Our Crowdfunding Groups
UA Cycling can bring home the national champion title with your help!
After a successful 2022 season, we're the heavy favorites heading into nationals, and we need your help to stay on top! 11 of us, six men and five women, have qualified for nationals in Augusta, Georgia, on May 6-8, 2022. We will use your gifts to cover our race entry fees, lodging, and meals to make the trip to Georgia with the best team possible!
Women's Team:
Cara O'Neill (defending road race champion)
Alexis White
Shelby Hoglund
Stephanie Bruggink
Mary Gordon
Men's Team:
Joey Iuliano
Ethan Krafft
Nick Petrov
James Eby
Finnley Hartz
Nikos Casto
Thanks to your generous support, our crowdfunding campaigns over the last three years raised nearly $16,000! These funds allowed all of our qualified riders to go to road nationals in Augusta, GA (2019), Grand Junction, CO (2017-18), and Asheville, NC (2016), where the team had some incredible performances! Some stats from the last national championships in 2019:
8 riders (5 men, 3 women), 2x national champion (Women's Road Race and Individual Omnium: Cara), 2nd Crit (Cara), 4th TTT (Men's and women's teams).
We were good stewards of the excess funds raised in 2019 and used it to send three riders to mountain bike and CX nationals, resulting in three top-ten finishes.
Racing in a national championship is an experience that can inspire riders to be lifelong cyclists and to strive to be the best student-athlete possible. This event is our team's chance to show why we are the best cycling team in the country, and you can help get us there! Will you help by making a gift today? Donations are tax-deductible!
(swʌnˈjə)/ noun / Definition in English: In cycling, a person who gives nutrition, massage and other assistance to a team, especially during a race. A $22 (for 2022) gift provides a full day of meals for one rider (52 needed). You’ll receive: a thank you letter plus your name listed on the website and e-mail updates.
/məˈkanik/ noun / Definition in English: In cycling, the mechanic is the unsung hero of the team. Steeped with mechanical knowledge and prepared with every tool under the sun, the mechanic works long hours to keep the racer's machines in top shape. 53 is the size of the outer chainring on our bikes! A $53 gift ensures our bikes are in tip-top racing shop! (13 needed). You’ll receive: the above, plus a signed team photo.
/dɔ.mɛs.tik/ noun / Definition in English: the domestique is the loyal teammate- willing to sacrifice their own success for the good of the team. An $80 gift covers one rider's entry fee. The more we have in a race, the better we can support our team leaders! (34 needed- 11 in the road race; 10 in the crit; 8 for the time trial; 5 for the ITT). You’ll receive: all the above, plus an invite to join the team for coffee to hear about the race.
/diʁɛktœʁ spɔʁ.tif/ noun / Definition in English: The directeur sportif (sports director) coordinates all aspects of the team- travel, lodging and race tactics. The directors make the team run like a well-oiled machine. $170 covers one night of lodging (3 needed). You’ll receive: all the above, plus an invite to dinner with the team after the race weekend to celebrate our success!
Definition in English: The team champion is who the domestiques ride in support of and they are the ones with the best chances of winning the race. $350 will get us to Augusta, GA with airfare (13 needed). You’ll receive: all the above, plus an invite to join the team on a group ride after the race weekend.
