November 18, 2007 (London, ON) – What a weekend of racing; the Devo weekend was that and much more. More Cadets than expected and we had to spilt the category…. when was the last time we had to do that in Ontario… especially on the track. We had an under-14 and a 15-year-old category, 12 women racing during the weekend and a very competitive Junior field.

The results have been posted, so we don’t have to go over the entire weekend….. however….. there were four highlights of the weekend and stories need to be told.

In the Elite 3km Time Trial (it’s only November) Vince Dejong (Brantford) set a new FCV record for that distance in a time of 3.43.28. DeJong who uses the Velodrome to maintain his fitness throughout the year, smashed the 3km time standard by two seconds in his effort on Saturday.

In the Junior division, newcomer Ryan Aitcheson set a new mark for 16-year-olds for 3km with a time of 3:45.98 – his time is just a fraction off the Junior record set last season by Steve Meyer who has moved up to Espoir.

How do you spell “Cadets”? Well you would think you would spell it “Chaos” however the kids, who for the most part, just started riding in the last two months. They rode very well with hardly an incident. If you left out the problem trying to go too slow as they were starting the 1st lap of 3-of-6 sprint heats on Friday night. Once the kids figured out that staying on their bikes was the better solution than having a Keystone Cops moment, “you know who you are” – the racing was fast, safe and clean.

The last area of a very successful weekend involved the women racers who fought as hard as the men in each of the races they participated in. A total of 12 women took to the track in all divisions and performed very well in all events. The Elite Women’s division had six women competing, The juniors had as much fun with another half dozen taking to the boards.

In large part, this is attributed to the CCA mandating that the Juniors have to hit a 2km standard to attend the World Championships in 2008.

The FCV looks forward to the next 3 months as fitness increases and the Winter Nationals get closer. The date for the Nationals is February 8th, 9th & 10th.

Racing continues on Saturday November 24th and Sunday Nov. 25th……. when the Americans invade the Forest City Velodrome. The Can-Am Challenge is on that weekend – racing starts on Saturday at 7pm and on Sunday the racing begins at noon.

More information can be found at www.ForestCityVelodrome.ca

Results

Ladies – 500m stdg start
1. Stephanie Bester 44.07
2. Lisa Perlmutter 44.85
3. Emily McKenzie-Picot 46.2
4. Denise Ramsden 47.83
5. Brianne Rupay 49.67
6. Amberley Berman 50.65
7. Devon Lowrie 57.2

Junior/Cadet – 500m stdg start
1. Ryan Aitcheson 38.03
2. Logan Cornell 38.23
3. Trevor Damen 38.84
4. Allan Leparskas 39.22
5. Andrew Lattimore 40.43
6. Kyle Rupay 41.54
7. Devon Novakowski 41.64
8. Daniel McKenzie-Picot 41.76
9. Jason King 42.02
10. Alex Cataford 42.09
11. John Carden 43.23
12. Ryan Damen 43.82
13. Trevor Dickenson 44.58
14. Billy Rudnicki 49.98

Seniors 500m stdg start
1. Zak Kovalcik 38.13
2. Vince DeJong 38.92
3. Ryan Crawford 39.36
4. Steve Kurpiewski 41.81

Masters 500m stdg start
1. Lorne Falkenstein 38.64
2. Chris Vlemmix 38.75
3. Mike Renneboog 39.04

Keiren – Senior/Masters #1
1. Chris Vlemmix
2. Vince DeJong
3. Zak Kovalcik
4. Lorne Falkenstein

Keiren – Senior/Masters #2
1. Mike Renneboog
2. Ryan Crawford
3. Ryan Aitcheson
4. Steve Kurpiewski

Keiren – Cadets/Women #1
1. Lisa Perlmutter
2. Kyle Rupay
3. Jason King
4. Stephanie Bester
5. Drew Walsh

Keiren – Cadets/Women #2
1. Daniel McKenzie-Picot
2. John Carden
3. Trevor Dickenson
4. Emily McKenzie-Picot
5. Sarah McKenzie-Picot

Keiren – Senior/Masters #3
1. Mike Renneboog
2. Chris Vlemmix
3. Ryan Crawford
4. Vince DeJong

Keiren – Senior/Masters #4
1. Zak Kovalcik
2. Lorne Falkenstein
3. Ryan Aitcheson
4. Steve Kurpiewski
5. Ryan Crawford

Keiren – Cadets
1. Jason King
2. John Carden
3. Kyle Rupay
4. Trevor Dickenson
5. Daniel McKenzie-Picot

Miss & Out – Double knockout
1. Mike Renneboog
2. Vince DeJong
3. Ryan Aitcheson
4. Chris Vlemmix
5. Lorne Falkenstein
6. Ryan Crawford
7. Zak Kovalcik
8. Steve Kurpiewski
2. Lap Flying Start – Velo-Kids
1. Brianne Rupay 23.35
2. Billy Rudnicki 24.86
3. Amberley Berman 25.1
4. Devon Lowrie 29.08

Flying Lap – Velo-Kids/Cadets
1. John Carden 10.34
2. Drew Walsh 11.09
3. Brianne Rupay 11.56
4. Amberley Berman 11.56
5. Billy Rudnicki 11.72
6. Devon Lowrie 13.25
Medal Presentations

Seniors
1. Vince DeJong
2. Stephen Meyer
3. Scott Lundy
4. Zak Kovalcik
5. Stephen Kurpiewski

Masters
1. Mike Renneboog
2. Lorne Falkenstein
3. Chris Vlemmix
4. Brian Kelly
5. Rod Olliver

Juniors
1. Ryan Aitcheson
2. Logan Cornell
3. Devon Novakowski
4. Trevor Damen
5. Andrew Lattimore

Cadets – 14 & under
1. Kyle Rupay
2. Daniel McKenzie-Picot
3. Alex Cataford
4. Jason King
5. Drew Walsh

Cadets – 15
1. Trevor Dickenson
2. John Carden
3. Ryan Damen
4. Allan Leparskas
5. Alex McCallum

Junior Women
1. Stephanie Bester
2. Emily McKenzie-Picot
2. Sarah McKenzie-Picot
3. Denise Ramsden
4. Brianne Rupay
5. Amberley Berman

Devo Weekend – Medal Winners

Senior Men
1. Vince DeJong (Brantford)
2. Stephen Meyer (Dorchester)
3. Scott Lundy (London)
4. Zak Kovalcik (Portland, Oregon)
5. Stephen Kurpiewski (Pittsburg, Pa.)

Masters
1. Mike Renneboog (Brantford)
2. Lorne Falkenstein (London)
3. Chris Vlemmix (London)
4. Brian Kelly (London)
5. Rod Olliver (Oakville)

Junior Men
1. Ryan Aitcheson (Kitchener)
2. Logan Cornell (Kingston)
3. Devon Novakowski (Kingston)
4. Trevor Damen (Ottawa)
5. Andrew Lattimore (Kingston)

Junior Women
1. Stephanie Bester (London)
2. Emily McKenzie-Picot (London)
2. Sarah McKenzie-Picot (London)
3. Denise Ramsden (Kingston)
4. Brianne Rupay (Peterborough)
5. Amberley Berman (London)

Cadets – 14 & under
1. Kyle Rupay (Peterborough)
2. Daniel McKenzie-Picot (London)
3. Alex Cataford (Ottawa)
4. Jason King (Oakville)
5. Drew Walsh (London)

Cadets – 15
1. Trevor Dickenson (Niagara Falls)
2. John Carden (Paris)
3. Ryan Damen (Ottawa)
4. Allan Leparskas (London)
5. Alex McCallum (London)

Women Omnium
1. Heather Logan (Guelph)
2. Amy Biskaborn (London)
3. Stephanie Bester (London)
4. Amy Armstrong (London)
5. Sarah McKenzie-Picot (London)