August 16th Chico Airport Long-Course Criterium Results...............

Okay, below are the Category Results from the August 16th Chico Airport Long-Course 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 August 16th CHICO AIRPORT LONG-COURSE CRITERIUM:
1. Kevin Speacht (7 points + 55 Prime Points + 1 = 63 points)
2. Jeff Galland (5 points + 18 Prime Points + 1 = 24 points)
3. Jesse Rushing (4 points + 1 = 5 points)
4. Josh Bullock (3 points + 3 Prime Points + 1 = 7 points)
5. Jason Ziegenhirt (2 points + 1 = 3 points)
6. Scott Heather (1 point + 1 = 2 points)

CATEGORY "B" RESULTS FROM THE August 16th CHICO AIRPORT LONG-COURSE CRITERIUM:
1. Shawn Hughes (7 points + 36 Prime Points + 1 = 44 points)
2. Matt Davis (5 points + 30 Prime Points + 1 = 36 points)
3. Jon Keyzer (4 points + 6 Prime Points + 1 = 11 points)
4. Jim Mensching (3 points + 3 Prime Points + 1 = 7 points)
5. Colin Moakley (2 points + 1 = 3 points)
6. Tom Murphy (1 point + 1 = 2 points)
7. Jeff Larsen 1 point
8. Skip Lees 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY RESULTS FROM THE August 16th CHICO AIRPORT LONG-COURSE CRITERIUM:
1. Krissie Mensching (7 points + 39 Prime Points + 1 = 47 points)

CATEGORY "C" RACERS FROM THE August 16th CHICO AIRPORT LONG-COURSE CRITERIUM:
Ben Geise (Age 10)
Liam Davis (Age 8)
Winner of the Prime #1 = Liam Davis
Winner of the Prime #2 = Brad Geise
Winner of the Prime #3 = Ben Geise
Winner of the Final Sprint Prize = Ben Geise

AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR MENTORS FOR THE "C" CATEGORY RACE:
Brad Geise

2009 CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM SERIES CURRENT OVERALL STANDINGS:

CATEGORY "A" OVERALL:
1. David Albrecht 547 points
2. Jeff Galland 354 points
3. Greg Golet 265 points
4. Kevin Speacht 186 points
5. Mike Trowbridge 170 points
6. Anthony Ferretti 159 points
7. Roy Steves 132 points
8. Mike Cordova 123 points
9. Mike Smith 119 points
10. Josh Bullock 98 points
11. Alex Blease 88 points
12. Scott Heather 78 points
13. Mike Painter 69 points
14. Tim Creswell 58 points
15. Paul Sajben 55 points
16. James Plummer 39 points
17. Geno Gruber 38 points
18. Michael Jasinski 33 points
19. Margaret Jones 32 points (1st Place Woman in Category "A")
19. Brian Rouse 32 points
21. Steve Vickery 31 points
22. Jeff Ochs 30 points
23. Brad Foster 29 points
24. Charlie Pelton 25 points
25. Rob Bishop 24 points
26. Kyle Hartelt 23 points
27. Paul McIntyre 21 points
28. Pedro Brown 19 points
29. Ryan Olson 15 points
29. Mike Castaldo 15 points
31. Weston Crumm 14 points
32. Mike Thorpe 13 points
33. Janeen Thorpe 11 points (2nd Place Woman in Category "A")
33. Tyler Honeyman 11 points
33. Michael Dufresne 11 points
36. Charlie Dawson 10 points
36. Aren Timmel 10 points
38. Jesse Rushing 9 points
38. Dave Steindorf 9 points
40. Ethan Black 8 points
41. Jason Ziegenhirt 7 points
41. Jim Roberts 7 points
41. Evan Carroll 7 points
41. Ben Bryant 7 points
41. Dave Berman 7 points
46. David Kyle 5 points
46. Greg Melton 5 points
48. Kenny Price 4 points
49. CJ Humphries 3 points
49. Randy Moon 3 points
51. Dain Melton 2 points
52. David Thorley 1 point
53. Eric Ayars 1 point
54. Lindsay Myers 1 point
55. Jim Clark 1 point
56. Morgan Bonar 1 point
57. Dan Reymann 1 point
58. Kurt Haskins 1 point
59. Tom Embree 1 point

CATEGORY "B" OVERALL:
1. Shawn Hughes 637 points
2. Tom Embree 379 points
3. Charlie Pelton 249 points
4. Matt Itamura 244 points
5. Scott Heather 117 points
6. Josh Rowe 102 points
7. Jim Mensching 87 points
8. Matt Davis 86 points
9. Tom Murphy 72 points
10. Jeff Nye 66 points
10. Frank Marinello 66 points
12. Jon Keyzer 65 points
13. Michael Dufresne 60 points
14. Joe Schlesinger 57 points
15. Mike Crumm 55 points
16. David Klein 43 points
17. Colin Moakley 38 points
17. Dallas Thorpe 38 points
19. Denny McKenney 33 points
20. Greg Watkins 27 points
21. Gary Manwill 26 points
22. Matt Carlson 25 points
23. Skip Lees 24 points
23. Dan Spencer 24 points
25. Ben Mallory 22 points
26. Jim Clark 17 points
27. Samuel Bransky 16 points
27. Mike Rodriguez 16 points
27. David Weathers 16 points
30. Alex Albrecht 15 points
31. Dain Melton 14 points
32. Jeff Larsen 13 points
32. Bill Travers 13 points
32. Barry DeWitt 13 points
32. Jeff Ochs 13 points
32. Ray Bransky 13 points
37. Leif Peterson 12 points
37. Jesse Mallory 12 points
39. Clay Johnson 9 points
39. Rob Glatthaar 9 points
41. Gary Fowler 8 points
41. BJ LaRossa 8 points
43. Christopher Cook 7 points
44. Adam Tischler 6 points
44. Kareem Speake 6 points
46. Tripp Goldsberry 5 points
46. Walt Schafer 5 points
46. John Wiesinger 5 points
46. Sandy Speake 5 points
50. Evan LeVang 4 points
50. Steve Kodad 4 points
50. David Dura 4 points
50. Brian Strukan 4 points
54. Kevin Nye 3 points
54. Mark Wolford 3 points
54. Rylan Gustafson 3 points
54. Lawrence Livermore 3 points
54. Joshua Pasos 3 points
54. Derek Moffitt 3 points
54. Darrin Reichel 3 points
54. James Gilchrist 3 points
54. Jeff Davis 3 points
63. Jamison Watts 2 points
63. Marcos Ramirez 2 points
63. Charlie Geshekter 2 points
63. Mark Hendry 2 points
67. Brett Baker 1 point
68. Greg Hollis 1 point
69. Steve Watson 1 point
70. Rich Hogan 1 point
71. Skip Latham 1 point
72. James Hefner 1 point
73. Clay Johnson 1 point
74. Ken Petruzzelli 1 point
75. Shawn Fisher 1 point
76. John D'Ewart 1 point77. Johnny Jones 1 point
78. Greg Melton 1 point79. Paul Begbie 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY OVERALL:
1. Margaret Jones 158 points
2. Caryn Jones 99 points
3. Michelle Nye 94 points
4. Krissie Mensching 66 points
5. Janine Rood 62 points
6. Lisa Martens 57 points
7. Forough Molina 55 points
8. Jenn Gruber 44 points
9. Janeen Thorpe 33 points
9. Tracy Berman 33 points
11. Jamie Batha 30 points
12. Sara Kallio 24 points
12. Michelle Rossman 24 points
14. Christine Roberts 16 points
15. Christa Ritchey 14 points
16. Morgan Bonar 12 points
17. Aliya Traficante 11 points
18. Ashley Erickson 8 points
18. Brenda Cranford 8 points
20. Lindsay Myers 6 points
21. Vashty Kyle 4 points
21. Robin Pelton 4 points
21. Shannon Moakley 4 points
24. Michelle Thorpe 3 points
25. Amy Dawson 2 points
25. Shirley Huffman 2 points
27. Lori Cox 1 point
28. Peggy Selkirk 1 point
29. Teresa Kludt 1 point
30. 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