Dorothy Wong 4th at US CycloCross Nationals

 

Portland Oregon -- Kelly Factory Team rider Dorothy Wong sloshes and slogs her way to a 4th place podium finish in the Masters 40-44 class at the USCF Cyclocross National Championships held in Portland Oregon.

Like any other average day in Oregon one could expect conditions nothing less than desirable for cross – very muddy, rain and more rain.

 

 

Dorothy who rode 10 seconds off the lead the first few laps of the race was caught off guard like a deer in the headlights as she was cresting one of the many large mounds of mud by the strong flash of a photographer’s camera.

 

“I’m really surprised because camera flash has never bothered me before, but this one time I must have been looking right at it when it went off,” explained Wong, “By the time I got up and got it together, a few of the girls had passed me so worked my way up to 4th” -- it’s cool though, I still had a lot of fun and the other girls were really great”.

 

 

photos courtesy of Roman Roth and Mitch Clinton

And, thanks to the folks at CyclePath for a great welcome!! We enjoyed pizza night at theshop and meeting our Portland Kelly riders!!