In article <
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> Casey Kerrigan wrote:
> > At least this is a first as far as I can remember. Yesterday at the Snelling road race the size
> > of the Cat 4 women's field was larger than the senior Cat 4 field. The women's race had 65
> > riders in it while the Senior 4 race had 57. The Cat 4 women also outnumbered the two Cat 5
> > fields combined ( a total of 58 Cat 5 men).
>
> I've seen the number of women racers expand greatly here in New England over the past decade,
> thanks in large part to the Women's Challenge Series, but this is the first time I've heard of a
> women's field larger than the same category men's field. The comparison to the men's category 5
> fields is probably the more appropriate, being the entry level categorys.
>
> However, there does seem to be something wrong here: According to USCF Rule 1G5, the field limit
> for a women's category 4 only race is only 50 (same as men's category 5).
>
Yea it looks like the Reg people lost track of how many riders they had and went over the field
limit a bit. for the other races with a 50 rider field limit they added overflow races ( but there
was a limit on how many overflow races they could have). Since this is the first Time We have had a
Cat 4 women's race reach the field limit I think the Reg. people werne't as ready for the field to
fill like they were for the other races.
Casey
> > Good to see the numbers of women increasing.
>
> Agreed.
>
> Mark McMaster
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