The greatest cross country series in all the land!

Roadkill Racing was founded many moons ago by the fearless and somewhat cranky Josh Perks with one goal in mind: to win beer and glory at the Pete Glavin Cross Country series. Shortly after I joined, we actually did win beer and glory, and also mugs, cups, and other priceless prizes that are either being lovingly used on a daily basis, or gathering dust in a box in storage somewhere.

But times have changed, and cross country is no longer our focus as we strive for glory and money at the USATF Niagara Grand Prix series. Because of that, our presence at the PGXC races has dwindled, and we are not as competitive as we used to be. Until, that is, the fourth race of the PGXC series, which also happens to be a USATF Niagara Grand Prix race. Then the Roadkill Racers come out in droves to show all the other teams that we are not to be trifled with! Or maybe we can be trifled with, just as your own peril.

Anyway, what I mean to say is, while we have struggled to field a full team at the other PGXC races, we fielded four full teams at the USATF XC Championship, and ended up doing pretty well!

As usual, our open women were very competitive, and ended up taking second behind Bergen Elite. The Open Men came out of nowhere and managed to win (by virtue of there being no other open men’s team, but who’s counting?), and the masters teams both picked up points by placing in the top four as well.

On the individual, PGXC side of things, we had several racers pick up individual awards in the series. Tim Dwyer and Dan Sackett both placed in the top ten of their age group, and your humble webmaster, Matthew Roberts even managed to snag a bottle of wine at the series awards.

We also had some new faces join us for these races. Jonathan Garcia, Peter Budmen, and Henry Loudon all competed in their first PGXC races, and under the RKR banner! So while the team was a little sparse at most of the races, we had a great showing at the USATF XC Championship, and it was a successful year nonetheless!

Check out the results from this year here.