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US Cyclocross championships - CN
Portland, Oregon, USA, December 10-12, 2004
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December 10: Master Women 40-44, 45+, 45 minutes
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Sarvary returns, King reigns
By Rob Karman
Two groups of Masters Women hit the course together for the day's third race. Women 45 plus champion Kathy Sarvary (Mid States Cycling Club) returned to the top step of the podium after a 9 year hiatus with a blazing ride that saw her almost catch the winning rider form the category that started a minute in front of her. "Today was a total surprise for me," she said. "I had kind of a rough season. I felt like there was a good race in me, but you know, everything just came together. It was just one of those perfect days for me, everything was hitting just right. I knew it was going to be a matter of just trying to maximize technique and minimize mistakes so I just tried to concentrate on that. It was just a lot of fun today."
In the Women 40-44 category, it was Suzanne King (Sunnyside Sports) taking home the stars and stripes jersey for the first time in her career. "The first hundred meters I was behind some slower riders but then it got worked out pretty quickly and I moved into the lead," said king. "It wasn't brutal in terms of exertion, but it was tricky technically. I switched bikes at least every lap and sometimes every half lap and even at that it only took a half lap to get sticky."
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Photography
Images by Mitch Clinton/www.clintonphoto.com
- Kim Lucas rode a strong second place in the women's 45+
- Andrea Mackie (Velo Bella) navigates the mud to a 2nd place finish in the Masters Female 40-44 category.
- Suzanne King (Sunnyside Sports) winner of the Masters Females 40-44 category
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- Women 40-44 winner Suzanne King (Sunnyside) doesn't look TOO dirty on lap 1
- Kathy Sarvary (Mid States Cycling Club) had a great ride to take her 2nd national title
Results
Women 40-44 1 Suzanne King (Sunnyside Sports) 44.46 2 Andrea Mackie (Velo Bella) 0.32 3 Wanda Howlett (Seattle Supra Squadra) 1.37 4 Dorothy Wong (Kelly Bike Company) 2.41 5 Sheila Moon (Infineon/Napa Valley) 4.29 6 Meredith Malocsay (Starbucks) 4.30 7 Tammy Ebersole (Evolution Racing) 5.58 8 Diane Conway (Group Health) 6.20 9 Katrina Baumsteiger (Southern Sierra) 10.24 10 Susan Prieto (Boulder) 10.53 11 Julia Bestland (River City Bicycles) 11.58 12 Kelli Roberts (PAA) 14.13 13 Julie Wose (Sunnyside Sports) 14.44 14 Amy Abele (Velo Bella`) 15.08 15 Roxy Cate (No Mad Sports Club) 21.18 Women 45+ 1 Kathy Sarvary (Mid State Cycling) 45.13 2 Kim A. Lucas (Clif bar) 2.59 3 Susan Maclean (Gear Works/Spin Arts) 3.13 4 Lisa Given (Starbucks/Doubleshot) 5.34 5 Linda Elgart (Webcor/ Alto Velo) 5.45 6 Anne Grofvert (Ann Arbor Velo/Epic) 7.04 7 Tove Shere (Team Ochsner) 9.51 8 Pam Reid (Team Rose City) 10.21 9 Cindi Toepel (Littleton) 10.51 10 Mary Ross (No-Mad) 23.50 11 Mary Hoover (Velo Girls) 24.09 12 Donna Smith (Chinook Cycling of) 25.45 13 Kristin Myers (Richland) 29.37 14 Meg Mautner (Nomads) 36.49
