RedEye Velo: Race Report: Georgia Crit Championships Macon GA

Truly a beautiful day for racing. Velo Mom extraordinaire, Kelly Sciba, Brian Sciba, Price Edewaard, Eric "Boo" McNees, and Coach Mark McNees left Tallahassee at 5AM to race up in Macon GA. Jason Davis and Graham Gillis drove up on their own a little latter.

Brian raced a very competitive Juniors 15-18 field with several 1/2s in the peloton and the Cat 4 crit. He did extremely well in both races, if I remember correctly he was 4th in the junior race and 8th in Cat 4. Brian continues to show tremendous gains and race presence, it is only a matter of time before we start seeing him on the top podium spot.

Coach Mark raced the 45+ Masters 1-4 after sitting in for the first third of the race he found a short lived break, a few laps later he found himself in a four person break that was pulled back in a lap or so later. His best chance came when he attacked with 3 laps to go and kept away for two laps with another racers until the bell lap when they got caught and spit out the back.

Price rode like a seasoned pro hitting the corners with precision angles and form. The race start practices paid off with a near perfect start to get him in the front group with the big boys. Price continues to get better each race and we are very proud of him and his 3rd place finish.

Jason Davis also raced twice Masters 35+ 1-4 and Cat 3. Jason said, both races averaged around 27mph, but were for the most part pretty safe. Obviously disappointed with two mid-pack finishes on the day, but he kept the rubber side down and lived to race another day.

Graham Gillis and Jason raced Cat 3 together, the plan was to work together to set up a break and take the win. There were several GA teams up there looking to claim the State Championship jersey and obviously did not want some Floridians coming in and spoiling the party. After a hard fought race Graham and Jason had to settle for a mid-pack finish.