August 21st Chico Airport Criterium Results............

CATEGORY "A" RESULTS FROM THE August 21st CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Jeff Galland (7 points + 36 Prime Points + 1 = 44 points)
2. Greg Golet (5 points + 22 Prime Points + 1 = 28 points)
3. Anthony Ferretti (4 points + 16 Prime Points + 1 = 21 points)
4. Mike Trowbridge (3 points + 12 Prime Points + 1 = 16 points)
5. Charlie Pelton (2 points + 1 = 3 points)
6. Scott Heather (1 point + 4 Prime Points + 1 = 6 points)
7. Brad Foster 1 point

CATEGORY "B" RESULTS FROM THE August 21st CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Shawn Hughes (7 points + 28 Prime Points + 1 = 36 points)
2. Josh Rowe (5 points + 30 Prime Points + 1 = 36 points)
3. Gary Manwill (4 points + 18 Prime Points + 1 = 23 points)
4. Jim Mensching (3 points + 1 = 4 points)
5. Kareem Speake (2 points + 1 = 3 points)
6. Bill Travers (1 point + 1 = 2 points)
Pack Finish:
Dylan Golet 1 point
Daniel Law 1 point
Jeff Larson 1 point
Dan Spencer 1 point
Adam Vann 1 point
Skip Lees 1 point
Sandy Speake 1 point
Barry DeWitt 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY RESULTS FROM THE August 21st CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Janine Rood (7 points + 6 Prime Points + 1 = 14 points)

CATEGORY "C" RACERS FROM THE August 21st CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM - (Age 11 to 16 Division):
1. Dylan Golet (Age 13) - (14 points + 20 Prime Points + 2 = 36 points)
2. Sandy Speake (Age 12) - (10 points + 2 = 12 points)
3. Jasper Travers (Age 12) - (8 points + 10 Prime Points + 2 = 20 points)
4. Aliya Traficante (Age 12) - (14 points + 2 = 16 points)

Overall Standings:
1. Dylan Golet 42 points
1. Jasper Travers 42 points
3. David Watkins 36 points
4. Krissie Mensching 32 points
5. Aliya Traficante 28 points (1st Place for the Girls Division!)
6. Sandy Speake 22 points
6. Brandon Dudar 22 points

Age 10 and Under Division - Also the Current Standings:
1. Ben Travers (Age 9) - (14 points + 16 Prime Points + 2 = 32 points)
2. Ben Golet (Age 10) - (10 points + 2 = 12 points)
3. Kyle Golet (Age 8) - (8 points + 6 Prime Points + 2 = 16 points)
4. Jesse Travers (Age 6) - (6 points + 6 Prime Points + 2 = 14 points)
5. Marc Speake (Age 9) - (4 points + 2 = 6 points)
6. Kaleb Traficante (Age 8) - (2 points + 2 Prime Points + 2 = 6 points)

Overall Standings:
1. Ben Travers 58 points
2. Erika Dudar 22 points (1st Place in Girls Division!)
2. Ben Golet 22 points
4. Kyle Golet 20 points
5. Marc Speake 18 points
6. Jesse Travers 14 points
7. Kaleb Traficante 8 points
7. Caden Crumm 8 points
9. Creighton Gruber 6 points
10. Leo Bromelow 2 points
10. Max Bromelow 2 points
10. Liam Davis 2 points
10. Quinn Olson 2 points

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

2009 CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM SERIES CURRENT OVERALL
STANDINGS:

CATEGORY "A" OVERALL:
1. David Albrecht 599 points
2. Jeff Galland 400 points
3. Greg Golet 297 points
4. Kevin Speacht 242 points
5. Mike Trowbridge 218 points
6. Anthony Ferretti 210 points
7. Mike Cordova 135 points
8. Roy Steves 132 points
9. Mike Smith 119 points
10. Josh Bullock 98 points
11. Alex Blease 88 points
12. Scott Heather 86 points
13. Mike Painter 69 points
14. Tim Creswell 58 points
15. Paul Sajben 55 points
16. Rob Bishop 46 points
17. James Plummer 39 points
18. Geno Gruber 38 points
19. Margaret Jones 34 points (1st Place Woman in Category "A")
20. Michael Jasinski 33 points
21. Brian Rouse 32 points
22. Steve Vickery 31 points
23. Jeff Ochs 30 points
24. Brad Foster 30 points
25. Charlie Pelton 30 points
26. Kyle Hartelt 23 points
27. Mike Castaldo 21 points
27. Paul McIntyre 21 points
29. Pedro Brown 19 points
30. Ryan Olson 17 points
31. Mike Thorpe 15 points
32. Weston Crumm 14 points
33. David Kyle 13 points
33. Janeen Thorpe 13 points (2nd Place Woman in Category "A")
35. Tyler Honeyman 11 points
35. Michael Dufresne 11 points
37. Ethan Black 10 points
37. Charlie Dawson 10 points
37. Aren Timmel 10 points
40. Jesse Rushing 9 points
40. Dave Steindorf 9 points
42. Jason Ziegenhirt 7 points
42. Jim Roberts 7 points
42. Evan Carroll 7 points
42. Ben Bryant 7 points
42. Dave Berman 7 points
47. Greg Melton 5 points
48. Kenny Price 4 points
49. CJ Humphries 3 points
49. Randy Moon 3 points
51. Jeff Seyfried 2 points
52. Sean Molina 2 points
53. Robin Van Valkenburgh 2 points
54. Dain Melton 2 points
55. David Thorley 1 point
56. Eric Ayars 1 point
57. Lindsay Myers 1 point
58. Jim Clark 1 point
59. Morgan Bonar 1 point
60. Dan Reymann 1 point
61. Kurt Haskins 1 point
62. Tom Embree 1 point

CATEGORY "B" OVERALL:
1. Shawn Hughes 729 points
2. Tom Embree 379 points
3. Matt Itamura 250 points
4. Charlie Pelton 249 points
5. Josh Rowe 168 points
6. Scott Heather 117 points
7. Jim Mensching 93 points
8. Matt Davis 88 points
9. Tom Murphy 74 points
10. Jeff Nye 68 points
11. Jon Keyzer 67 points
12. Frank Marinello 66 points
13. Gary Manwill 61 points
14. Michael Dufresne 60 points
15. Joe Schlesinger 57 points
16. David Klein 55 points
16. Mike Crumm 55 points
18. Colin Moakley 40 points
19. Dallas Thorpe 38 points
20. Greg Watkins 35 points
21. Denny McKenney 33 points
22. Ferdinand Batatan 32 points
23. Dan Spencer 27 points
24. Skip Lees 25 points
24. Matt Carlson 25 points
26. Ben Mallory 24 points
27. Bill Travers 19 points
28. Jim Clark 17 points
29. Jeff Larsen 16 points
29. Barry DeWitt 16 points
29. Samuel Bransky 16 points
29. Mike Rodriguez 16 points
29. David Weathers 16 points
34. Alex Albrecht 15 points
35. Leif Peterson 14 points
35. Jesse Mallory 14 points
35. Dain Melton 14 points
38. Jeff Ochs 13 points
38. Ray Bransky 13 points
40. Kareem Speake 11 points
41. Clay Johnson 10 points
42. Rob Glatthaar 9 points
43. Gary Fowler 8 points
43. BJ LaRossa 8 points
45. Christopher Cook 7 points
46. Sandy Speake 6 points
46. Evan LeVang 6 points
46. David Dura 6 points
46. Adam Tischler 6 points
50. Kevin Nye 5 points
50. Tripp Goldsberry 5 points
50. Walt Schafer 5 points
50. John Wiesinger 5 points
54. Steve Kodad 4 points
54. Brian Strukan 4 points
56. Daniel Law 3 points
56. Dylan Golet 3 points
56. Greg Hollis 3 points
56. Mark Wolford 3 points
56. Rylan Gustafson 3 points
56. Lawrence Livermore 3 points
56. Joshua Pasos 3 points
56. Derek Moffitt 3 points
56. Darrin Reichel 3 points
56. James Gilchrist 3 points
56. Jeff Davis 3 points
67. Tony Mainz 2 points
68. David Hernandez 2 points
69. Roy Holley 2 points
70. Nathan Coy 2 points
71. Jorge Ramirez 2 points
72. Jamison Watts 2 points
73. Marcos Ramirez 2 points
74. Charlie Geshekter 2 points
75. Mark Hendry 2 points
76. Adam Vann 1 point
77. Brett Baker 1 point
78. Steve Watson 1 point
79. Rich Hogan 1 point
80. Skip Latham 1 point
81. James Hefner 1 point
82. Ken Petruzzelli 1 point
83. Shawn Fisher 1 point
84. John D'Ewart 1 point
85. Johnny Jones 1 point
86. Greg Melton 1 point
87. Paul Begbie 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY OVERALL:
1. Margaret Jones 160 points
2. Michelle Nye 104 points
3. Caryn Jones 99 points
4. Janine Rood 92 points
5. Krissie Mensching 72 points
6. Forough Molina 67 points
7. Lisa Martens 57 points
8. Jenn Gruber 44 points
9. Janeen Thorpe 35 points
10. 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. Katelyn Nye 8 points
18. Ashley Erickson 8 points
18. Brenda Cranford 8 points
21. Lindsay Myers 6 points
22. Darlene Henderson 4 points
22. Vashty Kyle 4 points
22. Robin Pelton 4 points
22. Shannon Moakley 4 points
26. Michelle Thorpe 3 points
27. Amy Dawson 2 points
28. Shirley Huffman 2 points
29. Lori Cox 1 point
30. Peggy Selkirk 1 point
31. Teresa Kludt 1 point
32. 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