Olympic Competitors and Such . . .

Culpeper Sprint Triathlon: 8/2 Mountain Run Lake Park, Culpeper, VA - Julia Peck (team member and sponsor), Alex Forte (team member), and Jacob Aber (team member), Ed Norlander (team supporter), and Rebecca Carter-Leftwich (team supporter).
A group of BSPT team members and supporters competed in the 5th Annual Culpeper Sprint Triathlon this weekend. Among the 700 competitors at the 750 meter swim, 16 mile bike, and 5k run event was 2004 Athens Olympic Bronze medal triathlete, Susan Williams, who finished as 1st overall woman!

Alex Forte: 2nd overall woman (1:22:26)

Julia Peck: 2nd age-group (1:38:23)
Jacob Aber: 5th age-group (1:35:02)

Ed Norlander: 5th age-group (1:34:38)

Podium, Podium, and More Podium . . .

The Cranky Monkey Race #1: Wakefield, Annandale, VA 7/26 - Brian "Stix" Marsh brought home another podium 3rd place finish, posting almost identical lap times for the 4-lap course and a final time of 1:42:24. Crank it up!

540 Cycling Development Criterium Series #1: Warrenton, VA 7/26 - Jacob Aber scored yet another podium spot, finishing 2nd place in the Junior road race.

Charlottesville International Triathlon: 7/26 Walnut Creek Park, Charlottesville, VA - Triathletes Alex Forte and Dave Jones ventured out to the hilly and gnarly Walnut Creek Park course for an international/olympic distance triathlon this past weekend. For the 1500m lake swim, 25 mile bike, and 10k trail run, Alex placed 2nd overall female (2:19:34 overall time) while Dave finished 1st in his division (2:17:29 overall time). BSPT tag-team!

Wednesdays at Wakefield (#4): 7/22 Annandale, VA - Stix started out the race week with a 3rd place finish at the final "Wednesdays at Wakefield" Series race. Completing the 16 mile course in a total time of 60:12 (a full 2 minutes faster than his time on the same course the week before!). Bring it on Stix!

Greenbelt Park Training Race Series: 7/22 Greenbelt Park, Greenbelt, MD - Junior roadie, Jacob "J-Bird" Aber finished 1st out of 30 cyclist in the recent Greenbelt race. Keep it up with the champion spots J!

Downhill Back-to-Back Weekends

Highland - Gravity East Series: Highland Mountain Bike Park, Northfield, NH 7/11&12/09 - Male downhill rider, James Boyer, placed 4th in his division in a time of 3:18:37 at the Highland Downhill race. The following weekend, July 18 & 19, James finished 5th at the Attitash - Gravity East Series event (Bartlett, NH) in a time of 3:42:38. He's a downhill machine!