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Cycle-Smart Northampton Cyclocross

One write-up covers this race.

How the fields rated

The average rating of the ranked masters in each field — not every starter, only the riders already carrying a rating. The count says how many. Fields are listed by age group, not by strength.

Oct 31

FieldAverageMasters ratedStrongest rated
Master Men 40+ +7.2 56 Donny Green +15.9, Adam Myerson +15.4
Master Women 40+ -3.9 7 Alexandra Jospe +3.9, Kristina Grossmann +0.9
Master Men 55+ +1.4 59 Ciaran Mangan +11.8, Ciaran Mangan +11.8
Master Women 55+ — 1 (one master) Kelli Montgomery -2.7
Men Cat 2/3 +6.9 12 Lawrence Perera +13.5, Colin Reuter +11.7
Men Cat 4/Novice -8.9 19 Pete Peck-matthews +4.0, Bryan Wynn +2.4
Men Elite — 1 (one master) Gorgi Popstefanov +11.8
Women Cat 2/3 -5.7 4 (small sample) Alix Norris -1.1, Parrish Bergquist -2.2
Women Cat 4/Novice -18.3 5 Amanda Tait -6.8, Jenica Allen -11.0
Women Elite +0.8 4 (small sample) Kim Coleman +2.5, Erin Gordon +1.5

Nov 1

FieldAverageMasters ratedStrongest rated
Men Master 40+ +6.9 49 Adam Myerson +15.4, John Sakalowsky +14.8
Women Master 40+ -4.4 11 Kristina Grossmann +0.9, Sarah Sutton -0.8
Men Master 55+ +1.4 38 Keith Burgoyne +11.0, William Shattuck +10.7
Women Master 55+ -21.5 5 Kelli Montgomery -2.7, Katherine Brown -18.4
Elite Women — 1 (one master) Amanda Deleo -0.1
Men 2/3 +8.2 12 Derek Jakoboski +14.8, Gregory Colby +14.0
Men 4/Novice -9.4 16 Justin Walker +5.9, Nelson Cohn +1.6
Women 2/3 -4.5 2 (small sample) Parrish Bergquist -2.2, Amanda Tait -6.8
Women 4/Novice -25.2 4 (small sample) April Pitroff varellas -12.2, Sandy Noble -22.1

Ratings are percent per lap against an average Men Cat 4; higher is stronger. A field with a single rated master gets no average — one rider is not a field. Results through November 8, 2026. Nothing here is an official result; corrections are welcome and get made.

RecapCyclocrossMasters 40+

Montgomery, Melkonian and Reid Win Twice. Drummond and Myerson Split Northampton by a Second.

Kelli Montgomery won the Master Women 55+ at the Cycle-Smart Northampton Cyclocross on both days, and Lora Melkonian and Pam Reid each won twice at the Cross Crusade at Edgefield. Chris Drummond and Adam Myerson each won the Master Men 40+ at Northampton by one second. October 31 and November 1.

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