Our Crowdfunding Groups
After a successful 2024 season, we're one of the favorites heading into nationals, and we need your help to stay on top! 12 of us, eight men and four women, have qualified for nationals in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on May 3-5, 2024. We will use your gifts to cover our race entry fees, lodging and meals to make the trip to New Mexico with the best team possible!
Women's Team:
Mary Gordon
Emmi Gilbert
Cass Frost
Grace Reeder
Men's Long Team (final team to be announced in late April):
Caedan Aveling
Aidan Rhodes
Matan Sopher
Joe Pifel
Adam Katheder
Tommy Oldham
Bennett Chambers
Mason Tuckenhagen
Support staff: Joey Iuliano
Traveling to a national championship is an expensive ask! In 2023, the average cost per rider was $450 per rider for entry fees, travel, and lodging. With potentially 12 riders attending this year (plus support), cost will be about $5,850-6,000.
Thanks to your generous support, our crowdfunding campaigns over the last five years raised over $28,000! These funds allowed all of our qualified riders to go to road nationals in Albuquerque, NM (2023), Augusta, GA (2019-22), Grand Junction, CO (2017-18), and Asheville, NC (2016), where the team had some incredible performances! Some stats from the last national championships in 2023:
12 riders (9 men, 3 women)
3rd in the team omnium
2nd Crit (Nikos)
4th Men's TTT
Additionally, we were good stewards of the excess funds raised in 2023 and used it to send five riders to mountain bike and five to CX nationals, resulting in several 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 one of the best cycling teams in the country, and you can help get us there!
Will you help by making a gift today? Donations are tax-deductible! All donors will receive a thank you letter, team photo, and listed on our website.
(swʌnˈjə)/ noun / Definition in English: In cycling, a person who gives nutrition, massage and other assistance to a team, especially during a race. A $24 (for 2024) gift provides a full day of meals for one rider.
/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! (11 needed).
/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. A $100 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).
/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. $250 covers some of the lodging costs and driving costs.
We're looking to win our first men's team time trial title since 1996...and where did we win it? Albuquerque. Let's make history in 2024!
