

Once again a Lees-McRae College alumnus has taken the next big step in their cycling career. Brent Bookwalter of Athens, Georgia and member of Team BMC is an alumna of this small college which continues to produce strong riders. North Carolina’s Ally Stacher graduated from Lees-McRae in 2010 with a degree in History and promptly [...]

Lees-McRae College leads southeast results at cyclocross nationals

Lees Mcrae Bobcats

The Lees-McRae College cycling team captured its tenth national title in program history on Sunday, earning the 2010 Collegiate Cyclocross National Championship by slipping past defending Champion Fort Lewis to earn the top spot in the team omnium by more than 30 points. The national crown marks Lees-McRae’s fourth Division I championship in cyclocross in [...]