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OHIO STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS REPORT
The Ohio State Championships were held in Columbus this past weekend on a course that featured equal parts power and equal parts skill. However, the presence of strong winds on race day made the power sections more significant, as three sections of lengthy straightaway went straight into a headwind. The park was extremely spectator-friendly, with most watchers perched up on the finish line hill looking down on the entire course. In what would be a convergence of three Midwestern series (Zipp OVCX, Cap City, and Lake Effect), a group of 40 elite men tore off the line in pursuit of Ohio State titles, Zipp OVCX points and prize money. The beginning laps looked like it was going to be a tight finish. A group of six separated from the pack including old school hard men Phil Noble (Biowheels) and Jonathan Card (Saturn Toledo), OVCX leader Ryan Knapp (bikereg.com), and mountain man Gerry Pflug (Speedgoat). After a crash by Kennedy in a tight corner put him off the back of the group, Knapp and Card accelerated off the front. As the winds died down some in the second half of the race, more riders took the risk of going off solo. Knapp was the obvious aggressor, and tried many times to pull off the solo win but only Card could match his power. The last 30 minutes turned into a two man race between Knapp and Card, with Mike Mihalik (Beaver Valley Velo) busting out of the early group and dangling behind. As the two leaders started the bell lap, it was obvious to the assembled spectators that a battle royale was brewing. They entered the finishing straight and the crowd grew silent. Knapp started the sprint from second wheel and seemed to have better of the veteran Card – until his pedal unclipped. Card was able to sprint up the hill for a well deserved gold medal. Knapp settled for second, with Mike Mihalik rounding out the podium in third. In the womens race it was Nicole Borem (DRT Consulting) taking the top spot over a well-dressed Christy Blakely (BMW) and youngster Michelle Morris (One Call Now), who battled back from sixth place to take State Championship honors as the top Ohio rider. Other notable results: • Seventeen year old Anthony Marut (Lake Effect) took top honors in the Category 3/4 race over a very stacked field. • Indiana native Sam Morrison won the 17-18 juniors race • Sam Dobrozsi won two Ohio state championships in both the Junior Boys 15-16 and the Junior Men 17-18. • Hannah Mossman overcame a strong field to win the Junior Girls 13-14 field • Will Mandrola survived the long ride from Kentucky to take the Juniors 10-12 win. • Laura Stahl (Team Awesome) dominated the 3/4 womens for her gold medal. • Gerry Pflug won the elite masters race and then lined up for the Elite 1/2/3 race and got 4th, clearly the hard man of the day! These results are provided for informational purposes only. Please note that the protest period for this event has expired and no changes can or will be made to these results. Elite Men 1 JONATHAN CARD SATURN OF TOLEDO OH 2 RYAN KNAPP BIKEREG.COM IN 3 MICHAEL MIHALIK BEAVER VALLEY VELO PA 4 GERRY PFLUG SPEEDGOAT\SPK\SALSA PA 5 ANDY MESSER DRT RACING IN 6 PHIL NOBLE BIO WHEELS/REECE CAMPBELL RACING OH 7 MIKE KENNEDY BARBASOL KY 8 MITCH GRAHAM BIOWHEELS/REECE-CAMPBELL RACING OH 9 Matt Weeks Lake Effect OH 10 DONALD GALLIGHER DRT CONSULTING IN 11 CHRIS NEVITT DRT CONSULTING KY 12 NATE ZICCARDI JENI'S/TEAM AWESOME OH 12 Garth Prosser Sobe/Cannondale OH 14 RYAN MYERS DRT CONSULTING IN 15 CHRIS CHARTIER ALDERFER BERGEN OH 16 THOMAS DOMINIC SPIN OH 17 KYLE WINGLER ALAN FACTORY TEAM 18 RAY HURTON TEAM COLUMBUS OH 19 Mike House RGF Solutions OH 20 JUSTIN G POKRIVKA 21 NICK TINSLER DARKHORSE - RPC MECHANICAL OH 21 BRANDON GROFF TEAM AWESOME/JENI'S ICE CREAM OH 23 Andrew Hague Echelon OH 24 DAVE STEINER SNAKEBITE OH 25 Rick Toler Krietler Rollers OH 26 ANDY MOSKAL RGF SOLUTIONS/PANTHER CYCLING TEAM OH 27 Dan Mendoza Pista Elite IN One Lap Behind 28 HANK CAMPBELL OH 29 CAMERON JACKSON RGF SOLUTIONS CYCLING TEAM OH 30 ERNEST MARENCHIN SPEEDGOAT.COM OH 31 CHRIS MAYHEW JBV COACHING PA 32 JUSTIN G POKRIVKA DIRTY HARRYS PA 33 KEITH LUCAS CKW RACING / OUTDOOR VENTURE KY 34 Sam Morrison 35 KATSU TANDA OH dnf ZACHARY EDWARDS DRT RACING IN dnf Ben Ortt Gary Fisher OH Elite Women 1 NICOLE BOREM DRT CONSULTING IN 2 Christy Blakely BMW NC 3 Michelle Morris One Call Now OH 4 AMANDA SPROAT GARY FISHER 29ER CREW / TREK STORE OF COLUMBUS OH 5 JULIE LEWIS-SROKA LAKE EFFECT RACING OH 6 BRIDGET DONOVAN TREK STORE CINCINNAIT OH 7 CHRISTINE MCCARTHY TEAM AWESOME/ JENI'S ICE CREAM OH 8 LEAH HALLORAN OH 9 JAMIE CLIFTON NATIONAL ENGINEERING OH 10 Nancy Henderson OH Cat 1/2/3 masters 35+/45+ 1 GERRY PFLUG SPEEDGOAT\SPK\SALSA PA 2 FREDERICK ROSE BIKEREG.COM IN 3 ERIK FAGERBERG CALISTOGA RACING TEAM KY 4 JOHN MANDROLA CALISTOGA RACING TEAM KY 5 JUSTIN G POKRIVKA PA 6 GARTH PROSSER SOBE CANNONDALE MTB OH 7 Jeffrey Craft OH 8 John Koury Two Johns NC 9 John May KY 10 RUDY SROKA LAKE EFFECT RACING OH 11 Andrew Klumb OH 12 BILL CRANK PEDAL THE PLANET/CES KY 13 BRUCE PISAREK CENTRAL OHIO BICYCLE CLUB/NATIONAL ENGINEERING OH 14 DEREK WILFORD LAKE EFFECT RACING OH 15 BILL MARUT LAKE EFFECT RACING OH 16 NATE LOMAN SUMMIT FREEWHEELERS/RAINBOW INKS OH 17 DANIEL LACH ZWS/CYCLESPORT OH 18 MIKE OTTING MERCYHEALTHPLEX/7HILLS RACING OH 19 SCOTT YOUNG OH 20 JAMES TURNER TEAM IPRO OH 21 TJ TURNER BIOWHEELS RACING OH 22 Charles South 23 Lou Beckmeyer 7 Hills OH 24 MATTHEW KOEHN SPEEDWAY WHEELMEN IN 25 Mike Ramsey 7 Hills 26 DOUGLAS DOBROZSI QUEEN CITY WHEELS 27 John Reidel Alan OH 28 James Merchant dnf JUSTIN G POKRIVKA DIRTY HARRYS PA dnf Lou Beckmeyer dnf Rick Toler Cat 3/4 Men (B) Race 1 ANTHONY MARUT LAKE EFFECT RACING OH 2 CHRIS MAYHEW JBV COACHING PA 3 KEITH LUCAS CKW RACING / OUTDOOR VENTURE KY 4 MASON MORGAN JENI'S/TEAM AWESOME OH 5 JOSHUA PRATER SPEEDWAY WHEELMEN IN 6 ADAM JACKSON KY 7 BEN BONNEY OH 8 STEVEN GERS BIOWHEELS/REECE-CAMPBELL RACING KY 9 KATSUHIRO TANDA TEAM ATHENS P/B KT PROTOTYPE OH 10 ERIC LUNDGREN IRON CITY BIKES PA 11 MICHAEL CHEWNING TEAM HUNGRY OH 12 LAYNE PETERS TEAM AWESOME OH 13 JOSEPH HALL NATIONAL ENGINEERING (COBC) OH 14 RYAN LINDSAY ZWS/CYCLESPORT OH 15 DAVID GROEN NATIONAL ENGINEERING OH 16 BRENDAN JONES BEAVER VALLEY VELO PA 17 MARK FARMER OHIO ORTHOPEDIC/MORO CYCLING OH 18 JOHN MARKSTEIN JENI'S / TEAM AWESOME OH 19 JON CLOUS OH 20 Scott Carter 21 MARK TROUSDALE SPEEDWAY WHEELMEN IN 22 JOE BONNELL ECHELON CYCLING OH 23 JOHN PROPPE UNATTACHED OH 24 MICHAEL RILEY OHIO ORTHOPEDIC OH 25 JONATHAN LOMAX PA 26 BLAIR FRALEY ECHELON CYCLING TEAM OH 27 DAVID FARNHAM B1 BICYCLES OH 28 JASON LEAMAN STARK VELO OH 29 LAURENCE PESYNA SAVAGEHILL CYCLING TEAM OH 30 SCOTT BOND SPEEDWAY WHEELMAN IN 31 tim brown 32 DOUG WEBSTER OH 33 JOSH MURPHEY BAREKNUCKLEBRIGADE OH 34 Aaron Beck Team Awesome OH 35 MICHAEL BENEDEK IN 36 DOUGLAS BERNARD OH 37 JAKE MCKEEGAN TRI-TECH OH dnf PETER CZERWINSKI ECHELON OH dnf Riley Marn dnf Mike Miller dnf Jon Claus Ohio dnf CHRIS Grisvard Juniors 10-12 1 WILL MANDROLA RED ZONE CYCLING KY 2 ANDREW RADEMACHER QUEEN CITY WHEELS YOUTH CYCLING OH 3 Abigal Roof 4 Nora Bell Juniors 13-14 1 HANNAH MOSSMAN ONE CALL NOW OH 2 ROBERT SROKA LAKE EFFECT RACING OH Juniors 15-16 1 SAMUEL DOBROZSI QUEEN CITY WHEELS Juniors 16-17 1 Colleen Morris OH Juniors 17-18 1 Sam Morrison Indiana Fast Man! IN 2 Sam Dobroszi UDF OH 3 BRIAN HAMMOND KRIETLER ROLLERS OH Cat 4 Men Open (C Race) 1 DAVE MUNDY OH 2 SCOTT ELLIS RMR CO 3 PETER HILLS TEAM DAYTON OH 4 CORY ST.CLAIR PRO CHAIN CYCLING OH 5 JADEN SEMPSROTT CINCINNATI OFF ROAD ALLIANCE OH 6 TIM DELGADO TEAM HUNGRY CYCLING OH 7 CAMERON POOLE TEAM DAYTON OH 8 SCOTT MURSCHEL TEAM ABUNDANCE OH 9 Peter Koury 10 PHILLIP BOYDELATOUR OH 11 DERRICK YOUNG UNATTACHED OH 12 JAMES BILLITER OH 13 KEVIN VANWERT ZEPHYR WHEEL SPORTS OH 14 SCOT HERRMANN TEAM DAYTON OH 15 TIM SHOLL OHIO ORTHOPEDIC/ MORO CYCLING OH 16 CHRIS BISHOP TREK STORE COLUMBUS 16 RICK VOITHOFER OH 17 ADAM SCHMIDT BIOWHEELS/REECE-CAMPBELL RACING OH 18 DOUG CARRAWAY OH 19 ANDY FISHER OH 19 ROBERT SROKA LAKE EFFECT RACING OH 20 STEPHEN FARRENS OH 21 DAN MASCRET B1 BIKES OH dnf SPENCER HACKETT OH Cat 3/4 Masters Men 35+ 1 THOMAS HAYES VELO BIKE SHOP/CHERRYSTREET COFFEE WA 2 LARS ANDERSEN UNATTACHED OH 3 MARTY SMITH COMMONWEALTH EYE SURGERY KY 4 COREY GREEN GHISALLO CYCLING TEAM OH 5 Glen Gardner 6 Greg Charkoudian 7 Dave Johnson 8 RODNEY ROOF ZWS/CYCLESPORT OH 9 Unknown 10 RICK MAIER TEAM DAYTON BICYCLING OH 11 JOHN THOMAS UNATTACHED OH 12 CHRIS FISCHER CENTRAL OHIO BICYCLE CLUB OH 13 RICHARD ELWELL OH 14 ALEXIS ROCCOS OH Cat 3/4 Masters Men 45+ 1 DAVID COAR DRT CONSULTING IN 2 SCOTT BOND SPEEDWAY WHEELMAN IN 3 Mike Otting 4 DAVID HART ZWS/CYCLESPORT OH 5 MITCHELL BECKNER ONE CALL NOW OH 6 RICHARD TOLER KREITLER ROLLERS OH 7 FRASER CUNNINGHAM ZEPHYR WHEEL SPORTS OH 8 DAN RAMSEY 7 HILLS/MERCY HEALTHPLEX OH 9 JONATHAN SPICKER QUEEN CITY WHEELS OH 10 DELL WILLIAMSON QCW OH 12 CHRISTOPHER GRISVARD TEAM COLUMBUS OH 13 CHARLES SOUTH 3RVS KOEHLINGER-KELLY IN 14 DOUG HAMILTON BIOWHEELS RACING OH 15 Scott Belcher 16 Nate Szabo 17 Henry Dimmick 18 JIM PONTIUS ZWS/CYCLESPORT OH 19 Chris Karwisch 20 Joe Deloss 21 JON SCHAER OH 22 James Merchant OH 23 RICHARD Allen 24 Marty Withrow Echelon OH 25 FRED DIRKSE OH 26 Addison Smith 27 Joe Siebeualler 28 JOHN RADEMACHER QUEEN CITY WHEELS OH 29 MARK MCKENNEY 7 HILLS RACING OH dnf PETER CZERWINSKI ECHELON OH dnf KENNY SIPES CKW RACING / OUTDOOR VENTURE KY dnf Michael Kreate Cat 3/4 Women 1 Laura Stahl TEAM AWESOME/JENI'S ICE CREAM OH 2 HANNAH MOSSMAN ONE CALL NOW OH 3 Kiersta Tucker KY 4 ALICIA DICELLO TEAM AWESOME/JENI'S ICE CREAM OH 5 AMY KULESZA BIKESOURCE OH 6 Ryan Heflin 7 Melissa Corliss 8 JENI ROOSEN MHP/7 HILLS OH dnf Alison Bedingfield Women 35+ 1 Gerry Schulze OH 2 Shellie Heggenberger OH 3 JAMIE CLIFTON NATIONAL ENGINEERING OH 4 BRIDGET SEMPSROTT CINCINNATI OFF ROAD ALLIANCE OH 5 KAREN HAMILTON BIOWHEELS RACING/REECE-CAMPBELL OH dnf Brooke Crum |
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