Still Going Strong

Just a quick up date for all our wonderful supporters out there who have followed the "A-Team" all season.

The US National Championship weekend in Downers Grove, IL had it's high points and certainly its low points. On day one, Katharine Carroll escaped the peloton early in a four woman breakaway and would finish on the podium in 3rd place along with race winner Brooke Miller and 2nd place finisher, Alison Powers. On day two the hoorahs and high fives were replaced with tears of pain and frustration as Carmen McNellis would end the day with a refractured collarbone from a crash in 2007 and Kristin Sanders would end the day with a fractured wrist. "It was crazy...there were crashes throughout the entire race. Everytime I would turn around another rider would be rolling into the pit from a crash somewhere on the course." Aside from the crashes and broken bones the women did have two great team races...I think a lead out train is coming.

The weekend after the US Nationals, Sarah Caravella traveled solo up to Binghamton, NY to compete in the Chris Thater Classic. She would score valuable points toward the "A-Team's" 3rd place NRC overall team standing by placing 6th on the day.

On Labor Day, Rebecca Larson, Shannon Hutchison-Krupat and Sarah Caravella would hit the streets of Atlanta bright and early to race the Atlanta 10K. No, it wasn't a running race but a 10K drag race on 6 open lanes of downtown Atlanta, GA. One might wonder why someone would be crazy enough to awake at 5:00am for a 7:00am race start to race for a total of 17 min....well how does a prize list of $10,000.00 sound! Agressive team riding by all would be finished off with a strong second place finish by Rebecca Larson only bested by the multi-time crowned US National Criterium Champion, Tina Pic.

Meanwhile...Katharine Carroll has joined the US National Team in Europe for some tough european racing. Beginning with a World Cup race in Poulay, France followed by the Holland Ladies Tour currently underway.