Lake Louisa 6/16/09

Congratulations to our Team Colavita juniors who participated in tonight's Lake Louisa Training Crit. Racers Bradley Gordon and Casey Braga placed second and third in the category "B", surviving the driving rain that slickened the roads and made visibility hard. Here is a list of everyone else on the team who also braved the lightning and thunder to give Colavita a good showing.

Category A
John-Paul Russo

Category B
Bradley Gordon
Casey Braga
Ian McGauvran
Brandon Forman
Taylor Warren
Michelle Blake
Zoe Mullins

Also, we would like to welcome Taylor Warren to team Colavita. Great job in your second road race and we look forward to riding with you more.

Ocala Stage Race

Saturday

Ocala Road Race

Junior 10-12
Anslem Teather 1st
James Mertens 2nd
Zoe Mullins 3rd

Junior 13-14
Casey Braga 1st
Christian Teather 2nd
Briana Luthman 4th

Junior 17-18
Brandon Forman 5th

Women 4
Michelle Blake 8th

Ocala Time Trial

Junior 10-12
Anslem Teather 1st 13:43
James Mertens 2nd 15:36
Zoe Mullins 16:25

Junior 13-14
Casey Braga 1st 11:13
Christian Teather 3rd 12:21
Briana Luthman 4th 15:50

Junior 17-18
Brandon Forman 5th 12:43

Women 4
Michelle Blake 4th 13:00

Sunday

Ocala Forest Road Race

Junior 10-12
Anselm Teather 1st
Zoe Mullins 2nd
James Mertens 3rd

Junior 13-14
Christian Teather 1st
Casey Braga 2nd
Briana Luthman 4th

Junior 17-18
Brandon Forman 5th

Women 4
Michelle Blake 8th

Category 4
Casey Braga 35th

Omnium Results

Junior 10-12
Anselm Teather 1st
James Mertens 2nd
Zoe Mullins 3rd

Junior 13-14
Casey Braga 1st
Christian Teather 2nd
Briana Luthman 3rd

Junior 17-18
Brandon Forman 5th

Women 4
Michelle Blake 8th

Orlando Time Trial #5

Results:
John-Paul Russo 7th 33:34
Casey Braga 12th 34:28
Neville Brabrook 19th 36:46
Brandon Forman 22nd 37:37
Justin Hanson 27th 53:48

Team News June 8th

This past Friday, two of our Colavita junior racers, Brandon Forman and Michelle Blake, visited Lake Mary Elementary School to talk to students about bicycle safety and show off different types of bicycles. Michelle stressed how important it is to wear a helmet while riding and Brandon showed off his skills on his road bike, bmx bike and unicycle. The students were captivated by Michelle's trick riding on her highwheel bike and enjoyed being helped into the high saddle by Brandon. The smile on their faces showed what a good time they all had!
The team points standing are now up on FloridaCycling.com and Team Colavita is holding a strong lead in juniors 10-12 and 13-14, as well as 3rd place in juniors 15-16. In the categories, we currently also have 7th place in Men 5s and 4th in Women 4s. Keep up the good work!
We would also like to mention what a fabulous race TCR put on this past weekend in Stuart, FL. Thank you so much for providing trophies for the juniors on Saturday and such great prizes on Sunday. And big hug goes to Anne Teather for organizing "swag bags" for all the racers on Saturday and all the 10-18 year olds who competed in the Toyota of Stuart criterium on Sunday. The sponsor of the race, Toyota of Stuart, also gave out numerous cash primes to all the fields. Everyone really appreciated the work you went to put on this wonderful race. We can't wait until next year!

Toyota of Stuart Race Weekend

Saturday

Junior 10-12
Anselm Teather 1st
James Mertens 2nd
Zoe Mullins 3rd

Junior 13-14
Jay Major 2nd
Casey Braga 3rd
Christian Teather 4th
Michelle Blake 6th
Briana Luthman 7th

Junior 15-16
Nick Blanchard 4th

Women 4
Michelle Blake 4th

Category 3
John-Paul Russo 23rd

Masters +45
Paul Hardison 45th

Sunday
(junior categories were LAJRS)

Junior 10-12 Boys
Anselm Teather 1st
James Mertens 2nd

Junior 10-12 Girls
Zoe Mullins 2nd

Junior 13-14 Boys
Jay Major 2nd
Casey Braga 3rd
Christian Teather 4th

Junior 13-14 Girls
Michelle Blake 1st
Briana Luthman 2nd

Junior 15-16 Boys
Casey Braga 4th
Nick Blanchard 7th
Christian Teather 9th

Junior 17-18 Boys
Brandon Forman 5th

Category 5
Dennis Blanchard 20th
Brandon Forman 22nd

Category 4
Casey Braga 25th

Category 3
John-Paul Russo 29th
Paul Hardison 31st

Masters +45
Paul Hardison 43rd

Women 4
Michelle Blake 11th

Photo credit goes to: Bill Meyers, Joe Luthman, and Michelle Blake

Casey Braga's Win at Lake Louisa

The Lake Louisa crits are in Lake Louisa state park. The course is hilly and very fast. There is an A and a B race. I raced and won the B race. At the start I stayed at the front half of the pack. Then I tried a solo attack and held it for a mile, till the pack caught me. For the rest of the race I stayed in the front and middle of the pack. Toward the end I was about to ease up a hill until Tracy Mullins, a strong Armada team rider told me (yelled at me) to keep going. Then 4 or 5 guys were in a breakaway 200 meters before the finish. I caught up to them and sprinted on the far side of them. Francisco, another strong Armada racer, started to sprint and try to catch me. I saw him and put more power to the pedals and sprinted to the finish. That was my first non-junior race win.

Lake Louisa 6/2/09

Good Job to team Colavita at last night's Lake Louisa Training Crit in Clermont. It seems we were very well represented, even gaining a win in the Category B race by Casey Braga. Here is a list of everyone on the team who raced.

Category A
Jos Chalmers
Bradley Gordon
Ian McGauvran
John-Paul Russo

Category B
Casey Braga
Nick Blanchard
Dennis Blanchard
Zoe Mullins





Photos by Brad Gordon
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