Surf City CX weekend , Bonny Doon

Back in the early '70's a few people decided to start a CX race series in Santa Cruz- little did they know that it would survive longer than any other CX series in the country. Since its introduction , the race has had the best and worst of times , every few years being passed on to a new set of promoters - like an old car with 200,000 miles and bald tires-a new person takes on the race and thinks "Hey, it still runs so lets have a try keeping it running !". It has been this team's job to keep it running now for about five years . Yes, it still runs and this year it runs very well. 

Over the weekend at least 600 folks registered for the many categories and some of the fields were very large-the men's B field approaching 50 riders. Its hard to say which day was more epic as the weather turned rainy and true cyclocross conditions happened in what is normally a hot and dry time of year- it was very much like 15 years ago when we really did have rain and a season befitting CX.

The team had many participants, some coming from as far as Truckee, Bend and Los Angeles. It was a good size group and though I didn't hear anyone talking about it, this edition saw many of our team on the top step of the podium. Here are the results of the two days of racing.

 

Saturday race:

Junior men 15-18

Pavio Tkach   4th

Matthew Werner 10th

Abe Bachar         11th

Men's C    

Enzo Sapojinkoff   3rd

Junior men 9-14 

Noah Hekkert       1st

Men's B

Caleb O'Hare        4th

Finn Cunningham 7th

Decker Krogh       12th

Jim English           35th

Matthew Werner   40th

Men's singles speed B

Patrick Lewis         5th

Chris Seymour       9th

Men's 45 B

Eric Werner            12th

Men's 35 A

Max Judelson           1st

Eric Brown               6th

Men's 45 A

Fred Mills                 4th

Carl Hekkert            12th

Men's 60+

Paul Sadoff               8th

Women's A 

Caroline Dezendorf  2nd

Diana Drew               4th

Mara Valcarcel          6th

Maddie Ortenblad     7th

Dani Morshead       9th

Women's B

Keelan Senkier         2nd

Women's single speed

Hannah Solberg        4th

Women's C

Scottie Junker          8th

Women  35+

Kate Hochler            1st

Women 55+

Kathleen Bortolussi  2nd

Men's A

Enzo Burghout        7th

Nate Barton             8th

Max Judelson         10th

Men's single speed A

Matt Miller              6th

Kailin Waterman    7th

Jeremy Schloss        8th

Kyle Taylor             10th

Fred Mills                16th

Men's Tracklocross

Isaac Estrada             1st

Gene Park                  2nd

Sunday races:

Junior men 9-14

Noah Hekkert           1st

Junior men 15-18

Abe Bachar               1st

Matthew Werner        2nd

Men's B

Andrew Yee                7th

Finn Cunningham       8th

Decker Krogh             10th

Kai Yee                       11th

Men's single speed B

Chris Seymour           11th

Men's 45 B

Eric Werner                 8h

Mens 55 B

Jim English                  6th

Men's 35 A

Max Judelson               1st

Erice Brown                 4th

Men's 45 A

Carl Hekkert                 7th

Men's 60+  

Paul Sadoff                    4th

Women A

Caroline Dezendorf        2nd

Diana Drew                    6th

Women B

Keelan Senkier                2nd

Single speed women

Maddie Ortenblad            1st

Tracklocross women 

Dani Moreshead               1st

Women 55+

Kathleen Bortolussi          1st

Women's  C

Scottie Junker                    10th

Men's A

Nate Barton                        5th

Enzo Burghout                   6th

Max Judelson                     8th

Men single speed A

Matt Miller                          7th

Kailin Waterman                 8th

Jeremy Schloss                   12th

Kyle Taylor                         14th

Men Tracklocross

Isaac Estrada                         1st

I count 11 wins for the team over the course of the weekend. That counts for a lot but what really counts the most is that the team contributed to an event that has endured decades of changing fortunes and personalities. There have been many great days, some triumphs, some dust-ups among friends but the show goes on and this time it was a really big show. It ain't dead yet........