Kris Schamp

Thanks to all of you who got back to me with feedback about the proposal to have the Cat 3 Women and Juniors this year race in a separate race heat at 5:30pm.

We had quite a few racers chiming in with different opinions, which got us back to the drawing board and come up with a revised race schedule that should address the issue of younger juniors and novice women (and men) racing with faster Cat 3 Men, without the need to add another race heat (or for racers and volunteers to get out to PIR 30' earlier).

The new race schedule for the upcoming Short Track series will look as follows:

5:55pm: Cat 2 Women U35, Cat 2 Women 35-44, Cat 2 Women 45+, Cat 3 Jr Men 15-18, Cat 3 Jr Men 10-14, Cat 3 Women 19+, Cat 3 Jr Women 15-18, Cat 3 Jr Women 10-14
6:30pm: Singlespeed, Cat 2 Men U35, Cat 2 Men 35-44
7:00pm: Cat 2 Men 45-54, Cat 2 Men 55+, Clydesdale, Cat 3 Men 19-44, Cat 3 Men 45+
7:30pm: Elite Men, Cat 1 Men U35, Cat 1 Men 35-44, Cat 1 Men 45+, Elite/Cat 1 Women [no changes from last year]

We think this schedule will alleviate any issues with lap traffic and speed differential in the 5:55pm race heat, and make for a better flow and race dynamics (read: even more fun races) in the 6:30pm and 7pm race heats.

Cheers!
~Kris

Kris Schamp
Portland Racing