The Crossniacs swept the Elite Men's podium at Baker Orchard CX, with CJ "Thor" Faulkner taking his first victory of the season, after a series of close but no cigar performances. Teammates Chris Fisher finished 2nd, and Josh Roeser 3rd. Fred Mills, Revolution Cycle/Twin Six and Charles Simacek finished 4th and 5th respectively.

Linda Sone won the Elite Women's race for the 2nd Saturday in a row, in a tight battle with Corey Coogan Cisek. Jeanne Fleck rounded out the Podium in 3rd place.

The Elite Men's race saw Faulkner with an early flat tire, chasing back to the lead group. It was Chris Fisher of the Crossniacs that took the iniative to drive at the front, and split the group. CJ Faulkner then took over driving at the front. Newly signed Plan C rider, Eric Thompson was the only rider able to match the pace of the Crossniacs trio, sitting 2nd wheel for several laps. Late in the race, Faulkner got away solo, then Roeser and Fisher were able to drop a tiring Thompson. Faulkner came in well clear, with Fisher and Roeser finishing together. Chris Smith (HUP United) finished 4th overall, 1st in the Masters 35+. Mills made an amazing late race charge to pass several riders on the last lap to finish 5th overall, 4th in the Cat 1/2 just in front of Simacek.

Crossniacs racer Josh Roeser stormed to victory in the Elite Men's race, distancing himself in the final lap from a leading trio of Jesse Rients (Trek) and Chris Smith (HUP). Rients finished 2nd, and Smith 3rd.

Rients found himself forced to do most of the work late in the race, as Roeser followed, hoping teammate CJ Faulkner could rejoin the front group after a mechanical. Smith attacked coming into the last lap, and gained a substantial lead, only to have Roeser bridge the gap, followed shortly after by Rients.

In the Elite Women's race, it was Linda Sone and Corey Coogan Cisek who paired up to lead the first half of the race. Eventually, Sone was able to break away and finish well clear of Cisek, who finished 2nd. Lindsey Hillesheim finished 3rd.

Full results can be viewed here: http://www.endurancepromotions.com/?p=3202

After long deliberations, we have chosen the standard MCF CX event schedule for 2012. Click the link below to view the schedule.

Things to note:
- Very similar to 2011 schedule.
- Added category designations to Masters Fields.
- Added a singlespeed field.
- Added a citizens/beginners race at the end of the day.

Caveats: For event promoters who can't spare the extra hour for a 6 race schedule, they can opt to run only one Cat 4 race, and put it at the start or end of the day. Their choice.

This schedule was determined with an eye towards growth in the sport. More options for people to double-up, and a new citizens/beginner mens race to reduce the barrier of entry into the sport.

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