Nittany Lion Cross UCI C2 - MAC SERIES Race #1
Presented by
Penn State Cycling - Gotham Cyclists - National Events Management Org
Fogelsville, PA
Saturday, September 20, 2008
STUNNED IN PENNSYLVANIA
Van Gilder, Driscoll, Bahnson Win MAC Opener
September 20, 2008; Conshohocken, PA, USA: Against the stunning backdrop of the Lehigh Valley�s South Mountain, the best of the MAC Cyclocross Series opened their 2008 season with the UCI Nittany Lion Cyclocross at Penn State University�s satellite campus in Fogelsville Pennsylvania on Saturday. By the end of the day, some of the results were as stunning as the scenery. Though the UCI races were the main event, the most lasting memory of the race may turn out to be the performance of Jeff Bahnson (Secret Henry�s/Van Dessel Factory Team) in the men�s �B� race. Unlike many series, MAC�s secondary men�s division includes Category 2 men, as well as the usual category 3 and 4, because of the high percentage of UCI-listed races that make up the series. Yet the 15 year-old high school sophomore, who many have tagged as a future superstar, convincingly beat some of the fastest racers in the Mid Atlantic at an age when he should be competing for a spot on his school�s Junior Varsity sports teams. It was the Junior 15-16 National Champion�s first outright win against adult competition, and it came before he�s even eligible to apply for a learner�s permit to drive a car.
Like Bahnson, Laura Van Gilder (C3-Sollay.com) took a stunning first win. With a grand total of just three cyclocross races under her belt, two them years ago before her professional career began, Van Gilder toed the line for the first-time at a big-league �cross race to start a new chapter in her legendary cycling career. One of her main rivals would be defending MAC Champion Maureen �Mo� Bruno-Roy, who was once Van Gilder�s soignier on the dominating Saturn road team. Bruno-Roy took the hole-shot and deliberately extended her lead throughout the early portion of the race, with Van Gilder and the Velo Bella teammate of Dee Dee Winfield and Anna Milkowski forming the chase. For both Winfield and Milkowski, the race marked the return to top-flight competition following layoffs: Milkowski after suffering a broken leg in a racing crash in the spring and Winfield after giving birth to her second child late last year.
Bruno-Roy seemed to have the race under control when she started getting visibly tired. �I�m at the very end of a four-week training block,� she said afterwards. �I was really tired. It�s too early in the season to peak for �cross yet.� Winfield drove the chase and even broke free at one point. But with two laps to go, Winfield, Bruno-Roy and Van Gelder were all together. Ten seconds after the announcers, alluding to Van Gelder�s road sprinting prowess, said �two of those three riders don�t want this race to stay together�, Winfield crashed at the tricky double sand pit. �I don�t know what happened,� she said later, �but my bike got wrapped up in the course tape and I was yelling �get off my bike!� at the tape.� Bruno-Roy was unable to escape the ever present Van Gelder, who took the sprint easily.
Afterwards, Van Gelder said that she had first contacted her C3-Sollay.com team as far back as July after deciding to pursue �cross. �I�m really happy at C3-Sollay.com because it�s a cyclocross focused team. I wanted a team with the experience and guidance to really help me.�
The UCI Men�s race turned out to be a two-act play, with Matt White (BikeReg.com/Joe�s Garage) and Jamie Driscoll (Cyclocrossworld.com/Cannondale) working together to stay ahead of Colovita/Sutter Home Wine�s Tyler Wren for most of the race. Wren appeared to be throwing caution to the wind, but couldn�t catch the lead duo, who were concentrating on staying smooth together. �We just wanted to maintain the lead,� said Driscoll, who was wearing his University of Vermont summer road kit to stay cool in the early season heat. With a little less than two laps to go, Driscoll dropped the hammer and was able to gap White to take the win.
Runner-up White summarized the end game, �When Jamie took off and we sped up, it was just a matter of time before one of use screwed up. I was hoping it would be him, but is was me who spiked a pedal (into the grass) and I was done.�
In the Elite Masters Race, defending series champ Roger Aspholm dominated the proceedings and led his Westwood Velo teammates Troy Kimball and Ralf Warmuth to a podium-sweeping 1-2-3 finish.
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
PLACE BIB First Name Last Name Team Time
1 6 Jamey Driscoll Cyclocrossworld.com/Cannondale 00:55.9
2 22 Matt White BikeReg.com/Joe's Garage 00:57.2 same time
3 24 Tyler Wren Colavita/Sutter Home 01:35.1 39.2
4 29 Jonathan Hamblen Time Pro Cycling 01:50.1 54.2
5 16 Weston Schempf C3-Sollay.com! 02:39.0 01:43.1
6 5 Alec Donahue BikeReg.com/Joe's Garage 04:01.2 03:05.3
7 4 Josh Dillon Fiordifrutta / Cannondale 04:07.5 03:11.6
8 10 Michael Gallagher C3 SOLLAY.COM 04:08.6 same time
9 26 Nathan Wyatt Carolina Fatz/Santa Cruz/Sram 05:24.8 04:28.9
10 15 Adam Myerson 05:25.3 same time
11 13 Bobby Lea Fuji 05:26.7 same time
12 7 Bill Elliston Fuji 05:27.0 same time
13 19 Zoltan Tisza PNIVO-Betonexpressz 2000 05:28.2 same time
14 3 Stephen Cummings Indiana Regional Medical Center 06:06.1 05:10.2
15 23 Greg Wittwer ALAN North America Cycling Team 06:28.7 05:32.8
16 12 Matt Kraus RGM WATCHES - RICHARD SACHS - B 06:36.5 05:40.6
17 21 Nathaniel Ward BikeReg/Joe's Garage 06:46.7 05:50.8
18 25 Andrew Wulfkuhle C3-Sollay.com 06:48.0 same time
19 8 Mukunda Feldman Spooky Bikes 06:56.5 06:00.6
20 28 Christopher Consorto Human Zoom Cycling 06:57.1 same time
21 1 Shawn Adams Lake Effect 07:18.9 06:23.0
22 2 John Brewer Haymarket Bicycles p/b Function 09:01.0 08:05.1
23 9 Sean Galegher Hunt Valley Bicycles/HVB 11:08.4 10:12.5
24 20 Chad Totaro Human Zoom / Pabst Blue Ribbon 13:08.4 12:12.5
25 11 Todd Hesel Hunt Valley Bicycles/Marathon R 14:01.2 13:05.3
Elite Women
PLACE BIB First Name Last Name Team Time
1 85 Laura Van Gilder C3 Sollay 39:46.5
2 99 Maureen Bruno Roy UNATTACHED 39:51.8 5.3
3 82 Deidre Winfield Velo Bella - Kona 40:01.8 15.3
4 89 Anna Milkowski Velo Bella-Kona 40:44.8 58.3
5 93 Arley Kemmerer Hub Racing 41:12.0 01:25.5
6 88 Melanie Swartz Velo Bella - Kona 41:26.0 01:39.5
7 86 Nikki Thiemann Human Zoom Pabst Blue Ribbon 41:39.5 01:53.0
8 96 Kristin Gavin Human Zoom/Pabst Blue Ribbon 41:54.6 02:08.1
9 84 Heidi Von Teitenberg C3-Sollay.com 42:39.0 02:52.5
10 83 Lauri Webber Secret Henry's Team 42:55.0 03:08.5
11 94 Kristen Kelsey Evolution Racing 43:22.8 03:36.3
12 87 Kristy Swope EPS/CSS/Riptide Cycling 43:30.3 03:43.8
13 98 Kristine Church Human Zoom/ Pabst Blue Ribbon 44:23.2 04:36.7
14 91 Beth Mason C3-Sollay.com 44:53.6 05:07.1
15 92 Lynda Maldonado Cadence Cycling & Multisport 45:30.7 05:44.2
16 81 Alicia Hamblen NC Cycling 46:04.1 06:17.6
17 95 Diane Grim C3-Sollay.com 48:04.6 08:18.1
18 97 Tammy Ebersole Evolution Racing 48:04.7 same time
DNF 90 Jennifer Maxwell TEAM KENDA TIRE
Elite Masters
PLACE BIB First Name Last Name Team Age
1 703 Roger Aspholm Westwood Velo 40
2 720 Troy Kimball Westwood Velo 44
3 737 Ralf Warmuth Westwood Velo 44
4 743 Michael Yozell VisitPA.com
5 732 Kirk Reisinger Club Wissahickon / Engin Cycles 40
6 707 Todd Cassan Westwood Velo 45
7 714 Greg Ferguson Penn State Hershey Cancer Inst. 43
8 738 Dave Weaver Alan North America Cylcocross Team 37
9 735 Dan Staffo Handlebars cycling company 37
10 741 Brian Wieczorek Freddie Fu Cycling 41
11 706 Robert Campos HVC/wildthyme 40
12 724 Mark Kutney Van Dessel Cycles 50
13 736 Glenn Turner Human Zoom/Pabst Blue Ribbon 37
14 730 Gerry Pflug Speedgoat/SPK/Salsa 40
15 725 Christopher Long GS Gotham/Toga 48
16 733 Kerry Shields Carolina Masters Cycling 56
17 731 Joseph Piccillo Evolution Racing 37
18 716 Andy Gorski SPK / Speedgoat / Salsa 37
19 745 Michael Kuhn Cadence
20 722 Michael Kolb C3-Sollay.com 44
21 740 Joshua West BIKEMAN.com 35
22 739 Ransom Weaver Guys Racing 40
23 723 Todd Kruger Heart House/CADV/CC Evesham 39
24 719 Sean Kelsey Evolution Racing 41
25 701 N. Johan Anestad Evolution Racing 38
26 708 Charles Chichester Guy's Racing 40
27 717 Douglass Gray Christiana Care PT+/FSVS 48
28 749 Randall Root Evolution Cycling Club 53
29 746 Mark Featherman Guys Racing 46
30 728 Judd Milne Squadra Coppi/IM Saab 37
31 712 Charles Erndl 3-D RacingTeam/Toms Atlantic cyclery 38
32 747 John Miller Guys Racing 44
33 702 Jeffrey Appeltans Primus Mootry/Denver Boulder Couriers 45
34 705 Ed Burgess Hammer Nutrition 47
35 726 David Lowe Human Zoom/Pabst Blue Ribbon 46
36 727 Tom McDaniel Secret Henrys
37 709 Kellly Cline Wissahickon
38 744 Raymond Zeimet Guy's Racing 42
39 713 Chris Facas Westwood Velo/Trade Manage Capitol 39
40 710 Paul Debartolo GS Gotham/TOGA 42
41 742 Dwight Wyatt Carolina Fatz 51
42 704 Kevin Breckenmaker Yellow Breeches Racing 52
43 721 Frederick Klenk Evolution Racing 39
44 748 Richard Ball Watchung Wheelmen 39
45 715 Bradley Ford South Mountain Cycles 42
46 799 William Strickland South Mountain Cycles 44
2,3,4 Men
PLACE BIB First Name Last Name Team
1 404 Jeff Bahnson Secret Henry's Team / Van Desse
2 427 Michael Mihalik Beaver Valley Velo
3 409 Rob Collins Secret Henry's Team
4 410 Andrew Crooks NYC Velo
5 426 Ian Mathias Hunt Valley Bicycles / Marathon
6 440 Marc Vettori C3-Sollay.com
7 435 Matthew Spinks Team Metra/Wendy's p/b Victor H
8 430 Kyle Murphy The Bike Lane
9 401 Zach Adams C3-Sollay.com
10 411 Chad Culbertson Guy's Racing
11 433 Mark Romanovsky Muddy Cup Cycling
12 418 Michael Jenks Highland Park Hermes
13 444 Colin Sandberg Pa. Elite Velo
14 451 Thomas Wood Philadelphia Ciclismo
15 436 Matt Spohn Dynaflo
16 407 Mark Broadwater C3-Sollay.com
17 442 Justin Woulfe Tri State Velo
18 416 Matt Harris Philadelphia Ciclismo
19 417 Gale Hess International Christian Cycling
20 406 Bob Biese Team Vortex
21 437 Mike Stubna Indiana Regional Medical Center
22 441 John Wanner Elite Bicycles
23 443 Cam Mancuso ACT
24 424 Craig Lebair philadelphia ciclismo
25 420 Brett Kielick Drexel Cycling
26 434 Trevor Shattuck Hunt Valley Bicycles/Marathon Roofing
27 413 Scott Frison
28 402 Andrew Ammon CAROLINA MASTERS CYCLING TEAM
29 419 Peter Kennedy C3-Sollay.com
30 429 Eric Morgan
31 428 Joel Moats Yellow Breeches Racing
32 415 Nathan Goates Faulkner Honda / In-Gear
33 421 Jed Kornbluh CRCA/Jonathan Adler Racing
34 405 John Beers Philadelphia Ciclismo
35 403 Ben Anemone Christiana Care PT+/FSVS
36 412 James Doherty unattached
37 432 Evan Robinson Pro Bikes
38 423 Dan Larino CRCofA/Petes Bike/Bridgewater M
39 447 Brett Rothmeyer Allegheny Cycling Association
40 449 Erik Mitchell Human Zoom Cycling
41 452 Ray Ignosh Gotham Cyclists
42 422 Andrew Kuklis El Camino = Pure Awesomeness
43 450 Nathan Penfield High Road Cycle
44 408 Eric Carlson Westwood Velo / Trade Manage Ca
45 431 Patrick O'Dunne
46 425 William Macy Carolina Masters Cycling Club
47 445 Charles Hanlon Guys Racing
Collegiate
PLACE BIB First Name Last Name Team
1 497 Joe Pigga
2 498 Adam Leman Drexel University
3 496 Andrew Webster Millersville University Cycling Team
4 499 Clayton Chiles Penn State University Cycling
5 500 David Casale Tri-State
B & 55+ Masters Age
PLACE BIB First Name Last Name Team 57
1 655 Fred Wittwer Van Dessel Factory Team Va. 36
2 601 Peter Baiamonte Brooklyn Velo Force / GQ Racing 40
3 640 Mark Pohndorf Colavita Racing 48
4 653 Paul Wahner DrWahner.com 35
5 631 James Martin Cycles 54 41
6 627 Kevin Keane Skylands Cycling 38
7 623 Kevin Horan Colavita 39
8 618 Wade Hess Cape Atlantic Racing/Team Beacon/ECA 41
9 652 Barry Wahner DrWahner.com 49
10 606 Tom Bowmaster Liberty Cycle 44
11 654 Rolf Windh Guy's Racing 56
12 635 Harold Parker Team X Racing 37
13 649 Chris Thaler Evolution Racing 37
14 639 Todd Peterson Team Bulldog/Campmor 45
15 656 Vin Mancuso Unattached 44
16 625 Lars Jacobsen Skylands Cycling 52
17 629 Joseph Kenas Guy's Racing 50
18 650 David Troop First State Velo Sport 41
19 602 David Baker Skylands Cycling 50
20 610 Mike Czupryna Christiana Care PT+/FSVS 35
21 604 Richard Bilson C3-Sollay.com 38
22 613 Werner Freymann Pure Energy Cycling/River Horse Brewing 37
23 605 Tim Bowman Club Wissahickon 37
24 644 Jeff Shumaker Philadelphia Ciclismo 47
25 637 Tom Perkins bicycle depot 36
26 658 Nathan Ruch Evolution Cycles 48
27 648 Dusan Strika Kissena Cycling Team 35
28 643 Travis Sapsford Guy's Racing 40
29 617 James Furman Van Dessel Factory Team 47
30 626 Larry Kaufman Van Dessel Factory Team 35
31 632 Leyton Murray Denos Wonder Wheel 59
32 634 Russ Padgett CycleFunattic 55
33 638 Bob Perna beans bikes 54
34 603 Richard Bauch Colavita Racing 37
35 647 Christopher Stine Cedar Bike 34
36 641 Ryan Pomajevich Gotham Cyclists 53
37 624 Jim Innes Guys Racing 56
38 642 Gerry Ryerson Skylands Cycling 45
39 646 Gary Snyder Evolution Racing 48
40 611 Louis D'Amelio Van Dessel Factory Team NJ 49
41 657 Dave Baumgardner Amoroso's Racing Team 51
42 628 Gary Kelley Bean's Bikes
3,4 Men Age
PLACE BIB First Name Last Name Team 27
1 136 Brian Swehla Abington Wheel Wright Bikes 31
2 130 Stephen Riskus AABC 32
3 105 Joseph Bruce Team Lukas 39
4 111 Jason Eicholtz Bike & Blade 39
5 110 Adam Duncan CRCA/Avenue A|Razorfish 23
6 126 Steven Persak Liberty Cycle 28
7 114 Saverio Fiorino Danny's Cycles Racing/ Sebago Footwear 34
8 117 Jamie Harris Philadelphia Ciclismo 31
9 143 Robert Botto Unattached 23
10 141 David Casale Tri-State 23
11 116 Ryan Hardy C3-Sollay.com 25
12 121 Adam Leman Drexel University 21
13 139 Randall Mazzarino Hunt Valley Bicycles 32
14 129 Jason Reckner QCW/Breakaway Racing 27
15 137 Taylor Valentine 36
16 140 josh Carter Unattache 39
17 119 Barry Jones No Cents Racing 44
18 123 Michael Melnick Beans Bikes 27
19 128 Keith Plunkett South mountain cycles /Fifth Street Cross 32
20 127 Kyle Pitman ABRT 53
21 144 George Harriott Bike Line/LWA 36
22 133 Frank J. Schlipf Iii Guys Racing Club 46
23 102 Bradley Bechtel 41
24 122 Patrick Littlefield CRCA / Avenue A | Razorfish Cycling 35
25 113 Scott Feather Vortex 17
26 103 Tyler Brown Christiana Care PT+/FSVS 24
27 131 Jonathan Ruiz Guys Racing 53
28 132 Robert Sands Evolution Racing 33
29 104 Steve Brownlie CRCA / Affinity Cycles 47
30 147 William Bray Unattached 42
31 134 Brian Stoner cole's velo cycling club 39
32 138 Ken Zorovich Propeller Racing 25
33 106 Fabian Brugger 33
34 108 Leon Chou Prince William Elite Racing 44
35 112 Joe Favara Hampton Velo 25
36 146 Ryan Shank Breakaway Racing 49
37 118 Edward Hickey 35
38 109 David Dalkner 24
39 142 Colin Bonnington Unattached 49
40 125 Bill Perry Bike and Blade
U19 Men Age
PLACE BIB First Name Last Name Team 15
1 195 Gunnar Bergey Unattached 16
2 198 Ross Gordon Cape Atlantic Racing/Team Beacon 14
3 199 Zach Bender GS Park Ridge�Team Cyclesport 14
4 192 Dag Anderson Somerset Wheelmen 13
5 193 Max Mancuso Sicklers 14
6 190 Jonathan Bright Vortex Cycling Club 12
7 197 Noah Granigan Team Somerset 11
8 191 Austin Bright Team Vortex 14
9 196 Anthony Skorochod Gotham Cyclists
Women 45+
PLACE BIB First Name Last Name Team Age
1 384 Jill Waggett Guy's Racing 45
2 383 Karen Tourian Guy's Racing 46
3 380 Christina Chambers Bicycle Depot / TP Racing 51
4 381 Mary Fetrow Yellow Breeches Racing 47
Women 3,4
PLACE BIB First Name Last Name Team Age
1 302 Kim Dubeck Beans Bikes 33
2 301 Christina Briseno C3-Sollay.com 39
3 303 Christine Fennessy South Mountain Cycles 32
4 309 Kathrin Schumacher Guy's Racing 35
5 307 Audrey Romanovsky Muddy Cup Cycling 27
6 311 Janet Trubey North Carolina Cyclocross 37
7 313 Kathleen Wulfkuhle C3-Sollay.com 27
8 306 Emily Mackay Indiana Regional Medical Center 25
9 305 Kyra Kenwood Carl Hart/GSBC 28
10 314 Caitlin Thompson Human Zoom Cycling 24
11 304 Jennifer Kegel 42
12 310 Hillary Styer Velo Bella 33
Women U19
PLACE BIB First Name Last Name Team Age
1 360 Emily Shields Carolina Masters Cycling 15
2 361 Katherine Shields Carolina Masters Cycling 15
3 363 Kaitlyn Lawrence Vortex Cycling Club 14
4 362 Alicia Styer Velo Bella 11
