The singlespeed women were the second-to-last race of the day, and committed to one gear on the muddy, heavy course.
Sunny Gilbert (Blue Competition Cycles p-b Build), defended her singlespeed title. This year, she didn’t have to worry about a falling golden bikini chasing her down.
Gilbert, fresh off a second place at the Singlespeed Cyclocross World Champs, had two minutes in hand at the finish.
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The champ said after her race:
I missed a pedal at the start, no surprise there [because] my feet are frozen. Almost immediately, as soon as we hit the wood chips, I was like, ‘alright, I’ve got this,’ and just found every clean line. I had a couple of bobbles, I mean, who didn’t, but I was able to pull some stuff and got a gap almost immediately and went with it.
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Ivy Audrain, podcaster and racer for Squid, finished in second, with Sophie Russenberger (Team S&M CX), daughter of Swiss cyclocrosser Marcel Russenberger, finished in third.
See the full results for the race below.
2022 USA Cycling Cyclocross Nationals Hartford, CT Results: Singlespeed Women
| Rank | Bib | Name | Affiliation | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 701 | Sunny GILBERT | Blue Competition Cycles p-b Build | 34:11:00 | 3 |
| 2 | 702 | Ivy AUDRAIN | Squid Bikes | 36:16:00 | 3 |
| 3 | 704 | Sophie RUSSENBERGER | Team S&M CX | 36:18:00 | 3 |
| 4 | 703 | Jennifer MALIK | Smanie p-b Paradise Garage | 37:44:00 | 3 |
| 5 | 713 | Heidi WOOD | HiFi Sound Cycling Components | 37:50:00 | 3 |
| 6 | 720 | Leslie ETHRIDGE | ORNOT | 38:29:00 | 3 |
| 7 | 705 | Zoe CLAY | Velocious Sport | 38:35:00 | 3 |
| 8 | 707 | Leslie LUPIEN | Apex Velo - Velocio | 39:46:00 | 3 |
| 9 | 708 | Meghan KOROL | Lead Out Services-Industry Nine | 40:09:00 | 3 |
| 10 | 706 | Alexandra CAMPBELLFORTE | Dirty Kitten Racing p-b Champion-System | 41:12:00 | 3 |
| 11 | 718 | Ivy PEDERSEN | Dirty Kitten Racing | 41:53:00 | 3 |
| 12 | 719 | Jauron Roni VETTER | BikeReg | Share Coffee | 42:14:00 | 3 |
| 13 | 717 | Pat MURRAY | SDBC Powered by Bonnici Law Group p-b UC Cyclery | 44:12:00 | 3 |
| 14 | 709 | Alexandria GAGNON | ECE Racing | 45:34:00 | 3 |
| 15 | 712 | Stephanie MAKOUJY | Dirigo Cycling-Portlands Finest | 46:15:00 | 3 |
| 16 | 711 | Jenn MINERY | Salty Women Off Road Bicycle Team | 47:28:00 | 3 |
| 17 | 721 | Terra KIER | USMES | 48:35:00 | 3 |
| 18 | 715 | Michelle MARZEC | Valkyrie DW | 34:54:00 | 2 |
| 19 | 722 | Colette SEXTON | NJCX Project | 35:18:00 | 2 |
| 20 | 716 | Summer LUCIANI | The TEAM SoCalCross | 38:00:00 | 2 |
| DNF | 710 | Kathryn CUMMING | Jalapeno Cycling | 1 | |
| DNS | 714 | Stacy BENEKE | DaHANGER - Harmony Builders | 0 |
See all our 2022 USA Cycling Cyclocross Nationals coverage here.
