The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 3, 1992 Page: 12 of 24
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12 FRIDAY, APRIL 3. 1992 THE RICE THRESHER
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Jones, Brown and Hanszen
Colleges took the Beer
Bike championships
March 27, despite looming
dark clouds that
threatened to postpone the
event a second time. Although
the Rice Program Council's
preparations for the event
were less elaborate than for the
original March 21 attempt,
many students still attended to
cheer at the highly contested
race.
Beer Bike was postponed
from March 21 because of
rainy conditions making the
tract unsafe to use for a high-
speed race.
The rains started after of
the traditional parade
entrances of the college teams
and supporters. Officials tried
to wait out the rain, in hopes
of the track drying out, but
rain continued to fall.
Although the original
rain date was March 22,
weather forecasts predicted a
greater chcijjce of rain, so the
race was moved to March 27.
Clouds threatened to
postpone or cancel Beer Bike
on March 27 as well, as the
officials begged students to
clear the track and organize
themselves "so we can get the
race started before it rains on
us."
Nevertheless, the rain
held, and all three races
proceeded. No new records
were set, but the races were
extremely hard fought.
Men's Race
In the men's race, Jones and
Lovett fought for first
place until the ninth rider,
when Jones started to pull
ahead.
Jones' final rider crossed
the finish line onlv 0.77
seconds ahead of "Lovett's with
a final track time of 22:11.61.
The two leading teams
accumulated two penalties
apiece, and Jones neld onto the
cnampionship with an official
time of 22:21.61. Both Jones
and Lovett lapped the third
place team, Will Rice, which
finished about a minute later.
To celebrate their much
anticipated victory, Jones
sprayed the chanting crowd
with a case of champagne.
"Rain or shine, Jones wins
again," commented a pleased
Danielle Edmonds, Jones Beer-
Bike coordinator.
"It was great — the best
time I've ever had at Beer-
Bike," said iron-man and Jones
bike team co-captain Henry
Harper.
Jones chuggers Jim
• O'Brien and Mike Woods
enthused, "We did it for Dr.
Isle!" Isle, the Jones master,
returned the spirit by
downing a "slick-50' after
the race. (See photo, left.)
"We were pleasantly
surprised," saicf Christopher
Nguyen, Lovett Beer-Bike
co-captain. "We had some
guys riding for the first
time. Considering their
inexperience, we weren't
pessimistic, but we weren't
optimistic either."
"The whole race
comes down to when the
ninth rider came,"
Nguyen said. "If [Jones"
Henry Harper had
come out before
[Lovett's] Matt
Eckstein , it
probably would
nave been a closer
race. Our ninth
rider would
have stayed
with him."
"People
don't realize
how important
it is to draft off
having the
rider blocking
the wind,
especially in a
short event
where your
energy is
expended,"
added Nguyen,
also a member
of the Rice
University
cycling team.
Brown came in fourth
with a time of 23:43.22, the
best showing in Brown's
history. A flat tire on Dave
Hart's second lap cost
time, but the Brown crew
adapted quickly.
Sid Richardson was |
disqualified in the
men's race because
two team members
finished only
two laps
instead of the
obligatory
RACE RESULTS—OVERALL
Men
's
Women's
Team
Time
Team
Time
Jones
22:21.61
Brown
16:24.71
Lovett
22:22.38
J ones
16:30.31
WRC
23:18.74
Hanszen
16:35.36
Brown
23:43.22
WRC
16:35.36
Hanszen
23:51.00
Baker
17:10.54,
Baker
24:45.31
SRC,
17:38.47
CSA
24:58.94
Lovett
17:49.62
, Wiess
25:14.52
Wiess
18:04.07
SRC
Disqualified
CSA
20:11.12
Alumni
Hanszen
16:21.14
SRC
16:40.82
(undergrac
i participation)
Lovett/Baker
18:45.99
CSA
18:29.00
AS
(one rider,
only one lap)
J
Story by Sei Chong and
Photos by Chris Sonm
Boles, and Mike
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Kim, Leezie & Carson, Chad. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, April 3, 1992, newspaper, April 3, 1992; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245811/m1/12/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.