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American Velodrome Challenge Finals
Alkek Velodrome, Houston, Texas, September 13-14, 2002
by Kathy Volski
Although still a junior, Ryan Nelman (Southern Elite/Sun & Ski), dominated the speed events taking first place in the Sprints and Keirin. Nelman's 200 meter time was top seed by two-tens of a second over Canadian Ryan McKenzie and Nathan Rogut (Mercy).
McKenzie focus was on the kilometer time trial after losing in the sprint quarterfinals to Kissena's Eric Ragot. His concentration paid off as he was the only rider to go under 1:10 with a winning time of 1:09.88. McKenzie added a win in the Miss and Out as well.
Joey D'Antoni (Cycles de Oro), commanded the 4 kilometer pursuit winning the race in 5:03.01. Junior World Team member, Josh Kerkoff (Mercury), took second while Gregg Germer (ABC Aitos), just back from a season in Europe showed his form by rounding out the third place spot.
Kerhof won the 10 mile Scratch race in a fast time of 21 minutes 21 seconds breaking the track record by over a second. Kerkhof leaves for Europe this week to represent the United States in the Junior World Road Championships in October.
Mat Stephens (GCCA) Germer, and D'Antoni broke away from the field at 87 to go in the 100 lap Points Race and were rewarded 10 laps later with the lap. Jared Bunde (Kissena), took off with Chris Grusendorf (NWCC), but Chris can't hold Bunde's wheel and leaves him to solo in his attempt. After the half way point, Bunde pulls up and the field catches him. Richard Lamb (Southern Elite/Sun & Ski), Brian Walburn (Frisco), Mark Dearing (Memorial Hermann) and Germer come to the front making a dangerous foursome. The field will have none of this and respond bringing the group back into the field. Bunde takes another flyer and the field seems indifferent. His determination finally pays off as he get his lap with 18 laps to go. Almost immediately, Mark Dearing takes a flyer and gaps the group taking a break from the last sprint. Dearing goes into time trial mode and holds off the field to win the final sprint. Bunde wins with a lap and 41 points.
SprnCycle's Ryan Crane, Patrick Bartell, and Jim Russell won the South Central Regional Team Sprint competition and the right to wear the red, white, and blue championship jerseys. The all women's team of Charlotte Miller, Alane Ballweg and Cristin Walker of Memorial Hermann broke the State Track record for the Team Sprint in a time of 1:22.15
Results
Men Sprint Round #1 1 Ryan Nelman (SE/Sun & Ski) 2 Robert Bodamer (Kingwood AC) 1 Nathan Rogut (Mercy) 2 Chris Grusendorf (NWCC) 1 Ryan McKenzie (Colnago/Carrera) 2 Mat Stephens (GCCA) 1 Joshua Kerkhof (Mercury) 2 Jared Bunde (Kissena) 1 Patrick Bartell (Spin Cycle) 2 Richard Lamb (SE/Sun & Ski) 1 Eric Ragot (Kissena) 2 Gregg Germer (ABC Aitos) Men Sprint Round #1 Repechage 1 Gregg Germer (ABC Aitos) 2 Jared Bunde (Kissena) 3 Robert Bodamer (Kingwood AC) 1 Mat Stephens (GCCA) 2 Chris Grusendorf (NWCC) 3 Richard Lamb (SE/Sun & Ski) Men Sprint Quarterfinals 1 Ryan Nelman (SE/Sun & Ski) 2 Mat Stephens (GCCA) 1 Nathan Rogut (Mercy) 2 Gregg Germer (ABC Aitos) 1 Eric Ragot (Kissena) 2 Ryan McKenzie (Colnago/Carrera) 1 Patrick Bartell (Spin Cycle) 2 Joshua Kerkhof (Mercury) Men Sprint Semi-Final 1 Ryan Nelman (SE/Sun & Ski) 2 Patrick Bartell (Spin Cycle) 1 Nathan Rogut (Mercy) 2 Eric Ragot (Kissena) Men Sprint Finals 1 Ryan Nelman (SE/Sun & Ski) 2 Nathan Rogut (Mercy) 3 Eric Ragot (Kissena) 4 Patrick Bartell (Spin Cycle) 5 Ryan McKenzie (Colnago/Carrera) 6 Gregg Germer (ABC Aitos) 7 Mat Stephens (GCCA) 8 Joshua Kerkhof (Mercury) Men Sprint 200m TT 1 Ryan Nelman (SE/Sun & Ski) 11.43 2 Ryan McKenzie (Colnago/Carrera) 11.65 3 Nathan Rogut (Mercy) 11.65 4 Joshua Kerkhof (Mercury) 11.76 5 Patrick Bartell (Spin Cycle) 11.93 6 Eric Ragot (Kissena) 11.94 7 Gregg Germer (ABC Aitos) 12.02 8 Richard Lamb (SE/Sun & Ski) 12.12 9 Jared Bunde (Kissena) 12.14 10 Mat Stephens (GCCA) 12.16 11 Chris Grusendorf (NWCC) 12.23 12 Robert Bodamer (Kingwood AC) 12.27 13 Brian Walburn (Frisco) 12.46 14 Joey D'Antoni (Cycles de Oro) 12.98 15 James McCowen (First Colony) 14.07 Men Keirin Final 1 Ryan Nelman (SE/Sun & Ski) 2 Nathan Rogut (Mercy) 3 Joshua Kerkhof (Mercury) 4 Richard Lamb (SE/Sun & Ski) 5 Ryan McKenzie (Colnago/Carrera) 6 Mat Stephens (GCCA) Men Keirin Consolation Final 7 Gregg Germer (ABC Aitos) 8 Brian Walburn (Frisco) 9 Jared Bunde (Kissena) 10 Chris Grusendorf (NWCC) 11 Eric Ragot (Kissena) 12 Robert Bodamer (Kingwood AC) Men Keirin Semifinals Semi 1 1 Nathan Rogut (Mercy) 2 Ryan Nelman (SE/Sun & Ski) 3 Joshua Kerkhof (Mercury) 4 Chris Grusendorf (NWCC) 5 Brian Walburn (Frisco) 6 Eric Ragot (Kissena) Semi 2 1 Ryan McKenzie (Colnago/Carrera) 2 Richard Lamb (SE/Sun & Ski) 3 Mat Stephens (GCCA) 4 Gregg Germer (ABC Aitos) 5 Jared Bunde (Kissena) 6 Robert Bodamer (Kingwood AC) Men Keirin Heats Heat 1 1 Joshua Kerkhof (Mercury) 2 Robert Bodamer (Kingwood AC) 3 Richard Lamb (SE/Sun & Ski) 4 James McCowen (First Colony) Heat 2 1 Nathan Rogut (Mercy) 2 Gregg Germer (ABC Aitos) 3 Chris Grusendorf (NWCC) 4 Joey D'Antoni (Cycles de Oro) Heat 3 1 Ryan McKenzie (Colnago/Carrera) 2 Eric Ragot (Kissena) 3 Mat Stephens (GCCA) 4 Mark Dearing (Memorial Hermann) Heat 4 1 Ryan Nelman (SE/Sun & Ski) 2 Jared Bunde (Kissena) 3 Brian Walburn (Frisco) 4 Patrick Bartell (Spin Cycle) Sr. 1-3 10 Mile Scratch 1 Joshua Kerkhof (Mercury) 2 Richard Lamb (SE/Sun & Ski) 3 Ryan McKenzie (Colnago/Carrera) 4 Mark Dearing (Memorial Hermann) 5 Joey D'Antoni (Cycles de Oro) 6 Brian Walburn (Frisco) 7 Jared Bunde (Kissena) 8 Mat Stephens (GCCA) 9 James McCowen (First Colony) 10 Nathan Rogut (Mercy) 11 Robert Bodamer (Kingwood AC) 12 Chris Grusendorf (NWCC) 13 Dean Shafer (SpinCycle) Men 4K Pursuit 1 Joey D'Antoni (Cycles de Oro) 5.03.01 2 Joshua Kerkhof (Mercury) 5.08.36 3 Gregg Germer (ABC Aitos) 5.10.21 4 Jared Bunde (Kissena) 5.13.58 5 Mat Stephens (GCCA) 5.17.82 6 Nathan Rogut (Mercy) 5.18.97 7 Dominic Van Nielen (Memorial Hermann) 5.21.57 8 Mark Dearing (Memorial Hermann) 5.21.64 9 Brian Walburn (Frisco) 5.23.26 10 Eric Ragot (Kissena) 5.27.56 11 James McCowen (First Colony) 5.35.04 12 Robert Bodamer (Kingwood AC) 5.52.20 Men Kilometer 1 Ryan McKenzie (Colnago/Carrera) 1.09.88 2 Ryan Crane (SpinCycle) 1.10.83 3 Gregg Germer (ABC Aitos) 1.13.53 4 Eric Ragot (Kissena) 1.13.67 5 Ryan Nelman (SE/Sun & Ski) 1.13.97 6 Dominic Van Nielen (Memorial Hermann) 1.14.03 7 Jared Bunde (Kissena) 1.15.49 8 Brian Walburn (Frisco) 1.16.32 9 Robert Bodamer (Kingwood AC) 1.16.52 10 Joey D'Antoni (Cycles de Oro) 1.16.53 11 Daryl Tyras (SE/Sun & Ski) 1.17.62 12 Mat Stephens (GCCA) 1.17.74 13 James McCowen (First Colony) 1.17.93 14 Chris Grusendorf (NWCC) 1.19.02 Men Miss-and-Out Final 1 Ryan McKenzie (Colnago/Carrera) 2 Gregg Germer (ABC Aitos) 3 Nathan Rogut (Mercy) 4 Brian Walburn (Frisco) 5 Mark Dearing (Memorial Hermann) 6 Chris Grusendorf (NWCC) 7 Ryan Nelman (SE/Sun & Ski) 8 Mat Stephens (GCCA) 9 Richard Lamb (SE/Sun & Ski) 10 Joey D'Antoni (Cycles de Oro) 11 Joshua Kerkhof (Mercury) 12 Daryl Tyras (SE/Sun & Ski) 13 Jared Bunde (Kissena) 14 James McCowen (First Colony) 15 Dean Shafer (SpinCycle) 16 Robert Bodamer (Kingwood AC) 17 Eric Ragot (Kissena) Men 100 Lap Points Race Final 1 Jared Bunde (Kissena) 41 points 2 Gregg Germer (ABC Aitos) 23 3 Mat Stephens (GCCA) 18 4 Joey D'Antoni (Cycles de Oro) 6 5 Mark Dearing (Memorial Hermann) 29 -1 laps down 6 Richard Lamb (SE/Sun & Ski) 24 -1 7 Brian Walburn (Frisco) 17 -1 8 James McCowen (First Colony) 9 -1 9 Chris Grusendorf (NWCC) 6 -1 10 Robert Bodamer (Kingwood AC) 3 -1 11 Ryan McKenzie (Colnago/Carrera) 11 -10 12 Ryan Nelman (SE/Sun & Ski) 7 -20 DNF Eric Ragot (Kissena) DNF Dean Shafer (SpinCycle) Women Sprint Finals 1 Susan Chaudior (Mirage Baylor) 2 Alane Ballweg (Memorial Hermann) 3 Cynthia Manach (Southern Elite) 4 Charlotte Miller (Memorial Hermann) 5 Ann Berkowitz (First Colony) Women Sprint Semi-Finals Semi 1 1 Alane Ballweg (Memorial Hermann) 2 Cynthia Manach (Southern Elite) Semi 2 1 Susan Chaudior (Mirage Baylor) 2 Charlotte Miller (Memorial Hermann) Women Sprint Quarterfinals 1 Alane Ballweg (Memorial Hermann) 1 Charlotte Miller (Memorial Hermann) 1 Susan Chaudior (Mirage Baylor) 1 Cynthia Manach (Southern Elite) 2 Ann Berkowitz (First Colony) Women Sprint 200m TT 1 Alane Ballweg (Memorial Hermann) 13.29 2 Charlotte Miller (Memorial Hermann) 13.32 3 Susan Chaudior (Mirage Baylor) 13.41 4 Cynthia Manach (Southern Elite) 14.39 5 Ann Berkowitz (First Colony) 15.28 Women's 30 lap Points Race 1 Charlotte Miller (Memorial Hermann) 33 pt 2 Susan Chaudior (Mirage Baylor) 18 3 Alane Ballweg (Memorial Hermann) 13 4 Cynthia Manach (Southern Elite) 13 Women Keirin Final 1 Cynthia Manach (Southern Elite) 2 Charlotte Miller (Memorial Hermann) 3 Alane Ballweg (Memorial Hermann) 4 Ann Berkowitz (First Colony) 5 Susan Chaudior (Mirage Baylor) Women 3K Pursuit 1 Charlotte Miller (Memorial Hermann) 4.36.53 2 Cynthia Manach (Southern Elite) 4.40.45 3 Stacy Gray (SE/Sun & Ski) 4.46.89 4 Cristin Walker (Memorial Hermann) 4.52.67 5 Ann Berkowitz (First Colony) 5.12.04 Women 500m Final; Track Record: 37.243 1 Susan Chaudior (Mirage Baylor) 40.74 2 Alane Ballweg (Memorial Hermann) 41.64 3 Charlotte Miller (Memorial Hermann) 42.13 4 Melissa Tyras (SE/Sun & Ski) 42.28 5 Cristin Walker (Memorial Hermann) 43.51 6 Cynthia Manach (Southern Elite) 45.80 7 Ann Berkowitz (First Colony) 45.85 Women Miss-and-Out Final 1 Charlotte Miller (Memorial Hermann) 2 Alane Ballweg (Memorial Hermann) 3 Cynthia Manach (Southern Elite) 4 Susan Chaudior (Mirage Baylor) 5 Cristin Walker (Memorial Hermann) 6 Melissa Tyras (SE/Sun & Ski) 7 Stacy Gray (SE/Sun & Ski) Women 5-Mile Scratch Race Final 1 Cynthia Manach (Southern Elite) 2 Alane Ballweg (Memorial Hermann) 3 Susan Chaudior (Mirage Baylor) 4 Stacy Gray (SE/Sun & Ski) 5 Cristin Walker (Memorial Hermann) 6 Melissa Tyras (SE/Sun & Ski) Team Sprint 1 Ryan Crane, Patrick Bartell, Jim Russell 1.11.48 2 Mark Dearing, Mat Sephens, Gregg Germer 1.12.31 3 Matt Cross, Robert Bodamer, James McCowen 1.14.08 4 Charlotte Miller, Alane Ballweg, Cristin Walker 1.22.15* * New State Track Record for Women
