Local development club is churning out some serious cycling talent | Sports | Idaho Statesman
Ten years ago, Douglas Tobin founded a Treasure Valley youth cycling club known as the Boise Young Riders Development Squad to provide kids an outlet to explore the sport.
In June, B.Y.R.D.S. came up big as Kristo Jorgenson, Grace Alexander, Ethan Reynolds and Matteo Jorgenson won individual titles at the USA Cycling National Championships in Augusta, Ga.
Jorgenson and Alexander also qualified for the 2011 UCI World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, in September and will spend parts of this summer training with the U.S. national team.
Reynolds is scheduled to compete in the Twilight Criterium in Downtown Boise on Saturday.
Tobin, a former amateur racer, had a vision when he started the club 10 years ago, and now that vision seems to be paying off. B.Y.R.D.S. produced 10 national champions in the past four years, but this year’s four titles are the most in one year.
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