Smith and Hinton take Cow Town series opener.

Sun October 15 2006
Posted Oct 15, 2006
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Cow Town Cyclocross Series Opener to Smith and Hinton. Trek/VW-Midwest's Shadd Smith was in fine form as he took round # 1 of the Cow Town Cyclocross Series over a hard charging Mark Studnicki (Cow Town) and Adam Mills. Columbia Bike Club’s Pamela Hinton scored the women’s title over Free State Racing’s Michelle Jensen and University of Florida’s Elisabeth Heal. The Chris Cross event was held at Clinton Lake State Park and featured a very technical course with 2 natural dismounts, one set of boards, several gravel road sections, and “Tige’s Tantrums”. In the Men’s 1/2/3 class; it was Smith leading the first lap with Studnicki, Tige Lamb and David White following. “I always try to go 100% from the start and distance myself from the field. With this course it is very important to get out front early because of all the technical sections” said Smith as he was enjoying some of the post race food. Cow Town's Tige Lamb went down on lap 3 and allowed his teammate to open a gap. The duo of Adam Mills and Troy Krause slowly closed in on Lamb as he was suffering from his earlier crash. Up front it was Smith opening up a comfortable gap over Studnicki as the pair distanced themselves from the rest of the field. In the closing laps, Cow Town’s Studnicki, who has had an impressive start to his 06’ cross season with 6 podium finishes in a row, settled into second but things heated up for the final podium spots. On the final lap it was Lamb, Mills and Krause trading positions as they worked their way to the finish. Lamb positioned himself well coming around the final corner, but couldn’t get around the Trek/VW rider. Results: Men's Cat 1/2/3 (20 Starters): 1. Shadd Smith 2. Mark Studnicki 3. Adam Mills 4. Tige Lamb 5. Troy Krause 6. David White 7. Brad Sullivan 8. Lawrence Simonson 9. Brendan Jenks 10. Ethan Froese 11. Douglas Plumer 12. Josh Taylor 13. Damian Almanza 14. Andy Lucas 15. Tony Stanislav 16. Matt Gilhousen 17. Joseph Schmalz 18. Adam Lang 19. Chris Hall 20. Bill Stolte Women's Cat 1/2/3 (5 starters): 1. Pamela Hinton 2. Michelle Jensen 3. Elisabeth Heal 4. Glenda Taylor 5. Teri Stewart Juniors 10-12: 1. Christopher Locke 2. Kyle Broyer 3. Nick Russell Juniors 13-15 1. Aleax Edwards Men's Cat 3/4 (40 starters) 1. Stephen Songer 2. Andy Lucas 3. Shad Schreiner 4. Josh Taylor 5. David Hejduk 6. Scott Dunsmuir 7. Kevin Bricknell 8. Brian Williams 9. Michael Palitto 10. Garrick Valverde 11. Terry Anderson 12. Matt Mckillip 13. Jim McDonald 14. Paul Quindry 15. Donald Raskey 16. Craig Harding 17. Nolan Froese 18. Chris Locke 19. TJ Carmichael 20. Ted Moore 21. Patrick Hautakker 22. Dan Hansen 23. Jim Coggins 24. Tyler Hensen 25. Jack Mason 26. Dan Jordan 27. Michael Gaherty 28. Bill Anderson 29. Tony Stanislav 30. Andrew Slater 31. Scott Schmidt 32. Michael Berning 33. Charles Lausch 34. Jonathan McCalley 35. Jon Martinez 36. Joseph Schmalz 37. Michael Folendore 38. Josh Walker 39. Damian Almanza 40. Brian Hardy Men's Cat 4 (27 Starters): 1. Patrick Angell 2. Jonathan McCalley 3. Dan Jordan 4. Jason Dempsey 5. Chris Hersehey 6. James Fields 7. Craig Piburn 8. Josh Patterson 9. Steven Heal 10. John Flynn 11. Tracey Cheuvront 12. Karl Jackson 13. Scott Schmidt 14. David Wahten 15. John Oberrieder 16. Rick Hasty 17. Zeke Shepherd 18. Jake Teitelbaum 19. Brian Robinson 20. Joshua Wade 21. Charles Lausch 22. Steve Culver 23. Doug Broyer 24. Daniel Jarman 25. Shay Brown 26. Nick McKenna 27. Robert Rimel Women's Cat 4 (6 Starters): 1. Sydney Brown 2. Jennifer Herrell 3. Jessica Rieck 4. Barbara Wages 5. Amy Fear-Bishop 6. Julie Stark Masters 35+ (14 Starters): 1. Matt Mckillip 2. Scot Dunsmuir 3. Todd Davis 4. David Pitt 5. Donald Raskey 6. Jon Martinez 7. Mark Ramsden 8. Michael Gaherty 9. Jim Coggins 10. Kenneth Harkin 11. Brendan Sheehan 12. Kevin McComas 13. Chris Russell 14. Jack Mason Masters 45+ (6 Starters) 1. Thomas Price 2. Keith Walberg 3. Dan Hansen 4. Cahterine Walberg 5. Bill Anderson 6. Marty Johnson