Husky Cycling finally found sunny, warm riding in Portland this past weekend and was able to be part of the the largest racer turn-out in the history of our conference, the NWCCC. Husky Cyclig had a large group ourselves; below are some racing highlights:
Grant Boursaw and and Danny Koski-Karell avoided a large crash at the finish, placing 1st and 5th respectively. The Huskies were the only team to place two riders in the top five. In the team time trial, the Men’s A squad finished 4th, eight seconds off of second place and 0.1 seconds off of third. During Sunday morning’s crit, Grant contested the field sprint, finishing 6th overall. As of this weekend, two Huskies, Grant and Adrian, hold the top-two overall places.
In Men’s B racing, an early break was able to stay away, and the Huskies finished in the pack, in 9th, 10th, and 11th place. They regrouped to place a strong 3rd in the TTT and Michael Armfield and Davis Shephard placed 4th and 9th, respectively, in Sunday’s crit.
Women’s C saw two Huskies race for the first time ever. Lisa Doubet figured things out quickly and placed 8th both in the road race and crit. With Liz Patterson, the two placed 4th in the time trial.
The Huskies had two strong finishes in Men’s C racing. Marc Schwartz, just upgraded from the D’s, finished 5th in the road race and Tony Azevedo won the crit. On Sunday, Marc had a nasty run-in with the pavement on the back corner, but he has recovered and plans to race in Ellensburg!