As the sun set over the horizon at last weekend's state cross race, so to did the 2004 Rider of the Year competition. I would like to thank everyone who came out to support and participate in Iowa racing this year. There were a number of great turnouts and while I haven't done a formal analysis, my guess is that we had more riders come out this year than last which is great to see. Awards for the top 3 finishers of each category will be presented at the fall IBRA meeting on November 7th. Stay tuned as well for important announcements and changes that are being implemented for the 2005 ROY competition - I think you'll like what I've come up with. :) Okay - so I knew if I put the word "final" in my last posting, I was sure to regret it. Well, I was right. A correction was pointed out in the Masters 50+ where I had a rider listed twice. I've researched the error and have now posted the "corrected" final standings. 2004 Iowa Rider of the Year Final Standings Juniors ------------------- 1. 339 Zach VanderHorst (under 14) 2. 189 David Kallemyn 3. 188 Luke Henson 4. 176 Nick Frey 5. 132 Casey Zugmaier 6. 114 Lacey Douglas 7. 95 Bryan Moritz 7. 95 Jared Reedy 9. 86 Jeremy Venable 10. 75 Andrew Cornelison 11. 72 Brian West 12. 70 Taylor Hohenthaner 13. 60 Ben DiPardo 14. 57 Matthew Farnham 15. 55 Chris Adams 16. 50 Laith Schneider 17. 49 Morgan Mortenson 18. 48 Sean Noonan 19. 37 Justin Schneider 20. 35 Jimmy Feely 21. 31 Devin Shannon 21. 31 Keely Shannon 23. 30 Jeremiah Gantzer 23. 30 Nathan Buchheit 25. 27 Andy Vander Broek 25. 27 Jens Brabbit 25. 27 Teague Ribbey 25. 27 Ulric DeYoung 29. 25 Joshua Hescke 30. 24 Travis Palmel 31. 21 Colin Reichenbacher 31. 21 Fabian Speiser 33. 18 Sam Grett 33. 18 Sarah Pesch 35. 16 Riley Mortenson 36. 15 Briana Hantelmann 37. 13 Dylan Irving 38. 12 Justin Pothoven 38. 12 Adam Pric 40. 11 Nick Bonnett 41. 7 Elijah Buck 42. 6 Shawna Paca 43. 4 Bryan Marite 43. 4 Chris Nesseth Jr. 45. 3 Ben Schneider 46. 1 Cole Collis Women --------------------- 1. 502 Lisa Vetterlein 2. 323 Tammy Meehan 3. 292 Jami Hartwig 4. 259 Lindsey Wetzel 5. 205 Andrea Venteicher 6. 183 Jerica Gritsch 7. 157 Keely Shannon 8. 144 Jane Reissen 9. 138 Anne Meyer 10. 86 Megan Elliott 11. 81 Deb Wood 12. 75 Julie Zerke-Clarke 13. 72 Kelly Welsh-Wingate 14. 68 Emilie Duchow 15. 63 August Roberson 16. 55 Kim Strom 17. 50 Lyne Liboiron 18. 49 Lori Loesch 19. 47 Connie Inks 19. 47 Nicole Leroux 21. 43 Carrie McGivern 22. 42 Katherine Morales 22. 42 Darcy Stanford 24. 40 Sandy Kessler 25. 37 Emily Thomson 26. 36 Jean Gilpin 27. 29 Sabine Amoriell 28. 27 Vera Tyler 29. 24 Emma Hantelmann 30. 23 Shannon Treis 31. 21 Michelle Walter Blodgett 32. 20 Monica Goncze 33. 18 Deb Landon 33. 18 Liz Mannion 33. 18 Susan Uphill 36. 16 Joni Siebenlist 37. 15 Vicky Willey 37. 15 Christina Williams 39. 12 Emily Kilsdonk 39. 12 Rhonda Rae Kness 39. 12 Angie Vanderkamp 42. 10 Abby Boone 42. 10 Alexandra Mertens 42. 10 Abby Rubby 45. 9 Teresa Harp 45. 9 Shawna Paca 47. 8 Shari King 47. 8 Carissa Lee 49. 7 Sierra Buck 49. 7 Nellie Viner 51. 5 Geri Lyon 52. 4 Sage Kokjohn 52. 4 Jenny Lorenz 54. 3 Dixie Church 55. 2 Sierra Siebenlist 56. 1 Colleen Chaplean 56. 1 Theresa Fredrikson 56. 1 Deborah Guthrie 56. 1 Tiana Song Masters 30+ ---------------------- 1. 96 Steve Goetzelman 2. 71 Marc Hollander (tied) 2. 71 Dave Lippold (tied) 4. 53 Paul Deninger 5. 45 Jim Cochran 6. 42 Kurt Hantelmann 7. 33 Lane Anderson 7. 33 Cam Kirkpatrick 9. 28 Todd Black 10. 26 Tom Eaton 11. 25 Brian Tober 11. 25 John Watson 13. 21 Mike Campbell 14. 18 Mike Hills 15. 17 Rick Rohret 16. 9 Karl Rosenberg 16. 9 Chad VandeLune 18. 6 Chris Maharry 19. 4 David VanderHorst 20. 3 James Thacker 21. 2 David Grett 22. 1 John Meehan 22. 1 John Olney Masters 40+ --------------------- 1. 381 Scott Wall 2. 245 Tom Eaton 3. 222 Dan Shaffer 4. 197 Lou Waugaman 5. 186 Greg Duethman 6. 137 James Hopson 7. 132 Greg Harper 8. 128 Dan Reasoner 9. 93 David Hammer 10. 86 Randy Catron 11. 75 Jeff Bradley 12. 72 David Ertl 13. 57 Cully Todd 14. 54 Jerome Nadel 15. 52 Gregory Shimonek 16. 47 Phillip Curran 17. 35 Mark Walter 18. 34 Kelly Steele 19. 32 John Newell 20. 30 Tim Taylor 21. 27 John Meehan 22. 25 Tom Henson 23. 24 Dave Krueger 23. 24 Charles Townsend 23. 24 Mike Winter 26. 21 Pat Hanrahan 26. 21 Brett Linn 28. 20 Michael Zugmaier 28. 20 Michael Thomsen 30. 19 Todd Black 31. 18 Mark Mettler 31. 18 Dave Thompson 33. 14 Chris Klaren 34. 13 Jeff Barnes 35. 12 Sean Myers 35. 12 Jim Robidoux 37. 10 Dan Burns 37. 10 Ben Neff 37. 10 Tom Scholz 40. 9 Jim Peterson 41. 8 John Hartwig 42. 7 Mark Olson 43. 6 Tim Boller 43. 6 Daniel Hill 43. 6 Bruce Neil* 43. 6 James Thacker 43. 6 Kevin Wohlford 48. 4 Andrew Cragg 48. 4 Fred Hinsley 48. 4 Jim Meyer 48. 4 Bill Harden* 52. 3 Craig Carpenter 52. 3 Danny Kruzic* 54. 2 Scott Schaar 55. 1 Kevin Jordan 55. 1 Tim Krumm 55. 1 Bob Phelps 55. 1 Roger Sitterly Masters 50+ -------------------- 1. 270 David Krueger 2. 260 John Adamson 3. 194 Richard Gilmore 4. 175 Steve Franzenberg 5. 139 Tony Leehoven 6. 122 Landon Beachy 7. 103 Jim Moutray 8. 96 Mike Merulla 9. 86 Brad Roark 10. 69 Mike DiPardo 11. 59 Vern Rotert 12. 58 Wayne Fett 13. 53 Scott Campbell 14. 51 Michael Benson 15. 46 Thomas Erps 15. 46 Mike Spengler 17. 47 Paul Black 18. 38 Newt Colburn 19. 35 Charlie Townsend 20. 30 Robert Benedum 20. 30 Mike Guidici 20. 30 Dave Montgomery 23. 29 Terry Burke 24. 27 Robert Catanach 25. 26 Jeffrey Learned 26. 25 Michael Hunter 26. 25 Bruce Nelson 28. 22 Robert Hayes 29. 18 Dave Goetzinger 29. 18 Tom Grothe 31. 17 William Allen 32. 16 Stephen Bennett 33. 12 Gerald Jacob 33. 12 Bill Meyer 33. 12 Dale Timm 36. 9 Don Pettengill 36. 9 Thomas Viner 38. 6 Bob Lorenz 38. 6 Richard Gordon 38. 6 William Nauseff 41. 5 Bob Harding 42. 4 Steve Renk 43. 3 John Wessel 44. 2 Gil Wallace 45. 1 Bill Wiebel Senior Men Pro/1/2 -------------------------- 1. 386 Lee Venteicher 2. 314 Paul Deninger 3. 278 Josh Tack 4. 210 John Olney 5. 178 Kevin Hankens 6. 152 Anthony Kisch 7. 146 Jason McCartney 8. 129 Ryan Nenninger 9. 125 Wes Hartman 10. 105 John Leiswyn 11. 83 Nick Frey 12. 77 Pete Hanna 13. 73 JJ Bailey 14. 48 Joe McWilliams 15. 46 Jim Holmes 15. 46 Clark Preibe 17. 44 Frank Dierking 18. 41 Jeremy Sartain 19. 38 Steven Meylink 20. 37 Marc Walter 21. 33 Craig Tuetkin 22. 31 Patrick Loney 23. 30 Aric Hareland 24. 27 Martin Adamczyk 25. 26 Steve Goetzelman 26. 25 Donny Quixote* 26. 25 Brian Eppen 28. 24 Terry Beenken 28. 24 Garrett Peltonen 30. 22 Brandon Gavic 31. 21 Peter Fairbanks 32. 20 Sean Doyle 33. 18 Chris Spence 34. 16 John Puffer 34. 16 Robbie Ventura 36. 15 Christian Davenport 37. 14 Bryce Mead 38. 12 Michael Everett 38. 12 Josh Shively 38. 12 Anthony William 41. 10 James Hopson 41. 10 Kevin Wilkins 43. 8 Greg Duethman 43. 8 Ralph Henderson 45. 7 Peter Everett 46. 5 Michael York 47. 4 Chris Flood 47. 4 Matt Henry 47. 4 Marco Vasquez 50. 3 Robert Jungels 50. 3 Paul Kronser 52. 2 Jesse Bartholomew 52. 2 Ben Damhoff 52. 2 Jeff Bradley 52. 2 Chris Eastburn 52. 2 Michael Ebert 52. 2 John Semmelhack 52. 2 Charles Townsend 59. 1 James Baldesare 59. 1 Brian Haas 59. 1 John Hughes 59. 1 Lowell Kellog 59. 1 John Kunert 59. 1 John Landretti 59. 1 Patrick McNally 59. 1 Mike Merulla 59. 1 Erik Tomlinson 59. 1 Scott Wall Senior Men 3 ---------------------- 1. 363 James Cochran 2. 251 Dave Lippold 3. 207 Andrew Cornelison 4. 156 Lane Anderson 5. 147 Jeremy Sievers 6. 103 David Cornelison 7. 102 Cody McCollough 8. 94 Chad VandeLune 9. 88 Randy Reichardt 9. 88 Jon Nelson 11. 78 Matt Klemm 11. 78 Eric Lambi 13. 61 Chris Reed 14. 59 Joe Hetrick 14. 59 Ryan Jacobsen 16. 51 Marc Hollander 17. 45 John Randell 18. 44 Brian West 18. 44 Karl Rosenberg* 20. 36 Jason Friday 21. 35 Jason Ribando 21. 35 Josh Udall 23. 32 Cam Kirkpatrick 24. 31 William Allen 24. 31 Chris Maharry 26. 28 Rick Rohret 27. 25 David Zimmerman 28. 24 Ulric DeYoung 29. 23 John Meehan 29. 23 Kelly Steele* 31. 21 Chris Eastburn* 31. 21 Steve Lauber 33. 20 John Schofield 34. 18 Lou Waugaman 35. 15 Nathan Bartels 36. 14 Dan Shaffer 36. 14 Jack West 38. 13 Jonah Sperando 39. 12 Bill Hauber 39. 12 Kelly Sparks 41. 9 Michael Blahut 41. 9 Dan Galles 41. 9 Chad Headlee 44. 7 Philip Stringer 45. 6 Cassel Lessinger* 46. 5 Garrett Davis 46. 5 Andrew Keffer 48. 4 Jon Edgington 49. 3 Nathan Birru* 49. 3 Jay Chesterman 49. 3 Steve Goetzelman 51. 2 Matt Kleinmeyer 51. 2 Chris Mehus* 51. 2 Craig Schmitt 54. 1 Stephen Balsey 54. 1 Stephen Belslem 54. 1 Paul Bockenstedt* 54. 1 Robert Catanach* 54. 1 Ron Dillow* 54. 1 Ryo Kitahara* 54. 1 Jason Ozenberger* 54. 1 Brian Palen 54. 1 Mike Spengler* 54. 1 Michael Thomsen 54. 1 Kevin Vanes* 54. 1 Chris Vogel Senior Men 4 -------------------- 1. 460 John Meehan 2. 296 Tracy Thompson 3. 250 Curt Long 4. 200 Ryan Jacobsen 5. 173 Randy Reichardt 6. 136 Dennis Grelk 7. 97 Kurt Hantelmann 8. 92 Todd Gillihan 9. 87 Michael Edwards 9. 87 Todd Black 11. 85 Ross Schuchart* 12. 79 Doug Klahsen 13. 78 Joseph Andrews 13. 78 David Elsloo 15. 77 Doug Reichardt* 16. 75 Jack Piper 17. 73 Don Miller Jr. 18. 71 Paul Venable 19. 68 Dan Galles 19. 68 Dan Reasoner 21. 65 Bruce Grell 21. 65 Ken Moehn 23. 61 Ian Robinson 24. 58 Frank Long 24. 58 Thad Neil 26. 54 Shane Ellickson 27. 53 Brian West 28. 50 Michael Munson 29. 44 Tom Eaton 29. 44 Paul Jensen 31. 39 Keith Wells 32. 36 Jeremy Venable 33. 33 Jason Lewis 34. 32 Sam Grett 35. 31 Luke Henson 35. 31 Robert Thompson 37. 30 Rob Clark 37. 30 Tom Treharne 39. 29 Jason Weldon 39. 29 Matt Hartman 41. 28 Jimmy Feely 42. 27 Tim Taylor 43. 26 Michael Flanigan 44. 25 Tom Houghton* 45. 24 Josh Madsen 46. 23 Greg Aronson 47. 22 Christopher Andruscavage 48. 21 Scott Fredrickson 48. 21 Jeff Spahn* 50. 20 Michael Campie* 51. 19 Ron Howell 51. 19 Randy Jones 53. 18 Chris Congdon 54. 17 Brent Mitchell 54. 17 Michael Papini* 56. 15 Eric Detwiler* 56. 15 Brian Farrell 56. 15 Jeff Farrell 56. 15 George Langford* 60. 14 Jens Brabbit* 60. 14 Sean Myers* 60. 14 Lowell Peterson* 63. 13 Jonah Sperando 64. 12 Mark Guthart 64. 12 Nick Laws 64. 12 Brandon Lee* 64. 12 Chris Sauer 68. 11 Sean Noonan 68. 11 Adam Price 68. 11 William Huntsberger 71. 10 Tony Leehoven* 71. 10 Matthew Gumm 73. 9 Jason Kingsberry 74. 8 Mike Morrison 75. 6 Jim Robidoux 75. 6 Sean Scanlon 77. 5 Jason Fife 77. 5 John Newell 77. 5 Robert Griegg 80. 4 Randy Lueth* 81. 3 Andrew Durbin 81. 3 Jeremy Fry 81. 3 Brent Linn 81. 3 Kelly Soden 81. 3 Bruce Timmerman 81. 3 Chris Olkiewicz 87. 2 Tyree Williams 88. 1 Paul Black 88. 1 Eric Henriksen 88. 1 Terry Huerter 88. 1 Andy Kruse* 88. 1 Thomas McDaniel 88. 1 Jim Moutray 88. 1 Kevin Scott 88. 1 Zach VanderHorst Senior Men 5 -------------------- 1. 338 Kurt Hantelmann 2. 256 Thad Neil 3. 160 Bennett Bork 4. 149 Jim Robidoux 5. 108 Jeremy Fry 6. 105 Conn Day 7. 102 Jason Weldon 8. 100 Michael Lamb 9. 98 Bruce Grell 10. 93 Zach Eastland 11. 88 Greg Aronson 12. 77 Jonathan Atwell 13. 72 Don Sneller 14. 66 Gary McNabb 15. 64 William Huntsberger 16. 61 Rick Shannon 17. 60 Jeff Stone 18. 54 Craig Buhman 19. 51 Peter Sharis 19. 51 Phillip Curran 21. 48 Eric Lorenz 22. 46 Michael O'Brien 23. 45 Tyree Williams 24. 43 Michael Flanagan 24. 43 Mark Garner 26. 42 John Lee 27. 41 David Thompson 28. 40 Scott Fairbairn* 29. 38 Lynn Vogt* 30. 36 Orlando Ochoa 30. 36 Michael Zugmaier 32. 35 Mike Guidici 33. 34 Jeff Abel 33. 34 Ryan From 33. 34 Randy Reichardt 36. 31 Greg Lane 36. 31 Tom Henson 38. 30 Steve Giblin* 38. 30 Jim Swift 40. 29 Tony Muse 40. 29 Ian Robinson 42. 28 Blake Cameron 42. 28 Scott Swanson 44. 27 Chris Bunde 44. 27 Ron Howell 44. 27 Eric Hamm 47. 26 Scott Murphy 47. 26 Rick Wren 49. 25 Dave VanderHorst 49. 25 Mike Sullivan 51. 24 William Allen 52. 23 Jason Amoriell 52. 23 David Stoltz 52. 23 Tom Treharne 55. 22 Paul Sueppel 56. 21 Steve Beck 56. 21 Michael Edwards 56. 21 Greg Graham 56. 21 John Leland 56. 21 Erik Myers 56. 21 Mark Simons 56. 21 Steve Thune 56. 21 David Frederickson* 64. 20 Shaun Lindsay 65. 19 James Oliphant* 66. 18 Chris Eastburn 66. 18 Evan Hartig 66. 18 Terry Inch 66. 18 Bryan Moritz 66. 18 Chris Ruckdaschel* 66. 18 Doug Vanderweide* 72. 17 Steve Shelangoski 73. 16 Tracy Barnidge 73. 16 John Hartwig 73. 16 Nick Woolley 73. 16 Jeff Yielding 77. 15 David Hartig 77. 15 Gary Johnson 79. 14 Keith Belling* 79. 14 Lee Current 79. 14 Chuck Hilsenbeck* 79. 14 David McCoy 79. 14 Christopher Mosora 79. 14 Jamie Jorgensen 85. 12 Mark Garner 85. 12 Pat Hanrahan 85. 12 Mark Plagmann 88. 11 Jeremiah Gantzer 88 11 Pat Riley* 90. 10 Daniel Conybeare 90. 10 Brent Hauser 90. 10 Jay Herman 90. 10 Eric Kome 90. 10 Nick Martin 90. 10 Taylor Webb 96. 9 Jim Boulet 96. 9 Mike Harrington 96. 9 Mark Mettler 96. 9 John Peters 96. 9 John Wessel 96. 9 Mark Wyatt 102. 8 Matt Farnham 102. 8 Paul Smith* 102. 8 Aaron Rukgaber 102. 8 Alex Wakefield 102. 8 Sean Walker 107. 7 Barry Breffle 107. 7 Sage Kokjohn 107. 7 Bob Phelps 107. 7 Todd Schemper* 107. 7 Jason Renk 112. 6 Adam Price 112. 6 Curt Sauve* 112. 6 Bryan Stow 112. 6 Nick Van Duzee 116. 5 Chris Adams 116. 5 Tim Boller 116. 5 Russ Frey 116. 5 Mel Gawley* 116. 5 Josh Lukins 116. 5 Chris Nesseth 116. 5 Jon Schroeder 123. 4 Fritz Craiger* 123. 4 Tom Hamilton* 123. 4 Brian Hartz 123. 4 Gary Hayles 123. 4 Marc Holm* 123. 4 Mike Ignaffo 123. 4 Britt Marcussen 123. 4 Dustin Mars* 123. 4 Brandon Mills 123. 4 Rob Morrison 123. 4 Jim Riley* 123. 4 Will Stoffel* 123. 4 Chris Vanderkamp* 123. 4 Jared Vincent* 123. 4 Brian Walsh* 123. 4 Don Wetherell 139. 3 Patric Brown 139. 3 Michael Faas 139. 3 Karl Fuchs 139. 3 Scott Ligocki* 139. 3 Matthew Flaherty 139. 3 Bob Lorenz 139. 3 Scott Schaar 139. 3 Alan Schmidt 139. 3 Phillip Tan 139. 3 Zach Vander Horst 139. 3 Jon Yetley 139. 3 Shimji Yoda* 152. 2 Stew Bevis* 152. 2 Cliff Buhman 152. 2 Craig Brown 152. 2 Nick Carroll 152. 2 Bill Cherrier 152. 2 Steve Fry 152. 2 Richard Gordon 152. 2 Gordon Hartman 152. 2 Jay Harvey 152. 2 Luke Henson 152. 2 Jim Holt 152. 2 Craig Just 152. 2 Gary Love* 152. 2 James McManus* 152. 2 Christopher Meseke-Wren 152. 2 Geoff Perrill 152. 2 David Primeau* 152. 2 Scott Robinson* 152. 2 Steve Robinson 152. 2 Eric Sanford* 152. 2 Jim Thacker* 152. 2 Rob Versteegh 152. 2 Stephen Wadle* 152. 2 John Woody 152. 2 Andrew Weldon 177. 1 James Adams* 177. 1 Jeff Allen 177. 1 Lance Andre* 177. 1 David Ashton 177. 1 John Beh* 177. 1 Jeff Bevis* 177. 1 Chad Blunt 177. 1 Phillip Blunt 177. 1 Cal Bolkena 177. 1 Dan Born 177. 1 Kevin Bowden* 177. 1 Jason Brodersen* 177. 1 Robert Cassidy 177. 1 Nick Cilek 177. 1 Daniel Cleary* 177. 1 Jim Cooper 177. 1 Steven Cunningham* 177. 1 Jeff Dalton* 177. 1 Mike Dalton* 177. 1 Matt Doyle 177. 1 Drew Eastin 177. 1 Greg Eldredge 177. 1 Chuck Emery* 177. 1 Steve Eppel 177. 1 Hap Fennell 177. 1 Jim Floyd 177. 1 Rob Gartin* 177. 1 Todd Giblin* 177. 1 Scott Hampart* 177. 1 Burt Hanser 177. 1 Mark Hirsch* 177. 1 Brent Houck 177. 1 John Hunsaker 177. 1 Curt Johnson 177. 1 Gary Jones 177. 1 Chris Kelley 177. 1 Tim Krumm 177. 1 Tom Laughad 177. 1 Nick Laws* 177. 1 John Lemos 177. 1 Kenny Loder* 177. 1 Britt Markussen 177. 1 Parrish Marugg* 177. 1 Logan McClain 177. 1 Kevin McConnell 177. 1 Craig McNeal 177. 1 Bill Meyer 177. 1 Joe Newendorp 177. 1 Mark O'Brien 177. 1 Nathan Overtree 177. 1 Pete Peterson 177. 1 Jason Plunkett 177. 1 Jim Pratt 177. 1 Gregory Probst 177. 1 Brad Rounds* 177. 1 Gary Ruder 177. 1 David Safris* 177. 1 Chris Sauer* 177. 1 Charley Serrill 177. 1 Nic Shaffer 177. 1 Don Smalley 177. 1 Mark Smalley 177. 1 Jeff Smith 177. 1 Mark Suri 177. 1 Douglas Thompson* 177. 1 Rob Vertsteegh 177. 1 Darren Wander 177. 1 Darrick Watson 177. 1 Don Wells* 177. 1 Ken White 177. 1 Robert Williams* 177. 1 Mike Winter 177. 1 Jeremy Wirtz 177. 1 Jason Wulf* 177. 1 Matthew Zepeda* Thanks again! Mark A. Guthart