Biography Summary
I started road cycling in 1984 living
in Roswell, GA at the age of 14. I first joined USA Cycling in 1985
and raced as a junior on the road and track moving up to Category 3
in both. Racing in the southeast as a junior in the 80’s, my season
consisted mainly of criteriums in Georgia and Florida. Most of our
good road races were events such as State Championships at Fort
Gordon and Junior Worlds Trials Events. Of course Athens Twilight
was a big event as well. In addition, I raced the Friday night
omniums at DLV as well as Junior Track Worlds Trials in
Indianapolis. Though I qualified for Track Nationals my last year
as a junior, I broke my collarbone racing the week before the
event.
Junior Highlights:
Georgia State Points Race
Championships – 1st
Georgia State Sprint Championships –
3rd
Georgia State Pursuit Championships –
3rd
Athens Twilight amateur final – 7th
I took a couple of years off road
racing when I first started college, but was brought back in by
collegiate cycling. I rode mountain bikes as a junior, however
this was the time I started racing mountain bikes as well. Racing
for Georgia State University, I finished my Senior Year ranked 3rd
in the SEC for road racing and qualified as an individual for
Nationals.
Georgia State University Time Trial –
1st
University of Georgia Road Race – 1st
After College I focused on racing both
mountain bike and road bike at the national Level. I worked full
time and raced both until 1998 when I started racing full time. On
the mountain bike I focused on AMBC Races in the Southeast as well
as NORBA Nationals on the east coast. On the road I cut my teeth on
races like Tour de Toona and Elite Nationals. Without the same
opportunities for pro teams back then, I also raced composite teams
to get into as many UCI stage races as I could. I turned pro in
1999 with a UCI pro team and would go back and forth between Pro and
Elite over the following 9 years until I was hit by a truck while on
a training ride in 2008.
Mountain Bike Highlights:
Specialized Southern Cup – 1st
NORBA Nationals Red Wing, MN – 3rd
Cyclocross Highlights:
Birmingham Cyclocross Series – 1st
Overall
Raced Elite Cyclocross Nationals
Denver, Co
Road Highlights:
Georgia State Criterium Champion 3x
Georgia State Road Race Champion 1x
Tour Cuba Stage 3 – 8th
1998 USA Cycling Elite Nationals Road
Race – 15th
2000 USA Cycling Olympic Trials – 21st
Athens Twilight Criterium – 21st 2x
Manayunk Hill Climb – UCI 1.SC – 24th
Favorite UCI Races / Stage Races:
Philadelphia Week (Trenton, Philly
etc)
Redlands Classic
Sea Otter Classic
Boulder to Breckenridge
Tour de Toona
Tour of Tobago
Tour of Guadeloupe
Tour of Cuba
Tour of Guatemala
Veulta Independencia (Tour of
Dominican Republic)
Valley of the Sun
Fitchburg Longsjo Classic
National Events Participation
Junior World Trials – Road, Track
Collegiate Nationals – Road, Criterium
Mountain Bike Nationals – Expert and
Semi Pro (Cat 1)
Cyclocross Nationals – Cat 1
Road Nationals – Cat 1 and Pro
Criterium Nationals – Cat 1 and Pro
Time Trial Nationals - Pro
Paracycling Nationals – Road,
Criterium, Time Trail
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