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Massanutten Hoo-Ha! - NE
Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA, June 1, 2008
Waite and Richardson win 20th Hoo-Ha!
By Sue George in Harrisonburg, Virginia
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Nick Waite (Trek / VW) and Theresa Richardson (SoBe / Cannondale) won the elite men's and women's 21 mile cross country events at the 20th edition of the Massanutten Hoo-Ha! just outside of Harrisonburg, Virginia, while Dave Weaver was the fastest singlespeeder. In the 33 mile XXC, Daryll Prillamen and Sue George won their respective categories. It was a gorgeous early June day for all racers, who were treated to technical, rocky trails which were in some places lined with blooming mountain laurels' pink and white flowers.
Only 22 seconds separated the top two elite women's finishers Theresa Richardson and Johanna Kraus (Velo Bella / Kona) in the most exciting race of the day. Richardson started out fastest and assumed an early lead on the first climb which was a mix of fireroad and singletrack. Behind Richardson, Kraus followed in second with Susan Musante in third. Musante caught Kraus after a technical ridge section on the first lap, but the two exchanged places again soon after. Both the elite women and men would complete two laps.
Although Kraus sometimes had Richardson in her sights, it wasn't until the second lap that she would catch her. "I saw her as I came through for the first lap and folks told me I was back about 30 seconds," said Kraus. "I'm faster in the rock gardens, but Theresa was faster climbing and descending. I caught her on the ridge the second time."
"We kept going back and forth. I ran into a tree and then Johanna dropped her chain," said the eventual winner, who was excited to ride the rocky course and eventually escaped for good by growing her slight gap to a margin that would stick after Kraus's chain drop. Richardson won with a time of 2:37:12.
"She just out-rode me," said Kraus, who saw her competition finish just as she was coming through the final wooded singletrack section. Musante rode a solid race to finish just 6'37" behind in third.
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In the men's race, pro road racer Nick Waite won in a time of 1:50:17. The former U23 and junior mountain bike standout had a break in his road racing schedule with the Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast team and couldn't pass up the opportunity to race his local trails.
An unidentified racer took off at the start, quickly getting a margin on the other riders. "There was some young punk that went off the front early that reminded me of me when I was young," joked Waite, who went into the woods in third position, but soon found himself at the front solo for the duration of the race.
"By the time we hit the fireroad, I looked back and it was all strung out," said eventual third place finisher Matthew Bailey. Waite soon assumed the lead and would hold it until the end of the race, which his finished in 1:50:17.
"I saw Nick for about three minutes at the start," said Harlan Price (Independent Fabrication), who went onto to finish a more than respectable 9:01 behind Waite.
Price had raced to a fifth place the previous day in the Mohican 100, the second round of the National Ultra-Endurance (NUE) 100-miler Series in Ohio. "Jeff Schalk [who won the Mohican 100 and declined to race the Hoo-Ha! and instead encouraged racers at the first water station] and I drove back after yesterday. We got back to Harrisonburg at 4:00 am, and I got two hours of sleep." Bailey made a last lap move up from fourth to third and finished 11:01 back.
Waite said he is planning to squeeze in a few more mountain bike races as his road racing schedule permits. Next up on his off-road calendar is the Appalachian Classic in West Virginia.
Going long
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XXC [extra long cross country - ed.] racers got a taste of some of the more rugged local terrain with some extra mileage added in the neighboring George Washington National Forest. They split from the main course after the first major climb and headed out and up and over Kaylor's Knob along an extremely rocky ridge trail lined with blooming laurel. There was no time to enjoy the view of the neighboring mountains before descending another super sweet singletrack laurel lined trail, Boone's Run Trail which linked to the extra loop. After the XXC detour, racers climbed back up and over Boone's and descended to rejoin the main course for a lap and a half.
In the men's race, Boone, North Carolina's Daryll Prillamen took over the lead from former Boone resident Brent Berard on the climb back up Boone's Run. "I got away from him," said Prillamen. "But then the second place guy caught me." That second placed guy was Andrew Weidrich and for awhile, he led the race.
"I'd had a slow start and then I caught up with everyone," said Weidrich, who was doing the Hoo-Ha! for his first time after travelling from Morgantown, West Virginia. "But then I broke my chain on the last lap climb. I was winning at the time. I caught back up to Darrel, but then my gears were all goofed up [for the rest of the race]."
"I think the only reason I won was because he broke his chain," said Prillamen after his win in 3:55:56. Wiedrich ended up at 2:31 and Jose Martinez was third at 2:56.
In the women's race, just two women finished the gruelling course. Sue George (Team Lucky Green) opened up a lead near the end of the first climb and enjoyed a home court advantage picking lines through the rock gardens. She rode solo for most of the race and finished in 5:22:45. Michele Co (Bike Factory) finished second at 38:14.
Super D
A Super D was held on the eve of the Hoo-Ha! cross country. Kirby Walke won with a time of 20:27. Just two seconds behind him was Tim Richardson in second and 14 seconds back, was Dennis Helton in third.
Photography
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Images by Sue George / Cyclingnews
- Elite men's cross country podium: Jon Gdowik (fourth), Harlan Price (second), Nick Waite (first), Matthew Baily (third), Jed Prentice (fifth)
- Elite women's cross country podium: Johanna Kraus (second), Thereasa Richardson (first), Susan Musante (third)
- Mountain laurel were everywhere during the Massanutten Hoo-Ha!
- XXC Men's podium: Andrew Wiedrich (second), Daryll Prillamen (first), Jose Martinez (third)
Images by Daryl Prillamen
- XXC Women's podium: Michele Co (second), Sue George (first)
Images by Ian McAlexander
- Lining up for the start of the cross country events.
- Racers didn't waste any time getting to singletrack of which there was plenty in the Hoo-Ha!
- A little shower sure felt good on a hot, summer day of racing.
Results
Men XXC 1 Darrell Prillaman 3.51.50 2 Andrew Wiedrich 2.37 3 Jose Martinex 3.02 4 Drew Scharns 9.06 5 Dennis Helton 13.29 6 Tom Mcdonnell (Boone Bike) 15.29 7 David Tevendale 42.34 8 Jason Berry 42.37 9 Aron Yevuta 44.03 10 Christopher Phillips 56.46 11 Kirby Walke 1.04.50 12 David Wotton 1.11.05 13 Todd Green 1.12.50 14 Aran Cacciola 1.14.24 15 Bret Bernard 1.14.29 16 David Zwerg (Transition Bikes) 1.20.27 17 James Burris 1.20.34 18 Paul Leeger (Yeren) 1.38.33 19 Ryan Fedak 1.47.37 20 Paul Sullivan 1.51.41 21 Markley Anderson (Captain America) 1.57.00 22 Travis Williams (Yellow Helmutt/ Twin Six) 2.18.11 23 Jason Hiser 2.21.31 24 Mark Veerman 2.22.52 25 Jeffrey Cheng 3.16.20 DNF Shannon Emery DNF Morgan Miller DNF Raymond Gay DNF Jonathan Evans DNS Kyle Lawrence DNS Charles Buki (Charles Buki) Women XXC 1 Sue George (Team Lucky Green) 5.18.47 2 Michele Co (Bike Factory Racing) 39.03 DNS Stacia Brooks Cross country Elite men 1 Nicholas Waite (Trek / VW & Kelly Benefit Strategies) 1.50.17 2 Harlan Price 9.01 3 Matthew Bailey 11.01 4 Jon Gdowik (Trek VW East) 13.27 5 Jed Prentice (Bike Doctor) 19.13 6 Ryan Fawley 27.23 7 Brian Marsh (Bike Stop) 30.28 8 Greg Wittwer 35.26 9 Dennis Throckmorton 40.54 10 Kyle Rodland 41.54 11 Ethan Lindbloom (Team Carytown Bicycle Company) 43.32 12 Ryan Delaney (Potomac Velo Club) 55.22 13 Michael Wright 55.41 14 Sean Yeager 56.09 DNF Alex Ryan (Cannondale) DNF Matt Rotroff DNF Caleb Walton DNS Jed Schober (Spinners Cycling / Lupine) Elite women 1 Theresa Richardson (Sobe Cannondale) 2.35.10 2 Johanna Kraus 0.22 3 Susan Musante 6.37 4 Anna Kelso (HPC) 18.15 5 Erin Bishop 19.48 Open men 1 Chris Pohowsky 2.23.59 2 Justin Steiner 5.15 3 Paul Bell 12.52 4 Mike Carpenter 14.44 5 Robbie Bruce 14.48 6 Mark Lewis (PVC) 34.00 Singlespeed women 1 Stacy Hunt 3.50.03 Singlespeed men 1 Dave Weaver (Lateral Stress Velo Inc.) 2.21.42 2 Bernie Shiao (Lateral Stress Velo Inc.) 8.37 3 Trevor Graham 8.45 4 Michael Pearce (DCMTB/City Bikes) 14.08 5 Jason Millington 19.35 6 Leonard Cox 38.59 7 Randy Nickerson 43.39 8 Brian Quarles 45.47 9 Jonathan Hunt 1.22.43 DNS Thomas Mackay Expert men U18 1 Eric Croscutt 3.33.20 DNF Joseph Dombrowski (National Capital Velo Club/LNO) DNF Garrett Hunt Expert men 30-39 1 Justin Pokrivka 2.06.41 2 Jason Cyr 6.46 3 Thomas Jenkins 7.39 4 Evan Ellicott (Bayside Velo/Bike Doctor) 9.45 5 Michael Hosang (Tripower) 12.58 6 Chris Scott 15.03 7 Matthew Donahue (DCMTB/City Bikes) 22.10 8 Kent Baake 26.38 9 Jason Carroll 31.01 10 Roger Sattler (Rowletts/Design Physics) 39.01 11 Kevin Horvath (Tri-Power) 53.05 DNF Chris Mcmillan Expert men 40-49 1 Roger Masse (Trek VW East) 2.15.16 2 Rodger Carter 3.50 3 Matt Marcus 7.51 4 Michael Buchness (Pedalshop) 13.33 5 William Marciniak 14.36 6 Thomas Gillespie (Altius Cycling Team) 23.17 7 William Gilmer (Tripower) 24.50 8 Steven Hoover (Trek VW East) 1.10.21 DNF Tom Richeson, Jr. (Rostello Presented By Fiorucci) DNF Steve Hetherington DNF Karl Connolly (Lateral Stress Velo Inc.) Expert men 50+ 1 Scott Paisley 2.29.54 2 Jim Frith (Cycles D'oro) 0.23 3 Tim Messersmith (Trek Vw East) 4.11 4 Cary Hunter (Potomac Velo Club) 36.33 5 Eric Alger 1.17.33 6 James Carlson (Potomac Velo Club) 1.53.39 Expert women 40+ 1 Terri Spanogle (National Capital Velo Club/Ino) 2.59.45 Sport men U18 1 Hunter Frith (Cycles D'oro) 1.24.44 2 Andrew Devier-Scott 2.03 3 Connor Bell 14.20 Sport men 19-29 1 Justin Mace 2.47.58 2 Davy Hazlegrove 5.46 3 Jonathan Foley 12.22 4 Elijah Bailey (Integrity Shirts) 18.41 5 Chris Dell 23.02 6 Dan Fudala 26.45 7 Andrew Massonneau 32.55 8 Wesley Smith 35.53 9 Seth Stahler 36.06 10 Jacob Mcglauflin (Integrity Shirts) 54.55 11 Michael Willi 56.27 12 Matthew Reish 1.15.42 DNF John Glodek (Ncvc/Inova Health System/Twin ) DNF David Welty Sport men 30-39 1 Leonard Groves 2.24.54 2 Joshua Draper (Greensboro Velo Club) 7.02 3 Jeff Hackett 9.18 4 Jay Cato 9.41 5 Ken Bell 15.22 6 Yomen Enlish 20.21 7 Fenton Carey 23.00 8 Jason Hopkins 27.59 9 Frank Krajcirovic 30.18 10 James Gist 31.15 11 David Cazenas (Gripped Films/Kenda) 35.17 12 Chuck Weckel 40.43 13 Michael Yriart 48.36 14 Jaimison Baker 52.28 15 Don Loomis 54.02 16 David Montielli 55.36 17 Bill Gibson (Haymarket Bicycles) 1.01.37 DNF Calvin Stone DNF John Sellers DNF Chris Richardson (Bike Doctor) DNF Scott Hendrickson (Philadelphia Ciclismo) DNF Matt Bennett (Team 303) DNF Aaron Ludwig DNF Jonathan Breedlove Sport men 40-49 1 Scott Stahl 2.36.01 2 Michael Malone 6.59 3 Steve Sullivan 13.49 4 Eric Koehn 15.42 5 Paul Patarini 17.47 6 Tony Thompson 22.34 7 Donald Peppard 25.16 8 John Brinker 25.36 9 John Claman (Pedalshop/ODBC) 27.08 10 Russ Adams 28.23 11 Mark Stahl 28.40 12 Jim Mitchell 31.12 13 Brown Sharp Ii 33.48 14 Kevin Dillard 35.55 15 Mike Bender (Potomac Velo Club) 45.44 16 Paul Bonta 47.25 17 Todd Bayliss 50.04 18 Christopher Massanneau 52.48 19 Dave Vannier 56.15 20 Tim Sharff 58.45 21 Frank Vaughan 1.04.44 22 Karl Waizecker 1.08.21 Sport men 50+ 1 Luther Barden 2.57.48 2 Bob Wright 5.41 3 Mark Petsche 11.24 4 Gil Goodrich 38.59 DNF Mac Garrison DNF Paul Maxfield DNF Todd Blake Clydesdale 1 Bruce Wickham 3.13.43 2 Barry Quigley 13.13 3 Nolan Lavoic 37.13 Sport women 19-29 1 Kathryn Hansen 2.21.00 2 Misty Tilson 1.13.22 3 Whitney March 1.34.21 4 Lindsay Bayer 2.01.02 DNF Emily Mcdonald (GFK Racing) DNF Katrina Pellerin DNF Emily Sentz Sport women 30-39 1 Kelly Hazlegrove 3.15.14 2 Francine Rapp (Yeren) 14.14 3 Lynn Bufka 25.52 4 Dilcia Davis 31.39 DNF Keri Walker DNF Christy Tankersley DNF Courtney Cotton Sport women 40+ 1 Ruth Cunningham 3.05.31 2 Mary Carson 53.44 DNF Johlene Hess Beginner men 1 Ben Frederick 1.28.55 2 Daryl Crane (Quantico Marines) 0.52 3 Chris Carlisle 2.29 4 Brian Ulbrich 3.22 5 Ludek Kolesa (Evma) 6.09 6 Keith White 8.38 7 Robert Eiserman 9.02 8 Mark Thompson 9.17 9 Jonathan Devier-Scott 14.57 10 Michael Scheer (Quantico Marines) 17.46 11 Robert Honaker 22.11 12 Marc Hunt 22.17 13 Jon Baker 24.37 14 Carl Roach 25.18 15 Bryan Stottlemyer 25.53 16 Jay Carter 26.43 17 Marty Neary 27.01 18 Ryan Kemner 35.05 19 Mark Stinson 1.06.43 20 Roger Carmichael 1.11.07 21 Joel Stephenson 1.17.24 22 Basil Hangemanole 1.22.17 DNF Scott Mcaninch DNF Joshua Mcaninch DNS Daniel Wittcop (Quantico Marines) Beginner women 1 Amy Mace 1.45.02 2 Kathy Byers 3.45 3 Rachael Finley (Team Sarj) 7.41 4 Lindsey Prososki 36.09 DNF Christina Higgins First timers 1 Dennis Dougherty 1.38.15 2 Kevin Cotis 13.34 3 Mark Scafidi 20.42 4 Jim Simpkins 20.57 5 Lud Mclovin 21.40 6 Nathan Putnam 26.18 7 Joseph Bannister 36.55 8 Len Moyerman 39.26 1 Jodi Mckinney (Integrity Shirts) 2.25.30 Kids U6 1 Jane Thompson 11.02.14 2 Eric Willetts 1.54.36 Kids 7-8 1 Walker Thompson 4.59.21 2 Cameron Neary 13.39 3 Dylan Loomis 1.49.48 4 Tyler Loomis 2.00.39 5 Xavier Wittcop 5.59.45 Kids 9-10 1 Maria Heerschap 5.01.15 Kids 11-12 1 Jozef Heerschap 4.21.10 2 Adin Brubaker 47.10 Super D 1 Kirby Walke 20.27 2 Tim Richardson 0.02 3 Dennis Helton 0.14 4 Thomas Jenkins 0.19 5 Chris Scott 0.22 6 Mike Carpenter 0.27 7 Jamie Keehner 0.45 8 Paul Bell 0.50 9 Justin Steiner 0.52 10 Colin Bento 1.58 11 James Mcwhoo 1.59 12 Mike Pearce 2.36 13 David Zwerg 2.52 14 Randy Nickerson 4.13 15 Steven Smith 4.25 16 Steve Hetherington 4.25 17 Laird Knight 4.46 18 Kent Baake 5.02 19 Tod Bayliss 5.25 20 Andrew Crumpler 5.25 21 Tom Cooper 5.28 22 Ken Bell 6.06 23 Delmar Dale 7.19 24 Rich Edwards 10.18 25 Billy Mathisen 10.43 26 Dan Wittcop 12.38 27 Chris Reinhart 12.39 28 Travis Williams 13.30 29 Mark Veerman 15.03 30 Kerm Ford 16.51
