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from The Houston Chronicle Cycling Notebook (link to the full story)

by Dale Robertson

…To say that Quinn fell hard for cycling is something of an understatement…

…For Quinn, a tax accountant by day, long leisurely rides eventually gave way to all-out racing. He wound up promoting the Texas Time Trial because: “I got tired of driving up to Dallas.” He found the course out of Pattison to be perfect because it’s mostly flat, so he submitted his proposal and won out.

This is the fifth time the state championships have been held there.

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from the Dallas Morning News online (link to full article)

Kennard, 69, was part of Texas Instruments’ winning team at the United States Corporate Athletics Association’s national relays in San Marcos, Calif., on July 19-20.

TI won its 12th championship and ninth consecutive title. TI competes in Division II, which includes companies with 10,000 to 49,999 employees.

Kennard, a Richardson resident, said she didn’t run her personal best, but the combination of her time and her age produced the team’s highest score in the women’s 5K and its second-highest score in the 10K.

from The Denton Record-Chronicle

By Brad McDonnell / Staff Writer

Bryan Fawley saw his opportunity to win the Age-Based State Criterium Championship open up toward the finish line, and he took advantage of it.

“We came in pretty slow to the finish,” Fawley said. “Everyone kind of sat around and watched. At about 200 meters, I jumped on it and sprinted to the line.”

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from gosanangelo.com

By BENJAMIN S. ROSSI, Special to the Standard-Times

Competitive cyclist and runner Bill Cullins said that goal is to get San Angelo healthy and feeling better.

“San Angelo is becoming a more active and fit community,” he said.

The San Angelo Bicycle Association worked with the San Angelo Road Lizards running club - the groups’ memberships tend to overlap - to include Run in the Sun, an 8k foot race, in addition to bike races Crit on the Concho and Tour de Burma.

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from the Killeen Daily Herald

About 300 cyclists descended on Copperas Cove to tackle the hilly terrain and vie for the coveted title of state champion in the State Championship Festival of Two-Wheeled Speed on Saturday.

The event, sponsored by The Racing Post magazine in conjunction with the Copperas Cove Chamber of Commerce, is the town’s largest bicycle event of the year.

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from velonews.com

American BMX riders Jill Kintner and Kyle Bennett have earned two coveted tickets to Beijing — and two more men’s spots remain up for grabs.

Bennett, 29, came into the 2008 season with a sizable lead in the rankings thanks to his victory at the 2007 UCI world championships. The Conroe, Texas, native took the 2008 USA Cycling national title, and then secured his spot for the Olympics with a fourth-place finish at the May 10 Supercross race in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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from The Fort Worth Star-Telegram

By ERIC RANSOM
Special to the Star-Telegram

“Metro VW Cycling had to adjust its strategy when one of its top sprinters dropped out, but in end, teamwork earned Christian Helmig the victory in the Pro Category 1 and 2 race at the Texas State Criterium Championships on Monday.

The Championships featured nine races throughout the day on the 1-mile figure eight course around the Fort Worth Cultural District.”

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Practice, practice, practice is the mantra of 13-year-old Firethorne resident Madeleine McDuff, a highly focused young cyclist training for her first-ever national junior cycling competition this summer.

The 5-foot, 2-inch seventh grader, founder and president of the Beckendorff Junior High School Cycling Club, practices three to four times a week for up to 50 miles. She works with her trainer, former National Cycling Champion and U.S. Team Member Garth Blackburn (of Sugar Land), rides with the Katy-based Team Spincycle, an adult team that pedals 30 miles every Sunday morning, and cross-trains during the off-season at Firethorne to gear up for the USA Cycling Junior National Track Championships this August at the ADT Event Center in Carson, CA.

“I race competitively (on track and road) because I want to,” said Madeleine, whose enthusiasm for the competitive sport spills over into recreational cycling. “I wanted to start a non-competitive cycling club at school so kids will ride with their families and get exercise - not just play video games,” she explained. She noted that cycling seems to be catching on with high school students, too; Katy High recently started a cycling club.

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