Michaux Endurance Series #3: Terror of Teaberry - NE

Michaux State Forest, Pennsylvania, USA, September 16, 2007

Results

Eatough and Sorenson dominate Terror of Teaberry and series' podiums

By Harlan Price

Trek/VW racers Chris Eatough and Cheryl Sorenson showed fine form at the Terror of Teaberry this past weekend in the forests above Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. After the first two races, Sorenson needed only to complete the day in a reasonable time to lock up the series, while Eatough was under a bit more pressure, with only three minutes separating him from Harlan Price (Independent Fabrication). In the end, both riders showed their late season form to be dialed to eleven.

The new fall chill hung in the air at the start of the last Michaux Endurance Series 50 miler of the year. On the line joining Eatough and Price were almost a hundred riders looking for a solid day of riding some pristine singletrack covered in rocks, moss and logs. Recent winner of the Shenandoah Mountain 100, Jeff Schalk (Trek/VW) was there, along with Cannondale/ Bear Naked riders Brandon Draugelis and Rob Lichtenwaller.

In the singlespeed field, a father for only three days, Brian Keich (Independent Fabrication) had a 45 minute advantage in the series, over Topher Valenti (BikeSport), and was looking to have a good day. Tim Daugherty (Cannondale/ BearNaked) was motivated for some revenge after a DNF in the summer race of the series effectively took him out of the overall. The local, who was the only fixed gear rider at the Shenandoah Mountain 100, pulled out a freewheel for the day's 7,500 feet of climbing.

From the start, Price kept Eatough in sight and the two made a habit of dropping Schalk in the singletrack, only to have him come up from behind on the climbs. At about mile eight, Price fell off the pace of the two Trek riders. About halfway, Schalk threw off his chain between his cassette and rear derailleur, and walked for four hours before coming to an aid station. Price held off Draugelis to take second for the day and in the series overall, while Draugelis did the same with third place.

The women's race went Cheryl Sorenson, who proved she is once again the mistress of Michaux with her third win in the series. Not far behind, proving that she was learning the ways of the forest was Michelle Schnieder (VisitPA) who kept the pressure on for most of the day. In the end only eight minutes separated the two riders with Andrea Walheim in third, but not a threat.

Singlespeeders tend to show to the Michaux races in large numbers and could almost be blamed for the institution of the longer laps several years ago. This year, 21 single geared brethren threw down for a day of fun by instituting alternative rules of slow starts and mandatory breaks. Still there was a bit of pride on the line for Tim Daugherty (Cannondale/BearNaked) whose mechanical in the last race put him out of series contention. At Teaberry he took first in fine style with the top four singlespeeders all within three minutes of Daugherty''s 5:03:12 finishing time.

The day's results counted double - in both the Mid Atlantic Super Series standings as well as the Michaux series. Racers had the option to tackle 10 or 25 mile distances instead of the full 50 miles.

Results

50 miler

Elite men

1 Chris Eatough          4.14.25
2 Harlan Price             19.47
3 Brandon Draugelis        24.00
4 Chris Beck               26.38
5 Jon Gdowik               30.00
6 Rob Lichtenwalton        39.33
7 TJ Platt                 51.20
8 Bob Goldmin            1.08.21
9 Steve Schwartz         1.09.43
10 Chris Newell          1.11.03
11 Joel Vihnoy           1.19.13
12 Tom Fenusa            1.20.37
13 Sean Westby           1.21.10
14 Pete Sontheimer       1.25.33
15 Jake Gettier          1.26.03
16 Chris Fallow          1.26.40
17 Stephen Wahl          1.28.55
18 Shawn Stafford        1.29.21
19 Peter Schildt         1.29.34
20 Steve Romback         1.37.27
21 Chris Chapman         1.40.27
22 James Ceccorolli      1.44.30
23 Rufus Pichler         1.44.54
24 David Virgili         1.45.09
25 Dan Williams          1.56.03
26 Bob Lamb              2.03.31
27 Brad Clark            2.14.17
28 Joel Hoerni           2.17.39
29 Scott Green           2.19.20
30 Chris Redlack         2.19.35
31 David Stauffer        2.20.04
32 Jason Fritzsche       2.20.44
33 Ray Harmer            2.25.03
34 Tom Shomper           2.30.00
35 Hans Schmidt          2.37.23
36 TR Harris             2.39.19
37 Jeff Olson            2.43.35
38 Ryan Hilaman          2.45.35
39 Devon Perez           3.07.31
40 Stephen Stago         3.09.24
41 Hamid Haniki          3.15.54
42 Bisbal Prentice       3.17.40
43 Jake Davidson         3.31.20

Elite women

1 Cheryl Sornson         5.30.44
2 Michelle Schreider        7.56
3 Andrea Walheim         1.39.55
4 Steph Stago            1.53.05
5 Loretta Torres         2.16.00
6 Andrea Slack           2.16.06
 
Singlespeed

1 Tim Doushety           5.03.12
2 Tom Miller                1.41
3 Les Leach                 1.57
4 Topher                    2.46
5 Buck Keich                8.39
6 Chad Miller              22.37
7 Keith Ridenour           24.26
8 Mark Bacassow            25.27
9 Jamie Beck               35.20
10 Chris Larkin            41.25
11 Martin Kell             46.43
12 Shawn Hall              47.38
13 Albert Greene           48.47
14 Michael Yarnall       1.00.55
15 Rolf Rimrott          1.02.21
16 Andrew Craig          1.05.51
17 Buddy Briggs          1.07.41
18 Kevin Clark           1.08.08
19 Joshua Cohen          1.24.40
20 Theo Prucopos         1.27.39
21 Kevin Diamond         1.28.33
 
Masters

1 Jay Dodge              5.23.19
2 John Williams             3.01
3 Tim Messsersmith          6.25
4 Paul Stahman             11.57
5 Bill Nager               12.41
6 Bill Ambrusten           21.41
7 Don Morningstar          40.56
8 Larry Camp               47.56
9 Craig Lander             59.12
10 Larry Schaline        1.17.19
11 James Wilson          1.34.06
12 Peter Bell            2.06.49
 
25 miler
 
Senior Men

1 Marty McKeon           3.19.57
2 John Cameron              6.44
3 Chris Bowman             13.00
4 Jason Butler             16.48
5 John Pramik              29.59
6 Andrew Eckert            31.18
7 Eric Rinehart            39.11
8 Tim Betz                 42.33
9 John Hughes              46.11
10 Luis Duran              51.52
11 Bobby Miller            59.16
12 Keith Eickman         1.06.02
13 Jude Vilian           1.06.20
14 Chris Cardone         1.06.43
15 Nick Gallagher        1.16.01
16 Ian Coleman           1.26.43
17 Chris Scottern        1.27.48
18 Zachary Reed          1.28.59
19 James Myers           1.35.43
20 Tim Kramer            1.36.10
21 Keith Esham           1.47.02
22 Nick Dulak            2.07.16

Senior Women

1 Susan Mustante         3.39.22
2 Anna Kelso               24.30
3 Stacy Seidel             41.47
4 Dona Hobart              47.23
5 Nicole Sheets            54.06
6 Sue Wilter             1.44.58
7 Mary Zadnik-Newell     2.04.58

Junior Men

1 Zach Adams             3.44.22
2 Madison Matthews         23.44
3 Gunnar Bergey            52.58
4 Jacob Ehlinger         1.34.49
 
Singlespeed

1 Dave Weaver            3.30.40
2 Joel Moats                2.19
3 Daniel Ness              16.40
4 Dan Bonora               34.40
5 Ryan Gerlach             42.36
6 Chris Matherne           54.58
7 Bill Bradley             56.56
8 Dan Gemperline         1.05.37
 
Veteran

1 Travis Saeber          3.07.02
2 Ransom Weaver             9.10
3 Mike Brandt              29.38
4 Mike Capraro             32.22
5 Dennis Seeley            32.56
6 Chuck Buczeski           34.59
7 Dwayne Williamson        39.20
8 Brent Kametz             39.22
9 George Demartyn          39.32
10 Paul Patarini           41.54
11 David Beach             44.38
12 Chris Horsley           50.33
13 Robert Mazzei           54.46
14 Mark Incallingo         58.44
15 Brad Stooch             59.17
16 Greg Palmer           1.09.53
17 Loren Clarke          1.10.54
18 Steven Pfundt         1.11.56
19 Daniel Bare           1.12.18
20 Lewis Rhinehart       1.20.10
21 Paul LaVoie           1.23.40
22 Robert Allen          1.30.12
23 Mark Henderson        1.30.26
24 Ben Sellers           1.49.45
25 Chris Moore           2.09.30
26 Phil Ehlinger         2.12.13
 
Masters

1 Michael Funk           3.26.30
2 Dan Farnham              19.02
3 Alan Muldawer            29.38
4 James Matthews           41.39
5 Ronnie Myers             45.24
6 Tim Weaver               47.44
7 Stephen Seeber           59.58
8 David Brown            1.01.35
9 Craig Shombough        1.14.52
10 John Casey            1.16.55
11 William Perry         1.45.34
12 Larry DeGaravilla     1.54.05
13 Joel Oberman          1.56.22
 
10 miler
 
Senior men

1 Nathan Goates          1.11.30
2 Derick Miller             6.51
3 Brett Carper              9.11
4 Bradley Allen             9.52
5 Matt Livelsberger        13.28
6 Timothy Paul             13.56
8 Matthew Strow            14.04
9 Alex Markland            14.05
10 Joseph Orsini           17.44
11 Trent Finner            18.11
12 Kris Nessler            22.18
13 Tim Livelsberger        25.20
14 Brian Dowling           27.18
15 Aaron Eagan             29.28
16 Brian Decicco           32.50
17 Scott Reynolds          33.16
18 Josh White              34.32
19 Michael Rowen           35.13
20 Aaron Crist             35.15
21 Dave Butts              35.17
22 Avery Solomine          39.36
23 Mike Edwards            41.22
24 Greg Sohnleitner        42.41
25 Mark Ryan               45.43
26 Brent Gregg           1.04.28

Senior Women

1 Stacia Brooks          1.53.58
2 Lauren McEnteer           1.02
3 Susie Hill                2.24
4 Emily McKeon             27.11
5 Debbie Grady             52.20
6 Leanne Faubion           55.47

Junior

1 Cameron Dodge          1.30.04
2 Tim Murphy               11.30
3 Ross Consavo             13.03
4 Logan Baltozer           20.04
5 Ethan LaVoie             28.04
6 Josh Starr               44.24
7 Seth Gardner           1.14.38
8 Matt Clemonts          1.16.30
9 Connor Dodge           1.19.23
 
Veteran

1 Mike Culp              1.37.44
2 Michael Thompson          2.06
3 Dave Gentiel              3.20
4 Bob Mellor                3.33
5 Dave Clements             3.58
6 Troy Dean                 5.22
7 Jason McConnell           9.14
8 Chris Freeman            26.23
9 Mike Grady               40.59
 
Masters

1 Dale Fitzsimmons       1.30.28
2 Wayne Winters            13.37
3 Scott Brockett           14.38
4 Eric Frey                21.31
5 Ken Virtus               59.22
6 Bill Gardner           1.14.15
7 Harry Gill             1.19.02