Black Oak Racing Team: Up Coming Races!!

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Up Coming Races!!

Big race weekend coming up in Sedalia!! Who all is going and how do you all feel about it? Any other big races or rides that you guys are planning? Anyone going to ride the celebrate life ride in a couple of weeks?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: The state crits are going To be awesome!! Me, Curtis, Hannah, and Sam have all trainned hard alll year for this great race!!; July 31, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Anonymous said...: HEY TO THE WILLIAMS CLAN!!!!
Did you guys make it up to Lawrence? If you did I'm jealous!!
That's some SWEET racing up there!!; August 1, 2008 at 9:46 AM
Diary of a Junior Cyclist said...: Curtis wants to do the Springdale crit on September 6th. Anyone else planning on going? We'll go up early and bring our canopy.; August 24, 2008 at 4:43 PM

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When we started the junior program three years ago I had no idea where it would go. I did know that there were young athletes out there who wanted to be bike racers. You just can't have Lance around for all those years without inspiring someone to bike race. I knew this with 100% certainty. I just love it when I know something with 100% certainty. Right now we have eight young racers in the program. All of them can become very good racers and some of them can become excellent racers. This really depends on each of them more than it does me. I'm also 100% certain of that. All of our juniors are still in the learning phase. They're still learning techniques, bike handling, tactics, procedures, attitudes, how to handle things and what to do. I've been involved in endurance sports in one way or another for over 40 years. It still amazes me that I can still learn something new. In that way we are all still juniors and I'm 100% sure of that.
Coach

Who We Are!!!

Coach Ken Norton: Spfd, MO : 2007 MO State Time Trial Champion. Started the OCC Junior Development Team in 2006
Certified Instructor by USA Cycling

Curtis Collins: Brookline MO: Our team Hot Rod!!! Acceleration like a NASA rocket. Awesome long distance rider and sprinter. Numerous top finishes and many more to come!!!!

Connor Estes: Spfd MO : 2008 MO State Time Trial Champion. Started with the team in 2006. Loves Time Trials and long distance riding.

Sam Williams: Neosho MO : 2007 Queen City Criterium Champion. 2 year member of the team. Awesome sprinter and criterium racer.

Hannah Wright: Harrison ARK : 2008 Arkansas State Champ in several divisions. Veteran member of the team. Mountain bike racer. Sprinter and all around great rider.

Coral: Spfd MO : Numerous top places in tri-athelons. Qualified by coach to ride her first road race this year and won a prem her first time out. Awesome swimmer, runner and rider.

Erin Williams: Neosho MO : Started with the team in 2007. Qualified for and rode her first criterium in the 2008 Queen City Criterium. Huge potential for criteriums, sprinting and bike handling.

Joey Williams: Neosho MO : Most energetic and excited person on the team. Is working hard for that qualification to race and learning extremely fast. Very good bike handler.

Gabriel: Louisville KY : Started training with the team in 2008. Very strong rider looking forward to his first race.

Jordan: Joplin MO : With the team in 2007. Very good group rider. Strong potential as a sprinter and Criterium Rider.