Eco Cross

Sylmar, CA

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Eco Cross Presented by Team CICLE Sylmar, CA Sunday, November 11, 2007
SCPS #6- ECO CROSS

�The Eco Friendly Tour�

With a commitment to social and ecological responsibility, the SoCalCross Prestige Series has become the first-ever CERTIFIED GREEN Sports Series in the nation! All Prestige Series events are practicing earth-friendly responsibilities: recycling paper, bottles, cans, tires, tubes, CO2 cartridges... minimizing the carbon footprint of every event. As part of the Certified Green mission, the Prestige Series has introduce a weekly off-the-bike competition held throughout the season to promote Global Cooling through individual�s �Eco-Actions�. The Go Green Racer competition provides racers the opportunity to complete as many �Eco-Actions� as they can every week � such as replacing 5 standard light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs � in an effort to earn points towards the Go Green Racer overall title. The rider with the most points every week will wear the Go Green Racer Jersey! To Learn More About this Green Series and its Eco-Partners go to: www.socalcross.com

This week�s race was the most important in this Green series as the Eco-Cross was to remind everyone of the importance in lowering car emissions and living a greener lifestyle. The ECO-EXPO: Presented by CICLE (www.BikeNow.org) was in place to educate all on bicycle commuting and car free actions we can take, and show how easy it can be �not to reach for the car keys.� The event organizers (Dorothy Wong and the CICLE Team) went as far as creating VIP carpool parking zone for racers who share the ride allowing them front row options. Totally Tubular showed off their cool recycled bike goods and since the bicycle is already a green resource, the Eco-Cross showcased renewable and sustainable bamboo and steel frames by Calfee Designs and Townsend Cycles. Spectators were also blessed with the ART OF CROSS, Jeff Herring�s cross-inspired original works. Jeff was on hand accepting donations of old bike parts to his Art of Cross used parts bin as he will use these to create the best Team Awards this season.

The racing was not as friendly or green as the Eco-Expo. With the series now at its mid-point, racers are acknowledging that all the categories are getting stronger and the groups are taking longer to separate on course and the weather in Southern California finally cooperated in making it feel like cyclocross season as bikes came off the course with mud clinging to them. This in turn is made the racing harder and more interesting with efforts such as the men�s 3-4 and single-speed winner Bobby Lagin, Jr. (Team Platinum/Specialized) who took home two wins in back-to-back categories.

The women�s elite was off with an explosive start again as the young Coryn Rivera of Team Redline was off from the start again leading the group through the first lap until she caught a tree on the hairy 180-degree descending turn that entered the Kool-in-Fit forest on the front part of the course. It was not a major crash Coryn expressed but enough to tangle her up and take her out of the lead for a lap. Where Tonya Bray (Team CICLE) took charge leading the pack into the tight turns and through the remainder of the lap where the two were battling it out with Dorothy Wong, Christie Pleiss, and Mandy Eakins of Team CICLE following so closely it looked to be anyone�s race. However, Bray dropped her chain allowing the wise Rivera to take advantage of the misshape and push out in front of the group again. From here Coryn Rivera never looked back taking the win on the day with Tonya Bray, Dorothy Wong, Christie Pleiss, and Mandy Eakins of Team CICLE finishing off the race in this order to fill the rest of the podium.

The men�s elite was powerful again even on this soft and technically challenging course. Last week�s winner Mike Easter of the Time Factory Team was out again pushing hard but it was Chance Nobel (Cal Giant/Specialized) again who started the race leading the group. Chance seems to be getting stronger the later it comes in the season but he could not hold the lead as it was Brent Prenzlow (Alan North America) who took his lead. Prenzlow returned to the SCPS series this week, after his visit to Colorado�s Redline Cup last weekend. The Alan North America rider took the win in cool fashion as he has all season. Early in the race the lead group looked like something more from a crit but as the race went on racers began to drop from the tightly filed cluster. It was Frederick Bottger (Team Bearclaw) again who looked strong pedaling along with Easter and others through the race and this group plus many others held together until the finish. It was exciting to watch as Prenzlow once in his comfort zone started to gap himself from the rest finishing with at least twenty-seconds on the group. The young Nobel was on his trail gapping himself from the pack too as in the final sprint Bottger dropped his chain coasting in for fourth while the Time Factory rider, Easter snapped his chain also coasting in for third. These three were putting on an intense show but the excitement was not finished there as the two with mechanical errors narrowly escaped the path of John Behrens (Team Bailey/Black Mountain Bikes).

It was another fun weekend of racing, social change, and life as the SCPS hit its mid-point and will take a break until the day after Thanksgiving for its annual Turkey-Trot. Thanks to all the racers, supporters, sponsors and volunteers who are making this wonderful series happen. The growth and possibilities for this series seem endless.


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 1/2/3
Place   Num  First Name    Last Name          Club
1       521  Brent         Prenzlow           Alan North America
2       525  Chance        Noble              California Giant Cycling
3       515  Michael       Easter             Time Factory Team
4       508  Frederick     Bottger            Team Bearclaw
5       507  John          Behrens            Bailey/Black Mountain
6       506  John          Bailey             Bailey/Black Mountain
7       526  Jason         Lowetz             Team Bearclaw
8       519  Lyle          Warner             Team Bearclaw
9       527  Matias        Mendigochea        Kahala LaGrange
10      523  Gary          Douville           Team Platinum
11      524  Brandon       Gritters           Rock n Road
12      518  Leonardo      Sandoval
13      513  Jason         Siegle             Jax
14      516  Anton         Petrov             UCLA Cycling-USCF
15      514  Ted           Willard            Liquid Fitness/1031market.com
16      512  Didier        Jourdain           Celo Pacific
17      511  Lawrence      Leonard            Successful Living
18      510  Cameron       Fox                Velo Europa
19      517  Paul          Hernandez          Bicycle Johns Serious Cycling
509  Jeremy        Dixon              Kahala LaGrange
522  Chris         DeMarchi           Rock n Road


Masters Men 35+ 1/2/3
Place   Num  First Name    Last Name          Club
1       560  John          Tzinberg           Velo Club La Grange Westwood
2       558  Mike          McMahon            Team Velocity
3       561  Garnet        Vertican           Giant
4       562  Chance        Fiedler            Rock n Road
5       559  Jeff          Herring            Team CICLE
6       520  Paul          Welsh              Celo Pacific
7       566  Theodore      Posch Hr           Team Velocity
8       565  Bill          Dean               NOW-MS Society
9       573  Samuel        Ames               Simply Fit/Action Sports
10      556  Johnny        Dalton             Team Velocity
557  Jeff          Sanford            Edge/Toyota
563  Mark          Fluss              Central Coast Magazine
564  Jamie         Goldstein          Team Platinum


Elite Men 1/2/3 & Masters Men 35+ 1/2/3 (combined)
Place   Num  First Name    Last Name          Club
1       521  Brent         Prenzlow           Alan North America
2       525  Chance        Noble              California Giant Cycling
3       515  Michael       Easter             Time Factory Team
4       508  Frederick     Bottger            Team Bearclaw
5       507  John          Behrens            Bailey/Black Mountain
6       506  John          Bailey             Bailey/Black Mountain
7       526  Jason         Lowetz             Team Bearclaw
8       519  Lyle          Warner             Team Bearclaw
9       527  Matias        Mendigochea        Kahala LaGrange
10      523  Gary          Douville           Team Platinum
11      524  Brandon       Gritters           Rock n Road
12      560  John          Tzinberg           Velo Club La Grange Westwood
13      518  Leonardo      Sandoval
14      558  Mike          McMahon            Team Velocity
15      561  Garnet        Vertican           Giant
16      513  Jason         Siegle             Jax
17      562  Chance        Fiedler            Rock n Road
18      559  Jeff          Herring            Celo Pacific
19      520  Paul          Welsh              Celo Pacific
20      566  Theodore      Posch Hr           Team Velocity
21      516  Anton         Petrov             UCLA Cycling-USCF
22      514  Ted           Willard            Liquid Fitness/1031market.com
23      512  Didier        Jourdain           Celo Pacific
24      565  Bill          Dean               NOW-MS Society
25      573  Samuel        Ames               Simply Fit/Action Sports
26      556  Johnny        Dalton             Team Velocity
27      511  Lawrence      Leonard            Successful Living
28      510  Cameron       Fox                Velo Europa
29      517  Paul          Hernandez          Bicycle Johns Serious Cycling
509  Jeremy        Dixon              Kahala LaGrange
522  Chris         DeMarchi           Rock n Road
557  Jeff          Sanford            Edge/Toyota
563  Mark          Fluss              Central Coast Magazine
564  Jamie         Goldstein          Platinum


Elite Women 1/2/3
Place   Num  First Name    Last Name          Club
1       11   Coryn         Rivera             Team Redline
2       12   Tonya         Bray               Team CICLE
3       6    Dorothy       Wong               Team CICLE
4       8    Christie      Pleiss             Team CICLE
5       10   Mandy         Eakins             Team CICLE
6       4    Heidi         Kanayan            Team CICLE
7       5    Beatriz       Rodriguez          Team CICLE
8       9    Ankie         Trollegard         Team CICLE
9       7    Lisa          Crowe              Don's Bikes
13   Rachel        O'Connell          Cheerwine


Women 3/4
Place   Num  First Name    Last Name          Club
1       368  Lisa          Crowe              Don's Bike
2       375  Brooke        Warner             Team CICLE
3       374  Genna         McMahon            Team Velocity
4       373  Jen           Easter
5       372  Carlyn        Lambert-Oropez
6       371  Elizabeth     Delvillar
7       367  Maike         Sander             Firestone/Griffin
369  Ivana         Gallegos           Team CICLE
370  Dinorah       Lawson


Masters Women 40+
Place   Num  First Name    Last Name          Club
1       389  Robin         MacDonald-Foley    Team CICLE
2       387  Amy           Hutner             Kahala LaGrange
3       388  Carol         Ruckle             Team Possabilities
4       390  Keli          Roberts            Team CICLE


Men 4
Place   Bib  First Name    Last Name          Club
1       715  Matt          Kinder             Motortabs Cycling Team
2       719  Victor        Robles             Simi Cycling
3       707  Miguel        Sutter             Pasadena Athletic Assoc (PAA)
4       718  Stephen       Kozowyk
5       708  Matthew       Davis              Kahala LaGrange
6       705  Geoff         Mcfetridge
7       711  Van           Geslani            Team Possibilities
8       713  Tom           Dever              Motortabs Cycling Team
9       716  Allen         Lin                Pasadena Athletic Assoc (PAA)
10      702  Ron           Hunt               Newhall Bicycle Company
11      723  Max           Burgos             Century Road Club Association
12      712  Steve         Bertrand           Platinum Performance Cycling Team
13      720  Justin        Koo
14      701  Garland       Gabrang            The Rocket
15      714  Wendel        Woodford
16      726  John          Petersen           Pasadena Athletic Assoc (PAA)
17      717  Nick          Humphrey           Pasadena Athletic Assoc (PAA)
18      703  Jay           Kwan               Unattached
19      722  Michael       Kapper
20      710  James         Zumberge           Unattached
21      727  Robert        Sandoral
22      721  Michael       Gorrilla
23      728  Chris         Flacker
24      709  Gary          Lucia              Vivo Metrics
25      724  Britn         Dallas             Santa Cruz
704  Steve         Marshall           Bear Valley Bikes
706  Michael       Moore              Unattached
725  John          Huntington


Junior Men 15-18
Place   Num  First Name    Last Name          Club
1       161  Ben           Bertiger           Team CICLE


Junior Men 10-14
Place   Num  First Name    Last Name          Club
1       150  Erik          Volotzky           Team CICLE
2       153  Andrew        Hazeltine          South Bay Wheelmen
3       149  William       Cenkeit
4       151  Jackson       Sproul             Chicken Ranch


Junior Women 10-15
Place   Num  First Name    Last Name          Club
1       152  Danielle      Hazeltine          South Bay Wheelmen


Masters Men 45+
Place   Num  First Name    Last Name          Club
1       325  Bobby         Langin             Platinum Performance
2       327  Johnny        Dalton             Team Velocity
3       333  Bradley       Galindo            Pasadena Athletic Assoc (PAA)
4       324  Robert        DeFerrante         Pasadena Athletic Assoc (PAA)
5       323  Greg          Castaneda          Lightning Velo
6       322  Paul          Bracken            Pasadena Athletic Assoc (PAA)
7       328  Gregory       Page               Lightning Velo
8       331  David         Gibson             Team Velocity
9       332  Robert        Meeker             Team Bearclaw
10      334  Brian         Starr              Team Tailwinds
11      336  Stu           Brydges            Ridely Factory
12      326  Jeff          Steinhart          Bicycle John's
13      330  Rick          Swanson            Acme Racing
14      335  Larry         Vanzant            Hazards Cycle Sport
329  Roberto       Jourdain           Black Mountain/Celo Pacific


Masters Men 55+
Place   Num  First Name    Last Name          Club
1       356  Jon           Miller             Amgen/Giant Masters
2       357  John          Rubcic             UC Cyclery/JW Flooring
3       355  Jonathan      Livesay            Team Bearclaw
4       358  John          Erwin
5       353  Robert        Llamas             Team Bearclaw
6       352  R Lee         Willmore           Celo Pacific
354  Scott         Sampson            Da Hui Race


Masters Men 35+ 3/4
Place   Num  First Name    Last Name          Club
1       450  M Alex        Ter-Vrugt          Celo Pacific
2       445  Peter         Sproul             Team Chicken Ranch
3       453  Matt          Breyer             B&L Bike and Spoke
4       434  Mark          Campaigne          Celo Pacific
5       457  James         Stathas            Pasadena Athletic Assoc (PAA)
6       455  Glenn         Masuda             Celo Pacific
7       769  Curt          Dosier             Paramount Racing
8       447  Jeffrey       Goble              Canyon Velo
9       454  Newman        Bellis             Coates Cyclery/Arce Bros
10      444  Tak           Tsubota            Ridley Factory
11      443  David         Lawson             Guys Racing
12      448  Matt          Sheremeta          Celo Pacific
13      449  Paul          Avila              Bicycle Johns Serious Cycling
14      442  Aaron         Jones              UC Cyclery/JW Flooring
15      451  Jim           Padilla            Pasadena Athletic Assoc (PAA)
16      446  Jeffrey       Hazeltine          South Bay Wheelmen
17      456  Michael       Negrete            Incycle
18      452  Richard       Murphy             Celo Pacific
435  Eric          Hess               Unattached


Men 3/4
Place   Num  First Name    Last Name          Club
1       761  Bobby         Langin             Team Platinum
2       776  Roger         Wotton             Cynergy Cycles Race Team
3       779  Anton         Petrov             UCLA Cycling-USCF
4       771  Alex          Boone              Team Bearclaw
5       757  Ted           Willard            Liquid Fitness/1031market.com
6       765  Brant         Hatton             Backbone/Kenda
7       751  Cole          Maness             Unattached
8       763  Matt          Pewthers           Unattached
9       755  Erik          Turner             Liquid Fitness/1031market.com
10      773  Jeff          Sanford            Edge/Toyota
11      785  Scott         Hammack            Karl Strauss/SDBC
12      778  Timothy       Sparks             Bicycle John's
13      775  Ben           Bertiger           Team CICLE
14      772  Daniel        Lowetz             Team Bearclaw
15      777  Trevor        Walton             Pass Physical Therapy
16      784  Jese          Scarntino          Team Bearclaw
17      774  Al            Morinaka           Team Velocity
18      767  Bradley       Galindo            PAA
19      766  Daniel        Breyer             Celo Pacific
20      750  Allen         Lin                Pasadena Athletic Assoc (PAA)
21      783  Jeffrey       Goble              Canyon Velo
22      782  Sascha        Mac                Freewheel
23      780  Matthew       Conner             Team Velosport
24      764  Mason         Miller             Amgen
25      781  Scottt        Searway            Fast Friday
749  Alex          Hall               South Bay Wheelmen
753  David         Reilly             Celo Pacific
754  Chase         Schoen             Amgen Cycling
756  Tim           Whiteaker          Unattached
759  Tom           Dever              Motortabs Cycling Team
758  Matt          Kinder             Motortabs Cycling Team
760  Max           Burgos             Century Road Club Association
768  Christopher   Jennings           Club Jax
769  Curt          Dosier             Paramount Racing


Singlespeed Open
Place   Num  First Name    Last Name          Club
1       43   Bobby         Langin             Team Platinum
2       45   Cole          Maness             Unattached
3       49   Miguel        Sutter             Pasadena Athletic Assoc (PAA)
4       46   Sascha        Mac                Freewheel
5       44   David         Sheek              Outside All Day
6       41   Todd          Whitehouse         Bicycle Johns
7       42   R Lee         Willmore           Celo Pacific
40   Geoffrey      Albert             Unattached
47   Randi         Perkins            Acme Racing