John Wilson
Look out Oregon, Juniors, High Schools, and rabid Cyclocrossers around the
Pacific Northwest!
Here are the first of the first ever 2010 Oregon High School Cyclocross
series teams!
Remember you can join a High School team and still race for individual OBRA
Bar Points, Junior Cyclocross Series Points, and your OBRA team BAR Points.
2010 Oregon High School Cyclocross Series
Team Name
Region
Coach
Approx Team Size
1
Corvallis United
Mid Willamette Valley
John Wilson
jfw100@comcast.net
9
2
Westview
Beaverton
Brian Baumann
brianfsrxc1@yahoo.com
5
3
Summit Storm
Bend
Ambrose Su
akaasms@aol.com
11
4
Eugene United
Eugene
Andrew Bennett
abennett13@gmail.com
3
5
Roseburg Step Up
Roseburg
David MacFarlane
revartworks@yahoo.com
4
6
Yenne & Schofield PC
Salem
Omer Kem
omerkm1@yahoo.com
7
7
Hood River
Hood River
Edward Tyynismaa
tyynismaa@msn.com
5
8
East Portland TBD
East Portland
Sheilagh Griffin
jakeshouseAJM@comcast.net
6
9
Mountain View
Bend
Matt Fox
foxmatt@msn.com
3
10
11
12
Who will take out the coveted FIRST EVER championship and don the Yellow
series champion jersey? Corvallis United and Summit Storm look to have
pretty deep teams but don't count out Yenne & Schofield PC (that Steve Yenne
always seems to be bumping me off some OBRA podium).
Eugene United has a small team but it is Captained by Andrew Bennett who is
the odds on favorite for the individual top Male. Surely there must be
someone in the Eugene area who can join up with this team to help their
cause?
Watch out for Westview and their strong women's team. With Carina Hahn and
the Reid Sisters they are surely a force to be reckoned with. Sierra Reid
and Carina Hahn will no doubt be fighting for the top individual Female as
well. Who will challenge them?
The rumor is that there still a few teams forming out there.
This year we are allowing Regional teams. That means you can form teams from
multiple High Schools within a given region. We are doing this in our first
year to help get things started. If you want to participate please try to
start a team within your High School. If that doesn't pan out then contact
me, or one of the team coaches above that is closest to you and ask about
joining up. No additional cost. One $ 5 entry fee per race and you can earn
series points for both the HS series, Junior Cyclocross Series, individual
BAR points, and OBRA Bar points.
I hear Kolben Preble out of Forrest Grove has not found a team yet? Some
Portland team should try to scoop up Kolben fast!
Oregon Junior and High School Race Schedule: (High School Races in Bold)*
Sunday 9/19 Hood River Double Cross, 12:35 pm, Hood River, JCS & HS*
Saturday 9/25 Psycho Cross, 12 noon, Eugene, JCS Only
Saturday 10/9 Willamette Valley Cross at Heiser Farm, 12 noon, Dayton, JCS
& HS*
Saturday 10/16 Psycho Cross, 12 noon, Eugene, JCS Only
Sunday 10/24 Cross Crusade, 12:35 pm, Portland, JCS & HS*
Sunday 11/7 Cross Crusade, 12:35 pm, Hillsboro, JCS & HS*
Saturday 11/13 Psycho Cross, 12 noon, Eugene, JCS Only
Saturday 11/20 OBRA Championships, 12 noon, Salem, JCS & HS* - Double Points
The High School Series is the best 4 out of 5 races with a minimum of three
races required to qualify for series awards. Team size is a minimum of 3 and
suggested maximum of 12. You must finish 3 racers to collect points for any
given race.
All High School racers that participate in 5 races (any combination of HS or
JCS), and have an CCX racing age of 18 or younger will qualify for the
Junior Cyclocross Series awards - Some very cool Swag up for grabs from:
Redline
Sellwood Cycle Repair
Castelli
Hammer Nutrition
Rolf Prima
Pacific Power
Willamette Valley Cycling Team
Northwest Multisports
Specifically for the High School Series:
There will be Series Champion jerseys from Castelli for Top individual Male,
Female, and Top Team.
OBRA medals 3 deep for Male, Female, Team.
Sellwood Cycle Repair has a special to be named later Gift/Award for the
High School Series
Ralpha has a comfy to be named later Award for the High School Series
Without our generous sponsors we would not have this series. Please show
your thanks with your patronage.
We will allow new teams up until the October 24th Race.
Please refer to our web page for rules, schedule, directions, results, and
other important information:
http://www.obra.org/junior_cyclocross_series/
Thanks and get your game on. It is Cyclocross Showdown starting this Sunday
9/19 at the Hood River Double Cross!
John Wilson
Oregon Junior & High School Cyclocross Series Director