2014 SCC Race Team Kit

The Team

1. Lino Asiatico
2. Eduardo Avila
3. Alexis Carbajal
4. Jorge Collado
5. Tony Cooper
6. Heber Cristino
7. Modesto "Junior" Diaz
8. Taylor Dunn
9. Neil Farmer
10. Kenny Gilead
11. Marcelo Martino
12. Luis Silva
13. Joey Stanley
14. Brian Steele
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Lino Asiatico
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Kenny Gilead
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Eduardo Avila
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Joey Stanley
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Taylor Dunn
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Jorge Collado
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Neil Farmer
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Brian Steele

SCC Race Team Mission

"We strive to support our riders in achieving their best not only as racers in a competitive field but as a fundamental part of our Club while providing a positive and healthy environment."  M. Diaz
The SCC Race Team was founded in 2012.  Based in McDonough, Georgia, the team strives to support and develop competitive road racers as well as promoting safe participation in competitive and recreational cycling, and encouraging healthy lifestyles. 

Our 2013 overall results were a validation of the team for our competitors and our sponsors. The team was recognized as the overall champion at the category 3 level of racing. As a team we came in a respectfully 1st, 3rd, 9th, and overall rounded out the top 20 with the remaining of the riders, as well as 16 podiums overall.  The team is and will get bigger and stronger with riders from all over the world. For 2014, the team will be adding several additional riders at a pro-talent level to supplement an already strong core of returning riders. We will be participating in the category levels of Pro 1, 2, 3, 4 and Master level throughout the 2014 calendar year.  

Team Bios

Lino Asiatico

Lino is a native New Yorker who was raised in Miami.  He started racing in 1987.  In 2010 he joined the North Georgia Cycling Association (NGCA) ATL Roof.com race team.  After a 23 year hiatus, Lino's first race in 2010 was the Sandy Springs cycling challenge.  He placed 5th in the Cat 5 race.  In 2011 he joined NGCA Team Mission Source team and upgraded to Cat 4.  In 2012 Lino placed 3rd in the Perry Roubaix Circuit race, 2nd in the West Oak Criterium, and had several other top 10 finishes.  IN 2013 he had multiple top 10 finishes.  He is currently ranked 4th in Criterium's for Georgia. In 2014 he joined the SCC Race Team.  

Lino's favorite type of race is the criterium and he loves the thrill of the sprint finish. He is looking forward to improve his TT times and to podium this season with SCC.

Eduardo Avila

Eduardo is a Cat 3 racer with a 2nd place finish in the Union City criterium in 2013.  He also placed 2nd in conference road and 1st overall in criterium (college) South Central Collegiate (SCC) in 2013.

Jorge Collado

Jorge Collado was born in New York City, is a Cancer survivor, and the son of parents from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.  He moved to south Georgia in 2005 and took up cycling in 2006 with his brother-in-law Mauricio Henao, a professional peleton rider in Colombia, Europe and with top finishes in the United States.  Mauricio has been his inspiration and guide through this new journey.  

Jorge started training during the 2005 and 2006 seasons. He started racing in 2007 for “Union Ciclistica Latina” resulting in several top 10 and 20 finishes.  In 2008 he had several races with top 20 finishes.  In 2009 and 2010 he was off the bike and learning more about the cycling world by managing his brother-in-law's team as a race team director for the Union Clinica Latina race team.

Still riding as a recreational cyclist with the occasional race here and there during the 2010 season, he started racing again in 2011. In the 2011 and 2012 seasons he had several top 10 finishes in Brooks and other events.  

During the 2013 season he raced for Team SCC and held a board member position for the club. 

Jorge's addition to the club and his experience has helped guide the team to several top finishes, including the Cat 3 championship and Cat 4 top 10 finishes. 


During the 2014 season he will continue to ride for Team SCC/Evolution with high hopes of advancing to a Cat 3 level and having yet a better season than last year and hoping to bring out those recreational riders like himself and having them taste the rush, speed, fun and the safety which occurs on a cycling bike

Taylor Dunn

Taylor Dunn, a 26 year old life long resident of Henry County, started his cycling career as off-season training for Ice hockey in 2004. Soon after his grandfather opened his eyes to road cycling and after a few short BMX seasons through the ages of 14-16, Taylor decided to stick with road cycling. When Taylor started racing in 2011, he quickly realized how much he loved racing on the road. After finishing a strong first season with goals of moving up to cat 2, Taylor suffered a tore ACL in an unrelated accident. He was forced to miss all but one race at the end of the 2012 season. Good rehabilitation and strong focus saw Taylor through a good 2012-13 winter training. Going into the 2013 season Taylor felt good form coming, only to tear the same ACL halfway through the season. Taylor has currently been training since his last rehabilitation. Some of his goals for the 2014 season, are to progress to cat 2, and eventually look towards elite nationals in the following season. Some of Taylor race results are listed below.


Taylor's Race Results

2013
7th: Sandy Springs cat 2/3 crit
9th: Healthy Newton cat 3 crit
2nd: Healthy Newton cat 3 RR

2012
10th: Grant Park cat 3 crit
2011
1st: Savannah omnium cat 5 crit
9th: Rouge Roubaix cat 5 RR
2nd: Union City cat 5 crit
2nd: Union City cat 5 RR
3rd: Sunnyking cat 4 crit
4th: Foothills cat 4 RR
3rd: Brooks cat 4 crit
7th: Tour of Atlanta Burnt Mountain cat 3 RR
2nd: Six Gap cat 3 crit

Neil Farmer

An avid cyclist in the late 1980's and early 1990's Neil once rode 330-miles in two days from Griffin, GA to St. George Island in Florida with a small group of recreational riders in 1991.  He took a decade long hiatus from recreational cycling before starting to ride again in 2009 to train to compete in the 2009 Ironman Augusta 70.3 triathlon.  After 3 attempts Neil finally finished the Augusta race in 2013 in under 5 hours.  

Neil is a two time Ironman Florida finisher.  In his last race, in 2013, he finished the 112-mile bike segment in under 5-hours.

Neil plans to compete in time trials in 2014.

Be sure to checkout his blog.

Kenny Gilead

Kenny lived in New York in his early childhood days.  He moved to Atlanta in 1983 and spent the last 31 years of his life in Georgia.  He starting cycling by the way of a friend who was moving away from Georgia and wanted to get rid of a Schwinn bike.  Kenny started riding the Schwinn and enjoyed the healthy feeling. He was introduce to racing by a convincing former teammates. After his first time training with a race team he thought I would be admitted to the emergency room.  He recovered and because of his love for cycling and his extreme stubbornness, Kenny came back and trained repeatedly despite the intense effort.  

Kenny began his race career with "Conexion Latina race team" where he won several races locally, as well as internationally.  Kenny decided to join Southern Crescent Race Team in 2013.  While representing SCC racing, he has won races in the Georgia Games Championship, finishing third in the Georgia State Championship, fourth in the Flowery Branch Crit, in addition to several other fourth place finishes. 
Kenny's goals and expectations for the season are to win a couple races early on, to move up in category, and  help my team mates in anyway possible.  If this means, bridging a gap, leading out, attacking or even winning races Kenny says "this is what  I am here for".

Joey Stanley

2014 will mark a return to racing for Joey.  He plans to focus on MTB, Cross and Endurance races.  Joey began racing in 2006.  He raced the Georgia State Series and the SERC series and had 11 top 3 podiums in that first year.  He resides in McDonough Georgia.


Joey's Race Results

2006
2nd Place Georgia State Championship Series #8 | Cross Country | Master | 40-49
1st Place 12HRS DAUSET (Team)
 
2007
2nd Place South Eastern Regional Championship #8 | Cross Country | Master | 40-49
3rd Place 12 HRS DAUSET ( Team)

2008
4TH Place Georgia State Championship #2 | Cross Country | Master | 40-49
1st PLACE 12HRS DAUSET Team
2011---1st Place Chain Busters 6 Hour Single Speed Solo  *2nd Place Overall for Series
3 Top 3 Podiums in MBT
 
2 Top 3 Podiums in CX
1ST  Place  CX SAVANNAH SUPERPRESTIGE

Brian Steele

During the 2012 and 2013 riding seasons Brian began cycling as a way to improve his fitness and facilitate weight loss.  After losing 70-lbs he was encouraged to start racing. In 2014 he will begin racing as a Cat 5 racer.  Brian has great expectation for himself to achieve great things through the year.  He will surely help the team in any way that he can.  Brian's enthusiasm, youth, fitness, and endurance are a welcome asset to the team. 

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