NEW JERSEY DISTRICT CYCLO-CROSS CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
Part of the Mid-Atlantic Cross Cup Competition
SUNDAY OCTOBER 31, 1999
NORTH BRANCH PARK, Bridgewater, NJ

Thanks to John Verheul

The 1999 NJ State cyclocross championship was supposed to be a dual between our two top-20 Supercup riders, 1998 champ Andy Applegate (Ideal Tile) and 1997 champ Greg Ferguson (Trek/VW East). Unfortunately, a collision with a barrier ended Applegate’s day late in the race. Instead, it was left to surprise entrant Mark Walters (Navigators), the 1998 Canadian Road Champion and one of North America’s top young pros, to challenge Fergie. The two stayed near each other for most of the race, but Ferguson’s cyclocross bike proved superior to Walters’ mountain bike in the final paved sprint.

The course itself was fairly flat, with 3 paved sections, 3 barrier triplets, 2 wooden bridge crossings, one stream crossing, and several slick corners per lap. Connecting it all was plenty of soft, energy-sapping grass. Overall, it was a course favoring strong powerful riders more so than technical experts.

The overall turnout on a warm, sunny Halloween was as good as it’s been for any NJ ‘cross race in the last 5 years. Besides the top NJ talent, last years’ race winner Bill Elliston finished a strong 3rd after a slow start, while PA State champ Mike Yozell was 5th. Top Supercup Junior Justin Thompson finished 4th racing with the older riders today. The race started
fast, with eventual 6th place finisher, 18 year old Szymon Niemotko getting the hole shot and trying to break away alone in the first laps. A broken chain cost the young up-and-comer a few places in the end, as he had to switch to his backup bike.

I apologize for only covering my own event, but between setting up the course, taking it down, racing, tabulating results, and getting course advice from Mike Yozell and Brent Biddle (thanks guys), I really only could pay attention to the event I was in.

-John

Senior Men Cat Pro 1-2-3
1	Greg Ferguson	Trek/VW East	NJ State Champion
2	Mark Walters	Navigators
3	William Elliston	Bicycle Therapy
4	Justin  Thompson	Deva
5	Mike Yozell	Trek/VW East
6	Szymon Niemotko	Somerset/Somerville Cyclery	NJ Silver Medalist
7	Matt Myers	Trek/Bikesport
8	Inson  Wood	Details
9	John Verheul	Somerset/Somerville Cyclery	NJ Bronze Medalist
10	Kevin  Hunt	Diamond Cycle
11	Brent  Biddle	First State Velo Sport
12	John Kelly	CRC of A
13	Rich  Wolter	WORC Racing
14	Jura  Karko	Unatt.
15	Eric  Ragot	Kissena
16	Brad  Ford	Watchung Wheelmen
17	Rich  Mihills	First State Velo Sport

Men 35+
1 Chris Long	Brooklyn Cycles
2 Andy Freeman
3 Martin Jones		NJ State Champion
4 Scott  Wilson	Evolution
5 Rick Anderson	Somerset/Somerville Cyclery	NJ Silver Medalist
6 Joe Mannachio
7 Gerardo Martinez		NJ Bronze Medalist
Men 45+
1 Joe Saling	Somerset/Somerville Cyclery	NJ State Champion
2 Anthony Loproto	Bennett's
3 Larry Dudek	Somerset/Somerville Cyclery	NJ Silver Medalist
4 Tom Elberg		NJ Bronze Medalist
Women
1 Sarah Uhl	NE Cycling Support Org.	NJ State Champion
2 Petra Ford	Watchung Wheelmen	NJ Silver Medalist
3 Ellie Varnai	Somerset/Somerville Cyclery
4 Ann Marie	Greenwood Unatt.
5 Tammy  Ebersole	Evolution
6 Amy Lowry	FCCC
Juniors
1 Travis Pidcock	Red Rose Rockets	NJ State Champion
2 Sam  Smith	Unatt.	NJ Silver Medalist
3 Denny Scott	Ridge Rider Velo/Liberty Cycle
Senior Men Cat 4
1 Mike Shenk	Velo Club of Montery
2 Randy  Stein	CRC of A
3 Mike  Sutter	Westwood Velo	NJ State Champion
4 Chris Faino	Evolution
5 Chris Vegh	Unatt.	NJ Silver Medalist
6 Leyton Murray	EECT
7 Greg  Gorel	Somerset/Somerville Cyclery	NJ Bronze Medalist
8 Chris  Evans	Wolverine
9 Rick Zalasin	Wolverine
Senior Men Cat 5
1 Andy Neumann
2 Sean McGinnes	CRCA
3 Tony  Pechenik	CRCA
4 Scott  Fagor
5 Stephen  Rush	Hot Tubes
6 Brian  Doroshuk	Northeast Hardware
7 Marc  Galietta	Evolution
8 Mark Traeger

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