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Mercy Celebrity Classic - NE
Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA, September 25-26, 2004
Moninger dominant
Scott Moninger was the man to beat this weekend at the Mercy Celebrity Classic. In Saturday's race, Scott initiated a break with hometown favorite Brice Jones and Jelly Belly's Alex Candelario. With Scott driving the break the trio quickly built up an advantage. There were many attempts from the field to bring them back but nothing would stick. John Liewsyn was eventually able to get away and when he got close enough to the three they waited for him. With John on, HealthNet then went to work with what looked like a green train with the Jelly Belly red caboose of Alex Candelario. HealthNet was clearly setting up Brice for the homer win, but had to wait for him as he was starting to come off the break right at the end. At the finish Jones was able to hang on and out sprint Candelario for the win.
In Sunday's race Moninger was simply untouchable. On the short and fast 1k Van Buren course, Scott drove a break of 8 riders that lapped the field early on. Then Scott went and lapped the field again by himself. It looked as if he wanted, he could have lapped the field again but he stayed back just enough to allow for the others to have a field sprint. Alex Candelario was really the only other non-HealthNet factor in either race. He was able to out sprint Brice Jones for second place to take second overall.
In Friday's Cavanal Hill Climb challenge, Scott Moninger bested the record for the 5-mile (8k) course by almost a minute, 22.32 minutes.
In the women's race Magan Long, sportsbook.com, and Kelly Benjamin, ADB Cycling, traded first and second places out-sprinting each other alternately in each race. Team Basis was able to put a rider into the final selections each day, Chrissy Ruiter in the Fort Smith race and Nicole Freedman in the Van Buren race, but neither able to out sprint Magan or Kelly.
Our thoughts go out to Barry Haley, Johnson Plumbing, who had a terrible crash during the Cat. 3,4 race on Saturday. On the straight away to the start/finish line Barry came off the course and collided with a pole. He sustained serious injuries to his face, jaw, chest, and back. Barry owns a bike shop in Fayetteville, Arkansas and has long been a fixture on the state and local racing scene.
Overall Omnium Results
Men's Pro/1/2 1 Scott Moninger (Healthnet Maaxis) 8 pts 2 Alex Candelario (Jelly Belly) 8 3 Brice Jones (Healthnet Maaxis) 8 4 John Lieswyn (Healthnet Maaxis) 4 5 Mariano Friedich (Jelly Belly) 1 6 Jonas Carney (Jelly Belly) 1 7 Brad Huff (Mercy) 8 David McCook (McGieve Pro Cycle) 9 Jeff Hopkins (Jittery Joes) 10 Rahsaron Bahati (Major MotionBel Cal) 11 Gustaro Carillo (AeroSpace Eng) 12 Rory Miadams (GS Tenziug) 13 Stephen Rouff (Team X) 14 David Wenger (Sharper Image) 15 Evan Elken (Jittery Joes) 16 Micheal Lange (Sharper Image) 17 David La Duc (Mercy) 18 Edgar Ibarra (Trek/VW/RBM) 19 Joshua Carter (Long John Silver) 20 Lance Sultzer (Team X) 21 Steven Cate (Sharper Image) 22 Dan Schmatz (Healthnet Maaxis) 23 Scott Veggeberg (Plano Cycling) 24 Adam Mills (HRRC/ Macloren) Women's Open 1 Magen Long (Sportsbook.com) 9 pts 2 Kelly Benjamin (ABD Cycling) 9 3 Stacey Bertsch (Mercy) 4 4 Nicole Freedman (Team Basis) 3 5 Chrissy Ruiter (Team Basis) 3 6 Liz Cazer (Mercy) 2 7 Pam Huton (Dent Wizard) 8 Sarah B. Faulkner (Sportsbook.com) 9 Heather Brice (Dent Wizard) 10 Carrie Cash (Team Revolution) 11 Mindi Martin (Mercy) 12 Melissa Cox (Mercy) 13 Lauren Gaffney (Team Basis) 14 Megan Hoffman DNF Miranda Quigley (Mercy) Women's Cat 3,4 1 Jessica Meyer (Team Revolution) 7 pts 2 Megan Hottman 7 3 Mellissa Cox (Mercy) 7 4 Miranda Quigley (Mercy) 3 5 Katherine Morales (Veneto) 1 6 Vivian Chwalinski Men's Cat 3,4 1 Mike Stewart (Mercy) 5 pts 2 Steve Schlegiel (OKC Velo) 5 3 Ryan Holleran (Cowtown) 4 4 Buster Brown (Carve) 4 5 Brian Rawlings (San Luis Valley) 3 6 Tim Toby (Mercy) 3 7 Ed Noll 2 8 Koyle Olsen (Johnson Plumbing) 1 9 Ryan Fiddler (Team Power Train) 1 10 Ben Ollett (Unattached) 11 Roger Lomshek (Tailwind Cycling) 12 Shawn Mullen (Long John Silver) 13 Byran Duvall (CFE Elite) 14 Chris Hall (Team x) 15 Benjamin Silk (Team Power Train) 16 Andres Angulu (Tyson) 17 Ronnie Cookson (CFE Elite) 18 Jeff Williams (Tyson) 19 Scott Hill (DentWizard/Maple) 20 Patrick Klassen (RCRC) 21 Alex Schneider (Team Power Train) 22 Nathan Leigh (Frisco Cycle Club) 23 Dan Bischoff (Dent Wizard) 24 John Purvis (Johnson Plumbing) 25 Clendon Brown (Mercy) Men's Cat 4,5 1 Scott Walnofer (Tyson) 9 pts 2 Jeremy Stitt (Tulsa Wheelmen) 7 3 David Morris (Mercy) 4 4 Scott Chapman (Mercy) 3 5 John McAllister (Tailwind Cycle) 1 6 Curt Albrecht (GP Velotek) 1 7 Mitch Hautman (Tulsa Wheelmen) 8 Adam Lang (GT Velotek) 9 Wade Colwell (Tyson) 10 Matt Edwards (Tyson) 11 Clark Reames (Mercy) 12 Jarred Gilker (Mercy) 13 Matt Speer (Ozark Cycle) 14 Len O'Toole (Mercy) 15 Chris Foster (Mercy) 16 Austin Fick (Gp Velotek) 17 Keith Stewart (Mercy) Men's Cat 4,5 (Masters 35+) 1 Curtis Albrecht (GP Velotek) 10 pts 2 Mitch Houtman (Tulsa Wheelman) 8 3 Gene Garneau (Mercy) 3 4 Chris Foster (Mercy) 3 5 Tim Tayloy (ORRA) 2 6 Wade Colwell (Tyson) 1 7 Len O'Toole (Mercy) 8 Tom Loeffelholz (CRRC) 9 Drew Linder (Mercy) 10 Enrique Gutierrez (OKC-Velomathis) 11 Hector Mendoza (Mercy) 12 Brian Meahan (Tulsa Wheelman) 13 Mike McDonald (Tyson) Men's Masters 35-44 1 Buster Brown (Carve) 6 pts 2 Steve Schlegel (OKC Velo) 5 3 John Lasorsa (OKC Velo) 4 4 Randy Parker (Mercy) 4 5 Gustaro Carillo (Aerospace, Eng) 3 6 David Jones (OKC Velo) 2 7 Roger Lomsher (Tailwing Cycling) 1 8 Ken Smith (OKC Velo) 9 Phil Harris (Carve) 10 Antony Lasarsa (OK Veko) 11 Bruce Dunn (Tyson) 12 Duanne Neu (OKC Velo) 13 James Whittaker (Gp VebTek) 14 Robert Helton (Revolution) 15 Pat Zimmerman (Johnson Plumbing) 16 Jim Taylor Men's Masters 45-54 1 Randall Clayborn (RORS) 9 pts 2 Lonnie Kennedy (Mesa) 7 3 David Lencho (BMC) 4 4 Dan Griesse (Mercy) 2 5 Jeff Chattin (Columbia Bike Club) 1 6 David Griesse (Mercy) 7 Jim McDonald (Columbia Bike Club) Men's Masters 55+ 1 Robert Brust (RCRC) 10 pts 2 Weslye Bruce (RCRC) 8
Past winners
2003 Pieter Jacobs (Bel)
