Saturday night, January 21, 2012, we held our 18th Frazier
Cycling Partners' Awards Presentation at the Bunten Park Athletic Building,
Duluth, Georgia. It was our largest of all time
with more than 110 people in attendance! It was a grand event for
my favorite day of the year!
Our sponsors were represented with the presence of Allgood Pest
Solutions' Mike Tindol and Chris Oys, owner/operator of the IHOP
Restaurant, Buford Georgia.
We had guests from Free Wheelin' Magazine and the Southern Bicycle
League, Theresa Sylvester and Richard Waggoner.
As usual Coach Kelli Rogan and I made the award presentations.
Additionally, Coach Kelli entertained the group by demonstrating bib
pinning for the bib pinning contest.
This past year, 2011, was the second year that we had junior members
complete our juniors program by aging up to the senior classification.
Emotions run high for Cathy, Coach Kelli, and I when our juniors
complete their junior careers. Seeing juniors complete our program
wasn't something that crossed our minds back when we created our junior
development program in 2003. At the time, the oldest kid on our team was
only 12 years old!
Indeed this year's awards presentation was bittersweet because two
of our original junior team members, David Goodman and Russell Tindol,
aged up to 19 on January 1st; thereby completing our junior
program and ending their junior racing careers. They have been
with us for a long time: David joined the team in September 2003 and
Russell in January 2004. When presenting David Goodman with his
final Frazier Cycling junior award, I paused to remark about how
emotionally tough the moment was for us. Handing that plaque to
David was synonymous with letting go of our heritage - we had to face the
reality that David and Russell have left our nest!
Watching these boys become outstanding young men has been an
extraordinary experience for us. Not only have we watched them
grow in size, speed, and skills, but more importantly, we've witnessed
their growth in leadership and inspiration to our team. Most all
of our junior members, their parents, and Partners are aware of David's
contributions to the team. But some may not be aware of the
inspirational impact that Russell has contributed to build the spirit of
this team. Newer members were not around to witness Russell's
fearless battle against cancer. These
members may be unaware, but they are benefactors because Russell's
example of toughness has been adopted by the team.
David's and Russell's careers will have a lasting impact on our program.
Therefore as a tribute to their contributions to our program, the "Leadership Award" will be
renamed the "Goodman Leadership Award" and the "Toughest Rider Award"
will be renamed the "Tindol Toughest Rider Award".
Here are our 2011 highlights:
Our team has grown to be the largest in the US. We have 41 members
in metro Atlanta and another 17 in Fairhope AL. We are starting a team
in Mobile AL.
We have expanded our program to the Roswell/Alpharetta area to
accommodate more members Sunday afternoons and Monday trainer.
We started a Junior Multi-sport program. Leanne Wakelin is our
junior coach.
Tour of the Bahamas sponsored three of our top 15-16 yrs. olds to
come to the Islands to race in January. We are racing there again this
year (Jan. 28-29, 2012).
We raced in 30+ races locally and in the southeast, CA, Canada,
Bahamas, Europe.
We expanded our junior Cyclocross team.
Our summer cycling camp was in TN at King College with 51
participants huge success
Stephanie Cucaz received a cycling and an academic scholarship from
King College. Our summer camp this year is the 2nd week in July at King
College.
We now hold 6 national championship titles - Abigail Aldridge is
the 2011 National time trail champion for women 13-14..
Frazier Cycling is the Georgia Championship Series club winner. We
also won the series for Juniors 10-14 (Adi Gummadi) , Junior Women 15-18
(Zoe Frazier), Junior Men 15-18 (JJ Cucaz), and Women Cat 3 (Stephanie
Cucaz).
We were one of two presenters at the USA Cycling Junior Coaching
Conference at the West Virginia University in October 2011.
We have had articles on our camp and program in Free Wheelin'
Magazine (local), Florida Cycling Magazine (regional) and
Performance Conditioning (national) this year.
Coach Kelli and I write regularly for Performance Conditionings
(USA Cycling's Coaches' newsletter) junior column.
Now for the summary of award winners:
Ride Leaders Recognition - Greg Hanson, Andrew Maholski, Chris
Porras, Wendell Scott, Kat Tindol, Mike Tindol, and Jack Wilkinson.
Frazier Cycling Junior
Coaching Recognition, Assistant Coach - David Goodman, Fletcher Lydick
Frazier Cycling Junior
Coaching Recognition, Coach - Chris Porras, Leanne Wakelin
Highest W/kg Junior Boy - Adi
Gummadi
Highest W/kg Senior Girl -
Abigail Aldridge
Highest W/kg Senior Boy -
Andrew Hodges
Best Jr. bike handler - Adi
Gummadi
Best Sr. bike handler -
Andrew Macrae
Best Jr. climber - Blake
Wilson
Best Sr. climber - David
Goodman
Most Improved climber -
Dominique Shore
Leadership Award - David
Goodman
"Never Say Die" Racer -
Fletcher Lydick
Sportsmanship - Anna Zuver
Best Teammate - James Todd, Andrew Macrae
Best Teamwork - David
Goodman, Andrew Hodges, Andrew Macrae
Most Improved Skills (Junior)
- Blake Wilson
Most Improved Skills (Senior)
- Miguel Gonzalez
Toughest Rider - David
Goodman
Best Crash Award - Dominique
Shore
2nd Place Women 3-mile ITT -
Kim Johnston
1st Place Women 3-mile ITT -
Lisa Hodges
2nd Place Men 3-mile ITT -
Johnny Mayero
1st Place Men 3-mile ITT -
Nick Frazier
6-year-old Men's 3-mile ITT
Record - Jess Rosentel
8-year-old Men's 3-mile ITT
Record - Joey Rosentel
13-year-old Women's 3-mile
ITT Record - Abigail Aldridge
15-year-old Men's 3-mile ITT
Record - Andrew Macrae
16-year-old Women's 3-mile
ITT Record - Zoe Frazier
17-year-old Women's 3-mile
ITT Record - Stephanie Cucaz
17-year-old Men's 3-mile ITT
Record - David Goodman
18-year-old Women's 3-mile
ITT Record - Stephanie Cucaz
1st Place 50-milers Junior
Boys - Adi Gummadi
1st Place 50-milers Senior
Girls - Zoe Frazier, Dominique Shore
1st Place 50-milers Senior
Boys - Andrew Hodges
1st Place 50-milers Women -
Lisa Hodges
1st Place 50-milers Men -
Jack Wilkinson
2nd Place Miles Junior Boys -
Blake Wilson
1st Place Miles Junior Boys -
Adi Gummadi
3rd Place Miles Senior Girls
- Abigail Aldridge
2nd Place Miles Senior Girls
- Dominique Shore
1st Place Miles Senior Girls
- Zoe Frazier
3rd Place Miles Senior Boys -
Teja Gummadi
2nd Place Miles Senior Boys -
Andrew Hodges
1st Place Miles Senior Boys -
David Goodman
Junior Career Miles Record -
David Goodman
2nd Place Miles Women - Hanaa
Nessim
1st Place Miles Women - Lisa
Hodges
2nd Place Miles Men - David
Haney
1st Place Miles Men - Greg
Hanson
Top Awards
Most Improved Junior Boy -
Blake Wilson
Most Improved Senior Girl -
Stephanie Cucaz
Most Improved Senior Boy -
Jonathan (JJ) Cucaz
Most Outstanding Racer Girl -
Abigail Aldridge
Most Outstanding Racer Boy -
Fletcher Lydick
Newcomer Partner of the Year
- David Haney
Junior Boy Partner of the
Year - Adi Gummadi
Senior Girl Partner of the
Year - Zoe Frazier
Senior Boy Partner of the
Year - David Goodman
Female Partner of the Year -
Lisa Hodges
Male Partner of the Year -
Greg Hanson
Thanks to our 2011 volunteer
parents:
Paula Wexler - Race
Coordinator
Carolyn Goodman - Nationals
Coordinator
Scot Macrae - hotels
Candice and Keith Todd,
Yvonne Lydick, Bhushan Mocherla - Photos
Asha Gummadi - PowerBar,
Nationals
Edie Haney - Gwinnett
Gladiators Hockey Game
Thanks to our 2011 sponsors:
Allgood Pest Solutions, IHOP
(Buford), Georgia's Own Credit Union, Blue Competition Bicycles,
PowerBar, Children's Medical, Shaklee, and Maxxis Tires
Special Guests:
Theresa Sylvester and Richard
Waggoner
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