Monday, December 15, 2008

Miracle Bid for National Qualification

The qualification cycle for the USA Nationals began in Aug. 1st. The team has begun to motivate for a qualification bid to attend nationals this year.

Qualification Criteria:
Top-10 finish at a National event
Top-15 finish in a regional/state championship series.

USA Nationals Schedule:

2009 USA Cycling Pro Cross Country Mountain Bike Tour presented by Sho-Air International:

March 29: U.S. Cup – Fontana, Calif.
April 19: Sea Otter Classic – Monterey, Calif.
May 31: Bump N’ Grind – Birmingham, Ala.
June 13: Carmichael Training Systems Sand Creek International Classic – Colorado Springs, Colo.
August 8: U.S. Cup – Mount Snow, West Dover, Vt.
August 15: Yankee Clipper at Windham Mountain, Windham, N.Y.
September 26: USA Cycling Pro Cross Country Mountain Bike Tour Finals, Las Vegas, Nev.


4 comments:

Dusty & Cyndie said...

this apparently is the full calendar, but I don't know if all of these races will allow you to qualify for nationals. this is XC only.

https://www.usacycling.org/forms/mtb/09_MBNCschedule_XC2.pdf

Dusty & Cyndie said...

20-22/Mar
United States Cup/Fontana
Fontana, CA
www.shoair.com
800.227.9111

28-29/Mar
United States Cup/NOVA
Fountain Hills, AZ
www.shoair.com
800.227.9111

11-12/Apr
MSC/Rabbit Valley Rally
Fruita, CO
www.racemsc.com
719.221.1251

16-19/Apr
United States Cup/Sea Otter
Monterey, CA
www.shoair.com
800.227.9111

25-26/Apr
United States Cup/Los Olivios
Santa Ynez, CA
www.shoair.com
800.227.9111

26-Apr
Greenbrier Challenge
Hagerstown, MD
www.potomacvelo.com
703.569.9875

2-3/May
MSC/Chalk Creek Stampede
Nathrop, CO
www.racemsc.com
719.221.1251

2-3/May
Idyllwild Spring Challenge
Idyllwild, CA
http://www.idyllwildcycling.com/
951.659.3828

23-25/May
United States Cup/Chile Challenge
Angel Fire, NM
www.racemsc.com
719.221.1251

31-May
Bump and Grind
Pelham, AL
www.bump.org
800.960.9457

7-Jun
Massanutten Hoo-Ha!
McGaheysville, VA
www.massresort.com
540.289.4954

20-21/Jun
Subaru Cup
Mt Morris, WI
www.wors.org
715.592.5095

27-28/Jun
United States Cup/Windham
Windham, NY
www.shoair.com
800.227.9111

16-19/Jul
National Championships
Sol Vista Resort, Granby, CO
www.usacycling.org
719.866.4668

8-9/Aug
United States Cup/Mount Snow
West Dover, VT
www.shoair.com
800.227.9111

4-6/Sep
Fall Classic
Breckenridge, CO
www.racemsc.com
719.221.1251

5-6/Sep
Laddies Loppet Stage Race
Callaway, MN
www.maplelag.com
800.654.7711

18-20/Sep
Mountain's Edge Cactus Cup
Las Vegas, NV
www.cactuscuplasvegas.com
706.549.6632

24-25/Oct
Piney Hills Classic
Ruston, LA
www.DLTmultisport.com
870.246.6686

Dusty & Cyndie said...

Here are the AMBC events, one of them is in my home town!
http://www.usacycling.org/forms/ambc/09_AMBC_Schedule.pdf

StacE said...

Looks like we've got our work cut out for us!

I could definitely make a few of those. Thanks again, you guys, for getting this schedule dialed!