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Three From Team Kaos Nab 'Rider of the Year' Titles |
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Written by Sean Weide
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Monday, 26 September 2005 |
 Sept. 24 — Morgan Chaffin, Matt Farnham and Gary Schmidt each won their respective categories Saturday at the Second Annual Elmwood-Murdock Great Bicycle Race while wrapping up their 2005 Nebraska Rider of the Year titles.
Chaffin won the Women's Open race, Farnham was the Cat. 5 Open champion (and Junior 16-18 Rider of the Year) and Schmidt captured the Masters 55+ category.
In the Cat. I-II race, Team Kaos' Joe McWilliams narrowly lost a sprint to Hot Tubes' Alex Boyd at the conclusion of the 58-mile race. Boyd recently moved back to Papillion from Southern California.
Lincoln Plating-LeMond's Jon Randell, who finished third, locked up the Cat. I-II Rider of the Year title. Team Kaos placed six of its riders in the Top 10 in the final ROY standings for Cat. I-II. Tim Farnham was fourth, McWilliams fifth, Chris Spence sixth, Jarred Berger seventh, Ian Robertson eighth and Marco Vasquez 10th.
Three Team Kaos racers placed in the Top 10 of the ROY standings in the Masters 35 category: Jordan Brasch (second), Steven Muhle (sixth) and Mark Brackenbury (ninth).
In the Women's Cat. IV ROY standings, Team Kaos grabbed three of the top four placings with Theresa Blume, Chaffin and Emily Farnham finishing second, third and fourth, respectively. |
