Tallahassee Photos

Alex Spook (1st) and Jos Chalmers (2nd) on the junior 17-18 circuit race podium

Jos (1st) and Alex (3rd) on the podium for the category 3 circuit race

Michelle Blake on the top step for the womens 3/4 circuit race podium

Team Colavita swept the top three with Ian McGauvran (1st), Brandon Forman (2nd) and Jos Chalmers (3rd) in the junior 17-18 road race.

Casey Braga took 1st in the junior 15-16 road race

Jos Chalmers took 1st in the men category 3 overall for the Tallahassee stage race.

Photos By Michelle Blake

Tallahassee Race Weekend Results

Saturday

Circuit Race

Junior 13-14
James Mertens 9th

Junior 17-18

Alex Spook 1st

Jos Chalmers 2nd

Brandon Forman 7th

Category 3
Jos Chalmers 1st
Alex Spook 3rd

Category 4

Casey Braga 7th

Ian McGauvran 20th

Women 3/4
Michelle Blake 1st

Time Trial

Junior 13-14

James Mertens 8:12 9th

Junior 15-16
Casey Braga 6:07 1st

Junior 17-18

Brandon Forman

Category 3
Jos Chalmers 5:40 1st
Alex Spook 5:56 5th

Category 4

Casey Braga 6:07 5th

Women 3/4
Michelle Blake 7:06 2nd

Sunday

Road Race

Junior 13-14

James Mertens 10th

Junior 15-16
Casey Braga 1st

Junior 17-18

Ian McGauvran 1st

Brandon Forman 2nd

Jos Chalmers 3rd

Alex Spook (2 Flat tires)

Category 3
Jos Chalmers 5th
Alex Spook (Flat tire)

Category 4

Casey Braga 17th (Flat tire)

Ian McGauvran 19th

Brandon Forman 21st

Women 3/4
Michelle Blake 2nd (2 Flat tires)

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Team Colavita acquired a total of 6 flat tires this weekend but we also left Tallahassee with 7 race wins and one over all general classification win. Nice job everyone!

Team Colavita All Smiles After a Great Weekend

Junior girls Briana Luthman, Michelle Blake and Zoe Mullins proudly show off their medals from the weekend's LAJRS races, where junior girls and boys are scored seprately

Casey Braga explains his category 4 race in great detail with Colavita coach Carlos Soler

Alex Spook, category 3 Colavita racer, and his dad, Steve Spook

Taylor Warren, category 4 Colavita racer, and his dad, Dean Warren, playing around at Saturday's race. Carlos stands in the background with a look of "what have I gotten myself into coaching these kids."

Christian Teather describes to his dad the events of his first ever category 4 race.

Taylor Warren and Ian McGauvran enjoy the free massages provied after the race

Michelle Blake still grinning even after crashing in the final lap of the Womens 1-4 race on Saturday. She showed her recovery skills by coming back the next day to win the womens 4 race in a field sprint.

A big THANK YOU goes out to Walter Rentz and everyone on Team ORC who worked to make this weekend a success. We really appreciated the effort you put out to have prizes and primes for every category as well as scheduling the junior races as LAJORS, you guys put on a great race.

Photo Credits go to Brad Gordon, Jan Chalmers, Michelle Blake and Dean Warren

Orlando Time Trial February 23rd

Jos Chalmers 1st 14:55
Dean Warren 4th 15:51
Taylor Warren 6th 16:07
Bradley Gordon 12th 16:40
Brandon Forman 15th 17:10
Anselm Teather 25th 18:14
Michelle Blake 30th 18:29
Anne Teather 36th 21:55

ORC Race Weekend Results

Saturday

Winter Garden Circuit Race

Junior 10-12
Tate Harper 1st

Junior 13-14

Anselm Teather 4th

James Mertens 9th

Zoe Mullins 10th

Junior 15-16
Casey Braga 5th
Michelle Blake 7th
Christian Teather 8th
Briana Luthman 9th

Junior 17-18

Bradley Gordon 6th

Jos Chalmers 8th

Taylor Warren 11th

Alex Spook 13th

Brandon Forman 14th

Ian McGauvran 17th

Category 3
Jos Chalmers 4th
Alex Spook 45th

Category 4

Taylor Warren 3rd

Casey Braga 23rd

Ian McGauvran 29th

Dean Warren 31st

Brandon Forman 41st

Women 4
Michelle Blake 8th

Sunday

Lake Mary Criterium

Junior 10-12

Tate Harper 1st

Junior 13-14
Anselm Teather 7th
Zoe Mullins 8th
James Mertens 12th

Junior 15-16

Casey Braga 3rd

Christian Teather 7th

Michelle Blake 8th

Briana Luthman 14th

Junior 17-18
Taylor Warren 5th
Ian McGauvran 6th
Jos Chalmers 9th
Bradley Gordon 12th
Brandon Forman 13th
Alex Spook 15th

Category 3

Jos Chalmers 7th

Alex Spook 41st

Category 4
Casey Braga 7th
Ian McGauvran 11th
Bradley Gordon 13th
Taylor Warren 15th
Christian Teather 33rd
Dean Warren 34th

Women 4

Michelle Blake 1st

Zoe Mullins 7th

Anne Teather 10th

Florida Racing Magazine

The Florida Racing Magazine has become a very popular source of cycling information lately, with over 2, 500 fans on facebook and countless readers of its bi-monthly issues. In the latest edition, released just today, Team Colavita's Josiah Chalmers is featured on the front cover, celebrating his Cat 3 win in the first race of the year. Dean Warren contributed some beautifully written articles about the Junior races so far this year, highlighting the achievements of everyone who raced and the success of some of our prominent junior teams in Florida. (Mr.Warren's junior articles can be found on pages 26-29 for Deland, and 38-39 for Gainesville). Michelle Blake received some recognition for her placing at the Gainesville Crit in the article by Heather Davis (pg 40-43) and Jos is mentioned in the breakaway for the San Antonio Road Race (pg 58).

To read these and other articles from the current issue of Florida Racing Magazine, click here

Dade City Road Race

Congratulations to Jos Chalmers who won the Category 3 Road Race this weekend in San Antonio. A race report by Tony Chalmers:
Saturday's Dade City road race was a combined Pro 1 2 & 3 field of 120 men racing over a 68 mile undulating course. There was an early break by 3 pro riders followed by an 8 man break of 7 pro 1 2 riders and Jos. The 8 man group bridged to the leading 3 and that contingent stayed together and built a 4 minute lead over the chasing peloton. Jos won the Cat 3 race by over 2 minutes and came 6th in the Pro 1,2 race, finishing 4 minutes ahead of Brevard Pro 1,2 riders Earl Bradley and Gary Stern.

Ian McGauvran also competed on Saturday, finishing midpack with the Category 4 racers and coming in 28th place.

No one from Colavita raced Sunday at the criterium because there were no junior races being held.

Gainesville Photos

Alex Spook, Jos Chalmers, Casey Braga, and Ian McGauvran (not in picture) get ready go right before the start of their team time trial Saturday

Team Colavita riders warm up on trainers Sunday in preperation for the junior race. Look at all that red and green! We had a total of 11 juniors competing this weekend, wow!

Colavita juniors sprint off the line in Sunday's 10-18 race

Alex Spook and Jos Chalmers in the Category 3 pack made for an interesting race through the streets of downtown Gainesville

More photos can be viewed here by Michelle Blake