Seven stars-and-stripes jerseys up for grabs on Friday for Master women
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Barb Howe (Vanderkitten) and Kari Studley (Velo Bella) are no strangers to the front of the race and the two riders took it upon themselves to decide the Master women's 30-34 race.
Studley pushed the tempo from the start leaving Howe to chase the Velo Bella rider down. It wasn't until the final laps when Howe caught and passed Studley that a significant gap established.
Howe's lead was so firmly established that she almost managed to sneak across the finish line without the announcers noticing the Vanderkitten rider. Studley faded to fourth behind Deidre Winfield and Andrea Smith (Minuteman).
Kerry Barnholt (Scott Ritchey) took a commanding victory in the 35-39 division, besting runner-up Linda Sone (Planet Bike) by 1:24. Nicole Duke finished in third place 21 seconds later.
Gina Hall won the 40-44 national title, soloing to victory 20 seconds ahead of a charging Wendy Williams (Hudz/Subaru), the defending 40-44 national champion. After faltering in the final laps, Williams fought back on the slick and muddy run-up to catch Elizabeth Frye (Boone Velo) and Shannon Gibson (Velo Bella) for a too-close-to-call sprint finish. It was the former national champ Williams who nudged the line first and her effort awarded her second place ahead of Frye and Gibson on the podium.
After catching and passing most of the younger field on the course, Kris Walker (Church of the Big Ring) and Karen Hogan (Chipotle-Titus) provided the day's most exciting finish in the Master women's 45-49 championship. Walker was able to hold off the surging Hogan to retain her stars-and-stripes jersey, but only after officials reviewed the photo finish camera.
"She was really closing the gap on me," said Walker. "I didn't really want it to be quite that close."
Marilyn Ruseckas (Seven Cycles) got the best of the nearly 25 riders in the 50-54 age division.
Multi-time national champion Diane Ostenso (Planet Bike) grabbed yet another title in the 55-59 age group as did Martha Iverson (Durango Wheel Club), the 60-64 champion, and Julie Lockhart (NEBC-CycleLoft-Devonshire), victor in the 65+ event.
Results
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Master Female 65-99
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Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Julie Lockhart (Nebc/cycleloft/devonshire Dent)
0:43:11
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Master Female 60-64
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Martha Iverson (Durango Wheel Club)
0:38:50
2
V. Sandy Gilliard
Row 1 - Cell 2
DNS
Flo Leibowitz (Pacific Power Blue Sky)
Row 2 - Cell 2
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Master Female 55-59
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Diane Ostenso (Planet Bike)
0:42:04
2
Tove Shere (Thenationalsproject.com)
0:01:57
3
Margaret Thompson (Team Hammer Nutrition)
0:02:24
4
Carol Ruckle (Team Possibilities)
0:02:42
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Rider Name (Country) Team
5
Tracy Lea (Team Fuji)
6
Barbara Thiele (Team Rose City)
7
Frances Summerhill (La Forza)
8
Robin Macdonald-Foley (Judgement Velo/tbov)
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Rider Name (Country) Team
9
Andrea Carvey (Team Cross)
10
Deb Creamer (Two Wheeler)
11
Melissa Boyd (Pacific Power Blue Sky)
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Master Female 50-54
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Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Marilyn Ruseckas (Seven Cycles)
0:40:12
2
Jane Finsterwald (Chipotle-titus)
0:00:46
3
Ruth Sherman (Corning Race Team)
0:01:33
4
Karen Kenlan (Bend Bike N Sport)
0:02:31
5
Lee Smith (Team Group Health)
0:02:33
6
Julie Bates (Team Roaring Mouse)
0:02:45
7
Deirdre Garvey (Aca)
0:02:48
8
Lori Smith (Lactic Acid Cycling)
0:03:17
9
Pam Reid (Team Rose City)
0:03:47
10
Karen Wilkinson (Team Group Health)
0:03:56
11
Jennifer Hollibaugh
0:04:01
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Rider Name (Country) Team
12
Linda Elgart (Webcor/alto Velo)
13
Lynn Pitson (Carolina Masters Cycling)
14
Carol Johnson (Team Group Health)
15
Jeanine Bates (Hopkins Honda/code 3 Racing)
16
Linda Bitner (Swift Cycling)
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Rider Name (Country) Team
17
Sandra Morrrissey
18
Cindy Klyn
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Three laps down
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Rider Name (Country) Team
19
Mary Ross (Multnomah Athletic Club)
20
Adelaida Miro
21
Renee Milton
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Master Female 45-49
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Kris Walker (Church Of The Big Ring/realcyc)
0:38:17
2
Karen Hogan (Chipotle-titus)
Row 1 - Cell 2
3
Karen Brems (Webcor Builders)
0:00:04
4
Beverly Chaney (Team Roaring Mouse)
0:00:23
5
Lauri Webber (Secret Henry's Team)
0:00:44
6
Catherine Walberg (Team Kenda)
0:00:52
7
Katrina (trina) Baumsteiger (Team Rambuski Law)
0:00:57
8
Beth Lyndon-Griffith (Hagens Berman Cycling)
0:01:15
9
Michele Bliss (Chipotle-titus)
0:02:11
10
Dorothy Wong (Team Cicle)
0:02:23
11
Eileen Kelly-Foulston (Sorella Forte)
0:02:31
12
Julie Jennings (Sunnyside Sports)
0:02:46
13
Wanda Howlett
0:02:58
14
Kathleen Bortolussi (HRS/Rocklobster)
0:03:23
15
Jackie Cohen
0:03:34
16
Julie Lewis-Sroka (Lake Effect Cycling Team)
0:04:17
17
Elizabeth Harlow (C3-athletes Serving Athletes)
0:04:23
18
Anne Linton (Sorella Forte)
0:04:33
19
Janel Lodge (Blackmarket Racing)
0:04:44
20
Susan Prieto
0:04:51
21
Darcy Tiglas
0:04:55
22
Teri Carilli (Nebc/cycle Loft/devonshire Den)
0:05:41
23
Winona Hubbard (Bike Trip/santa Cruz)
Row 22 - Cell 2
24
Jill Ballantyne (Sunnyside Sports)
0:05:55
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Rider Name (Country) Team
25
Karen Goritski
26
Jan Moss (Team Group Health)
27
Sheilagh Griffin
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Rider Name (Country) Team
28
Lillian Schiavo
29
Linda Maza-Sparks (Double Check)
DNF
Tammy Ebersole (Evolution Racing)
DNF
Jitka Cole (Starbucks / Scca)
DNF
Diane Conway
DNF
Cynthia Freed (Cucina Fresca)
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Master Female 40-44
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Gina Hall
0:36:30
2
Wendy Williams
0:00:20
3
Elizabeth Frye (Boone Velo)
Row 2 - Cell 2
4
Shannon Gibson (Velobella)
0:00:21
5
Allison Baumhefner (Unattached)
0:01:01
6
Kim Rueter (Sorella Forte)
0:01:43
7
Brenna Lopez-Otero (Velo Bella/kona)
0:01:48
8
Lora Heckman (Peloton Cycles - Specialized)
0:02:40
9
Erika Krumpelman (Velo Bella)
0:03:28
10
Jill Fattor (Unattached)
Row 9 - Cell 2
11
Stephanie Uetrecht
0:03:34
12
Becky Bjork (Bend Bike N Sport)
Row 11 - Cell 2
13
Molly Martin (Nrc/kona)
0:03:38
14
Rhonda Morin (Sorella Forte)
0:03:47
15
Katrina Dowidchuk (Team DRT/Deep Blue)
0:03:49
16
Joanne Stevens (Sunnyside Sports)
0:04:12
17
Rachel Farrett
0:04:22
18
Aimee Baker (Hopkins Honda/code 3)
0:04:23
19
Julie Swearingen (Mountain View Cycles Hood Rive)
0:04:24
20
Leah Sanda (Flatlandia)
0:04:35
21
Virginie Calmé
0:04:41
22
Sami Fournier
0:04:45
23
Antonia Leal (Planet Bike)
0:04:48
24
Suz Falvey
0:04:59
25
Sharon Gregg (Blue Rooster/thesports Medicin)
0:05:01
26
Rena Simpson
0:05:37
27
Colleen Mcclenahan (Sorella Forte/specialized)
0:05:51
28
Cynthia Engel (Webcyclery.com)
0:06:43
29
Deborah Driver (Ragnarok Racing)
0:06:50
30
Susanna Julber (Bend Bike N Sport)
0:07:18
31
Karen Oppenheimer
0:07:37
32
Wanda Simchuk (Twin Six/volker Bicycles)
0:07:42
33
Allison Braddock (Momentum Racing)
0:08:27
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Rider Name (Country) Team
34
Gina Miller (Sunnyside Sports)
35
Penny Collins
36
Dinorah Lawson (Celo Pacific)
37
Kimberly Nuffer (Tough Girl / Scott)
38
Cary Steinman (Bend Bike N Sport)
39
Jenny Feix
40
Rebecca Bozarth
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Rider Name (Country) Team
41
Kayla Thomason (Blue Sky Velo)
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Rider Name (Country) Team
42
Beth Mason (Verge Test Pilot)
43
Annette Padilla (Celo Pacific)
DNF
Julie Browning (Cyclepath Racing)
DNF
Trudy Bjornsen (Davis Bike Club)
DNF
Renee Beckloff (Roaring Mouse)
DNF
Carrie Edwards (Sheila Moon/ Big Swingin' Cycl)
DNF
Mary Yax (Bend Bike N Sport)
DNF
Angela Connaughton
DNS
Jodi Connolly
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Master Female 35-39
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Kerry Barnholt (Scott Ritchey)
0:42:55
2
Linda Sone (Planet Bike)
0:01:24
3
Nicole Duke
0:01:45
4
Jenni Gaertner (Riverstone Women's Racing Team)
0:01:52
5
Sally Annis (Nebc/cycleloft/devonshire Dent)
0:02:43
6
Kristal Boni (Blue Sky Velo)
0:02:45
7
Hollie Mcgovern (Sert / Sho Air)
0:03:12
8
Amy Frykman (Team Delphine)
0:03:22
9
Beth Burns (Veloce)
0:03:55
10
Elizabeth Marzolf (Hagens Berman Cycling Team)
0:04:13
11
Jadine Riley (Team Group Health)
0:04:22
12
Holly Klug (Courage)
0:04:56
13
Deb Whitmore (Bmw/bianchi)
0:05:01
14
Renee Scott (Sunnyside Sports)
0:05:32
15
Patricia Dowd (Team Delphine)
0:05:57
16
Allison Snooks (Minuteman Road Club)
0:05:59
17
Michelle Sinnott
0:06:16
18
Dayna Deuter (Church Of The Big Ring)
0:06:58
19
Ali Ritter (Hagens Berman)
0:07:01
20
Maren Nelson (Buy Local)
0:07:07
21
Jennifer Jordan (Hopkins Honda/code 3 Racing)
0:08:50
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Rider Name (Country) Team
22
Kimberly Flynn (Vantaggio/ Specialized Scv)
23
Jennifer Horn (Sorella Cycling P/b Bvm Engine)
24
Kimberly Dubeck (Beans Bikes)
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Rider Name (Country) Team
25
Janet Trubey (Nccx)
26
Laura Kozlowski (Velo Bella)
27
Julie Holman (T.e.a.m. Fuji)
28
Elaine Prause (Super Relax)
29
Kristie Hamilton (Team Beer)
30
Shellie Heggenberger
31
Lara Sirois (Soulsport)
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Rider Name (Country) Team
32
Amanda Mcnabb (Team Group Health)
DNF
Stella Carey (Hrs-rock Lobster)
DNF
Meredith Miller (California Giant Berry Farms/s)
DNF
Nikole Rock (Ragnarok Racing)
DNF
Kathleen Mcmahon (Cucina Fresca)
DNS
Jessica Gallagher
DNS
Kate Bavuso (Team Kate)
DNS
Michelle Mishoe (Specialized River City Bicycle)
DNS
Tara Walhart (Team Campmor)
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Master Female 30-34
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Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Barbara Howe (Vanderkitten)
0:41:53
2
Deidre Winfield
0:00:24
3
Andrea Smith (Minuteman Road Club)
0:00:45
4
Kari Studley (Velo Bella)
Row 3 - Cell 2
5
Sarah Maile (Ventana Mountain Bikes)
0:01:29
6
Kristi Berg (Redline Bicycles)
0:01:54
7
Serena Bishop (Sunnyside Sports)
0:02:07
8
Emily Van Meter
0:02:43
9
Megan Faris
0:02:52
10
Erika Powers (Revolution / Peak Fasteners)
0:03:04
11
Heather Clark (Bend Bike N Sport)
0:03:20
12
Shannon Holden (Vanderkitten)
0:03:25
13
Kathleen Hannon
Row 12 - Cell 2
14
Corey Coogan (Ridley Factory Team)
0:03:29
15
Kristin Wentworth (Planet Bike)
0:03:30
16
Nikki Thiemann (Pabst Blue Ribbon)
0:03:34
17
Kristine Church (Humanzoom/ Pabst Blue Ribbon)
0:04:27
18
Veronica Vega (Sunnyside Sports)
0:04:49
19
Natalia Gardiol (Cambridge Bicycle / Igleheart)
0:05:09
20
Marsa Daniel
0:05:48
21
Becca Blay (Mafia Racing)
0:06:04
22
Lindsay Kandra (Hammer Velo)
Row 21 - Cell 2
23
Anne Love (Ubrdo Team Project)
0:06:15
24
Mary "Evie" Boswell-Vilt (Unattached)
0:06:23
25
Emily Kachorek (Beer)
0:06:42
26
Haley Beann (Vanderkitten Racing)
0:06:51
27
Lea Stralka
0:06:52
28
Katie Melena (Hrs Rock Lobster)
0:06:57
29
Elizabeth Allbut (Team Voler Tuesday Velo)
0:07:00
30
Megan Cordes
0:07:07
31
Karyn Abraham (Cycle U)
0:07:11
32
Lindsay Jones (N/a)
0:07:16
33
Courtney Green (Unattached)
0:07:22
34
Allison Beall (Riverstone Women's Racing Team)
0:07:50
35
Lea Julson
0:08:00
36
Jennie Wade (The Church Of The Big Ring/rea)
0:08:14
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Rider Name (Country) Team
37
Emily Thurston (Team Vegan)
38
Beth Welliver (Vello Bella - Ellsworth)
39
Bess Tonkinson
40
Marissa Axell (Team Roaring Mouse)
41
Michelle Monroe (Joselyn's/burnham Coaching)
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Rider Name (Country) Team
42
Erin Lindheim (Hopkins Honda/code 3 Racing)
43
Annie Cheeney
DNF
Amanda Carey (Kenda/trainwitheric.com)
DNF
Rachel Cieslewicz (Monavie/cannondale)
DNF
Lyndsey Hawkins (Hunter Freewheel)
DNF
Kathryn Meckle (Cucina Fresca)
DNS
Miss Mary Perez (Vello Bella)
DNS
Amy Breyla (C3-athletes Serving Athletes)
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