It is with much sadness that we report that Carla Swart, a multi-discipline cycling collegiate champion for Lees-McRae College, was killed today while training in her native South Africa. Her family emigrated to the US and on a running/cycling scholarship she enrolled at the North Carolina college. While an athlete at Lees-McRae she held 19 …
Category: Women’s Racing
Interview: HTC-Highroad’s Ally Stacher
Once again a Lees-McRae College alumnus has taken the next big step in their cycling career. Brent Bookwalter of Athens, Georgia and member of Team BMC is an alumna of this small college which continues to produce strong riders. North Carolina’s Ally Stacher graduated from Lees-McRae in 2010 with a degree in History and promptly …
Great opportunities in women’s cycling
As the 2010 racing season comes to an end plans are already underway for 2011. Some exciting news for women racing is the merger of WE RACE and the Southeast Women’s (SEW) Cycling series. Collectively it will be known as WE RACE. By combining efforts WE RACE’s ultimate goal is to grow the sport of …
2010 Tour de la France – Anderson, SC
The quaint town of Anderson, South Carolina hosted the Tour de la France criterium. While this is the town’s second year hosting a bike event (earlier in the day there was a fun ride with proceeds going to the cancer association of Anderson), it was the first year that a criterium was held in conjunction …
GS élan sponsored weekly rides
This past Wednesday the GS élan team kicked off their weekly women only training ride from the Ride On bike shop in Greenville, South Carolina. The genesis of the GS élan Wednesday evening ride came from fulfilling a need in the cycling community. “We recognized there was a large population of women that wanted to …