Pua Sawicki Ranked 5th

04.14.08

After only two National XC races Pua has been able to move from being ranked 42 to being ranked 5th in the US National Cross Country standings!

Women
1. Georgia Gould, Luna (Fort Collins, Colo.) 90
2. Katerina Nash, Luna (CZE) 70
3. Heather Irmiger, Subaru/Gary Fisher (Boulder, Colo.) 30
4. Lea Davison, Trek (Jericho, Vt.) 27
5. Pua Sawicki, Ellsworth (Mililani, Hawaii) 22

Pua wanted to see what she could do in these two races before the Endurance calander kicked in and making her way up into the top five was the goal. It was a great time for her to learn more about sprinting which still really helps in the endurance races. We may be able to make it to two more of the NMBS races in the series this year and maybe still get a good overall ranking.

Next Pua races the Cohutta 100 mile race in Tenessee, part of the National Ultra Endrance series. The race will be a week from this Saturday.
While we are here in the South the locals are putting us to work! On Friday at Tony's Bar & Grill in Atlanta we did a clinic on endurance racing for SORBA (one of the local riding clubs) and it was a blast, thanks SORBA and Bruce! Next are 3 more events here locally and even a Pua day (this Sunday) where people will be able to demo Ellsworth bikes and go on a ride with Pua! Southern hospitality Rocks!!

Ron Sawicki
Team Mata