Seattle 'Cross Race #2 South Seatac

The second race of the 2006 Seattle Cyclocross Series was held yesterday under partly to mostly sunny skies at South Seatac Park. The Seattle Series still has yet to see a drop of rain, both races so far have been raced in dry and dusty conditions. South Seatac Park is a mix of pavement and single track and yesterday did not disappoint. Throw in a couple sand pits and you’ve got a tough technical course. With Star Crossed the night before, a few of the usual suspects were missing but there was still fast and furious racing to be had. 4th place finisher from the evening before, Chris McGovern (SONIC) took the Men 1/2 race in front of Ian Mackie (BRI) by a narrow .6 tenths of a second, while Wendy Simms (KONA), Canadian National Cyclocross Champion, won her second race in as many days as she repeated her performance from the evening before. She beat the next best placed woman, Kelly Jones (SUGOI), by over 2 ½ minutes! In the Master Men 1/2 race it was all Randy Iddings (REDLINE), winning comfortably over the next fastest competitor.

Men 1/2
1 Chris Mcgovern -- Sonic cyclocross 53:01.1 8 Laps
2 Ian Mackie -- BRI 53:01.7
3 Mark Hanson -- BRI 53:44.5
4 Sean Worsean -- Rad Racing NW 53:51.9
5 Morgan Schmitt -- Hagens Berman / Ridley 53:52.3
6 Loren Hanson -- BRI 53:52.8
7 Eric Atwood -- Benaroya Research Institute 53:58.7
8 Tucker Thomas -- Sonic U-23 54:42.2
9 Ryan Hopping -- Red Bike.ca 56:42.4
10 Luke Brechwald -- Sonic U-23 57:04.2
11 James C Birkenbuel -- Alki/Rubicon Racing 57:04.7
12 Logan Wetzel -- 1st Rate Mortgage 57:05.3
13 John-Christian Flack -- Valley Athletic Club 58:20.2
14 Steve Fisher -- Rad Racing NW 58:47.4
15 Bryce Huck -- Dez Nutz 59:37.6
16 Kyle McGilvray -- www cycling 53:16.2 7 Laps
17 Nathan Bannerman -- Bicycle Centers 53:38.8
18 Ian Crane -- Rad Racing NW 55:22.5
19 Tim Erickson -- Recycled Cycles 55:48.3
20 Gaylen Erickson -- Redline 56:10.2
21 Don Wesley -- None 56:43.2
22 David Fleischhauer -- Sonic U-23 DNF 5 Laps
23 Ryan Iddings -- Redline DNF 3 Laps
24 Mathew Hill -- Redline DNF 1 Lap
25 Jim Wood -- Nob Hill Velo DNF 1 Lap

Women 1/2
1 Wendy Simms -- Kona 45:19.1 6 Laps
2 Kelly Jones -- Sugoi Factory Team 47:57.7
3 Kristi Berg -- Group Health 48:56.6
4 Ingrid Spies -- Recycled Cycles 49:48.9
5 Nicola Mann -- TiCycles 50:03.9
6 Hollie McGovern -- Sonic 50:24.1
7 Amber Itle -- YBR 50:27.3
8 Jadine Riley -- Group Health 51:56.0
9 Jenny Trew -- Team Giant 53:54.5
10 Emily Westbrook -- Tamarack 44:36.2 5 Laps
11 Lea Stralka -- BYR 45:10.0

Master Men 1/2
1 Randy Iddings -- Redline 55:12.6 8 Laps
2 Tom Phillips -- Ragnarok 56:19.4
3 Andy Dahlstrom -- 57:01.2
4 Jeff Cummings -- Ragnarok 57:28.5
5 Mark Knokey -- Axley USA 58:18.8
6 Doug Graver -- Ragnarok 58:25.7
7 Derek Shiers -- Ti Cycles 58:49.3
8 David Bruning -- Ti Cycles 59:16.2
9 Steve Jensen -- 59:37.4
10 Dave Cook -- Zoka 59:52.2
11 Alec Daxbury -- Art By Opsal 52:54.5 7 Laps
12 Rick Hansen -- WaMu 53:09.3
13 Kenny Williams -- 1st Rate Mortgage 53:14.9
14 Todd Anderson -- None 54:33.3
15 Hahn Rossman -- Alki/Rubicon Racing 54:34.1
16 Paul Werner -- Team Zoka 54:54.7
17 Rich Blanco -- None 55:22.1
18 Aaron Turner -- Second Ascent 56:01.7
19 David Karman -- Hagens-Berman Cycling 56:16.9
20 Brad Reed -- Watermark Cycling 57:40.4

Winning Lap Times by Category
Men 1/2 6:37
Master Men 1/2 6:54
Women 1/2 7:33
Women 3 8:54
Men 3 7:26
Master Men 3 7:21
Men 4 7:41
Master Men 4 7:54
Junior A 7:41

Next weekend, the Seattle Series takes a break so head over to St. Edward State Park and take part in Crosstoberfest put on by the fine folks at Ragnarok Racing. They'll have great racing, beer gardens, relay team competitions and other zany activities to get you in the Oktoberfest mood. See the link on the calendar to the right. Seattle Cyclocross returns on October 15th when they visit Kelly Creek. This will be the first of two stops at “the Creek” as the venue will also host the series finale on December 10.