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LAVRA/SBW track TT continues this Sunday, April 22.

The 2018 SBW Awards Picnic "Fiesta" was a blast, thanks in large part to Matt/Jon Gorski, and Julie Lansing. World champions, Baxter awards, Mariachi band, raffle, sangria, taco bar, VeloFix van. Here's the Walkabout video. Stills coming - or go over to both SBW Facebook pages.

SCNCA has announced that the Manhattan Beach Grand Prix (link above) will host the 2018 Elite Woman's and Men's State Championships. We have chosen 22 July as the date for the 2018 MBGP. Application for the city is in preparation. Positive feedback from all concerned for the 2017 MBGP, so planning to use the same direction for the race.

You can renew your club membership by filling out and print/mail (or pass on to a board member) this 2018 SBW Membership App. Racers sign up/renew your USAC license on the USAC Website. Remember to select South Bay Wheelmen, not SBW Foundation.

SBW 2017 Pizza Party was great. Grimaldi's makes tasty thin-crust pizza and salads. Weather was perfect. And there were lots of raffle prizes, beverages, and, most of all, Outstanding Rider recognitions. More details soon. Here is the customary "walkabout" video to give you a feel, if you weren't there.

Records fell and medals were plentiful at the Masters Track World Championships in the Velo Sports Center, Carson. Kurt Sato won the M60+ 500m ITT in a world record time of 34.936 sec. Leo Longo and 3 reigning members of last year's world champ team won gold in the 3000m TTT in a new record 3:41.738. The 10/9 morning session saw 5 women's world best times broken, including 2 events where all three places were taken by USA riders. Sarah Munoz got silver in her 2k ITT and Bronze in the 3k TTT.
On 10/11 Jim Kloss won the M75+ 500m breaking his own WR in 39.005 sec. Leo Menistrina was in contention, but caught, and had to pass, his opponent to get a time by going high on the track in the turn. Kurt Sato won his first Match Sprint WC in three rides against James Joseph of Guyana. Joseph set a new WR of 11.420 in the qualifying round. Victor Copeland's previous record had lasted 15 years. Also, Joseph was Kurt's competitor in Kurt's very first national championship at T-Town in 2007. On 10/13, Jim Kloss won the WC in the match sprint, beating Leo Minestrina. Leo broke Jim's 200m WR in the qual round. Leo also broke Jim Kloss' WR in the 2k quals. Sadly, Jim was crashed out of the points race - possible shoulder injury and dns the 2k.
In the last session of the week, Gerry Agnew won the world championship in the M70+ 2k ITT - shown here on the winner's podium proudly saluting flag and country.
Previous Masters World Best Performances can be found here for men and women - near the bottom of the page.

Former SBW member Sarah Hammer announced her retirement from cycling competition and joined Performance United to coach and share her world championship expertise! More HERE.

Rick and Sally Lilleberg barely arrived in Texas and he has already won the state RR championship! Results posted here. Not surprised - having raced with him over several years, he has shown the most incredible combination of both RR/TT and sprinting talent in one pair of legs I've seen on the masters circuit. Podium pic at right via William Aligue.

Former member Jan Palchikoff absolutely crushed the UCI women's hour "Best Performance" for her age group by about 3km. The official UCI Masters Track "Best Performance" times are here for men and women.

SBW/LAVRA track TT 2017 series finale saw a heartwarming sight - three generations of Agnews doing a team sprint! Granddaughter Addison, daughter Sarah (Munoz), and proud papa Gerry. You should have seen Addison attack after the exchange from Mom on the last lap! A natural.

Gerry Agnew awards the Agnew/Brusavich Scholarship to Haley Winn, with proud parents Chuck and Diana looking on. This award is made every year to a number of deserving high school seniors. Make an application for next year if you are in the club, or know a worthy student in the cycling community. The law firm, an SBW sponsor (more at CalBikeLaw), has given hundreds of these scholarships to students over the years, giving them a jump start for a better college education.

Great results at State Elite/Juniors Track. Jon Gorski shown here getting Gold in the Match Sprint. Jon and Weston Giem recently returned from Madison competition in Juniors World Track near Milan, Italy.

2017 Manhattan Beach Grand Prix was a big success. Thank you volunteers and sponsors for your generous help. Great weather, great racing, lots of vendors, Chevron's (Jill) Kids' Zone, and the course direction change all contributed. Click on the site link above and the FB Page for more winner pics and results. "Race" menu tab has links to good videos of both Pro races. Here's a shot of Race Director John McNulty pulling a break out of turn 2. Photo by Matt Thompson.

W Pro winner Anita Stenberg was delighted, and put in extra effort, to win the SBW prime of a an Electra woman's cruiser bike. Roger Martin snapped the pic at right of her ditching the racing bike at the prime tent and riding off on the cuiser with her big paycheck. Read on FB that she has already cruised to the beach on it. Libby once again got the kids off to blazing starts in her famous team outfit. And who is this earnest-looking wiseguy driving the Pace Car?

Gerald Agnew, SBW's longtime sponsor, world-class rider, education donor, and top attorney set a new track national record in the 2k TT, breaking teamate Jim Kloss' 9 year record by almost 2 sec with a 2:38.5! John McKee won the State Crit Championship, with Mike Fleming a close 2nd.

Masters 2017 Track Nats at Giordana Velodrome in Rock Hill SC July 2 - Results HERE
See Jim Kloss and Kurt Sato relaxing in their tent at Rock Hill SC Masters Track Nats. Jim won all five individual Golds: Sprint, Scratch, Points Race, 500m, and 2k - and therefore the BAR as well!. Look out Worlds. Kurt won the 500m gold by almost a second, and the Sprint Gold. Sarah Munoz won two Golds in the Individual Pursuit and Team Pursuit, and two Silvers in the Scratch and Points Races.

Lots of Gold for SBW 2017 State Road TT competitors. Ryan Resella and Lynette Rock in the ITT; and Leo Longo in the TTT. And SBW race team was great at Memorial Day CBR Crit.


Sarah Hammer visits the club in 2006 (Sparks) to thank us for our sponsorship in winning her first of many UCI World Championships. Here she is in a great short for USA Cycling, training at Colorado Springs with her Australian Kelpie "Sedona" tagging along!

Curious about USAC anti-doping program? RaceClean

Ted's nostalgia photos - do you know anyone in the 1962 club meeting (3rd pic) besides Ted (desk at right)?

Other
Tony Wang's great video - DR PV TT
From 10/18/12 seminar: Kurt Sato links
- Early season strength training: here
- Fundamental exercises here
- Watch Kurt put it together: video here
Easy Reader article - Richardson series;
- Nice article about Ted's history