Debuting a 2017-18 roster full of young talent, the Jesuit Dallas cycling team opened the season with a pair of criterium races on Sep. 9 at Breckenridge Park in Richardson and Sep. 14 at Sister Grove Park in Dallas.
 
Consisting of several laps of varying distance on a closed course, criterium races are ranked from A-to-C, with the A-Grade race reserved for advanced and elite racers. On Sep. 14, senior Kolbe Surran finished seventh in the 60-minute B-grade race, posting a final time of 40:35.57 after 36 laps averaging 25 miles per hour. Surran led off the day by crossing the line fourth in the 30-minute C-grade race, clocking a 31:06.48 after the 27-lap race to finish .44 seconds ahead of fifth place.
 
Sophomore Saul Cano added a 13th place finish in the C-Grade race with a 31:58.18 through 25 laps, averaging 22.05 miles per hour through the event. Overall, Jesuit placed all but one racer inside the top-25, peppering the leaderboard with six racers in the top 20. Surran opened the season by finishing 20th in the B-Grade race on Sep. 9, leading the Rangers in their first race of the year.
 
Jesuit Dallas will continue the season on Sunday, October 1 when the Blue and Gold travel to Huntsville, Texas for their first Texas Mountain Bike Racing Association (TMBRA) event of the year at Huntsville State Park.
 
Jesuit Dallas Results: Thursday Night Crit (Sep. 14) C-Grade Race
17th: Buck Popolo '19 (32:07.51, 23 laps)
18th: Cristobal De Oyarzabal' 19 (32:17.73, 23 laps)
19th: Ethan Benedict '21 (32:17.92, 23 laps)
20th: Donoven Francis '20 (31:23.06 22 laps)
21st: Benjamin Salazar '19 (32:00.96, 22 laps)
22nd: Ethan Gan-Dy '19 (32:11.00, 22 laps)
23rd: Julian Garcia '21 (17:24.29, 11 laps)
24th: Jack Perdue '21 (17:24.89, 11 laps)
25th: Gabe Tan '21 (18:00.98, 10 laps)
26th: Steven Campos '21 (18:21.82, 10 laps)