The Whole News
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12/19/11The Whole Athlete-Specialized Cycling Team is named Mountain Bike Club of the Year for 2011 by USA Cycling. This prestigious award comes in only the team's third year in existance, and after qualifying riders to the World Championships each year running. In 2011 alone, the team earned more than 70 wins and seven National Titles! Read the full story here. |
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12/18/11In a tight battle with olympian Mary McConneloug, Sarah Bamberger wins The Santa Rosa Cyclocross Cup. |
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12/10/11Whole Athlete Coach Meredith Miller (Cal Giant-Specialized) wins back-to-back races at Cyclocross LA. |
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12/04/11Whole Athlete multisport coach Jeri Howland, earns a well-deserved podium finish, placing 3rd among 190 starters in the San Francisco Marathon. |
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11/27/11Whole Athlete Coach Meredith Miller (Cal Giant-Specialized) wins days 1 and 3 of the Jingle Cross Rock cyclocross races in Iowa City. |
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10/22/11Cypress Gorry (Whole Athlete-Specialized) wins the junior Cycle-A-Cross the Globe in Globe, AZ, right on target to peak for the National Championships with the goal of representing the US at the World Championships in January. Go, Cypress!! |
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10/02/11Sofia Hamilton (UC Berkeley) wins the Collegiate short track at the Parkfield Classic. |
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09/17/11Whole Athlete coach Matt McCourtney wins the Folsom Sport mountain bike time trial and short track. |
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09/17/11Whole Athlete founder and head coach Dario Fredrick takes his second mountain bike title of 2011 at the 40-49 Marathon National Championships in Bend, OR. |
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09/10/11Mary-Ellen Ash (Metromint) wins the Sacramento Grand Prix, bringing her win total for the season to six and counting...and it's not over yet. |
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09/05/11Liam Stewart (Roaring Mouse) and Travis Duro (Divine Electric) go 1-2 in the Cat 4 Esparto Time trial. Both athletes have developed thier time trial positions and training with Whole Athlete coaches. |
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08/27/11Whole Athlete Coach Matt McCourtney wins the U35 Sport So No Mas Endurance Mountain Bike Race at Lake Sonoma - a 35 mile singletrack challenge around the lake. |
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08/20/11Joe Ison (Metromint) wins his second race in as many weeks at the San Ardo Road Race. Ison's teammate and fellow whole athlete Naveen Molloy rounds out the podium in third. |
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08/14/11Whole Athlete multisport coach Jeri Howland, wins the Lake Stevens age group qualifier for the Ironman Triathlon World Championships to be held in Las Vegas on Sept. 11, 2011. After recently working with Whole Athlete head bike fitter Dario Fredrick on revising her tri bike positioning, Jeri has found new speed and PR times in her bike splits. |
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08/14/11Barry Wicks (Kona) wins the overall TransRockies Stage Race collecting three stage wins along the way. |
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08/13/11Joe Ison (Metromint) wins the Cat 3 Dunnigan Hills Road Race, his first victory of the season. |
08/07/11Liam Stewart (Roaring Mouse) wins the Cat 4 Warnerville Time Trial, his second TT victory of the season. |
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08/07/11Jo Ann Clark wins her third triathlon of the season at the Tri for Real Series, also winning the age group series overall. Congrats, Jo Ann! |
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08/07/11The Whole Athlete-Specialized Cycling Team earned three convincing wins at the Howell Mountain Challenge, with Will Curtis setting a scorching time in the Pro race, Tony Smith winning the Junior men's race and Kate Courtney the fastest woman of the day. Howell Mountain XC Results
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07/18/11Georgia Gould (Luna) repeats as Women's Professional US National Cross Country Champion. |
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07/17/11The Whole Athlete-Specialized Cycling Team showed why it's the premier Junior Development program in the US by winning six national titles and earning 17 podium placings at the 2011 Mountain Bike National Championships. Check out all the team's results here. |
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07/04/11Mary-Ellen Ash (Metromint) takes her fourth win of the season at the Davis Fourth of July Criterium. Congrats, Mary-Ellen! |
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06/12/11Travis Duro (Divine Electric) takes another time trial win, this time the Cat 4 District Championship in Sattley, CA. |
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06/11/11Mary-Ellen Ash (Metromint) is on a roll: Three wins in three consecutive weeks with the wins in the Pro 1/2 women's Folsom Criterium, IC3 Dash for Cash and the Joseph Mendes Criterium. |
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06/12/11The Whole Athlete-Specialized Cycling Team earned wins across the west with success from California to Colorado. At the Skyline cross country race in Napa, CA, WA-S riders took three wins and eight podium places at the challenging event. Meanwhile in Colorado Springs, Lucas Newcomb wins the Hotter than Habanero XC race, taking not only the junior event but winning the Cat 1 race overall. Skyline XC Results
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05/22/11Chris Jackson (Castex) wins the Cat 1 19-24 Kenda Cup #5 cross country MTB race at Big Bear, CA. |
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05/14/11 - 05/15/11Greg Anderson (Morgan Stanley) takes back-to-back wins in the Modesto Road Race and Criterium in the always competitive Masters 35 + 1/2/3 field. |
Josie Nordrum wins the Junior Varsity California State Championships |
05/15/11Two California State Titles and eight podium appearances at the NICA State Championship MTB Race in Los Olivos this weekend punctuated the Whole Athlete-Specialized Team Juniors' success throughout the 2011 High School season. Sophomores Lucas Newcomb (Drake High School) and Josie Nordrum (Redwood High School) each took their respective Junior Varsity State Titles after sweeping the entire NorCal series. "Mr. Consistency" Jonny Kaufman (San Rafael High School) earned a well-deserved 2nd place behind Newcomb in JV, while Taylor Smith (Marin Catholic High School) had his best ride of the Spring to take 2nd in an extremely competitive Varsity field. Max Houtzager (Redwood High School) also landed on the Varsity podium with a solid 4th place. On the Varsity Girls side, Sofia Hamilton (Drake High School), Kate Courtney (Branson High School) and Mackinzie Stanley (Drake High School) rounded out the super-competitive ladies' podium with 3rd, 4th and 5th places respectively. In the six NorCal and State High School races this season, Whole Athlete-Specialized juniors earned 15 wins and 46 podium placings! |
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05/14/11Keegan Swenson (Whole Athlete-Specialized) took his seventh win of the season at the Intermountain Cup cross country race! Next stop: Europe for the Offenburg World Cup. |
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05/08/11Sloane Anderson earns a strong 5th place overall at the TransPortugal endurance mountain bike race after nine days, 1155 km and 55hrs on the bike! |
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05/07/11Brett Ortiz (Dolce Vita) wins the women's PG&E Criterium with a daring solo breakaway. The win marks Ortiz's successful comeback from a broken collarbone of less than a year ago. Congrats, Brett! |
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05/07/11Whole Athlete-Specialized road team assistant coach, Charlie Schneider wins the Pro 1/2 PG&E Criterium with a strong solo move from the race-long breakaway. |
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05/07/11Dario Fredrick (Whole Athlete-Specialized) wins the Rockhopper Classic XC, on the 20th anniversary of his first-ever mountain bike race at the same event in 1991. |
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05/01/11Whole Athlete multisport coach extraordinaire Jeri Howland, wins the Wildflower Triathlon in her age group. |
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05/01/11Georgia Gould (Luna) continues her winning streak in the ProXCT series, taking a decisive victory in the Mellow Johnny's Classic in Texas. |
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05/01/11Keegan Swenson (Whole Athlete-Specialized) took his sixth win of the season thus far at the Rabbit Valley Rally cross country race. |
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05/01/11Gregg Marioni wins the Masters Cat 4 Wente Vineyards Classic Criterium. |
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04/17/11Sarah Bamberger takes her third win of the season at the Presedio 10 mile running race. On target for the Double Dipsea in June! |
Keegan Swenson, Tony Smith and Max Houtzager
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04/15/11Keegan Swenson, Tony Smith and Max Houtzager (Whole Athlete-Specialized Cycling Team) sweep the podium in the Sea Otter MTB Cat 1 17/18 cross country event. Also landing on the podium in the Junior Cat 1 15/16 race, Lucas Newcomb takes a strong 2nd place, while in the Cat 1 15-18 women's race, Kate Courtney finishes 3rd. |
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04/10/11Whole Athlete multisport coach Tom Rosencrantz (Taleo) takes a strong 3rd place in the West Championships Xterra Vegas. |
Tom Rosencrantz on his way to a podium finish
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04/10/11John Bennett (Cal Giant-Specialized), a graduate of the Whole Athlete Development Program and Tony Smith (Whole Athlete-Specialized) go 1-2 in the Napa Valley Dirt Classic cross country race. |
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04/10/11Liam Stewart (Roaring Mouse) and Travis Duro (Tam Cycling) take 1st and 3rd in the Cat 4 Calaveras Time Trial. |
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04/03/11John Bennett (Cal Giant-Specialized) wins Stage 1 of the Redlands Stage Race and finishes the final stage with the climber's jersey. Stage 1 saw Bennett part of a day-long breakaway, outsprinting the remaining members of the break just in front of a charging field to take the stage and sprinter's jersey. The impressive victory marks his first NRC win of the season and of a promising career. After losing the sprinter's jersey in the Stage 2 criterium, Bennett wen't on the attack in the Stage 3 Sunset Loop to take the KOM competition. |
John Bennett wins Stage 1
Valdez making his way up the pro podium |
04/03/11Zach Valdez (Whole Athlete-Specialized Cycling Team) takes a close 2nd to Sid Taberlay in the Kenda Cup West Sycamore Canyon XC race. |
Keegan Swenson, Tony Smith and Max Houtzager sweep the top-3 |
03/27/11Keegan Swenson, Tony Smith and Max Houtzager (Whole Athlete-Specialized Cycling Team) go 1-2-3 in round two of the ProXCT series for Cat 1 Juniors at the Fontana City National. |
Nick Newcomb tops the podium |
03/27/11Nick Newcomb (Whole Athlete-Specialized Cycling Team) takes the overall win in the Cat 3 San Dimas Stage Race, after setting the fastest time in the Stage 1 time trial. The team (Alec Kassin, Cody Tapley & Kick Kinney) worked tirelessly to defend the leader's jersey throughout the second and third stages against constant attacks from their GC competition. It was truly a team success as they displayed an impressive degree of dedication and cohesion. |
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03/27/11Whole Athlete multisport coach Tom Rosencrantz (Taleo) wins the Granite Bay Xterra Challenge. |
Tom Rosencrantz takes the win!
Keegan Swenson & Tony Smith top the podium |
03/13/11Keegan Swenson and Tony Smith (Whole Athlete-Specialized Cycling Team) go 1-2 in the opening round of the ProXCT series for Cat 1 Juniors at Bonelli Park. Teammate and U23 rider Zach Valdez followed up with a 10th place finish in his first-ever pro short track that same afternoon. |
Gould shows why she's national champ |
03/12/11Georgia Gould (Luna) opens the season with a victory in the cross country race at the Bonelli Park ProXCT #1. The following day, Gould takes 2nd in the short track as well. |
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03/06/11A graduate of the Whole Athlete Development Team Program, John Bennett (Cal Giant-Specialized) wins the U25 Merco Cycling Classic Stage Race. In only his second year road racing at the national level, Bennett faced a strong pro field with Bissel, Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth, Jelly Belly and other top performers. The Stage 1 Road Race saw Bennett the only remaining non-Bissel in a six-man breakaway by the end of the stage. He finished a strong 4th, taking the U25 leader's jersey. In the Stage 2 Time Trial Bennett faced some stiff competition. He once again took the top U25 honors, less than a minute back from stage winner Jeremy Vennell (Bissell). Next was the Stage 3 Criterium and Bennett rode the Bissell train with patience and intelligence, defending his U25 lead while taking a top-10 finish on the stage. The Stage 4 Road Race was the final test, and Bennett passed with flying colors, wnining the U25 overall and finishing no lower than 12th place on any of the four stages. |
John Bennett wins the U25 Overall
Bennett takes 4th on stage 1 amid an all-Bissel break
Tony Smith fuels up for the win |
03/05/11Tony Smith (Whole Athlete-Specialized Cycling Team) took the victory in the Pro Open Division at the Lake Sonoma MTB cross country race. The team went 1-2 in the race, with director Dario Fredrick taking 2nd place. In his final season as a junior, Smith is targeting both national events and world cups with the goal of once again representing the US at the MTB World Championships. Meanwhile, in the Expert Open Division, Taylor Smith and Bobby Zidek went 1-2 as well, representing the team on the top two podium steps. |
Keegan Swenson on his way to victory |
02/28/11Keegan Swenson (Whole Athlete-Specialized Cycling Team) starts out his 2011 season with a win at the SageBrush Safari Junior Cat 1 MTB cross country race. Teammate and U23 rider Zach Valdez claimed a strong 4th place in his first-ever pro race. Riders faced muddy, cold conditions, which included an icy, waist-high creek crossing each lap. |
Max Houtzager & Taylor Smith go 1-2 in Varsity |
02/28/11Whole Athlete-Specialized Cycling Team riders represented well at the NorCal High School League Prologue race at Granite Bay. Three wins and multiple podium and top-10 finishes showed that the team's winter training is already paying off. Max Houtzager and Taylor Smith went 1-2 in Varisty, with Bobby Zidek taking 4th and Sven Beer 10th. In Junior Varsity, Lucas Newcomb and Jonny Kaufman also went 1-2, while Josie Nordrum took the win in the JV Girls. The Varsity girls took 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th with Kate Courtney, Victoria Yoham, Mackinzie Stanley and Sofia Hamilton (despite a 1st lap crash & mechanical). Great job, everyone! |
John Bennett wins two races in two weeks |
02/27/11John Bennett (Cal Giant-Specialized) goes two-for-two by winning the Snelling Road Race only one week after his first Pro 1/2 win of the season with a convincing victory at the Pine Flat Road Race. At only 21, Bennett has a very bright future ahead of him in cycling. |
Will Patterson & Nick Newcomb prepare for the 2011 season at the team's winter training camp |
02/20/11The Whole Athlete-Specialized Cycling Team kicked off the 2011 season in style, taking three wins in two days and in two disciplines. Alec Kassin started the momentum with a win in the Cat 3 Cantua Creek Road Race on Sat, while Nick Newcomb quickly followed suit on Sunday with the victory in the Pine Flat Road Race. Meanwhile on the dirt, Riley Predum won the TBF Challenge XC in his first race as a U23 Pro. |
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02/07/11Steven Cozza (Team NetApp) showed his renewed vigor for the 2011 season as he drove the day-long breakaway at the Trofeo Cala Millor stage of the Mallorca Challenge to take both the Sprint Competition and Combined Classification Lead. |
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01/24/11The Whole Athlete-Specialized Cycling Team held its first team training camp of 2011 at the Whole Athlete Performance Center in Marin County, California this weekend. True to the company's holistic philosophy, the team not only enjoyed road and mountain bike riding on the bucolic back roads and scenic slopes of the famed Mt. Tamapais, but also practiced yoga each day, were treated to organic meals and participated in an array of presentations and workshops from sponsors, docs and supporters. Read more about the camp and team on cyclingnews.com. |
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01/11/11Steven Cozza is making a new start with NetApp, a German-based team with a California title sponsor. Recently confirmed in the 2011 Tour of California, NetApp is a perfect place for Cozza to take on a bigger role and an opportunity to show his true talent in races like the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and Amstel Gold Race. Check out the NetApp and Cozza feature in cyclingnews.com. |
