• 1. Valentin Scherz, Cyfac-Champion Systems, 56:40
• 2. Chris Hurst, same time
• 3. Josh Dillon, Richard Sachs-RGM Watches-Radix, at 0:48
• 4. Nicholas Keough, Jittery Joe’s-Sonic Cyclocross, at 2:20
• 5. Anthony Grand, Cyfac-Champion Systems, at 2:20
• 6. Andrew Wulfkuhle, C3-Athletes Serving Athletes, at 2:47
• 7. Jesse Keough, Champion System-Keough Cyclocross, at 3:42
• 8. Peter Hurst, Axa Equitable-CRCA, at 4:10
• 9. Andrew Crooks, NYC Velo, -1 lap
• 10. Matt Spohn, Cyfac-Champion System, -1 lap
• 11. J.p. Partland, Kissena Cycling Club, -1 lap
• 12. David Sommerville, Cyfac-Champion System, -1 lap

Women

• 1. Laura Van Gilder, C3 Athletes Serving Athletes, 38:25
• 2. Arley Kemmerer, C3-Athletes Serving Athletes, at 1:01
• 3. Katrina Dowidchuk, Team TBB-Deep Blue, at 1:28
• 5. Kristine Church, Human Zoom-Pabst Blue Ribbon, at 2:35
• 6. Lenore Pipes, The Wistar Institute, at 3:02
• 7. Stacey Barbossa, Montclair Cyclists, at 3:13
• 9. Vanessa Mccaffrey, Missiion In Motion, at 4:09
• 8. Tara Parsons, CRCA, at 4:23
• 11. Brittlee Bowman, Kissena, at 4:48
• 10. Kaitlyn Lawrence, C3 Athletes Serving Athletes, at 6:51

Scherz’s third-place finish behind Keogh and Chris Hurst was good enough to clinch the Champion System MAC Series Championship for the second consecutive year as U23 riders swept the top four positions.

Laura Van Gilder (C3-Athletes Serving Athletes) also clinched the Champion System MAC Series title by winning her seventh MAC race of the year.

Teammate Arley Kemmerer finished second with Katrina Dowidchuk (Team TBB-Deep Blue) third.

Complete results

Quick results
Men

• 1. Nicholas Keough, Champion System-Keough Cyclocross, at 57:53
• 2. Chris Hurst,, at 0:00
• 3. Valentin Scherz, Cyfac-Champion Systems Racing Team-Revolution, at 1:10
• 4. Anthony Grand, Cyfac-Champion Systems-Revolution Wheelworks, at 1:12
• 5. Christian Favata, Favata’s Tablerock Tours and Bikes, at 1:35

Women

• 1. Laura Van Gilder, C3 Athletes Serving Athletes, at 0:36:01
• 2. Arley Kemmerer, C3-Athletes Serving Athletes, at 0:09
• 3. Katrina Dowidchuk, Team TBB-Deep Blue, at 1:22
• 4. Kristine Church, Human Zoom-Pabst Blue Ribbon, at 1:28
• 5. Stacey Barbossa, Montclair Cyclists, at 2:26

• 1. Nicholas Keough, Champion System-Keough Cyclocross, at 57:53
• 2. Chris Hurst,, at 0:00
• 3. Valentin Scherz, Cyfac-Champion Systems Racing Team-Revolution, at 1:10
• 4. Anthony Grand, Cyfac-Champion Systems-Revolution Wheelworks, at 1:12
• 5. Christian Favata, Favata’s Tablerock Tours and Bikes, at 1:35
• 6. Josh Dillon, Richard Sachs-RGM Watches-Radix, at 1:35
• 7. Jonny Bold, Corner Cycle, at 1:35
• 8. Andrew Wulfkuhle, C3-Athletes Serving Athletes, at 1:40
• 9. Jesse Keough, Champion System-Keough Cyclocross, at 2:47
• 10. Jeffrey Bahnson, Van Dessel Factory Team, at 2:59
• 11. Matt Spohn, Cyfac-Champion System Racing Team-Revolution Wheelworks, at 3:28
• 12. Peter Hurst, Axa Equitable Cycling Team-CRCA, at 4:06
• 13. Michael Jenks, Highland Park Hermes-Kim’s Bike Shop, -1 lap
• 14. J.p. Partland, Kissena Cycling Club, -1 lap
• 15. Andrew Crooks, NYC Velo, -1 lap
• 16. Mark Broadwater, C3-Athletes Serving Athletes, -1 lap
• 17. David Sommerville, Cyfac-Champion System-Revolution Wheelworks, -1 lap

Women

• 1. Laura Van Gilder, C3 Athletes Serving Athletes, at 0:36:01
• 2. Arley Kemmerer, C3-Athletes Serving Athletes, at 0:09
• 3. Katrina Dowidchuk, Team TBB-Deep Blue, at 1:22
• 4. Kristine Church, Human Zoom-Pabst Blue Ribbon, at 1:28
• 5. Stacey Barbossa, Montclair Cyclists, at 2:26
• 6. Lenore Pipes, The Wistar Institute, at 2:32
• 7. Lauri Webber, Secret Henry’s Team, at 2:35
• 8. Beth Renaud, CRCA-Comedy Central-Sid’s Bikes, -1 lap

The series had been scheduled to conclude with the Whitmore’s Landscape Super Cross Cup, Nov. 20-21 in Southampton, New York. But, because of a construction project, Whitmore’s has changed venues and will no longer be UCI sanctioned. The NACT series requires its races to be UCI sanctioned.

The NACT will now conclude November 27-28 at the Bay State Cyclocross in Sterling, Massachusetts, giving this year’s NACT two stops in Massachusetts, following the Grand Prix of Gloucester earlier this month.

Whitmore’s Super Cross Cup will continue as a two-day USA Cycling-sanctioned event and part of the Champion System MAC Series at a new venue at Eisenhower Park near Hofstra University in Nassau County. The new venue is an hour closer to New York City than Southampton.

NACT director Brook Watts said the change to Sterling is “a natural fit for NACT. Race director Tom Stevens has a reputation for some of the best courses nationwide, the race attracts the cream of the cross field and the timing fits nicely with the season schedule.”

The NACT is at the season mid-point with racing taking place in Colorado this weekend starting with the Colorado Cross Classic at Boulder Reservoir on Saturday and the Victory Circle Graphix Boulder Cup, at the Flatirons Mall in Broomfield, on Sunday.

Wendy Simms (Front Runners-Ridley) leads the NACT women’s standings after four races. CrossVegas winner Francis Mourey (FdJ) leads the men’s standings, but has returned to race in Europe and will not contest the rest of the NACT. Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com teammates Tim Johnson and Jeremy Powers are tied for second in the series.

Dombroski’s surge through a tight U-turn opened a small gap on Georgia Gould (Luna), with whom she had battled for the entire 45-minute race. She held the gap — no bigger than a few bike lengths — to the line.

Dombroski doubled up in Southampton. Photo: Karl Ockert

“I led into the U-turn and sprinted out of it as hard as I could,” said Dombroski (Schlamm p/b Clement & Primus Mootry). “My original plan was to try and get a gap on her earlier. Georgia and I were swapping attacks right and left. ”

The win came a day after Dombroski battled with Kelli Emmett (Giant) on the same course — organizers ran Sunday’s race in the opposite direction — and won.

Dombroski and Gould traded blows for the lion’s share of the women’s race after the Luna rider surged into the lead from the gun. On the opening lap the two distanced themselves from chasers Kelli Emmett (Giant), Laura Van Gilder and Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes). Dombroski tried to shake the Luna rider on the flats, while Gould tried her hand on the course’s five steep uphills.

“I didn’t have the extra oomph to ever make it stick today — Amy would always close it down on the flats,” Gould said. “ I kept telling myself to race smart and then I took the final corner really wide.”

Behind the two, Emmett attacked to hold onto third, with Van Gilder and McConneloug rounding out the podium.

For Dombroski, who had struggled through the opening months of the season, the winning weekend is a major confidence booster heading into the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross finals December 4-5 in Portland, Oregon, and the USA Cycling national cyclocross championships December 10-13 in Bend, Oregon. A three-time U23 national champion, she will jump into the elite ranks for the 2009 nationals.

“My coach and I timed it well this year, and I feel like I still have some room to get faster,” Dombroski said.

Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com dominates again

It was a near repeat of Saturday’s men’s race in Southampton, as Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com teammates Tim Johnson, Jeremy Powers and Jamey Driscoll again swept the podium. Johnson took his sixth NACT victory of the year, which like Saturday’s win, came after catching and then dropping his teammate Powers.

Johnson caught Powers at the race’s midpoint, and the two spent five laps battling with each other before Johnson pulled free.

Powers follows Johnson on Sunday. Photo: Karl Ockert

“We were smashing each other as best as we could — just because we’re teammates doesn’t mean we’re going to go easy,” Johnson said. “It was constant. It was like a team time trial or a training ride with a teammate where you’re putting each other on the limit and squeezing a little bit more.”

Powers sprang to his advantage on the second lap, after an early group formed containing the three Cannondale riders, Ryan Trebon (Kona-FSA) and 19-year-old Swiss rider Valentin Schertz (Pro Cycles-Scott). Trebon set an early fast tempo to try to pull Powers back. But after two laps, the Kona-FSA rider pulled aside to let his companions do the work.

That’s when Johnson put in his dig. Within a lap, Johnson bridged up to his teammate and assumed the front of the race. Behind the two, Driscoll also attacked and gained a gap, while a resurgent Adam Craig rebounded from a bad start to ride into fourth.

Powers battled with Johnson, surging and slowing over the 1.7-mile course. Then, on a small incline on the course’s backside, Johnson put in an acceleration that shed his teammate.

Ssked if he questioned his teammate’s decision to chase him down and then drop him, Powers said no.

“It’s fair game. What am I going to do? Teammate or not, it’s how it rolls,” Powers said. “We wouldn’t pull punches on anyone. After an hour we’re both flogged. We can see it in each other’s face.”

Powers was quick to label Johnson the fastest man in American cyclocross right now, but when asked if he agreed, Johnson said no.

“I would never make that call,” said Johnson, who won the 2007 national title.

Agreeing with Johnson was Trebon, the reigning national champion, who hopes to defend his stars-and-stripes jersey next month in his hometown of Bend. Trebon admitted he was not on top form in Southampton, but said he will be firing on all cylinders come December.

“I don’t think I’ve lost any mojo — I’m not worried about (nationals),” Trebon said. “There’s still a lot of racing left this year.”