For Immediate Release August 1, 1998

SEATTLE-AREA TEAM WINS TOP AWARD AT 1998 MASTERS NATIONAL TRACK CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

REDMOND, Wash. -- Seattle's Gregg's-Specialized team won the Best All-Around award for the eighth straight year with 276 points, topping the next closest competitor, Alto Velo, by 193 points Saturday at the Masters National Track Cycling Championships at the Marymoor Velodrome.

"We did great; well beyond our expectations," said sponsor and rider Stan Gregg. "A lot of our team came out to compete, they focused on their events and still had a great time."

Gregg's-Specialized biggest victory of the day came in the men's 135+ (combined age) Olympic Sprint, in which the three-man team not only beat defending national champion Team EDS by four-hundredths of a second, but recorded a faster Olympic Sprint than the 100-134 (combined age) group. The team, composed of Stan Gregg, Kirkland; Collin Cox, Redmond; and Ken Sinclair, Redmond; finished in a time of 1:22.25, averaging a speed of 52.52 kilometers per hour.

The Gregg's-Specialized crew added to their point total Saturday as the men's 45+ and women's 30+ teams won the 4,000 meter time trials. Thewomen's team, composed of Gina Kavesh, Bellevue; Alexandra Smith, Seattle; Annette Hanson, Kirkland; and Jan Lischer, Colorado Springs, Colo.; finished in 5:24.64 and at an average speed of 44.36 kilometers per hour.

The men's team, composed of Kenny Fuller, Anaheim, Calif.; Woody Cox, Bellevue; Michael Burdo, Kirkland; and Conrad Kreick, Renton; finished in 4:51.96 -- 15 seconds faster than the second-place team -- and averaged a speed of 49.32 kilometers per hour.

Richard Simons of Oak Park, Ill., set a two new national records for men 60+ at Marymoor Saturday, also. First, in the flying 1,000 meter time trial, Simons finished in 1:15.246, averaging a speed of 29.6 miles per hour and beating the old record of 1:17.003 set by Lawrence Galka of Colorado Springs in 1992. Simons went on to beat Galka's record in the flying 500 meter time trial also in a time of 35.824.

Four Seattle-area riders won Best All-Around Rider (BAR) awards for their age group, based on their placings in the 1,000/500m time trial, the 3,000/2,000m time trial, the Points Race and the Sprints. Seattle's Julie Gregg won for women 30-34; runner-up was Bellevue's Renee Duprel.

Cristine Smith won the award for women 40-44, Kirkland's Stan Gregg won for men 50-54, and Robert Kaye of Black Diamond won for men 60-64. 

Team EDS Composite won the men's 30+ 4,000 meter time trial with a team of Chris Carlson, Dallas, Texas; Curtis Tolson, Louisville, Kty., Larry Nolan, Fremont, Calif.; and Gerald Roberts, Placerville, Calif., in a time of 4:46.64 and averaged a speed of 50.24 kilometers per hour. 

Team EDS also captured the national title in the 70+ (combined age) 20km Madison Points Race. The two-man team, made up of Chris Carlson and Curtis Tolson, ran away with the win, capturing five of seven sprint races.

In the women's 100+ Olympic Sprints, Los Gatos Racing finished first with a time of 1:31.52, beating Gregg's Specialized, which finished in 1:31.93. The Los Gatos team was composed of Kymberly Speer, Lafayette, Calif.; Suzanne Marshall, Redwood City, Calif.; and Claire Olsen, Santa Rosa, Calif. 

Team USPS took the men's 100-134 (combined age) Olympic Sprint in a time of 1:22.30, just three-tenths of a second faster than Team EDS, which finished at 1:22.53. Team USPS was composed of Nicholas Kelez, Oakland, Calif., Larry Nolan, and Wilhelmus Zegers, San Jose, Calif.  

Saturday's Results

4,000 meter Team Time Trial

Men 30+

1. EDS (C. Carlson, C. Tolson, L. Nolan, G. Roberts), 4:46.64; Burger King (C. Metcalfe, G. Alexander, W. Ramsey, P. Zeller), 4:51.13; Ikon/Lexus (S. Bunn, M. Rosenthal, G. Cunefare, K. Douglas), 4:55.51; Robert Black (E. Black, J. Fillerup, W. Groves, E. Todd), 4:59.06; Gregg's-Specialized (D. Wood, H. Sheffield, A. Gagne, C. Smith), 5:09.30; Lake Washington (J. Cinnamond, K. Wolff, M. Miller, J. Pyatt), 5:17.47.

Men 45+

1. Gregg's-Specialized (K. Fuller, W. Cox, M. Burdo, C. Kreick), 4:51.96; Haskell (W. Haskell, L. Bernhardt, S. Porter, T. Bain), 5:07.66; Composite (P. Gellineau, P. Dern, D Vreugdenhil, M. Williams), 5:08.96; Harvey (J. Fineman, M. MacDonald, M. Hardaway, M. Rodamaker), 5:27.93.

Women 40+

1. Gregg's-Specialized 1 (G. Kavesh, A. Smith, A. Hanson, J. Lischer), 5:24.64; Gregg's-Specialized 2 (R. Duprel, L. Elgart, C. Smith, J. Gregg), 5:43.23.

Olympic Sprint

Men 100+

1. Team UPS (N. Kelez, L. Nolan, W. Zegers), 1:22.30; Team EDS (C. Carlson, D. Wilson, K. Whiteman), 1:22.53; Loco Velo (W. Nitzsche, S. Prokopiw, D. Hogeback), 1:23.90; Ikon/Lexus (S. Bunn, M. Rosenthal, S. Zoumaras), 1:26.35; Gregg's-Specialized-Wood (D. Wood, H. Sheffield, M. Furuglyas), 1:27.38.

Men 135+

1. Gregg's-Specialized (S. Gregg, C. Cox, K. Sinclair), 1:22.25; Team EDS (G. Hatton, N. Chenowth, H. Cutting), 1:22.29; Circle Cycle (J. Jardine, J. Woodruff, B. Stinton), 1:22.63; Team Hell (T. Vincenti, P. Yazolino, J. Fillerup), 1:23.26; Eastside Wheelmen (J. Murdock, R. Voss, B. Neal), 1:27.85.

Women 30+

1. Los Gatos Racing (K. Speer, S. Marshall, C. Olsen), 1:31.52; Gregg's-Specialized (J. Gregg, C. Smith, R. Duprel), 1:31.93; Roach/Rayray (T. Roach, S. Rayray, L. Betts), 1:36.28; Just Do It (K. Bland, M. McCulloch, J. Hoagland Lockwood), 1:39.66.

20km Madison

Men 70+

1. Team EDS (C. Carlson, C. Tolson), 32; Southbay Chevron (M. Whitehead, S. Watkins), 21; Team Butch (B. Stinton, W. Cox), 18; US Postal Service (L. Nolan, N. Kelez), 8; Ikon/Lexus (S. Bunn, K. Douglas), 4.

Record Attempts

Richard Simons, 1.15.426, Flying 1,000 meters national record, men 60+

Richard Simons, 35.824, Flying 500 meters national record, men 60+

Team BAR Title

Gregg's-Specialized, 276; Alto Velo 83; Southbay Wheelmen, 55; Team Circle Cycle, 51; Hammer Nutrition, 49.

Best All-Around Rider (BAR) Awards

Men 30-34 - Stephen Prokipiw, 16; Sean Watkins, 12; Nicholas Kelez, 10.

Men 35-39 - Chris Carlson, 26; Steve Hogan, 12; Curtis Tolson, 12.

Men 40-44 - Larry Nolan, 30; Glenn Bunselmeyer, 16; Jeffery Fillerup, 14.

Men 45-49 - Butch Stinton, 29; Woody Cox, 28; Patrick Gellineau, 17.

Men 50-54 - Stan Gregg, 26; John Elgart, 23; Mark Rodamaker, 19.

Men 55-59 - Michael Williams, 30; James Murdock, 24; Earl Henry, 23.

Men 60-64 - Robert Kaye, 28; Richard Widmark, 23; Richard Keller, 16.

Men 65+ - Williams Edwards, 36; Barry Wolfe, 27; Roger Banvard, 25.

Women 30-34 - Julie Gregg, 26; Renee Duprel, 21; Suzanne Marshall, 18.

Women 35-39 - Linda Braley, 27; Jan Lischer, 23; Claire Olsen, 22.

Women 40-44 - Cristine Smith, 32; Linelle Betts, 22; Cynthia Goodman, 22.

Women 45-49 - Terry Roach, 18; Susan Hall, 16; Diane Scadron, 14.

Women 50+ - Elaine Miller, 18; Patricia Arnone, 14.