Spring Fling #3

It was a tough day at Clinton Lake State Park yesterday. Overcast, very windy, and the temperature started at 39 degrees. We began with a time trial at 9:15 AM. Unfortunately, Dorothy Hall had a bad crash in turn #1. She was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was kept there last night for observation. Our thoughts and prayers go to her and James. Hope for a speedy recovery.

 

The time trial was conducted in the same order as the races. Here is the breakdown:

• Men's Masters - Brendan Sheehan 7th Place
• Ladies' Fours - Shawn Morelli 2nd Place, Gayle McFarland 4th Place, Michelle K. 7th Place, Jen Smith 8th Place
• Men's Fives Under 34 - Neil Snyder 2nd Place
• Men's Fives Over 35 - Rick Showalter 3rd Place, Doug Harding 4th Place, Richard Paz 5th Place, Kerry George 6th Place, Ken Giovenettio 7 th Place, Eric Showalter 8th Place
• The criterium was our next race. I noted on my computer that we had already ridden 15 miles with warm ups and racing. I wasn't very thrilled about the prospects of racing again in the wind; however, I did have a new teamate for the Masters - Rick Showalter.
• Masters - Rick Showalter and Brendan Sheehan raced
• Ladies Four - Shawn Morelli First Place, Gayle McFarland 4th Place, Michelle K. 6th place.
• Men's Category Five under 34 - Neil Snyder 5th place.
• Men's Category Five over 35 - Doug Harding, 4th place, Sean Smith 5th place, Richard Paz 6th place, Rick Showalter 7th place, Mark Madden 8th place. Also racing were Kerry George, Eric Walthough, Ken Giovenettio, Chad Sawyer, Dean Feurborn, and Spark Anderson.

  

This series has been tough and made tougher by the weather. Our team has shown strength and impressed many folks. The announcer for the Fives 34 and under called out Neil Snyder for inflicting pain on the peleton. In fact, he ripped the group apart. The announcer called out our fives 35+ as the "Santa Fe Trails Invitational Five Race".

 

Michelle, Shawn and Gayle demonstrated great teamwork for the ladies as they went on to win the final sprint of the day.