Husky Cycling

In contrast to the spring road racing season, a few Dawgs have ventured off-road to the local mountain bike racing circuit.  Pete Hall and Ariel Wetzel have been racing all spring on the dirt and have landed on a few podiums.  New this year, the Husky MTB program is getting off the ground and the full collegiate MTB will take place in the fall, culminating with Nationals in Lake Tahoe, California.

Pete Hall has progressed throughout the season, earning his expert class upgrade and finished the BUDU series 5th overall, with a bronze standard finish on the final race day.

Ariel Wetzel represented the women’s team in the beginner group and ended up 2nd overall in the series overall.

Stay tuned as we will give more updates on all fronts of the Husky Cycling team as school winds down and the summer racing seasons heat up.  As always, you can ride in the follow car by following us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/huskycycling or clicking the Twitter link on the left side of this page.

Ariel Wetzel at the BUDU MTB Series. Photo courtesy of Pete Hall.

The University of Washington Cycling Club is an NCCA (National Collegiate Cycling Association) and USAC (USA Cycling) registered club. Over the years, many riders have been launched from the program into the professional cycling ranks. Professional cyclists Morgan Schmitt and Adrian Hegyvary are both Husky alums who flew the Purple and Gold colors in their collegiate years. The club strives to provide opportunities in all cycling disciplines as well as all skill levels. The Husky Cycling Club proudly endorses our sponsors: The University of Washington, Cascade Bicycle Club, The Essential Baking Company, Hincapie Sportswear, Dunn Lumber, Nuun Hydration, Ezell’s Chicken, Corpore Sano, Cycle University, Recycled Cycles, Simbree, Odwalla and ASUW Bicycle Shop.

The Husky Cycling team travelled to Montana for the omnium this past weekend hosted by the Montana State University and University of Montana cycling clubs.

Saturday morning’s road race was a grueling 33 mile loop west of the town of Bozeman, that finished atop the Lewis and Clark Caverns.  The final climb presented a 5 kilometer, 1100 foot gain to the highest point on the course at 5,300 feet.  Rad Cunningham won the Men’s A race with a solo breakaway that started from mile 2 and ending up finishing with a gap of over 5 minutes on the field, while Ryan Larson won the Men’s B race after being led off course by the lead car and forced to chase back for most of the race.

The team time trial was held in the small town of Whitehall and was a 16 mile, out and back on a scenic valley highway overlooked by the Tobacco Root Mountains. The Huskies took commanding wins in the Men’s B and Women’s C fields.

Sunday, the Dawgs travelled to Missoula for the University of Montana Circuit Race. The 1.8 mile circuit featured a long climb and a fast descent that favored a rider with strong climbing and descending abilities. Davis Shepherd won the Men’s A field and Ryan Larson completed his perfect weekend with a win in the Men’s B field.

Next week, the Dawg Pack travels to Pullman, Washington and Moscow, Idaho for the northwest collegiate cycling conference championships hosted by the Washington State University and University of Idaho cycling clubs, April 24-25. Don’t forget you can follow the Dawgs every turn on Twitter, at www.twitter.com/HuskyCycling or clicking the twitter link on this left side of this page. Stay tuned!

Results:

Road Race:

Men’s A:
1st Rad Cunningham
2nd Davis Shepherd
7th Marc Schwartz
9th Jordan Louie
13th Michael Armfield

Women’s A:
4th Lisa Toner

Women’s B:
2nd Devon Simpson

Men’s B:
1st Ryan Larson
9th Evan Schmitt
11th Tony Azevedo

Women’s C:
6th Kim Wood

9th Kamila Gwiazda
10th Lisa Healy
12th Gennie Gebhart
13th Katie Houck

Men’s C:
7th Brendan Tennefoss
13th David Truong
17th Nate Pitts

Men’s D:
7th Daniel Wageman
8th Michael Kim

Team Time Trial:

Men’s A:
2nd

Women’s A:
3rd

Men’s B:
1st

Women’s C:
1st

Men’s C:
8th

Circuit Race:

Men’s A:
1st Davis Shepherd
2nd Rad Cunningham

5th Jordan Louie
8th Marc Schwartz
10th Danny Koski-Karell

Women’s A:
4th Devon Simpson
5th Lisa Toner

Men’s B:
1st Ryan Larson
3rd Evan Schmitt
6th Tony Azevedo

Women’s C:
3rd Kim Wood
7th Lisa Healy

9th Kamila Gwiazda
14th Katie Houck
15th Gennie Gebhart

Men’s C:
2nd Nate Pitts
7th David Truong

Men’s D:
3rd Michael Kim
5th Daniel Wageman

Team Standings after the Montana Omnium:
1st Washington 5548
2nd Whitman 4595
3rd Western Washington 2501
4th Oregon State 2333
5th Oregon 1961

The University of Washington Cycling Club is an NCCA (National Collegiate Cycling Association) and USAC (USA Cycling) registered club. Over the years, many riders have been launched from the program into the professional cycling ranks. Professional cyclists Morgan Schmitt and Adrian Hegyvary are both Husky alums who flew the Purple and Gold colors in their collegiate years. The club strives to provide opportunities in all cycling disciplines as well as all skill levels. The Husky Cycling Club proudly endorses our sponsors: The University of Washington, Cascade Bicycle Club, The Essential Baking Company, Hincapie Sportswear, Dunn Lumber, Nuun Hydration, Ezell’s Chicken, Corpore Sano, Cycle University, Recycled Cycles, Simbree, Odwalla and ASUW Bicycle Shop.

This past weekend the Huskies traveled to Walla Walla, Washington for the latest stop on the NWCCC spring racing season hosted by the Missionaries from Whitman College. Saturday featured a morning road race and an afternoon team time trial, while Sunday offered a spectator-friendly circuit race.

The road course was a 15 mile loop out in the lush farmland north of Walla Walla and was scoured by heavy crosswinds for all races on course. Michael Kim netted the only win on the day in the Men’s D race, but the full results show that Huskies scored top fives in almost every category.

The afternoon team time trial was an out-and-back, 10 mile course that ran on a section of the morning’s road race course. The Dawgs scored victories in the Men’s A and B fields.

Sunday’s schedule deterred from the usual criterium and was replaced by a 3 mile circuit that featured a daunting 300 meter, 15% grade climb with the finish line at the top. Dawgs took wins with Devon Simpson in the Women B’s and Paul Young in the Men B’s.

Next week, the Dawg Pack travels to Bozeman and Missoula, Montana for the next omnium hosted by the University of Montana and Montana State University cycling clubs April 17-18. Don’t forget you can follow the Dawgs every turn on Twitter, at www.twitter.com/HuskyCycling or clicking the twitter link on this left side of this page. Stay tuned!

Results:

Road Race:

Men’s A:
2nd Grant Boursaw
3rd Rad Cunningham
9th Davis Shepherd
12th Marc Schwartz
13th Danny Koski-Karell

Women’s B:
5th Devon Simpson

Men’s B:
5th Ryan Larson
10th Paul Young
13th Evan Schmitt
15th Tony Azevedo

Women’s C:
3rd Kim Wood
12th Kamila Gwiazda
16th Lisa Healy
18th Katie Houck

Men’s C:
9th Brendan Tennefoss
11th David Truong

Men’s D:
1st Michael Kim
16th Miles Chang

Team Time Trial:

Men’s A:
1st

Women’s B:
2nd

Men’s B:
1st

Women’s C:
3rd

Men’s C:
7th

Circuit Race:

Men’s A:
4th Grant Boursaw
6th Davis Shepherd
10th Chris Daifuku
14th Marc Schwartz
15th Rad Cunningham
21st Danny Koski-Karell

Women’s B:
1st Devon Simpson

Men’s B:
1st Paul Young
4th Ryan Larson
5th Evan Schmitt

Women’s C:
2nd Jessica Hudec
6th Kamila Gwiazda
7th Kim Wood

Men’s C:
5th David Truong

Men’s D:
6th Michael Kim
11th Miles Chang

Team Standings Heading in Montana:
1st Washington 4768
2nd Whitman 4595
3rd Oregon State 2186
4th Western Washington 2104
5th Oregon 1925

The University of Washington Cycling Club is an NCCA (National Collegiate Cycling Association) and USAC (USA Cycling) registered club. Over the years, many riders have been launched from the program into the professional cycling ranks. Professional cyclists Morgan Schmitt and Adrian Hegyvary are both Husky alums who flew the Purple and Gold colors in their collegiate years. The club strives to provide opportunities in all cycling disciplines as well as all skill levels. The Husky Cycling Club proudly endorses our sponsors: The University of Washington, Cascade Bicycle Club, The Essential Baking Company, Hincapie Sportswear, Dunn Lumber, Nuun Hydration, Ezell’s Chicken, Corpore Sano, Cycle University, Recycled Cycles, Simbree, Odwalla and ASUW Bicycle Shop.

This past weekend, the Husky Cycling team traveled to Salem and Portland, Oregon for the latest round of the NW Collegiate Cycling Tour. The weekend’s format was switched up a bit, with the criterium on saturday morning, team time trial on saturday afternoon and the road race on sunday.

Willamette University hosted the criterium that looped around the capitol building in Salem. Marc Schwartz notched the only Husky win on the day with a daring solo move with four laps to go in the Men’s A race.

The afternoon time trial was held outside of Salem on scenic farm roads and held a deceiving climb for the riders halfway through the course. Washington took wins in the Men’s A and B and Women’s C fields. Both Saturday races were plagued with extreme weather conditions.

Sunday’s road race was hosted by Portland State University on a scenic circuit on the roads around Hagg Lake outside of Forest Grove, Oregon. Grant Boursaw won the Men’s A race and Jesse Opp won the Women’s B race.

After the fourth weekend of racing, the Huskies have taken control over the overall points standings by a margin of 370 points over Whitman College.

Next week, the Dawg Pack travels to Walla Walla, Washington for the Whitman College Omnium, April 10-11. Don’t forget you can follow the Dawgs every turn on Twitter, at www.twitter.com/HuskyCycling or clicking the twitter link on this left side of this page. Stay tuned!

Results:

Criterium:

Men’s A:
1st Marc Schwartz
2nd Grant Boursaw
8th Davis Shepherd
9th Jordan Louie
17th Chris Daifuku
18th Rad Cunningham

Women’s A:
6th Kristina Bajema
9th Lisa Toner

Women’s B:
3rd Devon Simpson
5th Jesse Opp

Men’s B:
2nd Paul Young
5th Tony Azevedo
10th Evan Schmitt

Women’s C:
4th Kamila Gwiazda
8th Jessica Hudec
19th Kimberly Wood
21st Mary Whipple
26th Gennie Gebhart

Men’s C:
3rd Ryan Larson
10th David Truong
24th Nate Pitts

Men’s D:
3rd Michael Kim
20th Daniel Wageman

Team Time Trial:

Men’s A:
1st & 6th

Women’s A:
2nd

Men’s B:
1st

Women’s C:
1st

Men’s C:
3rd

Men’s D:
7th

Road Race:

Men’s A:
1st Grant Boursaw
2nd Rad Cunningham
4th Marc Schwartz
5th Jordan Louie
10th Chris Daifuku
15th Danny Koski-Karell
17th Michael Armfield
19th Graham Meng

Women’s A:
4th Kristina Bajema

Women’s B:
1st Jesse Opp
2nd Devon Simpson

Men’s B:
2nd Anthony Azevedo
3rd Paul Young

Women’s C:
6th Kim Wood
8th Kayla Dantzler
14th Liz Patterson
22nd Gennie Gebhart

Men’s C:
5th Brendan Tennefoss
6th Ryan Larson
25th Nate Pitts
27th David Truong

Men’s D:
5th Michael Kim
14th Daniel Wageman

The University of Washington Cycling Club is an NCCA (National Collegiate Cycling Association) and USAC (USA Cycling) registered club. Over the years, many riders have been launched from the program into the professional cycling ranks. Professional cyclists Morgan Schmitt and Adrian Hegyvary are both Husky alums who flew the Purple and Gold colors in their collegiate years. The club strives to provide opportunities in all cycling disciplines as well as all skill levels. The Husky Cycling Club proudly endorses our sponsors: The University of Washington, Cascade Bicycle Club, The Essential Baking Company, Hincapie Sportswear, Dunn Lumber, Nuun Hydration, Ezell’s Chicken, Corpore Sano, Cycle University, Recycled Cycles, Simbree, Odwalla and ASUW Bicycle Shop.

This past weekend, the Huskies traveled up to Bellingham for a road race and time trial hosted by the Western Washington University Vikings, and then returned home to Seward Park to host their own criterium.

The weekend highlights began with road race wins: Grant Boursaw in the Men’s A, Evan Schmitt in the Men’s B, Ryan Larson in the Men’s C and Lisa Toner in the Women’s B.

Saturday afternoon’s team time trial was run on a 10 mile, out and back course on Mosquito Lake road. The Dawgs took victories in the Men’s A and B fields over their newfound rivals from Whitman College.

The Husky Criterium on Sunday was greeted with rain early in the morning, but ceased before racing started at 8 am. Amplified music and play-by-play announcing kept the spectators fired up along with the racers as they rocketed around the 1 kilometer course in Seward Park, along the shores of Lake Washington.

Devon Simpson cranked out the only Husky victory on the day in the Women’s B field, but second place finishes by Grant Boursaw in the Men’s A and Anthony Azevedo in the Men’s B fields kept the points totals high in the overall team omnium.

Next, the Dawg Pack travels to Salem and Portland on April 3-4 for the next omnium in the Northwest Collegiate Cycling Conference. Don’t forget you can follow the Dawgs every turn on Twitter, at www.twitter.com/HuskyCycling or clicking the twitter link on this left side of this page. Stay tuned!

Results:

Road Race:

Men’s A:
1st Grant Boursaw
5th Davis Shepherd
7th Chris Daifuku
12th Danny Koski-Karell
14th Marc Schwartz
15th Jordan Louie
17th Rad Cunningham

Women’s A:
7th Kristina Bajema

Women’s B:
1st Lisa Toner
4th Jesse Opp

Men’s B:
1st Evan Schmitt
5th Ben Dulken
6th Anthony Azevedo
8th Paul Young

Women’s C:
3rd Jessica Hudec
7th Kimberly Wood
12th Lisa Healy
13th Kamila Gwiazda
16th Katie Houck

Men’s C:
1st Ryan Larson
12th Nate Pitts
30th Brendan Tennefoss

Men’s D:
18th Miles Chang

Team Time Trial:

Men’s A:
1st & 3rd

Women’s B:
2nd

Men’s B:
1st

Women’s C:
2nd

Men’s C:
2nd

Men’s D:
4th

Criterium:

Men’s A:
2nd Grant Boursaw
5th Chris Daifuku
6th Rad Cunningham
12th Davis Shepherd
13th Jordan Louie
15th Marc Schwartz

Women’s B:
1st Devon Simpson
2nd Jesse Opp
6th Lisa Toner
11th Christina Norwich

Men’s B:
2nd Anthony Azevedo
3rd Ben Dulken
4th Paul Young
14th Evan Schmitt

Women’s C:
3rd Jessica Hudec
10th Lisa Healy
12th Kamila Gwiazda

Men’s C:
14th Ryan Larson
25th Nate Pitts
27th David Truong

Men’s D:
4th Liam Bradshaw
9th Michael Kim
17th Daniel Wageman

The University of Washington Cycling Club is an NCCA (National Collegiate Cycling Association) and USAC (USA Cycling) registered club. Over the years, many riders have been launched from the program into the professional cycling ranks. Professional cyclists Morgan Schmitt and Adrian Hegyvary are both Husky alums who flew the Purple and Gold colors in their collegiate years. The club strives to provide opportunities in all cycling disciplines as well as all skill levels. The Husky Cycling Club proudly endorses our sponsors: The University of Washington, Cascade Bicycle Club, The Essential Baking Company, Hincapie Sportswear, Dunn Lumber, Nuun Hydration, Ezell’s Chicken, Corpore Sano, Cycle University, Recycled Cycles, Simbree, Odwalla and ASUW Bicycle Shop.