The UNH Cycling team is training hard in anticipation for the upcoming road season! Here is a look at the schedule for this spring:

Mar 6--7 Rutgers Frozen-Toed Season Opener (Piscataway, NJ)
Mar 13--14 Columbia Grant's Tomb (New York, NY) & Stevens Duck Country Circuit (FDR Park, NY)
**** TEAM SPRING BREAK TRAINING TRIP TO FLORIDA ****
Mar 20--21 Philly Phlyer (Philadelphia, PA)
Mar 27--28 Princeton/Stevens (Northern NJ [TBD])
Apr 3--4 Bucknell (Lewisburg, PA)
Apr 10--11 Yale Lux et Velocitas (New Haven, CT)
Apr 17--18 Army Spring Classic (West Point, NY)
Apr 24--25 Easterns at Dartmouth (Hanover, NH)
May 7--9 Collegiate Road Nationals (Madison, WI)

Check back soon for Florida trip deposits and team clothing order arrivals.

After six weeks of racing, the ECCC mountain bike season is over! UNH riders competed in every race, starting in September at UMASS and ending last weekend in Truckee, CA with the National Championships. The team sent four riders to compete at Nationals and cheer each other (and the rest of the ECCC!) on. The sunny California weather and stiff competition made it a trip to remember! Congratulations to all the riders who competed, improved, and had fun.
In the Eastern Conference, the UNH team ended up finishing third overall, with several riders finishing in the top three in their respective classes. A big thank you goes out to all the riders as well as UNH Campus Rec and our coach, Al Raine. The team is looking forward to next year's mountain season for some more exciting racing. See you then!

The reward for a 7 hour drive? Bike racing! After making the trek to Lehigh, PA for the third weekend of collegiate mountain biking the UNH cycling team was treated to some mtb action. Members competed in the usual cross country and downhill events, as well as two new relay- style races. Showing their teamwork and skill UNH teams raced to 4th place in the Men's A xc/ dh hybrid relay as well as 2nd and 1st place in the A and B category team relays, respectively. Racers from UNH also posted great individual finishes, including 2nd in women's A XC, 4th in men's A STXC and 3rd in men's A downhill. Despite a rainy second day of racing the weekend was a great time. This Friday the team will head North to the great state of Maine for the highly anticipated Northeastern Sunday River event.

The "UNH Kingman Cross- Country Classic/ Highland downhill extravaganza" was hosted by the UNH cycling team over the weekend. With roughly 200 riders in attendance the event solidified itself as one of the most popular in the collegiate calendar. A big thanks goes out to Highland Mountain Bike Park, which hosted the gravity events on Sunday. Highland is THE East Coast freeride destination, and a perfect venue for gravity racing. The UNH team looks forward to partnering with Highland in the future. Next weekend the MTB team heads south to Lehigh, PA to build on the successes of our home race. With riders vying for the top spot in nearly every category, there are sure to be more impressive results to come!
Also- Check out pictures from Sunday's events taken by Brent Doscher, former UNH cycling member and photographer extraordinaire! --> http://bndphotography.smugmug.com/ECCC-Highland-Race

Last weekend UNH cycling members Sean Berry, Mike Frothingham, Ben Cargill and Angus Rose competed in the 24 Hours of Great Glen, a mountain bike relay race spanning an entire day. The race went smoothly with perfect weather conditions and only one major mechanical problem, (Mike's tacoed wheel!) Out of 155 registered teams, UNH came in 7th, and 6th in the Men's Expert category. A big thanks goes out to all the friends and family members who helped by housing, feeding, transporting and generally supporting us! Competing in this event was a great time, one that will hopefully be repeated next year! All the members of the team are looking forward to the collegiate mountain bike season kicking off in a few weeks. See you then!

The UNH cycling team competed in the 2009 ECCC's final weekend held in State College PA this past weekend. Riders competed in events on saturday and sunday. Things started off well on saturday with a third place finish in the Men's D team time trial as well as big victories by the women's B and Intro teams. UNH also fared well in the road race with a victory in Men's D by Eian Prohl, a strong third place finish in Men's C by Sean Berry, and a second place finish by Thom Coupe in the Men's A category. The crit sunday was technical and fast which seemed to suit our riders. UNH found victory in the Men's D category, three top ten's in the Men's C, an awesome 5th place finish by Matt Holub in the Men's B category, a third place by Steph White in the Women's B category and a top ten in the Men's A by Thom Coupe. The UNH cycling team was fourth overall in the ECCC for the year with UNH rider Josh Lipka winninge the overall classification for Men's A. The team looks to have many up and coming riders poised for sucess in the coming years. We will miss all of our graduating seniors who provided us all with their leadership and guidance, also a special thanks to our Coaches Tony Eberhardt and Pat Gougen. See you next year and good luck to Thom Coupe who will be representing UNH at Collegiate Road Nationals in Colorado this coming weekend.

The UNH cycling team made the drive to Westminster Mass. this weekend to compete in the X-Pot race hosted by MIT. UNH had a strong showing in the road race saturday with wins in the Men's D and Women's B category as well as numerous top tens in other categories. The Crit sunday was dominated by the UNH squad as well. Wins in the Men's D category by Eian Prohl, Men's A category by Thom Coupe and an impressive 2-3-4 finish by the Men's C squad wrapped up the weekend nicely. Josh Lipka still retains the ECCC leaders jersey going into Easterns this weekend in State College PA.

After a long New England winter road racing is finally back! The members of the UNH cycling team began traveling to races in early march with a trip to New Jersey for the Rutgers/ Princeton race weekend and have been competing ever since with riders participating in races in New York, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Much of the team also made the long drive to Clermont, Florida for some spring training along with new coach Tony Eberhart and assistant coach Patrick Goguen. Season highlights thus far include: Riders competing in EVERY category except for Men's intro, race wins by Josh Lipka, Thom Coupe and Amy Schwarzenberg, 2-3-4 finishes in the Women's intro and Men's D circuit race in Philadelphia, and Josh Lipka holding on to the men's A season leader's jersey since the first weekend!
With over a month of racing left in the season there are sure to be more impressive results to come!

Last weekend the UNH cycling team made the drive to Hanover, New Hampshire for the Eastern Championship hosted by Dartmouth college. Members competed in Team Time Trial, Criterium and Road Race events, with impressive finishes from both the mens' and womens' teams. Full results can be found at: www.velocityresults.net.
As road season comes to a close, the cycling team would like to thank our coach John Gable for all the amazing support and direction he has provided us with this year. From first time riders to veterans, John has encouraged and helped everyone on the team. We wish him all the best. Thanks also to our graduating seniors, and good luck in your post- college lives!

The warm, sunny weather this weekend helped the UNH cycling team put up some great results at the much anticipated "Monte Philo Eroica" hosted by UVM. UNH had 6 top 5 finishes, including impressive wins in the Men's A criterium and Men's D road race. Next weekend the team will bring a full squad to the Eastern Championships at Dartmouth, which is shaping up to be one of the most epic events the ECCC has ever seen.

The UNH cycling team had impressive finishes in every race this weekend at the Boston Beanpot, but was edged out for the Division 1 victory by the larger numbers of UVM. Nonetheless a great time was had by all and two members of the team came away with official Beanpot winner's jerseys! UNH's performance was also helped by several new racers, who despite their inexperience performed excellently and contributed invaluable points to the team total. Next weekend UNH travels to Vermont to take on UVM on their home turf.

The UNH cycling team traveled to West Point, New York over the weekend to compete in the Army Spring Classic. Beautiful weather and good results made this a great weekend for the team, with strong finishes in every category. Next weekend the team will travel to Massachusetts to defend their title at the Boston Beanpot, one of the most anticipated races of the season!

The UNH cycling left Friday afternoon for the annual spring break trip in Florida. The team will make a stay in New York to race Saturday and Sunday but continue on to warmer weather Sunday night.

UNH Rider Stephanie White took second place in the collegiate race today in Kansas despite suffering a flat that dropped her from the leaders and forced her into the pit for a neutral bike change.

After the 2007 ECCC MTB Championships in Plattekill, NY this past weekend, UNH ended the season in 2nd place overall. UNH team members took home several medals for individual standings:

Corey Smith: First place overall, and the yellow jersey, in the Mens A category; third place in the XC events
Amy Schwarzenberg: First place overall in the Womens B category
David Schwarzenberg: First place overall in the Mens B category
James "Angus" Rose: Third place overall in the Mens B category

With many other high finishers, this has been without a doubt one of the strongest MTB seasons in UNH Cycling history. In two weeks, the UNH riders in Men's and Women's A categories travel to Banner Elk, NC for the Collegiate National Championships. Thank you to all UNH Cycling team members and supporters for this great season!