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US Elite Championships - CN
Park City, UT, USA, June 21-27, 2005
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Race 6 - June 23: Junior Men/Women RR, 79/120km
Stetina, Koch ride to junior national road race titles
Geist trades win for sportsmanship, eight junior champions decided
By Andy Lee, USA Cycling
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The Park City Cycling Festival continued Thursday as Kimberly Geist (Emmaus, Pa.) sacrificed her shot at a national title in the junior women's 17-18 race, instead opting for a classy display of sportsmanship towards her breakaway companion and eventual race winner Shannon Koch (Flower Mound, Texas).
After 53 miles of racing, Koch and Geist were together inside of the final mile calculating their strategies and preparing for a possible two-up sprint when Koch's chain suddenly dislodged itself from the chainring - a move that should have ended her hopes right then and there. But instead of making a selfish dash to the finish line, Geist sat up and waited for Koch to get assistance from the caravan before continuing on.
From there, the two riders continued towards the finish where Koch barely outsprinted Geist to take the national championship and an automatic nomination to represent the United States at the junior world championships this August in Austria.
Factor in the fact that Koch also narrowly edged Geist by 13 seconds one day earlier to capture the junior women's 17-18 time trial national title and Geist's gesture becomes even more impressive.
"It was awesome that she waited for me because I was freaking out," said Koch afterwards. Right before the roundabout, maybe like 3k to go, my chain fell off and I couldn't get it back on without getting off my bike and Danny jumped out of the car and put it back on for me. It was really nice of her, because she really didn't have to do that."
By Koch's estimation, she had a decent shot at taking home the stars and stripes jersey anyway given the nature of the final uphill finishing stretch. "I figured all day long I was leading up every single climb so I figured if I went on that last little pitch up to the finish that I'd probably have a little better chance that Kimberly. I just went as hard as I could and didn't look back."
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Koch improved upon her third-place finish in 2004 as the 18-year-old competes in her final year of eligibility in the junior ranks.
In the other internationally recognized category held on Thursday, Peter Stetina (Boulder, Colo.) was the first rider across the line in the junior men's 17-18 race. Stetina crossed the line hand-in-hand with teammate and last year's junior men's 15-16 champion Tejay Van Garderen (Fort Collins, Colo.).
A field of 133 riders endured a windy day that made the already challenging course more difficult. Early on in the 78 mile race, a small collection of top junior riders escaped from the main field. After an earlier failed attempt at an initial solo breakaway, Spencer Beamer (Knoxville, Tenn.) attacked the group again and successfully mounted a significant advantage. Still 14 miles and two serious climbs to the finish, the altitude, terrain and severe headwind doomed the chances of Beamer as Stetina and Nick Frey (Des Moines, Iowa) caught and passed Beamer near the top of the first climb.
Near the top of the second and longer climb, Van Garderen had bridged across to the two leaders and it became a simple game of numbers.
"There were just team numbers and Tejay and I are both climbing specialists and Nick is more of a time trialist so we were just able to work him over on the hills," said Stetina. "It was great because we were both taking strong pulls."
Van Garderen and Stetina dropped Frey and arrived at the finish line together with Van Garderen giving the elder Stetina the win in an uncontested sprint.
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"I've never won a national championship before and he has nine," said Stetina of the decision on which of the Team 5280 Magazine riders would take the win. "He's already got a more guaranteed spot for the world championships, but now if we have two teammates over there it would be a lot better. He was just extremely strong. I think he was actually a little stronger that I was today."
In total, eight junior national championships were awarded today. Other winners included Hannah Hayduck (Kutztown, Pa.) in the junior women's 10-12, Justin Koelbl (Fairfax Station, Va.) in the junior men's 10-12, Katlin Antonneau (Racine, Wis.) in the junior women's 13-14, Stephen Koelbl (Fairfax Station, Va.) in the junior men's 13-14, Danielle Haulman (Denver, Colo. ) in the junior women's 15-16, and Daniel Summerhill (Centennial, Colo.) in the junior men's 15-16.
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- Brotherly love!
- Mmmmm... Victory tastes good.
- The Junior 17-18 podium
- Chris Stockberger sizes up the competition
- Dale Stetina presents the national champions jersey to his son, Peter. Dale Stetina was the 1979 winner of the Coors Cycling Classic
Results
Men 17-18 1 Peter Stetina (Team 5280 Magazine) 3.15.05 2 Tejay Van Garderen (Team 5280 Magazine) 0.01 3 Nick Frey (Hot Tubes Development Cycling T) 0.25 4 Christopher Stockburger (Team Rio Grande) 0.41 5 Alex Boyd (Hot Tubes Development Cycling T) 1.50 6 Caleb Fairly (Hot Tubes Development Cycling T) 7 Taylor Shelden (Century Tel/ VRAD) 2.15 8 Adam Switters (Lombardi Sports/Klein) 3.07 9 Spencer Beamer (Hot Tubes Development Cycling T) 4.39 10 Harrison Tripp (Excel Sports) 5.26 11 Alex Howes (Team 5280 Magazine) 6.43 12 Chris Carlson (Team Carina) 6.44 13 Brady Kappius (Team 5280 Magazine) 6.51 14 Shane Braley (Orlando Road Club) 6.56 15 Blake McMahon (Team Power Train) 7.12 16 Eric Riggs (Lombardi Sports/Klein) 7.21 17 Bo Randolph (SSWSC team) 7.26 18 Ulric Deyoung (MNJRC / Team CSM) 7.46 19 Michael Sheppard (Team Rio Grande) 7.49 20 Kevin Soller (Century Tel/ VRAD) 7.52 21 Benjamin Zawacki (Colavita) 7.54 22 Derek Laan (MNJRC / Team CSM) 23 Frederik Jacobsen (Nova/IS Corp) 7.55 24 Jason Carr (Nova/IS Corp) 7.56 25 Jarred Gilker (Mercy/ Zero Mountain) 8.01 26 David Blades (RMCC Juniors) 8.21 27 Marcus Torres (Team Hotel San Jose) 8.35 28 Matthew Brandt (Nova/IS Corp) 8.54 29 Rand Shoaf (BalanceBar/DEVO) 9.00 30 Graysen Oldham (Simply Fit/Action Sports) 9.08 31 Brandon McKeever (Team Rio Grande) 9.17 32 Curtis Winsor (Team Snow Valley) 9.18 33 Chase Renick (Hot Tubes Development Cycling T) 9.21 34 Geoff Olin (Scary Fast Racing) 9.24 35 Chase Fullerton (Orlando Velo/Ford Racing) 9.29 36 Mike Wickman (Peerless Insurance / Pappa Whee) 9.35 37 Andy Cornelison (Rio Grande) 9.52 38 Noah Harwood (Coast to Coast/CL Noonan/KAM) 9.55 39 Christopher Monteleone (Team Rio Grande) 10.06 40 Ryan Keels (Hot Tubes Development Cycling T) 41 Bryce Lawson (Century Tel/ VRAD) 10.09 42 Julian Kyer (ProPeloton Racing) 10.12 43 Aaron Brandt (Nova/IS Corp) 10.29 44 Michael Miller (BODE) 10.40 45 Garrison Schulte (North Metro Cycling) 11.19 46 Teddy Hockenberry (Ford/Orlando Velo) 11.23 47 Kevin Rice (Tokyo Joes/GoLite) 11.26 48 Cole House (Advantage benefits/ Endeavour) 11.31 49 Walker Savidge (Team 5280 Magazine) 11.37 50 Tyler Given (Benaroya Research Institute) 11.55 51 Beck Frydenborg (Atomic Race Team) 12.08 52 Tucker Olander (Team Rio Grande) 12.10 53 Wendell Montgomery (Orlando Road Club) 12.12 54 Kolt Bates (Matrix / Richardson Bike Mart) 13.27 55 Eddie Swedlund (Plano Athletic Cycling Club) 56 Taylor Lane (Team Rio Grande) 14.08 57 Cody O'Reilly (Echelon Santa Barbara) 58 Alex Lewis (Team Power Train) 14.09 59 Travis Livermon (Pacesetter Steel Service) 14.25 60 Jared Faciszewski (Nova/IS Corp) 14.45 61 Bjorn Selander (MNJRC / Team CSM) 14.48 62 Sebastian Schaefer (BYRDS) 18.14 63 Chance Noble (Scary Fast Racing) 18.22 64 Kirk Carlsen (Peerless Insurance / Pappa Whee) 18.35 65 Erik Loberg (Team Beans and Barley) 19.11 66 Evan Daney (Team Alliance Environmental) 25.27 67 Mitchell Peterson (Balance Bar/ Devo) 27.13 68 Yuri Whitehead (Housatonic Wheel Club) 27.16 69 Rick Wait (International pro bike shop) 27.35 70 Brad Rogers (BYRDS) 27.40 71 Benny Volotzky (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 27.41 72 Austin Kirkland (Major Motion) 27.46 73 Joshua Lipka (BCA/VOmax) 28.01 74 Jeremy Venable (Midwest Rolling Thunder) 28.09 75 Benjamin Wizner (Team Borah) 28.39 76 Tyler Gough (Tieni Duro) 29.50 77 James Anderson (Team Rio Grande) 33.29 78 Colt McElwaine (Coast to Coast/CL Noonan/KAM) 79 Chris Hong (Unattached) 80 Michael Matteson (Sun Summit Cycling Club) 81 Pat Lemieux (MNJRC / Team CSM) 82 Joey Rogerson (RAD racing nw) 83 Tim Doud (Peerless Insurance / Pappa Whee) 84 Clinton Mitchell (Front Rangers Cycling Club) 85 Austin Forbes (BODE) 86 Jake Chapman (Major Motion) 87 Chris Keane (ACT -Fraysee) 33.30 88 John Zaccone (Jittery Joes/Sunrise Sports) 89 Sean Condron (BCA/VOmax) 36.55 90 Benjamin Wizner (Team Borah) 46.55 91 Chris Hong (Unattached) 46.56 92 James Anderson (Team Rio Grande) 46.57 93 Michael Matteson (Sun Summit Cycling Club) 46.58 94 Clinton Mitchell (Front Rangers Cycling Club) 46.59 95 Tim Doud (Peerless Insurance / Pappa Whee) 47.00 96 Jimmy Feely (MNJrC / Team CSM) 47.01 97 Austin Forbes (BODE) 47.02 98 Chris Keane (ACT -Fraysee) 48.55 99 John Zaccone (Jittery Joes/Sunrise Sports) 48.56 99 Jake Chapman (Major Motion) 101 John Purvis (Johnson Mechanical) 48.57 102 Sean Condron (BCA/VOmax) 52.55 103 Alex Motz (Gregg's Trek/VW) 53.55 104 Thomas Brown (Land Rover/ Siemans Home Applia) 53.56 105 Curtis Davenport (North Metro Cycling) 54.55 106 Carl Majors (Rhodes/RMCC) 56.55 107 Nicholas Weighall (Team Swift) 57.25 107 Andrew Dahlheim (Matrix\Richardson Bike Mart) 109 Alex Keomany (Jittery Joes/Sunrise Sports) 58.25 110 Ryan Wheeler (RMCC Juniors) 58.55 111 Trevor Bell (Unattached) 58.57 112 Jordan Stohl (Jittery Joes/Sunrise Sports) 1.01.55 113 Matthew Sauls (Team Bicycles Inc.) 1.03.55 114 Joey Rogerson (RAD racing nw) 1.03.56 115 Hunter Barnett (Unattached) 1.24.55 Women 17-18 1 Shannon Koch (Team LaS'port) 2.35.00 2 Kim Geist (Victory Brewing) 0.01 3 Jacquelyn Crowell (Unattached) 1.28 4 Chloe Forsman (Tokyo Joe's/Go Lite) 1.36 5 Christine Levy (Rio Grande) 2.44 6 Lauren Trull (Genesis Scuba/Fulton Flyers) 4.18 7 Laura Spector (BCA/VOmax) 9.09 8 Kristi Henne (Unattached) 17.31 9 Natalie Klemko (ABD) 17.32 10 Corina McIntyre (Echelon Santa Barbara) 20.02 11 Andrea Fisk (Team Oregon) 20.08 12 Kim Lafleur (Webcor/Alta Velo) 20.18 13 Erica Lanser (Unattached) 14 Taylor Bishop (HPC List Cardinal) 22.45 15 Netana Hotimsky (Unattached) 39.35 Men 15-16 1 Daniel Summerhill (RMCEF) 2.28.08 2 Shane Kline (T.E.A.M Fuji) 0.02 3 David Talbott (Outdoorchattanooga.com/SCV) 0.03 4 Benjamin King (Charlottesville Racing Club) 5 Joseph Tokarski (Team Hotel San Jose/ Mercedes-B) 0.12 6 Nick Bax (Artemis) 0.15 7 Carson Miller (Fred Meyer/ICS Redzaw) 0.16 8 Alfredo Cruz (Major Motion) 1.10 9 Bryson Sewell (New Mexico Bike-n-Sport) 1.11 10 Austin Fick (GP Velotek) 1.13 11 Chris Peterson (Balance Bar/ Devo) 1.14 12 Grant Van Horn (Simply Fit) 1.15 13 Koyle Olsen (Johnson Mechanical) 1.17 14 Jens Brabbit (MNJRC / Team CSM) 15 Alex Schneider (Team Power Train) 1.18 16 Collin Samaan (TBB / The Bicycle Business) 1.27 17 Travis Enmon (Permian Basin Bicycle Assoc) 1.29 18 Patrick Stockton (Team Rio Grande) 2.24 19 Jordan Hester (Permian Basin Bicycle Assn.) 2.39 20 Ryan Zupko (Racelab U23) 2.53 21 Nick Keller (Racelab U-23 Cycling) 3.43 22 Luke Henson (Mercy-Specialized) 3.45 23 Spencer Spagnola (San Diego Bicycle Club / Karl S) 4.15 24 Ricky Cruz Iii (Excel Sports) 4.31 25 Matt Briefer (Landis/Trek/VW) 4.33 26 Joseph Schmalz (GP VeloTek) 4.34 27 Travis Burandt (Woodlands Cycling Club) 4.35 28 Paul Runyon (Tri State Velo) 4.36 29 Bennett Brown (Southern Elite/Sun and Ski) 4.37 30 William York (Break Away Cycle Shop) 31 Stephen Chiselko (Liberty Cycle) 4.40 32 JJ Cross (BYRDS) 4.43 33 Garrett Stockton (Team Rio Grande) 34 James Mitchell (POWER TRAIN) 4.45 35 Dustin Eskelson (BINGHAMS) 4.49 36 Juan Saldana (Major Motion) 4.51 37 Aaron Torres (GOLSAN CYCLE) 5.07 38 Oscar Clark (Unattached) 5.57 39 Justin Williams (Major Motion) 6.21 40 Ben Barsi-Rhyne (Easton/Specialized) 7.05 41 David Vuilleumier (Sacramento Golden Wheelmen) 7.09 42 Matt Skarin (Bicycle John's Serious Cycling) 7.16 43 Justin Murray (Land Rover/Siemens Home Applian) 7.22 44 Ethan Weiss (Team Swift) 7.33 45 Iggy Silva (Iggy Racing) 10.27 46 Carmi Schulman (Southern Elite) 10.31 47 Garrick Valverde (Velotek) 10.36 48 Grant Boursaw (Greggs/Trek) 11.06 49 Bryan Larsen (Sacramento Golden Wheelmen) 13.25 50 Bruce Hoffman (Ogden One) 13.30 51 Juan Carlos Suarez (HealthMaxx Presented by Bom) 16.54 52 Gabriel Bershenyi (Front Rangers Cycling Club) 27.07 DSQ Taylor Kuphaldt (Davis Bike Club) DNF Jordan Fatke (Baraboo Sharks Cycling Team) DNF Zane Dees (BYRDS) DNF Henk Calderon (Southern Elite) DNF Logan Loader (Central Valley Cycling) Women 15-16 1 Danielle Haulman (RMCEF) 58.29 2 Lauren Shirock (T.E.A.M. Fuji) 1.01 3 Sam Schneider (Advatage Benefits/Endevour) 1.08 4 Sinead Miller (UPMC Cycling Performance) 1.11 5 Colleen Hayduk (T.E.A.M. Fuji) 1.12 6 Jerika Hutchinson (Unattached) 1.23 7 Madeline Hack (RMCEF) 1.35 8 Ashley Ooley (Team Rio Grande) 4.09 9 Megan Somerville (hi-tech bikes womens) 10 Keely Shannon (Midwest Rolling Thunder) 5.58 11 Juel Iverson (Canyon Bicycles) 6.57 12 Sarah Ryan (BYRDS) 12.01 13 Elisabeth Oehrlein (Artemis) 13.32 Men 13-14 1 Stephen Koelbl (Artemis) 43.46 2 Nathan Brown (SyMed/MOAB) 3 Andrew Barker (RMCEF) 0.38 4 Jacob Rathe (Beaverton Bicycle Club) 0.48 5 Lance Wolfsmith (Wolfpak - Morgan Hill) 0.59 6 Ian Boswell (GS Forza Velo) 1.12 7 Connor Oleary (Mi Duole) 1.18 8 Marshall Opel (Montana Junior Cycling Foundati) 1.20 9 Graham Coy (Red Rose Rockets) 1.57 10 Joel Shaffer (Webcor / Alto Velo) 2.02 11 Ian Moir (Major Motion) 2.04 12 Daniel Tisdell (LGBRC/Easton/Specialized) 2.11 13 Peter Sarll (Wolfpak - Morgan Hill) 3.22 14 Jimmy Hague (Sun Summit Cycling Club) 3.30 15 Lawson Craddock (Northwest Cycling Club / Alkek) 3.36 16 Maxwell Durtschi (Sun Summit Cycling Club) 3.45 17 Chase Womack (LaGrange) 3.53 18 Ethan Rae (Bike Barn Racing Team) 19 Sam Stone (Baraboo Sharks) 4.23 20 Alan Ting (Northwest Cycling Club / Alkek) 4.30 21 Cody Wignall (Rhodes) 4.31 22 Adam Kosela (Athletes By Design) 4.52 23 Jeremy Shirock (East Coast Velo) 4.53 24 Mark Edwards (Tri-Power) 4.56 25 Matt Sosa (Wolfpak - Morgan Hill) 5.10 26 Adolfo Orozco (San Diego Bicycle Club / Karl S) 5.14 27 Samuel Womack (LaGrange) 6.01 28 Morgan Ryan (Scary Fast Racing) 29 Broday Walker (Cycle Club) 6.22 30 Devin Shannon (Midwest Rolling Thunder) 6.26 31 I Mitchell Witmer (Red Rose Rockets) 6.37 32 Craig Creeden (Orlando Road Club) 7.14 33 Thomson Remo (Baraboo Sharks) 7.25 34 Chris Wallace (GP Velotek) 7.37 35 Ford Merrick (Wolfpak - Morgan Hill) 9.18 36 Samuel Abelow (Cuevas/ A.C.T.) 9.19 37 Tanner Putt (X-Men) 9.23 38 Zach McDonald (Classic Cycle Rolling Bay Wheel) 39 Cody Kaiser (SGW/City Bike Works) 9.38 40 Brice Wizner (Team Borah) 9.50 41 Gavin Mannion (CCB/Volkswagen) 10.06 42 Jeffrey Shipman (GP VeloTek) 10.10 43 Ethan Bell (Western CO Cycling Club) 10.40 44 Connor Simmons (Rocky Mountain Continuing Educa) 10.43 45 Alex Edwards (Santa Fe Trails) 11.36 46 Saxton Dees (BYRDS) 13.18 47 John Shipman (GP VeloTek) 16.35 48 Conrad Roberts (Baraboo Sharks) 49 Alexander Quintero (San Diego Bicycle Club / Karl S) 50 Joshua Lehmann (NHCC - Team New Hampshire) 17.02 51 Dana Hoffman (Ogden One) 52 Nathan Wilson (NCVC/Edge Technologies) Women 13-14 1 Kaitlin Antonneau (Nova Cycle Sport) 39.44 2 Jacqueline Kurth (Athletes By Design) 0.02 3 Jessica Prinner (Athletes By Design) 4 Coryn Rivera (Paramount Racing) 5 Colleen Gulick (Bikeline/LWA) 0.04 6 Lauren Levy (Swami's) 0.08 7 Katie Hack (RMCEF) 1.19 8 Paulina Lopez (Paramount Racing) 9 Shelby Reynolds (Southern Elite) 2.15 10 Michelle Lafleur (Webcor/Alto Velo) 2.41 11 Kendall Ryan (Scary Fast Racing) 2.50 12 Rose Mauney (Land Rover/Siemens Home Applian) 3.14 13 Brooke Crum (Savage Hill Cycling Team) 3.20 14 Alex Wechsler (Landrover/Siemens Home Applianc) 3.21 15 Victoria Meier (Baraboo Sharks) 3.30 16 Devon Simpson (Rad Racing NW) 4.11 17 Amanda Duarte (San Diego Bicycle Club/ Karl St) 4.29 18 Kendra Higgins (Wolfpak) 4.38 19 Brittney Van Vleet (KHS Bicycles/Swamis) 6.02 20 Christina Norwich (Rad Racing NW) 6.32 21 Anapaola Duran (Unattached) 7.06 22 Kelci Roberts (Baraboo Sharks) 8.34
