Crafting blankets and bike victories – US multi-discipline junior champion Matthew Crabbe displays many talents

Each spring in Georgia there are traditional reminders of the new season, including the plethora of criterium events that blossom in the southern US states in unison with azaleas, daffodils and other flora to signal a time for pollen, and racing, season. It is at USA CRITS and Speed Week events where the Crabbe family can be found, an easy car drive from their Buford, Georgia home.

Matthew Crabbe is the oldest of three boys for Jennifer and Ryan Crabbe, who introduced their trio to a variety of team sports, including basketball. swimming and soccer. He earned his seventh stars-and-stripes jersey this summer, this one as the junior men’s 15-16 criterium champion, a year after he won a gold medal in the Ominium Scratch race at track nationals.