Joseph Sheehan Road Race

Thanks to all our phenomenal volunteers who helped make the Joseph Sheehan Road Race a success.  

Thanks to Roger Harrison who worked tirelessly to mark the route with signs, paint, flags, zeppelins, and smoke grenades.  Okay.  Just kidding about the last two.  Well marked course by Roger Harrison.  

Thanks to Paula Cole who thought of every detail.  Even down to pinning all four pins on preregistered racers numbers.  Now that's detail!  Great job by Paula reacting to the changing course and the changing race start. 

Thanks to my wife Barb who managed to enter 100 preregisterants and 100 day of the race registrants in a timely, organized and efficient process.  Barb's superb work made the difference in making our race a smooth operation.

Thanks to Bill Cole, President of the Leavenworth Bicycle Club, who was the hole filler in the damn.  Let everyone know about the change in location?  He posted at the old one.  Someone didn't show?  He was there.  Something we forgot?  He was getting it.  Need to hang out and transport everything back to the shop?  He was the guy.    

Thanks to all our 42 volunteers! Thanks to the road guards who year after year go where they need to go and do what they need to do.  Thanks to our superb drivers who navigate the course flawlessly.  Thanks to all of you who took the initiative to check with us early and often about changes.  

Thanks to my employees who not only put in a lot of overtime so we can work on this event, but also take there day off to come out and help us.  Thanks Lamont!  Thanks Josh!

Thanks to Father Michael Munro for blessing all of our riders as they started the race.  


Thanks to the many riders who came out and raced.  I know there are competing events.  This year was our best turnout ever!  200 racers!  

Thanks to the City of Leavenworth, the County of Leavenworth, Leavenworth Parks and Recreation Director Julie Anderson, Atchison County and the City of Atchison for their tremendous support.  

Thanks to State Farm Insurance Ally Zeck and Country Club Bank on Delaware Street for their terrific sponsorship!

 

Fantastic turnout for our own team race here in Leavenworth Sunday!  

 

The race was an arduous course from Leavenworth to Atchison and back.  52 miles of hills and thrills.  The juniors raced 30 miles to Atchison.  Probably the hardest part of the course. 

 

John Finnegan won the 10-14.  Sedona Posch took second in the junior girls 10-14.  David French won the juniors 15-18.  Terrific job!

 

Erica Haas rode an aggressive race. Leading from the front.  She took third place in the women's category 1,2,3.

 

The men's category 4 had a super team.  Sean Smith, just one week back from deployment to Afghanistan lead the team fours with a 10th place finish!  Mark Ramsden finished 15th after winning the individual time trial Saturday.  Art Mathisen finished 37th.  Armando Peralta finished 41st.  

 

The men's category 5 had an equally superb representation.  Paul Bolduan was 17th. Adam Willcoxson was18th.  James Lee continued his winning ways finishing 21st.  Alex Ardussi was 26th. Doug Harding finished 28th.  Matt Doolan finished 30th.  Matt Hall finished 36th. Tim Crane finished 39th.  Bill Wood finished his first race ever in 45th!  

 

Master's category 50-59 is an open race.  This mean's any category can race.  Carl Fischer jumped in with this daunting field and finished 21st.  

 

 Matt Hall

 

 

Bruce Edwards Memorial Time Trial

TT Tips and Results

Results: April 12th
Gray skies and temps hovering around 40 made for a chilly TT season opener. Seventeen hardy souls came out to brave the elements, including three juniors. Mike Smithmier, who is on injured reserve, also came out for the event. Thank you to Patrick Mitchell for helping with tonight's race. Congrats to Scott Stevens for tonight's fastest time! 

13:53    Scott Stevens
14:05    Doug Obershaw
14:50    Dean Parker
15:24    Brendan Sheehan
15:27    Isaac Jonas    
15:47    Lane Johnson
15:49    Shawn Morelli
15:58    Jandle Johnson
16:03    Paul Bolduan
16:18    Geraldo Peralta
16:30    Matthew Hall
17:09    Donavon Hottman
17:43    Gene Lamb
18:11    Tim Crane
18:29    Art Berger
22.03    Steve DelVecchio
24:26    Seth Wisdom  

Spring Fling 5

Finally beautiful weather (mostly) for the Spring Fling Criterium in Lawrence.  Not surprisingly, this was the biggest turn out of riders so far this season.  

 

We started the race with the Men's Masters Category.  Due to the recent rainfall some debris had washed onto the course and several riders received flat tires in turn 3.  Mark Ramsden, and Art Mathisen remained in the field.  Art attacked the field several times taking a sprint.  Towards the end of the race he attacked the field and no one chased.  Art won a prime sprint and the finishing sprint.  Mark finished with the leaders.

 

In the ladies category 4 Anita Gonzalez and Melissa Holstead raced.  Melissa was racing on a loaner wheelset - Mavic Cosmic Carbone SLs.  Missy had an average speed over two miles faster than previous races.  She was very aggressive in the corners as well.  

 

Next was the juniors 10 to 12 years old.  John Finnegan and Francis Sheehan raced for us.  Most of the race John lead the field.  Francis waited until the last straight away to sprint and win the race.  Santa Fe Trails swept the series - First Place - John Finnegan, Second Place - Abby Olsen, Third Place - Francis Sheehan. 

 

Next was the 4/5 men.  Again we had more riders.  Again the pace was faster.  Erica Haas rode for our team as well as Adam Wilcoxon, Armando Peralta and Brendan Sheehan.  

 

Erica Haas turned around and raced the ladies category 3/4 race.  She attacked early and often taking third overall.  

 

John Finnegan and Francis Sheehan raced again in the juniors 12-18.  They raced hard.

 

Finally the last race of the day was the men's category five.  Faster.  More crowded.  James Lee, Matt Doolan, Adam Wilcoxon, Gene Lamb, John Pauley all raced.  No one placed.  Jim Lee took Fifth in the series overall.  

 

We are looking forward to our next races: Thursday evening April 11 - the Power Flite 10 KM Time Trial in Gardner, Kansas.  Sunday, April 14th the Bazaar Road Race near Emporia, KS.  

 

Thanks to Roger Harrison for his support and photographs.