November 27, 2005
SoCal Cyclocross Cup #10 - Turkey Trot Cross
Glendale, CA
Turkey Trot Cross debuts the Turkey Gobbler!
By Sam Ames, Matt Gunnell, Dorothy Wong
Photos © Mitchell Clinton
RACE REPORT
With a full supply of turkey, ham and all the fixins in their legs, 216 riders (the highest turnout ever in Southern California cyclocross history!) the racers took to the Glendale Adventist-Verdugo Cycling Turkey Trot Cross on Sunday hosted by PAA/Merrill Lynch and Bicycle John's Serious Cycling. At the far end of the course was the infamous Turkey Gobbler which awarded racers special prizes throughout the day!
In men's A race action, a field of 23 riders took to the twisting, fast and dry grass course. Leading the first lap charge was Jeff Prinz of Celo Pacific who later fell victim to a stick in his gears. Fellow Celo rider Brent Prenzlow (Celo Pacific/Salsa) along with Chance Noble(Scary Fast) and Nat Faulkner (Action Sports) took up the charge through the Ritchey sand pit and technical grass sections. Mike Easter (Shoreline Cycles/Kona) and Jeff Behrens(Celo Pacific/Salsa) fought hard to gain contact with the leaders but the order was established and the battle for first and second came down to a game of horsepower with Prenzlow pulling away for the win in the final 2 laps. Young Chance Noble took second with Faulkner in third. Chance won the USGP of cyclocross last Sunday at Golden Gate park and will be making his way to Europe to represent the United States later this year…. Go Chance!The women's A race showcased National Junior MTB champ, 13 year-old, Brittney Van Vleet (KHS/Swamis - who earlier defeated first time crosser Coryn Rivera - Major Motion and Jr. Road National Champ herself!) who took the holeshot and led the A Women's field for almost half a lap creating a race dictating gap in the field, before Dorothy Wong (Kelly Bike Co.) slipped past Brittney after the Detroit Coffee Run Up. Wong won the day's event with Van Vleet ending up 3rd and newcomer to cross, adventure racer, Teri Strayer (Backbone) getting second.
In the largest field ever in Southern California cyclocross history was the men's C race. A group of 53 riders roared down the pavement start, into the first grass sweeper and Ritchey sand pit where a pile up gapped a large part of the field. Griffith Vertican and Michael Lilly (Shoreline) took to the front and opened a the race with Grant Van Horn (Action Sports), Eddie Nilo (Encore) and Ron McKiernan (PAA/Merrill Lynch) in hot pursuit. Vertican and Lilly maintained a solid lead but eventual third place rider Van Horn kept the pressure on. Through the trees and short run up, Vertican was able to hold on for the with Lilly taking 2nd. and Van Horn finishing in third.
The highlight of the day, aqain with a historic turnout was the Glendale Adventist-Verdugo Cycling Kids Race where 20 young riders made their way around the abbreviated cross course but still included the infamous Kool N Fit triple barrier section! The kids were awarded cowbells and treated to Verdugo turkey dogs served up fresh and hot! All in all everyone enjoyed a beautiful fall day at the races!Glendale Adventist Medical Center-Verdugo Cycling Turkey Trot Cross by the numbers:
- 216 race entrees
- 2 Turkey Trot titles defended:
Brent Prenzlow (Celo Pacific/Salsa) in the Men's A and
Dorothy Wong (Kelly Bike Company in the Women's A)- 200 Verdugo Dogs cooked and eaten
- 18 Junior Racers 18+ under
- 20 Kids Racers (Juniors and Kids are our cycling FUTURE!)
- 100 Dollars donated to the Lance Armstrong Foundation in the name of Eugene Galindo.
With four races to go in the SoCal Cyclocross Series, this weekend will showcase a championship-level double header starting Saturday with the debut the Capital Choice/Shimano State Championship course in Irvine hosted by Encore Cycling, followed up Sunday at the 2003 State Championship course in Vista, CA hosted by Celo Pacific. For more info check out: www.socalcross.org.
RACE RESULTS
JR MEN 18+ under fname lname city state club Didier Jourdain SAN DIEGO CA Karl Strauss/SDBC Ian Moir LONG BEACH CA Major Motion Cycling Club Miles Ludi OCEANSIDE CA Karl Strauss/SDBC Morgan Ryan VENTURA CA Scary Fast Racing Blake Van Vleet OCEANSIDE CA KHS/Swami's Cycling Club Ben Bertiger ALTADENA CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Sam Hoke Karl Strauss/SDBC Vu Le Unattached Mitchell Pratt Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Shane Skelton Unattached 30+ fname lname city state club Jeff Prinz MISSION VIEJO CA Celo Pacific Carlos (Matias) Mendigochea LOS ANGELES CA Kahala/'Velo Club La Grange Westwood Frederick Bottger PASADENA CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Mark Vandermolen IRVINE CA Coast Velo Cycling Mike McMahon LAKE FOREST CA Team Velocity Thaddeus Sparrow LA JOLLA CA Celo Pacific Armin Rahm S PASADENA CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc (PAA) Theodore Posch FULLERTON CA Team Velocity Jeffery Schmela BURBANK CA Team Adelante Derek Hermon 3 Pines/Bear Valley Bikes David Boulton COSTA MESA CA Met-Rx/ Alliance Steven Smith SOLVANG CA UCSB Cycling Miguel Sutter BURBANK CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch John Skellenger THOUSAND OAKS CA Veloworx Racing Scott Evans SANTA CLARITA CA Veloworx Racing Kelly Grief Unattached 40+ fname lname city state club Christopher Gallup WESTMINSTER CA Celo Pacific Rob Abell DURANGO CO Durango Wheel Club Jessie Gascon Team Shimano Mark Sauer CORONA CA Excel Sports James Pappe BAKERSFIELD CA Simply Fit/Action Sports Johnny Rondash Velowerx Brad House TORRANCE CA Bike Palace/Keller Williams/Back on Trac Alan Braff OXNARD CA Non-Stop Cyclismo Steve Silva Platinum Bryan Martinez ALTADENA CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch David Bales OCEANSIDE CA Celo Pacific Mark Tucker VENTURA CA Amgen Cycling Club David Gibson ANAHEIM CA Team Velocity Jeffrey Moreton SAN GABRIEL CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Mark Luke GOLETA CA Platinum Gregory Townsend Unattached Wally Drake Turin Brian Carrico LA CRESCENTA CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Brian Hill Southbay Wheelmen Richard Murphy ESCONDIDO CA Celo Pacific James Keiser SAN DIEGO CA Adams Avenue Bicycles Chris Hipwell TORRANCE CA Big Orange Racing Howard Gillingham Unattached Charles Morris COSTA MESA CA Celo Pacific 50+ fname lname city state club Jonathan Livesay TUJUNGA CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Jon Miller THOUSAND OAKS CA Amgen Cycling Club Rick Swanson RANCHO CUCAMONGA CA Radsport Cycling Team Rickey Russell HUNTINGTON BEACH CA Met-Rx/ Alliance Tom Reilly Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Howard Miller LONG BEACH CA Paramount Racing Randi Perkins VENTURA CA Shoreline Cycles Kevin Ryan VENTURA CA Amgen Cycling Club Robert Meeker OJAI CA Specialized Robert Llamas MONTROSE CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch James Cushing-Murray FRISCO CO Celo Pacific R Lee Willmore SEAL BEACH CA Celo Pacific Brian Olson Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Steve Brown WEST COVINA CA Covina Valley Racing Cully White STUDIO CITY CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Bruce Steele South Bay Wheelmen Men A fname lname city state club Brent Prenzlow CARLSBAD CA Celo Pacific/Salsa Chance Noble CAMARILLO CA Scary Fast Racing Nat Falkner Action Sports Mike Easter Shoreline John Behrens SAN DIEGO CA Celo Pacific Jeff Herring ALTADENA CA Celo Pacific Gary Hanson WOODLAND HILLS CA Amgen Cycling Club Walter Tate DEL MAR CA Cal Giant Samuel Ames BAKERSFIELD CA Simply Fit/Action Sports Carlos (Matias) Mendigochea LOS ANGELES CA Kahala/La Grange Dillon Clapp SAN LUIS OBISPO CA Unattached Garnet Vertican CRESTLINE CA Unattached Frederick Bottger PASADENA CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Lawrence Leonard VENTURA CA Tangelo Velo Bill Dean TOLUCA LAKE CA Veloworx Racing Erik Flockoi PASADENA CA Cycles Veloce JP Partland Kissena Cycling Thaddeus Sparrow LA JOLLA CA Celo Pacific Derek Hermon Bear Valley Lodge Christopher Gallup WESTMINSTER CA Celo Pacific Perry Paolini OAK PARK CA Amgen Cycling Club Jeff Prinz MISSION VIEJO CA Celo Pacific Paul Hernandez N HOLLYWOOD CA Bicycles Johns Serious Cycling Men B fname lname city state club Jason Vorell SILVERADO CANYON CA Encore Cycling Mark Damaske SC Velo Ryan Ferro LA CRESCENTA CA PAA/Merrill Lynch Michael Eaton PASADENA CA Amgen Cycling Club Michael Lilly VENTURA CA Shoreline Cycles Roger Wotton REDONDO BEACH CA Big Orange Racing Jamie Stathas PAA/Merrill Lynch Bernard Georges LOS ANGELES CA Hup United/Stoller Ian Moir LONG BEACH CA Major Motion Cycling Club Paul Welsh HUNTINGTON BEACH CA Celo Pacific Eric Woods ALISO VIEJO CA Bear Valley Bikes/Specialized Jeffery Schmela BURBANK CA Team Adelante Glenn Masuda LONG BEACH CA Celo Pacific Neil Browne Long Beach Elite Al Morinaka FULLERTON CA Velocity Cycling Team Vernon Smith PALOS VERDES ESTATES CA Elemiento Basico Steven Smith SOLVANG CA UCSB Cycling Tom McDonald Unattached Gregory Page DOWNEY CA Lightning Velo Jeff Rowe SAN DIEGO CA Unattached Rich Holtzman LOS ANGELES CA Unattached Drew Englemann B&L Bike Greg Hammond Team Shimano Phillip Gray CARLSBAD CA Celo Pacific Didier Jourdain SAN DIEGO CA Karl Strauss/SDBC Men C fname lname city state club Griffith Vertican Unattached Michael Lilly VENTURA CA Shoreline Cycles Grant Van Horn BAKERSFIELD CA Simply Fit/Action Sports Eduardo Nilo LA VERNE CA Encore Cycling Ron McKiernan TEMPLE CITY CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Oliver Martin Unattached Jason Schippers Backbone Racing Matthew Hale SAN DIEGO CA Celo Pacific Cameron Dickinson SAN DIEGO CA Encore Cycling Russell Fortin SAN PEDRO CA Team Velosport Alex Hall LOS ANGELES CA South Bay Wheelmen Drew Englemann B & L Bikes Jason Lewiss Team Adelante Jose Nilo POMONA CA Encore Cycling Mike Leone SAN DIEGO CA Swami's Cycling Club Miguel Sutter BURBANK CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Sean Zook SAN DIEGO CA Unattached Kevin Martin Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Mike Shaw Unattached Bryan Manning LAS VEGAS NV Team Pro Cyclery Dave Kirkland Unattached Todd Whitehouse MARINA DEL REY CA Simply Fit/Action Sports Roydog Ervin Shoreline Brandon Heflin Unattached Matthew Conner MISSION VIEJO CA AFP/Team Velosport Noah Dimit SDBMA Joseph Espinosa PASADENA CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Henry Tonarely Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Richard Murphy ESCONDIDO CA Celo Pacific Lyle Warner Team Helens/Subaru Todd Munson Stoler Craig Pittman PASADENA CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch James Keiser SAN DIEGO CA Adams Avenue Bicycles Steven Totleben SOUTH PASADENA CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Dylan Byrd Unattached George Korn Equinnox Jesse de Jegus Unattached Matt Lay Pasadena Cyclery Nick Bashich Unattached Zach Crowe Budget Bicycles Nathan Dauglash LOS ANGELES CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch John Sumner Unattached Scott Seaway Unattached R Lee Willmore SEAL BEACH CA Celo Pacific Paul Mitchell SACRAMENTO CA Cycling-Training.Com/ARPT Peter Morris COSTA MESA CA Celo Pacific Nicholas Jones COSTA MESA CA AFP/Team Velosport Michael Brown Frank Xray David Bales OCEANSIDE CA Celo Pacific Steve Brown WEST COVINA CA Southern California Velo Michael Sobray Samuel Elenes Incycle Jason Lowetz Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Jr. WOMEN 18+ under fname lname city state club Brittney Van Vleet OCEANSIDE CA KHS/Swami's Cycling Club Coryn Rivera TUSTIN CA Major Motion Cycling Club Kendall Ryan VENTURA CA Scary Fast Racing Amanda Duarte EL CAJON CA Karl Strauss/SDBC/Adams Avenue Alexis Ryan VENTURA CA Scary Fast Racing WOMEN A fname lname city state club Dorothy Wong ALTADENA CA Kelly Bike Company Teri Strayer GLENDALE CA Backbone Racing Brittney Van Vleet OCEANSIDE CA KHS/'Swami's Cycling Club Keli Roberts TUJUNGA CA Southbay Wheelmen Martina Stum PAA/Merrill Lynch Carol Ruckle REDLANDS CA Jelly Belly/Pool Gel WOMEN B fname lname city state club Elizabeth Gentry HENDERSON NV Team Pro Cyclery Megan Cordes CAMBRIA CA Unattached Robin MacDonald-Foley Conejo Valley Cyclists Lisa Vorell Encore Sara Gordon B&L Donna Bertiger ALTADENA CA Unattached Mandy Gamble PASADENA CA Bicycles Johns Serious Cycling SINGLESPEED fname lname city state club Bert Blanchlette Backbone Joshua Wiggins SANTA MONICA CA Veloworx Racing Dale Raymond NORCO CA Southern California Velo Paul Hernandez N HOLLYWOOD CA Bicycles Johns Serious Cycling Tom McDonald Jeffrey Steinhart RESEDA CA Bicycle Johns Serious Cycling Todd Whitehouse MARINA DEL REY CA ADT Event Center Todd Munsan Team Stoller Matthew Gunnell GLENDALE CA Pasadena Athletic Assoc/Merrill Lynch Noah Dimit SDBMA Michael Brown FrankXray Race results and report provided by Dorothy Wong - Series Director, SoCal Cyclocross Cup
