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// Jonell Smith            

Hometown: Manhattan, KS
Current Residence: Nashville, TN
Education: BS Elementary Education
Occupation: Science and PE Guide at Abintra Montessori School
Number of Years Racing: 1.5
Category Raced: Road Cat 4, Cyclocross Cat 4
Cycling Highlights: Racing Highlights 2010:
Sumner County Classic RR, 10th
People’s Community Bank Omnium – Nor-Well RR, 10th
People’s Community Bank Omnium – Watauga Orthopedics TT, 10th
People’s Community Bank Omnium – Crit (TN State Criterium), 12th
Avery Trace Cycling Classic – Road Race, 14th
Rutledge Time Trial (TN State TT), 13th
Oak Ridge Velo Omnium – RR, 11th

2008 Season:
Spring Forward TT 4th
Maryville Crit 8th
Tomato Head Crit 6th
Settler’s Life TT 9th
Smith and Nephew/Marx & Bensdorf RR 7th
Smith and Nephew/Marx & Bensdorf TT 7th
Smith and Nephew/Marx & Bensdorf Crit 6th

Personal Note: I started racing during the 2008 season for the Tri Cities Road Club to improve my bike leg in triathlons. My very first bicycle race was a time trial that took place in freezing rain and resulted in my chain freezing over, so that I had no gears left at the end and had to coast to the finish line! My triathlon results did improve through that summer but I placed last or close to last in every bike race I entered. My favorite race of the 2008 season was the Smith and Nephew/Marx & Bensdorf Criterium. I worked with Alli Greening and a younger girl from Kentucky. The three of us worked together until Alli decided to drop us, and then it was the other girl and me on the last lap to the finish. I was somehow able to out-sprint the girl and placed one better than last. But I was elated because I had finally been close enough to another competitor to contest a finish. I had learned from Alli what it would be like to race with teammates and hoped to be a part of a team someday.

I am humbled and inspired to now be a part Team Belladium. I am looking forward to the 2011 season knowing that I will be stronger and faster than ever and will have a season of experience with the team to draw upon. I know with hard work, better results will follow. More important, I look forward to being able to contribute to the success of my teammates.

Hell of the South Race Report
April 3, 2011 // Jonell Smith

This was the first race of the season for me. Last weekend while my team was racing at the Tour de Tuscaloosa, I was in Oak Ridge cheering for my daughter who is a senior on the Lady Vol Rowing team at the University of Tennessee. Unlike last weekend, today was a beautiful day to race. The [...]