Arley Kemmerer (Fearless Femme Racing) outkicked Serena Gordon (Liv l Giant Co Factory) in the closing meters to take Day One of the Elite Women’s UCI C2 race at Highland Park CX (HPCX) by two seconds. Finishing third was Canadian Natasha Elliott (Garneau-Easton Cycling), 31 seconds back.
The first of two days of HPCX racing was held in mild temperatures and dry conditions at Thompson Park in Jamesburg, N.J.
2016 HPCX Day 1: Kemmerer, Gordon, Elliot photo: Tom Mains
The field of 37 riders broke apart on the first lap, with seven riders taking charge. Halfway through the race the three podium finishers started to distance themselves from the lead pack. Kemmerer and Gordon then made an extra push on the final lap.
This is the second C2 victory of the season for Kemmerer, who is a former USA Cycling cross-country mountain bike champion. She won the second day of racing at the Nittany Lion Cross in her home state of Pennsylvania.
2016 HPCX Day 1: Craig, Kisseberth, Oberman photo: Tom Mains
On the Elite Men’s side, Adam Craig (Giant Factory Off-road) led from start to finish of the nine-lap race. He easily took the win by 31 seconds over Jack Kisseberth (JAM Fund/ NCC) and 56 seconds over Cole Oberman (Protestedgear.com). In the HPCX C2, 44 riders started the 9 lap contest
Coming into the weekend, Craig had four top tens at Pro CX races this year. This was his first time on the podium for the veteran, and it was the top step.
One of the pre-race favorites, Jeremy Durrin (Neon Velo Cycling), did not finish today’s race, only making five of the nine circuits. The rider didn’t suffer from any technical issues, just apparently didn’t have a good day in the saddle. Durrin has two C2 wins this year on the Pro CX circuit, both coming at Nittany Lion Cross in September.
This is the 17th year for HPCX and it is the second longest running, internationally-sanctioned cyclocross event in the country. It marks the halfway point of the Pro CX calendar. Category 2 races continue on Sunday, Oct. 30 at Jamesburg, N.J.
The event helps to support the Rutgers University Cycling team. It is the only stop in N.J. this season for the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference. Both days of races at HPCX are also the penultimate stops of the Mid Atlantic Cyclocross Series, which offers 10 events in four states.
Check out some of the HPCX action from social media:
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2016 HPCX Day 1 UCI C2 Results - Elite Women
| Place | Bib | Last | First | Team | Time | Time | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | KEMMERER | Arley | Fearless Femme Racing | 47:16 | 47:16 | 33 |
| 2 | 5 | GORDON | Serena | Liv | Giant Co-factory | 47:18 | 2 | 38 |
| 3 | 2 | ELLIOTT | Natasha | Garneau - Easton Cycling | 47:47 | 31 | 39 |
| 4 | 7 | BARBOSSA | Stacey | Midatlantic Colavita Women's Te | 47:57 | 41 | 51 |
| 5 | 9 | WRIGHT | Julie | Team Averica | 48:08 | 52 | 31 |
| 6 | 4 | GROSS | Rebecca | Khs Bicycles | 48:25 | 1:09 | 37 |
| 7 | 6 | VAN GILDER | Laura | Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers P/ | 48:35 | 1:19 | 53 |
| 8 | 20 | NORTHCOTT | Katherine | West Hill Shop | 48:43 | 1:27 | 36 |
| 9 | 3 | LYSAKOWSKI | Kathleen | Joe's Garage Cx P/b Bikereg | 49:23 | 2:07 | 33 |
| 10 | 34 | RUBINO | Rachel | Fearless Femme Racing | 49:39 | 2:23 | 33 |
| 11 | 8 | BOWMAN | Brittlee | House Ind/withings/simplehuman | 50:03 | 2:47 | 33 |
| 12 | 23 | BURTON | Alexandra | Portland Bicycle Studio P/b Blu | 50:07 | 2:51 | 36 |
| 13 | 15 | TUFANO | Allyson | Sportif Coaching Group/patapsco | 50:08 | 2:52 | 37 |
| 14 | 26 | FACCONE | Erin | Team Averica | 50:14 | 2:58 | 33 |
| 15 | 33 | DOWIDCHUK | Katrina | Midatlantic Colavita Women's Te | 51:21 | 4:05 | 47 |
| 16 | 16 | MAY | Rhys | Jam / Ncc | 51:23 | 4:07 | 28 |
| 17 | 13 | KUYK-WHITE | Taylor | Laser Cats Feline All Stars | 51:33 | 4:17 | 30 |
| 18 | 30 | WULFKUHLE | Kathleen | 717 Cycling P/b Rsi Panels | 51:37 | 4:21 | 36 |
| 19 | 36 | TAPIAS | Natalie | Jam / Ncc | 51:59 | 4:43 | 28 |
| 20 | 21 | LUPIEN | Leslie | Dartmouth Cycling Team | 52:09 | 4:53 | 29 |
| 21 | 31 | FESTA | Lauren | Rare Disease Cycling / Keswick | 52:22 | 5:06 | 33 |
| 22 | 28 | BROOIJMANS | Natasja | Green Line Velo Driven By Zipca | 52:33 | 5:17 | 42 |
| 23 | 24 | THOMPSON | Stephanie | 52:43 | 5:27 | 30 | |
| 24 | 12 | KRAVITZ | Shaina | Kelpius Cycling | 52:50 | 5:34 | 38 |
| 25 | 37 | DINAN | Clio | Küdü Collective Cx | 53:13 | 5:57 | 20 |
| 26 | 25 | CUTLER | Amy | Fearless Femme Racing | 53:14 | 5:58 | 31 |
| 27 | 14 | LUKOWSKI | Elizabeth | Woo Girl! | 53:32 | 6:16 | 40 |
| 28 | 22 | HAUSLE | Lydia | Team Averica | 53:35 | 6:19 | 26 |
| 29 | 11 | WOOD | Heidi | 333fab Cx Factory Team | 53:39 | 6:23 | 32 |
| 30 | 19 | WHITE | Elizabeth | House Ind/withings/simplehuman | 53:42 | 6:26 | 23 |
| 31 | 17 | WILLIAMS | Paige | Massachusetts College Of Libera | 54:05 | 6:49 | 21 |
| 32 | 27 | SCHEIFELE | Cati | Bike Line | 54:14 | 6:58 | 37 |
| 33 | 29 | GROGAN | Joanne | Next-bmb | 54:55 | 7:39 | 42 |
| 34 | 32 | BAUER | Lindsey | Trt Bicycles | 55:36 | 8:20 | 32 |
| @2Lap | 35 | VAN DER HOOP | Julie | Mit Cycling Team P/b Thoughtfor | 29 | ||
| DNF | 18 | LEGGE | Regina | Green Line Velo Driven By Zipca | 33 | ||
| DNS | 10 | MUDGE | Taryn | Fearless Femme Racing | 31 |
2016 HPCX Day 1 UCI C2 Results - Elite Men
| Place | Bib | Last | First | Team | Time | Time | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | CRAIG | Adam | Giant Factory Off-road Team | 1:01:54 | 1:01:54 | 36 |
| 2 | 6 | KISSEBERTH | Jack | Jam / Ncc | 1:02:25 | 31 | 24 |
| 3 | 11 | OBERMAN | Cole | Protestedgear.com | 1:02:50 | 56 | 27 |
| 4 | 10 | DECKER | Carl | Giant Factory Off-road Team | 1:03:17 | 1:23 | 42 |
| 5 | 13 | ST JOHN | Derrick | Van Dessel P/b Hyperthreads | 1:03:29 | 1:35 | 40 |
| 6 | 8 | MARION | Robert | American Classic Pro Cx Team | 1:03:31 | 1:37 | 35 |
| 7 | 9 | JUILIANO | Andrew | Voler/clif/hrs/rock Lobster | 1:03:32 | s.t. | 29 |
| 8 | 15 | WOODALL | Ryan | Team Tgb / Mumu / Felt | 1:04:09 | 2:15 | 32 |
| 9 | 34 | DAVIS | Merwin | Cyclus Sports | 1:04:11 | 2:17 | 25 |
| 10 | 3 | SMITH | Scott | Jam / Ncc | 1:04:23 | 2:29 | 23 |
| 11 | 5 | BRADFORD-PARISH | Kevin | Set/coaching Giro Scratchlabs | 1:04:54 | 3:00 | 35 |
| 12 | 39 | D'AVINO | Mark | Cadence Cycling | 1:05:20 | 3:26 | 29 |
| 13 | 12 | O'KEEFE | Samuel | House Ind/withings/simplehuman | 1:05:42 | 3:48 | 23 |
| 14 | 16 | MURPHY | Evan | Hudson/ludwig & Larsen Racing | 1:06:02 | 4:08 | 29 |
| 15 | 35 | SNYDER | Jordan | C3-twenty20 Cycling | 1:06:11 | 4:17 | 36 |
| 16 | 23 | SNYDER | Aaron | Stan's Notubes/7 Mountains Lodg | 1:06:25 | 4:31 | 30 |
| 17 | 17 | FESTA | Mike | Philadelphia Ciclismo | 1:06:41 | 4:47 | 34 |
| 18 | 26 | MURPHY | Kyle | Hudson/ludwig & Larsen Racing | 1:06:48 | 4:54 | 26 |
| 19 | 42 | WILLIS | Tim | King Kog | 1:06:50 | 4:56 | 28 |
| 20 | 43 | TYLER | Matthew | Küdü Collective Cx | 1:07:11 | 5:17 | 28 |
| 21 | 21 | KESSLER | David | Rhode Island School Of Design | 1:07:17 | 5:23 | 24 |
| 22 | 22 | MIHALIK | Michael | Jmac Cycling/novacare | 1:07:36 | 5:42 | 35 |
| 23 | 46 | ADASAVAGE | Gerald | Hudson/ludwig & Larsen Racing | 1:07:52 | 5:58 | 31 |
| 24 | 32 | FLIS | Mark | Squadra Flying Tigers Pb Jamis | 1:08:00 | 6:06 | 34 |
| 25 | 25 | LEBAIR | Craig | Philadelphia Ciclismo | 1:08:07 | 6:13 | 34 |
| 26 | 45 | BLACKBURN | Trent | Ncc / Jam Fund | 1:08:25 | 6:31 | 22 |
| 27 | 48 | OAKES | Aaron | Wenzel Coaching | 1:08:33 | 6:39 | 35 |
| 28 | 31 | BUTLER | Derrick | University Of Pennsylvania | 1:08:47 | 6:53 | 24 |
| 29 | 20 | GOORSKEY | Abe | American Classic Pro Cx Team | 1:08:55 | 7:01 | 34 |
| 30 | 18 | BUEHRER | Preston | B2c2 P/b Boloco | 1:09:10 | 7:16 | 28 |
| 31 | 40 | DRUMMOND | Jack | Arrow Racing | 1:09:48 | 7:54 | 39 |
| @2Lap | 28 | NIESEN | Chris | Ncc / Jam | 26 | ||
| @2Lap | 30 | RAAB | Trevor | 24 | |||
| @2Lap | 44 | VRAMBOUT | Olivier | Waffle Power | 43 | ||
| @3Lap | 37 | HUFF | Evan | Bikereg | 32 | ||
| @3Lap | 27 | MANDERFELD | Tristan | Army West Point Cycling Team | 22 | ||
| @3Lap | 29 | ERCHULL | Matthew | Küdü Collective Cx | 31 | ||
| @4Lap | 24 | STAUFFER | Jesse | Kelly Benefit Strategies/lsv | 29 | ||
| @4Lap | 49 | LUND | Myles | Philadelphia Ciclismo | 30 | ||
| @5Lap | 19 | REIMANN | Andrew | Jalapeno Cycling | 34 | ||
| @6Lap | 50 | MAINS | Thomas | Van Dessel Factory | 46 | ||
| DNF | 33 | GOGUELY | Jules | Apex/nbx/trek | 24 | ||
| DNF | 36 | WULFKUHLE | Andrew | 717cycling P/b Rsi Panels | 35 | ||
| DNF | 2 | DURRIN | Jeremy | Neon Velo Cycling Team | 29 |
