Late Night Under the Lights 7/10

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