Movin' On Up, 2001 Season Highlights
DBC riders did extremely well this year. Overall, we were the 6th best team in the region that boasts a total of 48 teams. Here are some other highlights:
- Megan McQuaid was the U23 national time trial champion.
- Several of the Aggies who won the NCNCA national championship (Judd Vansickle, Matt Morenzoni, Joe Karbowski, and Roman Kilun) ride for the DBC race team.
- In the Best All Round Rider (BAR) competitions, DBC was prominent. In the women’s 1,2 categories Megan placed 26th with Krystyna Kras finishing 12th. In the women’s 3’s Sarah Poehlman was 6th with Emily Kachorek 18th. Jim Mansoor was 5th in the 35+ 1,2,3 category and in the 35+ 4,5 Rich Boettner was 5th, Daryn Dodge 7th and Gilbert Kachadourian 9th. Clint Butler won the men’s 4’s BAR standings despite a broken wrist and received quite a bit of help from his teammates who rode in the 4’s.
- Matt Morenzoni placed 4th in the district time trial open men’s division.
- Judd Vansickle finished 3rd at the Willamette stage race and was subsequently ranked highly in the national USCF road race and criterium standings.
- And as we all know from last month’s article, Jim Mansoor in the 35+ 1,2,3 and KP in the 3 categories won their respective Cal Cups. They took home some nifty trophies to show their kin folk. Having two DBC riders win the Cal Cup is amazing.
Congratulations to our riders who received end of the year awards at our last meeting! Each rider received a generous gift certificate from Ken’s Bike-N-Ski. Thanks again to Ken for contributing to these awards.
Best Female Rider: Megan McQuaid--national champion! ’nuf said
Best Male Rider: Judd Vansickle-Judd moved up to category 2 from 3 after doing well at Willamette this year and placed high in several pro,1,2 races.
Most Improved: Karta Purka Atehora. “KP” moved from category 5 to 2 in one year, won the Cal Cup and placed highly in many races.
Most Improved Master: Hal Sloane. Hal improved from top 20 finishes to cracking the top 10 with a superb 6th place at the Winters Road Race.
In addition to these results many other racers had excellent seasons and were able to move up 1 and sometimes 3 categories. These riders should be commended for stepping up to the challenges of more difficult categories:
- KP: 5 to 4 to 3 to 2
- Adam Ross: 5 to 4 to 3
- Judd Vansickle: 3 to 2
- Jim Mansoor: 3 to 2
- Vance Russell: 4 to 3
- Clint Butler: 4 to 3