Nutty 'cross- or should it be 'Muddy 'cross' ?

Participation of the team at CX events this season has been pretty selective as some events on the calendar are part of the BASP series and are thought of as 'must do' races  while others not part of the series are sometimes overlooked - this race was definitely not overlooked as the number of Rock Lobster riders at Muddy Cross was very high. We had riders in most of the categories and many podiums, a few wins and some BASP overall winners as well. Riders like Gene Park were on the podium 2-3 times ! Since this race was the last in two race series the podiums were numerous and maybe a bit confusing. I'll report on as many as I can but you'll have to look up some of the figures from the BASP overall and Cyclo-Circus . 

On the day the results were as follows:

Junior men 10-14

Noah Hekkert        1st

Junior men 15-18

Pavlo Tkach    2nd

Women's open B

Allison Peck    1st

Keelan Senkier   7th

B Women 35+

Mei Peters    2nd

Men 35 A

Eric Brown    1st

Men 45 A

Carl Hekkert    10th

Men 60 A

Paul Sadoff     3rd

Rick Ortenblad    4th

Men B Single Speed 

Jeremy Schloss   2nd

Men open B

Nathan Delaney    4th

Kai Yee       8th 

Men Tracklocross    

Gene Park      2nd

Men 55 B

Jim English       6th

Men single speed A

Connor Hormell    2nd

Kyle Taylor     6th

Josh Becker     7th 

Matt Miller     11th

Women pro elite 

Caroline Dezendorf     1st

Diana Drew       2nd

Hannah Solberg    4th

Maddie Ortenblad   5th

Men pro elite 

Nathan Barton      4th

Brendan Lehman    8th

Kailin Waterman    11th 

BASP series winners:

Noah Hekkert  men's  10-14

Eric Brown   men's 35  A

Paul Sadoff    men's 60   A

Maddie Ortenblad   women's pro-elite

All in all, I count a total of 25 riders- that's a mob and I think that we collectively made it more of a race. The following photos will back this up-glad everyone made it and hope that we all show up again next season.

 

Lembi park Sacramento CX races #4 & #5

Two very different courses greeted the team this weekend- the first on Saturday had some mud but had a fair amount of fast turf and paved sections with only a couple of dismount sections. Sunday was completely different with deep mud, a bit of rain and some real hard slow sections of deep bog. The second day was not unlike 'cross crusade courses in Portland where the real mud is found. 

While a lot of the team decided to miss this weekend, we still had a fair amount of participants and lots of podiums. Here's the Saturday results:

Men 70+  A&B       Paul Sadoff     1st

Men's open B..Nathan Delaney       4th

Men's single speed B  Jeremy Schloss  2nd

Men's single speed A  Connor Hormel   4th

Men's open A     Eric Brown          7th

Women's open A     Caroline Dezendorf  1st

Sunday at the mud fest we had one more team rider show up and a true cyclocross experience of the most classic nature was on tap. The lap times were a lot longer than the day before and later races were so difficult that there were no smiles to be found on the riders- that is until it was over !

Here are the Sunday results:

Men's 70+ A&B  Paul Sadoff       1st

Men's open B     Nathan Delaney   7th

Men's single speed B  Jeremy Schloss  1st

Men's single speed A  Connor Hormell  4th

Women's open A  Caroline Dezendorf  1st

Men's 40+  A   Kailin Waterman     2nd

Men's open A   Eric Brown     7th 

This was my bike after 4 laps on Sunday. It got worse as the day went on and the few riders that had spare bikes had an advantage. 

Saturday was sunny and short sleeve weather - Sunday was cold with some drizzle and the conditions more like classic Nor-Cal winter CX. I have to say, all the good press that this course has gotten is well deserved- the race was well organized and went smoothly and the two courses over the weekend were examples of what good course building is all about. There was some off-camber, a short sand feature, a set of barriers, some steep kickers that became running sections on the second day when there was little traction. Each day was a completely different experience for the racer. I think this one has to be on the calendar next year. 

 

Mare Island BASP race

I'll go out on a limb and say that the Rock Lobster team was the largest and most successful team at this event by far. We had racers on nearly every podium and many wins. This was not even the full team but still a pretty large group as the team is really attempting as a whole to complete this BASP series and take as many overall titles as possible. The casualty of the day was Decker Krogh who had a hard crash in the last couple laps of the men's B race while in the leading group- lets hope that he heals up fast and gets to race more this season. 

Junior men 10-14              Noah Hekkert     1st.

Junior men  15-18             Pavlo Tkach        1st

Men 35 A                           Eric Brown         3rd           

                                         Gene Selcov         7th

Men 45 A                        Carl Hekkert          4th

                                  Kailin Waterman         7th

Men 60 +                     Jim English               1st

                                    Paul Sadoff                3rd

                             Rick Ortenblad                 4th

Women B           Allison Peck                       1st

Men B                 Nathan Delaney                10th

                              Kai   Yee                         26th

                          Decker Krogh                   DNF

Single Speed men B   Jeremy Schloss           2nd

                                   Patrick Lewis              6th

Tracklocross Men        Gene Park                  1st

Women A                     Hannah Solberg         1st

                                  Maddie Ortenblad         2nd

Single Speed men A      Matt Miller               3rd

                                      Connor Hormell        5th

                                     Kyle Taylor                 6th

Men A                  Brendan Lehman                 6th