{"id":7132,"date":"2018-01-04T21:51:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-04T21:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/04\/vermonts-cooper-willsey-is-ready-for-a-battle-at-u23-nationals-in-reno\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T14:59:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:59:59","slug":"vermonts-cooper-willsey-is-ready-for-a-battle-at-u23-nationals-in-reno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/vermonts-cooper-willsey-is-ready-for-a-battle-at-u23-nationals-in-reno\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont&#8217;s Cooper Willsey is ready for a battle at U23 Nationals in Reno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back from his fourth European race, U.S. cyclocrosser and Furman sophomore Cooper Willsey is gearing up for the Men\u2019s U23 race at Reno Nationals on Sunday, Jan. 14<em>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cxmagazine.com\/interview-cooper-willsey-vermont-furman-cannondale-cyclocrossworld-europe-reno-2018\">Cyclocross Magazine<\/a><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>asked the Vermont native about his work ethic and expectations. &#8220;I believe in setting realistic goals and understanding that my results may fall short of my expectations. The key to enjoying the experience is striking the right balance and learning from each race so you can better prepare yourself for the next one.&#8221; Willsey, a Business Administration major who has his sights set on becoming a professional rider, said,&#8221;I\u2019m satisfied with my season so far. As a full-time student, I cannot race as often as my competitors, so I need to make each race count. I\u2019m happy to have placed consistently inside the top ten in the biggest domestic races and to have landed on four UCI [Union Cycliste Internationale] podiums.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back from his fourth European race, U.S. cyclocrosser and Furman sophomore Cooper Willsey is gearing up for the Men\u2019s U23 race at Reno Nationals on Sunday, Jan. 14. Cyclocross Magazine\u00a0asked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":17646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,20,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-business-and-accounting","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}