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Vergegear.com Mid-Atlantic Cyclo-Cross Championship Series

October-November 2003

Trebon and Schauer Claim Top Honors

The 2003 Vergegear.com Mid-Atlantic Cyclo-Cross Championship Series has come to a close and with that, the crowning of several new champions.

In the Elite Men's class, Ryan Trebon (Kona) raced only five of the ten races in the series but his three wins and two second place finishes were enough to lock up the 2003 Vergegear.com title by week eight. His wins included two UCI races where he bested the likes of Todd Wells (Mongoose/Hyundai), Andy Jacques-Mayne (Clif Bar) and Jackson Stewart (Clif Bar). Behind Trebon, two teammates battled for second place with the victory going to Ryan Leech (Fort/GPOA). His teammate and current National Masters Champion, Gunnar Shogren, took third. Greg Wittwer (LSV/Trek) took the 2003 title for U-23 and also pulled off a top ten Elite ranking by placing eighth. The second placed U-23 rider, Joey Thompson (Balance Bar/Devo, also placed tenth in the Elite rankings. Andrew Wulfkuhle (Wissahickon) finished in third place in the U-23 series.

After back to back wins in 2001 and 2002 by Josie Shew (First State Velo Sport), a new champion was crowned this year in the Elite Women's field. Fort/GPOA's Betsy Schauer raced her first full season of 'cross and finished it on top of the points list. Amber Itle (Wissahickon), who missed two series races, finished second. Itle was steadily closing the gap to Schauer but ran out of races before she could overtake her.
Another Wissahickon rider, Lisa Most, moved up a few spots over the final two weekends and ended her season ranked third. Sarah Uhl (Saturn) was the top ranked U-23 rider for 2003, followed by Caitlyn Tuel (Sobe/Cannondale) and Erica Aller (Fuji).

Eric Schlauch (Somerset Wheelmen) came out on top of the Masters 35+ class. Schlauch was tied with Rob Hacker (Lite Bites) heading into the last race but with Hacker missing in action due to illness, Schlauch walked away with the title. The 2003 title must be extra-sweet to Schlauch who was leading going into the 2002 final but forfeited his chance at the title when he skipped the last race because of a previous commitment. Hacker held onto second place in the 2003 series and Mike Hebe (Monex) placed third.

Sami Fournier (Velo Bella) claimed the title in the Women's Masters 35+ class. Tammy Ebersole (Evolution Racing/IF) placed second and Michelle Suplick (Wissahickon) finished third.

Fred Wittwer(Charlottesville Racing) won his second consecutive title in the Master's 45+ category. Leo Pizzini (First State Velo Sport) and Randall Root (Snow Valley) rounded out the top three.

Gonzalo Escobar (Squadra Coppi) won the Junior's title beating out Syd Lea (Fuji) who finished second and Jamey Driscoll (GMBC) who finished third.

Jesse Semanchik (First State Velo Sport) came into the last race with a slight lead over Wade Hess (Beacon Cycling) but needed a strong finish to maintain his lead in the Men's B class. He succeeded in wrapping up the title with a second place finish at Blue Diamond Park. Hess finished the series ranked second and Chris Mayhew (Fort/GPOA) took third.

Thirteen year old Nina Santiago (Liberty Cycle) won the Women's B title by benefit of her consistent riding week after week. Krista Schultz (Tri Speed) rode to a second place finish and Tracy Lea (Fuji) finished third.

Brian Webster (SVVC) scored the Men's C class title with Andrew Jakubowitch (Unattached) placing second and David Stauffer (Cycle Works) placing third.

The team title was won by Team Wissahickon with Team Fuji and Fort/GPOA finishing second and third respectively.

For additional series details, please go to www.monkeyhillcs.com/mac/2003/

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Cycle-Smart - Solutions for Cycling, put on an excellent clinic at the Highland Park race, introducing new riders to the sport at the highest level of instruction. Additional information on Cycle-Smart is available at www.cycle-smart.com and Cycle-Smart clothing is available at Vergegear.com.

Results

Elite Men (* = Espoirs)
 
1 Ryan Trebon (Kona)                                    960 pts
2 Ryan Leech (FORT/GPOA)                                875
3 Gunnar Shogren (FORT/GPOA)                            844
4 Joseph Reynolds (Wissahickon)                         794
5 Todd Wells (Hyundai)                                  740
6 Bill Elliston (Ideal Tile)                            698
7 Greg Ferguson (FORT/GPOA)                             566
8 Gregory Wittwer* (LSV/Trek)                           546
9 Andy Jacques-Maynes (ClifBar)                         540
10 Joseph Thompson* (Balance Bar/Devo)                  510
 
Elite Women (* = Espoirs)
 
1 Betsy Schauer (FORT/GPOA)                             971 pts
2 Amber Itle (Wissahickon)                              904
3 Lisa Most (Wissahickon)                               757
4 Carmen D'Aluisio (Clif Bar)                           720
5 Sarah Uhl* (Saturn)                                   710
6 Sami Fournier (Velo Bella)                            702
7 Megan Render (Snow Valley)                            663
8 Tammy Ebersole (Evolution/IF)                         659
9 Anna Milkowski (Gearworks)                            648
10 Marian Stover (Gearworks)                            620
 
Espoirs - Men
 
1 Gregory Wittwer (LSV/Trek)                           1075 pts
2 Joseph Thompson (Balance Bar/Devo)                    880
3 Andrew Wulfkuhle (Wissahickon)                        800
4 Matt White (NCC/BikeReg.com)                          670
5 Bobby Lea (Fuji)                                      625
6 Jeremy Powers (NCC)                                   600
7 Jesse Anthony (Hot Tubes)                             360
8 Michael Cody (NCC/BikeReg.com)                        240
9 James Driscoll (GMBC)                                 160
10 Brent Bookwalter (Slingshot)                         160
 
Espoirs - Women
 
1 Sarah Uhl (Saturn)                                   1080 pts
2 Caitlyn Tuel (Sobe)                                   660
3 Erica Aller (Fuji)                                    250
4 Megan Elliott (Saturn)                                180
5 Laura Hanlon (Fuji)                                   120
 
Juniors
 
1 Gonzalo Escobar (Squadra Coppi)                       910 pts
2 Syd Lea (Fuji)                                        895
3 Jamey Driscoll (GMBC)                                 720
4 Chris Ruhl (East Coast Velo)                          670
5 Geoffrey Johnson (Portland Velo)                      660
6 Konrad Lebas (Richard Sachs)                          600
7 Aaron Snyder (Tailwind)                               350
8 Kyle Gregg (First State Velo)                         329
9 James Wittwer (Charlottesville)                       186
10 Adrienne Gallagher (Yellow Breeches)                 130
 
Men 35+
 
1 Eric Schlauch (Somerset Wheelmen)                    1235 pts
2 Robert Hacker (Lite Bites)                           1115
3 Mike Hebe (Monex)                                     893
4 Martin Jones (Somerset wheelmen)                      751
5 Douglass Gray (First State Velo Sport)                682
6 John Lux (FIRST CAPITAL VELO)                         649
7 Stephen Caffrey (First State Velo Sport)              628
8 William Alcorn (Speedgoat)                            621
9 Fred Wittwer (Charlottesville Racing Club)            614
10 Christopher Long (Independent Fabrication/Gotham)    611
 
Women 35+
 
1 Sami Fournier (Velo Bella)                            347 pts
2 Tammy Ebersole (Evolution Racing/IF)                  319
3 Michelle Suplick (Wissahickon)                        302
4 Bonnie Stoeckl (Evolution)                            233
5 Donna Anderson (Evolution)                            220
6 Carmen D'Aluisio (ClifBar)                            210
7 Gina Hall (ClifBar)                                   180
8 Pamela Shue (Wissahickon)                             172
9 Jill Morgan (Evolution)                               108
10 Susan Maclean (Gearworks)                            102
 
Men 45+
 
1 Fred Wittwer (Charlottesville Racing)                 390 pts
2 Leo Pizzini (First State Velo Sport)                  352
3 Randall Root (Team Snow Valley)                       350
4 Kevin Breckenmaker (Team Harrisburg)                  328
5 Steve Heede (First Capital Velo)                      270
6 Scott Reynolds (Evolution)                            254
7 Nunzio DiBiasi (Team Harrisburg)                      162
8 Gary Dugovich (ACA)                                   129
9 Ronne Irvine (Fuji)                                   128
10 Mike Connair (First State Velo Sport)                123
 
Men B
 
1 Jesse Semanchik (First State Velo)                    278 pts
2 Wade Hess (Beacon Cycling)                            255
3 Chris Mayhew (FORT/GPOA)                              214
4 Sean Galegher (Tri Speed)                             207
5 Todd Cassan (Rociante)                                202
6 Chris Samuel (Pro Pedals)                             187
7 Adam Szczepanski (Nittany Velo Club)                  185
8 Jason Babcock (Nittany Velo Club)                     173
9 Weston Schempf (unattached)                           169
10 Daniel Wilson (First State Velo Sport)               125
 
Women B
 
1 Nina Santiago (Liberty Cycle)                         282 pts
2 Krista Schultz (Tri Speed)                            216
3 Tracy Lea (Fuji)                                      206
4 Christina Lindsey (unattached)                        204
5 Karen Tourian (unattached)                            198
6 Erica Aller (Fuji)                                    140
7 Catherine Powers (New Canaan Cycles)                  130
8 Carolyn Popovic (Penn State)                          105
9 Laurie Jenkins (First State Velo)                     102
10 Rebecca Koh (CRCA)                                   102
 
Teams
 
1 Wissahickon                                           108 pts
2 Fuji                                                   69
3 FORT/GPOA                                              61
4 Evolution                                              55
5 First State Velo                                     54.5
6 Clif Bar                                               36
7 NCC/BikeReg.com                                        25
8 Somerset                                               24
9 Charlottesville Racing                                 19
10 Snow Valley                                           17
 
Men C
 
1 Brian Webster (SVVC)                                  329 pts
2 Andrew Jakubowitch (unattached)                       213
3 David Stauffer (Cycle Works)                          206
4 Brian Gilmore (unattached)                            183
5 Christopher Stine (Cedar Bike)                        164
6 Jim Watkins (Somerset)                                164
7 Ron Hermann (LSV)                                     154
8 Robert Sands (Evolution)                              153
9 Gary Kelley (Yellow Breeches)                         132
10 Rob Lea (Fuji)                                       124
 
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