Five junior criterium champions crowned
Four of five winners already earned road race titles previous day
Philip O'Donnell (Frazier Cycling) duplicated his victory from yesterday's road race in the 13-14 junior men's criterium, but Daniel Parks (GS Tenzing) was the story of the day. O'Donnell and Parks jumped off the front early, dominating the race and riding at a pace nearly 20 percent faster than the field. Unfortunately for Parks, the pair caught the back of the main group on the final lap where the Texan got tangled in a small crash. Although he quickly recovered, his bike did not, leaving him to sprint the remainder of the final lap where he was awarded the same time as the pack and earned the silver medal. O'Donnell emerged from the late-race crash unscathed and rode easily to another national title.
The junior men's 10-12 criterium broke up from the start with an early race crash helping form two lead groups off the front of the 30+ rider field. The large lead group whittled down to around 10 riders as the pace quickened and team tactics even came into play. Matteo Jorgenson (Boise Young Rider Dev. Squad) and Michael Hocking (Boise Young Rider Dev. Squad) were among the riders animating things on the back side of the one-kilometer course, but ultimately it was again Grant McElroy's (Beaverton Bicycle Club) day as he won the sprint to the line.
"I've been racing on the road for six years and this was one of the toughest races of my life," said the 12-year-old McElroy. "People were going into the corners really hard so I just tried to stay up front. Coming into the finish I knew Gage was a good sprinter and I had better be up out of the saddle and in the right gear."
The junior women's 15-16 women criterium ended in exciting fashion with dynamic racing throughout. A lead group of what would be the top eight finishers broke free and it eventually came down to a final bunch sprint where Tara McCormick (Helen's Racing-Cannondale) took the title ahead of Kayla Sterling (Plano Cycling/PAC) and yesterday's road race winner Melissa Garcia (Chester County Cycling). McCormick and the 15-16 junior women's division was the only group of the day able to dethrone yesterday's road race champ.
It was all Katrina Howard (Vapor Racing) again today as the 14-year-old lapped the field to collect her ninth overall national title in the junior women's 13-14 criterium. Howard took off in pursuit of eventual silver medalist Emma White (Capital Bike Racing Club) and simply kept going until she caught the back of the nearly 20-rider field. Howard attacked off the front at the end of the 20th and final lap, winning the sprint even though she had a lap on the field. White came in second and yesterday's road race silver medalist Laurel Rathburn finished third.
"She took off and everyone just kind of looked at each other," said Rathburn. "We tried to work together, but obviously not well enough."
The small, but strong junior women's 10-12 field saw a group of five separate itself from the gun in the 15-kilometer affair. Skylar Schneider, Mina Anderberg (Flatiron Flyers Junior Cycling), Julyn Aguila, Jenna Gardner (PCIM) and Joan Ponath jumped out front and were able to hold a 20-second lead throughout the 15-kilometer event. Starting her sprint at precisely the spot directed by her older sister, Samantha, a professional racer with the TIBCO-To the Top squad, Skylar was able to out-kick Anderburg at the line yet again and earn her second Stars-and-Stripes jersey in as many days.
"I'm used to doing crits with the Cat 4 women, so it was nice to race against people my own age and in the same gears," said Schneider.
1 | Philip O'Donnell (Frazier Cycling) | 0:20:09 |
2 | Daniel Parks (GS Tenzing) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Dylan Drummond (Tieni Duro Junior Cycling Team) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Noah Granigan (Somerset Wheelmen) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Matthew Valencia (Team Specialized Racing/Team Sp) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | William Barta (BYRDS (Boise Young Rider Dev Sq) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Jack Maddux (Team Specialized Racing/Team Sp) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Max Gander (TriStar Cycling Team/Tristar-Mo) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Teddy Kozlowski (Liberty Cycle) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Efren Flores (Adams Avenue Bicycles/G S Adams) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Samuel Morkal Williams (Century Road Club Association/J) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Tulio Weber (El Grupo Youth Cycling Club) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Grayson Brookshire (Velosports Racing Asheville/DIY) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Kenny Polley (White Mountain Road Club/Landis) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Stephen Ridley (Forest Acres Cycling Team/Flora) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Griffin Wigert (All Sport-Team Swift) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Adrien Costa (San Jose Bicycle Club/SJBC) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | David O'Brien (Rad Racing NW/Hagens Berman) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Luke Broadwell (Fulton Flyers Cycling Club) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Zeke Mostov (San Jose Bicycle Club/SJBC) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Stanley Goto (All Sport-Team Swift) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Maxx Chance | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Diego Binatena (Ironfly/ironfly) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Karch Miller (Davis Bike Club) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Jonathan Brown (TriStar Cycling Team/Tristar-Mo) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | William Guillen (Raleigh Allstars Cycling Club/R) | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Broderick Hartley | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Peter Vollers (Woodstock Bicycle Club) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
28 | Nathan Hocking (BYRDS (Boise Young Rider Dev Sq) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Liam Dunn | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Lucas Weyand | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
31 | Everett Jones (Baraboo Sharks) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Jonathan Christensen (Rocket Sports Racing/DJs Produc) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
33 | Ethan Reynolds (BYRDS (Boise Young Rider Dev Sq) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
33 | Charles Snead (Velo City Pro Cycle) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
33 | Brian Wolfe (Corner Cycle Cycling Club/CL No) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
33 | Cooper Simon (Red Zone Cycling) | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
33 | Shaner LeBauer (Artemis) | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
33 | Quinten Kirby (International Christian Cycling) | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
33 | Samuel Rosenberg | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
33 | Reid Smith (Tieni Duro Junior Cycling Team) | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
33 | Luke Feasline (Coeur d 'Alene Velo Racers (CDA) | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Luis Guillen (Raleigh Allstars Cycling Club/R) | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
43 | Robert Terra (Rocket Sports Racing) | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Anders Nystrom (BYRDS (Boise Young Rider Dev Sq) | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
45 | Justin Griffin | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
45 | Christian Bergh (Team Hotel San Jose) | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
45 | Liam Earl (BYRDS (Boise Young Rider Dev Sq) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Stephen Israel (CPT/Connie Cycling Junior Racin) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
49 | Tony Comer (San Diego Bicycle Club/ACQUA AL) | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
49 | Troy Strickland (San Jose Bicycle Club/SJBC) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
49 | Jason Saltzman (Morgan Stanley Cycling Team/Mor) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
49 | Cormac Dunn | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Robbie Farrens (Rocket Sports Racing/DJs Produc) | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Stephen Haas (Black Sheep Junior Cycling) | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
55 | Logan Feasline (Coeur d 'Alene Velo Racers (CDA) | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
55 | Glenn Ponath | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
55 | Davis Wilkey (Black Sheep Junior Cycling) | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
55 | Joseph Tarrant (Southern California Velo) | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
55 | Eli Kranefuss (All Sport-Team Swift) | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
55 | Annan Hildebrand (Southern California Velo) | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
55 | Nathan Goldberg (GP Velotek) | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
55 | Enzo Flores (Adams Avenue Bicycles) | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Carlo Villarreal | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marcelo Cleveland (Southern California Velo) | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ryan Grant (All Sport-Team Swift) | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Shane Scoggin (National Capital Velo Club/Spok) | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nathan Rico (Team Velosport Club/Sho-air/Son) | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
1 | Grant McElroy (Beaverton Bicycle Club) | 0:24:26 |
2 | Christopher Blevins (Durango Devo) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Michael Hocking (BYRDS (Boise Young Rider Dev Sq) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Gage Hecht (International Christian Cycling) | 0:00:01 |
5 | James Todd (Frazier Cycling) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Matteo Jorgenson (BYRDS (Boise Young Rider Dev Sq) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Cade Bickmore (Flatiron Flyers Junior Cycling) | 0:00:03 |
8 | Phillip Truppelli (Colavita Racing Inc./Colavita R) | 0:00:13 |
9 | Prithvi Gummadi (Frazier Cycling) | 0:00:14 |
10 | Maxl Freeman (Black Sheep Junior Cycling) | 0:00:32 |
11 | Aditya Gummadi (Frazier Cycling) | 0:01:20 |
12 | Alexander West | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Eric Brunner | 0:01:21 |
14 | Daniel Willett (Southern California Velo) | 0:01:32 |
15 | Nick Oestreich (International Christian Cycling) | 0:01:54 |
16 | Gianni Kennard | 0:03:38 |
16 | Angel Lopez (Major Motion Cycling Club) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
16 | David Polley (White Mountain Road Club/Landis) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
16 | Rishi Teja Mocherla (Frazier Cycling/Frazier Cycling) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
16 | Tate Harper (Colavita Racing Inc./Colavita R) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
16 | Justin Leong (San Jose Bicycle Club/SJBC) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
16 | Jacob Drummond (Tieni Duro Junior Cycling Team) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Florian Costa (San Jose Bicycle Club/SJBC) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Jarrett Aregger (Northwest Velo/First Rate Mortg) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
24 | Ryan Madis (Project Velo Racing/One Call No) | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
24 | Nolan Brunner | 0:03:39 |
24 | Harry Brelsford | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
24 | Andrew Singer (International Christian Cycling) | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Nicholas Townes (Les Amis/Les Amis Cycling Team) | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
29 | Nathan LeBauer (Artemis) | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
29 | Andrew Comer (San Diego Bicycle Club/ACQUA AL) | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Eric Calder (Les Amis) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Graydon Anderson (Young Endurance Athletes of Uta) | 0:03:40 |
DNF | James Brookshire (Velosports Racing Asheville/DIY) | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jeremy Lopez (Southern California Velo) | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alec Miller (Broken Spoke Cycling) | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
1 | Tara McCormick (Helens Racing/Helens/Cannondale) | 0:31:39 |
2 | Kayla Sterling (Plano Athletic Cycling Club/PAC) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Melissa Garcia (Chester County Cycling Foundati) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Grace Alexander (BYRDS (Boise Young Rider Dev Sq) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Kaitlyn Lawrence (Vortex Cycling Club/Team Vortex) | 0:00:01 |
6 | Alexis Ryan (The TEAM SoCalCross/Team CICLE) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Sarah Huang (Nova Cycle Sports Foundation In) | 0:00:02 |
8 | Michelle Blake (Colavita Racing Inc./Colavita R) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Corrie Osborne (Nova Cycle Sports Foundation In) | 0:01:15 |
10 | Page Robertson (Tieni Duro Junior Cycling Team) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Addyson Albershardt (Team Kenda) | 0:01:17 |
12 | Madison Tuggle | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Allyson Beach (Frazier Cycling) | 0:01:20 |
14 | Karla Lopez (Major Motion Cycling Club) | 0:01:21 |
15 | Ashley StPierre (BYRDS (Boise Young Rider Dev Sq) | 0:03:21 |
16 | Savannah Blake (BYRDS (Boise Young Rider Dev Sq) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Jacqueline Denny (Team Kenda) | 0:03:22 |
18 | Bailey Semian (Chester County Cycling Foundati) | 0:04:22 |
19 | Larisa Wade (Rad Racing NW/Hagens Berman) | 0:04:23 |
DNS | Sara Youmans (BYRDS (Boise Young Rider Dev Sq) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Zoe Frazier (Frazier Cycling/Frazier Cycling) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Niki Reker (St Paul Bicycle Racing Club) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Avivah Hotimsky (ColoBikeLaw.com) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
1 | Katrina Howard (Vapor Racing) | 0:32:01 |
2 | Emma White (Capital Bicycle Racing Club/CBR) | 0:00:04 |
3 | Laurel Rathbun | 0:00:05 |
4 | Zoe Reeves (Priority Health Cycling Team) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Dominique Shore (Frazier Cycling) | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Abigail Aldridge (Frazier Cycling) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Claire vanEkdom (Artemis) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Andrea Casebolt (Rad Racing NW/Hagens Berman) | 0:00:09 |
9 | Marta Morris | 0:00:11 |
10 | Olivia Saunders (Somerset Wheelmen) | 0:00:51 |
11 | Salley Reamer (Forest Acres Cycling Team/Flora) | 0:01:18 |
12 | Madeleine Boutet | 0:01:29 |
13 | Hannah Swan | 0:01:37 |
14 | Amelia Tanner (JET Cycling/JETCycling) | 0:01:38 |
15 | Hannah McDade (Beaverton Bicycle Club) | 0:02:09 |
16 | S Fernanda Polanco (Major Motion Cycling Club) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Lucia Carreno (Major Motion Cycling Club) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Diana Ramos (Fulton Flyers Cycling Club/Fult) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
1 | Skylar Schneider | 0:27:15 |
2 | Mina Anderberg (Flatiron Flyers Junior Cycling) | 0:00:01 |
3 | Julyn Aguila | 0:00:02 |
4 | Jenna Gardner (PCIM) | 0:00:03 |
5 | JoAnn Ponath | 0:00:07 |
6 | Moriah Swan | 0:00:30 |
7 | Courtney Comer (San Diego Bicycle Club/ACQUA AL) | 0:01:44 |
8 | Rebecca Israel (CPT/Connie Cycling Junior Racin) | 0:01:47 |
9 | Sophia Broadwell (Fulton Flyers Cycling Club) | 0:02:57 |
10 | Macey Grett (BYRDS (Boise Young Rider Dev Sq) | 0:03:06 |
DNS | Alexandra Bercaw (Project Velo Racing/One Call No) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
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