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A few athlete highlights from the last couple of weeks: Rhandie Thompson takes the win at the Florida State Age Graded time trial championships! Kristy Pottol finished her first ever half marathon at the Northface Challenge in Washington DC. 3 months ago she could barely run a mile! Awesome stuff. Alex Driscoll took 2nd at the San Dimas Stage Race Criterium which earned him his Category 1 upgrade! Dino Ninassi and a bunch of his friends decided they would go for a little bike ride to get an espresso at the Yalaha Bakery in Florida...120 miles round trip! Epic day for him on the bike clocking in over 6 hrs! Newly minted Category 2 riders Jose Solis and Rhandie Thompson raced the P/1/2 Brooksville Classic RR in Florida with Jose landing 5th and Rhandie sweeping for 10th! Sunny Gill visited family and got some amazing riding in Nevada chasing mountain ghosts and racing storms as he ramps up for the road season.  Kristi Pottol set new "longest run" PRs every weekend during March topping out at a comfortable 10 miles as she preps for her first half marathon! 3 months ago she could barely run a mile, awesome progress! Alex Driscoll was awarded the 2015 Army Athlete of the Year Award at a ceremony in Alabama this week. The day after the ceremony he took 3rd at the Stage 1 Time Trial at the Tucson Bicycle Classic in Arizona and went on to take 6th on the General Classification. The following weekend he took 7th in the Marana Criterium. David Flaten continues extending his early season success and took 1st at the Rev3Adventure Spring Thaw MTB Race in VA, 9th at the Route 1 Rampage Crit in MD, and 3rd at the Morgantown Road Race in Mt Morris PA. Rafael Amorganda placed 5th in the Stage 2 Road Race and 8th on the General Classification at the Tour Ni Frank in the Philippines! Stefan Zavislan picked up 9th in the P/1/2 field at the Vlees Huis Ronde RR in CA; and 3rd on Stage 1, 1st on Stage 2 and 2nd on General Classification at the 9 mile Omnium in CA. Rhandie Thompson picked up 9th in the P/1/2 field at the Chain of Lakes Cycling Classic in FL. Jay ShalekBriski has been deployed in Qatar for the past several weeks but has been training hard in the desert in between flights. Look forward to seeing him back in the states soon!  Rafael Amorganda took the win in the under 39 division at the Ronda Pilipinas 2016 Criterium and 3rd in the Road Race! David Flaten took wins at the Pantani XI 2016 ride and GroundforceIT Monster Cross in VA! Alex Driscoll takes 8th in the TT and 8th in the road race in an all day break. He ended up 7th on GC in the Cat 2 Valley of the Sun Stage Race in AZ. Stefan Zavislan took 23rd on GC in the Pro/1 race at the Valley of the Sun Stage Race.  A few January highlights from Otterhaus athletes! Alex Driscoll has been focused on improving his TT over the winter and tested himself by winning the Picacho Peak TT overall in AZ seeing big power improvements along the way. Mid atlantic based cyclists David Flaten and Sunny Gill have been taking on the cold weather putting in big training blocks, including a lot of XC skiing and mountain biking in the snow, as they prepare for the upcoming season. Rafael Amorganda picked up 2 top 10 finishes in his first category "A" race at the Pradera Stage Race in the Philippines. Stefan Zavislan has been putting in solid winter work and tested himself by winning the Tuttle Creek Road Race in California.  |
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