Seth Cooley
Age: 26
Class: XC-2 19-29 yrs old
Height: 6 feet
Weight: 179lbs
From: San Diego, CA
Hometown: Asheville, NC
Focus: XC racing and Endurance XC racing
Strengths: Climbing and leading out.
2011 XC Race Season Goals:
Southern Classic Mountain Bike Race Series
-Angler’s Ridge in Danville, VA
-Hobby Park in Winston-Salem, NC
-Uwarrie Forrest in Uwarrie, NC
-Tsali Knobscorcher in Bryson City, NC
-Stumpjump in Spartanburg, SC
-Harbison Park in Columbia, SC
-Catabwa Classic in Charlotte, NC
-Beech Mtn in NC
-Tiger Rag in Clemson, NC
-Fontana Dam Jam in Fontana, NC
-Sizzler in Greensboro, NC
-Dark Mountain in North Wilkesboro, NC
-Asheville Mountain Sports Festival XC race
-8 Hours of San Felasco in Gainesville, FL
-others to be mentioned….
2010 XC Race Season Highlights:
-Asheville Mountain Sports Festival at Richmond Hill (1st in Open Class)
-SERC Series #8 Clemson, SC (1st in XC-2 19-29)
-SERC Series #9 Chattanooga, TN (7th in XC-2 19-29)
-Sizzler in Greensboro, NC (1st in XC-2 19-29)
-Southern Classic Cup in North Wilkesboro, NC (2nd overall)
-8 Hours of Labor in Alachua, FL (3rd overall against 130 riders!)
-FSC Race Series at San Felasco( 3erd in XC-2 19-29)
2011 Season Goals:
I moved back to Asheville, NC after attending graduate school in Tampa, FL. Last year my season consisted of multiple races near Florida with the goal to gain experience racing mountain bikes seriously. This was a bit difficult to travel as I was enrolled in grad school full time. Since last year I have a much better sense of riding pace, tactics, position, and areas of fitness that I excel in and others that I am training to improve. This season in Western North Carolina my focus is to complete the Southern Classic Mountain Bike Series. I am currently racing in the XC-2 series and planning to move to XC-1 next year once I gain familiarity with the racer personalities and courses available in Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
