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Army Spring Classic April 5-6, 2008 The Bucknell cycling team traveled to the Army Spring Classic for its sixth weekend of the season. The weekend was the first of the season to pack in four events—a team time trial and circuit race on Saturday and an individual time trial and criterium Sunday. Bucknell cyclists were eager to race Saturday morning, arriving first at Camp Buckner. The day started with a TTT on wet roads. The men's A team, comprised of senior Mike Chauner, sophomores Aaron Cravez and Aaron Meyers, and freshman Jeff Salvitti, secured 5 th place in their 15 mile race; senior Cara Jellison, junior Janine Hauber, and freshman Rebekah Morris got 3 rd place in the 7.5 mile women's B race. Luckily, the sun came out midmorning, warming things up and drying up the roads for the challenging circuit race. A two-mile loop featuring a steep climb, fast descent, a windy flat, and an uphill finish made for exciting races. Salvitti and Chauner put in solid performances, placing 6 th and 15 th respectively in men's A. Meyers also garnered a sixth place in the men's B race. Sunday started with a grueling 2.5 mile hill climb ITT at Westpoint. Freshman Kevin Curran placed 14 th out of 46 in men's C. The opening hill would soon become familiar, because it was climbed repeatedly in the 1 km criterium, which again featured an uphill finish. In large field sprints for the finish, Curran placed 5 th in men's C and Meyers 6 th in men's B. The men's A field couldn't catch a six-man breakaway but Chauner and Salvitti finished well with 12 th and 15 th respectively. The team will travel next to Boston where Salvitti and Chauner will continue their quest towards nationals. Salvitti is currently ranked 11 th in division 2 men's A standings, and Chauner, who made his season-debut this weekend after knee surgery, is ranked 23 rd . Others will seek to move up the ranks of their respective categories. Curran is currently 1 st in division 2 and 4 th in overall standings for men's C.
March 29-30, 2008-Bucknell Cycling enjoyed its fifth race weekend close to home in State College, Pennsylvania with the Nittany Lion Classic hosted by Penn State. The Classic featured a grueling road race in Black Moshannon State Park Saturday morning, and an Individual Time Trial and technical Criterium in downtown State College on Sunday. March 7-8, 2008-Bucknell Cycling's second race weekend brought miserable weather, but unstoppable success. The Phoenixville Fury Road Race, feared for two sizable climbs, was transformed into a technical downtown criterium due to dangerous rain and flooding. On Sunday, the team time trial and Philly Flyer circuit race continued in dry but windy conditions. Sunday's races were help in historical Fairmount Park along the Schukyll River. Each year, this weekend is a joint weekend between Easter and Atlantic Conferences, which brings large field sizes and great competition. March 1-2, 2008-The Bucknell Cycling Team had a successful first weekend of racing for the 2008 season. The Rutgers races held in New Brunswick, New Jersey, featured an individual prologue time trial, a criterium, and a circuit race. Racing with 12 riders, the Bucknell team was well represented throughout the men's and women's categories. December 11, 2007-Bucknell Cycling has changed shape tremendously with the graduation of many valuable seniors. Despite the loss, the new leaders are excited to maintain the competitive prowess of last year's team. As usual, the fall and winter are working times for the team, both on our bikes, in the classroom, and for the organization of the team. Bucknell Cycling's newly elected officers have been dedicated cyclists, working their way through the categories in previous years. Bucknell Cycling... A Classic! March 28, 2007-The Bucknell Cycling team stamped its authority at the 3rd annual Bucknell Cycling Classic as the riders collectively scored four separate wins in just two days of racing. The team bested 18 opposing universities to win the overall weekend for Division II schools. Despite tedious work, meticulous planning, and crack-of-dawn mornings preparing for the races by the student-athletes, the Bison were able to move from 6th to 3rd in the overall team conference standings as well as mark the first ever home-win on a Bucknell hosted weekend. Bucknell Cycling Men’s B pulls through at the University of Pennsylvania The second race of the collegiate season, held at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia was a combined weekend with the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference as well as the Atlantic Collegiate Cycling Conference, thereby drawing incredibly large fields, especially in Men’s B. Yet the Bucknell Men’s B did not shy away and had finishers in the top 10 in all three races. Chauner and Boehmer Dominate ECCC Opener at Rutgers University Sophomore Michael Chauner dominated the first race weekend of the 2007 East Collegiate Cycling Conference season held at Rutgers University. With a sprint victory in Saturday’s criterium followed by an impressive win in the circuit race the following day, Chauner started off the season incredibly strong. Sophomore Jeff Boehmer proved he’s been training hard since last season. Starting out in men’s B this year, Boehmer garnered his first win during Saturday’s crit. Todd Dowling, Bucknell Cycling’s determined president during the 05/06 season, recently won a $1000 scholarship for all of his efforts. Dowling a senior Biology major, who has maintained a 3.6 GPA during his cycling career, helped Bucknell cycling grow from a six member team to its current burgeoning team of 27. “I am excited for this award because it recognizes my hard work in the classroom and the hard work of the team over the last three years. The team has not stopped growing since I arrived on campus three years ago and I hope I can look back after graduation and see continued growth.” |
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