Sask  Cup Cross #4
BCW Blackstrap Cross
October 3, 2010

*Timer malfunction in the long race resulted in lack of times.

Long Race
Cat 2
1.    Cody Canning 47.08.93
2.    Rob Britton + 0.1
3.    Nathan Sedgewick

Cat 3
1.    Stephen Cooley
2.    Pedro Peralta
3.    Shane Burwell
4.    Jayden Aldrich

Cat 4
1.    Albie Malan
2.    Cornel Kluge
3.    Greg McKee
4.    Barret Dunbar
5.    Travis Ward
6.    Dylan Smith
7.    Brad Salter
8.    Tom Wolf
9.    Oleg Kougiya
10. Jeff Hehn
11. Stefan Kendel
12. Marc Quinnet - 1 lap
13. Brad Turk - 1 lap
14. Noah Quinett - 1 lap
15. Ben Gotts - 1 lap
16. Peter Steckhan - 1 lap
17. Orville Aldrich - 1 lap
Kevin Sutton DNF

Cat 3 Women
1.    Susan Clarke - 1 lap
2.    Hannah Cooley - 1 lap
3.    Erica Musyj - 2 lap

Short Race
Cat 5 Men
1.    Tyler Korpan - 35.55
2.    Rod Hudym (1 day) - 37:34
3.    Seth Quinnett - 30:21 - 1 lap

Cat 4/5 Women
1.    Sarah Robbins - 34:05
2.    Cheryl Brooke - 35:00
3.    Adrienne Dunbar - 35.03
4.    Andrea Grzesina - 37.03
5.    Kathryn Theede - 38:29
6.    Sheryl Sturgess - 32:26 - 1 lap
7.    Lisa Van loon - 39:22 - 1 lap

It was a great weekend of cross racing in Saskatoon, this past weekend.

We were treated to a wide-open flowing course on Saturday (thank you, Cycledelia) and all survived the windy conditions. Great memories of the course include a power run (or ride if you could) up the stairs on the Diefenbaker hill, some wicked-awesome corners among the trees and yummy treats to munch on post-race (with donations going to Breast Cancer research).

Day two brought our racers to Blackstrap Provincial Park and the beach front race was not only a gorgeous location, but involved tight, twisting turns through the park pathways, a bit of sand and just enough elevation to tire us out (but not enough to kill us after the Sat race). Cody Canning & Rob Britton (welcome home to both racers) were neck and neck through the course and finished 7 laps in 47:08 (Cody just nipping at the line). Several sprint finishes took place including the race for 2nd & 3rd place in the Cat 3 category, between Nathan and Pedro (with Pedro just squeaking in front). Congratulations to Stephen Cooley for taking first place in that category. Cat 4 was won by Albie Malan (who was well in the mix, again, with the Cat 3 men) and Cat 5 was won by Tyler Korpan (who is still quite new to this sport - I see a successful future brewing). The Women's Cat 3 race was won by Susan Clarke (managing to keep the bike more upright this race, than in the last one). The Women's Cat 4/5 Category was the biggest in quite some time and Sarah Robbins successfully won (welcome back after a small hiatus). Congratulations to everyone who participated. All race winners were treated to cash and yummy chocolate milk and random draw cash prizes and draw prizes were handed out. Extra special shout-outs to the younger participants and folks trying cross racing for the first time! We hope you will be out again!

The BCW Cycling Club would like to thank all of the participants, volunteers, spectators and sponsors. Special thanks to Cycledelia, for lending us the course marking stakes and podium, and to GU, Booster Juice, Co-op at Preston Crossing, Sask Cycling & Sask Sport. We look forward to putting this race on again next year