PENDLETON — Streets in and around Falls Park became a place for more than a casual bike ride on Sunday as the Heroes Crit and Fit cycling event came to town.
Hundreds of cyclists from around the Midwest and beyond competed in half a dozen events organized by age group, skill level and gender.
Thousands of dollars of prize money was awarded to top finishers.
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There was also a one-lap children’s race for ages 3 to 10.
The list below includes those who received prize money. For a complete list of results, visit legacy.usacycling.org/results/?permit=2019-1994.
Masters 40-plus — Categories 4/5
(9 a.m. 45 minutes, $300 in prize money among top five)
1 Michael Baker 45, Noblesville
2 Michael Hittesdorf, 52, Chicago
3 Daniel Frazier, 50, Mattawan, Michigan
4 Larry Lenne, 52, Indianapolis
5 Ryosuke Baba, 43, Tell City
Masters 40-plus — Categories 1/2/3
(10 a.m. 45 minutes, $700 in prize money among top 10)
1 Robert White, 42, Cedarburg, Wisconsin
2 Andrew Crater, 41, Greenville, South Carolina
3 Hunter East, 56, Little Rock, Arkansas
4 Timothy Strelecki, 43, Geneva, Illinois
5 Jose Rodriguez, 43, Highland Park, Illinois
6 Ryan White, 42, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
7 Don Birch, 54, Indianapolis
8 Carlos Casali, 45, Verona, Wisconsin
9 Andrew Messer, 45, Bloomington
10 Matt Bole, 44, Loveland, Ohio
Men’s Categories 4/5
(11 a.m, 45 minutes, $400 in prize money among top 10)
1 Robert Strobel, 20, Batesville
2 Michael Lee, 24, Bedford
3 Chris Anderson, 25, Fort Wayne
4 Patrick Williams, 29, Bloomington
5 Morgan Huegel, 27, Cary, North Carolina
6 Patrick Dunn, 35, Fishers
7 Patrick Shirmeyer, 50, Indianapolis
8 Jeffrey Turner, 27, Indianapolis
9 Brandon Reinholt, 22, Warsaw
10 John Morton, 28, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Women’s Pro Categories 1/2/3
(12:15 p.m. 45 minutes, $1,500 in prize money among top 15)
1 Olivia Ray, 21, Savannah, Georgia
2 Winada Spoor, 28, Asheville, North Carolina
3 Emily Spence, 36, Brooklyn, New York
4 Emily Ehrlich, 26, Dearborn, Michigan
5 Colleen Gulick, 28, Spring City, Pennsylvania
6 Debbie Milne, 50, Greenville, South Carolina
7 Kimberly Pettit, 53, Tulsa, Oklahoma
8 Caitlin Milne, 25, Greenville, South Carolina
9 Arielle Coy, 28, Indianapolis
10 Laura Webb, 43, Lakewood, Ohio
11 Larissa Castellari, 23, Erwin, Tennessee
12 Regina Legge, 35, Salem, New Hampshire
13 Kelsey Devereaux, 31, Indianapolis
14 Allison McCurry, 17, Crestwood, Kentucky
15 Krystal Burnham, 32, Collegedale, Tennessee
Women’s Categories 4/5
(12:15 p.m. 45 minutes, run concurrently with categories 1/2/3, $100 in prize money among the top 3)
1 Hanna Coppens, 22, Mishawaka
2 Heather Robinson, 45, Indianapolis
3 Leah DeMatta, 26, Richmond Heights, Missouri
Men Categories 3/4
(1:15 p.m., 45 minutes, $700 in prize money among top 15)
1 Ryutaro Nakamura, 29, Lexington, Kentucky
2 Caleb Langley, 22, Bloomington
3 Miles Johnson, 29, Indianapolis
4 James Kraus, 27, Louisville, Kentucky
5 Felipe Cardenas, 47, Indianapolis
6 Mitchell Steindler, 24, Columbus, Ohio
7 Nathan Wyrick, 31, Fishers
8 Matthew Laubach, 25, Bloomington
9 Bryan Ryder, 26, Blue Ash, Ohio
10 Levi Gaswint, 29, Findlay, Ohio
11 Yi Sun, 23, West Lafayette
12 Hassan Najfi, 20, Schaumburg, Illinois
13 Reid Wilson, 24, Indianapolis
14 George Morrison IV, 28, Indianapolis
15 Patrick Shirmeyer, 50, Indianapolis
Men Pro Categories 1/2/3
(2:15 p.m., 75 minutes, $1,500 in prize money among top 15)
1 Ben Schmutte, 23, Noblesville
2 Jarret Oldham, 25, Louisville, Kentucky
3 Tanner Ward, 26, Little Rock, Arkansas
4 Brandon Feehery, 27, Knoxville, Tennessee
5 Robert White, 42, Cedarburg, Wisconsin
6 Matt Salpietro, 32, Indianapolis
7 Jacob Slosar, 19, Edwardsville, Illinois
8 Alex Mclaughlin, 29, Louisville, Kentucky
9 Alwyn Steenkamp, 23, Atlanta
10 Austin Gomes, 21, Florissant, Missouri
11 Hogan Sills, 29, Indianapolis
12 John Purvis, 31, Parthenon, Arkansas
13 Daniel Tokarczyk, 22, Cincinnati, Ohio
14 Robert Frangi, 28, Indianapolis
15 Eli House, 21, Indianapolis
