Stacey McMickens wins Silver at Cajun Man Tri

On Sept 11, 2016 Stacey McMickens placed 2nd at the Cajun Man Sprint Triathlon in Lafayette Louisiana.  In the swim, Stacey was happy to find some good feet to draft off of that resulted in a very good swim split.  When the woman she thought might win passed her on the bike, Stacey concocted a plan... "my goal was to stay 4-5 bike lengths behind her and let her pace me away from the other women.  We soon passed the first swimmer and I knew that I was going to be battling for 2nd."  Stacey was feeling really good and so twice she tried to go around and break away from her, "but she would roll me back up."  Stacey went on to explain, "The run was a nightmare of full sun and running around an airport where you could see the whole course".  Stacey got a little worried when around one of the u-turns she could see 3rd place closing in.  She felt like she was totally redlining and had to dig really deep to hold her off, which she did!   Congratulations Stacey for a hard earned 2nd Place!

Siong and Lynette Hing both win Bronze

On Sunday August 21, 2016 PCG coach Karen Mackin's Singapore husband/wife Duo, Lynette and Siong Hing both competed in the Selatar Aerospace Criterium.

Lynette came in 3rd among a strong field of very explosive competitors. The entire race she was trying hard to figure out what it would take to win the race because she knew she wouldn't out-sprint this field! In the final lap an early acceleration resulted in a gap between Lynette and the top 3 riders. She went as hard as she could to catch up. Once she bridged up to them, she just kept going and opened up a solid gap. Coming into the final stretch, the other riders were getting closer. Right at the line she was passed by two of them but held off the third and took bronze.

Siong's race was intense due to the abundance of teams with 5-8 riders. Siong praised his one and only teammate for being very "devoted and awesome" in helping him to podium. Since there were only two of them, they let the big teams chase down most of the breaks but with one lap to go, They got to the front and his teammate lead him out for as long as he could, all the way to the last turn. After the lead-out, Siong took the inside line came out in front with a 20 meter Gap, but two riders managed to come around and Siong took 3rd.

Congratulations to Siong and Lynette!

Steve Pandeledis two triathlon season finish

Steve Pandeledis wrapped up his triathlon season with two triathlons within the last month, the first being the USAT AG National Championship Olympic Distance Triathlon on 13 August in Omaha, NB; and Yesterdays, (Sept 10th, 2016) Pine Barren Olympic Distance Race. Steve had nothing but praise for The National Championships race in Omaha, NB, he said the event was incredibly well organized and "very cool". He felt he had a good race, navigating the course well and he said he felt especially good on the bike! This was a race to enjoy being around the best in the country. Then back closer to home, on the 10th of Sept Steve raced the Pine Barrens Olympic triathlon in Atsion, NJ in 90 degree heat and humidity! Coming out of the water with a fantastic split of 24:40, He knew he had his work cut out for him to hold off as many people as he could to place. He had a great bike split going 22.4mph but suffered a bit on the run when the days heat was starting to peak. He did a good job holding of his age group competitors because he ended up in third place! A fantastic day!