Vergegear.com Mid-Atlantic Cyclo-Cross Championship Series
Round 5: Beacon Cross
Bridgeton, NJ
November 2, 2003

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Fort/GPOA team scores a double as Schauer and Leech win at Beacon Cross


Beautiful, sunny weather with temperatures in the 70's made it difficult to believe
it was early November and Beacons' notorious sand sections had many riders wishing
they were sunning in beach chairs instead of running across the beach.  The promoter's
addition of a long sandy beach run this year made sure riders' legs and lungs were
already on fire as they turned towards the infamous terraced run-up. When the dust
cleared, or more appropriately, when the sand cleared, the Pittsburgh-based Fort/GPOA
team walked away with wins in both Elite categories.

Betsy Schauer (Fort/GPOA) took early command of the Elite Women's race and never
looked back.  Although Schauer opened up to a comfortable gap, Megan Render (Snow Valley)
never gave up and kept charging all the way to the line.    Her efforts earned her a well
fought second place and valuable points in the battle for the series lead. .  Caitlyn
Tuel (Sobe/Cannondale) rode solidly to claim third and Sami Fournier (Velo Bella) took
fourth.  Bonnie Stoeckl (Evolution Racing) finished fifth.

In the Elite Men's race Ryan Leech (Fort/GPOA), Joe Reynolds (Wissahickon ) and Greg
Ferguson (Fort/GPOA) came into the final stages of the last lap together but Ferguson
fell off the pace and Leech put in one final jump to get clear of Reynolds before the
finishing stretch.  The teamwork of Fort/GPOA team made things tough for Reynolds all
day including a lap or two earlier when Ferguson attacked and got clear.  He had a
thirteen second gap heading into the sand pit but Reynolds was able to reel him back
in.  Reynolds' work took its toll and eventually enabled Leech to get enough breathing
room to take the win. Reynolds, who continues to get stronger week after week, took
second and Ferguson finished third.  Bill Elliston (Ideal Tile) out sprinted Les
Leach (Wissahickon) to take fourth and fifth, respectively.

The Masters 35+ race was won by Ransome Weaver (Guys Bicycles) by a mere two seconds
over second place finisher Eric Schlauch (Somerset Wheelmen). Other winners of the day
included Chris Ruhl (East Coast Velo) in the Juniors' race, Carolyn Popovic (Penn State)
in Women's B and Sean Gallagher (Tri Speed) in the Men's B race.   Dave Chambien
(Tim Cycle) won the Men's C category.

Next week the series moves to Camp Hill, PA on Saturday for the Saturn Classic (UCI)
and Marysville, PA on Sunday for the Harrisburg City Islanders' Rockville Bridge 'Cross
Classic.

For race details or additional series details, please go to
www.monkeyhillcs.com/mac/2003/


Results

ELITE MEN

1. Ryan Leech 57:46
2. Joseph Reynolds 57:56
3. Greg Ferguson 58:12
4. Bill Elliston 58:21
5. Les Leach
6. Sean Groom
7. Kyle Walmsley 58:51
8. Gunnar Shogren 59:05
9. Glen Turner
10. Andrew Wulfkuhle 59:20
11. Greg Wittwer 1:01:23
12. Jon Alachoyan 1:01:43
13. Joe Thompson 1:02:14
14. Joe Piccillo 1:02:23
15. Nathan Diebert 1:03:34
16. Szymon Niemotko 1:04:58
17. Johan Anestad 1:07:03
18. Tom Mains -1 lap
19. Tom Dolan -1 lap

ELITE WOMEN

1. Betsey Schauer 50:17
2. Megan Render 50:53
3. Caitylyn Tuel 51:34
4. Sami Fournier 52:17
5. Bonnie Stoeckl 52:55
6. Michelle Suplick 53:02
7. Jill Morgan 53:22
8. Lisa Most
9. Erica Allar 54:02
10. Lisa Vible 54:32
11. Donna Anderson 54:46
12. Pam Shue 56:04
13. Tammy Ebersole 57:58
14. Lauri Jenkins 1:02:15


JUNIOR MEN

1. Chris Ruhl 46:00
2. Gonzalo Escobar 46:43
3. Syd Lea -1 Lap
4. Kyle Gregg -1 Lap


MASTERS MEN 35+

1. Ransom Weaver 42:09
2. Eric Schlauch 42:11
3. Mike Hebe 42:31
4. Robert Hacker 43:30
5. Blair Saunders 43:39
6. Randall Root 43:47
7. Martin Jones
8. John Lux 44:46
9. Stephen Caffrey 44:55
10. Douglas Gray 45:01
11. Kirk Reisinger 45:03
12. Rob Frederick 45:11
13. Fred Wittwer 45:32
14. Kevin St Clare 45:35
15. Robert Lyon 46:16
16. Kelly Cline 47:22
17. Bob Piacine
18. Leon Pizzini 47:37
19. Mark Elsasser 47:43
20. Kevin Breckenmaker 48:03
21. Chris Stultz 48:20
22. Jeffrey Appleton 48:47
23. Scott Reynolds 49:06
24. Scott Seifert 49:21
25. Steve Heede
26. Mike Connair 50:33
27. Michael Gibbons 50:40
28. Ronnie Irvine 51:09
29. Dusan Strika 51:25
30. Charles Wahl 52:15
31. Patrick Leonard 52:18
32. Rob Lea -1 Lap
33. Christopher Vegh -1 Lap
34. John Hartmann -1 Lap
35. David Mitchell -1 Lap
36. Karl Dittebrandt -1 Lap

B MEN

1. Sean Gallagher 44:08
2. Daniel Wilson
3. Erik DaSilva 44:36
4. Weston Schempf 45:07
5. Bruce Freehoff 45:22
6. Nick Rinker
7. Adam Szczepanski 45:50
8. Chris Mayhew 46:02
9. Trevor Williams 46:07
10. Drew Guldalian 46:30
11. Eric Morgan
12. Theo Procopos 46:32
13. Chris Samuel 46:38
14. Wade Hess 46:42
15. Wayne Scott 46:46
16. Ethan Townsend 47:14
17. Todd Moyer
18. Douglas Dicks 47:29
19. Mark Miklosovich 47:36
20. Christian Skinner 47:52
21. Brian Burgess 47:55
22. Pete Smith 48:00
23. Justin Polinski 48:22
24. Ian Sandberg 49:01
25. Kevin Zutell 49:11
26. Christopher Johnson 49:13
27. Ray Ignosh 49:37
28. Chris Evans 49:57
29. Garvin Louie 51:46
30. Tom Coccia 52:59


B WOMEN

1. Carolyn Popovic 31:09
2. Tracy Lea 32:43
3. Krista Schultz 33:19
4. Karen Tourian 34:12
5. Christina Lindsey 34:26
6. Hollie Kenney 34:30
7. Nina Santiago 36:02
8. Linda Lennon 36:05

C MEN

1. Dave Chambien 28:31
2. Werner Freymann 29:00
3. Dennis Smith 29:17
4. Brian Gilmore 29:37
5. Andrew J ?? 29:47
6. Eric Lowenstein
7. Roland Peterson 29:59
8. Christopher Stine 30:29
9. Robert Sands 30:46
10. Tom Ekberg
11. Peter ? 31:00
12. Jameson Platte 31:12
13. Robert May
14. Gustavo Sanchez 31:53
15. Mark Fitzwater 32:20
16. Joseph Manning 32:27
17. Matthew Peterson 32:40
18.   Rolf Windh 32:48