Team Steel City Endurance celebrates our 4th season with Sponsors and Friends
This past week Steel City Endurance Bicycle racing team, sponsors, and friends gathered at ProBikes in the Squirrel Hill of Pittsburgh, PA to celebreate our 4th year of racing. While putting together a short list of season highlights I realized (once again), what an incredible group of dedicated and talented cyclists we have, along with sponsors who have been with us since Day #1.
The team’s accomplishments are many, but here are the highlights, starting with the incredible Women’s Racing Squad, now in their 4th year of racing, and comprised of Cat 3 & 4 road & cyclocross racers.
Women’s Team
Kate Bennett #1 Cat 4 ABRA Crit Series
Stacie Truskowski #1 ABRA Cyclocross Series
Rachel Weaver #1 Womens ACA Criterium Series
Patty George #1 Overall Tour of the Valley
Anne Marie Alderson – First Place Fort Classic (#6 ABRA Road), Dirty Dozen Overall Women’s Winner 2011
SCE Women’s Team – Team Champions, Cat 3/4 , Tour of the Valley Stage Race
It goes without saying that these accomplishments of individuals are all team accomplishments as well. The ladies have truly learned how to function as a bike racing team in order to support individual goals. Special thanks also to Barb Grabowski, now retired from racing, a Cat 2 racer who made the podium in every event (road, time trial, criterium) in last year’s Masters Nationals. Barb has provided excellent mentorship and guidance to the women’s team, and has organized our annual team training trip over the past several years.
Men’s Team
Mens Team Overall: B Series Winner, Allegheny Cycling Association
Doug Riegner B Series Winner ACA
Joe Lydic First Place Connelsville Criterium (ABRA #2)
Mike Quigley First Place Pro Bikes Criterium Championship (ABRA #5)
Again, I stress that these are all team accomplishements and season highlights. There were many, many more podium finishes and I’m certain I’ve missed some accomplishemnts of several of the team members.
Sponsor Highlights include the sponsors who have been with us every year since our inception, allowing us to supply the team with racing kits as well as supplement travel expenses and race entery fees.
4-Year Sponsors:
Pittsburgh Pro Bikes
Tuscano Insurance (Rob, Terry & Ginny Tuscano)
Padgett Business Services (Jim merante)
Square Cafe (Sherree Goldstein)
Feldstein Grinberg Stein & McKee (Jeff Balicki & Partners)
Allegro Hearth Bakery (Omar Higley)
Finally, for the first time, we awarded a”Sponsor of the Year” award. This year the award went to Tuscano Agency, located in Greensburg, PA, for their ongoing support and the largest dollar amount given to the team so far. We have been proud to wear our kits displaying their name so that everyone who has seen us race is familiar with the name. Please keep an eye out for a coming feature story on Tuscano Agency so you can become familiar with the company as well.
Thank you to our sponsors and team members for a fun season. We look forward to an exciting year in 2012!
Coach Suzanne
