Boston College Cycling

By Chris

So it has come time to preview the season that will be for BC cycling in the ECCC. Last year was a very successful team not only did we debut the best kits in the history of kits but we had some success in the road and put some people in the pain cave. This season we will be back in white and looking to build on our success for last year and not just on the bike, I will say it right now we are throwing our hat in for Sexiest Female Team.

Before I start to give you a preview into our individual goals and incentives, I must put in a disclaimer that almost none of the racers actually talked to me about their goals or even if I did I probably didn’t listen because either I had better goals for them or my goals for them sounded more kickass/hilarious. Also no quotes are direct quotes, they are most likely composites of things they have said, at least I am sure that they said all of these words at one time or another in their lives.

Beth “The Hero” Hanrahan: Where better to start my preview then with last year’s rookie racer that light up the field. Look for Beth to lull the women’s field into a false sense of security by missing a few early races then come in and set the ECCC aflame. Beth should step in and lead a very strong women’s team that will most indubitably be a force in the ECCC.

Dana “The Dominator” Prey: Dana has been quoted saying “Beth who?” when asked how Beth’s season will shape up. With talk like this it is obvious that Dana is primed to challenge Beth for leadership of the women’s team. Dana hopes that after breaking her wrist 7 times last year this year will have fewer injuries and more victories. Dana is eyeing a possible spirit of 69 winner’s jersey then with some good races and hopefully no crashes making her way up to the A field mid-season. She is also quoted saying “The Italian Stallion is in it to win it; if I come to race I will be in first place.”

Amanda “Frankenstein” Feirstein: Amanda the true veteran of the women’s team has come up with a whole new prospective and a whole new training method. Looking to make this her most competitive season Amanda has goals of scoring well in the Crits, specifically at Columbia and at the Xpot. “I would make the Xpot my only goal but just saying that word makes me sad and slightly confused, where did the beans go? and why were they replaced by and x?” Amanda once thought. I realize that most of you are holding your breathe to find out her new training secret. Well I will tell you she has shirked the bike for a full out WiiFit training method. So if you see her standing on her bike wiggling back and forth instead of pedaling don’t be alarmed, she swears it’s going to make her win.

Chelsea “Hooters” Amenqual: Hoots returning for her second season in white is eager for the season to start. She is quoted saying “I am going to eat up the road. Chomp Chomp.” This is actually the only true quote I will write. Look for Hoots to be competitive on the road, and possibly serving hot wings after the race.

Jamie “jPod” Lawlor: jPod makes her return to racing this year with a new leadership position on the team. Pod has been training well all off season and vows to make it out of intros and even has dreams of being competitive in B’s. Never the less be prepared for her to try to serenade the field in every race.

Susie Bresney: Susie will be making her return to the ECCC women’s peloton this year with tons of spunk and panache. I would write more about Susie but it’s hard to make fun of Susie and I wanted to use the words spunk and panache.

Karl “The Cannibal” Honerlaw: Karl does have some qualms with his new nickname and prefers his previous nickname “Roadrash”. Karl will be a leader of the team on and off of the road. Karl is looking to be competitive in C’s this year, with goals of winning a few sprints in the big crits.

Chris “Diesel” Rakovic: After a season plagued with crashes and maybe some indecent exposure due to a shredded kit at Army, Diesel is looking to bounce back and be a competitive force helping out his team leaders and to focus on the time trials especially at Yale. Look for Diesel to also go all out at the Xpot crit. Asked about this season I said “Finally BC has a Diesel rider, I feel it is what we have been missing all these years.”

Arjun Sudhir: Arjun has returned to the states from his trip across the pond to London. Arjun has much to say about this up coming season, his training, his bike, and well just about anything else and if you have 5 hours of free time I am sure he can give you the abridged version of it just ask him.

Andrew “I have seen the light” Meyer: Andrew is a new transfer to the team from some sub-par school in South Bend, but has seen the light and has joined the better school and cycling conference. Andrew has said that he is glad to be gone from the MWCCC and in the ECCC where the true collegiate cyclist race. Andrew hopes to be racing in B’s at the end of the year but knows that the competition in the ECCC will be far superior to that of the MWCCC.

Matt Nole: Matt will be making his debut to road racing in the ECCC. Matt has been training hard and is looking to hit it hard on the hills and put a few people in the pain cave.

John “The Kid” Logan: John is joining the team for his freshman season with the main goal of convincing his parents to let him race more than a couple of races this year. The other big goal for John will be to shave his legs. He has not yet admitted but we all know that he will eventually join the masses of the smooth legged army.

So get ready ECCC, BC is ready to ride and we will have our revenge.