After winning consecutive Atlantic Collegiate Cycling Conference (ACCC) championships in 2019 and 2021, the King University cycling team is looking to return to the top. Head coach Alan Sparks' squad will be led by seven returning athletes that will be joined by a strong incoming class.
TOP RETURNERS
GIDEON BEZUIDENHOUT
Sr. | Wake Forest, N.C.
- Finished 3rd in Mountain Bike Cross Country and 6th in Enduro at Virginia Tech Mountain Bike race
- Finished 5th in Downhill at University of Virginia Mountain Bike race
- Had a 2nd and 6th place finish in the Road Race at the Chapel Hill Cycling Classic
ALEX CAMPBELL
Jr. | Hixson, Tenn.
- Placed 4th in Cross Country at University of Virginia Mountain Bike Race
- Finished 6th in both Cross Country and Short Track at Virginia Tech Mountain Bike race
CHE NUNEZ
Jr. | Kingsport, Tenn.
- Finished 19th in the Individual Time Trial at the USA Cycling Road National Championships
- Finished 5th in Short Track and 7th in Cross Country at Virginia Tech Mountain Bike Race
JEREMY BOAZ
Sr. | Owens Cross Roads, Ala.
- Won two ACCC mountain bike titles in 2021
- Finished 2nd in both Short Track and Cross Country at 2022 University of Virginia Mountain Bike Race
SAMUEL FULLER
Sr. | Manassas, Va.
- Competed in Mountain Bike, Cyclocross and Road races in 2022-23
- Placed 4th in Short Track and 7th in Cross Country at University of Virginia Mountain Bike race
- Finished 3rd in Cyclocross at 423 Johnson City
BRENNAN CHERRY
Jr. | Signal Mountain, Tenn.
- Won the Road Race Criterium at App State
- Finished 3rd in Short Track and 8th in Cross Country at Virginia Tech Mountain Bike Race
- Finished 4th in Cyclocross at 423 Johnson City
CALEB NEW
So. | Owens Cross Road, Ala.
- Finished 2nd in Short Track and 5th in Cross Country at Virginia Tech Mountain Bike race
- Finished 3rd in Category B Short Track and Category B Cross Country at University of Virginia Mountain Bike race
NEW FACES
Not pictured: Miranda Goodman
HEAD COACH
Sparks enters his 10th season leading the Tornado. Over the last six years, King has had four individual national champions and one relay national championship. Sparks led King to a USA Cycling Mountain Bike national championship in 2015 and followed that with the 2015-16 cyclocross national championship. He has guided the Tornado to two Atlantic Collegiate Cycling Conference (ACCC) championships, including the 2021 crown. In all, King has won three mountain bike conference championships, having six women and two men take home omnium conference titles.