A lot of people associated with cycling I haven't seen in awhile appeared at the races this weekend. Friday, Cal Melick and David Conrad volunteered to help. So did Mike Riehm. John Giele took a lunch break to check the criterium. Cal, David and John raced with me in the early 70s. Ken Mackenzie was there, too. John and I rode to Canada with Ken one summer.
Lawrence Bike Club leaders - former presidents Jim Turner, Jim Baze along with Randy Breeden, too. Randy & I worked the Fri 3 am shift. Saw John McClure monitoring the 10th & Vermont corner - forgot to ask him about his bike trip to Portugal. Mike and Ed Eglinski were there and Rick Hermesch and Mike Harmon - bikers who've orienteered.
Rich Backus came by the 8th & Mass corner.
Sunday morning, I rode to the K10 trafficway to watch the team time trial. Standing at the K10 & 15th intersection was an older man along with the fire and police officials. His daughter (grand-daughter?) was riding for Colorado. Said he's from Topeka; we reminisced about Stephens Bike Shop, riding BAKs, and him now riding recumbents. He was Karl Hummel, one of three people who helped form the Kaw Valley Bike Club. I asked about Phil Menninger - the first Topeka guy I met who organized the first century I ever rode. The third founder of the club Karl couldn't remember. I asked if it was Gene Wansing (who's still active the KVBTC) - Karl said - "ah, that was the other third guy."
Met a guy along side the race course dressed in leather to ride Harleys. Said he was from Wichita and he and a friend rode from Wichita to Florida in 3 1/2 months on bikes from Hamilton's Bikes (no toe straps).
It was so easy to strike up conversations this weekend. The work week is hard these days and I look forward to every weekend. This one was special.
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Too bad Karl Hummel & I were chatting away and missed seeing his daughter ride by in the team time trial. She was one of the stars of the weekend.
Lawrence, Kan. (May 15, 2005)—The University of Colorado and Whitman College took home overall titles today as the 2005 Collegiate Cycling National Championships concluded with the team time trial on Sunday. A handful of podium finishes and consistent performances across the board earned each school the distinct honor of being crowned national champions in their respective divisions.
In division I competition, the University of Colorado women’s team time trial squad rode to a third place finish courtesy of Molly Hummel, Kelly Murphy, Sarah Levy and Melissa Thompson. The foursome clocked a time of 31 minutes, 21.30 seconds over a 12-mile course. The CU men’s team of Collin Becker, Josh Bezecny, Taylor Kneuven and Adam Blanchard contributed with a ninth place effort, posting a 27:14.40.
The overall classification was determined by a combination of men’s and women’s criterium, road race, and team time trial events throughout the three-day event.
Hummel also contributed heavily to the CU point total on an individual level with a pair of seventh place finishes in Friday’s criterium and Saturday’s road race. Becenzy posted CU’s best individual result with a fourth place ride in the men’s road race and John Eisinger was the top CU rider in the men’s criterium with a 21st place finish.
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