It was just dry enough to finish the junior races and half the masters and
women's schedule.  The first night of the year saw some quick junior action
with many new riders trying out the track for the first time in race
situations.  Newcomers Kaitlyn Reay, and Stephen Fox were able to break
through the crowd and take the omnium wins in the younger Junior women and
men categories.  With the Handicap style races helping to even things out a
little bit, Ellie Bossen, Kenny Bossen and Ricky ... yes ... Bossen (how
many Bossens were at the track?) were able to score wins in the individual
races along with Kaitlyn and Stephen.  Look for these riders to continue to
do well as the season progresses, and don't forget to watch for the very
young Chilenski brothers Jacob and Madison or Josh Woolcock as they start
moving up in the standings with the experience they are getting in these
early season races.

To help transition into the old guy and gal races elite juniors Dean Tracy
and Mikkel Bossen put on a great match sprint ride with Dean holding Mikkel
up high on the track until he attacked with 200 meters to go to take the
win.  I'll be watching for Mikkel to attempt some revenge later in the year.
It is my hope that we can lure the elite juniors to the Friday night races
at least once a month to help show the younger kids how fast they will soon
be.

That left the novice women and Masters to have the track with the women up
first, including the first lady of Oregon racing, Candi Murray.  The women
put on a great show with Mary Ross and Shirley Clark dueling to a tie with a
win a piece by nights end, although their last race was cut short by rain.
The Novice Masters races saw great teamwork by the NW Velo riders (Mark
Magilner and Tom Powers) as they continually worked for each other on route
to a 1st and 2nd place finish in the first Race.  Patrick Hartigan of Team O
was able to break it up a bit in the 2nd race with a win for himself, but
that still left Mark in first for the night.  Both the Masters A and B races
 were cut short to only one race a piece, and those went to Ron Magnus who
used patience during the progressive points race to get the win in the Bs,
and a very speedy Mark Ginsberg who returned to action after some time off
with a win the As race.

Omnium Results - May 4, 2001
Junior Women
1st   17pts  Kaitlyn Reay
2nd   10pts  Ellie Bossen, Team Oregon

Junior Men 10-14
1st.  17pts  Stephen Fox, Team Oregon
2nd.  17pts  Kenny Bossen, Team Oregon
3rd.  15pts  Ricky Bossen, Team Oregon
4th.  10pts  Josh Woolcock, Team Oregon
5th.  3pts   Jacob Chilenski, Team Oregon
6th.  3pts   Madison Chilenski, Team Oregon

Junior Men 15 Plus
1st.  7pts  Dean Tracy, Safeway/Saturn
2nd.  5pts  Mikkel Bossen, Team Oregon

Women
1.   12pts  Mary Ross, MAC
2.   12pts  Shirley Clark, Capitol Velo
3.   6pts   Meg Mauntner, EnSelle/NoMad
4.   4 pts  Candi Murray, Team Oregon

Masters C
1.   12pts  Mark Magilner, Torani/NW Velo
2.   10pts  Patrick Hartigan, Team Oregon
3.   8pts   Tom Powers, Torani/NW Velo
4.   4pts   Doug Mullin
5.   1pts   Drew Tracy, Safeway/Saturn
6.   1pts   Bruce Werner
7th. 0pts   Bruce Harmon, River City/RCW
8th. 0pts   Greig Fredericks, Torani/NW Velo

Masters B
1st.  7pts  Ron Magnus, Safeway/Saturn
2nd.  5pts  Peter Drake
3rd.  3pts  Darell Provencher, River City/RCW
4th.  2pts  Ted Haskell, River City/RCW
5th.  1pts  Ty Lambert, Team Oregon

Masters A
1st.  7pts  Mark Ginsberg, Team Oregon
2nd.  5pts  Bill Groves, Safeway/Saturn
3th.  3pts  Mike Murray, Team Oregon
4th.  2pts  Darell Provencher, River City/RCW
5th.  1pts  Ron Magnus, Safeway/Saturn