Friday Night Chico Airport Criterium Results................

Hi Everyone!! We had another great turnout for the Friday Night Criteriums out at the Chico Airport this past Friday Night - and quite a few spectators too!! I would like to thank ALL of you for coming out to these events - it has been great seeing so much enthusiasm for these little races..........and the Junior riders in the Category "C" event are just AMAZING!!! Y'all rock!!!!

I would also like to thank Matt Itamura and 5th Sun T-Shirts - www.5sun.com - for donating T-shirts to the Friday Night event as Prime Prizes!! Thank you so much Matt and 5th Sun!!!!

For some video and photos of the Friday Night Criterium, please visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicovelo/

Okay, below are the Category Results from Friday night's Airport Criterium, followed by the Current Overall Standings in the 2009 Chico Airport Criterium Series. And remember - the Results are always Preliminary for the first 24-hours after posting.......so if you see any corrections, additions, subtractions, deletions, etc., please let me know!

CATEGORY "A" RESULTS FROM THE JULY 10th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. David Albrecht (7 points + 36 Prime Points + 1 = 44 points)
2. Anthony Ferretti (5 points + 8 Prime Points + 1 = 14 points)
3. Mike Trowbridge (4 points + 14 Prime Points + 1 = 19 points)
4. Mike Painter (3 points + 7 Prime Points + 1 = 11 points)
5. Kyle Hartelt (2 points + 5 Prime Points + 1 = 8 points)
6. Scott Heather (1 point + 4 Prime Points + 1 = 6 points)
7. Geno Gruber 1 point
5th Sun T-shirt Prime Winner #1 = David Albrecht
5th Sun T-shirt Prime Winner #2 = Mike Painter

CATEGORY "B" RESULTS FROM THE JULY 10th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Tom Embree (7 points + 4 Prime Points + 1 = 12 points)
2. Matt Itamura (5 points + 1 Prime Point + 1 = 7 points)
3. Tom Murphy (4 points + 14 Prime Points + 1 = 19 points)
4. Jim Mensching (3 points + 11 Prime Points + 1 = 15 points)
5. Ben Mallory (2 points + 8 Prime Points + 1 = 11 points)
6.Colin Moakley (1 point + 1 = 2 points)
7. Skip Lees 1 point
8. Jon Keyzer 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY RESULTS FROM THE JULY 10th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Janine Rood (7 points + 8 Prime Points + 1 = 16 points)
2. Michelle Rossman (5 points + 1 = 6 points)
5th Sun T-Shirt Prime Winner #3 = Janine Rood

CATEGORY "C" RACERS FROM THE JULY 10th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
Ben Geise (Age 10)
Krissie Mensching (Age 12)
Chloe Mallory (Age 15)
Noah Mallory (Age 11)
Creighton Gruber (Age 7?)
Kelly Michum (Age 13)
Katie Evans (Age 15)
Jonah Broyer (Age 11)
Ben Mallory (Age 13)
Davis Foster (Age 9)
Winner of the Water Bottle Prime #1 = Krissie Mensching
Winner of the Water Bottle Prime #2 = Creighton Gruber
Winner of the Water Bottle Prime #3 = Krissie Mensching
Winner of the Water Bottle Prime #4 = Davis Foster
Winner of the Water Bottle Prime #5 = Kelly Michum
Winner of the Water Bottle Prime #6 = Creighton Gruber
Winner of the Water Bottle Prime #7 = Ben Geise
Winner of the Final Sprint Prize = Ben Geise

AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR MENTORS FOR THE "C" CATEGORY RACE:
Jim Mensching
Tom Embree
Michelle Rossman
Mike Painter
Mike Trowbridge
Janine Rood
Skip Lees
Geno Gruber
Anthony Ferretti
Ben Mallory
Brad Geise

2009 CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM SERIES CURRENT OVERALL STANDINGS:

CATEGORY "A" OVERALL:
1. David Albrecht 390 points
2. Jeff Galland 311 points
3. Mike Trowbridge 155 points
4. Greg Golet 152 points
5. Mike Smith 117 points
6. Roy Steves 113 points
7. Alex Blease 83 points
8. Mike Cordova 64 points
9. Mike Painter 61 points
10. Tim Creswell 57 points
11. Josh Bullock 49 points
12. Scott Heather 48 points
13. Anthony Ferretti 46 points
14. Paul Sajben 45 points
14. Kevin Speacht 45 points
16. James Plummer 39 points
17. Michael Jasinski 33 points
18. Margaret Jones 30 points (1st Place Woman in Category "A")
19. Jeff Ochs 28 points
20. Brad Foster 27 points
21. Steve Vickery 25 points
22. Rob Bishop 24 points
23. Kyle Hartelt 21 points
24. Pedro Brown 19 points
25. Geno Gruber 13 points
25. Ryan Olson 13 points
27. Tyler Honeyman 11 points
27. Michael Dufresne 11 points
29. Charlie Dawson 10 points
29. Aren Timmel 10 points
31. Janeen Thorpe 9 points
32. Ethan Black 8 points
32. Paul McIntyre 8 points
34. Evan Carroll 7 points
34. Ben Bryant 7 points
34. Dave Berman 7 points
37. Jim Roberts 6 points
37. Weston Crumm 6 points
39. Greg Melton 5 points
40. Kenny Price 4 points
40. Jason Ziegenhirt 4 points
40. Jesse Rushing 4 points
43. David Kyle 3 points
43. CJ Humphries 3 points
43. Randy Moon 3 points
43. Mike Castaldo 3 points
47. Dain Melton 2 points
48. Mike Thorpe 1 point
49. Lindsay Myers 1 point
50. Jim Clark 1 point
51. Morgan Bonar 1 point
52. Dan Reymann 1 point
53. Kurt Haskins 1 point
54. Tom Embree 1 point

CATEGORY "B" OVERALL:
1. Shawn Hughes 337 points
2. Tom Embree 310 points
3. Charlie Pelton 240 points
4. Matt Itamura 200 points
5. Scott Heather 117 points
6. Frank Marinello 66 points
7. Tom Murphy 60 points
7. Michael Dufresne 60 points
9. Joe Schlesinger 56 points
10. Jim Mensching 52 points
10. Mike Crumm 52 points
12. David Klein 43 points
13. Denny McKenney 31 points
14. Jon Keyzer 30 points
15. Skip Lees 22 points
16. Colin Moakley 19 points
17. Greg Watkins 18 points
17. Dan Spencer 18 points
19. Jim Clark 17 points
20. Matt Davis 16 points
20. Mike Rodriguez 16 points
20. David Weathers 16 points
23. Ben Mallory 15 points
23. Alex Albrecht 15 points
25. Dain Melton 14 points
26. Gary Manwill 12 points
27. Bill Travers 11 points
28. Samuel Bransky 10 points
28. Ray Bransky 10 points
28. Matt Carlson 10 points
31. Clay Johnson 9 points
31. Rob Glatthaar 9 points
33. Jeff Nye 8 points
33. BJ LaRossa 8 points
35. Christopher Cook 7 points
36. Adam Tischler 6 points
36. Kareem Speake 6 points
38. Walt Schafer 5 points
38. John Wiesinger 5 points
38. Gary Fowler 5 points
38. Sandy Speake 5 points
38. Jeff Ochs 5 points
43. David Dura 4 points
43. Brian Strukan 4 points
45. Rylan Gustafson 3 points
45. Lawrence Livermore 3 points
45. Joshua Pasos 3 points
45. Derek Moffitt 3 points
45. Darrin Reichel 3 points
45. James Gilchrist 3 points
45. Jeff Davis 3 points
52. Josh Rowe 2 points
52. Marcos Ramirez 2 points
52. Charlie Geshekter 2 points
52. Steve Kodad 2 points
52. Mark Hendry 2 points
57. Jesse Mallory 1 point
58. Jamison Watts 1 point
59. Greg Hollis 1 point
60. Leif Peterson 1 point
61. Dallas Thorpe 1 point
62. Steve Watson 1 point
63. Rich Hogan 1 point
64. Skip Latham 1 point
65. James Hefner 1 point
66. Clay Johnson 1 point
67. Ken Petruzzelli 1 point
68. Shawn Fisher 1 point
69. John D'Ewart 1 point
70. Johnny Jones 1 point
71. Greg Melton 1 point
72. Paul Begbie 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY OVERALL:
1. Margaret Jones 88 points
2. Janine Rood 62 points
3. Lisa Martens 57 points
4. Caryn Jones 40 points
5. Tracy Berman 33 points
6. Jenn Gruber 32 points
7. Janeen Thorpe 28 points
7. Michelle Nye 28 points
9. Michelle Rossman 24 points
10. Forough Molina 21 points
11. Christa Ritchey 14 points
12. Morgan Bonar 12 points
13. Ashley Erickson 8 points
13. Brenda Cranford 8 points
15. Lindsay Myers 6 points
16. Christine Roberts 4 points
17. Michelle Thorpe 3 points
18. Amy Dawson 2 points
18. Shirley Huffman 2 points
20. Lori Cox 1 point
21. Peggy Selkirk 1 point
22. Teresa Kludt 1 point
23. Kristen Schonauer 1 point

AIRPORT CRITERIUM SERIES INFORMATION:

After the great turn-out at last year's Tuesday Night Chico Airport Criterium Series, we're going to be doing them again for 2009......but starting up a bit earlier this year. For those curious, the definition of "Criterium" is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criterium

This Series starts up next Tuesday, March 10th and will go through September 15th, 2009......just before our Chico Downtown Criterium on September 20th! Registration normally starts at 5:40pm - with the event starting at 6:00pm.

How does it work???

Okay, here are a few notes for this year's Airport "Crit" Series:

1. We will be using more than 1 course for the Crits this year......including throwing in some lefty-turn Crits to get a feel for those - and some Weekend Criteriums as well. For the time being, we'll be using our standard Tuesday Night righty-turn course starting/finishing at Convair Avenue - http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Chico-Airport-Tuesday-Night-Crit-Course

2. ALL riders must sign in this year - There will be a small table on the sidewalk at the Start/Finish location on Convair Avenue - just sign in at the table and you are good to go! Sign-ins start at 5:40pm - the racing action starts at 6:00pm. We usually end the event by 7pm, at the latest - many times earlier than that - to get home before it gets too dark outside. RAIN AND WET PAVEMENT WILL ALWAYS CANCEL THE CRITERIUMS! In addition, last year we had some tremendous smoke from the Humboldt Fire in this area......which, in turn, would also cancel the Criteriums due to hazardous air quality.

3. The Category "B" races normally go for 45-50 minutes PLUS 3 laps.........while the Category "A" races go for 50-60 minutes PLUS 3 laps. There can be anywhere from 1 to 15+ Primes in the Airport Criteriums......just depends on the mood of the Dictator.....er......I mean, Director. ;)

4. Helmets are MANDATORY! So, please....please.....wear your helmet! Please!!

5. All are welcome - you don't have to do the Series - just come on out and give this Criterium training/riding a shot! It's amazing what kind of workout you can get in during a 45 to 60 minute practice event.

6. Points are used to calculate the Overall Standings in the Series. The point breakdown is as follows: 7-5-4-3-2-1, with an additional 1 point being given to each participant at each event. So, 7 points goes to the winner, 5 points goes to 2nd place, 4 points goes to 3rd place and so on.........in addition to 1 more point just for doing the event. The rider with the MOST points at the end of the Series wins the Overall Title - and the Chico Airport Series Championship Trophy, plus whatever goodies we can give you. Also, Prime points will be given out during each of the Crits - these are just lap prizes......but in this case, the prizes are points. We will also be having some product Primes out there this year!

7. Last year, we had just two categories during the races - Category A and Category B. However, the Series itself has even more Trophy Categories, including:

Category "A" Men
Women's Category
Women's Masters 40+ Category
Category "B" Men
Men's Masters 40+ Category
Men's Masters 50+ Category

These are the Categories which all qualify for a Series Championship Trophy. If nobody - or very few folks are in one category - we may eliminate it and add an additional category where the numbers allow it. As usual, sandbaggers are strongly discouraged ( A Sandbagger would be a Category "A" rider entering a Category "B" event).

8. Although donations to put on these events are always very appreciated and accepted, this Series is FREE - so come on out and take advantage of some, or all, of these Criteriums in 2009!

9. The Race Director reserves the right to DQ any rider for unsafe riding or unsportsmanlike conduct at ANY time. Also, PLEASE - NO colorful language will be used out there - especially with the little kids around watching the race(we have kids out there from ages 2 to 12 watching the racing action)!! ANY rider breaking these rules can be subject to Disqualification from - not only the race - but from the entire Series. So, please - just do what ya always do and just be cool!!!!

10. Finally, remember - these Criterium events are essentially for practice and exercise - we have fun out there and get a great little workout in, and we get to work on some quality cycling skills. But, overall, they're no big whoop....no World Championship/Olympic medals or million dollar contracts on the line. So, with that in mind, just treat 'em as such - a good training event to try some new things, gain some good fitness.....and maybe even get into a "real" sanctioned Criterium at some point in time. Or not. Just have fun with it!! We'll have trophies and hopefully some prizes for the Series winners - and definitely loads of fun....and pain and suffering. ;) But remember - it's all in good fun!

Hope to see you out there!!

Rodney............
Team Chico & R.A.C.E. - Rodney's Amateur Cycling Events
Chico, CA
www.ChicoBike.com