Mike Grundmann
SportVelo athlete Mike Grundmann started racing his bike in 2009 after being talked into doing the Challenge Road Race in 2008, one of Northern California’s hardest races, by his friend Aaron Paterson. Since then he has racked up an impressive list of results as his training and skills have improved. Mike was able to achieve his goal of upgrading to Category 2 in 2010!
Jane Wolcott
Fresh from racing crew for MIT, new grad Jane Wolcott moved to the Bay Area with her boyfriend Jose, and the two Cat 2 racers are discovering the depth of racing in California. Although initially most of Jane’s training came from her commute to and from work, Jane quickly became serious and achieved her Cat 2 status this year. Jane joined the Webcor/AV bridge team after her 7th place finish at U23 Elite Nationals Time Trial. She then started working with SportVelo, and her focus shifted to track. Despite a bad crash in the Elite State Kierin, she finished 2nd in both the Individual Pursuit and the Team Pursuit at the State Championships qualifying for Elite Track Nationals. Jane finished her season as the strongest member of the bronze winning Team Pursuit team at Elite Track Nationals, making the National Points Race Finals, and just missing the podium in the Individual Pursuit by less than a second.
MaryAnn Levenson
What a comeback story! MaryAnn is an inspiration reminder for the rest of us to HTFU and ride. MaryAnn began her cycling career as a strong mountain biker with Championship dreams. After having three boys, MaryAnn’s career was sidetracked for a while, but she came back strong as category 2 with National level racing plans and strong local placings. Nevertheless, MaryAnn’s progress was again stymied after she was run over by a drunk driver in a pickup truck in 2006. Needless to say, we are very lucky to have MaryAnn here today. After dozens of surgeries, MaryAnn is discovering her niche as a time trialist, which complements her “never give up” attitude. In 2009 MA took a silver medal in the time trail at Master’s Nationals.
This season MaryAnn first won the 40K state time trial championship setting a National Record in the process! Then with literally 1 day on her new track bike she took the state pursuit championship, and then topped her impressive season with a national championships in the individual pursuit. In addition to her standout 2010 palmares, MaryAnn is a vocal advocate for bike safety, and she runs bike safety programs in elementary schools.