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Air products Developmental Finals

Lehigh Velodrome, August 16, 2002

Air Products Participants Graduate to the Finals

The Lehigh Valley Velodrome hosted the Air Products Developmental Cycling Finals on Friday, August 16, once again demonstrating the excellence of the programs that Air Products offers at the Velodrome. The participants in the Air Products Finals qualified through the program, which is offered to anyone age five and older. The participants need no prior experience in order to enter the program, and it is the most popular developmental cycling program in North America.

Pee Wee Pedalers, children aged 5-8, were given the spotlight as they rode around the track in an exhibition, followed by AP Finals races for boys and girls in specified age groups, competing in scratch races. The adults in the program also were given the opportunity to race, competing in 5-lap finals, with the 60-plus men competing in a 3-lap final. The racers displayed the skills they learned in the program, demonstrating the effectiveness of the 26-year-old Air Products program.

Interspersed throughout the evening were exciting races for professional men and women cyclists. Jon Frederick (Bowers, PA) rode to a decisive victory in the Men's Unknown Distance race after catching the break made by Nate Rouse and Juan Jose Haedo. Winning with an all out sprint to the finish, leaving Rouse and Haedo in the dust and pumping his fist in the air in victory.

The most tense and thrilling events were the Miss-and-Out races that counted for Rider of the Year points. In the men's Miss-and-Out, Gustavo Artacho (Agentina) finished well ahead of second place finisher Ryan Oelkers (Philadelphia, PA) and third place finisher Kyle Wamsley (Chadds Ford, PA.)

The women's Miss-and-Out proved no less riveting as it started off the evening. 1998 World Champion Lucy Tyler (Miami, FL) proved that no chronic injury would stop her as she sped into first place, bypassing Sarah Uhl (Perkasie, PA), the Rider of the Year points leader, and Ashley Kimmet (Bethlehem, PA), this week's Rider of the Week.

Family and friends stayed until the end of the night for the Air Products participants awards ceremony in which the top three finishers received medals and the first place finisher was honored with an Air Products Championship jersey.

Results

Women Miss-and-Out
 
1 Lucy Tyler
2 Sarah Uhl
3 Ashley Kimmet (Serotta)
 
Men Unknown Distance
 
1 Jon Frederick (East Coast Velo)
2 Juan Jose Haedo (ARG National)
3 Nate Rouse (Amoroso's/HH Racing)
 
AP 9-10 Boys 3-Lap Final
 
1 Matt Baranowski
2 Conrad Ambrette
3 Simon Chizkov
 
AP 9-10 Girls 3-Lap Final
 
1 Shelbe Eck
2 Stephanie Vargas
3 Lyndi Wieand
 
AP 11-12 Boys 3-Lap Final
 
1 David Smith
2 Mike Baranowski
3 Alex Diehl
 
AP 11-12 Girls 3-Lap Final
 
1 Abby Weiner
2 Mary Costelloe
3 Samanta Toggas
 
Women Unknown Distance
 
1 Uhl
2 Tyler
3 Veronica Martinez (Amoroso's/HH Racing)
 
Men 5-Mile Final
 
1 Kenny Williams (Saturn of Bellevue)
2 Chris Remaly
3 Gustavo Artacho (ARG National)
 
AP 13-15 Boys 3-Lap Final
 
1 Matt Ryan
2 Ryan Selya
3 Aaron Krick
 
AP 13-15 Girls 3-Lap Final
 
1 Lauren Tracy
2 Cassie Faust
3 Michelle Kresge
 
Women 15-Lap Points Race
 
Sprint #1
 
1 Tania Duff Miller (Freddie Fu)
2 Erica Allar (Future Champions)
3 Veronica Martinez (Amoroso's/HH Racing)
 
Sprint #2
 
1 Allar
2 Duff Miller
3 Jamie Pettinato (East Coast Velo)
 
Sprint #3
 
1 Duff Miller
2 Kerry Cohen
3 Pettinato
 
Sprint #4
 
1 Uhl
2 Kimmet
3 Graciela Martinez (Amoroso's/HH Racing)
 
Final Sprint
 
1 Tyler
2 Kimmet
3 Uhl
 
Men Miss-and-Out
 
1 Artacho
2 Ryan Oelkers
3 Kyle Wamsley (Fuji)
 
AP 16-18 Boys 3-Lap Final
 
1 Scott Ackerman
2 Clayton Chiles
3 Brian Friend
 
AP 19+ Women 5-Lap Final
 
1 Margaret Smigiel
2 Michelle Wagner
3 Karen Baumbach
 
AP 19-39 Men 5-Lap Final
 
1 Chris Chin
2 Jim Conzelman
3 Jordyn Drayton
 
AP 40+ Men 5-Lap Final
 
1 Scott Daal
2 Russell Snyder
3 Mike Lawler
 
AP 60+ Men 2-Lap Final
 
1 Jim Flannery
2 John Lucas
3 Everette Carr

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