7 Brittany Bates
8 Arielle Martin
Photo by Jerry Landrum/BMX Mania
Race report from Skizo:
This weekend started off very well with a deep field of elite men. With this deep field I was excited to see where my level is at the beginning of a new season when the old season ended just 6 weeks ago. A lot of guys on the come back from injury like Donny Robinson and Mike Day. The track was fast and had a lot of flow with a tight first turn. I felt good throughout practice and my qualifiers on day one and transferred through my quarters and semi.
The main event was star lit with the likes of Marc Williers, Corben Sharrah, Donny Robinson, Denzel Stein, Cristian Becerine, Jason Rogers and myself. I came out the gate a little late and got shut down on the first jump leaving me minimum room to make a move. I ended up with a 6th place which I wasn't to happy with.
Day two was a traditional ABA early morning 7:30am warm up which I was prepared for. Motos went well and I transferred into the quarters easy. Unfortunately that's where it ended for me with a 5th in quarters and not transferring into the semi or main event.
Overall I felt good and know what I need to work on for the next race in Guthrie Oklahoma in two weeks which is also for UCI points. The main focus for this weekend was to get some UCI points and get in some consistent laps. I'm looking forward to the two weeks of training so I can regroup and put the missing pieces of the puzzle together. The new bike has been great and caused a lot of interest at the first race.
-Skizo
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