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Cross Crusade #7

Estacada Timber Park, Estacada, Oregon, November 24, 2002

Wicks Wins a Thriller; Mazza Dominates

By Chris Bright

For those lucky enough to be present, the 2002 Oregon Men's Cyclo-cross Championship race will be remembered as one of the greats. After an exhilarating race-long battle, Kona/Kenwood's Barry Wicks signaled that he is ready to take over from his teammate Erik Tonkin as the state's 'King of 'Cross' at the Estacada Timber Park on November 24. Meanwhile, the unassuming Rhonda Mazza (Team S&M/Vanilla) repeated her double victory from last year as she dominated for her second straight Oregon Women's Cyclo-cross Championship as well as ensuring that her name is etched in the 'Cross Crusade Cup.

The Estacada Timber Park round is a traditional style cyclocross course in the European tradition and measures a whopping 3.9 kilometers, making it the longest circuit of the season. Set in the Cascade foothills, the course features several lightning fast sections interspersed with several steep parts that racers could run or ride. A new feature for this year's course was a mud pit that had the consistency of sticky peanut butter. The course had competitors riding it once and then came right back through it via the "MacTarnahan's Six-Pack" of barriers.

Lining Up for the Finish

Despite a frantic opening section that looked more crit' than 'cross, the three protagonists stood above the field from the first of seven laps. Wicks, Tonkin and Shannon Skerritt (Trek/VW/Bike Gallery) were at the front of a strung out Category A Men's field. With a state championship and double points on the line, the stakes were definitely higher than previous weeks.

As Tonkin has shown this season he prefers to control from the front, so he spent the early laps driving the pace and ensuring that the trio stayed away - which he did to the tune of 30 seconds per lap. A second group formed that consisted of a compelling battle among five men, led by Trek/VW/Bike Gallery's Derl Miller. With the field headed by two groups, it was clear this week would be different.

With a comfortable gap, the Kona/Kenwood teammates took turns driving the pace as Skerritt sat on. On the fourth lap, Wicks attacked hard - riding a steep run-up that nearly every person took on foot - but Skerritt closed down the five-second advantage with Tonkin on his wheel. Skerritt has a quick finish, so Wicks and Tonkin appeared eager to get a gap.

Meanwhile, the race for fourth was still up in the air. Miller was still in front of Jonathan Myers (Team S&M), Rich Cramer (Bike-n-Hike/Presto Velo), and Sean Doyle (DeSalvo Cycles), tailed closely by teammates Mark King and Mike Schindler (Sunnyside Sports).

The procession continued as the leaders took the bell at one lap to go with Tonkin in front of Wicks and Skerritt, who must have liked his chances. With a half lap to go, Wicks tried again by riding the run-up, but he was unable to dislodge the others.

At the finish line, all of the spectators on the course were converging in anticipation. The finish was at the end of a long, fast section with a tight corner right before the line. With 300 meters to go, Wicks punched it hard and Skerritt jumped in his slipstream. The lanky Kona/Kenwood rider had too much left and held off Skerritt to take the first state cyclocross championship of his career - and arguably the most exciting cyclocross in years. Tonkin rolled in a few seconds behind having put in a good day's work and happy to see his protégé on top.

The battle for fourth had come down to a threesome as well. Miller was able to hang on, with Cramer and Doyle trailing him in.

The Battle for the Bronze

For the past several races, the Sunnyside Sports pair of Karen Kenlan and Suzanne King have tried to contain Mazza, but so far it has come to no avail. At Estacada, the tactics were to take turns attacking on the first lap to see if the Team S&M/Vanilla rider could be put on the ropes.

As the field left the line, the Sunnyside jerseys were right on the front. Kenlan led the first drop into the Estacada Timber Bowl and King followed suit on the next pass. However, Mazza had something up her sleeve. On the first pass through the mud, she put her head down and in the span of 200 meters put nearly 10 seconds in hand. Next out of the bog was Alice Pennington (Trek/VW/Bike Gallery), in front of King and Amy Hunter-Dillinger (Lakeside/River's Edge), with Kenlan a few seconds back.

In the thick of the action was Larssyn Staley (Saturn Development), back from her strong performances at the World Championships, who was racing 'cross for the first time in several years. Unfortunately, her day came to a premature end when she snapped her chain on lap two.

Mazza, wearing her signature running shoes and using toe clips, was given the freedom she needed to put 10 seconds per lap on King in second place. After the first lap, however, all eyes were on Pennington, Kenlan and Marjon Marik (River City Bicycles) who were dicing for the bronze medal. This group was lapping nose-to-tail as the bell rang signaling the final lap.

The trio stuck together through the fast section, but Pennington used her bike handling skills to shake the other two. Marik was the first to start dangling off the back under the pressure, but Kenlan was holding strong.

Coming into the finish, Mazza had a sufficient gap to salute the crowd as she crossed the finish line to repeat as Oregon State Champion. King powered into the finish chute 40 seconds later. After another minute, Pennington came racing in, with Kenlan a few bike lengths back, to snare the final podium finish. Marik followed in fifth and Hunter-Dillinger in sixth.

Next week, the River City Bicycles 'Cross Crusade Series welcomes the eighth and final round. The Saturn/Stumptown 'Cross Classic will be the series' second UCI-sanctioned event and is expected to attract a national-caliber field to Jackson Middle School in Portland on December 1.

Photography

Images by Cheryl J. Willson/www.cheryljwillson.com

• Matt Mahoney celebrated Thanksgiving early by dressing up as a pilgrim.
• Darien Curl (Team Rubicon) leads a group of women through the barriers.
• Women riders tackles the barriers
• Rhonda Mazza (Team S&M) as she crosses the finish line and wins the state championship cyclocross race.
• Amy Hunter-Dillinger (Lakeside/River's Edge) finishes strong.
• Meg Mautner (EnSelle/Nomad) rounding the last corner of the course.
• Wendy Williams (River City Bicycles)
• Scott Robinson (GS Camerati) leading part of the men's A field through the barriers.
• Ian Eglitis (Presto Velo) and others remount their bikes.
• Some of the masters field coming through the muddy barriers.
• Barry Wicks (Kona Kenwood) leading the men's A race.
• Michael Sylvester (Bike Gallery) looking strong on the run up.
• John Frey (Hutch's) isn't used to sunshine in November.
• Jon Myers (Team S&M) clearing a steep section of the course.
• Barry Wicks (Kona Kenwood) checks behind him before he finishes first.

Results

Beginners
 
1 Andrew Le Tourneau
2 Tom Hoffman
3 Gant Endere
4 Kris Schamp
5 Jim Hayhurst
6 Jeff Taylor
7 Rich Cowan (North River Racing)
8 Alan Snodgrass
9 Troy Scott
10 Kirk Botero
11 Steven Basden (Lakeside/River's Edge)
12 Shane Young
13 Chris Boyce
14 Scott Bowman
15 Kirk Edwards
16 Jonathan Rasca
17 Tony Howard
18 Jeff Liebert
19 Dalton D. Rose
20 Jason Button
21 Adam Zucker
22 Matt Brownfield
23 Brad Farra
24 Phil Merick
25 Brian Cawthorn
26 Alan Marhnson
27 Michael Beckman (BBC)
28 Cordino Longiotti
29 Jeff King
30 Brett Hadley (Team Dirtclod)
31 Bill Huff (T & E Racing)
32 Mike Gilbert (Head Hunter)
33 Scott Gibson
34 Peter Kaufman
35 Brian Engelen
36 Jason Jones (Corben/Huntair)
37 ???
38 Bob Croucher
39 Chris Cottingham
40 Karl D Jackson
41 Scott Hayhurst
42 Ted Moisen (Capitol Velo)
43 Dennis McCord
44 ???
45 Randy Maine (T&E Racing)
46 Melanie Haliburton
47 Dan Griffin
48 Kevin Wagoner
49 Dave Liebert
50 Peter Apostolakis
51 Jill VanWinkle (Team Tasty)
52 Christoper Esayian
53 Mark Liebert
54 Allen Sickles
55 Chris Murphy (Disco Velo)
DNF Jeff Acree
DNF Mark Herrmann
DNF Fred Ford
DNF Chris Bernhardt (Team Tasty)
DNF Brran Andriot
 
Master Men 55+
 
1 Richard Marantz (Corben/Huntair)
2 John Forbes (Emerald Velo)
3 Robert Mandelson (Enselle)
4 Mike Resnick (Nomad SC)
5 Del Scharffenberg (Corben/Huntair)
6 Tom Hayden (Capitol Velo)
7 Joe Kregul
8 Michael Strubel
 
Master Men 45+
 
1 Michael Sylvester (Bike Gallery)
2 Dean Lucas (Bike Gallery)
3 Steve Yenne
4 Steve Morse (Sunnyside Sports)
5 Mark Schwyhart (Bik N Hike/Presto Velo)
6 Rick Knowles (Ti Cycles)
7 Harold Klein (Lakeside/Rivers Edge)
8 George Schreck (Corben/Huntair)
9 Joe Lieuallen
10 Don Leet
11 Bruce Werner
12 Marcus Swanson
13 Steve Rapp (Wheatland Wheelers)
14 David Luoma
15 Dave Guettler (River City)
16 John Coffey
17 Rick Potestio (Club Vivo)
18 Mark Hildebradt
19 Gerry Parson
20 Paul Montgomery (Team S & M)
21 John Paul (Sage)
22 Cary Mallon (Disco Velo)
23 Chris Marks (MAC)
 
Juniors
 
1 Andy Brooks (Oregon Adventure)
2 Taylor Kneuven (BBC)
3 Jon Long (Team O)
4 Brett Williams
5 Ricky Bossen (Team O)
6 Caleb DeChant (T&E Racing)
7 Julian Bryant
8 Kenny Bossen (Team O)
9 Luke Harrison
10 Keith Beckman (BBC)
DNF Jeff Hopkins
DNF Ilana Hipshman (Performance Multisport)
 
Category C
 
1 941 Cameron Vanderstoep
2 Chris Browning (Presto Velo)
3 Dan Quirk
4 Greg Mylet
5 Brad Cockman (Reno Hilton)
6 Glen Eppick (cyclotopia)
7 Ken Reed (Team in the White T-Shirt)
8 Andrew Haliburton
9 Dave Warwick (T & E Cycles)
10 Michael Romasco
11 Dan Moeller (Team S & M)
12 Chris Alling (CRV)
13 Doug Shanks (Team Oregon)
14 Tim Schauer (Columbia River Velo)
15 Lennis Herburger (Disco Velo)
16 Evan McKenzie
17 Craig Sinanian (Lakeside)
18 Ben Langsdorf
19 Ted Gresh
20 Ashley Brown (Nike Logie Velo)
21 Nathan Spear (Lakeside)
22 Jason Franklin (Team S & M)
23 Stan Langdon
24 Brian Andriot
25 Jeremy Smith
26 Brian Irwin
27 Stan Arrigotti
28 Gil Ormerod (Team S&M)
29 Dave Swift
30 Matthes Formes
31 Chris Bernhardt (Team Tasty)
32 James Cavalier
33 Nick Adamy (Team T & E)
34 Jason Biegz
35 Ken Finch (Team S & M)
36 Ernie Conway (Team Oregon)
37 ???
38 Rhema Nelson
39 Eric Romney (BBC)
40 Shawn Irwin (Bicycle Jones)
41 Robert Jenkins (L'Equipe Velo)
42 Bill Flanagan
43 Mike McDonald
44 Andy Wilson
45 Damon Webster (Columbia River Velo)
46 Daniel Bleekinger
47 Michael Easter (Cyclotopia)
48 David Deatherage (Lakeside/Riversedge)
49 Amit Kobrowski (Self)
50 ???
51 Ed Chrisman (Team S & M)
52 Dan Burton (Team S & M)
53 Mark Jenkins (Team S & M)
54 Dick Busby
55 Steve Landen (Team S & M)
DNF Curt Dewees (Corben/Huntair)
DNF Rob Burkhart (Import Garage)
DQ Todd Maderis
 
Category B
 
1 Shawn McDonald (Sunnyside)
2 Ian Brown
3 Solomon Woras (Team Oregon)
4 Ryan Weaver (GS Camerati)
5 Daniel Rockholm (Team S & M)
6 Geoff Raynak (LakesideRivers Edge)
7 Nathan Hobson (Team O)
8 Jake Brimlow
9 Jeff Bannink (Chruchill - Higher Gear)
10 Jonathan Smith (Team S & M)
11 Dononvan Grabowski
12 Michael Dunn (Lakeside/ River's Edge)
13 David Divney (Half Fast)
14 Nathan Hult (Corben/ Huntair)
15 Andrew Reed (GS Cameratti)
16 Eric Osborn
17 Dave Campbell (Hutch's)
18 Shane Fletcher (Form-Works)
19 Tre Hendricks (Disco Velo)
20 Chris Thoman
21 Paul Lacava
22 Joe Marek (Team S & M)
23 Doug Evans
24 Brian Schultz (MWH/ Lenderboy)
25 Philip Edwards
26 Matt Botti (Disco Velo)
27 Aaron Sander
28 Clark Ritchie (Lakeside/ River's Edge)
29 Kevin Thompson (Lakeside)
30 Andreas Oswald (Giant/ Bike N Hike)
31 Ian Penner (VCM Racing)
32 Paul Anderson (Lakeside/River's Edge)
33 Chris Bright (Corben/ Huntair)
34 David Thomason (Sunnyside)
35 Brian Spears (Lakeside/ River's Edge)
36 Brian Peotter
37 Matt Davis (HoMed)
38 Aaron "(Rambo" Harrison BBC)
39 Ernie Conway (Team O/ RCB)
40 Tom Lenth
41 Matt Mahoney (Gentle Lovers)
42 Kent Johnston (Lakeside/River's Edge)
DNF Lonny Knabe (Where I Like)
DNF Shane Wilson (Disco Velo)
DNF Dean Tracy (Rubicon)
 
Single Speed
 
1 Matthew Hall
2 Sam Richardson (Gentle Lovers)
3 Doug Shanks (Team O)
4 Brad Cockman (Reno Hilton)
5 Augusto Carneiro (MWH)
6 Chauncy Curl (Rubicon)
7 Sascha Mac
8 Aaron Leritz (Team S & M)
9 Pat Kudszus
10 Brian Witty (Half-Fast)
11 Jon Bloomfield
12 Bill Larson
13 Erik Hansen (Unatt)
14 Bijorn Fernarus (Team S & M)
15 Mark Meikle
16 Douglas Moak
17 Bob Mandelson
18 Richard Kilshaw
19 Jon Myers
20 John Walrod
 
Women A
 
1 Rhonda Mazza (Team S & M/ Vanilla)
2 Suzanne King (Sunnyside Sports)
3 Alice Pennington (Bike Gallery)
4 Karen Kenlan (Sunnyside Sports)
5 Marjon Marik (River)
6 Amy Hunter(-Dillinger Lakeside/ River's Edge)
7 Joanne Stevens (Sunnyside Sports)
8 Becky Walter (Nike - 2061 Velo)
9 Mandy Lozano (River City)
10 Emily Babcock (Gentle Lovers)
11 Julie Wilson (Disco Velo)
DNF Larssyn Stayley (Saturn Development)
 
Women B
 
1 Valerie Groesz (Team S&M)
2 Wendy Williams (River City)
3 Shannan Whitlatch (Lakeside/Rivers Edge)
4 Megan Schuble
5 Stephanie Yenne (Capitol Velo)
6 Kellie Peotter
7 Anna K(. Saltonstall)
8 Darien Curl (Team Rubicon)
9 Karen Carter
10 Martha Grace (Jossi)
11 Shawn Furst
12 Kelly Witty (Nomad)
13 Marjolein Schat
14 Catherine Hardy
15 Dawn Guildmer
16 Samantha Clark
 
Women 35+
 
1 Martha Handford (Independent Fab)
2 Marla Lieuallen
3 Pam Reid (Team Oregon)
4 Kristen Dillon
5 Laurie Binder
6 Debbi Krichko
7 Connie Vine (NoMad)
8 Evelyn West (Team S&M)
9 Roxy Cate (EnSelle)
10 Becky Cate
11 Elise Ross
12 Avon Hansen
13 Renee Pype (Team S&M)
14 Joanne Leyva
15 Mary Ross (MAC)
16 Carol Sim
17 Meg Mautner (EnSelle)
18 Candi Murray (EnSelle)
 
Category A
 
1 Barry Wicks (Kona Kenwood)
2 Shannon Skerritt (Bike Gallery)
3 Erik Tonkin (Kona Kenwood)
4 Derl Miller (Bike Gallery/ Trek Velo)
5 Rich Cramer (Presto Velo)
6 Sean Doyle (DeSalvo Cycles)
7 Mark King (Sunnyside)
8 Mike Schindler (Sunnyside)
9 Jon Myers
10 Shane Beers (Vision Cyclery SF)
11 Chris Brandt (Collins)
12 Chad Swanson (Team S & M)
13 John McCaffrey (Presto Velo)
14 Mark Matson (Gentle Lovers)
15 Mike Martin (Team Compass)
16 Ian Eglitis (Presto Velo)
17 Scott Willson (GS Cameratti)
18 John Leonard (Bike Gallery Trek NW)
19 John Frey (Hutch's of Bend)
20 Omer Kem (Team O)
21 Jeff McNamee
22 Robin Rassmussen (Vitamin Cottage/ Morgul Bismark)
23 Aric Rist (Bike Doctor)
24 John Walrod (River City)
25 Tim Coffey (Pazzo Velo)
26 John Knowlson (GS Camerati)
 
Master Men 35-44
 
1 Michael Sylvester (Bike Gallery)
2 Jeff Mitchem (Nike Logie Velo)
3 John Mitchem (Presto Velo/Bike n Hike)
4 Michael Jones (Disco Velo)
5 Greg Talbert (Clif Bar)
6 Martin Baker (Presto Velo/Bike n Hike)
7 Steve Yenne (Capitol Velo)
8 Carl Roberts (Team Clif Bar)
9 Todd Rosier (RCW)
10 Kent Johnston (Lakeside/Rivers Edge)
11 Ivan Meadors (Corben/ Huntair)
12 Andrew Deenik (Disco Velo)
13 Mike Colesar (Disco Velo)
14 Robert Huff (Team S&M)
15 Larry Smith (Durance Cycleworks)
16 Rich Slingsby (River City)
17 Dan Davis (Sunnyside Sports)
18 Tim Ellerback (RCW)
19 Robert Jacobs
20 Brian Johnson (Half-Fast Velo)
21 Douglas Shanks (Team O)
22 Paul Mautner (Lakeside/Rivers Edge)
23 Ernie Conway (Team O/ RCB)
24 Paul Blackburn

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