Athletes
MAY 4, 2009
Team Mountain Khakis Dominates Teams Competition at Speedweek
Team Mountain Khakis celebrated their hard work on Sunday by standing atop the podium as winners of the Overall Team competition, Men's Overall Leader (Mark Hekman) and Overall Laps lead (Tom Soladay) for the 2009 USA Crits Series Speedweek Competition.
The Joe Martin Stage Race is up next for the boys where they will be competing against the nation's top teams May 7-10 in Fayetteville, Ark. Be sure to check their website for updates and an opportunity to get 10% off any Mountain Khakis purchase courtesy of the team's title sponsor.
APRIL 29, 2009
Soladay Doubles up the Wins!
Team Mountain Khakis rider Tom Soladay stunned the field as he rode away from the pack with a four second lead to take his second consecutive win and the overall lead at the 2009 Speedweek crit series.
Can he go three in a row? Stay tuned…
APRIL 27, 2009
Mountain Khakis Off to an Early Lead at Speedweek 2009
Team Mountain Khakis started the 2009 Speedweek criterium series off on a high note with Tom Soladay taking the win at the 2009 Nalley Historic Roswell Criterium on April 26.
The win came after Soladay and four other riders organized a breakaway that stayed away from the main field for nearly half the race. Early attempts to chase down the breakaway were thwarted by Soladay's teammates and members of the other teams in the break.
With one lap to go, Soladay mustered his remaining strength to breakaway and give a solo victory salute at the finish.
The win came on the heels of teammate Mark Heckman's second place finish at the 30th Annual Athens Twilight Criterium the night before. Heckman won the Athens Twilight in 2007, surprising many of his competitors and foreshadowing what has been an illustrious professional career.
The Mountain Khakis hit squad will participate in the remaining five Speedweek races taking place throughout the Southeast.
FEBRUARY 16, 2009
Tifosi Optics Athlete wins silver at the U-23 Cross-Country World
Norwegian cross-country skier and Tifosi Optics athlete Astrid Oyre Slind won a silver medal at the U-23 Cross-Country World Championships. Held on January 31, 2009 in Praz de Lys, France, Slind edged out Marte Elden in the women's 15 km pursuit to place second, a mere 1.8 seconds behind gold medal winner Jaskowiec.
Satisfied with her performance, Slind spent a moment with the media.
"I had a very good start and an easy race in classical technique because the tempo was not fast," Slind said. "I tried to push hard during the skating part and had a hard fight with Jaskowiec but she was better than me in the last 100 meters. But I'm satisfied with this silver medal and with these Championships."
Astrid wins silver
AUGUST 19, 2008
Ron Williams to compete in the 2008 Paralympic Games
Two-time Paralympics medalist and Tifosi sponsored athlete Ron Williams will soon be heading to Beijing on a quest for his first gold metal.
At the tender age of 15, Ron was diagnosed with Osteogenic Sarcoma, a type of bone cancer that would ultimately lead to the amputation of his left leg and the end of a very promising soccer career.
After beating cancer, the ever-athletic and competitive teen took up water skiing, and eventually attended Georgia College on a partial sports scholarship where he captured two world records in water skiing: the World Disabled Slalom and the World Disabled Jumping records, both of which he still holds today.
Ron found road cycling-or rather road cycling found Ron-post-college during a mountain bike race in which a fellow competitor asked if he had ever tried road riding. Intrigued by this challenge, Ron bought a new bike and started competing.
Ron was good. So good in fact that he hired Lance Armstrong's coach, Chris Carmichael and started training to compete internationally for the United States Elite Paralympics Cycling Team. During his tenure as a cyclist, Ron has competed in two Paralympics games and is the current Paralympic National Time Trial Champion. Ron is also a member of the Myogenesis Nutrition presented by Landmark Dodge Pro/Am Cycling Team, one of the top amateur teams in the nation.
Keep up with Ron's pre-competition training at www.ronswilliams.com and be sure to look out for him in Beijing September 12 and 13, 2008 as he competes for gold in the both the Road Race and the Time Trial.