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Written by Mariel Galvan
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Tuesday, 31 January 2012 |
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In our 12th season, Artemis maintains its mission of developing women in bike racing and giving back to the cycling community.
Our current membership is split fairly evenly between approximately 15 very active racers, some with a multi-focus on road, along with cyclocross, track racing, and/or Tri/duathlons. Overall, there are approximately another 15 members who race less, or have other functioning roles in the club, such as USAC Official, Coach, race promoter, webmaster, and the like. Although we view ourselves as a racing club, we cannot discount the contributions and the diversity that of all of our members bring to Artemis. We enjoy the smaller club dynamics and feel more like ‘family’.
Memorable Highlights for 2011:
Artemis has dedicated many years attracting and developing Juniors in bike racing. We have fostered several National Champions over the years. Yes, that includes the likes of Nick Bax and Curtis Windsor, who got their start with us!
This development (over several years), has finally gained the ultimate success in that we were able to develop a mechanism to nurture the kids, educate the adults, and launch our ever-growing Junior squad to function independently in a sustainable club model!
Artemis again promoted 2 bike race events supporting several women’s and novice categories.
Artemis women’s leadership conducted and managed the “MABRA Women’s Cat 3 & 4 Race Series”, a vehicle to recruit, encourage, and sustain women in bike racing.
Artemis conducted an “Introduction to Road Racing Clinic” which was open to anyone interested in learning more about racing. This all-day session provided indoor classroom learning as well as on-the-bike drills.
Cheryl Osborne medaled and was on the podium at Masters Track Nationals.
Cheryl Osborne won the MABRA Women’s 35+ BAR (Best All-Around Rider)
Renee Roth finished 3rd in the Cat 3 Women’s Series and MABRA Women’s Cat 3 BAR.
Carole Harris finished 4th in the Cat 4 Women’s Series.
Evelyn Egizi won the Cat 3 Women’s Sportif Cup Series in cyclocross.
Evelyn Egizi was the 1st overall woman finisher at the Independence Day Duathlon, and finished 1st in her age category in 2 other duathlon events.
Cynthia Johnson finished her first IRONMAN
Artemis sponsored a Women’s Elite team to foster talented Cat 1 Artemis women, and to provide resources to race the NRC.
2012 Focus:
The upcoming year will have an intensified focus on re-building our men’s squad with new male leadership, while we continue to teach and train new women. Our promotional activities and volunteer structure remain intact.
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