CASE CYCLING CLUB

Ohio State University criterium 3/6/2005 Photo Gallery

I must say it was a heck of a weekend. The OU road race on saturday got cancelled because of a snowstorm that made some backroads near Lake Hope state park dangerous, but the sunshine came out and dried everything up (for the most part) and we were able to ride saturday afternoon and race sunday.

The OSU crit at Slate Run metroparks in Marcy, OH was definately still a little chilly in the early morning, and the strong winds didn't do much to help, but all 3 of our racers finished. The course was a square with some nice semi-banked turns at then end of each of the 1 mile straights. It went something like this: avg 30mph with the nice tailwind -> turn -> get blown off the side of the road -> turn -> find somebody big to hide behind to stay out of the roaring headwind -> turn -> get blown off the other side of the road -> turn -> rinse and repeat. I must say, the pack did a pretty darned good job at staying tight for most of the race in both mens c and womens b.

So the results you've all been waiting for... In mens C, Mike Griffith took 5th and Don Yungher took 29th. In womens B, Miriam Israelowitz took 21st. Way to go!

Can Indiana Univ. be any more dominant? They won 4 out of the 5 races. In mens A they had 7 out of the top 9 places. In mens B they had all of the top 7 places. In womens A they had all of the top 6 places. The womens B race was the only race they didn't win. Wow! OK, enough talk of them.

Below are a few pics from the race. They're super low resolution because the server tells me that I'm occupying too much space. So, if you want any high res (or other pics) let me know. And the pictures...

 

ok, this was actually at the ou course on saturday before a ride, but i figured it was a good enough picture to include

 

now we're on to sunday's osu pictures... miriam checking her equipment

 

mike on the rollers, with remnants of the snowstorm on the ground

 

don doing the robot while eating his favorite pre-race meal, hotdogs

 

start of the women's b race

miriam on the left

 

men's c race after the first lap. mike's nestled in 4th helmet from right

 

i think don pulled that kid the entire race. seriously, have some decency and take a pull every once in a while

 

women's b race in a nice clump

 

more ladies b

 

back to the mens c race

 

don timetrialing to try to catch the pack

 

miriam smiling for the camera

 

mike after not being able to hang with the 4 others on the last little climb before the finish and settling for 5th. i guess i shouldn't have pulled so long on the final lap in the headwind section trying to catch the break.

 

don finishing strong

 

Special thanks go to our advisor Steve for coming along even though he didn't get to ride.