2014 U.S. Cyclocross Nationals
The final day of the 2014 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championship featured a demanding, world class course, thousands of cheering spectators, sunny skies and great performances by elite winners Jeremy Powers and Katherine Compton.
All photographs © Timothy Carlson.
Margell Abel of Boulder (#63) charges a steep hill and finished 49th.
Winner Jeremy Powers (#3) had the inside line on the elite men’s start.
Elite men running up the Bonk Breaker Heart Breaker 5280 steps.
Melissa Barker (#48) runs up the steps on her way to 17th elite women's finish.
Erik Tonkin (#45) who finished 30th, led 35th place finisher Jared Nieters (#22)
down one of the many hills on the course.
Jessica Cutler (#17), 19th place finisher, zooms down a steep declivity.
BritLee Bowman (#34) and Mackenzie Woodring (#35) round a steep off camber corner.
Triathlon and cycling coach Neal Henderson came to cheer.
Shawn Milne (#10) of Beverly Massachusetts DNF.
Arley Kemmerer (#6) finished 11th and Sunny Gilbert (#18) finished 14th.
Running up the Bonk Breaker Heart Breaker steps.
Daniel Summerhill (#37) finished 7th and Peat Henry (#67) finished 79th.
Star Wars fan came in a blood red outfit.
Amanda Nauman (#32) finished 13th and Sunny Gilbert (#18) finished 14th.
Elle Anderson (#4) finished 2nd, 49 seconds behind winner Katherine Compton.
Zach McDonald (#5) DNF
Justin Lindine (#9), coming out of the deep ditch, finished 8th.
Katherine Compton (#1) of Colorado Springs, won the elite women’s title in a time of 42:36.
Kristin Weber (#44) finished 30th.
Elle Anderson (#4) of San Francisco finished 2nd and was met with a scrum of reporters and photographers at the finish.
