USCF: Category 2
Hometown: Chapel Hill, NC
Current: Still in Chapel Hill, NC
Profession: Self employed
Coach: Dave Williams (trianglemultisport.com)
Chris is a swimmer at heart, but began cycling in order to take up triathlon several years ago. After a few years of improvement on the bike, her swimming and cycling were finally strong enough to offset her running deficits so that she could turn pro. As practice for her draft-legal triathlons, she decided to give bike racing a try in 2009. After learning that it's difficult to race individually against several teams and that you can't expect to win if you pull the entire race, she was able to find enough good results to upgrade to a Cat 2. In the end, she decided that cycling races are a pretty fun way to get a brick workout in, so she'll give it another try in 2010.
2009 Cycling Highlights:
1st Hanes Park Classic 3/4
1st WNC Grand Prix 3/4
4th WNC Grand Prix pro/1/2/3
1st NC State Games Crit 3/4
2nd NC State Games Crit F19-24
3rd, 4th, 6th Ace Speedway Crits 4/5
7th NC Championship Road Race 1/2/3/4
Triathlon Highlights:
3rd Twenty12 Talent ID Triathlon 2009
6th Elite Women San Francisco Triathlon 2009
13th Elite Nationals (4th U23) 2009
9th Overall Best of the US National Championsip 2009
Age Group (20-24) National Champion 2008
4th in 20-24 Age Group at Worlds 2008
3rd Overall/ 2nd Undergrad Collegiate Nationals 2008
4th Overall Best of the US Championship 2008
