AVC Day # 1 Report

By Robin Horwitz and Rory Osbrink

Speeds, thrilling finishes and hot weather brings excitement to American Velodrome Challenge


Day one saw a lot of fast and thrilling finishes especially in the Men and Women's keirin. In the Men's Keirin finals, Adam Duvendeck led with one lap to go but couldn't hold it. Local sprinter Giovanni Rey overtook Kelyn Akuna and Adam Duvendeck. Out of nowhere, Giddeon Massie came from the high line and nipped Rey at the line drawing a lot of cheers.

The video clip can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FypXyTI3mu8

Earlier, Eugene Chacherine (NCNCA Collegiate Champion) took a very hard hit into the cement and wall. Even though he returned for a race, he suffered injuries to his right side.

In the women's keirin finals, Jennifer Feathergill held off Larryn Ruegg and Becky Lang to win outright.

In the women's points race, local hero Shelley Olds of Proman Racing had her team work for her and it turned out to be a race for the second. Jennifer Triplett had this to say "The proman women did a great job of leading out Shelley Olds each sprint so it was a race for second. Awesome race to all who raced".

In the Madison race, 9 teams showed up for a very fast Madison. Daniel Holloway and Ben Barsi-Rhyne of Slipstream sports set the tempo the whole race. Kenny Williams and Grant Boursaw of First Rate Mortgage tried to keep it close but Holloway was able to grab the points during sprints.

Master’s Miss n Out RESULTS
1)Copeland, Drik
2)Nolan, Lawrence
3)McNamara, Matt

Women’s keirin final results
1) #157 Featheringill, Jennifer
2) #109 Reugg, Larryn
3) #82 Lang, Bekcy
4) #89 Olds, Shelley
5) #122 Triplett, Jennifer
6) #95, Newell, Beth
7) #177 Williams, Annette
8) #61 Fisk, Andrea


KEIRIN RESULTS
Massie, Gideon
Rey, Giovanni
Palaeaz, Steve
Beardsley, Steven
Boursaw, Grant
Acuna, Kelyn
Watkins, Jimmy
Duvendeck, Adam


10k sratch- Masters
SCRATCH RESULTS
Nolan, Lawrence
Copeland, Dirk
Klipper, David
Smith, Dan
NcNamara, Matt

Elite miss n out
Ended in three-up sprint, close until turn 4- Holloway broke away and finished with arms up

MISS N OUT RESULTS
1) Holloway, Daniel
2) Copeland, Dirk
3) Zwizanski, Scott
4) Briggs, Patrick
5) Evans, Rob
6) Williams, Kenny

POINTS RESULTS
Olds, Shelley
Triplett, Jennifer
Williams, Annette
Maroon, Mary
Kingsley, Karla
Nevitt, Julie



MADISON RESULTS
1 Daniel Holloway/Ben Barsi-Rhyne
2 Kenny Williams/ Grant Boursaw
3 Andrew Armstrong/ Steven Beardsly
4 Patrick Briggs/Drik Copeland



-- Robin Horwitz