It has been about two years since the last CCCX race. This edition took place at Manzanita park in Prunedale where many CX battles have taken place in the last 15-20 years. This day's course was a mixture of loose turns , a long gradual climb and a speedy descent. Every turn challenged your traction and balance so it was a course that demanded your attention all the time.
I was not at the race early enough to get photos of the juniors but they really ruled the day. In the junior men 10-14 Boaz Cohen took the win with Remy Schmidt coming in second , Matt Werner in 4th, Noah Hekkert 6th, Kai Yee 7th, Noam Gilat 8th and Kenan Vawter in 10th. If our team was not at this race it would not have been much of a field !
In the junior women Gabriella Dominguez won while Kyla Vawter came in 2nd.
In the junior men 15-18 some of our riders opted to race in the elite category and some were at races out of town. The four who did take part were Korben Tomkin in 8th, Mac Tomkin in 7th, Jonah Prnajad in 10th and Sterling Woodson in 12th.
In the open C category Scottie Junker finished 15th.
The next group started with the open B category with Isaac Estrada getting 2nd, Matt Miller 12th, Austin Fowkes 13th and junior Mac Tomkin 15th.
In the 45 B masters Eric Werner finished 7th.
At 11:00 AM the masters A races were held.
In the 55 A group Carl Hekkert finished 14th with John Vahlberg finishing 20th.
The 60+ group saw Jim English finishing 4th, Paul Sadoff 6th and Manny Affonso in 9th.
The 12:00 hour saw all the women's fields with the Master's 55+ being won by Kathleen Bortolussi.
The women's B race saw Kate Hochler finishing 6th.
In the women's A race we had only two entrants but they both wound up on the podium with Hannah Dillard in 2nd and Mara Valcarcel at 4th.
The last races of the day were the single speed A's with Hans Van Housen finishing 3rd and Kyle Taylor in 5th.
The tracklocross race saw Isaac Estrada coming in 2nd.
The men's A race had many of our junior team in the mix, along with many of our strongest elite riders. Brendan Lehman rode through much of the field after a slow start to get 6th with junior Nate Vahlberg riding in the front group most of the race finishing 7th. Team sponsor Joey Kochlacs came in 10th followed by Cole Williams in 11th and Austin King in 12th- Austin was in the top-5 for much of the race but had a late race mechanical and a long run to the pit to borrow a bike.
This CCCX is # 4 in the BASP race series. Many of the categories have our riders featuring in the top placings. It looks like Kathleen Bortolussi will win the women's 55+ In the men's A group Nate Vahlberg is in 2nd. Hans Van Housen is tied for 1st in the single speed A group with Kyle Taylor in 3rd. In the men's 60+ it looks like Jim English will win with Paul Sadoff in 2nd. In the men's 45B group Eric Werner is currently holding down 2nd. In the junior 15-18 men Mac Tomkins is in 2nd with Korben Tomkin in 3rd. In the Junior 10-14 it is looking like Remy Schmidt is in position to win with Noah Hekkert is 2nd, Kai Yee in 3rd and Boaz Cohen in 4th. All in all it looks like this is the dominant Nor-Cal team. If we didn't show up to CCCX I think it would have been a much smaller event and not as competitive. We are not only having fun racing but we are also helping to keep the CX scene alive after a year off. Great job everybody ! One more local race, the BASP final at Stafford lake and then it is off to the nationals for about 12 of the team.
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