The UCI Juniors 17-18 opened the racing on the final of the 2022 USA Cycling Cyclocross Nationals. See how it played out below, with reporting by USA Cycling and CXM.
Junior racing was one of the bright spots of growth at the 2022 Cyclocross Nationals, with three more Junior 17-18 men lining up than in 2021, and 21 more than the last Hartford Nationals in 2017.
Seventy three Junior Men lined up in the morning for the 17-18 race.
The top two Junior Men from the 2021 Nationals Race flipped the script and swapped places in 2022.
The race favorites going into the day were reigning national champion Magnus White (Boulder, Colo.; Boulder Juniors) as well as Koppenbergcross winner Andrew (AJ) August (Pittsford, N.Y.; FinKraft Junior Cycling Team).
The duo battled it out at the front and challenged each other through the corners.
Three laps in, August made his mark and secured a 12-second gap on White to take the stars-and-stripes jersey.
Pan American Champion and Connecticut local, David Thompson (New Canaan, Conn.; FinKraft Junior Cycling Team) completed the podium with the bronze medal.
After the race, August said, “It was my first race in the U.S. this season for cyclocross. I knew I was doing well this season based on how I did in Europe, but back here in the U.S., it’s kind of a different ballgame. I just took up the front and rode my own race, it was kind of tough to shake Magnus [White], but eventually, I was able to.”
Finkraft had a stellar Nationals, taking two spots on the podium.
See the full results at the bottom of this post.
2022 USA Cycling Cyclocross Nationals Hartford, CT Results: Junior Men 17-18
| Rank | Bib | Name | Team | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 208 | Andrew AUGUST | Finkraft Junior Cycling Team | 40:42:00 | 5 |
| 2 | 201 | Magnus WHITE | Boulder Junior Cycling | 40:59:00 | 5 |
| 3 | 202 | David THOMPSON | Finkraft Junior Cycling Team | 41:23:00 | 5 |
| 4 | 204 | Miles MATTERN | CXHAIRS DEVO : Trek Bikes | 42:10:00 | 5 |
| 5 | 203 | Daniel ENGLISH | BEAR CX | 42:30:00 | 5 |
| 6 | 209 | Leif BRYAN | Boulder Junior Cycling | 42:41:00 | 5 |
| 7 | 207 | Ian BROWN | BEAR CX | 42:41:00 | 5 |
| 8 | 206 | Henry COOTE | Riverside Racing | 42:56:00 | 5 |
| 9 | 217 | Luke WALTER | Boulder Junior Cycling | 43:09:00 | 5 |
| 10 | 205 | Ben STOKES | Finkraft Junior Cycling Team | 43:13:00 | 5 |
| 11 | 213 | Henry RAPINZ | Boulder Junior Cycling | 43:25:00 | 5 |
| 12 | 222 | Carden KING | Charge BC XC Racing | 43:36:00 | 5 |
| 13 | 232 | Alexander SCOPINICH-BURGEL | New England Devo p-b Cadence Wealth Management | 43:46:00 | 5 |
| 14 | 215 | Eli DEBOOM | Boulder Junior Cycling | 43:51:00 | 5 |
| 15 | 210 | Calvin CONAWAY | Midwestdevo | 43:51:00 | 5 |
| 16 | 214 | James HALVERSON | Minnesota Junior Cycling | 44:19:00 | 5 |
| 17 | 236 | Jade ROHDE | Proterra | 44:26:00 | 5 |
| 18 | 230 | Noah SHELTON | Bear CX | 44:27:00 | 5 |
| 19 | 211 | Evan COLEMAN | Baltimore Youth Cycling | 44:28:00 | 5 |
| 20 | 221 | Nathan CUSACK | CXHAIRS DEVO : TREK BIKES | 44:29:00 | 5 |
| 21 | 237 | Elias SAIGH | ProTerra | 44:35:00 | 5 |
| 22 | 218 | Gavin LOPEZ | Avout Racing | 44:46:00 | 5 |
| 23 | 216 | Dylan SCHROEDER | ProTerra | 44:58:00 | 5 |
| 24 | 220 | Will KNOWLES | ProTerra Racing | 44:58:00 | 5 |
| 25 | 246 | Finn WESTOVER | Team Booger | 45:18:00 | 5 |
| 26 | 224 | Luke ROBINSON | Boulder Junior Cycling | 45:23:00 | 5 |
| 27 | 219 | Dillon COSPER | Finkraft Junior Cycling Team | 45:25:00 | 5 |
| 28 | 227 | Ethan DELGROSSO | Shane Delgrosso rider resp | 45:36:00 | 5 |
| 29 | 231 | Presley EVANS | Miller School of Albemarle | 46:06:00 | 5 |
| 30 | 228 | Lukas BRANDT | Baltimore Youth Cycling | 46:18:00 | 5 |
| 31 | 234 | Simon PHIPPS | Cowbell CX Racing Squad | 46:53:00 | 5 |
| 32 | 251 | Patrick MCDONOUGH | Stedmans - Specialized Racing | 47:03:00 | 5 |
| 33 | 212 | Gus BRATETIC | Ignition p-b Rigd-Leitner | 47:35:00 | 5 |
| 34 | 229 | Jake JOHANSEN | Cascadia Junior Cycling | 47:48:00 | 5 |
| 35 | 263 | Ned BROERSMA | Shark River Devo | 37:58:00 | 4 |
| 36 | 233 | Matthew HAMSA | Torchys Tacos-Bike Mart | 37:58:00 | 4 |
| 37 | 265 | James FALCONEIRI | AP Junior Development p-b Corner Cycle | 37:58:00 | 4 |
| 38 | 276 | Landon BROWN | Team Stampede | 37:58:00 | 4 |
| 39 | 223 | Ben BOROFF | BYRDS | 37:58:00 | 4 |
| 40 | 262 | Colin GOULD | AP Junior Development p-b Corner Cycle | 37:58:00 | 4 |
| 41 | 252 | Griffin LARSON | Green Mountain CX | 37:58:00 | 4 |
| 42 | 225 | Otis ENGEL | Pro 13 | 37:58:00 | 4 |
| 43 | 256 | Jude SERRANI | Fort Wayne Outfitters and Bike Depot | 37:58:00 | 4 |
| 44 | 269 | Justin GREEN | Stage1-Airline Cycles | 37:58:00 | 4 |
| 45 | 226 | Collin HARTMAN | Avout Racing | 37:58:00 | 4 |
| 46 | 267 | Mark WALTER | 717 Cycling | 37:58:00 | 4 |
| 47 | 261 | Alejandro HUBER | Connecticut Cycling Advancement Program | 37:58:00 | 4 |
| 48 | 254 | Beck TORO-GORDON | NJCX Project | 37:58:00 | 4 |
| 49 | 272 | Patrick WOBLE | Stage 1-Airline Cycles | 37:58:00 | 4 |
| 50 | 274 | Henry BERSON | Guys Racing Club | 37:58:00 | 4 |
| 51 | 264 | Elijah SINGLETON | Baltimore Youth Cycling | 30:21:00 | 3 |
| 52 | 248 | Felix ABSOLONNE | TTEndurance Junior Devo | 30:21:00 | 3 |
| 53 | 244 | Michael DOBRONYI | Alpha Bicycle Company - Groove Silverthorne | 30:21:00 | 3 |
| 54 | 273 | Gus LYNOTT | Baltimore Youth Cycling | 30:21:00 | 3 |
| 55 | 260 | Joseph OTTO | NCTC | 30:21:00 | 3 |
| 56 | 277 | Owen BALLARD | Killington Mountain School | 30:21:00 | 3 |
| 57 | 245 | Joseph SEIDEL | Verge Sport | 30:21:00 | 3 |
| 58 | 240 | Alex REICHMANN | Rock Creek Velo | 30:21:00 | 3 |
| 59 | 266 | John DAUSCH | Rock Creek Velo | 30:21:00 | 3 |
| 60 | 268 | Drake DASH | ABD Cycling | 30:21:00 | 3 |
| 61 | 242 | Jason SULLIVAN | Killington Mountain School | 30:21:00 | 3 |
| 62 | 253 | Jacob GILSON | AP Junior Development p-b Corner Cycle | 30:21:00 | 3 |
| 63 | 257 | Graham HALVERSON | Boulder Junior Cycling | 30:21:00 | 3 |
| 64 | 270 | Samuel CURRIE | New England Development p-b Cadence Wealth Management | 32:52:00 | 3 |
| 65 | 235 | Zhiyang WANG | Summit Freewheelers | 32:52:00 | 3 |
| 66 | 247 | Tanner KALISHER | NJCX Project | 33:05:00 | 3 |
| 67 | 271 | Jensen CERVATI | NCTC | 33:24:00 | 3 |
| 68 | 278 | Brenner DICK | TTEndurance Junior Devo | 33:51:00 | 3 |
| 69 | 250 | John PIERRON | Cyclecraft Bulldogs | 23:34 | 2 |
| 70 | 243 | Owen BOTT | Baltimore Yourh Cycling | 23:34 | 2 |
| 71 | 241 | Spencer GIBSON | AP Junior Development p-b Corner Cycle | 23:35 | 2 |
| DNF | 249 | Benicio THORNE | Biciclistaus | 2 | |
| DNF | 258 | Alexander ST ANDRE | TT Endurance Junior Devo | 1 | |
| DNS | 275 | Kaleb TOSCANO | Syracuse Bike | 0 | |
| DNS | 255 | Evaristo OBREGON | Santa Cruz Free Agent | 0 |
See all our 2022 USA Cycling Cyclocross Nationals coverage here.
