Monday, November 26, 2012



‎25th ANNIVERSARY TIDEWATER MOUNTAIN BIKE CHALLENGE RESULTS
Williamsburg, VA October 27 & November 17 & 18, 2012

CLASS: Tidewater Trifecta-Mtn Crit/Single Speed/Pro-Exp
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN Place
1 Gordan Wadsworth 2+2+3=7
2 Wilson Hale 2+4+9=15

CLASS: Womens Trifecta-Mtn Crit/Single Speed/Pro-Exp
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN Place
1 Avanell Schmitz 1+2+2=5
2 Richie Vaughn 1+1+4=6

CLASS: MOUNTAIN CRIT (Men: Oct 27th) DISTANCE:2: 20+min Heats
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN Total Score
1 9 Matthew Bailey 1+1=2
2 2 Wilson Hale 2+2=4
3 16 Hugh Wallace 4+3=7
4 18 Adam Croft 5+4=9
5 6 Cameron Ritcher 3+7=10
6 22 Clark Tanner 6+5=11
7 19 Jeff Hellner 7+6=13
8 7 Steve Nevins 8+8=16
9 13 Jerry Hadley 9+9=18
10 12 Devon Fournier 10+10=20
11 21 John Brodie 11+11=22
12 5 Russell Nevins 15+13=28
13 24 Don Mann 14+14=28
14 20 Steven Stein 13+16=29
15 5 Steven Prestyly 12+17=29
16 25 Mike Baker 16+15=31
17 8 Derek Elliott 22+12=34
18 15 Michael Faulkner 19+18=37
19 14 Chase Webb 21+19=40
20 10 Brian Godfrey 18+DNS=50
21 11 Kevin Bradshaw 20+DNS=52
22 23 Shawn Powell DNS
*Note *DNS = 32 points

CLASS:MOUNTAIN CRIT (Women: Oct 27th) DISTANCE:2: 20+min Heats
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN Total Score
1 46 Avanell Schmitz 1+1=2
2 45 Emily Croft 2+2=4
3 47 Jennie Zack 3+3=6

CLASS: MOUNTAIN CRIT (Nov 17th) DISTANCE: 2-15+min Heats
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN Total Score
1 28 Matthew Bailey 1+1=2
2 29 Gordan Wadsworth 2+2=4
3 26 Mike Runnals 3+3=6
4 6 Cameron Ritcher 5+4=9
5 37 Jimmy Deaton 4+5=9
6 31 Jeff Hellner 7+6=13
7 36 Eric Fischer 11+7=18
8 35 Mike Phillips 10+8=18
9 7 Steve Nevins 9+9=18
10 38 Jerry Hadley 8+11=19
11 30 Frank Deal 13+10=23
12 5 Steven Prestyly 12+12=24
13 34 Don Mann 15+14=29
14 4 Christopher Brennan 18+13=31
15 24 Russell Nevins 16+15=31
16 *791Richie Vaughn (1st Place Women)1st Place Women14+18=32
17 33 Eric Alger 17+17=34
18 27 Billy Miller 19+16=35
19 36 Adam Croft 6+DNS=36
20 25 Mike Baker 20+DNS=50
*Note *DNS = 30 points

CLASS: KIDS 3 AND UNDER (Oct 27th) DISTANCE: 2 MINUTES
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 835 Lauren May Fast
1 837 Coleman Hunt Fast
1 838 Hugh Wallace Fast

CLASS: Kids 6 AND UNDER (Oct 27th) DISTANCE: ~5 MINUTES
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 832 David Carey No Times
2 830 Caleb Nevins
3 831 Landon May
4 833 Sam Delk
5 834 Jewel Bartels
6 836 Brooke Bartels
CLASS: Kids 10 AND UNDER (Oct. 27th) DISTANCE: 1 Lap
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 369 Blake Powell 9:40
2 367 Elijah Shipp 9:42
3 361 Tyler Corliss 10:21
4 364 Kyle Little 10:39
5 365 Ryan Little 11:05
6 363 Briggs Delk 11:13
7 370 Autumn Bartels 11:47
8 373 Sebastian Latiff 12:03
9 830 Caleb Nevins 12:06
10 832 David Carey 12:10
11 362 Ryan Sisson 12:14
12 368 Hailey Cooke 12:51
13 372 Jackson Martel 12:58
14 371 Sebastian Martel 13:32
15 366 Charlotte Hadley 16:07

CLASS: Kids 14 AND UNDER (Oct 27th) DISTANCE: 2 Laps
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 653 Thomas Carey 14:18
2 656 Cole Shenigo 16:22
3 659 Grant Powell 16:50
4 655 James Allman 16:51
5 657 Joshua Neils 16:52
6 654 Jim Fournier 18:30
7 652 Rogue Velo 18:40
8 650 Keagan Aue Drummond 20:05
9 658 Chris Knight 21:33
10 651 Carter Herman 21:54

CLASS: KIDS 3 AND UNDER (Nov 17th) DISTANCE: 2 MINUTES
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 835 Coleman Hunt 1:20
1 3556 Olivia Nevins 1:20

CLASS: KIDS 6 AND UNDER (Nov 17th) DISTANCE: 5 MINUTES
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 832 David Carey 3:23
2 3559 Caleb Nevins 3:27
3 834 Jewel Bartels 5:28
4 836 Brooke Bartels 5:30
5 3560 Josian Farrell NoTime

CLASS: KIDS 10 AND UNDER (Nov 17th) DISTANCE: 1 Lap
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 3558 Blake Powell 9:53
2 3561 Brian Ribblett 9:55
3 361 Tyler Corliss 10:08
4 370 Autumn Bartels 10:10
5 832 David Carey 11:48
6 3559 Caleb Nevins 11:50
7 3557 Hayden Gray 12:25

CLASS: KIDS 14 AND UNDER (Nov 17th) DISTANCE: 2 Laps
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 88 Keagan Ave Drummond 18:47
2 84 Dasey Fulton 18:52
3 89 Nicolas Hackley 19:58

CLASS: MEN BEGINNER / 3 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 621 Tyler Tetreault 55:14
2 612 Robert Baldwin 58:12
3 623 Noah Schiller 1:00:30
4 627 Peter Kyle 1:00:32
5 625 Ran Cabell 1:02:06
6 626 Peter Schmidt 1:03:20
7 611 Brian VanderLinden 1:03:54
8 622 Michael Faulkner 1:03:55
9 620 Eric Lee 1:04:43
10 614 Alec McKenzie 1:06:22
11 610 Jeffery Roper 1:06:56
12 608 Jim Terranova 1:07:40
13 618 Scott Hoffman 1:12:44
14 609 Chris Redding 1:12:46
15 616 Walter Felmey 1:19:16
16 602 Jonathon Jump 1:23:57
17 613 Anthony Knight 1:30:58
18 607 Rolando Sanchez 1:32:10
19 603 Ryan Blake 1:34:54
20 615 Wes Watkinson DNF
21 624 Brian Davis DNF
22 605 Jose Rodriguez DNF
23 606 David Garrison DNF~1:11:00
24 600 Jeff Peters DNS
25 601 Shawn Crowell DNS
CLASS: VET 35+ BEGINNER / 3 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 329 Brad Cooke 54:12
2 324 Gordan Wilkens 1:01:36
3 332 Jordi Catasus 1:02:17
4 326 Zane Cummings 1:02:44
5 328 Richard Sisson 1:06:08
6 320 Chris Little 1:07:20
7 331 Christopher Hutter 1:10:07
8 327 Adam Herman 1:17:44
9 322 Jeremy Griffin 1:20:48
10 323 Todd Cooke 1:24:02
11 325 Darin Delk 1:28:12
12 330 Rob Wise DNF
13 321 Nathan Fugate DNS

CLASS: MASTERS 45+ BEGINNER / 3 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 809 Michael Carhart 1:01:50
2 804 Jeff Ashworth 1:04:51
3 800 Ron Schaecher 1:08:12
4 808 David Barker 1:10:36
5 801 Brian Thompson 1:11:24
6 802 Lee Abston 1:12:10
7 805 Jeff Phenicie 1:12:24
8 806 Steven Griffin 1:13:26
9 811 Jay Poston 1:20:20
10 810 Norm Stein DNF

CLASS: JUNIOR BEGINNER 18 & UNDER / 3 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 653 Thomas Carey 1:03:04
2 402 Nason Wise 1:11:08
3 403 Tim Mills 1:32:00

CLASS: BEGINNER WOMEN / 2 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 700 Sarah Elliot 44:28

CLASS: ENDURO MEN / 6 HOUR SOLO Race
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 E43 Ben Frederick 19 laps
6:16:34
2
E34 Alex Kurland 19 laps
6:18:09
3 E46 Frank Yeager 18 laps
6:15:55
4 E39 Michael Phillips 17 laps
5:57:36
5 E33 Christopher Coleman 17 laps
5:57:38
6 E37 Tony Moll 15 laps
6:10:21
7 E31 Dave Hardisky 14 laps
5:40:16
8 E32 David Sobie 14 laps
5:52:30
9 E41 Randall Dabler 12 laps
4:22:10
10 E42 Jerry Hadley 12 laps
4:46:00
11 E45 Eric Walker 12 laps
6:07:55
12 E44 RJ Gray 11 laps
5:29:30
13 E40 Bryan Findley 11 laps
6:15:29
14 E49 Shawn Powell 10 laps
4:20:43
15 E47 Jerry Nichols 10 laps
5:25:10
16 E36 Mark LaDow 8 laps
No Time
17 E48 Peter Hansen 7 laps
6:05:11
18 E38 Brian Dachtler DNS
19 E30 Frederic Golden DNS
20 E35 Jerry Chapmon DNS

CLASS: ENDURO Women / 6 HOUR SOLO Race
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 E57 Francine Rapp 13 laps
5:53:25
2
E58 Kim Pooley 12 laps
5:40:14
3 E59 Dreama Davis 10 Laps
5:49:40



CLASS: MEN DUO-ENDURO  /  6 HR 2 Person Team Race
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 M63 Connor Bell /Jonas Zimmermann 19 laps
6:01:19
2 M62 Bob Corliss /Joel Clark 18 laps
6:11:47
3 M64 Marco Demartin / John Kromis 18 laps
6:14:55
4 M68 Milton Rojas / Edgar Sosa 18 laps
6:15:47
5 M60 Jonathan Franco / Adolfo Carrion 16 laps
6:03:77
6 M67 John Thompson / Dean Katzaros 14 laps
6:00:11
7 M65 Steve Clarke / Robert Baldwin 14 laps
6:10:30
8 M66 Andrew Moore /Reinaldo Perez 12 laps
5:49:38

CLASS: WOMEN DUO-ENDURO / 6 HR 2 Person Team Race
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 W95 Amanda Eichert /
Leslie Winters 10 laps
No Time

CLASS: MIXED DUO-ENDURO / 6 HR 2 Person Team Race
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 X82 Eric Fischer / Megan Morse 16 laps
6:08:20
2 X85 Ben Bristow / Maeve Bristow 12 laps
5:38:29
3 X84 Ed Morris/Beneline Williams 9 laps
4:36:15
4 X83 Connie Farley/Jim McEver 2 laps
No Time

CLASS: SINGLE SPEED STATE CHAMPIONSHIP / 5 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 104 Matthew Bailey, VA SS Champ 1:15:56
2 105 Gordan Wadsworth 1:17:52
3 108 Robert Suydam 1:25:09
4 100 Wilson Hale 1:26:44
5 107 Kevin Horvath 1:33:56
6 106 Robert Maye 1:38:57
7 103 Ritchie Vaughn 1:41:08
8 102 Wes Watkinson 1:42:26
9 101 Tony Watkinson 1:42:26
10 109 Avanell Schmitz 1:52:59

CLASS: VET 35+ EXPERT / 5 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 506 Mike Hosang 1:23:56
2 504 Jimmy Deaton 1:24:15
3 503 Jon Gaudio 1:24:16
4 502 Chris Scales 1:26:00
5 505 Trae Duty 1:33:35

CLASS: MASTERS 45+ Expert / 5 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 582 Bill Gilmer 1:35:10
2 577 Mark Vaughn 1:50:12

CLASS: Age 50+ / 4 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 104 John Brodie 1:15:56
2 105 Frank Smith 1:17:52
3 108 Don Mann 1:25:09
4 100 Dave Olds 1:26:44
5 107 Mike McDonald 1:33:56
6 106 Robert Kane 1:38:57
7 103 Gary Slack 1:41:08
8 102 Eric Alger 1:42:26
9 304 Jim McEver DNF
10 109 Barry Herneisey DNS

CLASS: JUNIOR Advanced 18 & UNDER / 4 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 903 Devon Fournier 1:19:00
2 902 Quinn Girardi 1:29:54
3 900 Chase Webb 1:47:02

CLASS: VET 35+ SPORT / 4 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 143 Jim Fisher 1:12:00
2 144 Brad Cooke 1:15:17
3 147 Paul Panetta 1:16:10
4 136 Talmage Bullock 1:17:24
5 138 Matt Wolanzyk 1:18:07
6 139 Christen Martel 1:26:38
7 141 Keith Schuman 1:27:22
8 131 Billy Miller 1:27:33
9 142 Fran Lenahan 1:27:38
10 146 Toshun Campbell 1:29:29
11 137 Harry Carraway 1:32:13
12 145 Chris Mclain 1:34:47
13 134 George Johnson 1:37:25
14 140 Eric Koehn 1:39:02
15 132 Ryan Boone 1:40:06
16 133 Eddie Porter III DNF
17 135 Brian Kunz DNS

CLASS: MASTERS 45+ Sport / 4 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 523 Steven Prestyly 1:13:15
2 525 Eric Cofer 1:20:18
3 531 Russell Nevins 1:20:43
4 529 Luther Barden 1:22:53
5 528 Michael Carhart 1:23:41
6 526 Ran Cabell 1:26:42
7 524 Jess Ashworth 1:27:33
8 522 Paul Croft 1:28:12
9 527 Dave Osman 1:31:06
10 521 David Satira 1:32:48
11 530 Michael Rosemond 1:38:07
12 520 Markus Wegener DNS

CLASS: CLYESDALE (200+LBS) / 4 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 220 Brandon Gibbons 1:14:50
2 223 Steve Dye 1:22:48
3 222 Bob Burrows 1:24:52
4 221 Brad Cole DNF

CLASS: SPORT WOMEN / 4 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 920 Mason Hopkins 1:32:15
2 924 Jean Troutman 1:36:13
3 921 Liz Spencer 1:36:48
4 922 Caroline Carrico 1:37:40
5 926 Lisa Stover 1:39:27
6 925 Melissa Milan 1:42:51
7 923 Liz Schleeper 1:44:51

CLASS: PRO/EXPERT MEN / 6 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 1 Jeremiah Bishop 1:31:27
2 4 Keck Baker 1:32:12
3 15 Gordan Wadsworth 1:34:24
4 6 Eric Schofield 1:34:55
5 2 Michael Runnals 1:35:09
6 11 Charles Snyder 1:39:36
7 18 Cameron Holland 1:42:17
8 8 Jeffery Hellner 1:43:47
9 10 Wilson Hale 1:51:55
10 13 Cameron Ritcher 1:51:58
11 14 Matthew Bailey DNF
12 12 Ian Marcuse DNF
13 16 Charles Snyder DNF
14 5 Joe Fish DNF

CLASS: PRO/EXPERT WOMEN / 5 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 563 Ali Ingram 1:44:48
2 560 Avanell Schmitz 1:49:15
3 561 Emily Croft 1:59:49
4 564 Richie Vaughn 2:09:02
5 562 Paula Smith DNF

CLASS: SPORT MEN 27-34 / 5 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 255 Frank Deal 1:28:27
2 253 Lester Brown III 1:38:33
3 251 Jarred Orff 1:43:00
4 254 Robert Carriso 1:45:36
5 250 Sean Moninger 2:06:45

CLASS: SPORT MEN 19-26 / 5 LAPS
FINISH RIDER # RIDER NAME TEAM/HOMETOWN TIME
1 941 Adam Croft 1:27:09
2 944 Wick Smith 1:34:26
3 940 Chris Brennan 1:42:04
4 943 Chris Howlett 1:50:43
5 942 Jacob Partin 1:50:40 4laps

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

25th Anniversary Tidewater Mountain Bike Challenge - Oct 27th & 28th, 2012

The Tidewater Mountain Bike Challenge is held each year near the “Historic Triangle” of Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. It is located near many local shops and attractions including Busch Gardens, featuring Howl-O-Scream for the month of October.
In its 25th year in 2012 it is the longest running mountain bike race on the East Coast with lots of Racing History! Steve Nevins and crew put together two days of mountain bike racing for all levels and categories. Some of the marquee classes include the Enduro’s, Mountain Crit and Virginia State Single Speed Championship. For those wishing to try their hand at 3 different disciplines the “Tidewater Trifecta” awards the top 3 overall finishers from the combined Mountain Crit, Single Speed and Pro/Expert classes.
The Tidewater Challenge is a race not to miss as the course is on Private Property and ONLY open to this event. The course is a quick and to the point roller coaster affair with every inch of the fast flowing course receiving some TLC from the trail crew. It’s a Pure Classic Action Packed Single Track Mountain Bike Course!
Athletes far and near... Pro and Amateur show for this late season event.
Set the Date for October 27 & 28, 2012!


· “I can't quite put it into words how cool the course is. With 24 years of trail work put onto a private trail with a short course, the trail takes on its own life. It is like a snake that coils and squirms between trees, down ravines and over jumps and lumps, turns and berms. It is the best spectator course out there! The course clover leafs back on itself and people love taking pictures of the berm action and the riders hitting the jumps.The course is what I call "big ring condition" where the turns are like Velcro and the straights are packed almost to a glaze by the earlier racers. Way cool. I told Steve he needs to get hired by the UCI to do all of their course design and trail work!”
Jeremiah Bishop