SCHEMPF AND SHOGREN WIN ED SANDER MEMORIAL
2007 BikeReg.com MABRAcross Series “Ed Sander Memorial Cyclocross”
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October 1, 2006; Conshohocken, PA, USA: A record 325 entries piled into the grounds of the Lilypons Water Grounds for round #2 of the 2007 BikeReg.com MABRAcross Series on Sunday. The race’s 34% increase in entries over last year continues the series growth which has averaged approximately 27% per year for the past three year, confirming the series’ reputation as the “Fastest Growing Cycling Series in America”.
Weston Schempf and Betsy Shogren overcame adversity to win the Elite races at the event, which is promoted by the late Ed Sander’s cycling club, National Capitol Cycling Club. The unique course winds around lily ponds and trees of the Sander’s former employer, Lilypons Water Gardens. In many cases, they were ponds and trees that were once tended, and planted, by Sander himself.
In the Women’s race, Jennifer Maxwell (Team Kenda Tire) took the hole-shot with Shogren ( FORT Factory Team) in second. The race had taken an unexpected turn by the time the racers came back into sight, however. Shogren, a strong rider who seldom faulters, slipped out of the top five and a long way back from the leaders. The announcers speculated that she must have had a flat tire or some other mechanical problem. After the race though, Shogren said that the only thing flat were her legs. “I finished second in a 50 mile mountain bike race yesterday,” she said. “It was called the Revenge of the Rattlesnake and it took me almost seven hours. That’s what happened to me on the first lap here.” Shogren’s body quickly recovered, however, and on the next lap she showed why she is a three-time Verge MAC cyclocross champion by recovering all of her lost time and joining a lead group that included Maxwell, Heidi Von Teitenberg (C3-Sollay.com) and Cara McCauley (BMW/Bianchi). On the next lap, Shogren asserted herself even more, and only Maxwell was able to go with her. Eventually Shogren just powered away in her typical fashion to win solo by a large margin over Maxwell and Von Teitenberg.
In the featured Ed Sander Memorial for the Elite Men, mountain bike superstar Jeremiah Bishop (TREK-VW) made his first cyclocross start in two years. It was a last minute decision for Bishop, and he hastily assembled his TREK cyclocross bike with the clincher tires he had available so he could compete. 50 starters blasted up the paved prologue following a tribute to Sander, and it immediately became clear that Bishop and 2006 Verge MAC Champion Wes Schempf (C3-Solly.com) were the riders to beat. One week earlier at the opening round of the BikeReg.com MABRAcross Series, Schempf had proven he has the goods to compete against international-class riders when he gave Italian World Cup team members Davide Frattini and Luca Damiani all they could handle at the Charm City Cyclocross. Bishop attacked frequently throughout the race, but was never able to lose Schempf. About midway through the race, Schempf momentarily bobbled over the barriers and Bishop launched a vicious attack. Schempf recovered and caught back up to Bishop, who was impressed. “I thought whoa, if he can recover from THAT…” he said after the race. With two laps to go, Bishop attacked on the flats at the finish line and the spectators watched as he gradually gained ground on Schempf. But as they got to the second announcer’s station at the “party zone”, the air went out of Bishop’s party, and his tire. “There was a big drop-off and I was just sailing it,” said Bishop afterward. “I was way out in front and I flew off it. But when I landed, my tire just went “BROOSH!”. I must have landed on a rock or something.” With less than half-a-lap of mostly downhill until the pits, Bishop tried to limit the damages and was only trailing Schempf by about 20 meters when they got to the pits at the head of the finishing straight. However, Bishop’s last-minute decision to enter the race meant that he had only assembled one bike. A wheel change, no matter how quick, is slower than a bike change and Bishop lost valuable ground in the pits while Schempf nailed the throttle and heard the last lap bell ring. Bishop made a huge effort, but was not able to seriously cut into Schempf’s lead, as Schempf came across the line solo for a hugely popular win.
Race Notes: 1) Staff Sergeant Michael Gallagher, racing for the US Armed Forces, finished third in the Elite men’s race after a tough week. Gallagher was transferred to the Letterkenny Army Depot and spent the week driving over 4300 km with his belongings from Portland Oregon to his new post. Gallagher, facing the choice of moving in to his new residence or going racing, arrived at the races with his VW still packed with all his belongings from the cross-continent move.
2) Team C3-Sollay had another great day, with two wins and no fewer than six podium finishers in the various classes.
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Results: Ed Sander Cyclocross, Lily Pons, Adamstown, MD 2007-Sep-30 Lilypons, Adamstown, Md Promoted by the National Capital Velo Club finish times listed were supplied. Cat 1/2/3 Men (a) Overall Place Time Name Team UCI License # 1 1 Weston Schempf C3-Sollay.com 122030 2 2 Jeremiah Bishop Trek/VW 3771 3 3 Michael Gallagher US Armed forces 43087 4 4 Stephan Kincaid Rite Aid Pro Cycling 19139 5 5 Andrew Wulfkuhle C3/Sollay.com 153981 7 6 Andy Applegate Land Rover / Cannondale 1829 8 7 David Wood Cannodale Bike Dr 205937 9 8 Ryan Gamm 149656 10 9 Mark Kutney Van Dessel Cycles 211474 11 10 Greg Wittwer FORT Factory Team 111687 12 11 Stephen Cummings 201402 13 12 Kyle Hammaker none 194193 14 13 Keck Baker Battley Harley/Hudson Tr 211712 15 14 Chad Totaro Humanzoom/PBR 202107 16 15 Todd Hesel Hunt Valley Bicycles/Marathon Roofing 185182 18 16 Chris Newell Hunt Valley Bicycles/Marathon Roofing 25976 20 17 Jeff Buckles Alan Factory Team 179529 21 18 Adam Fung Clean Currents p/b Don Beyer Volvo 186926 22 19 James W. Wagner NA 41073 23 20 Gregory Lindstrom Hunt Valley/Marathon Roofing 234776 24 21 John Brewer Squadra Coppi/IM SAAB 234606 28 22 Dave Weaver 37442 30 23 Jared Nieters Haymarket Bicycles/World Gym 220150 31 24 Brian Fouche AVC/Team Hagerstown-Washington Co 198127 34 25 Eric Russell Clif Bar 184761 35 26 Taylor Jones Inland Construction/BTD 187034 36 27 Fred Wittwer 38738 37 28 Chris Mcgill FORT Factory Team 23467 DNF DNF David Anderson Team Nature's Path / 3Sports 220897 DNF DNF Stephen De Lisle Fort Factory Team 203973 DNF DNF Chris Mayhew Wissahickon 88693 DNF DNF Andrew Shaw NCVC Inova Health Systems 116102 Cat 1/2/3 Men: Masters 35+ / 45+ Overall Place Time Name Team UCI License # 6 1 Blair Sanders Team Henrys 69445 17 2 Kris Auer C3-Sollay.com 2065 19 3 Randall Root ABRT/Latitude 30526 25 4 Todd Pittman 28242 26 5 Marc Gwadz DCMTB/City Bikes/Metro Gutter 195768 27 6 Sean Mccormick ETS/Silver Cycles 135714 29 7 Bernie Shiao Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV32463 32 8 Gunnar Shogren Fort Factory Team 32526 33 9 Judd Milne Squadra Coppi/IM Saab 113729 38 10 Mike Birner All American Bicycle Center 57561 39 11 Christopher Clarke DCMTB/CityBikes 7063 40 12 Jonathan Houghton None 218194 41 13 Mark Dontigny Central Penn Racing/The Bicycle Shop 9825 42 14 Roger Masse All American Bicycle Center 22842 43 15 Tony Bilotta Van Dessel Factory Team 126767 DNF DNF Jay Downs Fort Factory Team 47806 DNF DNF William Browne team n-tieractive/Bike Doctor-Waldorf 88057 Cat 1/2/3 Women (a) Overall Place Time Name Team UCI License # 1 41:27 Betsy Shogren Fort Factory Team 172363 2 41:40 Jennifer Maxwell TEAM KENDA TIRE 61179 3 41:53 Heidi Von Teitenberg C3-Sollay.com 207086 4 42:23 Jessica Hill Trails End Cycling Co 182688 5 42:26 Cara Mccauley BMW / Bianchi 133102 6 42:48 Lisa Vible C3-Sollay.com 163495 7 43:04 Arley Kemmerer Human Zoom/Pabst Blue Ribbon 240239 8 43:11 Libbey Sheldon Tokyo Joes 208059 9 44:57 Melanie Swartz Velo Bella - Kona 142510 10 45:48 Beth Mason C3-Sollay.com 101329 Juniors (16 & Under) ** Overall Place Time Name Team UCI License # 1 Steven Kendall NCVC/INOVA Health System 259050 2 Justin Mauch NCVC/Inova Health System 219434 3 Josh Starr Yellow Breeches Racing 254904 4 Avery Wilson NCVC/Inova Health System 207986 5 Jake Thompson Squadra Coppi/IM Saab 251833 6 Dustin Tucker LSV one day 7 Holden Rohr Adventures for the Cure one day 8 Marc Frazer one day 9 Alicia Styer Velo Bella - Kona 245901 10 Ezekiel Rogers Clean Current p/b Don Beyer Volvo 269289 DNF Jackson Barr NCVC/Inova Health System 246627 DNF Jacob Buchanan AVC DNF Patrick Mckeegan Monticello Velo Club/Blue Wheel DNF Michael Romefelt 269831 Masters 55+ Men Overall Place Time Name Team UCI License # 1 42:27 Fred Wittwer Van Dessel Factory Team 38738 2 42:52 Leo Pizzini Henry's Bikes 59912 3 Rob Lea Team Fuji 20621 4 Nunzio Dibiasi Yellow Breeches Racing 9413 5 James Calson Potomac Velo Club 96832 6 James Wagner Clean Currents p/b Don Beyer Volvo 116012 7 Larry Dell Antietam VC 50570 Cat 3/4 Men (b) Overall Place Time Name Team UCI License # 1 44:25 Eric Linder Hunt Valley Bicycle Club 111377 2 44:32 Ethan Townsend C3- Sollay.com 168201 3 44:49 Turner Johnson Meredith Group-GPOA-Cannondale 201349 4 46:06 Chris Mayhew Wissahickon 88693 5 46:06 David Duke Page Valley Cycling 221384 6 46:08 Adam Driscoll Adventures for the Cure 256984 7 46:23 Steve Fife ETS / Silver Cycles 159286 8 46:45 Morgan Gerlak C3-Sollay.com 194574 9 46:47 David Crouse The Bike Lane 198282 10 47:08 Tim Scesney ETS-Silver Cycles 204508 11 47:25 Rob Campbell NCVC / Inova Health System 97635 12 47:25 Peter Nicoll Squadra Coppi/ IM Saab 230115 13 47:32 Christopher Pagoda Unattached 107026 14 47:47 Andrew McKeegan LSV/Kelly Benefit Strategies 230319 15 48:00 Trevor Shattuck Hunt Valley Marathon Roofing 226606 16 48:28 Stephen Wahl AVC 228826 17 48:44 Joseph Ashman Walt's/Missouri Wilderness 252843 18 48:59 Alex Monte-sano Unattached 234763 19 49:01 Robert Thomas Henry's Bikes 208202 20 49:05 Mark Russell Independent Fabrication 195513 21 Mark Kilgore Hunt Valley Bicycles/ Marathon Roofing 263409 22 Phillip Smith Unattached 33252 23 Mark Lorie Kelly Benefits Strategies/LSV Amateur Cycling 197959 24 Michael Scardaville DCMTB/City Bikes 161370 25 Matthew Donahue DCMTB/City Bikes 245552 26 Ian Mathias Hunt Valley Bicycles / Marathon Roofing 257605 27 Steven Black National Capital Velo Club/Inova Health 251406 28 Shawn Stafford Bikeline 269754 29 Geoffrey Beaty Alan Factory 162124 30 Joseph Coats Squadra Coppi/IM Saab 183176 31 Ed Fisher ShoreVelocity 207975 32 Brandon Lumm Route 1 Velo/Capitol Hill Bikes 95106 33 John Raley Artemis 76412 34 Evan Robinson TRM Cycles 261413 35 Gerald Burkett Iii World Cup Ski & Cycle 97936 36 Jonathan Smits C3-Sollay.com 238032 37 Rick Tucker LSV 169112 38 Ryan Newill Squadra Coppi/IM Saab 25988 39 Hans Bakermann World Cup Ski & Cycle 2364 DNF Steven Burke Hunt Valley Bicycles/Marathon Roofing 235671 DNF Joe Foley DCMTB/City Bikes 204356 DNF Brian Geary All American Bicycle Club 221236 DNF Robert May Holitna River Lodge Cycling Team 197667 DNF George Milinkovic Squadra Coppi/IM Saab 206767 DNF Benjamin Smith World Cup Ski and Cycle 215478 DNF Nathan Wilson NCVC/Inova Health System 207985 DNF Thomas Wood Philadelphia Cyclismo 215017 DNF Jordan Cross Coppi 8219 DNF Bryan Burns Haymarket 237069 Junior 18 and under Overall Place Time Name Team UCI License # 1 Joseph Dombrowski NCVC/Inova Health System 259375 2 Patrick McKeegan Monticello Velo Club 250962 3 Sam Okeefe C3-Sollay 4 Jake Danoff DCMTB/City Bikes 251777 5 Justin Mauch NCVC/Inova Health System 219434 Masters Cat 3/4 Men 45+ Overall Place Time Name Team UCI License # 4 1 47:12 Ron Huebner Potomac Velo Club 145895 5 2 47:18 Roger Masse All American Bicycle Club 22842 9 3 47:33 Douglass Gray Christiana Care PT+/FSVS 70634 11 4 47:45 Charles McDaniel Secret Henry's Team 142617 13 5 48:36 Mark Wanco World Cup Ski and Cycle 238331 16 6 48:48 Jeff Anderson HPC/List 50086 19 7 49:04 Karl Kensinger NCVC/Inova Health System 18948 20 8 49:04 John Rogers Clean Currents p/b Don Beyer 136767 23 9 49:10 Mike Connair First State/Christiana Care Plus 76271 24 10 49:11 Mike Czupryna First State Velo/Christiana Care Plus 177120 29 11 49:25 Mark Laser Yellow Breeches Racing 128680 33 12 50:18 Cary Hunter Potomac Velo Club 176403 34 13 50:27 David Kay Clean Currents p/b Don Beyer Volvo 50000 39 14 51:29 Bill Feasley ONE DAY 43 15 Tony Thompson 3-D Fitness Whole Wheel Velo Club 128841 44 16 Joseph Kotun Lanterne Rouge 77079 45 17 Dennis Smith Henry's Bikes 33112 49 18 unknow unknown unknown 53 19 Robert Smith SEAVS 75635 55 20 Mason Washington Evolution Cycling 99318 58 21 Alan Romefelt Kelly Benefit Strategies- LSV 110686 DNF DNF Dave Gonder 59944 DNF DNF Brian Wolven Unattached 38822 Masters Cat 3/4 Men 35+ Overall Place Time Name Team UCI License # 1 1 46:26 Chris Nystrom C3-Sollay.com 188852 2 2 46:32 Michael Kolb Chrsitiana Car PT+ / FSVS 233260 3 3 46:37 Marc Vettori C3-Sollay.com ! 81136 6 4 47:19 Charles Chichester CRC OF A 226814 7 5 47:19 Darren Bernard Haymarket Bicycles 182240 8 6 47:31 Chris Baker WMW/Thomas Racing 139227 10 7 47:38 Joel Moats Yellow Breeches Racing 246115 12 8 47:53 Bernard Mcdonald C3/Sollay.com 200315 14 9 48:36 Matt Michel NCVC / Inova Health System 89155 15 10 48:45 Barry Holman Team Fuji 179265 17 11 49:01 Michael Kirk The Secret Henry's Team 80129 18 12 49:03 Steven Dontigny Team Bike Lane 102568 21 13 49:05 Scott Thompson Squadra Coppi/IM Saab 189333 22 14 49:07 Richard Bilson FORT Factory Team 216822 25 15 49:20 Thor Engblom NCVC/Inova Health System 209411 26 16 49:23 Chip Sovek Potomac Velo Club 33541 27 17 49:24 Norman Kreiselmeier Team Army ONE DAY 28 18 49:25 Chris Huhn Evolution Cycling 195989 30 19 49:26 Karl Connolly Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV 239736 31 20 49:36 Chris Schaefer Yellow Breeches Racing 232401 32 21 50:15 Kenneth McDowell ABRT/Latitude 195596 33 22 50:18 Dave Vannier DCMTB/City Bikes 252608 35 23 50:35 Bryan Billington Racing Union 239412 36 24 50:35 Peter Lindeman NCVC/Inova Health System 147939 37 25 50:45 Steven Viers DCMTB/City Bikes 135467 38 26 51:18 Ken Deitch Human Zoom\Pabst Blue Ribbon 252131 40 27 51:32 David Blodgett All American Bicycle Club 3969 41 28 Geoffrey Heintz The Children in the Shoe 253683 42 29 Thom Moore Potomac Velo PENDING 46 30 Keith Rohr unattached 58114 47 31 Joel Gwadz DCMTB/City Bikes/Metro Gutter 14492 48 32 Christopher Salice Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV 188588 50 33 Chris Redlack unattached 225265 51 34 Ken Woodrow Squadra Coppi/IM Saab 53598 52 35 Chris Zangmeister All American Bicycle Club ONE DAY 54 36 Michael Taylor Yellow Breeches Racing 228316 56 37 Mike Krawczel NVRC 19799 DNF DNF DNF Ed Henry unattached 134611 DNF DNF DNF Brian Burns Warrenton Cycling 237069 DNF DNF DNF Jay Downs All Ireland RAcing/WVW Healthcare 47806 Cat 4 Men (c) ** Overall Place Time Name Team UCI License # 1 32:11 Adam Driscoll Adventures for the Cure 256984 2 32:11 Mark Broadwater Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV 222929 3 33:17 Stephen Wahl AVC/ Team Hagerstown-Washington Co 228826 4 33:59 Kenny Shapiro ONE DAY 5 34:00 Matt Parse Route 1 Velo / Capitol Hill Bikes 27333 6 34:01 Luke Sandusky 259317 7 34:09 Aime Bourdon ONE DAY 8 34:05 Todd Bickling Team N~tieractive/Bike Doctor-Waldorf 257925 9 34:09 James Johnson Germantown/Avalon/Fix Bikes 246981 10 34:18 Kevin Dillard C3-Sollay.com 43577 11 34:29 Will Saunders 263178 12 34:30 Ryan Douglas Route 1 Velo/Capitol Hill Bikes 191602 13 34:38 Ronald Barry All American Bicycle Club 228297 14 34:51 Richard Goldberg Hunt Valley Bicycles 247480 15 35:09 Stephen Riskus 252080 16 35:32 Joe Lillibridge Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV 241286 17 35:40 John Glodek NCVC/INOVA Health Systems ONE DAY 18 35:42 Paul Boyne 19 35:43 Matthew Brancheau Kelly Benefit Strategies/LSV 206409 20 35:51 Mark Fitzwater secret henry's team ONE DAY 21 Tyler Brown Christiana Care PT+/FSVS 242154 22 Gary Morris 23 Norman Brach 4540 24 Alex Dossin Elizabethtown College 257532 25 Corey Twyman Hub Racing 157964 26 David Battan Squadra Coppi / IM Saab 254087 27 reported #48 Unknown 28 Jonathan Foley DCMTB/City Bikes 269685 29 Larry Mauch National Capital Velo Club/Inova Health System 219432 30 Eric Ciccoretti 121143 31 Robert Colby NCVC/Inova Health Systems 229014 32 Jonathan Wheaton DCMTB/City Bikes 194132 33 Todd Gue dhbd /bicycle place velo 115538 34 Jason Pearlman The Bike Rack ONE DAY 35 Micah Smith Cumberland Transit 240714 36 David Jones ONE DAY 37 John Ludicke ONE DAY 38 Rick Micheful ONE DAY 39 James Carlisle ONE DAY 40 Gary Sterner 254220 41 Josh Nadas 269790 42 William Schieken ONE DAY 43 Bob Brimwood 259837 44 Charles Barnes Lanterne Rouge ONE DAY 45 Dave Parramore Cadence Cycling 251394 46 Steve Breeden Winchester Wheelmen 259551 47 Chad Foster Team Army ONE DAY 48 Rodges Ankrah Route 1 Velo /Capitol Hill Bicycles 174807 49 Tim Blanchard The Children in the Shoe 253648 50 Jonathan Ivins unattached 263451 DNF Tim Abbott NCVC/Inova Health System. 242737 DNF Hans Bakermans World Cup Ski & Cycle Cycling Team 2364 DNF Steven Black National Capital Velo Club/Inova Health 251406 DNF Jeff Buchanan AVC/State Farm Insurance ONE DAY DNF James Carlisle ONE DAY DNF Damien Clark Clark Custom Cycles 237459 DNF Blake Conatser ONE DAY DNF Aaron Ghais ALL-AMERICAN BICYCLE CLUB 206891 DNF Michael Giancoli Hub United 75020 DNF Greg Hoffman Bike Doctor 48889 DNF Dale Holmes 253853 DNF Michael Kinney Potomac Velo club 229002 DNF Noah Letwin Team BBC 121269 DNF Adam Lewandowski The Bike Lane ONE DAY DNF James Mcneely Squadra Coppi / IM Saab 238643 DNF Mike O Hara Velocity Photo Racing 224404 DNF Timothy Paul 38092 DNF James Saunders Route 1 Velo/Capitol Hill Bikes 231731 DNF Mike Schiavo Lanterne Rouge 221704 DNF Morgan Styer Gettysburg Bicycle 127771 DNF Michael Sullivan Team Geezer PENDING DNF Raymond Travers 35876 DNF Loren Vandivere The Bike Lane ONE DAY DNF Joseph Ventosa PROTEUS 253932 DNF Joseph Zorn Iii Christiana Care PT+ / FSVS 186546 DNF George Schulz Evolution Cycling/Team DLS 31863 DNF Christopher Gould Racing Union 222596 DNF Mike Alanzo ONE DAY DNF Lyal Tressler ONE DAY DNF William Malone DNF Steven Kendall NCVC/INOVA Health Systems 259050 DNF Bradley Kendall NCVC/INOVA Health Systems 266702 DNF John Maisto Bicycle Place Velo Club 221610 Cat 3/4 Women (b) ** Overall Place Time Last Name First Name Team UCI License # 1 Terri Spanogle NCVC/Inova Health System 222940 2 Kristina Adams All American Bicycle Center ONE DAY 3 Christina Briseno Bean's Bikes 240618 4 Cynthia Anderson AMVC/DND Inc. 232441 5 Liz Feeney Sturdy Girl Cycling 11383 6 Cathy Large ONE DAY 7 Jean Colsant Squadra Coppi 242058 8 Diane Vettori C3-Sollay.com ! 252359 9 Ilana Knopf DCMTB/City Bikes 83056 10 Lindsey Hillesheim Squadra Coppi/IM Saab 244915 11 Kathleen Wulfkuhle C3-Sollay.com 234036 12 Rebecca Letwin Team BBC 264200 13 Anna Fox Human Zoom Cycling 237634 14 Mary Fetrow Yellow Breeches Racing Team 235179 15 Laura Jones YBR 60598 16 Doron Petersan NCVC/Inova Health System 210703 17 Pamela Mauch NCVC/Inova Health System 234493 18 Alyson Tufano ONE DAY 19 Karen Ashbrook-Barnes ONE DAY 20 Beatrice Newbury 234723 21 Denise Clearwater ONE DAY 22 Chauncey Monte-sano ONE DAY DNF Jennifer Pitt Hunt Valley Bicycles/Marathon Roofing 269491 DNF Christie Finney The Children in the Shoe 269497 |
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