Team Oregon's Chris Swan won the OBRA award for best all-around rider in the Senior Men's category.
After a full season of racing, Chris Swan (Team Oregon) squeaked past Capital Subaru Cycling’s Evan Plews to win the OBRA Senior Men’s Best All Around rider Award for 2009. Swan racked up 1,203 points compared with Plews’ 1,202 tally. DeSalvo Custom Cycles’ Ben Thompson was third at 1,154 points.
In the Senior Women’s BAR competition, Therapeutic Associates’ Pamela Archer tied teammate Jacqueline Cohen with 1,340 points. Veloforma’s Alice Pennington was third with 1241.
The Oregon Best All-Around Rider (BAR) award is a year-round, multi-discipline competition open to annual members. There are eight separate discipline rankings, one each for Road, Track, Criterium, Time Trial, Cyclocross, Cross-country Mountain Biking, and and Downhill/SuperD.
Team Oregon’s Kennett Peterson walked away with the Senior men’s Oregon Cup, a year-long six-race points series. Peterson notched 256 points to finish ahead of Hutch’s Paul Bourcier (244) and Land Rover/ORBEA’s Roman Van Uden (205).
Lisa Turnbull (Therapeutic Associates) dominated the Senior Women’s competition with 420 points. Team Group Health’s Jen Akeroyd was second with 235, and Bend Bike ‘n Sport’s Teri Sheasby was third with 220.
Hammer Velo’s Anna Vaughan won the Cat. 4 Women’s series ahead of Kalli Phillips (Poplollies) and Alice Chang (Hammer Velo).
Brian Fawcett won the annual Ironman competition, which tracks the number of events OBRA members have participated in during the season. Fawcett (Pistis) hit 85 races this year, just five ore than second-place finisher Melissa Boyd (Pacific Power/Blue Sky). Team Rose City’s Paul Mautner was third with 79.
Please go to the next page for complete OBRA BAR Top 5 results for all categories.
2009 OBRA BAR Top 5 Results
SENIOR MEN
1. Chris Swan (Team Oregon) 1203.0
2. Evan Plews (Capitol Subaru Cycling) 1202.0
3. Ben Thompson (Desalvo Custom Cycles Racing) 1154.0
4. Mark Blackwelder (Gentle Lovers) 1149.0
5. Steven Beardsley (Gentle Lovers) 1139.0
SENIOR WOMEN
1. Pamela Archer (Therapeutic Associates Inc. Cycling) 1340.0
2. Jacqueline Cohen (Therapeutic Associates Inc. Cycling) 1340.0
3. Alice Pennington (Veloforma) 1241.0
4. Tina Brubaker (Veloforma) 1234.0
5. Sue Butler (Monavie-Cannondale.com) 1216.0
JUNIOR MEN
1. Brian Fawcett (Team Pistis) 1346.0
2. Keith Fawcett (Team Pistis) 1310.0
3. Naiqwan Pelman (b.i.k.e.-River City Bicycles) 1253.0
4. Grant McElroy (Beaverton Bicycle Club) 1239.0
5. Joe Prettyman (Beaverton Bicycle Club) 1236.0
JUNIOR WOMEN
1. Fiona Graham (Specialized River City Bicycles) 1243.0
2. Liz Cartwright (Beaverton Bicycle Club) 1179.0
3. Britney Wimberly (Team Pistis) 1173.0
4. Hannah Mcdade (Beaverton Bicycle Club) 893.0
5. Carina Hahn (Team Rose City) 888.0
MASTERS MEN
1. Cory Fawcett (Team Pistis) 1274.0
2. Eric Anderson (Pacific Power Blue Sky) 1217.0
3. Paul Mautner (Team Rose City) 1208.0
4. John Wilson (Pacific Power Blue Sky) 1184.0
5. Steve Yenne (Capitol Subaru Cycling) 1174.0
MASTERS WOMEN
1. Melissa Boyd (Pacific Power Blue Sky) 1350.0
2. Elaine Bothe (Sorella Forte) 1272.0
3. Meg Mautner (Bike Central) 1229.0
4. Kim Rueter (Sorella Forte) 1204.0
5. Julie Swearingen (Mountain View Cycles) 1193.0
CAT. 3 MEN
1. Jake Hansen (b.i.k.e.-River City Bicycles) 1177.0
2. Jim Fischer (Pacific Power Blue Sky) 1114.0
3. David Monnig (Ironclad Performance Wear) 1105.0
4. Trevor Spahr (Ironclad Performance Wear) 1058.0
5. John Kim (Beaverton Bicycle Club) 1044.0
CAT. 3 WOMEN
1. Audrey Brown (Team S&M) 1180.0
2. Elise Huggins (Veloforma) 1155.0
3. Stephanie Chase (Veloforma) 1108.0
4. Sarah Tisdale (Sorella Forte) 1054.0
5. Sonja Unrau (River City Bicycles) 1046.0
CAT 4/5 MEN
1. Shane Johnson (Trinity Bikes) 1225.0
2. Erik Mills 1166.0
3. Ron Sines (Pacific Power Blue Sky) 1135.0
4. Jeremy Garbellano (Life Cycle Bike Shop) 1042.0
5. Alex Kroman (Portland Velo)1032.0
CAT 4 WOMEN
1 Lindsay Kandra (Hammer Velo) 1185.0
2 Alana Armstrong (Ironclad Performance Wear) 1167.0
3 Amanda Atwill (Hammer Velo) 1142.0
4 Amy Champion (Pacific Power Blue Sky) 1070.0
5 Maire Osborn (Life Cycle Bike Shop) 1045.0
SINGLESPEED/FIXED GEAR
1. Cliff McCann (Team Pistis) 793.0
2. Erik Fabrizius (Veloshop) 591.0
3. Brett Luelling 587.0
4. Erik Hofland (Artisan Family Racing) 579.0
5. Luke DeMoe (Collin's Cycle Shop) 578.0
TANDEM
1. Jim/Brenda Rantala/Rantala (WebCyclery.com) 1238.0
2. Stephen/Glen Gann/Gann (Land Shark) 1198.0
3. David/Sue Ripp/Ripp (Specialized River City Bicycles) 1191.0
4. Henry/Amy Abel/Mitchell (WebCyclery.com) 1158.0
5. Jim/Heather Fischer/Paris (Pacific Power Blue Sky) 887.0
