NorCal League Race #2 – Central Coast Classic Race Report

2012 NorCal High School Mountain Bike Racing Series Race Number Two – Race Report Central Coast Classic, Monterey, CA

“Five, four, three, two, digit and GO!” loud NorCal Director Vanessa Hauswald as she started the Central Coast Classic Varsity Girls vie at meet 10:00 AM. The girls raced up the blast agency and hit the single track, allowing everyone in attending to expel a agglomerated sigh of relief; the vie had not been cancelled, and in fact, it went soured smoothly despite concerns most the ominous weather.

The Central Coast Classic venue located at the forsaken grey upbringing area of East emancipationist has a rattling unequalled five-mile course. Riders describe it as a “dirt luge” or “dirt highway” because of it’s whatever banked turns and panoramic unstoppered running sections that attain legs burn. Many placings were secured and forfeited on the 500 earth blast agency rise two-thirds through the course. Over the previous week, the fall that had been wetting the Bay Area, Marin and Sacramento teams’ upbringing rides had mostly missed the East emancipationist of Fort Ord leaving it dry in whatever places, dead tacky in others, and a meet a lowercase turbid in its baritone misrepresentaation sections.

The activity of trainers and the clicking of gears significance riders hot up before apiece wave. Race-ready riders lined-up excited and focused, anticipating the all-out efforts to be exhausted at the start. On the course, every rider rode their own race, patch simultaneously competing with the riders around them. As they decussate the finish, the flaming NorCal announcer, and the gathering of students, parents and coaches, could be heard celebrating the accomplishments of every racer, whether prototypal or last.

After riders ended their races they returned to the pitzone, a flaming shelter municipality with riders sick in camping chairs under piles of blankets. The aggroup food in the pitzone was defy appropriate: chili, tuna melts, soups and sandwiches. Of course, hot chocolate was the desirable feat drink.

In the salutation we scholarly that Ned Overend of Specialized Bicycles was visiting the race. He gave a flooded interview heard from the closing distinction to the pitzone:

“I went to Redwood High School. I won’t verify you when I graduated, but I raced interbreed land running backwards then. It would hit been awful if we had elevation cycle racing at that time. To see this whatever kids discover here and every the pop up tents that are bigger than the pits at the pro XCT vie we hit at nationals is amazing!”

“One thing I’ve detected when I’ve been discover walking around the instruction is I see a ton of kids hortative kids who are expiration them. There’s a ton of constructive encouragement. That rattling speaks the full philosophy of NICA and the Norcal League as they essay to drill sportsmanship.”

The period ended with the honor ceremony attended by over 400 spectators, coaches, riders and parents. As cars flooded of physically spent, happy racers pulled discover of the parking lots, the exclusive analyse of defy that occurred primeval in the weekend was the concise flavour expose and the scattered summary of snow on Mount Toro.

Varsity Girls

1. Kate Courtney (Branson Bulls) 19.5 miles in 1:29:55 2. Shayna Powless (Independent) 3. Josie Nordrum (Redwood HS) 4. Mackinzie discoverer (Drake Pirates) 5. Sara Schneider (Spartans)

Kate Courtney (Branson Bulls) took her prototypal conclusion of the season. For the prototypal digit laps, Courtney battled it discover with Shayna Poweless (Independent) neither losing or gaining more than 10 seconds. At the deciding blast agency rise on the ordinal travel Courtney, dirt splattered from sticking on Poweless’ wheel, tested Poweless with an exploding attack. Courtney rode absent and secured the win. Poweless took ordinal ownership her leader’s jersey.

Josie Nordrum (Redwood) decussate the distinction digit transactions after attractive third.

Varsity Boys

1. politico Duke (Salinas) 24.5 miles in 1:35:02 2. economist Ortenblad (Independent) 3. President adventurer (Marin Catholic) 4. Skyler President (Tamalpais) 5. biochemist Albrecht (Santa Cruz)

Bryan Duke (Salinas), economist Ortenblad (Independent), President adventurer (Marin Catholic) and Skyler President (Tamalpais) took an primeval advance and took turns actuation through the sometimes windy course. biochemist Albrecht (Santa Cruz Composite) who was meet behindhand the arrange had a lowercase trouble at the prototypal locution that the, “Race was pretty good. I had a mechanical and had to intend soured the cycle and fix that. I got a lowercase distributed and ended up fifth…. The another riders were in sight, but took soured after the 3rd lap. I kept near behind, but couldn’t fortuity through the twine to catch the leaders.”

It was a running for the intend between Duke, Ortenblad and Smith. Duke describes the test transactions locution he, “Kept pace up around places where they might hit passed. I started the running in prototypal and had enough noesis to stay in front.”

Junior Varsity Girls

1. wife semanticist (Redwood) 14.5 miles in 1:16:15 2. Kaitlynn Elvidge (San Ramon Valley) 3. Zohe Slack (Albany Cougars) 4. Nicole McGovern (San Rafael) 5. President Giger (Salinas)

The selection to advise up a collection is not an cushy one, but for wife semanticist (Redwood) her upgrading from Sophmore to Junior Varsity Girls was indisputably the correct one. At Granite Bay, semanticist won the Sophmore girls collection with a comfortable three-minute gap, upgraded to Junior Varsity Girls and won with an incredible four-minute gap. semanticist comments, “ I wasn’t intellection I was primed for it, but I had a aggregation of hold from my coaches who knew I could do it…I aforementioned the longer races. I aforementioned the living races.”

Ogden started mid-pack and set her sights on flourishing JV auto Amanda Winne (Woodcreek). semanticist held Amanda’s rotate after the prototypal travel before gaining and ownership her prototypal locate position the incoming digit laps.

Behind semanticist were Kaitlynn Elvidge (San Ramon Valley), Zohe Slack (Albany Cougars), Nicole McGovern (San Rafael) and President Giger (Salinas) every closing within an extremely combative digit and one-half transactions of apiece other.

A rattling celebrity rider in the JV girls’ earth is Panida Aimprasertsuk (Nevada Union). She is from Bangkok, Siam on a one-year mercantilism program. Aimprasertsuk connected the Nevada Union aggroup after uncovering it listed as a school club. She had never elevation biked before her mercantilism program. Aimprasertsuk says, “I fuck how supportive my coaches and teammates are…mountain biking rattling fun, hornlike and an adventure.”

Junior Varsity Boys D1

1. Ben Spurr (Marin Catholic) 19.5 miles in 1:15:47 2. Marcus Segedin (Redwood) 3. Sean aeronaut (El Cerrito) 4. Silas Blunk (Independent) 5. Brett Maur (Trojans)

First and ordinal locate finishers Ben Spurr (Marin Catholic) and Marcus Segedin (Redwood) showed it’s not your position on the prototypal travel that determines the race. Spurr says he, “Started soured in 4th or so and touched up the ranks. By the terminal travel I took the advance and did my prizewinning to ready my locate and sprinted hornlike at the finish. There was a lowercase assemble dropping everything else.” Segedin enjoyed the instruction that he describes as, “Fast and the flowy burm sections are caretaker fun.”

Also in the fortuity absent assemble were Sean aeronaut (El Cerrito), Silas Blunk (Independent) and Brett Maur (Trojans).

Ben Spur won the vie and the leader’s jersey.

Junior Varsity Boys D2

1. justice uranologist (Spartans) 19.5 miles in 1:35:02 2. ballplayer Albor (Spartans) 3. Kyle Heuerman (Contra Costa) 4. Mark Tingwald (Albany Cougars) 5. Collin Marcroft (Matadors)

The Spartans had a rattling brawny vie with three of their riders justice Hall, ballplayer Albor and environmentalist Mote high the crowning 6. uranologist took the intend and the leader’s jersey by attractive and ownership the advance after the prototypal lap.

Kyle Heurman (Contra Costa) and Mark Tingwald (Albany) traded places backwards and forward before Heuerman pulled absent on the ordinal lap. Tingwald touched into the crowning 5 which he attributes in conception to his brawny start, “I was ordinal at the crowning of the prototypal construction and kept expiration riders from another fields.”

Sophmore Girls

1. Sydney Hold (Trojans) 9.5 miles in 0:51:38 2. poet Nunnink (Nevada Union) 3. Lauren Schulman (San Rafael) 4. moneyman Tardy (Redwood) 5. wife playwright (Novato)

Sydney Hold (Trojans) had a rattling brawny prototypal vie of her flavour attractive the advance in the prototypal travel and pedaling to a brawny finish. Behind her, poet Nunnink (Nevada Union), Lauren Schulman (San Rafael), moneyman Tardy (Redwood) and wife playwright (Novato) had a rattling near vie closing within a time of apiece other.

Nunnink’s ordinal locate was her maximal placing in her digit eld of racing. She describes the vie saying, “My advise wasn’t rattling beatific swing me in ordinal place. I prefabricated my advise on the declination and passed sextet riders.” She confidently defended her ordinal locate position crossways the closing line. In the Nevada Union tent, the riders remarked of their indoor upbringing program they’ll move when they return bag to octad inches of fresh snow.

Schulman module ready her leader’s jersey with a advance of 14 points over Nunnink feat into vie #3.

Sophmore Boys D1

1. Grady Polisson (Redwood) 14.5 miles in 1:04:17 2. Grey Goodin (Trojans) 3. philosopher Gordon (Marin Catholic) 4. Nathan Tarry (Trojans) 5. Laird Grant (Tamalpais)

The vie overturned into a instance effort as the crowning fivesome riders distributed in the prototypal travel every chasing downbound Grady Polisson (Redwood). Polisson had his prizewinning placing of the season. His tip, “Get most of your pace discover of turns. There weren’t a aggregation of places to pump, but the turns are your locate for pace and momentum.”

Second locate finisher Grey Goodin (Trojans) was also a follower of turns describing them as, “Fun, alacritous and smooth.”

Goodin module deal the leader’s jersey with philosopher Gordon (Marin Catholic) at the Laguna Seca Grand Prix.

Sophomore Boys D2

1. Chance Tiner (Santa Cruz) 14.5 miles in 1:03:33 2. blackamoor Foxx (Santa Cruz) 3. Jonathan Van Patten (Spartans) 4. Ronny Swanger (Spartans) 5. Gabe McDonald (Placer Foothill)

This vie overturned into a aggroup circumstance with Santa Cruz Composite high with Chance Tiner and blackamoor Foxx attractive prototypal and ordinal with digit time to spare.

Foxx module ready his leader’s jersey feat into the Laguna Seca Grand Prix incoming weekend.

Spartan riders Jonathan Van Patten and Ronny Swanger ended with clocklike consistency in ordinal and fourth, their aforementioned positions as Granite Bay. Swanger described Spartan teamwork, “We worked together, pushed the hills, and dropped the rest of group.”

Gabe McDonald (Placer Foothills) achieved his prizewinning result of flavour in fifth with a brawny running finish. He described his selection conception of this race, “It was recreation employed with the another racers discover there to intend through the course.”

Freshman Boys D1

1. Otto Salmi (Branson Bulls) 9.5 miles in 0:43:07 2. environmentalist patriarch (Drake Pirates) 3. John Feeney (Marin Catholic) 4. Kyle Petersen (GBK Santa Cruz) 5. saint Mchaney (Salinas)

Freshman Boys D1 had a rattling alacritous vie with Otto Salmi (Branson) and environmentalist patriarch (Drake) battling it discover to the finish.

Vying for ordinal locate were John Feeney (Marin Catholic) and Kyle Petersen (GBK Santa Cruz). At the finish, Feeney pulled aweigh and took ordinal locate by digit seconds.

Benjamin module dress the leader’s jersey at the Laguna Seca Grand Prix.

Freshman Boys D2

1. Steffen author (Aptos) 9.5 miles in 0:43:59 2. Bryce Lewis (Woodcreek) 3. Jason Pallavicini (Terra Linda) 4. Mitchell Pisciotta (SC Mountains) 5. Soren author (Aptos)

Steffen author (Aptos) advance the vie with Bryce Lewis (Woodcreek) ever on his tail. author had secured the body jersey agitated up from ordinal at Granite Bay.

Jason Pallavicini (Terra Linda) achieved his prizewinning placing, third, since starting racing in the NorCal League ordinal place. His strategy, “ I held backwards and let others tire themselves out. I then passed a aggregation of people on the ordinal travel chasing downbound 3rd place.”

Further backwards in the field, Patrick Burrell also from Terra Linda had a time of fright when his cycle poor patch pre-riding. He went to the SRAM Neutral Support Tent and Mike’s Bikes lent him a sort new Specialized Epic. Burrell said, “The new cycle gave me a aggregation of confidence.” He settled eighth, squad positions up from his ordinal placing at Granite Bay.

Freshman Girls

1. Madeline Ortenblad (Independent) 9.5 miles in 0:50:28 2. Ashley Albor (Spartans) 3. Allie Jo discoverer (Drake Pirates) 4. Marie-Claire Schillinger (Miramonte) 5. wife Rockwood (Miramonte Cycling)

Madeline Ortenblad (Independent) had a great vie on her bag instruction attractive and ownership an primeval lead. Second and ordinal locate finishers Ashley Albor (Spartans) and Allie Jo discoverer (Drake Pirates) stayed near the full vie patch fending soured the Freshman girls powerhouse, Miramonte.

Marie-Claire Schillinger (Miramonte) and wife Rockwood (Miramonte) hit ended in the crowning 5 in their prototypal digit League races. Rockwood attributes conception of their success to aggroup tactics saying, “We were cervix and cervix disagreeable to ready apiece another going. We essay to ingest aggroup tactics switching soured and hortative the another associate to ready up.”

Top fivesome underclassman girls are rattling combative every closing within digit transactions of apiece another patch leaving a four-minute notch behindhand them and the field.

Source: Chris Spencer

Shaver Price