Chris Newell serves as our racing fundamentals coach as well as our training and conditioning coach.
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| Chris Newell is 39 and was raised and
lives in Reisterstown MD. He started cycling in 1992 and soon started racing
mountain bikes. In 1995 he joined the Trek team which later became the Trek East
Coast Factory Team. In 1999 Chris was a member of Team USA's Masters World Mountain Bike Team and placed 18th in Bromont, Quebec, Canada. In 2001 Chris started doing XTERRA races, which are basically off-road Olympic distance triathlons. He placed 2nd at the XTERRA USA Championships and 2nd at the World Championships for his age group. Racing for the SoBe/Cannondale and Cannondale Factory Team, Chris was the XTERRA Regional Champion 3 times and won his first XTERRA overall in 2004. In 2005 Chris started doing road triathlons. He was an All American for 2005 and represented the USA at the ITU Age Group World Championships in Oahu Hawaii. In the recent past, Chris has raced road, mountain and cyclocross; and is currently training for Ironman Arizona in November. Chris started coaching in 2005 and became a USCF coach in 2007. This year he established his own coaching service, Sublime Athletics, to provide structured programs for cyclists, triathletes, etc. In December he will be completing his USA Cycling Level 2 Coach certification and will be getting his USA Triathlon Coach certification in 2009. The web site for Chris's Sublime Athletics is available at www.sublimeathletics.com Chis can also can be reached at SublimeAthletics@gmail.com.  |
Updated 02/08/2011
