The elusive Jay K.

JKASC Awards

• The Don Holly Award is given annually to the most spirited cyclist. Previous winners have earned the award by:
  • Biking from Madison to the farm the day before the big ride
  • Riding an extra 30 mile loop during the day
  • Whistling non-stop up a genuinely steep hill
  • Bringing a cardboard cut-out of self for the Wyalusing group photo (to alleviate the need to rest at the rest stop).
  • Misleading the sag-wagon
  
  
  • 2012: Don Holly, the fix is in
  • 2011: Don Holly, the prankster.
  • 2010: Don Holly, I presume.
  • 2009: Don Holly. Cmon, Don, give someone else a chance already.
  • 2008: Don Holly, most sucessful suicide-centurian ever, beat that Michael Phelps
  • 2007: Don Holly: 1000 miles of SC
  • 2006: Don Holly; pending urinalysis
  • 2005: Don Holly
  • 2004: Don Holly
  • 2003: Don Holly
  • 2002: Don Holly
  • 2001: Don Holly
  • 2000: Don Holly
  • 1999: Don Holly
• The Iron-Sow Award for completing the JKASC on the biggest beast of a bike
  • 2012: Eric Sime
  • 2011: Eric Sime
  • 2010: Bruce Rheineck
  • 2009: Brenda Sunderdance
  • 2008: Loren Eadie
  • 2007: Bruce Broker
  • 2006: Bruce Broker: somebody buy this guy a helmet!
  • 2005: Scott Anderson and John Sarff: For riding the classic Schwinn World Tour, with kickstand.
  • 2004: Bruce Broker: impressive looking kick-stand. But still no shirt or helmet.
  • 2003: Gennady Fiksel: not the heaviest bike to win the prize, but he did carry Toni's shoes.
  • 2002: Bruce Broker: Good thing he was on a mountain bike when he took out that woodchuck. Going down a steep hill. On gravel. Without wearing a shirt. Or a helmet.
  • 2001: Scott Anderson: the computer alone was enough to win the prize.
  • 2000: Richard Osbaldiston: first rider to set out on a mountain bike.
  • 1999: No winner. It would have been Don Holly but he hates it when we pick on his pre-Nixon machine.
• The "We're honored by your presence" Award for making the effort to be at the JKASC
  • 2012: Eric Sime and Skip ?: eastern WI
  • 2011: Tim Schroeder: Vermont.
  • 2010: Jay LaBonne: Mt Zion, IL
  • 2009: Marty Broeske: Chicago!?
  • 2008: Kiri Duval: France!
  • 2007: Jean-Marc and Kiri Duval: France!
  • 2006: Jim Reardon: How far away is Portugal?
  • 2005: Scott Anderson: 200 miles, Blaine, MN.
  • 2004: Ted Biewer: 1200 miles from Princeton
  • 2003: Scott Anderson: 200 miles; we look forward to when all 3 kids can ride in a trailer behind your bike.
  • 2002: Ted Biewer: 1200 miles from Princeton
  • 2001: Scott, Ann and Samantha Anderson: 200 miles.
  • 2000: Richard Osbaldiston: 500 miles
  • 1999: Eilene Peters, Marty Broeske, Heidi Schmidt, Steve Dittman: Chicago area.
• The "Holy Shit!" Award for the least amount of saddle time prior to the JKASC or an otherwise similarly impressive feat of cycling prowess
  • 2012: Dan Carmody and Bill Capecchi: for making the rest of us look bad
  • 2011: Greg Storey
  • 2010: Cristophe Stoelinga: For staring down the heat adisory.
  • 2009: Eric Sime: Real men ride with a fixed gear.
  • 2008: Greg Storey
  • 2007: Dave Grace: Dang!
  • 2006: Mike Kaufman: This award can be won by invoking its name loudly and often.
  • 2005: Ralph Suechting: first century, and on a 10-speed (no less, no more).
  • 2004: Gretchen Suechting; even though she rides like a girl. Ted Biewer; 42x21 gear ratio, AND he rides like a girl.
  • 2003: Cary Forest: first century in 15 years.
  • 2002: Stefan Gerhardt: That guy rides a lot!
  • 2001: Mike Clark: 133 miles on a mountain bike.
  • 2000: Marty Broeske: That guy is fast.
  • 1999: Jay Anderson: 80 total miles of training. and Heidi Schmidt; fazed by nothing.
• The John C. Wright Grit Award to the rider who digs deep to keep on pedalling. Winner is given a handful of sand in their spaghetti dinner.
  • 2012: Wenzhe Mao: "That guy looked pretty bad at mile 50."
  • 2011: Paul Wilhite: Fever, what fever? Turn up the heat!
  • 2010: Eric Mayne: Keep on cranking til you can't crank no more.
  • 2009: Justin Harding: He don't need no stinking map.
  • 2008: Pat Anderson and Jim Sorenson
  • 2007: Jason Day: relentless pursuit of the finish line.
  • 2006: Tony Wimmers: It's all in the pacing.
  • 2005: Skip Holschbach: for a new and exciting way to dehydrate on a 100 mile bike ride; Immodium tossed in the with sand for him.
  • 2004: Aaron Backer: for battling all day long and making it in. And Paul Wilhite was also awarded the ceremonial sand, although he opted to sprinkle some of it into his ground-up elbow and knee.
  • 2003: Bruce Broker: sounded like he was going to stay in Steuben for a few days; but he kept going and finished strong.
  • 2002: Michael Woermann: that guy just kept on riding... and he didn't look so well.
  • 2001: Chris O'Dell: Rode the whole thing in need of some knee surgeries.
  • 2000: Adam Bayliss: despite almost yakking
  • 1999: John Wright: for battling cramps
• The 1st Century Award for those people who ride their first century on the JKASC
  • 2012: Dan Carmody, Bill Capecchi, and Wenzhe Mao
  • 2011: Tom Torzala, Tim Schroeder, Brad Harrison, Mio Suzuki
  • 2010:
  • 2009: Greg, Brad, Dale H., Wayne, ron, Eric S., Ryan, Brenda, and Justin?
  • 2008: Lana Mades, Jay Mimier
  • 2007: Stephanie Kayes
  • 2006: Mike Kaufman, Tony Wimmers
  • 2005: Ralph Suechting
  • 2004: Aaron Backer, David Ennis, Gretchen Suechting
  • 2003: Diane Demers, Gennady Fiksel
  • 2002: Bruce Broker, Jason Day, Michael Woermann, Jean Marc Duval
  • 2001: Lisa Wilson and Scott Anderson
  • 2000: Richard Osbaldiston
  • 1999: Chris O'Dell
• The "Why would you even want to try that?" Award for those people who just aren't quite right
  • 2012: ?
  • 2011: ?
  • 2010: Anyone who looked at the forecast (105 heat index) and decided to ride anyway.
  • 2009: ?
  • 2008: ?
  • 2007: ?
  • 2006: Max Wyman; for riding a fixed-gear over this beast

Group Pictures from Years Gone By

14th Annual, June 9th, 2012

12th Annual, July 17th, 2010

9th Annual, July 21st, 2007

8th Annual, July 29th, 2006

7th Annual, July 30th, 2005

6th Annual, July 11th, 2004

5th Annual, August 23rd, 2003

4th Annual, July 13th, 2002

Third Annual, July 28th, 2001

Second Annual, August 12th, 2000

First JKASC, 1999