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While the team was on track to have another stellar season, COVID-19 came in like a wrecking ball. Last week, UA shifted all classes online and UA Rec Sports canceled all club sports activities (racing, travel, training, etc) until the end of the semester. USA Cycling has pulled event permits through early May. We’re doing our part to flatten the curve by staying home and riding solo when we do go out.

What about nationals?
Well, there are more pressing things to deal with right now than bike races. However, we hope things calm down in May and USA Cycling can get the event rescheduled later in the summer. For now, we’re focused on adapting to our new online classes, eating well, and riding solo (or with roommates we’re stuck with!)

I’m an incoming freshman…
Don’t worry! We’ll be here for you in the fall and ready to rip! You can find direction to join the e-mail list and social media pages on the About the Team page.

Stay healthy!

 

We’re super excited to be hosting several races in the Tucson area in the spring of 2020!

1/25: Race Against Time. We’ve moved the TT to a new course in San Manuel- the only hilly 30 KM time trial in the state! Race info and sign up are on SWSportsReg

2/1: La Vuelta a Santa Catalina Road Race. Same great course as last year in Oracle and San Manuel! Race distances vary between 27, 54, and 80 miles. Find out more here.

2/1: UA Grand Prix. We’re back on the UA main mall again for the 4th year! A short, but technically challenging course that will test your handling abilities. Find out more here.

Finally, if you are a UA student interested in racing with us, come to our info session on 1/16 @ 6pm in CAPLA 302A

Another semester comes to a close and we’ve had a great fall! We recruited our largest freshman class (8!) and sent our first full MTB squad to nationals in several years. At CX Nats, we brought back a second place in the women’s CX race (Cara), 19th and 33 in the men’s race (John; Tim), 3rd in the team relay, and 3rd overall!

We’re looking forward to spring 2020! We’ll see you soon at our home race weekend!

Our six-person mountain bike squad just returned from the most successful collegiate mountain bike nationals in nearly a decade! Racing took place in cool, sunny, and dry conditions in Big Bear, CA.

On the women’s side:
Shelby Hoglund placed 14th in the XC and 15th in the short track (STXC)
Lily Pepe placed 29th in the XC and 23rd in the STXC

On the men’s side:
Spencer Ciammitti finished a career-best 4th in the STXC and 9th in the XC
Grayson Hughes was 17th in the XC and 29th in STXC
Ethan Krafft was 30th in the XC and 36 in the STXC
Collin DiMattio was 43rd in the XC and 32 in the STXC

Grayson, Lily, Shelby, and Spencer took on the team relay on Sunday- a first for us at this nationals- and finished 7th. Overall, the team was 9th in the omnium across all events. With no one graduating from this group, we’re stoked to continue building our mountain bike program for 2020! We’re especially looking to build out the gravity side of the team.

In sponsorship news, we’re proud to announce our new title sponsor:

Garmin has proved the team with some of their outstanding products to help us train smarter, harder, and more efficiently. Look for our riders to be rocking some new tech soon! Fun fact: Garmin has an office here in Tucson!

Welcome back Wildcats! We’re stoked to kick off another year of riding and racing across the Southwest. If you’re a new student looking for adventure- you’ve come to the right place! Whether it be BMX, Road, MTB, CX, or Track, we have you covered. You’ll make friends that will last a lifetime and push yourself further than you ever thought possible.

Here’s how to get involved:
-Stop by Bash at the Rec on Sunday, 8/25, from 7-9 pm. We’ll have a table there, and you can learn more about the team and chat with us.
-Our first group ride is Monday, 8/26, at 6:30 am from the flagpole on the west side of Old Main
-Our first team meeting is Thursday, 8/29, at 6 pm in CAPLA (College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture) Room 302A.

We also recommend joining our e-mail and FB page- directions to do so are under the “About the Team” page.

Cara winning the 2019 Collegiate Road Race Championship.
Credit: Dylan Stucki

Women’s TTT: 5th
Women’s RR: 1st
Women’s crit: 2nd
Women’s individual omnium: 1st (by ONE point!)
Men’s TTT: 4th
Team omnium: 4th

What more needs to be said?

BEAR DOWN!

We knocked the fundraiser out of the park with $5,232 raised! We also closed out the regular season with numerous wins at crit regionals and wrapped up the team omnium. 10 of us (new member Alyssa Grace is joining us for the ITT and TTT) head off next weekend to Augusta, GA to bring home some titles! A big thanks to several anonymous donors (you know who you are!) as well as:

Leo Carrillo

Natalie O’Farrell

Daniel Quigley

Gary Sax

Dan Orlowski

Craig Harding

John HEALY

Deseray Ford

Alex Neuwirt

Andrew Milligan

Toetie Oberman

Cindy Beard

Alan Fischer

Sean Kneale

Dave Burnett

Thomas  Brocco

Charles Franz

Melanie Colavito

Steve Herzog

Chelsea Hoglund

Eric  Pearce

Brian Wilver

Matt Stoner

Michael McKisson

Sharon Ogan

Gregory Welch

Sherman Scurry, MD  (Orange Grove Pediatrics)

Chloe Woodruff

Mike Parrish

Bill Heob

David Castro

John C Harrison

David Bixby

Steve Wetmore

David DiMattio

You’re support made this trip possible, and for that we are incredibly grateful. We’ll keep you posted!

It may be March, but collegiate road nationals in Augusta, GA is right around the corner on May 10-12! And we are STOKED! Last year saw us win the women’s team trial (Cara, Chloe, Shelby, and Kat) and Cara landed on the road race podium in 5th. We’re aiming to defend our TTT and add a few more jerseys to our collection. To do so, we’ll be bringing a killer squad:

	Men’s captain: Joey Iuliano Year: 4 yr PhD Major: Geography and Urban Planning Events: TTT, Road race
	Adam Bryfogle Year: Sophomore Major: Computer Science Events: Road race, Crit, alt. for TTT
	John Noonan Year: 2 yr PhD Major: Planetary Sciences Events: TTT, Road race, Crit
	Wouter Zwart* Year: 3 yr Law Major: Law Events: TTT, Road race, Crit
	Marcello Cesario Year: Junior Major: CLAS Events: TTT, Road race, Crit
	Collin DiMattio* Year: Freshman Major: Physiology Events: ITT, Road race, crit alternate
	Women’s captain: Cara O’Neill Year: Sophomore Major: Biochemistry Events: TTT, Road Race, Crit
	Shelby Hoglund Year: 1 yr PhD Major: Soil, Water, and Environmental Science Events: TTT, Road Race, Crit (?)
	Chloe Welch Year: Sophomore Major: Natural Resources Events: TTT, Road Race, Crit

*denotes rider’s first collegiate road nationals.

All photos (minus Joey, John, Collin, and Adam) from Damion Alexander

Our home race is next weekend, featuring a challenging road race in Oracle, AZ and a criterium in the heart of the UA’s campus. We have cash prizes provided by Oracle Ford, Oracle Land and Home, prizes from Skratch, Fair Wheel Bikes (plus cash primes!), Sabino Cycles ($$$ gift cards!), Ritchey, Radical Threads, Jimmy Johns, Oracle, Patio Cafe, Beyond Bread, UA College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture, and R-Bar!

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Grayson Hughes, Tim Maley, Cara O’Neill, and John Noonan represented the Wildcats in Louisville, KY at the cyclocross national championships. Cara rode to a fine second place in the women’s race on Thursday and the team (Grayson, Cara, and Tim) defended the team’s relay title on Saturday. Additionally, we finished second to CSU in the team omnium (the sum of points across the women’s, men’s, and relay events) by just 1 point!

Have a safe break and we’ll see you at the first team meeting on 1/10 at 6pm in Harvill 240!