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2006 Low-Key Hillclimbs
Week 7 Results: Mt Hamilton
23 Nov 2006

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Penny Hutchinson and the rest of the Hamilton finishing crew
photo by Dan Connelly

The Action

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The sun rose above the Eastern horizon, shining upon the land on Thanksgiving morning... and all around, the people stirred from their slumbers. The rains of the night before were gone; the strengthening light was brilliant through the brisk late November air. It was time to arise! Time to climb!

This, the final climb of the 2006 Low-Key Hillclimb series, was where it all was to come together, where all would be resolved, where the final points, the true points, would be set.

And so they were. In the men's category, multi-time-LowKey-champion Tracy Colwell of team Team Colwell completed his late-series charge, reaching the Hamilton summit first, in a solid time of 74:53, to take the lead in the men's standings (and to score the highest overall score of any man or women).

Among the women, Anny Henry of EMC2/Vellum led Cheryl Hennessy of Velo Bella in a close finish at the observatory. But Cheryl Hennessy had more than enough to lock up her solid lead in the women's overall. Shannon Bankosh finished third at Hamilton.

In the all-important team competition, it was San Jose Bike Club posting the top score of the day, finishing ahead of AV: Old Guys Finish and Webcor/Alto Velo. Fourth-place Western Wheelers still managed to pull off the upset, however, taking the overall ranking for the series. Led by James Porter, Western Wheelers had an excellent series, showing the "racers" how it's done.

In the endurance competition, Adam Tow withstood a late charge from unicyclist Nathan Hoover to take the coveted top position. Adam, who has been arriving at finish lines a lot fresher than most, seems unlikely to repeat in 2007.

The most impressive ride on the day, however, was no doubt the side-by-side finish of Nathan and Beau Hoover, riding unicycles.... 19 miles, 4200 feet, on one wheel each. Amazing. 14-year-old Beau has been the youngest regular in this year's series, but has finished each of his climbs strongly, taking the overall in the unicyclist competition, as well as the fixed-gear competition, in addition to the 16 and under competition. Nicely done!!!!

And so, the Low-Key series comes to an end for 2006. Next up, the all-important Awards Ceremony on 5 Dec @ 7pm (location: check back to this website!). Then, we hope many of you will be able to participate in the San Bruno Hillclimb on the New Year, run by our buddies at Pen Velo.

Thanks to coordinator Judy Colwell, with help from Brenda Brunner, Fred Butts, Bernadette Corneau, Sheri Greenspan, Penny Hutchinson, Leo Menestrina, and Ian Sowden for making today's climb possible!

Results

Men

median time = 93:41

pl  #   rider                  team                  category          time    score
1   51  Tracy Colwell          Team Colwell          2                 74:53   125.11
2   171 Nathan Parks           EMC2/Vellum           35+               75:15   124.50
3   31  Patrick Gordis         Grizzly Peak Cyclists 40+               75:53   123.46
4   83  Kieran Sherlock        AV: Old Guys Finish   Open              76:20   122.73
5   39  Clark Foy              San Jose Bike Club    40+               76:46   122.04
6   45  Rupert Brauch          WAV-ARA               3                 77:43   120.54
7   62  Daryl Spano            San Jose Bike Club    40+               78:26   119.44
8   37  Bill Lloyd             Le Matin              1                 79:13   118.26
9   48  David Kelly            Webcor/Alto Velo      4                 79:25   117.96
10  20  James Porter           Western Wheelers      Out Of Shape Dads 80:05   116.98
11  1   Dan Connelly           TNT                   3                 80:06   116.96
12  158 Charles Pockell-Wilson Equipe Mood Retro     40+               80:20   116.62
13  148 Dan Brehmer            Organic Athlete       40+               82:35   113.44
14  167 Kevin Merritt          AV: Old Guys Finish   45+               83:25   112.31
15  36  Bill Davis             Webcor/Alto Velo      4                 83:43   111.91
16  176 Dave Rossow            Webcor/Alto Velo      35+               83:48   111.79
17  122 Michael Gonia          Western Wheelers      40+               85:10   110.00
18  157 Tim Lewis              San Jose Bike Club    35+               85:19   109.81
19  88  Peter Tapscott         AV: Old Guys Finish   50+               85:24   109.70
20  155 Erik Best                                    4                 85:45   109.25
21  165 Allen Wulczynski       San Jose Bike Club    40+               86:12   108.68
22  124 Jeff Farnsworth        Western Wheelers      40+               87:28   107.11
23  175 Jared Jacobs           Webcor/Alto Velo      25-29             89:53   104.23
24  35  Ron Brunner            Commuter              Commuter          90:03   104.03
25  85  Chris Soukup           San Jose Bike Club    35+               90:14   103.82
26  162 David Stockwell        San Jose Bike Club    50+               90:24   103.63
27  174 Keith Jordan           Fremont Freewheelers  30+               90:30   103.52
28  40  Geo Kitta              Pen Velo/Kondra       50+               90:43   103.27
29  18  Jeff Loufit                                  45+               90:56   103.02
30  160 Andrew Lee             Used to Ride          35+               91:08   102.80
31  4   Fred E. Stamm          Pen Velo/Kondra       50+               93:41   100.00
32  21  Pete Heller            AV: Old Guys Finish   50+               94:15   99.40
33  170 Vladimir Sayno         San Jose Bike Club    30+               94:17   99.36
34  67  Martin Hyland          Western Wheelers      50+               94:58   98.65
35  173 Craig Boyce            Webcor/Alto Velo      35+               95:46   97.82
36  2   Kevin Winterfield      Low-Key                                 96:34   97.01
37  156 Eric Murray            Webcor/Alto Velo      45+               96:53   96.70
38  168 Stu Maclennon          San Jose Bike Club    35+               97:24   96.18
39  151 Ted Burns              Webcor/Alto Velo      30+               98:56   94.69
40  166 Todd Manley            San Jose Bike Club    6'9"              99:00   94.63
41  9   Ken Straub             Team Bikeaholics      Older Than You    99:05   94.55
42  169 Andy Wissink           VSRT                  35+               101:06  92.66
43  86  Alex Matthews          No Team               Cotter Pin        101:13  92.56
44  19  Menso de Jong          Santa Cruz Syndicate  Junior            101:30  92.30
45  119 J.L. de Jong           Meno's Dad            Beginner          102:06  91.76
46  179 Erik Powell                                                    102:52  91.07
47  172 Robert Werner          Webcor/Alto Velo      30+               103:40  90.37
48  163 Greg Zubick                                  40+               104:10  89.94
49  164 David Knight           San Jose Bike Club    30+               104:19  89.81
50  34  Stephen Fong           San Jose Bike Club    5                 106:33  87.92
51  73  Barry Burr             Men with Guts         45+               107:16  87.34
52  153 Neil Waters                                  Junior            107:24  87.23
53  177 Dan Stober             Western Wheelers      55+               108:41  86.20
54  178 John Mitchell          Western Wheelers      50+               108:41  86.20
55  10  Dick Robinson          TNT                   59+               123:00  76.17
56  49  Adam Tow               Blubber Busters       Infinity          128:40  72.81
57  89  JT Conklin             Identity Engines      35+               129:10  72.53
58  41  Kwan Low               The Cutters           5                 134:59  69.40
59  161 Tim Lee                Used to Ride          35+ Mtb           136:09  68.81
60  91  Beau Hoover            Team Cyclops          Unicycle          152:02  61.62
61  60  Nathan Hoover          Team Cyclops          Unicycle          152:02  61.62

Women

median time = 113:26

pl  #   rider                  team                  category          time    score
1   154 Anny Henry             EMC2/Vellum           30+               101:40  111.57
2   7   Cheryl Hennessy        Velo Bella            35+               101:41  111.56
3   139 Shannon Bankosh        San Jose Bike Club    5                 109:57  103.17
4   5   Ingrid Erkman          TNT                   OOSOL             113:26  100.00
5   95  Kelly Kasik                                                    123:25  91.91
6   71  Marie Borselle         Velo Girls            40+               130:56  86.63
7   111 Pat Parseghian         Western Wheelers      50+               139:15  81.46

Team Rankings

pl  team                     score scoring
1   San Jose Bike Club      351.29 (Clark Foy, Daryl Spano, Tim Lewis)
2   AV: Old Guys Finish     344.74 (Kieran Sherlock, Kevin Merritt, Peter Tapscott)
3   Webcor/Alto Velo        341.66 (David Kelly, Bill Davis, Dave Rossow)
4   Western Wheelers        334.09 (James Porter, Michael Gonia, Jeff Farnsworth)
5   TNT                     293.12 (Dan Connelly, Ingrid Erkman, Dick Robinson)
6   EMC2/Vellum             236.07 (Nathan Parks, Anny Henry)
7   Pen Velo/Kondra         203.27 (Geo Kitta, Fred E. Stamm)
8   Used to Ride            171.61 (Andrew Lee, Tim Lee)
9   Team Colwell            125.11 (Tracy Colwell)
10  Grizzly Peak Cyclists   123.46 (Patrick Gordis)
11  Team Cyclops            123.24 (Beau Hoover, Nathan Hoover)
12  WAV-ARA                 120.54 (Rupert Brauch)
13  Le Matin                118.26 (Bill Lloyd)
14  Equipe Mood Retro       116.62 (Charles Pockell-Wilson)
15  Organic Athlete         113.44 (Dan Brehmer)
16  Velo Bella              111.56 (Cheryl Hennessy)
17  Commuter                104.03 (Ron Brunner)
18  Fremont Freewheelers    103.52 (Keith Jordan)
19  Low-Key                  97.01 (Kevin Winterfield)
20  Team Bikeaholics         94.55 (Ken Straub)
21  VSRT                     92.66 (Andy Wissink)
22  No Team                  92.56 (Alex Matthews)
23  Santa Cruz Syndicate     92.30 (Menso de Jong)
24  Meno's Dad               91.76 (J.L. de Jong)
25  Men with Guts            87.34 (Barry Burr)
26  Velo Girls               86.63 (Marie Borselle)
27  Blubber Busters          72.81 (Adam Tow)
28  Identity Engines         72.53 (JT Conklin)
29  The Cutters              69.40 (Kwan Low)

Dan Connelly