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OVCX #11 - Cap City Cross Ohio State Championship
OVCX #11 - Cap City Cross Ohio State Championship
Upper Arlington, OH
November 23, 2008

The Ohio State Championships were held in Columbus this past weekend on a course that featured equal parts power and equal parts skill. However, the presence of strong winds on race day made the power sections more significant, as three sections of lengthy straightaway went straight into a headwind. The park was extremely spectator-friendly, with most watchers perched up on the finish line hill looking down on the entire course.

In what would be a convergence of three Midwestern series (Zipp OVCX, Cap City, and Lake Effect), a group of 40 elite men tore off the line in pursuit of Ohio State titles, Zipp OVCX points and prize money. The beginning laps looked like it was going to be a tight finish. A group of six separated from the pack including old school hard men Phil Noble (Biowheels) and Jonathan Card (Saturn Toledo), OVCX leader Ryan Knapp (bikereg.com), and mountain man Gerry Pflug (Speedgoat). After a crash by Kennedy in a tight corner put him off the back of the group, Knapp and Card accelerated off the front. As the winds died down some in the second half of the race, more riders took the risk of going off solo. Knapp was the obvious aggressor, and tried many times to pull off the solo win but only Card could match his power. The last 30 minutes turned into a two man race between Knapp and Card, with Mike Mihalik (Beaver Valley Velo) busting out of the early group and dangling behind.

As the two leaders started the bell lap, it was obvious to the assembled spectators that a battle royale was brewing. They entered the finishing straight and the crowd grew silent. Knapp started the sprint from second wheel and seemed to have better of the veteran Card – until his pedal unclipped. Card was able to sprint up the hill for a well deserved gold medal. Knapp settled for second, with Mike Mihalik rounding out the podium in third.

In the womens race it was Nicole Borem (DRT Consulting) taking the top spot over a well-dressed Christy Blakely (BMW) and youngster Michelle Morris (One Call Now), who battled back from sixth place to take State Championship honors as the top Ohio rider.

Other notable results: • Seventeen year old Anthony Marut (Lake Effect) took top honors in the Category 3/4 race over a very stacked field. • Indiana native Sam Morrison won the 17-18 juniors race • Sam Dobrozsi won two Ohio state championships in both the Junior Boys 15-16 and the Junior Men 17-18. • Hannah Mossman overcame a strong field to win the Junior Girls 13-14 field • Will Mandrola survived the long ride from Kentucky to take the Juniors 10-12 win. • Laura Stahl (Team Awesome) dominated the 3/4 womens for her gold medal. • Gerry Pflug won the elite masters race and then lined up for the Elite 1/2/3 race and got 4th, clearly the hard man of the day!

Cat 1/2/3 Men
Place
 First Name Last Name Team
ST
1
 JONATHAN CARD SATURN OF TOLEDO
OH
2
 RYAN KNAPP BIKEREG.COM
IN
3
 MICHAEL MIHALIK BEAVER VALLEY VELO
PA
4
 GERRY PFLUG SPEEDGOAT\SPK\SALSA
PA
5
 ANDY MESSER DRT RACING
IN
6
 PHIL NOBLE BIO WHEELS/REECE CAMPBELL RACING
OH
7
 MIKE KENNEDY BARBASOL
KY
8
 MITCH GRAHAM BIOWHEELS/REECE-CAMPBELL RACING
OH
9
 Matt Weeks Lake Effect
OH
10
 DONALD GALLIGHER DRT CONSULTING
IN
11
 CHRIS NEVITT DRT CONSULTING
KY
12
 NATE ZICCARDI JENI'S/TEAM AWESOME
OH
12
 Garth Prosser Sobe/Cannondale
OH
14
 RYAN MYERS DRT CONSULTING
IN
15
 CHRIS CHARTIER ALDERFER BERGEN
OH
16
 THOMAS DOMINIC SPIN
OH
17
 KYLE WINGLER ALAN FACTORY TEAM
18
 RAY HURTON TEAM COLUMBUS
OH
19
 Mike House RGF Solutions
OH
20
 JUSTIN G POKRIVKA
21
 NICK TINSLER DARKHORSE - RPC MECHANICAL
OH
21
 BRANDON GROFF TEAM AWESOME/JENI'S ICE CREAM
OH
23
 Andrew Hague Echelon
OH
24
 DAVE STEINER SNAKEBITE
OH
25
 Rick Toler Krietler Rollers
OH
26
 ANDY MOSKAL RGF SOLUTIONS/PANTHER CYCLING TEAM
OH
27
 Dan Mendoza Pista Elite
IN
One Lap Behind
28
 HANK CAMPBELL
OH
29
 CAMERON JACKSON RGF SOLUTIONS CYCLING TEAM
OH
30
 ERNEST MARENCHIN SPEEDGOAT.COM
OH
31
 CHRIS MAYHEW JBV COACHING
PA
32
 JUSTIN G POKRIVKA DIRTY HARRYS
PA
33
 KEITH LUCAS CKW RACING / OUTDOOR VENTURE
KY
34
 Sam Morrison
35
 KATSU TANDA
OH
dnf
 ZACHARY EDWARDS DRT RACING
IN
dnf
 Ben Ortt Gary Fisher
OH
Cat 1/2/3 Women
Place
 First Name Last Name Team
ST
1
 NICOLE BOREM DRT CONSULTING
IN
2
 Christy Blakely BMW
NC
3
 Michelle Morris One Call Now
OH
4
 AMANDA SPROAT GARY FISHER 29ER CREW / TREK STORE OF COLUMBUS
OH
5
 JULIE LEWIS-SROKA LAKE EFFECT RACING
OH
6
 BRIDGET DONOVAN TREK STORE CINCINNAIT
OH
7
 CHRISTINE MCCARTHY TEAM AWESOME/ JENI'S ICE CREAM
OH
8
 LEAH HALLORAN
OH
9
 JAMIE CLIFTON NATIONAL ENGINEERING
OH
10
 Nancy Henderson
OH
Cat 1/2/3 masters 35+/45+
Place
 First Name Last Name Team
ST
1
 GERRY PFLUG SPEEDGOAT\SPK\SALSA
PA
2
 FREDERICK ROSE BIKEREG.COM
IN
3
 ERIK FAGERBERG CALISTOGA RACING TEAM
KY
4
 JOHN MANDROLA CALISTOGA RACING TEAM
KY
5
 JUSTIN G POKRIVKA
PA
6
 GARTH PROSSER SOBE CANNONDALE MTB
OH
7
 Jeffrey Craft
OH
8
 John Koury Two Johns
NC
9
 John May
KY
10
 RUDY SROKA LAKE EFFECT RACING
OH
11
 Andrew Klumb
OH
12
 BILL CRANK PEDAL THE PLANET/CES
KY
13
 BRUCE PISAREK CENTRAL OHIO BICYCLE CLUB/NATIONAL ENGINEERING
OH
14
 DEREK WILFORD LAKE EFFECT RACING
OH
15
 BILL MARUT LAKE EFFECT RACING
OH
16
 NATE LOMAN SUMMIT FREEWHEELERS/RAINBOW INKS
OH
17
 DANIEL LACH ZWS/CYCLESPORT
OH
18
 MIKE OTTING MERCYHEALTHPLEX/7HILLS RACING
OH
19
 SCOTT YOUNG
OH
20
 JAMES TURNER TEAM IPRO
OH
21
 TJ TURNER BIOWHEELS RACING
OH
22
 Charles South
23
 Lou Beckmeyer 7 Hills
OH
24
 MATTHEW KOEHN SPEEDWAY WHEELMEN
IN
25
 Mike Ramsey 7 Hills
26
 DOUGLAS DOBROZSI QUEEN CITY WHEELS
27
 John Reidel Alan
OH
28
 James Merchant
dnf
 JUSTIN G POKRIVKA DIRTY HARRYS
PA
dnf
 Lou Beckmeyer
dnf
 Rick Toler
Cat 3/4 Men (B) Race
Place
 First Name Last Name Team
ST
1
 ANTHONY MARUT LAKE EFFECT RACING
OH
2
 CHRIS MAYHEW JBV COACHING
PA
3
 KEITH LUCAS CKW RACING / OUTDOOR VENTURE
KY
4
 MASON MORGAN JENI'S/TEAM AWESOME
OH
5
 JOSHUA PRATER SPEEDWAY WHEELMEN
IN
6
 ADAM JACKSON
KY
7
 BEN BONNEY
OH
8
 STEVEN GERS BIOWHEELS/REECE-CAMPBELL RACING
KY
9
 KATSUHIRO TANDA TEAM ATHENS P/B KT PROTOTYPE
OH
10
 ERIC LUNDGREN IRON CITY BIKES
PA
11
 MICHAEL CHEWNING TEAM HUNGRY
OH
12
 LAYNE PETERS TEAM AWESOME
OH
13
 JOSEPH HALL NATIONAL ENGINEERING (COBC)
OH
14
 RYAN LINDSAY ZWS/CYCLESPORT
OH
15
 DAVID GROEN NATIONAL ENGINEERING
OH
16
 BRENDAN JONES BEAVER VALLEY VELO
PA
17
 MARK FARMER OHIO ORTHOPEDIC/MORO CYCLING
OH
18
 JOHN MARKSTEIN JENI'S / TEAM AWESOME
OH
19
 JON CLOUS
OH
20
 Scott Carter
21
 MARK TROUSDALE SPEEDWAY WHEELMEN
IN
22
 JOE BONNELL ECHELON CYCLING
OH
23
 JOHN PROPPE UNATTACHED
OH
24
 MICHAEL RILEY OHIO ORTHOPEDIC
OH
25
 JONATHAN LOMAX
PA
26
 BLAIR FRALEY ECHELON CYCLING TEAM
OH
27
 DAVID FARNHAM B1 BICYCLES
OH
28
 JASON LEAMAN STARK VELO
OH
29
 LAURENCE PESYNA SAVAGEHILL CYCLING TEAM
OH
30
 SCOTT BOND SPEEDWAY WHEELMAN
IN
31
 tim brown
32
 DOUG WEBSTER
OH
33
 JOSH MURPHEY BAREKNUCKLEBRIGADE
OH
34
 Aaron Beck Team Awesome
OH
35
 MICHAEL BENEDEK
IN
36
 DOUGLAS BERNARD
OH
37
 JAKE MCKEEGAN TRI-TECH
OH
dnf
 PETER CZERWINSKI ECHELON
OH
dnf
 Riley Marn
dnf
 Mike Miller
dnf
 Jon Claus Ohio
dnf
 CHRIS Grisvard
Cat 4 Men Open (C Race)
Place
 First Name Last Name Team
ST
1
 DAVE MUNDY
OH
2
 SCOTT ELLIS RMR
CO
3
 PETER HILLS TEAM DAYTON
OH
4
 CORY ST.CLAIR PRO CHAIN CYCLING
OH
5
 JADEN SEMPSROTT CINCINNATI OFF ROAD ALLIANCE
OH
6
 TIM DELGADO TEAM HUNGRY CYCLING
OH
7
 CAMERON POOLE TEAM DAYTON
OH
8
 SCOTT MURSCHEL TEAM ABUNDANCE
OH
9
 Peter Koury
10
 PHILLIP BOYDELATOUR
OH
11
 DERRICK YOUNG UNATTACHED
OH
12
 JAMES BILLITER
OH
13
 KEVIN VANWERT ZEPHYR WHEEL SPORTS
OH
14
 SCOT HERRMANN TEAM DAYTON
OH
15
 TIM SHOLL OHIO ORTHOPEDIC/ MORO CYCLING
OH
16
 CHRIS BISHOP TREK STORE COLUMBUS
16
 RICK VOITHOFER
OH
17
 ADAM SCHMIDT BIOWHEELS/REECE-CAMPBELL RACING
OH
18
 DOUG CARRAWAY
OH
19
 ANDY FISHER
OH
19
 ROBERT SROKA LAKE EFFECT RACING
OH
20
 STEPHEN FARRENS
OH
21
 DAN MASCRET B1 BIKES
OH
dnf
 SPENCER HACKETT
OH
Cat 3/4 Masters Men 35+
Place
 First Name Last Name Team
ST
1
 THOMAS HAYES VELO BIKE SHOP/CHERRYSTREET COFFEE
WA
2
 LARS ANDERSEN UNATTACHED
OH
3
 MARTY SMITH COMMONWEALTH EYE SURGERY
KY
4
 COREY GREEN GHISALLO CYCLING TEAM
OH
5
 Glen Gardner
6
 Greg Charkoudian
7
 Dave Johnson
8
 RODNEY ROOF ZWS/CYCLESPORT
OH
9
 Unknown
10
 RICK MAIER TEAM DAYTON BICYCLING
OH
11
 JOHN THOMAS UNATTACHED
OH
12
 CHRIS FISCHER CENTRAL OHIO BICYCLE CLUB
OH
13
 RICHARD ELWELL
OH
14
 ALEXIS ROCCOS
OH
Cat 3/4 Masters Men 45+
Place
 First Name Last Name Team
ST
1
 DAVID COAR DRT CONSULTING
IN
2
 SCOTT BOND SPEEDWAY WHEELMAN
IN
3
 Mike Otting
4
 DAVID HART ZWS/CYCLESPORT
OH
5
 MITCHELL BECKNER ONE CALL NOW
OH
6
 RICHARD TOLER KREITLER ROLLERS
OH
7
 FRASER CUNNINGHAM ZEPHYR WHEEL SPORTS
OH
8
 DAN RAMSEY 7 HILLS/MERCY HEALTHPLEX
OH
9
 JONATHAN SPICKER QUEEN CITY WHEELS
OH
10
 DELL WILLIAMSON QCW
OH
12
 CHRISTOPHER GRISVARD TEAM COLUMBUS
OH
13
 CHARLES SOUTH 3RVS KOEHLINGER-KELLY
IN
14
 DOUG HAMILTON BIOWHEELS RACING
OH
15
 Scott Belcher
16
 Nate Szabo
17
 Henry Dimmick
18
 JIM PONTIUS ZWS/CYCLESPORT
OH
19
 Chris Karwisch
20
 Joe Deloss
21
 JON SCHAER
OH
22
 James Merchant
OH
23
 RICHARD Allen
24
 Marty Withrow Echelon
OH
25
 FRED DIRKSE
OH
26
 Addison Smith
27
 Joe Siebeualler
28
 JOHN RADEMACHER QUEEN CITY WHEELS
OH
29
 MARK MCKENNEY 7 HILLS RACING
OH
dnf
 PETER CZERWINSKI ECHELON
OH
dnf
 KENNY SIPES CKW RACING / OUTDOOR VENTURE
KY
dnf
 Michael Kreate
Cat 3/4 Women
Place
 First Name Last Name Team
ST
1
 Laura Stahl TEAM AWESOME/JENI'S ICE CREAM
OH
2
 HANNAH MOSSMAN ONE CALL NOW
OH
3
 Kiersta Tucker
KY
4
 ALICIA DICELLO TEAM AWESOME/JENI'S ICE CREAM
OH
5
 AMY KULESZA BIKESOURCE
OH
6
 Ryan Heflin
7
 Melissa Corliss
8
 JENI ROOSEN MHP/7 HILLS
OH
dnf
 Alison Bedingfield
Women 35+
Place
 First Name Last Name Team
ST
1
 Gerry Schulze
oh
2
 Shellie Heggenberger
oh
3
 JAMIE CLIFTON NATIONAL ENGINEERING
OH
4
 BRIDGET SEMPSROTT CINCINNATI OFF ROAD ALLIANCE
OH
5
 KAREN HAMILTON BIOWHEELS RACING/REECE-CAMPBELL
OH
dnf
 Brooke Crum
Juniors 10-12
Place
 First Name Last Name Team
ST
1
 WILL MANDROLA RED ZONE CYCLING
KY
2
 ANDREW RADEMACHER QUEEN CITY WHEELS YOUTH CYCLING
OH
3
 Abigal Roof
4
 Nora Bell
Juniors 13-14
Place
 First Name Last Name Team
ST
1
 HANNAH MOSSMAN ONE CALL NOW
OH
2
 ROBERT SROKA LAKE EFFECT RACING
OH
Juniors 15-16
Place
 First Name Last Name Team
ST
1
 SAMUEL DOBROZSI QUEEN CITY WHEELS
Juniors 16-17
Place
 First Name Last Name Team
ST
1
 Colleen Morris
OH
Juniors 17-18
Place
 First Name Last Name Team
ST
1
 Sam Morrison Indiana Fast Man!
IN
2
 Sam Dobroszi UDF
OH
3
 BRIAN HAMMOND KRIETLER ROLLERS
OH


This report was written by:
Ken Getchell - SpectaSport

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