Melissa Boyd

Bonnie, thanks for raising the question about masters women's age groups!

Since there didn't seem to be a lot of hard data floating around, I took
the 2012 Masters Women CX BAR list and sorted it by age. Here are the age
groups these women will fall into for 2014:

35-39: 40 women (estimated)*
40-44: 44 women
45-49: 36 women
50-54: 20 women
55-59: 17 women
60+: 2 women

** The 35-39 group is probably similar in size to the 40-44, but cannot be
properly counted given the 2-year gap from 2012 to 2014.*

I hope this will be useful to the CX organizers as they make plans for next
year.

NOTE: The list does not include women who raced but didn't earn BAR points,
women who raced with 1-day licenses, masters women who rode in non-masters
categories (Beginners, SS, etc), or women who may race in 2013 or 2014 but
didn't race in 2012. However, it is probably still representative of the
general age distribution for CX masters women.

Hope this is helpful!

Melissa