March 29/06 7:30 am - Team Urban Athlete / SportSwap 2006 MTB Team Announcement

Posted by Editoress on 03/29/06
 

Team Urban Athlete / SportSwap 2006 MTB Team Announcement
Courtesy Steve Neal

The Urban Athlete and SportSwap, both of Toronto, Ontario are proud to announce an exciting new mountain bike team for the 2006 season.

The focus of the team will be to provide Junior and Under 23 team members with the best sports medicine, equipment, training and coaching offered in the area.

The team is very excited to announce the following members in the team’s inaugural racing season.

Catherine Vipond

• 2005 Member of Ontario Canada Summer Games Team.
• 2005 Provincial Champion – Ontario U23 Senior Elite Female
• 2004 Provincial Champion – Ontario U23 Senior Elite Female

Kylie Case

• 2005 member of the Manitoba Canada Summer Games Team
• 2005 invitation to compete with Canadian National Women Development Team
• 2004 member of Canadian National Junior Team to compete at MTB worlds
• 2004 medalist at both Road and Mountain National Championships
• 2004 3rd overall Canada Cup Junior Women

Charlotte Batty

• 2005 National Champion for U15, Provincial Champion for U15
• 2004 Provincial Champion for U15

Adam Morka

• 2005 Member of Ontario Canada Summer Games Team
• 2005 Provincial Champion – Ontario U23 Senior Elite Male
• 2004 Provincial Champion – Ontario Junior Expert Male

Michael Mitchnick

• 2005 4th National XC Championships Cadet Male
• 2005 2nd Overall Ontario Cadet Expert Male

The team will be supported by the following sponsors;

• SportSwap Toronto for Trek Bicycles, Bontrager clothing and accessories and Nike Footwear
• The Urban Athlete for Sports Medicine as well as Strength and Conditioning
• Steve Neal Performance Development for Coaching, Testing and Bike Fitting services