May 7, 2006 – The Alberta track season started this weekend with the Cyclemeisters Calgary/Team Bow Cycle Spring Clean-Up. This event is part of the season long Journal Cup series and provided national ranking points. A total of 61 riders signed on for some or all of the events. The field included a number of current and former national champions such as Cam McKinnon (The Track Team), Doug Baron (The Track Team), Bob Veroba (Bicisport), Ryan MacKenzie (Independent) Anne-Brit Ericksen (Symmetrics) and juniors Eric Smith, Monique Sullivan and Danielle Kenny (all from host club CMC/Bow Cycle).

Saturday was warm and windy — a typical “nice” Calgary May day. In men’s cat 1/2, Cam McKinnon opened the day with the fastest sprint of 10.72. Cam and second qualifier Doug Baron made it successfully through the qualifying rounds to meet in the final, where Cam won 2-0 in two closely fought, clean sprints. Cam also impressed in the men’s scratch race where he worked alone to take a lap on the field.

A second group of eight also worked to catch the pack, although in the end only Bob Veroba, Ryan MacKenzie and Jamie Sparling (Bicisport) caught Cam. In the final sprint, Cam was able to outpower Ryan and Bob for the win. In men’s pursuit action, Technical Director Andy Holmwood of the ABA matched the top riders in the final pairing of the morning with Ryan MacKenzie defeating Bob Veroba with a 4:57.5 to 4:58.3.

Men’s cat 3 included all of the juniors vying for positions on the Alberta team for the national championships in July. Eric Smith (CMC/Bow Cycle) showed sprinter’s speed with an 11.48 qualifier (fourth fastest of the day) and ultimately defeated second qualifier Frank Kovacs (Synergy Racing) in the final, 2-0. Eric also backed up his national pursuit record with a strong 3:39.0 3000 metre pursuit. In the scratch race, five of the junior riders set a fast pace that the other riders couldn’t match from about the fourth lap. With a little over a lap to go, Eric Smith rode away from the other juniors, with Spencer Smitheman (Juventus) winning the sprint for second.

Women’s A racing saw the best sprint action of the day with national junior sprint champion Monique Sullivan (CMC/Bow Cycle) defeating national Keirin champ Anne-Brit Ericksen 2-0 in the final. These were well fought sprints with Anne-Brit pushing Monique right to the line. The scratch race pace pack was fairly evenly matched with no rider able to make any break stick. In the end, Monique Sullivan powered away from the field in the final straight with Laura Brown (CMC/Bow Cycle) taking the sprint for second over Natasha Kuzmak (Synergy Racing) and Alison Testroete (CMC/Bow Cycle).

In the Open Women’s A 3000 metre pursuit, Laura Brown was the clear winner with a 4:06.7. The junior women saw a see-saw battle through the whole 2000 metre pursuit until national champion Danielle Kenny (CMC/Bow Cycle) pulled away from Monique Sullivan in the last lap to win with a 2:44.4 over 2:45.9.

Sunday offered another beautiful Alberta spring day, with much less wind than Saturday. The day’s highlight came in the cat 3 kilo, where junior Eric Smith set what we believe is a new Canadian national junior record of 1:08.70. Spencer Smitheman took the hotly contested points race over Nic Andrichuk (CMC/Bow Cycle), while Eric Smith defeated Frank Kovacs in the Keirin.

In men’s cat 1/2, Bob Veroba, normally known as an endurance rider, nipped Doug Baron in the kilo with a 1:09.13 to 1:09.21. Jamie Sparling treated the crowd to a points race clinic, taking a lap on the field, which was being controlled by his teammate Bob Veroba, and riding away again with a couple of laps to go to take the final sprint.

In the women’s 500, Anne-Brit Ericksen took the win in 38.118 over Monique Sullivan’s 38:828. Monique came back to dominate the women’s field later in the day with wins over Laura Brown and Anne-Brit Ericksen in the points and Keirin races respectively.

Overall omnium winners:
– Cat 1/2 Ryan Mackenzie (Independent)
– Women A Monique Sullivan (CMC/Bow Cycle)
– Cat 3 Eric Smith (CMC/Bow Cycle)
– Cat 4 James Purdy (Bicisport)
– Cat 5 Stephen Andrichuk (CMC/Bow Cycle)
– Women B Michelle Beveridge (Bicisport)

Results

Omnium

Women A
1 Monique Sullivan CMC/Bow Cycle 84
2 Laura Brown CMC/Bow Cycle 67
3 Alison Testroete CMC/Bow Cycle 48
4 Tara Whitten Velocity 40
5 Anne Brit Ericksen Symmetrics 39
6 Natasha Kuzmak Synergy 38
7 Danielle Kenney CMC/Bow Cycle 25
8 Stephanie Roorda Synergy 6

Women B
1 Michelle Beveridge bicisport 72
2 Anastasia Stadnyk bicisport 56
3 Lisa Stowe bicisport 42

Category 1/2
1 Ryan MacKenzie Independent 57
2 Bob Veroba bicisport 47
3 Doug Baron TheTrackTeam.ca 39
4 Jamie Sparling bicisport 33
5 Cam MacKinnon TheTrackTeam.ca 30
6 Felix Haspel Synergy 24
7 Joel Regimbald Juventus 20
8 Dylan Menard Juventus 16
9 Reid Dalgleish Synergy 14
10 Mike Patton Synergy 10
11 Devon Smibert Synergy 8
13 Craig DeBellefeuille Synergy 8
12 Mike McCorkell bicisport 8
13 Graeme Thomson bicisport 6
14 Mark Foster Team H & R Block 6
15 Rene Regimbald CMC/Bow Cycle 4

Category 3
1 Eric Smith CMC/Bow Cycle 83
2 Spencer Smitheman Juventus 69
3 Frank Kovacs Synergy Racing 52
4 Nic Andrichuk CMC/Bow Cycle 52
5 Anthony Stadnyk bicisport 40
6 Neal Gregory CMC/Bow Cycle 28
7 Will Monteath Juventus 4
8 Rob Brandrick Independent 4

200mrank name club category time

1 Cam MacKinnon TheTrackTeam.ca 1/2 10.72
2 Doug Baron TheTrackTeam.ca 1/2 11.17
3 Felix Haspel Synergy 1/2 11.46
4 Joel Regimbald Juventus 1/2 11.64
5 Graeme Thomson bicisport 1/2 11.66
6 Mike Patton Synergy 1/2 11.68
7 Dylan Menard Juventus 1/2 11.70
8 Mark MacDonald bicisport 1/2 12.08
9 Mark Foster Team H & R Block 1/2 12.16
10 Rene Regimbald CMC/Bow Cycle 1/2 12.16
11 Jamie Sparling bicisport 1/2 12.22
12 Craig DeBellefeuille Synergy 1/2 12.30
13 Brad Remenda Juventus 1/2 12.32
14 Zach Grant Juventus 1/2 12.34
15 Mike McCorkell bicisport 1/2 12.35
16 Reid Dalgleish Synergy 1/2 12.61
17 Craig Good Synergy 1/2 12.79
18 Steve German TRS Racing 1/2 13.75

1 Eric Smith CMC/Bow Cycle 3 11.48
2 Frank Kovacs Synergy 3 11.72
3 Spencer Smitheman Juventus 3 12.11
4 Nic Andrichuk CMC/Bow Cycle 3 12.35
5 Will Monteath Juventus 3 12.47
6 Neal Gregory CMC/Bow Cycle 3 12.71
7 Anthony Stadnyk bicisport 3 12.88
8 Brian Kullman Synergy 3 12.96
9 Jon Keech Synergy 3 13.06

1 Dave Corr Synergy 4 12.73
2 Kyle Harris Juventus 4 12.75
3 Norm Kalmanovitch CMC/Bow Cycle 4 12.98
4 John Plant Synergy 4 12.98
5 James Purdy bicisport 4 13.25
6 Evan Wick CMC/Bow Cycle 4 13.34
7 Evan Firth-Eagland bicisport 4 13.69
8 Lance Harris Juventus 4 13.82
9 Greg Yanicki bicisport 4 13.84

1 Bruce Wick CMC/Bow Cycle 5 14.01
2 Stephen Andrichuk CMC/Bow Cycle 5 14.16
3 Brayden McDougall bicisport 5 14.34
4 Lisa Stowe bicisport Women B 14.84
5 Michelle Beveridge bicisport Women B 14.84
6 Dennis Gregory CMC/Bow Cycle 5 15.40
7 Jaye Milley bicisport 5 16.56
8 Anastasia Stadnyk bicisport Women B 16.61
9 Bill Blonski bicisport 5 16.90

1 Monique Sullivan CMC/Bow Cycle Women A 12.56
2 Laura Brown CMC/Bow Cycle Women A 12.85
3 Anne Brit Ericksen Symmetrics Women A 12.98
4 Tara Whitten Velocity Women A 13.28
5 Danielle Kenney CMC/Bow Cycle Women A 13.68
6 Alison Testroete CMC/Bow Cycle Women A 13.87
7 Natasha Kuzmak Synergy Women A 13.88

1 Edwards/Baron Velocity Tandem 11.75

Pursuits

Category 1/2 – 4000m
1 Ryan MacKenzie Independent 4m57.5s
2 Bob Veroba bicisport 4m58.3s
3 Jamie Sparling bicisport 5m04.7s
4 Devon Smibert Synergy 5m05.5s
5 Graeme Thomson bicisport 5m07.6s
6 Reid Dalgleish Synergy 5m07.7s
7 Cam MacKinnon TheTrackTeam.ca 5m14.3s
8 Craig DeBellefeuillee Synergy 5m19.5s
9 Mike McCorkell bicisport 5m23.0s
10 Mark MacDonald bicisport 5m23.8s
11 Felix Haspel Synergy 5m33.4s
12 Craig Good Synergy 5m36.5s
13 Mark Foster Team H & R Block 5m41.5s
14 Steve German TRS Racing 6m00.4s

Tandem – 4000m
1 Dean Edwards/Doug Baron Velocity 5m19.9s

Category 3 – 3000m
1 Eric Smith CMC/Bow Cycle 3m39.0s
2 Spencer Smitheman Juventus 3m54.4s
3 Nic Andrichuk CMC/Bow Cycle 3m55.1s
4 Neal Gregory CMC/Bow Cycle 3m56.9s
5 Frank Kovacs Synergy 3m57.3s
6 Anthony Stadnyk bicisport 4m05.7s
7 Jon Keech Synergy 4m17.1s
8 Brian Kullman Synergy 4m18.6s
9 Will Monteath Juventus 4m19.8s
10 Rob Brandrick Independent 4m21.1s

Category 4 – 3000m
1 James Purdy bicisport 4m09.5s
2 John Plant Synergy 4m15.5s
3 Matt Wheatley Juventus 4m17.1s
4 Evan Firth-Eagland bicisport 4m19.4s
5 Greg Yanicki bicisport 4m23.8s
6 Kyle Harris Juventus 4m28.0s
7 Dave Corr Synergy 4m32.7s
8 Lance Harris Juventus 4m44.4s

Women A – 3000m
1 Laura Brown CMC/Bow Cycle 4m06.7s
2 Natasha Kuzmak Synergy 4m20.8s
3 Tara Whitten Velocity 4m21.4s
4 Alison Testroete CMC/Bow Cycle 4m24.0s

Paralympic – 3000m
h Brayden McDougall bicisport 4m36.9s
b Lisa Stowe bicisport 4m41.2s

Category 5 – 2000m
1 Norm Kalmanovitch CMC/Bow Cycle 2m52.3s
2 Stephen Andrichuk CMC/Bow Cycle 3m01.7s
3 Bruce Wick CMC/Bow Cycle 3m04.6s
4 Michelle Beveridge bicisport 3m06.6s
5 Bill Blonski bicisport 3m24.0s
6 Jaye Milley bicisport 3m31.1s
7 Anastasia Stadnyk bicisport 3m35.1s

Junior Women – 2000m
1 Danielle Kenney CMC/Bow Cycle 2m44.4s
2 Monique Sullivan CMC/Bow Cycle 2m45.9s

Sprint

Category 1/2
final – gold
1 Cam MacKinnon (2 – 0) TheTrackTeam.ca
2 Doug Baron TheTrackTeam.ca
final – bronze
3 Felix Haspel Synergy
final 4th through 7th
5 Joel Regimbald Juventus
6 Dylan Menard Juventus
7 Mike Patton Synergy
8 Mark MacDonald bicisport

Category 3

final – gold
1 Eric Smith (2 – 0) CMC/Bow Cycle
2 Frank Kovacs Synergy
final – bronze
3 S. Smitheman (2 – 0)
4 Nic Andrichuk
final – 5th through 8th
5 Anthony Stadnyk
6 Will Monteath
7 Neal Gregory
8 Brian Kullman

Category 4

final – gold
1 N. Kalmanovitch (2 – 0) CMC/Bow Cycle
2 John Plant Synergy
final – bronze
3 Kyle Harris (2 – 0) Juventus
4 Dave Corr Synergy
final – 5th through 8th
5 James Purdy bicisport
6 Lance Harris Juventus
7 Evan Wick CMC/Bow Cycle
8 Evan Firth-Eagland bicisport

Scratch

Category 1/2
1 Cam MacKinnon TheTrackTeam.ca
2 Ryan MacKenzie Independent
3 Bob Veroba bicisport
4 James Sparling bicisport
5 Mike Patton Synergy
6 Reid Dalgleish Synergy
7 Craig DeBellefeuille Synergy
8 Craig Good Synergy
Mark MacDonald bicisport
Steve German TRS Racing
Felix Haspel Synergy
Sean Huggins-Chan bicisport
Zach Grant Juventus
Dylan Menard Juventus
Doug Baron TheTrackTeam.ca
Mike McCorkell bicisport
Rene Regimbald CMC/Bow Cycle
Mark Foster Team H & R Block

Category 3
1 Eric Smith CMC/Bow Cycle
2 Spencer Smitheman Juventus
3 Nic Andrichuk CMC/Bow Cycle
4 Anthony Stadnyk bicisport
5 Neal Gregory CMC/Bow Cycle
6 Rob Brandrick Independent
7 Matt Wheatley Juventus
8 Jon Keech Synergy

Category 4
1 James Purdy bicisport
2 John Plant Synergy
3 Greg Yanicki bicisport
4 Lance Harris Juventus
5 Kyle Harris Juventus
6 David Corr Synergy

Category 5 + Women B
1 Bruce Wick CMC/Bow Cycle
2 Michelle Beveridge bicisport
3 Stephen Andrichuk CMC/Bow Cycle
4 Bill Blonski bicisport
5 Anastasia Stadnyk bicisport

Women A
1 Monique Sullivan CMC/Bow Cycle
2 Laura Brown CMC/Bow Cycle
3 Natasha Kuzmak Synergy
4 Alison Testroete CMC/Bow Cycle
5 Stephanie Roorda Synergy
6 Danielle Kenny CMC/Bow Cycle
7 Tara Whitten Velocity

Kilo-500

Category 1/2 – 1000m
1 Bob Veroba bicisport 1m09.13s
2 Doug Baron TheTrackTeam.ca 1m09.21s
3 Dylan Menard Juventus 1m09.75s
4 Ryan MacKenzie Independent 1m10.90s
5 Felix Haspel Synergy Racing 1m11.17s
6 Craig DeBellefeuille Synergy Racing 1m12.46s
7 Joel Regimbald Juventus 1m13.07s
8 Devon Smibert Synergy 1m13.23s
9 Jamie Sparling bicisport 1m13.60s
10 Mark MacDonald bicisport 1m14.15s
11 Mike Patton Synergy Racing 1m14.27s
12 Mike McCorkell bicisport 1m14.36s
13 Reid Dalgleish Synergy Racing 1m16.09s
14 Mark Foster Team H&R Block 1m16.85s
15 Steve German TRS Racing 1m25.29s
dnf Rene Regimbald CMC/Bow Cycle dnf

Category 3 – 1000m
1 Eric Smith CMC/Bow Cycle 1m08.70s
2 Frank Kovacs Synergy Racing 1m12.88s
3 Spencer Smitheman Juventus 1m14.72s
4 Anthony Stadnyk bicisport 1m16.52s
5 Nic Andrichuk CMC/Bow Cycle 1m16.60s
6 Neal Gregory CMC/Bow Cycle 1m17.90s
7 Will Monteath Juventus 1m18.71s
8 Brian Kullman Synergy Racing 1m19.49s
9 Matt Wheatley Juventus 1m20.79s
10 Rob Brandrick Independent 1m24.69s

Category 4 – 1000m
1 Dave Corr Synergy Racing 1m17.23s
2 James Purdy bicisport 1m18.46s
3 John Plant Synergy Racing 1m19.62s
4 Kyle Harris Juventus 1m20.15s
5 Greg Yanicki bicisport 1m21.57s
6 Lance Harris Juventus 1m23.23s

Category 5 – 1000m
1 Brayden McDougall bicisport 1m28.37s

Tandem – 1000m
1 Edwards/Baron Velocity 1m12.42s

Category 5 – 500m
1 Norm Kalmanovitch CMC/Bow Cycle 39.028s
2 Dennis Gregory CMC/Bow Cycle 42.442s
3 Stephen Andrichuk CMC/Bow Cycle 43.330s
4 Bill Blonski bicisport 50.831s

Women A – 500m
1 Anne-Britt Ericksen Symmetrics 38.118s
2 Monique Sullivan CMC/Bow Cycle 38.828s
3 Laura Brown CMC/Bow Cycle 39.821s
4 Tara Whitten Velocity 41.342s
5 Alison Testroete CMC/Bow Cycle 41.469s
6 Natasha Kuzmak Synergy Racing 41.645s
7 Stephanie Roorda Synergy Racing 42.349s
8 Danielle Kenny CMC/Bow Cycle 43.000s

Women B – 500m
1 Michelle Beveridge bicisport 43.311s
2 Lisa Stowe bicisport 45.549s
3 Anastasia Stadnyk bicisport 48.945s

Points

Category 1/2
1 Jamie Sparling bicisport 41
2 Ryan MacKenzie Independent 20
3 Bob Veroba bicisport 15
4 Mike McCorkell bicisport 7
5 Reid Dalgleish Synergy 5
6 Craig DeBellefeuille Synergy 2
7 Mark MacDonald bicisport 2
8 Felix Haspel Synergy 0
9 Zach Grant Juventus 0
10 Doug Baron TheTrackTeam.ca -12
11 Mark Foster Team H & R Block -17
12 Steve German TRS Racing -20
13 cp Walsh Synergy -40
Mike Patton Synergy dnf
Sean Huggins-Chan bicisport dnf
Craig Good Synergy dnf

Keirin

Category 4
1 James Purdy bicisport
2 John Plant Synergy
3 Kyle Harris Juventus
4 Norm Kalmanovitch CMC/Bow Cycle
5 Lance Harris Juventus
6 Greg Yanicki bicisport

Category 3
1 Eric Smith CMC/Bow Cycle
2 Frank Kovacs Synergy
3 Spencer Smitheman Juventus
4 Anthony Stadnyk bicisport
4 Nic Andrichuk CMC/Bow Cycle
5 Neal Gregory CMC/Bow Cycle

Women A
1 Monique Sullivan CMC/Bow Cycle
2 Anne Brit Ericksen Synergy
3 Alison Testroete CMC/Bow Cycle
4 Laura Brown CMC/Bow Cycle
5 Tara Whitten Velocity
6 Natasha Kuzmak Synergy
7 Stephanie Roorda Synergy

Category 1/2
1 Joel Regimbald Juventus
2 Mark Foster Team H & R Block
3 Zach Grant Juventus
4 Craig Good Synergy

1 Doug Baron TheTrackTeam.ca
2 Rene Regimbald CMC/Bow Cycle
3 Mike Patton Synergy
4 Reid Dalgleish Synergy
5 Steve German TRS Racing

1 Ryan MacKenzie Independent
2 Felix Haspel Synergy
3 Dylan Menard Juventus
4 Mike McCorkell bicisport
5 cp Walsh Synergy

Category 1/2 – Keirin Final
1 Doug Baron TheTrackTeam.ca
2 Joel Regimbald Juventus
3 Ryan MacKenzie Independent
4 Felix Haspel Synergy
5 Mark Foster Team H & R Block
6 Rene Regimbald CMC/Bow Cycle