Women go back and forth for third straight race
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MILWAUKEE —
Samantha Schneider is one-up on Abby Strigel after Velo Trocadero's Halloween Cyclocross
race at Washington Park.
Schneider, Milwaukee, and Strigel, Madison
(Cyclocrossracing.com) have take the two womens Pro 1/2 Wisconsin Cycling
Association (WCA) cyclocross races prior to the Saturday, Oct. 27, contest at
the former Milwaukee County zoo site, with each winning one. This time it was
Schneider's turn to take the top step, while Strigel took second. Amber Markey,
Monona (My Wife Inc.) who also finished third to Strigel Oct. 21, in Sun
Pairie, took third at the Halloween classic.
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Photo by Gale Hellpap
Dave Dineen (KS Energy Services/Team Wisconsin)
chooses to
go clad in a cow costume at the
Oct. 27, Halloween Cyclocross race at
Washington Park, Milwaukee.
A mechanical cost Dineen and he didn't finish
the
Masters race he competed in earlier in the day.
But, he returned in his bovine
motif for the Category 4 race.
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The Oct. 27 race featured a 1.25-mile course that included three
barrier sections, a long run-up and the coffin hop — two fake coffins laid
end-to-end that could be bunny-hopped or ridden around — a traditional treat of
the Halloween course.
Racers, who were encouraged by event organizers to wear
Halloween costumes, were also treated to winding descents and a few flat-paved
straight-aways.
Costumes, sunny weather and a casual atmosphere may have contributed
to a strong turnout of about 345, according to USA Cycling's website. Velo
Tracedaro also held a free kids race, which included youth members of Dream
Bikes, a Milwaukee- and Madison-based bicycle organization.
The mens Pro 1/2 race saw a new podium compared to the last
three races. None of the podium finishers from the last two races competed in
the Oct. 27 Halloween spectacle. Matt Shriver, Madison, won the day’s main
event, while Joseph Maloney, Madison, (KS Energy Services/Team Wisconsin)
finished second, while Michael Hemme rounded out the podium.
For full race results visit, http://www.usacycling.org/results/?permit=2012-3127
The next race on the WCA calendar is the Estabrook Park
Cyclocross race Nov. 3, at Estabrook Park, Milwaukee.
Estabrook Park Cyclocross
If you go:
Date, Nov. 3
Where, southwest of the intersection of East Hampton Road
and North Wilson Drive, Milwaukee
Time, 9 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Event flyer,
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