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New Jersey State Cyclo-Cross Championships
December 7, 2003
Reynolds & Uhl triumph in the snow
Team Beacon hosted the New Jersey State CX event for the second year running. Folowing the trend from last year of severe weather for the race, this year offered no less than 4 inches of snow, freezing temperatures and some blistering winds by mid-day. The infamous "lake" section from 2002 was formed again this year from previous rains, but with an added icy covering and some deep mud underneath. 20 feet across and 2 feet deep, it was certainly a challenge to ride this year. After the Men's C race had some difficulty in navigating this section (rider over the bars, bike left standing upright in the mud), the course was routed around it for the rest of the day. We didn't need any hypothermia just to make the course challenging.
As it is, the course was hard enough, snowy, slippery, with 3 run-ups and some off camber sections and icy fire roads, the lap times stretched out above 10 minutes.
With all other cyclo-cross races in the North-East cancelled due to snow, we had a few extra riders from out of state brave the drive and the conditions. Most found the efforts well worth it, just to ride this course was an experience they won't forget, the smiles were beaming as the bikes were cleaned up and the layers of warm clothes put back on. The Men's C race was led from start to finish by Matthew McGregor from NY; maybe the disc brakes on his bike helped him out. He went off course a little in one spot due to wind blowing the tape down, but he managed to hold off a fast finishing Jim Watkins at the end.
The Women's Elite race was much the same for Saturn pro Sarah Uhl, leading from the gun, the long back section of fire roads favoured her power and she cruised in with a 4 minute gap over 2nd place.
Martin Jones had a great ride to blow away the Masters field as some of his regular competitors took on the A race today instead, he increased his lead every lap in the slick conditions.
The host team took the win in the Men's B race with Wade Hess duelling Chris Samuel and Tom Mains for the lead in the early stages before both of those riders had trouble with flats. Wade took advantage and kept the hammer down, the gap was too large for Mains to make up and he rolled in for 2nd place.
The Elite men's field have been racing each other all season long. Reynolds, Ferguson and Yozell all finished in the top 10 of the overall standings in the Mid-Atlantic series this year.
The early laps were tight with those 3 switching leading at the front while the rest tried to keep close contact. As the laps wore on, Yozell started to fade from the group and Reynolds showed his strength to gradually pull away from Ferguson (the 2002 Champ) to take the win. Andrew Wulfkuhle finished fast to almost take 3rd place from Yozell but Mike held him off in the sprint to the line.
Another great day of cyclo-cross, make sure you are there when we do it all again in 2004!
Results
Men A 1 Joe Reynolds (Wissahickon) 51.12 2 Greg Ferguson (Fort/GPOA) 0.27 3 Mike Yozell (Wissahickon) 1.35 4 Andrew Wulfkuhle (Wissahickon) 1.37 5 Joe Alachoyan (YSG) 2.37 6 Kristopher (Auer Trek/VW) 2.49 7 Eric Schlauch (Somerset) 3.03 8 Randall Root (Annapolis Bicycle) 5.21 9 Eric Morgan (Wissahickon) 9.51 10 Drew Guldalian (Wissahickon) 10.39 DNF Nate Buyon (YSG) New jersey champions Gold Joe Reynolds (Wissahickon) Silver Greg Ferguson (Fort/GPOA) Bronze Joe Alachoyan (YSG) Women A 1 Sarah Uhl (Saturn) 49.00 2 Megan Render (Snow Valley) 4.00 3 Kami Tremblay (Essex County Velo) 4.48 4 Brooke Wilson (Somerset) 14.00 dnf Erica Miller (Wissahickon) New jersey champion Gold Brooke Wilson (Somerset) Men C 1 Matthew McGregor (Black Cross) 41.35 2 Jim Watkins (Somerset) 0.04 3 Eric Lowenstein (unattached) 1.05 4 Rolf Windh (unattached) 4.10 5 Matt Peterson (HP Hermes) 5.26 New jersey champions Gold Jim Watkins (Somerset) Silver Eric Lowenstein (unattached) Bronze Matt Peterson (HP Hermes) Juniors 1 Adam Schlauch (Somerset) 43.45 New jersey champion Gold Adam Schlauch (Somerset) Mens B 1 Wade Hess (Beacon Cycling) 48.57 2 Tom Mains (Ready Pac) 1.53 3 Garvin Louie (Union Velo) 2.43 4 Alec Riendeau (HP Hermes) 4.11 dnf Chris Samuel (Pro Pedals) New jersey champions Gold Wade Hess (Beacon Cycling) Silver Tom Mains (Ready Pac) Bronze Garvin Louie (Union Velo) Masters 35/45+ 1 Martin Jones (35+) (Somerset) 45.36 2 Kelly Cline (35+) (Wissahickon) 2.40 3 Mark Elsasser (Wissahickon) 3.05 4 Doug Gray (35+) (FSVS) 4.10 5 Kevin Breckenmaker (45+) (Harrisburg) 7.56 6 Marc Bechtold (35+) (Breakwaway) 9.24 7 Nunzio Dibiasi (45+) (Harrisburg) 11.27 One lap behind 8 Alan Remefelt (45+) (Lateral Stress) 9 Rod Murray (45+) (Somerset) New jersey champions Gold Martin Jones (35+) (Somerset) Silver Marc Bechtold (35+) (Breakwaway) New jersey champion Gold Rod Murray (45+) (Somerset)
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