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| Camp RedEye |
It was a smokin' hot weekend out in Jacksonville for the Florida State Crit Championships. We had another good presence representing RedEye Velo and Tallahassee with seven juniors and four adults racers and most importantly our RedEye Velo friends and family.
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Cheryl, Kevin, Annette, Kelly, and Kelly
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| Brian and Connor |
Juniors:
- Price Edewaard
- Cody Elliott
- Madison McNees
- Brain Sciba
- Connor Everett
- Jackson Griffin
- Tyler Griffin
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| Jason and Brian |
Cat4
- Davis "Centaur" Bell
- Dan Korecky
- Mark McNees
Cat3
- Jason Davis
- Connor Everett
- Brian Sciba
Florida State Crit Championships - Sunday: Age Groups (Submitted by Mark McNees)
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| Dan Korecky after his crash |
Cat4 was an ugly race with racers riding above their ability resulting in many crashes. The race went out at a fast pace with corner 1 proving to be a Red Cross donor station. It was on corner 1 on the second lap where Dan Korecky and Davis Bell went down hard with several other racers; I was very fortunate to make it through.
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| Davis Bell (104) showing amazing toughness getting back in the race after his crash |
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| Mark McNees on his ill-fated breakaway |
The race never settled down, so with 4 to go I decided to attack after everyone sat up after sprinting for the premium. I decided I would rather be off the front or off the back, but I didn't want to ride in the peloton any more.
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| Corner 1 strikes again |
After I got caught about a lap later, I came around corner 1 and saw the aftermath of yet another crash, which unfortunately had our friend "birthday boy" Michael Mace and Steve Mace on the asphalt.
| 13 | 306.96 | Davis Bell | Quincy, FL | 43:35.0 | 408410 | 104 | RedEye Velo |
| 25 | 412.09 | Mark McNees | Tallahassee, FL | 45:55.6 | 389356 | 422 | RedEye Velo |
| 34 | 490.94 | Daniel Korecky | Tallahassee, FL | 02:02.5 | 302094 | 411 | RedEye Velo |
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| Brian Sciba |
Cat3 lined up with Jason Davis, Connor Everett, and Brian Sciba. I was preoccupied with taking patching up Davis and Dan, but what I did catch was a pretty fast race out of the gate. It looked pretty steady, with Brian Sciba hanging tough in the front of the peloton.
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| Jason Davis |
From my perspective, it looked like Jason Davis settled in mid-pack, perhaps looking to make his move in the sprint finish, since it did not look like anything was going to get away.
| 14 | 171.91 | Jason Davis | Tallahassee, FL | 58:37.9 | 346032 | 102 | RedEye Velo |
| 17 | 188.39 | Brian Sciba | Tallahassee | 58:38.6 | 392529 | 602 | RedEye Velo |
| 36 | 292.73 | Connor Everett | Tallahassee | 02:32.5 | 381767 | 604 | RedEye Velo |
Florida State Crit Championships - Sunday: Age Groups (Submitted by Jason Davis)
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| Davis "Centaur" Bell with 2nd |
Davis sat in the field while small attacks went up the road and came back. He was sore from his crash the day before so he didn't want to mix it with the breakaways. Came down to a field sprint with some of the 40+ guys really flying and Davis was able to pull out 2nd in his age group, 35+. Solid day of racing for the middle aged crew
Masters A was very fast as expected. 30 min in a break got away. I tried over the course of 2 laps to bridge across solo. I was close when Grant Potter bridged to me. I thought we could work together to get there but he attacked me and I couldn't hang after my big effort. Went back to the main field and battled for position until the sprint. Still had good legs and pulled out 5th in 35+.
Florida State Crit Championships - Sunday: Age Groups (Submitted by Brian Sciba)
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| Price Edewaard |
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| Cody Elliott 3rd |
After temperatures well over the century mark on Saturday afternoon, it was nice to race early morning under a bit of cloud cover. While still hot, the conditions for Sunday's races were much better than for the CAT races. Juniors 9-14 raced first and team RedEye was represented by Cody Elliott, Price Edewaard, Tyler Griffin, and Jackson Griffin. The race was 25 minutes and the field spread out quickly, but all of the juniors raced hard. Cody earned a podium spot, finishing 3rd in the 9 -10 year old group. Price and Tyler worked together throughout the race and finished 5th and 6th in the 11 - 12 year old field. Jackson gave a valiant effort, pulling in numerous breaks and acting as the field work-horse among the 13 - 14 year olds, coming a crossed the line in 5th.
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| Madison McNees 2nd |
The 15 - 18 year olds saw a field heavily dominated by the very strong Interactive Metronome team from Miami. Representing team RedEye was Connor Everett, Madison McNees and Brian Sciba. While the older group was started 10 seconds ahead of the 15 - 16 year olds, the gap was short lived as Metronome controlled the field to allow the groups to merge. The remainder of the race consisted of the men's field held mostly together with two older Metronome riders well off the front and eventually lapping the field. Connor and Brian stayed in the field and put in many efforts to keep additional breaks from success and finishing 4th and 5th in their age group in the field sprint. Madison McNees held strong in the women's field finishing atop the podium in second.
Congratulations to all of the racers who represented team RedEye well!
Parting Shots
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| David and Goliath |
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| Connor at Camp RedEye |
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| Kelly, Kelly, and Cheryl |
