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