River City Bicycles Cross Crusade Cyclo Series Info

Results and Report from Rivercity Bicycles Cross Crusade #2 -







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Wicks and Pennington Roll to Convincing Victories in the

Second Round of the River City Bicycles Cyclo-Cross Crusade Series



Portland, Ore., October 16, 2001 - Barry Wicks (Bike Gallery) and Alice

Pennington (Gentle Lovers) earned well-deserved victories in the second

round of the River City Bicycles Cyclo-Cross Crusade held October 14 in

Portland's Pier Park. By winning the second round, both riders vaulted

into the lead in the eight-race series with $10,000 in prize money on

the line.

Sunny skies greeted the more than 300 competitors following a light,

early morning shower that firmed up the ground to ensure fast

conditions. Set under a scenic stand of 150-feet tall fir trees in

North Portland, the three-kilometer Pier Park course offers two distinct

personalities. The first half is flat and fast with only a single pair

of barriers in the opening one-and-a-half kilometers. The second half

criss-crosses a deep gully six times so racers alternately plummet down

30-plus mile per hour descents and are then forced to either climb out

of the saddle or shoulder their bikes to make back to the top. The most

dreaded section is a punishing four-story run-up.

The strong Category A Men's field sprinted away from the start line for

its seven-lap race with the field stringing out in the opening minutes.

By the time the lead riders encountered the first run-up, Wicks was

showing he was the man to beat as he went on to win the first lap prime

of a bottle of Chianti wine. His teammate Shannon Skerritt (Bike

Gallery) was next in line leading a larger group of pursuers.

Wicks found the fast Pier Park course to his liking, consistently

ticking off laps at an average speed of more than 16 miles per hour. He

used his power on the flat sections and agile bike handling - including

bunnyhopping some of the barriers - to continue opening up the gap over

Skerritt.

The race for third stayed close throughout the event as Doug Olerenshaw

(Gentle Lovers), Jamal Hahn (Northern), Travis Hunt (Mountain View

Cycle) and Team S & M's Jon Myers and Derl Miller all pushed hard. This

pack rode aggressively with constant attacking on the front to try and

pull away..

At the finish, Wicks put an exclamation point on his race by hopping the

last set of barriers just 30 meters before picking up the win. Skerritt

followed one minute later after struggling with cramps over the final

kilometers. On the last lap, Ollerenshaw carried his great form from

the road season onto the dirt to score third, followed in by Hahn,

Myers, Miller and Hunt.

The Women's race saw Pennington take the lead early and she never looked

back over the next six laps. This season has marked the emergence of

Pennington as a rider to watch on the national scene as she took home a

silver medal from the National Under-23 Road Race and a bronze medal

from the Collegiate National Road Race.

Rhonda Mazza (Team S & M) and Naomi Gollogly were in pursuit and stayed

together for the opening three laps as they tried to follow Pennington.

After the halfway mark, Mazza edged away as the lead women racers began

lapping the Category B Men's field.

After the order of the women's race was established, the drama turned to

a unique promoter's prime that illustrates why this series is popular

among regional racers. Each week series co-promoter Russ Humberston,

Jr. (Safeway/Saturn of Beaverton), who races in the Men's Category B

field which leaves a two minutes ahead of the women, offers $20 to any

woman that passes him during the race. As Pennington closed in,

Humberston had a mechanical and he stopped in the pits which seemingly

handed her the prize. However, the battle of the sexes was far from

over as Humberston recovered to chase Pennington down and pass her to

halve her prime.

Pennington was unfazed as she cruised in to the finishing chute for an

impressive win. Mazza held station in second followed home by Gollogly

in third. Leah Toffolon (Bike Gallery) and Emily Miazga (Hutch's)

completed the top five.

Round three of the River City Bicycles Cyclo-Cross Crusade takes

cyclists to familiar surroundings October 21 as the series heads to

Portland International Raceway. This venue hosts weekly road races

throughout the spring and summer, but the rain in the forecast could

turn the less familiar cyclo-cross course into an inhospitable and muddy

test of stamina.



UPDATED 10/16/01



River City Bicycles Cross Crusade Round 2

Pier Park, Portland, Oregon

October 14, 2001



RIVER CITY CROSS CRUSADE 2001

CATEGORY A PIER PARK

OCTOBER 14,2001 LAPS POINTS

1 20 Barry Wicks S & M 7 26

2 14 Shannon Skerritt S & M 7 20

3 4 Doug Ollerenshaw Gentle Lovers 7 16

4 46 Jamal Hahn Northern ? 7 15

5 99 Jon Myers S & M 7 14

6 38 Derl Miller S & M 7 13

7 57 Travis Hunt Mt. View Cycle 7 12

8 2 Jeremy VanSchoonhoven Bike Gallery 7 11

9 44 Zac Houghton Presto Velo 7 10

10 6 Chad Swanson S & M 7 9

11 40 Chris Brandt Collins 7 8

12 8 Mike Schindler Sunnyside 7 7

13 7 Rich Cramer Presto Velo 7 6

14 19 Jeff Struck Gentle Lovers 7 5

15 17 Corey Stayton S & M 7 4

16 33 Graene Mitchell Pro Grass 7 3

17 30 Sean Garvin G.S. Camerati 7 2

18 41 Samuel Richardsen Gentle Lovers 7 1

19 32 Tony Kic Gentle Lovers 7

20 31 John Boelsems G.S. Camerati 7

21 56 Michael Sylvester Bike Gallery 7

22 55 Tim Coffey 0 7

23 18 Sasha White Gentle Lovers 7

24 34 Caan Zarosinski Pro Grass 7

25 36 Kevin Condron G.S. Camerati 7

26 35 Donald Reeb Nutra Fig 6

27 53 Mike Martin 0 6

28 47 Scott Robinson 0 6

29 54 Leroy Podawski 0 6

30 43 Chris Thomas 0 6

31 52 Andrew Barrett NetZero 6

32 48 Brian Peotter 0 6

33 45 Ben Tobin 0 6

34 49 Randy Word North River Racing 6

22 Brody Anderson 0 dnf

50 Peter Kirn Kona



BEGINNERS PIER PARK

OCTOBER 14,2001 LAPS POINTS

1 465 Kirk Slack 0 5 26

2 470 Kevin Thompson SBC 5 20

3 420 Daniel Rockholm 0 5 16

4 415 Sean Coster 0 5 15

5 472 Dave Florence 0 5 14

6 404 Mark Stilson S & M 5 13

7 427 Peter Lines Moots Cycle 5 12

8 410 Evan MacKenzie 0 5 11

9 482 Ken Reed 0 5 10

10 412 Jon Schnorr 0 5 9

11 478 Dieter Hoffman 0 5 8

12 444 Patrick Hultgren 0 5 7

13 408 Pete Luty 0 5 6

14 414 Bruce Cannon 0 5 5

15 467 Alex Weber 0 5 4

16 473 Chris Browing Global Discoveries 5 3

17 469 Ernie Conway Team O 5 2

18 425 Nick Adamy 0 5 1

19 460 Robert Madge Team LSI 5

20 424 Dan Moeller 0 5

21 445 Chuck Krafuter 0 5

22 487 Gregg George 0 5

23 409 Mark Storer Torani/NW Velo 4

24 463 Doug Marshall Capitol Velo 4

25 489 Slate Olsen 0 4

26 456 Ryan Fredrikson Team LSI 4

27 475 Jon Bero 0 4

28 481 Christoper Hogan 0 4

29 471 Jon Hall 0 4

30 480 Neil Brashnky 0 4

31 468 Curtis Milander 0 4

32 421 Ed Chrisman S & M 4

33 462 Alan Snodgrass 0 4

34 452 Mark Meikle Salem Cycle 4

35 464 Scott Tray 0 4

36 406 James Cavalier 0 4

37 490 Mark Wilcox 0 4

38 454 Kevin Wolfe 0 4

39 423 Steve Landon S & M 4

40 429 Scott Sloat Team O 4

41 428 Tolan Blanchard 0 4

42 441 Craig Austin 0 4

43 477 John Gonter One Speed Bicycle Co. 4

44 431 Nikos Tzetos Safeway/Saturn 4

45 484 Paul Slyman 0 4

46 443 Damon Clegg 0 4

47 476 Amit Kobrowski 0 4

48 405 Norm Cordsavan 0 4

49 479 Steve Meyer 0 4

50 474 Kirk Botero 0 4

51 483 Alex Yoder 0 4

52 426 Jonathan Wolf 0 4

53 466 Alfonso Pebenito Enselle/Nomads 4

54 418 Dan Burton S & M 4

55 485 Karl Jackson 0 4

56 432 Jim Haase S & M 4

57 488 Shana Klemchuk 0 4

437 Aaron Sander 0 dnf

457 Marcus Swanson 0 dnf

486 Kip Mast 0 dnf

434 Charlie Sheridan Team O dnf



MASTER MEN 45+ PIER PARK

OCTOBER 14,2001 LAPS POINTS

1 716 Steve Yenne Capitol Velo 5 26

2 701 David Zimbelman Sunnyside Sport 5 20

3 704 Dave Burnard Mzarek 5 16

4 705 Harold Klien 0 5 15

5 720 Ron Magnus Emerald Velo 5 14

6 711 Mark Schwyhart Safeway/Saturn 5 13

7 713 Don Leet Sunnyside Sport 5 12

8 727 Larry Hopkins Safeway/Saturn 5 11

9 707 Mark Nurre Capitol Velo 5 10

10 709 Ted Forgeron RCW 5 9

11 703 Jim VanSchoonhoven 0 5 8

12 730 Mark Hildenbrandt 0 5 7

13 729 George Schreck Safeway/Saturn 5 6

14 712 Rick Potestio 0 5 5

15 735 Nathan Wicks 0 5 4

16 708 Richard Marantz Safeway/Saturn 5 3

17 721 Mitch Weaver Rose City 5 2

18 725 Jim Rose 0 5 1

19 714 Paul Montgomery S & M 5

20 717 Del Scharffenberg Safeway/Saturn 5

21 718 Gil Ormerod S & M 5

22 734 Ed Lanton 0 4

23 719 Robert Mandelson Enselle/Nomad 4

702 Mike Murray 0 dnf

715 John Wiest, Jr. Enselle/Nomad dnf



CATEGORY B PIER PARK

OCTOBER 14,2001 LAPS POINTS

1 261 Damian Schmitt Sunnyside Sports 6 26

2 208 Dave Campbell Hutch's/ Cannondale 6 20

3 214 Brendan Banovic #REF! 6 16

4 233 Nathan Hult Safeway/Saturn 6 15

5 246 Ian Eglitis BBC 6 14

6 244 Ryan Weaver Gentle Lovers 6 13

7 212 Geoff Raynak #REF! 6 12

8 271 Steve Davee #REF! 6 11

9 232 Andreas Oswald DeWils/N. River Racing 6 10

10 205 Rick Morris Trails Edge .com 6 9

11 289 Wade Goff Torani/NW Velo 6 8

12 259 Matt Mahoney Gentle Lovers 6 7

13 253 Martin Baker #REF! 6 6

14 225 Mark Matson OSU Beavers 6 5

15 252 Chad Sperry Discover Bicycles 6 4

16 314 Landon Holt #REF! 6 3

17 249 Michael Dunn Lakeside/Rivers Edge 6 2

18 213 Darren Snyder Gentle Lovers 6 1

19 280 Dylan Howes #REF! 6

20 227 Karl Mikkelson Thomas Toyota 6

21 242 Tom Lenth #REF! 6

22 204 Donovan Grabowski #REF! 6

23 288 Russell Weyant #REF! 6

24 294 Dan Dittmer #REF! 6

25 293 Jeff Stevens #REF! 6

26 260 AJ Sanchez #REF! 6

27 300 Gabriel Slerburne #REF! 6

28 268 Ian Penner VCM Racing 6

29 304 Jon Knowlson #REF! 6

30 238 Peter Zlatnik #REF! 6

31 203 Russ Humbertson Saturn/Safeway 6

32 262 Chris Murray Gentle Lovers 6

33 248 Brian Austin Presto Velo 6

34 309 Peter Parker #REF! 6

35 229 Eric Szezukowski #REF! 6

36 216 Matt Botti #REF! 6

37 234 Hector Mundt Serratto 6

38 239 Barry Morgan #REF! 6

39 201 Jeff Lorenzen Disco Velo 6

40 278 David Hopper Enselle 6

41 297 Travis Chapin Paradise Homes 6

42 207 Pete Drach #REF! 6

43 275 Paul Anderson #REF! 6

44 299 Aaron Sander #REF! 6

45 296 Dave Thompson Sunnyside Sports 6

46 250 Scott Korn #REF! 6

47 200 Gregory Ariens #REF! 6

48 301 Matt Davis #REF! 6

49 295 Stephan Petrella #REF! 6

50 290 Nate Sweet Paradise Homes 6

51 235 Erik Voldengen BBC 6

52 247 Tony Halford BBC 6

53 228 Tom Morgan Presto Velo 6

54 303 Phillip Wong Torani/NW Velo 6

55 286 Marc Riera GS. Camersti 6

56 230 Chris Bright Safeway/Saturn 6

57 305 Kelly Holorirk Half-Fast Velo 5

58 283 Chauncey Curl Safeway/Saturn 5

59 245 Joseph Kline Dewils/N. River Racing 5

60 251 Aaron Bozeman Enselle 5

61 282 Dan Houghtan Presto Velo/Bike N' Hike 5

62 312 Mark Ginsberg Team Oregon 5

63 220 Brian Abers Lakeside 5

64 269 Tim Schauer DeWils/NRR 5

65 291 Greg Doan Logie Velo 5

66 292 Christoper Johannsen One Speed Bicycle Co. 5

67 222 Mike Colesar Mt. View 6

68 264 Patrick Myers #REF! 5

69 306 Aaron Bootby Serratto 5

70 218 Douglas Moak River City 5

71 307 Madre Stocker Serratto 4

72 308 Michael Vlases #REF! 4

285 Daniel Pasley Yo Mamma dnf

298 Hernan Laca #REF! dnf

302 Jonathan Puskas Torani/NW Velo dnf

310 Craig Hamilton #REF! dnf

311 Paul Scofield G.S. Camerati dnf

313 Jon Hansen #REF! dnf

240 James Newman Team Oregon dnf

202 Brian Witty #REF! dnf

215 David Diviney Safeway/Saturn dnf

217 Francis Mcgrady #REF! dnf

219 Rich Slingsby River City dnf

226 Lonny Knabe #REF! dnf

237 Brian Spears Lakeside dnf

255 Eric Hopper Enselle/ Nomad dnf

266 Brandan McClain McClain dnf

272 Roderick Bautista #REF! dnf



JUNIORS PIER PARK

OCTOBER 14,2001 LAPS POINTS

1 602 Mikkel Bossen Team Oregon 5 26

2 612 Joseph Dengel FTF 5 20

3 610 Alex Johnson Capitol Velo 4 16

4 603 Ricky Bossen Team Oregon 4 15

5 613 Valerie Grosez Klein/Bike Gallery 4 14

6 604 Kenny Bossen Team Oregon 4 13

7 615 Jeff Hopkins Safeway/Staurn 3 12

MASTER MEN 35-44 PIER PARK

corrected 10-15-01 OCTOBER 14,2001 LAPS POINTS

1 805 Mark King Sunnyside Sports 7 26

2 809 John McCaffrey Bike N' Hike 7 20

3 800 Brian Johnson Lakeside/Rivers Edge 7 16

4 824 Greg Talbert Cliff Bar 7 15

5 802 Steve Yenne Capitol Velo 6 14

6 826 Cal Stone DeWils/ No River Racing 6 13

7 831 David Camp #REF! 6 12

8 812 Dan Davis Sunnyside Sports 6 11

9 825 Jay Graves Bike Gallery 6 10

10 823 Robert Huff Team S & W 6 9

11 801 Brad Ross Lakeside/Rivers Edge 6 8

12 813 David Gast Cerdanyolg 5 7

13 819 Todd Rosier Team RCW 5 6

14 830 Joe Fricke #REF! 6 5

15 810 Dave Palmer Capitol Velo 6 4

16 829 Colin Yates Bike Gallery 6 3

17 816 Chauncey Curl SafewaySaturn 6 2

18 817 Dan Houghton Presto Velo/Bike N' Hike 6 1

19 815 Paul Mautner Nomad/Enselle 5

821 Bill Groves Safeway/Saturn dnf

822 Jeff Mitchem #REF! dnf



WOMEN A PIER PARK

corrected 10-15-01 OCTOBER 14,2001 LAPS POINTS

1 763 Alice Pennington Gentle Lovers 6 26

2 767 Rhonda Mazza S & M 6 20

3 766 Naomi Gollogly Bike Gallery 6 16

4 765 Leah Toffolon Bike Gallery 5 15

5 769 Emily Miazga Hutch's 5 14

6 751 Karen Kenlen Sunnyside Sports 5 13

7 771 Jessica Cortell Lakeside/Rivers Edge 5 12

8 764 Laura Suditu BBC 5 11

9 760 Erika Jackson #REF! 5 10

10 757 Michelle Groez Bike Gallery 5 9

11 768 Tina Reeb #REF! 5 8



WOMEN B PIER PARK

corrected 10-15-01 OCTOBER 14,2001 LAPS POINTS

1 561 Kori Kunz Paradise Homes 5 26

2 554 Meg Heaton S & M 5 20

3 569 Julie Wilson Discover Bicycles 5 16

4 570 Susan Keller Ashmead 5 15

5 552 Kristine Rotan #REF! 5 14

6 558 Janet Sherman Performance/MultiSport 5 13

7 568 Emily Babcock Gentle Lovers 5 12

8 553 Marila Alvares #REF! 5 11

9 550 Jennifer Adamy #REF! 5 10

10 563 Anna Martens #REF! 5 9

11 572 Kellie Marta #REF! 5 8

12 559 Katy Branelis #REF! 5 7

13 556 Kerry Rohan BBC 5 6

14 562 Franscesca Gambetti Performance 5 5

15 564 Rachel Bagley #REF! 5 4

16 571 Anna Saltonstall #REF! 4 3

17 567 Claire McIntyre #REF! 3 2

18 566 Amy Klee #REF! 3 1



WOMEN 35+ PIER PARK

corrected 10-15-01 OCTOBER 14,2001 LAPS POINTS

1 686 Courtney Marvin Hutch's 5 26

2 683 Mary Ross MAC 4 20

3 676 Renee Pype Sellwood 4 16

4 677 Evelyn West Sellwood 4 15

5 680 Shirlee Clark Capitol Velo 4 14

6 688 Lindy Mount Tri D Sports 4 13

7 681 Roxanne Cate Enselle 4 12

8 685 Meg Mauntner Enselle 3 11

9 679 Melodie Ross Club Vivo 3 10

10 675 Candi Murray #REF! 3 9

822 Jeff Mitchem 0 dnf