KMS Cycling Team: 2011-09-25

KMS Cycling Team Program Detailed Overview

The KMS Cycling Team is a comprehensive junior cycling development program. The team is coached by 1985 US Junior Worlds Team Member, 1989 US Collegiate National Champion, past pro racer and 30- year racing veteran, Peter Vollers, and Development Team Coach, Brad Ramsay. All team equipment and technical assistance is provided by the The Start House Ski and Bike Shop in Woodstock, Vermont.

The program starts with children of young ages with weekly bike rides (on any bike) from the Start House. These rides are organized by our elite and development team members so we have immediate integration of all levels of the team. During the summer months on Tuesday evenings, some of our cubs/kids team members have their first racing experience on the mini infield track at Twin-State Speedway in Claremont, NH and our cubs are encouraged to take part in the many cub-level cyclocross races taking place all over New England in the fall and winter.

From our cubs/kids team, the riders progress to the KMS Development Team. Many team members will also join our program at this level. KMS Development Team members focus their racing on New England prep school league racing as well Eastern Conference Collegiate Racing in the spring (KMS worked with USA Cycling and eastern conference promoters and officials to arrange for any high school student in the country to register a team and race in the well-developed collegiate conference races) and northeast region USAC races, including the entire fall/winter cyclocross season.

From our development team, some of our top juniors graduate to the KMS/Start House Cycling Team (KMS elite team). These riders are heavily supported with racing bikes for both road and cyclocross from Trek and Bontrager from the Start House, free kits and help with entry fees and travel expenses so they can attend international races like the International Junior Tour of Ireland , the Tour de Rimouski, the US Junior National Championships and other top level races. The team also takes part in the full New England cyclocross season.

Many of the riders on both the KMS development team and the elite team attend our sponsoring school, Killington Mountain School, which now offers a full-time cycling program where students in grades 8 thru 12 can attend the school while taking part in the KMS Cycling Team program. Just like with KMS' skiing and snowboarding programs, the cycling student-athlete's curriculum is arranged around their training and racing program to allow for maximum flexibility. The KMS school program is a great way for kids who are not from the Woodstock area to take part in our program and train and race with the team on a full-time basis.

If you're interested in the KMS Cycling Team program, please contact Head Coach, Peter Vollers, at pvollers@killingtonmountainschool.org or call him at 802-291-2419 or KMS Development Team Coach, Brad Ramsay, at bramsay@killingtonmountainschool.org.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Racing this week

Prep school race tomorrow, Sept 28, is at Kennett High School in Conway, NH. We'll need to leave the SH at 11:30 sharp. We'll pick up Erin and Alden at the Quechee Mobil at 11:50 am.

Ansel and Tommy will need to leave KMS no later than 11 am.

For the weekend's racing at Gloucester, I cannot attend either day. Ansel is racing both days but will be driving himself down and back. Anyone else wishing to race will need to get themselves down and back on their own. Just let me know if you're planning on going as I may have your racing license.

To be honest, Gloucester is such a huge event that my advice would be for riders other than Ansel to simply get together and go down and watch one of the days in the afternoon, especially the UCI Elite races. It'll be really exciting for sure.

Also, there's a chance that coach Hadley may be able to drive either day, so feel free to contact him directly at ghadley@killingtonmountainschool.org to see if he can drive down with you.

Thanks and have a great weekend!

Monday, September 26, 2011

TD Bank Mayer's Cup Criterium, Boston, MA

Congrats to Brendan Rhim, Ansel Dickey and Alden Suokko for their great riding in producing a KMS 1st and 2nd in the Mayer's Cup Junior race. Also, congrats to Jack Watson for his excellent 3rd place in the Kids 7-9 year old race!