I'd like to offer a huge thanks to everyone that came out to Sylvan Island for IMBCS #1. Jim Ghys and the folks at QCFORC (http://www.qcforc.org/Home/tabid/444/Default.aspx) did an outstanding job in successfully putting on the race. The weather was about as close to perfect as you’re going to get, with sunny skies and temps in the lower 60’s. They also did a great job with the course, very technical, tight and twisty. The number of participants doubled from 75 last year to around 150 this year.

I have brief results from the sport and expert races and I only have the last names of some of the participants. In the sport race, Mezo finished in first out of a field of 64 starters in 1:16:53, followed closely by Todd Gillihan (Team Skin) in 1:17:25. Dominic Moranic finished in 3rd in 1:18:00, Cunningham came in 4th in 1:18:20 and Tracy Thompson (Atlas) rounded out the top five in 1:20:00.

In the women’s race, Enslow finished 1st out of a field of 7 starters, followed by Amanda Miller (Atlas) with Jami Hartwig (Team Skin) rounding out the top three.

In the expert race there were 22 starters. Iowa City pro Brian Eppen (Mercy Specialized) won the 9 nine lap race in 1:45:00 followed by Cam Kirkpatrick (Rasmussen Bike Shop) at 1:45:35. Cully Todd (Team Skin) came in 3rd at 1:47:04, Jay Chesterman (Sioux City Velo) came in 4th at 1:47:13 and Butch Welke rounded out the top five in 1:52:13.

Full results and IMBCS series points will be posted later this week so stay tuned.

Cam Kirkpatrick
V.P. – IORCA
Urbandale, IA