After the dust settled on Saturday and Sunday, the final two days of the USA Cycling Masters Road  National Championships, it was clear that Bend racers know how to race crits.

On Saturday, Bend cycling coach and ex-pro Bart Bowen (pictured at right in purple) sprinted out of large field to finish third in the highly competitive  masters 45-49 age group.

And in the women’s 40-44 age group, Brenna Lopez-Otero backed up her 2011 win with another victory in Saturday’s national title crit race.

On Sunday Bend racers continued to shine as Helen Grogan managed a second-place finish in the women’s 50-54 age group. Congrats to all the masters competitors—it takes a focused athlete to juggle training and racing with a family and a day job.

This article appears in Sep 6-12, 2012.

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A Breakdown of the Masters Nationals Crit Races: Bend riders show true grit on home turf

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
September 10, 2012

<h1>A Breakdown of the Masters Nationals Crit Races: Bend riders show true grit on home turf</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />September 10, 2012</p> <p><img title="Bart Bowen takes third." src="http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/326282_10151143829313363_490177653_o.jpg" alt="Bart Bowen takes third." width="369" height="211" />After the dust settled on Saturday and Sunday, the final two days of the USA Cycling Masters Road&nbsp; National Championships, it was clear that <strong>Bend racers know how to race crits</strong>.</p> <p>On Saturday, Bend cycling coach and ex-pro <strong>Bart Bowen</strong> (pictured at right in purple) sprinted out of large field to finish <strong>third</strong> in the highly competitive&nbsp; masters 45-49 age group.</p> <p>And in the women's 40-44 age group, <strong>Brenna Lopez-Otero</strong> backed up her 2011 win with <strong>another victory </strong>in Saturday's national title crit race.</p> <p><img title="Brenna Lopez-Otero wins again. photo by Whit Bazemore" src="http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/564293_10151068596195748_1416954053_n.jpg" alt="Brenna Lopez-Otero" width="189" height="215" /></p> <p>On Sunday Bend racers continued to shine as <strong>Helen Grogan</strong> managed a <strong>second-place finish</strong> in the women's 50-54 age group. Congrats to all the masters competitors&mdash;it takes a focused athlete to juggle training and racing with a family and a day job.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/a-breakdown-of-the-masters-nationals-crit-races-bend-riders-show-true-grit-on-home-turf-2185723/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=21201&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/a-breakdown-of-the-masters-nationals-crit-races-bend-riders-show-true-grit-on-home-turf-2185723/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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