Richard Sweet
Last week of the Tesegrity Short Track Series and it has been both a success and a blast! We have had great turn-out and awesome feedback from all the racers and we will be back next year with more fun and exciting racing for the Eugene area.
But, this series is not over yet, there is a lot of racers really close together, who will take the series overall in each category?
Cat 2 men seems to have a clear leader, as long as Pat shows up! 2nd ��� 4th is close, and 5th place Alan Ott could pass them all if they stay home���.. The other riders in the category area ll close as well and the places could easily shift depending on tonights results!
Cat 3 men���s Greg Shepherd is way out in front, though 2nd ��� 10th are all super close together and anything can happen, who will challenge and who will falter���.
Junior Boys 10-14���s max Ritzow is a clear cut winner, watch out for him in Cross this season, he is rapidly becoming a super star! Rowan is in 2nd and as long as he races he should hold that, but if he falters tonight then there are a number of other juniors looking to take over his spot on the podium.
Single Speed ��� With Taylor being sick last week Spencer jumped into the lead, who will race tonight? Does Spencer have the legs and the luck to hold onto the overall win? Will Brian show up and put them both in their places? It���s on tonight, one gear ��� one speed, push it!
Cat 2 Women has been a good series, Julia Fudge is in the lead with 40 points, she has been consistent and strong throughout. Katy and Deb have been there for 2 races and have a 1st and 2nd to their credits, will all 3 show tonight? Let���s see who comes out on top? If Deb can pull out the win, and Katy get���s 3rd then it will be a tie on points and down to placings, Julia needs to race and finish, better go over that bike���.
In the Cat 3 Women field we have Danielle Curran just 4 points in front of Virginia Xing, who will come out on top here? Virginia has been training hard and looking for the win, does she have it in her legs?
Elite Men has been fast and furious the past few weeks, Ethen Stehley set a blistering pace last week from the start, then Ryan took it over, with Adam coming out of no where for the win. Right now Adam is tied for first with Brent Mattison, I am in 3rd and Ryan in 4th, who is racing tonight? Who will take the win? Can Adam do it on a fat bike?
The racing has been super fun, the course has been a blast, in fact we got so much good feed back on both courses that tonights course has yet to be decided, it is going to come down to a flip of the coin when we start setting up, or a small bribe���.
Awards party tonight at Tacovore, must be present to get the best prizes. It is also our local Mountain Bike Clubs Pints for a Cause night, for every beer or margarita you purchase money get���s put back into the DOD for trail advocacy, it���s a great cause, and a great group, come out and support the trails, mountain biking and hang out and get some cool prizes and swag.
Cat
Name Team Cat Total
Pat Water Co-Motion Cycles Factory Team Cat 2 M 41
phil randall Bicycleway.com/Oregon Paddle Sports Cat 2 M 34
Ken Rodgers Bicycleway.com/Oregon Paddle Sports Cat 2 M 33
mark lipchick Bicycleway.com/Oregon Paddle Sports Cat 2 M 32
Alan Ott Wolf Creek Racing-Kendall Subaru Cat 2 M 27
Brice Gary Bicycleway.com/Oregon Paddle Sports Cat 2 M 24
Dirk Siverts Bicycleway.com/Oregon Paddle Sports Cat 2 M 23
Quincy Gill Hutch's-Slocum-Co-Motion Cat 2 M 19
Ryan McGinnis Tensegrity PT Cycling Cat 2 M 17
Leif Kytola Hutch's-Slocum-Co-Motion Cat 2 M 15
Scott Pierce Sappo Hill Soapworks Cat 2 M 12
Tim Broderick Bicycleway.com/Oregon Paddle Sports Cat 2 M 11
Dwan Shepard Co-Motion Cycles Factory Team Cat 2 M 10
Chris Wherity Life Cycle Racing Team Cat 2 M 7
Dennis Sibilia-Young Bicycleway.com/Oregon Paddle Sports Cat 2 M 7
Franz Bruggemeier Portland Bicycle Studio Cat 2 M 6
David Tsai Hutch's-Slocum-Co-Motion Cat 2 M 0
Julia Fudge Poplollies Cat 2 W 40
Katy Giombolini Portland Bicycle Studio Cat 2 W 30
Deb Bauer Tensegrity PT Cycling Cat 2 W 28
Emily Pfeifer Tensegrity PT Cycling Cat 2 W 14
Heather Johnson Beaverton Bicycle Club Cat 2 W 11
Greg Shepherd Hutch's-Slocum-Co-Motion Cat 3 M 39
Jason Nelson Cat 3 M 24
Seth May Cat 3 M 24
Henrik Morseth Life Cycle Racing Team Cat 3 M 15
Perry Lund Cat 3 M 15
Michael Wisth Tensegrity PT Cycling Cat 3 M 14
Sam Stroich Cat 3 M 14
bill fields Cat 3 M 13
Jayson Higgins Bicycleway.com/Oregon Paddle Sports Cat 3 M 12
Rich Reardon Tensegrity PT Cycling Cat 3 M 12
Tim Christie Bicycleway.com/Oregon Paddle Sports Cat 3 M 12
Martin Lisk Hutch's-Slocum-Co-Motion Cat 3 M 10
Tim Simon Cat 3 M 10
Thomas Delaney Cat 3 M 9
Micah Sardell Cat 3 M 0
Danielle Curran Poplollies Cat 3 W 44
Virginia Xing Bicycleway.com/Oregon Paddle Sports Cat 3 W 41
Danika Williams Cat 3 W 15
Kelly Sandow Poplollies Cat 3 W 13
Adam Oliver Hutch's-Slocum-Co-Motion Elite M 38
Brent Mattison Team Lazy Tarantulas Elite M 38
Richard Sweet Tensegrity PT Cycling Elite M 36
Ryan Garner Team Planet X USA Elite M 29
Ethan Stehley Co-Motion Cycles Factory Team Elite M 27
Dax Turner Tensegrity PT Cycling Elite M 23
Erol Chandler Elite M 13
Billy Truelove Co-Motion Cycles Factory Team Elite M 11
John Morehouse Life Cycle Racing Team Elite M 8
Nick Skenzick Hutch's-Slocum-Co-Motion Elite M 7
Meg Hamilton Hutch's-Slocum-Co-Motion Elite W 15
Max Ritzow Bicycleway.com/Oregon Paddle Sports JB 10-14 45
Rowan Boutette Bicycleway.com/Oregon Paddle Sports JB 10-14 28
Brendan Sheerin Hutch's-Slocum-Co-Motion JB 10-14 14
Conner Mowery Bicycleway.com/Oregon Paddle Sports JB 10-14 13
Ian Shreve Hutch's-Slocum-Co-Motion JB 10-14 13
Shreve Ian Hutch's-Slocum-Co-Motion JB 10-14 13
Zane Globus-Ohara Bicycleway.com/Oregon Paddle Sports JB 10-14 12
Leif Kytola Hutch's-Slocum-Co-Motion JB 15-18 30
Spencer Ardt Tensegrity PT Cycling SS 37
Taylor Bushnell Tensegrity PT Cycling SS 30
Brian Cannon SS 26
Dax Turner Tensegrity PT Cycling SS 15
Kevin Cave SS 14
Ben Tabor SS 13
Dan Sheerin Hutch's-Slocum-Co-Motion SS 13