USA Cycling has announced the team for the 2018 Mountain Bike World Championships to race in Lenzerheide, Switzerland in early September and I am honored to have been selected. This comes towards the end of an incredible season for me in my first year as a U23/Professional racer.

My success grows out of years of hard work and the support of USA Cycling, my team Whole Athlete P/B DNA Cycling, our sponsors, and my family and friends. I am also continuously appreciative of the community of racers that I learn and grow with.

I’ve been so much on the move and really fortunate to be able to focus on training and racing all season but I want and need to take a little time to tell my friends about this adventure and to ask for your support. Nearing the end of my biggest season yet, with two trips to Europe with the US National Team for four World Cups, many trips around the US for domestic races, and a National Title in U23 Women just two weeks ago, my funds are exhausted and I am having to make the hard ask for some needed financial support. I need to raise $4500 for airfare to World Championships and two World Cup trips including the Mont Saint Anne World Cup on August 11-12.

I was honored to have been given the opportunity in May to race my first two World Cups with USA Cycling in Albstadt, Germany and Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, and then was one of two U23 Women from the US taken back for the second World Cup trip to race in Italy and Andorra. In July, I posted my best World Cup race result taking 17th at the Andorra World Cup and just one week later earning another US National Title, this time in U23 Women. I will race one more World Cup in Quebec on August 12 before my first professional season culminates at World Championships in September.

I'm incredibly grateful for the many opportunities I've been given this season to continue my development in this sport. I'm reaching out to you all to ask for your help in meeting this financial challenge.

Thank you for being interested and following along, I’m happy and excited to share this journey with you all. 

To learn more about my 2018 racing season, you can check out my blog here: https://saviliablunk.weebly.com