Harrison White receives congratulations from Team mate Tim Leonard after his fine race at the USA Cyclocross Nationals in Madison, WI.

Emma White had a brilliant year culminating with her second National Cyclocross Championship jersey. Emma crushed her competition in the Women’s 15 to 16 year old group in a muddy race in Madison WI. Special mention also goes to Harrison White, the youngest member of the Team, who finished 9th place in his first National Championship race in the Junior 10 to 12 year old race.

Here is just a sampling of the Team’s notable race results:

Emma White, CX Category 3 Junior from Delanson, NY
1st place, USA Cycling National Champion, Women 15 -16, Madison Wisconsin, January 6, 2012.
3rd place, 2011 New England Cyclocross Championship Series, Women’s Cat 3/4
1st place, 2011 NBX Grand Prix of Cross Day 1, Warwick, RI, Women’s 3/4
1st place, 2011 NBX Grand Prix of Cross Day 2, Warwick, RI, Women’s 3/4
1st place, 2011 Baystate Cyclocross, Day 2, Women’s 3/4
1st place, 2011 Cycle-Smart International Day 1, Women’s 3/4
1st place, 2011 Cycle-Smart International Day 2, Women’s 3/4

Harrison White, CX Category 3 Junior from Delanson, NY
9th place, 2012 USA Cycling National Championships, Junior 10 -12, Madison Wisconsin
1st place, Bethlehem Cup, Bethlehem, NY, Junior 10 – 14
3rd place, 2011 Green Mountain Cross Day 1, Williston, VT, Junior 10 -14
3rd place, 2011 Green Mountain Cross Day 2, Williston, VT, Junior 10 -14

Sara Krzysiak, CX category 1 Elite Woman from Clinton, NY
2nd place, 2011 Power Cross, Syracuse, NY, Women’s Elite
2nd place, 2011 Kirkland Cross, Clinton, NY, Women’s Elite

Liz Lukowski, CX Category 3 from Albany, NY
7th place, 2012 UCI Masters Cyclocross World Championships, Louisville, KY
2nd place, 2011 New England Regional Cyclocross Championships, Fitchburg, MA
1st place, 2011 Nor’Easter Cross, Burlington, VT
1st place, 2011 Green Mountain Cross Day 1, Williston, VT
1st place, 2011 Green Mountain Cross Day 2, Williston, VT

Brad Stratton, CX Category 3 from Albany, NY
Silver medal, 2011 N.Y. State CX Championship (Staten Island CX)
2nd place, 2011 Cycle-Smart International Day 1, Northampton, MA, Men’s 3
7th place, Staten Island CX, Men’s 3
3rd place, 2011 Kirkland Cross, Clinton, NY, Men’s 3

Chris DeLisle, CX Category 3 Masters racer from Albany, NY
1st place Overall, 2011 NYcross.com Series, Masters 35+
1st place, Spa Cross, Saratoga, NY, Master’s 35+
1st place, Kirkland Cross, Clinton, NY, Master’s 35+
2nd place, CX @ Ommegang, Masters 35+
2nd place, Uncle Sam Gran Prix of CX Day 1, Masters 35+
2nd place, Uncle Sam Gran Prix of CX Day 2, Masters 35+
1st place, Hop Brook CX, Singlespeed
2nd place, Bethlehem Cup, Masters 35+

Danny Goodwin, CX Category 3 Masters racer from Delmar, NY
5th place, Bethlehem Cup, Masters 45+

Chuck Quackenbush, CX Category 3 Masters racer from Delmar, NY
9th place, Cheshire Cross, Masters 45+

Tim Leonard, CX Category 2 Masters racer from New Hartford, NY
5th place, 2012 UCI Masters Cyclocross World Championships, Men’s 60-64, Louisville, KY
5th place, 2012 USA Cycling National Championships, Men’s 60-64, Madison Wisconsin
1st place, Granogue Cross Day 1, Men’s 60+, Wilmington, DE
1st place, Granogue Cross Day 2, Men’s 60+, Wilmington, DE
3rd place, Bethlehem Cup, Masters 55+

Dave Beals, CX Category 2 Masters racer from Niskayuna, NY
10th place, 2012 UCI Masters Cyclocross World Championships, Men’s 60-64, Louisville, KY
8th place, 2012 USA Cycling National Championships, Men’s 60-64, Madison Wisconsin
2nd place, Granogue Cross Day 1, Men’s 60+, Wilmington, DE
2nd place, Granogue Cross Day 2, Men’s 60+, Wilmington, DE
2nd place, Power Cross, Syracuse, NY, Masters 55+
2nd place, Spa Cross, Saratoga, NY, Masters 55+

John Hughson, CX Category 3 from Schenectady, NY
1st place, 2011 Cycle-Smart International Day 1, Northampton, MA, Men’s 3 / 4
3rd place, Nor’Easter Cyclocross, Burlington, VT, Men’s 3 / 4

Look for even greater race results in the 2012/2013 Cyclocross season as Team NYCROSS.com continues to grow and excel.

From Cyclocross Magazine:

A dominant performance by now two-time National Champion Emma White (nycross.com) left most of the 17-18 field in the dust even on the first lap. With a race strategy centered around her ability to start well, White snagged the holeshot early on and continued to build her lead, weaving around the 17-18 women. However, the race wasn’t strictly about White, and not far behind her, Tiziana DeHorney (Get Out! New Mexico) was also slicing between racers in the field that started ahead of them. About a minute back from White, DeHorney managed to maintain her position throughout the race. In the three lap race, the positions of the top five were determined early and stayed the same throughout the race, with White and DeHorney leading. They were followed by Laurel Rathbun (JET Cycling), Andrea Casebolt (Revel Consulting/Rad Racing NW) and Victoria Gates (JAM Fund).
White sped into the finish smiling, her victory all but assured from the first minutes of the race. Stay tuned for an interview with, as one announcer declared, “the girl who could be the next Katie Compton.”

From all your teammates at NYCROSS:  Congratulations Emma!

Well, we have a winner!  The team has spoken and the strange and esoteric “TrashGoat” design by James Dutko won by a sizeable margin.  I don’t want to think too hard about what that says about our racers’ mental stability.  Moving on:  we are happy to announce that ALL who submitted a design will receive a consolation prize.  Plan to attend the Bethlehem Cup race this weekend and we will bestow it upon you with great fanfare.

Thanks to all who submitted.  It really was a tough call.

We are chagrined to report that, when checking up recently on the graphic design department at NYCROSS.com world headquarters to inquire as to the status of our 2011 T-Shirt design, we found them naked in a pool of their own excrement, huffing tire glue and listening to a scratched and skipping AC/DC LP (backwards), endlessly checking Adam Myerson’s Twitter feed. Now that we’ve fired the entire design department, we are appealing to you, interwebs, to design our shirt for us before the final race of the series in Bethlehem, NY on Nov. 13. Here’s the straight dope: Download the template and either design it, following the instructions on the form, in your favorite design program on your ‘pooter, or print the thing and have at it with magic markers or paint or, ideally, just white-out and blood (team colors).  Either upload your design by sending it as an e-mail attachment to Dr. G, or via snailmail to: D. Goodwin 1400 Washington Ave. Fine Arts 216 Albany, NY 12222 The winning design will be decided by a jury of distinguished critics (Team NYCROSS) and the winning designer will receive a $50 gift certificate to High Adventure Sports, plus a T-shirt in his or her size, of course. Deadline: Midnight, November 4, 2011 Download design template

Emma also had a wicked ride.  Sunday she was on the podium with Liz being the only person who could beat her.  Two wins and a one-two finish are a nice way to start the New England calender off.  Good job ladies!  Since I don’t have a pic of Emma and Liz on the podium together yet, I’ll just post this awesome pic of Emma in her new national champion kit, provided by the awesome guys over at Verge.

The Junior National Champ lining up for the first time in the red white and blue.

Good luck racing this weekend in Rochester and Burlington!

]]> http://nycross.com/archives/1525/feed 0 http://nycross.com/archives/1523 http://nycross.com/archives/1523#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:41:13 +0000 eric http://nycross.com/?p=1523 Check out the September issue of Adirondack Sports and Fitness and you’ll see Liz on the cover!!! Nice press for the current leader of the Verge New England CX Series.

http://www.adksports.com/current%20issue/ASF_SEP11.pdf

Cross is boss.  No time of year is this old saying more true than now.  The season’s just gotten underway and its clear that the next 10-15 weeks of our lives are going to be pretty much straight dedicated to the art of CX.  NYCROSS is in full swing, with the series kick off in Kirkland and the Annual Beginner’s Clinic in the books, we’re on our way to another successful season of grassroots racing across upstate New York, (and Vermont!).

Kirkland took place last weekend, with a record number of racers coming out to slug it out in the post Irene mud bath that was the Kirkland Town Park.  Everyone talks about cross being all about mud, but to be honest, in the last few years its been a rare event that’s really put racers through  the torture of a full blown muddy mess.  Early season races that sink you deep into goo are especially rare.  Mark the 2011 Kirkland CX as a rare achievement of mother nature, with mud so deep i saw the top of my front wheel disappear.  I don’t know if anyone was ready for it, but I know I wasn’t!  To say it was a blast would be a cliched understatement.  It was EXACTLY what cross racing should be!

To be specific, the parts of the course that are normally the easiest became deeply rutted mud pits.  Running or grinding it out at 1 mph became the task in places that usually you’re recovering.  The hard parts, on the other hand, became relatively easy (not easier than normal, just less difficult than the rest, see IE, the sand pit).  Since it was actually possible to pedal, or at least, anticipate that you would be running in the difficult places ahead of time, they became the recovery zones, while the normally rideable grassy knolls turned into deep mud.  Being able to anticipate where to apply efforts and where to rest went out the window.  There was simply no resting.   I’ll say that at one point in the first lap, I started to really believe I needed to see a doctor, as there was no way the pain I was in was normal or caused solely by the race.  Turns out, it was!

Results are up on bikereg: http://www.bikereg.com/Results/2011/09/11-Kirkland-cx.asp.   The actual series points should be posted in a day or two.  Since this was the first race of the year, your place in the series is whatever place you finished at Kirkland.

Congrats to team NYCROSS.com riders Chris Delisle, for winning the Masters 35+, and Sarah K., for riding to 2nd in the women’s race.  Tim Janson and Jim Leone, had strong showings in the 3/4 race, and also, lets not forget Brad Stratton’s wicked strong 3rd place his debut in the 1/2/3 men.  Nice ride Brad!

Because I forgot my camera and Andrew wasn’t there, I only was able to dig up a couple pics, but they capture the essence of the day pretty well.  Thanks to Jess Klami for shooting these!

Also for the record, the ladies dominated the cat 3 races up at Green Mountain  too.  Liz WON BOTH DAYS! And Emma was on the podium right behind her on day 2, after battling it in the Women’s 1/2/3 the day before.  Full report on that to come!

September 10: NYCROSS.com Beginner’s Clinic, Troy New York (registration)

September 11: Kirkland Cyclocross, Kirkland, NY (info)

October 2: CX at Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY (info)

October 15 & 16: Uncle Sam GP of Cyclocross, Troy, NY (info)

October 23: Saratoga Spa Cyclocross, Saratoga, NY (info)

October 30: Wicked Creepy, Bennington, VT (info)

November  13: Bethlehem Cup, Bethlehem, NY (info)

Live from Bend Oregon -  NYCROSS.com Junior Racer Emma White has won the National Championship!   Emma got the hole shot, expanded her lead over a muddy and icy early morning race course. Emma crashed and cartwheeeled going down the fly over but recovered and kept her lead to take the win in the Junior 13-14 Champion Category.   Congratulations Emma on a fine season and outstanding achievement at Nationals!

The NYCROSS.COM Elite CX Team was back in action this weekend at the Baystate CX, Rounds 7 and 8 of the Verge New England Cyclocross Championships.  A last minute change also made the races the final rounds of the North American Cyclocross Trophy.  That laid the groundwork for some stiff competition and exciting racing coming off of the Thanksgiving holiday.  In the Cat 3/4 Women’s race, Emma White did what she does best, and hammered away from the competition to take convincing wins each day. Liz Lukowski rode strong as well, taking 5th place on Sunday.

In the elite men’s race Dan Chabanov placed 15th both days, proving once again that he is among the most consistent and strong up and comers in the New England Cross scene.  With a plethora of top tens and top twenties all season long, Dan, along with Christian Favata (Favata’s Table Rock Tours) is showing that the cross scene in New York has evolved and is now producing elite men’s racers on par with the best in New England.

In other news, the long awaited NYCROSS.COM Final Standings are available.  I apologize for the delay in getting them posted.  Blame  me being bad at delegating responsibility in a timely fashion.  Next year I promise I’ll have someone else do it much sooner!

Anyway here they are: http://www.bikereg.com/Results/2010/11/24-NYcross-Series-Standings.asp

Look for a full write up on the series champions to come soon!

Thanks to everyone who came out and raced the NYCROSS.COM series this year.  We had a great time hosting the races and can’t wait for 2011 already.  Feedback is always encouraged, so let me know if you have any thoughts on the series.  http://nycross.com/contact.

https://www.bikereg.com/events/register.asp?eventid=11577

DO NOT FEAR THE LORD OF THE FLIES RUN UP!

Th Bethlehem Cup will have a new course design this year.  After years of wimps saying things like “the course is too hard” and “I can’t handle the two run ups per lap” and “its muddy”, Chuck Q promoter of cross and pain has relented, he’s allowing NYCROSS Course Captain Jim “The Buffalo” Leone to do a course revamp.  Jim has been course architect at the Uncle Sam GP in Troy the last few years, so if you’ve enjoyed those courses, head out to see what’s in stake for you at Bethlehem this weekend.

The laps will be of a more standard length, the course will be more spectator friendly, and the start and finish will use a nicely paved section of the park.  Sounds like your average weakling compliant cross race?  Well hold your horses Tex, the course will still include the run up to end all run ups, and the terrain known infamously as “the upper plateau.”  Mud will be a factor.

The improvements will do a number of things for you – there’ll be more grassy technical stuff – if you raced NOHO this weekend, it won’t be like that, but it will be more like that than in the past.  And if you weren’t super into the unique long lap-low number of laps style that we used in the past, you’ll be happy to know you’ll likely be coming by the finish line every 6-9 minutes this year.  Most importantly, since you’ll be spending more time in view of the spectators, you won’t be able to secretly dog it nearly as much as on the old course.  Come ready.  The race will be even better this year, but no, it won’t be easy.

Of course, the Chili Cook Off, free beer from The Albany Pump Station, and elite series prizes and podium presentations for the entire NYCROSS Series will be this weekend as well.  You won’t want to miss it!

See you there!

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