Womens Sports and Fitness Race

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Final Cycling Results
Women's Sports and Fitness: Run, Skate, Cycle
August 28, 1999
New York, NY

Category Pro, 1,2,3 National Points Series - Summary:
By Victor Vitelli, Race Director

With clear skies and a stiff breeze, the American women's peloton again took to the streets of New York City for the third running of the annual Women's Sports and Fitness Criterium. And while prior years were fast, this year was blazing. In the Category 1,2,3 race, the average speed was 28mph for nearly 35 miles. The course was the same as in years prior -a winding, hilly, approximately 1-mile loop on the streets surrounding Grant's Tomb and The Riverside Church in Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Racing started very fast, with the early laps averaging close to 30mph, which shattered the 80-rider field. Notably, the field size is the largest in New York's history for women's bicycle racing. The sheer size of the race dictated an extreme pace, which prevented all early attacks from staying away. Finally on lap 26 a trio comprised of Team Saturn's Anna Wilson, Timex's Kendra Wenzel -riding solo, and Charles Schwab's Heather Albert managed to attack from the front and establish a gap.

With the remainder of Charles Schwab and Saturn minding the front of the field -though still keeping the pace very high- the trio maintained a solid gap until the finish. The breakaway's final sprint was a 100-meter, uphill drag race with Wilson narrowly beating Wenzel and Albert hanging tightly for third. Wilson's win maintains Saturn's 1998 win by Dede Demet.

Back in the field, supermom, Barbara Gradley, from Aquidneck Bicycle Club, also riding solo, managed to attack off the front coming into bell lap and held off a 5 woman chase group to win 4th place. Laura Van Gilder of Team
Navigators won the field sprint five seconds behind the chase.

It should be noted that during the day's racing, Riverside Church, completely within the race enclosure, somehow managed to hold a funeral and two weddings. Watch for the movie version: Two Weddings a Funeral and a Bike Race…

Cat 1,2,3 Official Results
Time of Race: 1 hour, 13 minutes, 19 seconds
Chief Official: Sonia Guy

1st Place   #43     Anna Wilson -Team Saturn, Australia
2nd Place   #44     Kendra Wenzel-Timex Sports, McKenzie Bridge, OR
3rd Place   #8      Heather Albert -Charles Schwab, Pleasant Grove, UT
4th Place   #81     Barbara Gradley -Aquidneck Bicycle Club, Newport, RI
5th Place   #80     Tania Duff-Miller -Countless ManaKay CC, New Zealand
6th Place   #12     Marie Holjer -Charles Schwab, Vetterslundberg , Sweden
7th Place   #42     Julie Hanson - Team Saturn, Superior, CO
8th Place   #39     Stacey Peters - Safeway/Saturn, Portland. OR
9th Place   #66     Hefler, Susan -Bicycle Place/Regulators, Reston VA
10th Place  #73     Laura VanGilder - Navigators, Cresco, PA -1997 Champion
11th Place  #11     Nicole Freedman -Charles Schwab, Palo Alto, CA
12th Place  #67     Shannon Hutchinson - Cox-Atlanta-Velo, Atlanta, GA
13th Place  #13     Cynthia Ferguson - Charles Schwab, Palo Alto, CA
14th Place  #78     Joanne Kiesanowski - New Zealand National Team
15th Place  #77     Nicole Reinhart - Team Saturn, Trexlertown, PA
16th Place  #82     Suzy Pride - Team Saturn, New Zealand
17th Place  #37     Emily Thorne - Proteus-ASI, South Hamilton, MA
18th Place  #40     Katie Blincoe - Safeway/Saturn, Seattle, WA
19th Place  #34     Jennifer Dial - Proteus-ASI, North Hampton, MA
20th Place  #69     Ashley McCullough - Cox-Atlanta Velo, San Francisco, CA
21st Place  #41     Tiffany Pezzulo -Team Hind, Boulder, CO
22nd Place  #65     Michele Boke - 
23rd Place  #61     Samantha Potter - Merlin/SmartFuel, Southbury, CT
24th Place  #48     Cassandra Ramirez -TriState Velo, Forty Fort, PA
25th Place  #64     Roz Reekie May - New Zealand

Categories 3 and 4 Summary
by Gerri Moriarty, PC Connection

Congratulations to Dannette Daniels and Brooke O'Connor for winning their respective races at the Women's Sports and Fitness Run, Skate and Cycle at Grant's Tomb on Saturday! It was a great, women's focused event with generous prize lists for all fields.

In the Cat 3 race, Brooke O'Connor from NEBC got the assist of the day from teammate Sara Cushman who gave her the leadout she needed to put a decisive gap on the rest of the field in the final sprint. Anne Marie Miller from CRCA beat the rest of the field of almost 50 riders to take 2nd.

What a great day for the free coaching clinics from Karen Bliss Livingston! Karen held both pre and post race talks for participants and handed out Koulius Zaard waterbottles to women whom she observed making smart moves. Over 40 people attended and listened to Karen, and many Cat 3 riders attended later to speak with her after they finished their 1-2-3 race. The clinic was well received with many positive comments afterwards. Thanks to Karen, for flying up from Atlanta to do this for Series participants!

Category 3 Official Results
Time of Race: 54 Minutes, 37 Seconds
Chief Official: Sonia Guy

1st Place   #56     Brooke O'Connor - Northeast Bicycle Club
2nd Place   #129    Ann Marie Miller - CRCA
3rd Place   #27     Janet Proctor - Sunapee/Mowatt
4th Place   #63     Julie Walsh - CRCA/RLX Polo Sport
5th Place   #103    Laurea Franges - FCCC
6th Place   #57     Tara Parsons - CRCA/RLX Polo Sport
7th Place   #110    Julie Monagle - Ridgefield Bank
8th Place   #120    Diane Flynn - TriState Velo
9th Place   #29     Alicia Genesco - Trek/NECSA
10th Place  #55     Marni Harker - Rock Creek Racers
11th Place  #122    Elizabeth Varnai - Somerset Wheelmen
12th Place  #121    Elizabeth Mayer-Sterling - Altoona
13th Place  #107    Laura Kibelsbeck - Matador Design
14th Place  #45     Stacey Smith - Tokeneke
15th Place  #116    Kelly Yoder - ACA/Team Freddie FU
16th Place  #114    Tina Skelly - Altoona Bike Shop
17th Place  #31     Odessa Osorio - Trek/NECSA
18th Place  #53     Alyson Howard - Alpharetta Velo
19th Place  #52     Jennifer Cooper Alpharetta Velo
20th Place  #118    Penny Buchar - Matador Design
21st Place  #100    Jessica Barnum - GMBC-Excite-Smartfuel
22nd Place  #54     Tricia O'Brian - Alpharetta Velo
23rd Place  #60     Amanda See - AMC
24th Place  #104    Susan Fredrikson -Essex County Velo
25th Place  #23     Julie Maenpaa - GMBC-Excite-Smartfuel

Category 4 Results:

1   Danette Daniels 
2   Sarah Sauvayre - CRCA
3   Randy Sharp -AXIS/Psoas
4   Nancy Morgenstern- CRCA/ Bicycles Renaissance
5   Kira Krenichyn- 
6   Michelle Windmeier
7   Alison Geyh - Cycle Loft/Sun Microsystems
8   Elizabeth Renaud - CRCA/Setanta
9   Josie Shew
10  Kimberley Meyer - Squadra Coppi
11  Stephanie Bleecher - CRCA
12  Katherine Farago - NEBC/CycleLoft/Sun Micro
13  Erin Farnsworth 
14  Sharon Clouthier
15  Kathryn Klelan  
16  Kathleen Shaw   
17  Susan Dillmuth
18  Shelly Lutz - GMBC-Excite-SmartFuel
19  Abby Chryst - ECV Team Cycledrome
20  Rider, Folded Number    
21  Lynn Faulhaber
22  Loren Launen 
23  Gerri Moriarty - PC Connection
24  Regina Hammond - CRCA
25  Nina Larosa

Thanks to our sponsors:

· Women's Sports and Fitness Magazine
· Claritin
· CoolMax Alta
· Feline Women's Skates
· Nissan Xterra - Official Pace Vehicle
· Neutrogena
· WKTU
· Tom Cat Bakery

City Agencies:

· New York City Sports Commission -Mr. Ken Podziba, Commissioner
· NYC Parks and Recreation -Mr. Henry Stern, Commissioner
· NYC Department of Transportation
· NYPD (additional thanks to the 26 pct Detective Stanley, Office of Community Affairs)

And special thanks to our staff of volunteer marshals and race crew, especially:

Philip Simpson, Race Management
Dave Peter, Race Day Coordination
Asphalt Green Cycling Team, Race Assistance
Team Sony Music Studios, Race Assistance
New York Skate Patrol
USCF Officials - Gwenn Bubb, Chief Judge; Sonia Guy, Chief Referee;
Susan Bigelow-Cox, Registrar; John Tullai, Associate Referee; Sydney
Schuster, Motorcycle Official
Mom, Baggage Check
Neda Movallali, General Assistance
Kovie Adar, Video Finish -5K Run
Gerri Moriarty, Coordinator Karen Bliss-Livingston Race Clinic
Karen Bliss-Livingston, Developmental Clinic

We'll see all of you next year!
Victor Vitelli and Richard Cox