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North Carolina Cyclocross series #7
Hendersonville, NC, December 7, 2003
A final of numbers, Storm takes the win and the series
By Line Dempsey of www.fastcoaching.com
The last day of the NC "regular" season was just as exciting as a series final should be. A Fuji SE sweep was eminent, but the top two positions were a toss-up. Upon the finish of the penultimate race, Daniel Doub led Charlie Storm by a mere 24 points, a deficit that could easily be made up by a first place finish by Storm thanks to double points for the last race.
Storm spoke with me before the start of the race, saying that it would be a good race. He and Dan would fight it out, with one of them being the victor. Fight they would, as the pair attacked each other more relentlessly than Ike and Tina Turner. Eventually, Storm was able to open a small gap on his teammate. With each subsequent lap, the margin increased, and so the infighting commenced between Doub and Applegate (Kona/CCA) for second position. In the end, Doub was able to finish ahead of Applegate. Charles Pendry finished in fourth place, maintaining his hold on a third place finish for the series. John Degle finished fifth.
In the women's elite race, Candice Blickem of Genesis Scuba, had more troubles than Michael Jackson at a Chuck-E-Cheese, when she flatted on the opening lap, quite a distance from the pit. She persevered to finish in second place despite the problems. Mandy Lozano (River City) won the race, which helped solidify her presence on the podium for the series, giving her the third position overall. Daniele Staskal came in fourth on the days race, but had enough points to capture the second place overall. Without a doubt, Candice Blickem took home the series championship. All three ladies, vying for the third spot on the podium (Lozano, Billington, and McCauley) were separated by scant number of points leading into the final, and it was fortunate that Lozano had both of her wheels with her.
Excitement mounted in the Master's races of the day as well. In the "35" race, a tight war commenced as four riders separated themselves from the rest of the field. Jim Bruner (Cycling Spoken Here) took off with a commanding start, bringing along Derek Powers (Doughnut Boy), Michael Scholtz (DeFeet), and Martin Visser (NOC). The quartet of riders stayed together until the final lap. During a technical trench on the trail, Bruner elected to ride the muddy rut, while Scholtz and Powers dismounted. This move by Sholtz and Powers created a sizable lead on the other two riders. On the run-up, Scholtz and Powers were within spitting distance of each other, and with only a short distance left, all present knew it would come down to a sprint. Scholtz waited for the right moment and then attacked, leaving Powers and rolling through the finish unencumbered.
In the "45" race, the top three riders were separated by a mere 26 points. Kerry Shields (Carolina Masters) came up with a win in the day's race, catapulting him into second place for the series. Finishing behind Shields, was Arthur Reaves (OLP) who kept his series lead for the overall victory. John McBurney (Freewheels) finished third for the day, while the third place series position went to Andrew Ammon (Carolina Masters).
As mentioned in previous writings, the contested Women's B race was not short of thrills. With only 5 points separating the two Sarahs (Sarah Worthington - Doughnut Boy; Sarah Alholm - USAF), any small mechanical or difficulty would cost the series. The dynamic duo took off from the start, but Worthington was able to best her opponent and seal the deal on the series title. Alholm finished second in the race and second in the series, followed by Cathy Beck (GVC) who finished third in the race, third in the series.
In the Men's B race, Kenneth Borgeson (GVC) got his 4th first place finish and clinched the overall series title. Ryan McCall (All-Star) finished second in the race, followed by David Goodwin. The finish by McCall was not enough to take away Goodwin's second place position in the series, so he had to settle for 3rd. In the Men's C race, Chris Ramm (Paceline) won his second race in a row, solidifying his 2nd place series position. Dave Standridge (Cross Creek) showed consistent placings all year, and his second at the race in Flat Rock game him a seven-point advantage over Ramm, winning the series. Abram Woodward (VA Tech) finished third in the race, and third in the series.
Finally, in the junior race, Kenny Blackburn (Heart's Racing) won the race, and hands down, the series. Second place finisher, Sean Allison was short by only 4 points to make the podium for the series. Second for the series was Chris Wade (Charlotte Sports), followed by Jared Cakebread (Hampton Trails).
Well the series was a success, and as a competitor, I would like to personally thank the many sponsors and racers that helped promote the sport of cyclocross. A special thank you to Tim Hopkins, who put the series together. I hope everyone can make it out to the Winter Series, starting January 3 and 4.
Results
Men A - 60 minutes 1 Charles Storm (Fuji SE) 240 pts 2 Daniel Doub (Fuji SE) 216 3 Andy Applegate (Kona/CCA) 192 4 Charles Pendry (Fuji SE) 168 5 John Degele (Cycling Spoken Here) 152 6 Colin Barry (GVC/Cycles de ORO) 136 7 Mark Johnson (unattached) 120 8 Kevin Hall (South Park Cycles) 104 9 Andy Pooser (Asheville Bicycle Racing Club) 96 10 Timothy Hopkin (Asheville Bicycle Racing Club) 88 11 Taylor Jones (Cycling Spoken Here) 84 12 Michael Ventola (Sandhills Cycling) 80 13 David Goodman (unattached) 76 14 Michael Scholtz (Piedmont Pedalers / Defeet) 72 Men B - 45 minutes 1 Kenneth Borgeson (Unattached) 120 pts 2 Douglas Pearson (Unattached) 108 3 David Goodwin (Unattached) 96 4 Ryan McCall (Raleigh All Stars) 84 5 Line Dempsey (DeFeet/CycloCrossWorld) 76 6 Chris Ward (Sycamore Cycles) 68 7 Skip Salo (Unattached) 60 8 Lloyd Jones (Asheville Bicycle Racing Club) 52 9 Nathan Wyatt (Carolina Fatz) 48 10 Aaron Brown (Sandhills Cycling Club) 44 11 Anthony Dorage (Boone Velo) 40 12 Alec Durrell (Sandhills Cycling Club) 36 13 George Santucci (Boone Velo) 32 14 Mike Lockhart (Raleigh AllStars) 28 15 John McKenna (Unattached) 24 16 Jeff Parker (Unattached) 4 17 Chad Andrews (OLP Racing) 4 Women's A - 45 minutes 1 Mandy Lozano (River City Bicycles) 120 pts 2 Candice Blickem (Genisis / Scuba) 108 3 Kathleen Billington (Fuji / Diet Cheerwine) 96 4 Daniele Staskal (Doughnut Boys) 84 5 Cara McCauley (Asheville Bicycle Racing Club) 76 6 Laura Bowles (Fuji / Diet Cheerwine) 68 7 Bess Arendall (Unattached) 60 8 Patricia Durrell (Sandhills Cycling Club) 52 9 Monica Curwen (Asheville Bicycle Racing Club ) 48 Master's 35+ - 45 minutes 1 Michael Scholtz (Piedmont Pedalers / Defeet) 120 pts 2 Derek Powers (Doughnut Boy Cycling) 108 3 Jimmy Bruner (Cycling Spoken Here) 96 4 Martin Visser (NOC) 84 5 Jay Curwen (Asheville Bicycle Racing Club) 76 6 Timothy Hopkin (Asheville Bicycle Racing Club) 68 7 Marcus Jones (Sandhills Cycling) 60 8 Guy Spiher (Unattached) 52 9 Lonnie Brooks (GVC/Cycles de ORO) 48 10 Jeff Haase (Asheville Bicycle Racing Club) 44 11 John Koenck (Sandhills Cycling) 40 12 Steve Hall (Asheville Bicycle Racing Club) 36 13 Chris Young (Unattached) 32 14 Howard Rhyne (Sandhills Cycling ) 28 Master's 45+ - 45 minutes 1 Kerry Sheilds (50+) (Carolina Masters Cycling) 120 pts 2 Arthur Reaves (OLP Racing) 108 3 John McBurney (FreeWheelers of Spartanburg) 96 4 David Hall (Unattached) 84 5 Todd Thornton (Raleigh AllStars) 76 6 Andrew Ammon (Carolina Masters Cycling) 68 7 Dwight Wyatt (Unattached ) 60 Men's C - 30 minutes Place 1 Chris Ramm (Paceline) 60 pts 2 Dave Standridge (Cross Creek Cycling Club) 54 3 Abram Wordward (Virginia Tech.) 48 4 Chris Young (Unattached) 42 5 Brandon Eller (Unattached) 38 6 Michael Dietze (Duke) 34 7 Brandon Highshield (Unattached) 30 8 Dexter Mahaffey (Unattached) 26 9 Ellison Smith (Hallpass) 24 10 Scott Wood (Unattached) 22 11 Matt Buys (Hallpass) 20 12 Kristopher Hinz (Unattached) 18 13 Ken Gillie (GVC/Cycles de ORO) 16 14 Jeff Bowen (Unattached) 14 15 Sean Bir (Paul's/Aquafina Racing) 12 16 Yates Pham (Hallpass) 2 17 Chad Holt (Asheville Bicycle Racing Club) 2 18 Jim Smalley (Paul's/Aquafina Racing) 2 19 Aaron May (Sandhills Cycling Club) 2 20 Richard Mungar (Unattached ) 2 Women's B - 30 minutes 1 Sarah Worthington (Doughnut Boy Cycling) 60 pts 2 Sarah Alholm (Unattached) 54 3 Cathy Beck (GVC/Cycles de ORO) 48 4 Stephanie Swinerton (Unattached) 42 5 Amanda Mabry (Paul's/Aquafina Racing ) 38 Juniors - 30 minutes 1 Kenny Blackburn (Heart's Racing) 60 pts 2 Sean Allison (Unattached ) 54
Final series standings
Men A 1 Charles Storm 888 pts 2 Daniel Doub 888 3 Charles Pendry 780 4 John Degele 724 5 Andy Applegate 620 6 Colin Barry 572 7 Michael Scholtz 488 8 Kevin Hall 460 9 Michael Ventola 364 10 Taylor Jones 309 11 Rob Moran 252 12 Ryan Trebon 240 13 Andrew Oishi 216 14 Mark Johnson 216 15 Timothy Hopkin 198 16 Rich Harper 144 17 Daniel Corum 120 18 Brent Brookwalter 96 19 Andy Pooser 96 20 David Goodman 76 21 David Allen 68 22 Aaron Bradford 52 23 T.J. Behm 48 24 Dan Miller 42 25 Chad Gibson 40 26 Phil Kielty 38 27 Guy Spiher 36 28 Jody Dumond 34 29 Greg Becker 34 30 Jeremy Waldrop 19 Men B 1 Kenneth Borgeson 488 pts 2 David Goodwin 418 3 Ryan McCall 372 4 James Badia 230 5 Aaron Brown 230 6 Todd Hanscom 172 7 Alec Durrell 162 8 Jarrett Deerwester 160 9 Mike Seek 148 10 Skip Salo 146 11 Douglas Pearson 128 12 Nathan Wyatt 126 13 Jim Molnar 114 14 Line Dempsey 110 15 Matt Skeen 94 16 Max Shute 90 17 Andrew Michertree 88 18 Jared Reed 78 19 Lloyd Jones 72 20 Brian Segal 66 21 George Santucci 66 22 Anthony Dorage 64 23 Jacob Brimlow 60 24 Andrew Raab 58 25 Bo Glenn 54 26 Jim Laudolff 52 27 Mike Lockhart 48 28 Grant McAllister 42 29 Shaw Brown 40 30 Chris Ward 32 31 John McKenna 28 32 Matt Canter 26 33 Jeff Parker 24 34 Tom McDonnell 22 35 Saul Yeaton 20 36 William Gowen 20 37 Steven Levine 18 38 Tyler Crabtree 18 39 Robert DeRose 12 40 Tim Jackson 10 41 Emory Ball 10 42 John Golden 8 43 Chris Wade 8 44 Justin Walker 8 45 David Matyjasik 6 46 Billy Bradshaw 6 47 Scott Hill 4 48 Steven Drake 4 49 Shawn Kane 4 50 Randy Dockery 4 51 David Larkins Jr. 4 52 Colin Middleton 4 53 Saul Yeaton 4 54 Chad Andrews 4 55 Alex Moore 2 56 Lonnie Brooks 2 57 Dahron Johnson 2 58 Bob Gurgel 2 59 Eric Beatty 2 60 Brad Cooper 2 61 Jerry Muir 2 62 Dale Christensen 2 63 Chuck Russell 2 64 Aitor Canys 2 Women A & B 1 Candice Blickem 528 pts 2 Daniele Staskal 412 3 Mandy Lozano 382 4 Cara McCauley 352 5 Kathleen Billington 336 6 Patricia Durrell 200 7 Lauren Trull 174 8 Anne Bolyea 142 9 Bess Arendall 132 10 Annette Bednosky 110 11 Amber Krieger 94 12 Laura Weislo 94 13 Christine Putnam 68 14 Laura Bowles 68 15 Alisha Little 54 16 Monica Curwen 48 17 Maureen Chambers 38 18 Janet Edgerton 38 19 Sylvia Hiller 34 20 Caitlyn Tuel 34 21 Danielle Newton 32 22 Clara Beaid 16 Masters 35+ 1 Derek Powers 510 pts 2 Jimmy Bruner 414 3 Timothy Hopkin 344 4 Marcus Jones 334 5 Guy Spiher 246 6 Lonnie Brooks 216 7 Stephen Weiler 208 8 Andy Applegate 180 9 Mike Warren 154 10 John Koenck 146 11 Martin Visser 138 12 Michael Scholtz 120 13 Howard Rhyne 108 14 Steve Levine 106 15 Rob Moran 96 16 John Baxter 78 17 Jay Curwen 76 18 Dave Standridge 56 19 Peter Hymas 54 20 Michael Ventola 54 21 Dana Johnson 44 22 Jeff Haase 44 23 Steve Hall 36 24 Chris Young 32 25 Charlie Campbell 28 26 Jason Thompkins 26 27 Doug Powell 26 28 Farrell Smith 24 29 Jim Edwards 24 30 Mark Jordan 24 31 Jarrett Deerwester 22 32 Todd Armer 22 33 Pete Wade 20 34 Frank Haranzo 18 35 Mike Culpepper 16 36 Charles Ball 16 37 John Mueller 4 Masters 45+ 1 Arthur Reaves 468 pts 2 Kerry Sheilds (50+) 454 3 Andrew Ammon 422 4 Todd Thornton 326 5 David Hall 310 6 John McBurney 256 7 Dale Bryant 252 8 Martin Visser 180 9 D.J. Cunningham (50+) 128 10 Dean Lyons 122 11 Dave Fuller (50+) 120 12 Steve Baker (50+) 104 13 Dwight Wyatt 86 14 Gary Trull 82 15 Howard Hesterberg (50+) 76 16 Charles Durrell 74 17 Bob Welsh 72 18 Tony Patnode 70 19 Jeep Barrett (50+) 38 20 Eddie Green (50+) 24 21 Chuck Meek (50+) 14 22 Greg Atchison 12 23 Wayne Boyd 2 Men C 1 Dave Standridge 240 pts 2 Chris Ramm 233 3 Abram Wordward 173 4 Lloyd Jones 147 5 Brandon Eller 122 6 Chris Young 120 7 Daniel Ingram 95 8 Michael Dietze 86 9 Donovan Carrol 83 10 Sean Kurdys 69 11 Dwight Wyatt 64 12 Hiromi Sakaguchi 36 13 Alan Johnson 35 14 Brandon Highshield 30 15 Gary Dickson 28 16 Aaron May 28 17 Michael Cobler 27 18 Adam Hall 27 19 Dexter Mahaffey 27 20 Ellison Smith 24 21 Brad Smythe 23 22 Greg Gooch 23 23 Ken Gillie 22 24 Scott Wood 22 25 Matt Tynan 20 26 Matt Buys 20 27 Sean Wehr 19 28 Sean Bir 19 29 Ray Brooks 18 30 Kristopher Hinz 18 31 Frank Haranzo 17 32 Anthony Dorage 15 33 Jeff Bowen 14 34 Bill Vaneverk 12 35 Charles Durrell 10 36 Gordon Limb 10 37 Ken Peeples 10 38 Tim Dupree 10 39 Robert Prestwood 10 40 Mark Fereuik 9 41 Bryan Thomas 9 42 Jim Smalley 9 43 Timothy Skelding 8 44 Greg Owens 8 45 Dennis Grooms 8 46 Adam Baxter 8 47 Chris Craig 7 48 Eric Peterson 7 49 Joshua Motta 6 50 Tommy Jonas 6 51 Greg Atchison 5 52 Jeremy Goldstein 5 53 Mike Cole 5 54 Robert Libbert 3 55 Christopher Green 3 56 Matt Tynan 3 57 Mike Smithey 2 58 Tom Emberson 2 59 Alex Harding 2 60 Keith Bell 2 61 Kristin Garau 2 62 George Wittenberg 2 63 Yates Pham 2 64 Chad Holt 2 65 Richard Mungar 2 66 Mario Enriquez 1 67 Pete Wade 1 68 Shannon Stewart 1 69 Paul Depenning 1 70 John Calvin 1 71 Gary Dowd 1 72 John Little 1 73 Jeff Blazer 1 74 Mike Troup 1 75 Rusty Holt 1 76 Gary Pollock 1 77 Kevin Beroth 1 78 Richard Ben Bow 1 79 Travis Beane 1 80 Bob Ryan 1 Juniors 1 Kenny Blackburn 219 pts 2 Chris Wade 60 3 Jared Cabebread 57 4 sean Allison 54 5 Chris Saxion 30 6 Andrew Harrison 27 7 Alex Ryan 24
Local results 2003
