The 10th year of 'cross racing at the Sussex County Fair Grounds brought us unseasonably warm weather and well appreciated dry conditions.
The day kicked off with what was perhaps the most exciting race to spectate, the Masters 40+. The World Cup style course allowed groups of racers to stay together and work to get away. The selection was quickly made on the first lap when David Kahl (Liberty Cycles), Eric Schlauch (Somerset Wheelman), and Jonathan Lombardo (FinKraft) broke away. Joe Zurawski (MTBNJ) fought hard to bridge up mid-race, but was shortly dispatched by the group. With two laps to go, the lead trio began to look around and survey their competition, and plan their moves so they were not in front during the several headwind sections. On the back stretch, Kahl and Lombardo put a tiny gap into Schlauch, and came into the final s-turns together. The false-flat, arrow straight, pavement section suited Lombardo's powerful sprint and he took the victory by a bike length. Schlauch comfortably rolled in in third, and Zurawski hung on for fourth. The very deep Masters 50+ category was also exciting, but Rick Anderson (Somerset) was off the front on lap one and maintained a healthy gap. Robin Kinney (Pure Energy) looked to be closing the gap at times, but Anderson was too strong. Kinney rode a strong race into second. Patrick Kennedy (Liberty Cycles) rounded out the podium, and like first and second, rode in third place for the duration of the race. The Elite Women's field was diminished for the day, but Amy Miner (Onion River) fought hard the entire race to take the victory over Christina Perkins (Favata's TRT). In the Women's B, a solid field of 9 competitors threw down, but none could match the pace of current NJ 'Cross Cup leader Gerilynn Kucharski (Cycle Craft/Bulldogs) as she continued her winning ways. Kucharski has four wins in a row in the Cup Series. Carol Becht from Montclair Cyclists was the closest to Kucharski and finsihed second, while Katherine Russell (Somerset Wheelman) cranked out a solid performance in third. The Elite Men had great temperatures with their noon-thirty start. The fast and flowing course allowed the group to stay together for a large part of the first lap, but the three leaders were quickly decided. Teammates and U19 racers Zach Bender and Dag Anderson (Team Specialized-Rising STARS p/b Bicycling Magazine) tried to stay with the champion to be, Dylan Gallagher (Team Overlook), but Gallagher proved to be just too strong for the young competitors. Bender and Anderson, finished second and third, respectively, and certainly have the potential for a very impressive racing future. Brian Lariviere (Cycle Craft/Bulldogs) chased Andrew Loguidice (Skylands Cycling) and kept the pace hot, almost allowing Loguidice to connect with Anderson, but the connection did not happened. Loguidice edged out Lariviere to round out the five deep podium. 'Cross action will be back in "The County" for next Sunday, November 27, 2011. Don't miss it! 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. Category 3 Men Place Bib First Last Team License 1 536 michael goret Watchung Wheelmen/High Gear 302849 2 543 Eric Oishi Jimenez Velo Sport 303739 3 554 Frank Oreilly 277811 4 538 Daniel Lehmann Colavita Baci U19 321566 5 545 Mark Romanovsky Yorktown Cycles 126345 6 530 Dan Coleman Colavita Racing 46390 7 548 adam vandenbos team towncycle 295351 8 533 Christopher Esnes High Gear Cyclery/Watchung Wheelmen 191144 9 529 Ilya Cantor MTBNJ.com - Halter's Cycles 295680 10 532 Jesse Epstein Team Marty's 77854 11 528 Breogan Alvarez CRCA/Sids 286803 12 552 Joseph Petrarca MTBNJ.com - Halter's Cycles 295228 13 534 Saverio Fiorino Unattached 236480 14 551 Brian Shernce Team Bulldog 199588 15 553 Philaretos Karavida FinKraft 18530 16 535 Seth Gallagher Team Overlook Mtn Bikes 333006 17 555 Bill Romollino Blake Bear Cycling 236221 18 541 Chris Michaloski Halter's Cycles 302971 19 549 george vlahogiannis JIMENEZ VELO SPORT 215972 20 531 Christopher Dietrich Fuji Bikes 91682 21 539 Jeff Mandell Auto Haas VW 314970 22 547 Sean Tarricone Watchung Wheelmen 173561 23 540 Michael Mejia Bikeland 4 Autism ONE DAY 24 546 Ben Stein Colavita-Baci U19 309483 Category 4 Masters 40+ Place Bib First Last Team License 1 745 Scott Sugent Watchung Wheelmen/TMB Racing 261242 2 743 Sean Runnette Century Road Club of America 102918 3 751 Mark Wilens Team Overlook 173396 4 744 Travis Skinner Knapps Cyclery Racing Team 221079 5 746 Daniel Suhr Martys of Hackettstown 34565 6 752 Victor Schepisi Jiminez Velo Sport 226183 7 339 Amy Minor Onion River Racing 303570 8 747 Bob Swart Dark Horse Cycles 139784 9 756 Mike Novemsky 86898 10 736 Richard Kazimir Century Road Club of America 296036 11 737 Chris LaBudde 357440 12 733 laurence etgen Halter's Cycles/Green Mountain Tree Service 259862 13 738 Glenn May Watchung Wheelman 145726 14 753 Henry Lehman Pete's Bike/Century Road Club of America 271796 15 740 Mark Menter High Gear Cyclery/ Watchung Wheelmen ONE DAY 16 734 Joseph Huetz Speedwell Racing 345832 17 741 walter reynolds Dark Horse Cycles 110123 18 732 bladdymir coronel Death Row Velo 103299 19 750 George Volker Pete's Bike/Century Road Club of America 36777 20 755 Bruce Kristiansen Black Bear Cycling ONE DAY 21 742 Neil Ross Kissena 158256 21 748 Charles Tarbay 181940 Category 1/2/3 Elite Women Place Bib First Last Team License 1 122 Amy Miner Onion River Racing 303570 2 123 Christina Perkins Favata's TRT/Pro Power Endurance Coaching 259556 Category 4 Women Place Bib First Last Team License 1 183 Gerilynn Kucharski Cycle Craft/Bulldogs 264022 2 180 Carol Becht Montclair Cyclist 200869 3 184 katherine russell Team Somerset 242109 4 182 Robin Evensen Team MTBNJ.com-Halter's 334040 5 187 Jocelyn Gertel FinKraft 0 6 186 Jennifer Alpers One Day 7 181 Jenny Edmond ONE DAY 8 188 Shannon DeHArt Speedwell ONE DAY 9 189 Lillian Pliner Speedwell `One Day 15-18 Men Place Bib First Last Team License 1 689 Dillon Van Wart Team Town Cycle 248433 2 690 RJ Reisen Colavita-Baci U19 309277 3 688 Stephen Spiller Colavita-Baci U19 265410 4 687 Andrew Mauro Colavita-Baci U19 342234 5 691 Alex Breakstone Colavita-Baci U19 One Day 6 686 Gregory Felker Somerset Wheelmen 295222 10-14 Men Place Bib First Last Team License 1 986 Andre Perry Team Somerset 297658 Masters 50+ Men Place Bib First Last Team License 1 427 Rick Anderson Somerset Wheelmen 1620 2 431 Robin Kinney Pure Energy Pro AIR HFA 233709 3 430 Patrick Kennedy Liberty Cycle 72967 4 442 Tom Bowmaster Liberty Cycle 196028 5 437 Ed Troianello Watchung Wheelmen 197533 6 432 Marc Muller 357154 7 438 christopher walsh TeamTown Cycle 279532 8 428 Fafar Bayat Team Cosmic 217865 9 433 tom perkins Cyclocrossworld.com 111892 10 443 Dusan Strika Kissena 61737 11 435 Craig Rotile Finkraft Cycling Team 302367 12 439 Dave Daniels Black Bear 248435 13 436 Robert Sands Evolution / Beaver Valley Velo/ Flahutes 43028 14 441 Christopher Vegh Unattached 99509 15 429 Barrie Drabble Colavita Racing 182370 16 440 Gerry Remsen Skylands Cycling 29530 17 434 joseph piscitello Pa Masters rc. 218814 Category 4 Men Place Bib First Last Team License 1 50 Paul Meyer Team Marty's 305755 2 46 Michael Sciancalepore Team Martys, Fox Racing Shox 309680 3 36 Sean Pasieka Elite Endurance Training Systems 306426 4 21 Mike Kucharski Cycle Craft/Bulldogs 244770 5 16 Dan Harper Team Overlook ONE DAY 6 45 chris santalucia MTBNJ.com-Halters 311525 7 25 gregory orticelle Team Marty's 344280 8 19 William Kinsley NFG Cycles 302113 9 40 James Pearl Team MTBNJ.com-Halter's 349938 10 55 Rob Glick 139828 11 42 Christopher Ruiz MTBNJ.COM-Halter's Cycles 313134 12 14 Nick Alutin Westwood Velo 1490 13 49 Scott Sugent Watchung Wheelmen/TMB Racing 261242 14 47 Sean Smith Team Somerset 114304 15 18 Joe Jacobs Speedwell Racing 326832 16 52 Matt Sordil Speedwell Racing 280207 17 24 Eric Noonan Team Marty's 318570 18 15 Andrew Hagan Rutgers University | Raleigh Cycling PENDING 19 20 Leo Kolshorn Upstate Velo 149053 20 17 Matthew Hill NYCMTB.com 279263 21 44 Eric Sandrow Century Road Club of America 320604 22 23 Will Miller Yellow Breeches Racing ONE DAY 23 13 Doug Alpers Team Marty's 301056 24 41 Mike Romanovsky Yorktown Cycles 146461 25 35 Nick Paglia Cycle Craft ONE DAY 26 54 JC Crawford 27 48 j szalus uno X uno ONE DAY 28 51 Jeff Miller Yorktown Cycles One Day 29 53 Rich Long ONE DAY 30 43 Anthony Sambrato 354634 Category 1/2/3 Elite Men Place Bib First Last Team License 1 215 Dylan Gallagher Team Overlook Mtn Bicycles 164600 2 213 Zach Bender Team Specialized-Rising STARS p/b Bicycling Magazine 250355 3 212 Dag Anderson Team Specialized - Rising STARS p/b Bicycling Magazin231596 4 221 Andrew Loguidice Skylands Cycling 278586 5 217 Brian Lariviere Cycle Craft/Bulldogs 93139 6 214 Roger Foco Bicycle Tech Racing / (VTC)Vernon Training Camp 87347 7 218 Keith Licata Cycle Craft/Bulldogs 196832 8 222 Wiejak Jan Verge 38152 9 220 Michael Lukowiak Cycle Craft/Bulldogs 169868 10 223 Rafal Urzedowski Northwestern Hardware 65744 Masters 40+ Men Place Bib First Last Team License 1 329 Jonathan Lombardo Finkraft Cycling Team 21498 2 327 David Kahl Liberty Cycle 18414 3 331 Eric Schlauch Team Somerset 31595 4 333 Joseph Zurawski MTBNJ.com - Halter's 297173 5 323 Adam Duncan CRCA/Finkraft Cycling Team 195390 6 328 Kevin Keane Colavita Racing NJ/NY 225711 7 324 Charles Erndl 3D racing team/ Atlantic Cyclery 10934 8 334 Kevin Horan Colavita Racing NJ/NY 154136 9 336 Brian Margarum Black Bear 292941 10 335 David Van Wart TeamTown Cycle 36483 11 322 Chuck Crocco Team Somerset 196092 12 337 Bob LoGuidice Skylands Cycling 302842 13 320 arshad bahl Organic Athlete INTL 14 330 Robert Sands Evolution / Beaver Valley Velo/ Flahutes 43028 15 321 Tracy Boshart Tarmac Cycling/Iron Bridge Consultin 253263 16 338 Jerry Maillow Unattached 359637 |