Spencer Beamer


Nickname: Piglet
Height: 6'1
Weight: 165
Discipline: Road, Track
Hometown: Knoxville, TN
Year: Junior
Bike(s)/Parts (Weapon of Choice): Cervelo P3
Why I Race? I like going fast
Favorite Quote: "Next time your in your car going 50 mph, strip down to your underwear and jump out the window.....that's what a bike wreck feels like" -Jonathan Vaughters
Racing Class/Category Collegiate A, Pro
Pick a Pro and/or Team: Fabian Cancellara and Team Saxo Bank
Favorite Ride/Route/Race: Athens Twighlight
Coke or Pepsi? Diet Pepsi
    
Career Highlights
    (2001) 1st 13-14 Junior National Road Race Champion
    (2004) 1st Tour de l.Abitibi Stage 1 TTT
    (2005) 3rd Overall - International Diedaages van Axel (UCI 2.HC)
    (2005) 2nd King of the Cobbles Competition- International Diedaages van Axel (UCI 2.HC)
    (2005) Junior World Road Race Participant
2008
    1st  Superweek Stage 10 Carl Zach Cycling Classic
    1st  Edgar Soto Stage Race . Stage 1
    1st  Avery Trace Criterium
    1st  TNState Criterium Champion
    1st  U.S. Collegiate National Team Time Trial
    2nd  U.S. Collegiate National Criterium
    
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Chris Butler


Nickname: Butler
Height: 5'11
Weight: 143
Discipline: Road
Hometown: Hilton Head Island, SC
Year: Junior
Bike(s)/Parts (Weapon of Choice): Spencer's bike pump
Why I Race? I wanna go fast
Favorite Quote: "The best pace is a suicide pace, and today is a good day to die. "I want da gold" Leperchaun remix
Racing Class/Category Collegiate A, Cat 2
Pick a Pro and/or Team: Team Columbia
Favorite Ride/Route/Race: Paris Mtn
Coke or Pepsi? Coke
    
    Big results 2008
    U23 	TT Nats 9th
    2008 	Collegiate RR 1st
    2008 	Collegiate TTT 1st
    2008 	Collegiate Omnium 2nd
    
    Econ and Accounting Major
    
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Ashley Anderson


Nickname: ?
Height: 5'2
Weight: 108
Discipline: Road
Hometown: Greenville, SC
Year: Senior
Bike(s)/Parts (Weapon of Choice): BH/Campi
Why I Race? I race because I like to suffer.
Favorite Quote: "Be who you are and say how you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Suess
Racing Class/Category Category 1/ Women's A
Pick a Pro and/or Team: Marco Pantani, Michael Rasmussen
Favorite Ride/Route/Race: Caesar's Head, Bob's Place, and where ever Glenn goes; Cascade Cycling Classic Stage 6 :Awbrey Butte Circuit Race; Tour of Arkansas: Mt. Magazine
Coke or Pepsi? It's all Coke.
    Results
    1st 	Mount Magazine Stage, Tour of Arkansas
    2nd  	U25 General Classification, Nature Valley Grand Prix
    4th  	U23 Nationals Individual Time Trial
    5th  	General Classification, Tour of Arkansas
    11th 	USA Crit Series, Steadman Hawkins Criterium
    12th 	Mankato Road Race, Nature Valley Grand Prix
    13th 	Tulsa Tough Criterium Day Three
    13th 	Individual Time Trial, Joe Martin Stage Race
    17th 	General Classification, Nature Valley Grand Prix
    17th 	General Classification, Joe Martin Stage Race
    17th 	Tulsa Tough Criterium Day One
    19th 	Criterium, Joe Martin Stage Race
    
    Collegiate:
    Division II conference champion 2007
    4th Collegiate Road Race 2007
    
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Kit Hunter


Nickname: Kitten
Height: 5'5.5
Weight: 140ish
Discipline: Road/TT
Hometown: Brentwood, TN
Bike(s)/Parts (Weapon of Choice): Cervelo P2C
Why I Race? I race to examine the integrity of the human psyche under highly stressful anoxic conditions.
Favorite Quote: "The question is not who is going to let me; it's who will stop me." -Ayn Rand
Racing Class/Category cat 4 slacker
Pick a Pro and/or Team: Jens Voight
Favorite Ride/Route/Race: Going up to the Parkway on 215 and over to 276 is awesome.
    Results
    Formerly a nationally ranked Duathlete and Half-Ironman Triathlete.
    Recipient of the 2008 Hard Ass award.
    
    Music choices include Unkle Bob, the Apparations, and Coldplay.
    
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Craig McKinney


Nickname: None
Height: 5'8
Weight: 132
Discipline: Road
Hometown: Rock Thrill, SC
Major: Health & Exercise Science, Premed
Year: 2010
Bike(s)/Parts (Weapon of Choice): Specialized SL2 w/ SRAM / Cervelo TT
Why I Race? For the competition and for some reason I enjoy the pain and suffering. Also it means I get to eat ALOT
Favorite Quote: "Cycling is so hard, the suffering is so intense, that it's absolutely cleansing. You can go out there with the weight of the world on your shoulders, and after a six-hour ride at a high pain threshold, you feel at peace."
Racing Class/Category Cat 2 / Collegiate A
Pick a Pro and/or Team: Jens Voigt is the freckin man.
Favorite Ride/Route/Race: Saluda/Pearson Falls loop. Anything with a mountain top finish
    2008 Results:

    1st     	Collegiate Nationals . DII Team Time Trial
    1st 	Chattanooga- River Gorge Omnium, Cat 3
    1st		French Broad TT, Cat 3
    1st     	Avery Trace TT, Cat 3
    2nd     	Avery Trace RR, Cat 3
    5th		Piedmont Triad TT, Pro1/2/3
    6th     	GA Cup Union City GC, Cat 2/3
    7th		Piedmont Triad Omnium, Pro1/2/3
    10th   	Settler.s Life - Roan Groan RR, Pro1/2/3
    
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Andy Baker


Nickname:
Height: 6'0
Weight: 158
Discipline: Road
Hometown: Greenville, SC
Year: Freshman
Bike(s)/Parts (Weapon of Choice): Kazane/whatever else team decides to give me
Why I Race? It's an amazing sport, and I am horrible at all conventional sports
Favorite Quote:
Racing Class/Category Professional (for Premier Sports Partners)
Pick a Pro and/or Team: Svein Tuft
Favorite Ride/Route/Race: Downtown Greenville cycling classic
Coke or Pepsi? Coke
    Results
    7th 	American Eagle Outfitters Tour of PA stage 1-A
    Best young rider stage 1-A Tour of PA
    3rd 	Dylan Mitchell Memorial Criterium
    1st 	BMW Performance Track circuit race
    3rd overall 2008 Greenville Spring Series
    18th 	2008 U23 National Time Trial
    33rd 	2008 USA Air Force Race
    3rd 	2007 Junior Nationals Criterium
    9th 	2007 Junior Nationals Time Trial
    12 overall 	2007 Tour of Ohio
    4th overall and 2nd in SC 2007 NC/SC state championships
    
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Michael Erickson


Nickname: The Simpsonville Buffalo
Height: 6'3
Weight: 210
Discipline: Road
Hometown: Simpsonville, SC
Year: Senior
Bike(s)/Parts (Weapon of Choice): Felt F60
Why I Race? To stay in shape, enjoy some friends, suffer some, see the country
Favorite Quote: "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." -Mark Twain
Racing Class/Category Rookie
Pick a Pro and/or Team: Chris "Baby Face" Butler
Favorite Ride/Route/Race: Any ride with people
Coke or Pepsi? Chocolate milk. Soda is for girls.
    No results.
    
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James Mitchell


Nickname: Jimmy
Height: 6'6
Weight: about 40 pounds more than anyone else (203 lbs)
Discipline: Road
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Year: Freshman
Bike(s)/Parts (Weapon of Choice): Giant TCR with Dura Ace
Why I Race? So I have an excuse not to do school work
Favorite Quote:
Racing Class/Category
Pick a Pro and/or Team: Jens Voight
Favorite Ride/Route/Race: Silk Sheets (A mostly flat ride with a couple of rolling hills)
Coke or Pepsi? Coke
    No results.