WE RACE Women’s Racing Initiative Announces 2011 Points Series

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 [...]

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Carla Swart memorial service set for Saturday

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 [...]

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Collegiate cycling champion Carla Swart dies in tragic accident

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 [...]

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Interview: HTC-Highroad’s Ally 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 [...]

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Lees-McRae College leads southeast results at cyclocross nationals

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 [...]

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Great opportunities in women’s cycling

As the 2010 racing season comes to an end plans are already underway for 2011. Some exciting news for women racing is the merger of WE RACE and the Southeast Women’s (SEW) Cycling series. Collectively it will be known as WE RACE. By combining efforts WE RACE’s ultimate goal is to grow the sport of [...]

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2010 Atlanta 10K Classic: Women’s Pro Sprint

The 17th annual U.S. 10K Classic held in Atlanta, Georgia included a Pro Women’s Cycling 10K Sprint which rolled out almost immediately following the Pro Men’s Cycling 100K start (100K report here). Much like the men’s race the women’s race brought out quality racers for this short six mile race. Shannon Hutchison-Krupat, Robin Farina (Team [...]

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2010 Tour de la France – Anderson, SC

The quaint town of Anderson, South Carolina hosted the Tour de la France criterium. While this is the town’s second year hosting a bike event (earlier in the day there was a fun ride with proceeds going to the cancer association of Anderson), it was the first year that a criterium was held in conjunction [...]

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GS élan sponsored weekly rides

This past Wednesday the GS élan team kicked off their weekly women only training ride from the Ride On bike shop in Greenville, South Carolina. The genesis of the GS élan Wednesday evening ride came from fulfilling a need in the cycling community. “We recognized there was a large population of women that wanted to [...]

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First timers women mountain bike ride

Ladies, are you a first time mountain biker? The Asheville Women Cycling team is offering an easy hour to an hour and a half mountain bike ride this July 31st starting at 9:30AM. The ride will be on level gravel roads so don’t worry about being dropped. If you don’t have a mountain bike, don’t [...]

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