Bommelje slips ahead of large pack to win Tour de Charleston cycling title

21-year-old Josh Bommelje outlasted a pack of nine riders within 5 seconds of one another to win the 50-mile race in Saturday’s Tour de Charleston.

Bommelje, a Southern Illinois University student, edged 35-year-old Adam Kester by a half second for the overall victory in 2 hours, 12 minutes, 54.5 seconds across a course that included hills through the southern part of the county. Tom Keller, Bob Petty, Dan Johnson, Jeffrey Stowell, Eric Abbott, and Robert Hornbaker followed within seconds.

Charleston Chamber of Commerce President Doug Abolt congratulates Charleston native and current Southern Illinois University student Josh Bommelje for having the best overall time in the 50-mile race of the Tour de Charleston on Saturday morning. (Photo/Chet Piotrowski)

Margaret Barawskas, 33, won the women’s overall title in 2:19.03.5.

Paul Howard, 42, took the 25-mile men’s title by more than minute in 1:03.00 while Lindcoya Pennington-Fiddler earned the women’s title in 1:15.08.

59-year-old Greg Voudrie, meanwhile, captured the 12.5-mile men’s title in 36 minutes, 28.3 seconds, averaging more than 20 mph to win by 26 seconds. Kathy Hussey, 64, finished first in the women’s division in 54:55.

50-MILE RACE

PL	NAME	AGE	G	TIME
1	Josh Bommelje	21	M	2:12:54.5
2	Adam Kester	35	M	2:12:54.9
3	Tom Keller	46	M	2:12:55.4
4	Bob Petty	46	M	2:12:55.5
5	Dan Johnson	48	M	2:12:56.1
6	Jeffrey Stowell	51	M	2:12:56.7
7	Eric Abbott	32	M	2:12:57.0
8	Robert Hornbaker	62	M	2:12:57.8
9	Adam Fifield	50	M	2:12:58.5
10	Kip McDaniel	37	M	2:13:15.2
11	Michael Hicks	38	M	2:13:15.3
12	Steve Foster	56	M	2:16:18.7
13	Doug Kinkade	50	M	2:19:03.5
14	Margaret Barawskas	33	F	2:19:07.7
15	Kirt Monk	41	M	2:19:08.8
16	David Mahaffey	42	M	2:19:10.7
17	Mike Ozment	76	M	2:19:17.0
18	Gabriel Grant	36	M	2:26:01.4
19	Cliff Charnell	41	M	2:28:43.5
20	Bart Tate	52	M	2:28:43.6
21	Larry Stranko	62	M	2:40:39.3
22	Mark Nilges	69	M	2:40:39.9
23	Kelley Wegeng	42	F	2:41:12.9
24	Ron Gillen		M	2:41:14.2
25	Alan Pocaro	43	M	2:41:47.7
26	Charles Smyth	65	M	2:42:13.2
27	Alexander Withers	41	M	2:43:44.3
28	Christopher Crimmins	20	M	2:53:35.0
29	Jason Booker	48	M	3:00:05.2
30	Christina Booker	49	F	3:00:05.7
31	Acan Armentrout	63	M	3:07:01.8
32	Audrey Ishii	63	F	3:13:32.0
33	Michael Nannini	49	M	3:19:53.2
34	Michelle Blankenship	51	F	3:28:29.7
35	Michelle Hall	55	F	3:28:41.7
36	Deb Vincent	52	F	3:35:45.1
37	Eric Blankenship	51	M	3:38:43.6
38	Shane Hall	56	M	3:38:43.7

25-MILE RACE

PL	NAME	AGE	G	TIME
1	Paul Howarth	42	M	1:03:00.1
2	Jeremy Alexander	37	M	1:04:22.8
3	Justin Blue	43	M	1:04:32.1
4	Aaron Lock	35	M	1:07:22.3
5	William McKenzie	40	M	1:09:32.5
6	Phillip Nicholls	53	M	1:09:39.6
7	Eric Wilson	34	M	1:10:24.7
8	Tim Camden	57	M	1:12:57.6
9	Mike Armstrong	45	M	1:13:52.8
10	Adam Sims	29	M	1:14:51.5
11	Todd Dukeman	59	M	1:15:01.6
12	Lindcoya Pennington-Fidler	27	F	1:15:08.5
13	Christopher Bartlett	62	M	1:16:25.3
14	Jay Grabiel	37	M	1:19:32.3
15	Christopher Bates	39	M	1:19:42.4
16	William Clark	27	M	1:19:52.0
17	Bart Brewer	46	M	1:21:59.6
18	Greg Short	50	M	1:22:00.3
19	Wesley Paul	14	M	1:22:31.6
20	Kevin Martlage	48	M	1:23:11.2
21	Keith Sutterfield	29	M	1:25:00.8
22	David Paul	46	M	1:25:42.6
23	John Messer	74	M	1:27:08.5
24	Becky Taylor	39	F	1:29:00.1
25	Scott Taylor	41	M	1:29:00.2
26	Karol Scrimager	49	F	1:29:53.4
27	William Morecraft	37	M	1:30:01.2
28	David Sutterfield	66	M	1:30:28.9
29	Tony Willendburg	42	M	1:32:22.8
30	Kelly Stranko	58	F	1:33:37.1
31	Jeffery Borntreger	56	M	1:34:24.3
32	Carrie Haptonstall	43	F	1:38:17.0
33	Siobhan Doherty	23	F	1:38:21.7
34	Jason Shumway	43	M	1:47:12.9
35	John Ensign	56	M	1:51:25.0
36	James Morice	55	M	1:51:25.1
37	Alejandra Alvarada	45	M	1:52:43.2
38	Kathy Lynch	55	F	1:54:42.7
39	Dan Metz Dan Metz	80	M	1:57:22.1
40	Richard Knoll	57	M	2:07:01.6
41	Patricia Knoll	47	F	2:07:02.2
42	Bob Lawrence	65	M	3:05:04.0
43	Joyce Lawrence	65	F	3:05:04.4

12.5 MILE RACE

PL	NAME	AGE	G	TIME
1	Greg Voudrie	59	M	36:28.3
2	Charly Nguyen	63	M	36:54.2
3	Chad Isley	47	M	37:23.2
4	Gary Patrick	52	M	41:23.0
5	Tony Armstrong	46	M	43:17.3
6	Joe Gisondi	58	M	43:34.4
7	Austin Gahimer	26	M	44:07.6
8	Don Sims	49	M	45:00.3
9	Gus Gomez	34	M	45:02.8
10	Glen Pruett	54	M	46:22.5
11	Mike Behrens	57	M	47:16.2
12	Adrian Marruffo	67	M	47:22.7
13	Jon Livingston	34	M	48:46.1
14	Philip Withers-Sickles	13	M	51:34.3
15	Gary Henigman	66	M	51:44.4
16	Patrick Brasier	44	M	53:59.5
17	Scott Justice	53	M	53:59.7
18	Kathy Hussey	64	F	54:55.7
19	Jake Behrens	24	M	55:17.6
20	Logan Thompson	13	M	55:34.5
21	Julian Gomez	13	M	55:42.9
22	Shell Feda	28	F	56:00.3
23	Jeff Scrimager	62	M	57:55.1
24	Jeffrey Parish	61	M	58:43.5
25	Rebecca Sutterfield	29	F	59:57.1
26	Eric Cooper	52	M	1:01:00.0
27	Max Jaeger	78	M	1:08:07.8
28	Trisha Rentschler	32	F	1:08:19.0
29	Tim Rentschler	66	M	1:08:19.1
30	Bethni Gill	41	F	1:10:16.8
31	Luke Grant	7	M	1:11:00.6
32	Marissa Grant	37	F	1:11:01.8
33	Richard Heller	79	M	1:11:07.1
34	James Heller	40	M	1:11:07.4
35	Stacey Tipps	27	F	1:21:57.5
36	Jeff Tipps		M	1:21:58.2
37	Anne Catey	58	F	1:23:19.8
38	Mary Hawker	60	F	1:23:20.2
39	Rafael Monvardin	43	F	1:29:14.6