Wow! We had a terrific turn out last night for Late Night
Under the Lights! The weather was warm, but the riders were in great
spirits. Roger Harrison and Joe Porter did a terrific job setting up the
course. Paula Cole organized the entire event, ran registration, kept
track of placing and coordinated all the awards and prizes. We had a new
volunteer: Elspeth Malcolm. Elspeth jumped right in and helped run the
registration with Paula Cole. Thanks also to Dan Sheehan and Josh
Stratton who set up and tore down the registration area.
I was pleasantly surprised to see 53 children race. The top
three children in each category were given medals. All children received
a prize. There will be trophies for the overall winner of the series.
At our final race. The next race will be on Wednesday evening, July 24th.
The adult races were great. Many of the racers were first
timers. Amanda Muller was very excited after her race. She average
19.9 mph! The adult series is specifically designed for training.
Riders learned several things about bike racing. First - in bicycle
racing (criteriums, circuits or road races) aerobars are not allowed.
Next junior racers require a special gear modification which is designed
to protect their knees. Race numbers are worn on the side of the back of
a rider not on the front of the shirt. Race licenses are required to
race. You can obtain a one day license or an annual on site. A
great aspect of this series is that time is taken to educate the riders.
Riders have the opportunity to apply lessons learned on the same night.
Each adult/junior racer races three separate races on the same course
with the same group.
Here are the results:
Ages 1-5
1. Amelia Noris
2. Seth Mathis
3. Evelyn Todd
4. Madeline Sheets
5. Lucas Smith
6. Cale Denney
7. Sophie Holmes
8. Brayden Sheumaker
9. Mason Sheumaker
10. Leah Jordan
11. Imogen Norris
12. John Schmidtke
13. Carolina Sol Smyth
14. Ayron Hixson
15. Dalton Zimmerman
Strider Category
1. Toby Black
2. Houston Sheets
3. Cooper Schmidtke
Ages 6-8
1. Luke Holmes
2. Lim Baragary
3. Sean Marco Smyth
4. Isabella Ross
5. Bill Ross
6. Cooper Norris
7. Chris Jordan
8. Ella Todd
9. Lucien Griffin
10. Jason Conway
11. Spencer Black
12. Sydney Campbell
13. Leah Perrin Dye
14. Braden Grifin
15. Josie Denney
16. Abigail Smedley
17. Nathan Eddy
18. Curtis Smedley
19. Brayton Zimmerman
20. Riley Frederickson
Ages 9-10
1. Eli Todd
2. Caden Baragary
3. Elizabeth Finnigan
4. Michael Bert
5. Jeremiah Yeaton
6. Breanna Kouts
Ages 11-12
1. John Finnigan
2. Harry Ross
3. Carl Waage
4. Abby Rose Olsen
5. Junior Tolbert
6. Alina Brady
Adult Category 4
1. Mike Garvin 42 points
2. Mark Ramsden 39 points
3. Carl Fischer 36 points
Adult Category 5
1. Hernan Diaz 40 points
2. Paul Bolduan 35 points
3. Robert Kurtto 27 points
4. Paul Muller 25 points
4. Daniel Sheehan 25 points
4. Mark Barnes 25 points
5. Mike Daigh 17 points
6. Dale Marrou 16 points
7. Mike Miller 9 points
8. Vince Matteo 6 points
Adult Women's Category 4
1. Wendy Guilbeau
2. Amanda Muller
Juniors
1. John Finnegan 15 points
2. Harry Ross 12 points
3. Abby Rose Olsen 7 points
4. Caden Bargary 6 points
5. Elizabeth Finnegan 4 points
6. Liam Bargary 1 point.
Danielle
Edwards
Abby
Olsen
Mark
Barnes in the Santa Fe Trails Team Kit
Carl
Fischer is the next in Santa Fe Trails Team Kit
Hernan
Diaz in the green
Daniel
Sheehan is the next in the Blue Jersey
Carl
Fischer and Mike Garvin
Carl
Fischer, Mike Garvin, Hernan Diaz, and Mark Ramsden