Wednesday, July 9, 2025

2025 Funk Bottoms Gravel Results

Here are the results for the 15th Funk Bottoms Gravel held on Saturday, June 14 2025.  Other than 15 minutes of a light sprinkle the weather held up nicely for the day.  Started out cool in the morning and sunny an 90's in the afternoon.  


The winners of the day is everyone that showed up and raced, enjoyed some cold Yuengling, pulled pork from Buckeye Deli, and quality time with our Gravel Family.  



The BIG LOSERS of the day were the 38% that registered but did not show up.  You missed a great course, Free Yuengling, and Free Food!





Results can be found online https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/186017#resultSetId-558131;perpage:100



Men Open 100K 


1) Stuart Houltham 3:58:22
2) Matt Montgomery 3:59:49
3) Michael Schena 4:20:59

Women Open 100K 

Ames was too fast for finish picture


1) Ames McLaughlin* 5:10:27
2) Emily Miller 5:32:08
3) Katie Gerspacher 6:39:40


100K Single Speed

1) Josh Kunz* 4:42:33
2) Tucker Cavanaugh 5:10:05


Men Master 100K


1) Dorel Stoia 4:13:21
2) Dave Stewart* 4:14:16
3) Benjamin Weaver 4:20:55

Women Master 100K

1) Judy Stutes* 5:43:11
2) Paula Stewart 6:06:37
3) Jane Zagorski 6:09:48


Men Open 200K


1) Mike Kaldy 8:50:01
2)Owen Brenneman 8:59:47
3) Joe McDaniel 9:37:17

Women Open 200K




1) Wendy Billings* 12:00:26

2) Andy Zolyak* 13:01:23

Men Master 200K



1) Joe Worboy* 10:23:02
2) Garth Prosser* 10:37:11
3) PJ Gilmore 10:56:51


200K Single Speed


1) Chris Joice 10:20:02


2025 Funk Bottoms Gravel Results By Distance *Denotes Past Champion


Men Open 100K
Place Name
Time
1 Stuart Houltham 3:58:22
2 Matt Montgomery 3:59:49
3 Michael Schena 4:20:59
4 Christopher Matey 4:29:23
5 Dan Kauffman 4:29:39
6 Donald Ahrens 4:30:23
7 Drew Windle 4:31:09
8 Stewart Pozzuto 4:39:11
9 Adam Bennett 4:39:14
10 Zach Goodrich 4:42:10
11 Christopher Perry 4:42:41
12 Ryan O'Hara 4:43:00
13 Ryan B 4:43:57
14 Lucas Porinsky 4:45:55
15 Mike Rucker 4:46:03
16 Ryan Fletterick 4:46:03
17 Eric Westhaus 4:56:54
18 Morris Miller 4:57:04
19 Wesley Baker 5:08:04
21 Aaron Polte 5:11:02
22 John McDaniel 5:11:50
23 Matthew Woodyard 5:13:29
24 Cameron Stockton 5:17:36
25 Manuel Montanez 5:26:13
26 Martin McDonald 5:27:11
28 Mark Milliren 5:36:15
29 Jason Lutz 5:37:32
30 Nathaniel Colston 5:39:36
31 Marco Arteaga Quezada 5:44:21
32 George Chepke 5:44:54
33 alex polte 5:44:58
34 Ruslan Devyatko 5:52:06
35 Jeffrey Reamer 5:54:09
36 Jason Kolar 5:55:35
37 Leon Weaver 5:59:56
38 Timothy Hansberry 6:06:39
39 Noah Donald 6:08:05
40 John Barbour 6:15:46
41 Caleb Ervin 6:16:58
42 John Farmer 6:17:09
43 Jonathan Bobel 6:19:27
45 Boris Brezo 6:42:56
46 paul digiandomenico 6:43:16
47 Justin Clark 6:45:16
48 Doug Pinkerton 6:58:15
49 Anna Walker 7:11:59
51 Aaron Seipel 7:33:54
53 Dejas Monroe 8:14:42
54 Andrew White 8:20:23
55 Antonio Cruz 8:53:13
DNF joshua tarrant
DNF Nathan Reymann
DNF Chris Christman
DNS adam shanklin
DNS Kevin Kelley
DNS Matt ODonnell
DNS Michael Maier
DNS Michael Straus
DNS Mickey Archacki
DNS Nick Stevens
DNS Rob Cline
DNS Ryun Mielke
DNS Scott Bednarik
DNS Spencer Smith
DNS Tom Corbett
DNS Travis Peebles
DNS Willis Humphrey
DNS Jeremy Norris
DNS Jeffrey Pendlebury
DNS Jack McNamara
DNS Douglas Bernard
DNS Devin Cutter
DNS Daniel Blevins
DNS Collin Lindrooth
DNS Cale McNamara
DNS Brian Kirk
DNS Brian Davis
DNS Brian Darcy
DNS Brent Halsey

100K Women Open
Place Name
Time
1 Ames McLaughlin 5:10:27
2 Emily Miller 5:32:08
3 Katie Gerspacher 6:39:40
4 Allison Moore 7:29:51
5 Bree O'Neal 8:07:05
DNS Karalyn Mueller
DNS Loni Schumacher
DNS Jackie Breier-Maier

100K Single Speed

1) Josh Kunz 4:42:33
2) Tucker Cavanaugh 5:10:05

100K Master Men
Place Name
Time
1 Dorel Stoia 4:13:21
2 Dave Stewart 4:14:16
3 Benjamin Weaver 4:20:55
4 jay alberts 4:22:55
5 Todd Mueller 4:25:22
6 Rudy Sroka 4:43:46
7 Stefan Garcia 5:04:49
8 Nate Loman 5:08:30
9 Matt Riggs 5:11:50
10 Robert Goetz 5:14:42
11 James Pichler 5:28:30
12 Kurtis Molter 5:39:27
13 Larry Pandy 5:46:09
14 Kevin Lautzenheiser 5:54:04
15 Matthew Lott 5:55:14
16 Christopher Carville 5:57:11
17 Michael Jarosick 6:02:04
18 russell mcgillivray 6:03:38
19 Ken Annable 6:07:45
20 Shawn Hawk 6:40:11
21 Sean Hughes 7:29:29
22 Thomas Bower 8:02:42
23 Dennis Barberic 8:31:48
DNF Paul Miles
DNF Mark Jones
DNF David Nonno
DNF Dale Klinect
DNS James Baldesare
DNS James Wynne
DNS Jason Brock
DNS Jeff Shaull
DNS Jim Sober
DNS John Hoopingarner
DNS Mark Miller
DNS Michael Matrka
DNS Robert Hickey
DNS Ron Smedley
DNS Ross Clark
DNS Scott Young
DNS Tim Crow
DNS Timothy Toft
DNS Tom Alexander
DNS Tom Weaver
DNS Garry Blair
DNS Brad Rogers
DNS Brad Rossetto
DNS Brett Mckay
DNS Chris Caryl
DNS Chris Hess
DNS Christopher Averett
DNS David LaValley
DNS David Tupponce
DNS Eric Nelson
DNS Garett Schreier
DNS Homero Elizondo

100K Master Women

Place Name
Time
1 Judy Stutes 5:43:11
2 Paula Stewart 6:06:37
3 Jane Zagorski 6:09:48
4 Kathleen Hughes 6:17:06
DNS jill white
DNS Allison Greening


200K Men Open

Place 100K Split 100K Split
Pace
Clock
Time
1 Mike Kaldy 4:18:33 4:10 8:50:01
2 Owen Brenneman 4:21:32 4:13 8:59:47
3 Joe McDaniel 4:40:42 4:32 9:37:17
4 Samuel Wright 4:26:59 4:18 9:49:47
5 Chris Minor 4:42:13 4:33 10:02:48
6 chad lacher 4:57:36 4:48 10:39:42
7 Luke Davenport 5:02:02 4:52 10:56:51
8 Alex Main 5:08:26 4:58 11:50:00
11 Avery Sponsler 6:03:22 5:52 13:29:56
DNF Scott Sutton 6:38:16 6:25
DNF Aric Sponsler 6:33:32 6:21
DNF Blaze Burke 6:25:06 6:13
DNF Jonathan Greever 5:41:43 5:31
DNF John Wintersteen 5:34:04 5:23
DNF Jeromy Bishop 5:34:02 5:23
DNF Nic Hall 5:26:23 5:16
DNF Jeremy Hardwick 5:23:51 5:13
DNF caleb coates 5:11:24 5:01
DNF Peter Kneuertz 4:51:13 4:42
DNF Joey Rouhana 4:34:44 4:26
DNF Andrew Buford 4:31:19 4:23
DNF ron hayden 4:27:15 4:19
DNF Adam Karpowicz 4:27:13 4:19
DNS Ezra Bukky
DNS Casey Connell
DNS Eric Homol
DNS Eric Iven
DNS Grant Feichter
DNS Jimmy Toner
DNS John Boyce
DNS Jon Arandia
DNS Julen Lizarribar
DNS Luiz Zamorano
DNS Nick Georg
DNS Patrick Moran
DNS Raed Aluofi

200K Women Open

Place Name 100K Split 100K Split
Pace
Clock
Time
1 Wendy Billings 5:39:27 5:28 12:00:26
2 Andy Zolyak 5:53:25 5:42 13:01:23
DNS Sima Tavazoie



200K Men Master 
Place Name 100K Split 100K Split
Pace
Clock
Time
1 Joe Worboy 4:47:42 4:38 10:23:02
2 garth prosser 5:01:03 4:51 10:37:11
3 PJ Gilmore 5:01:58 4:52 10:56:51
4 Jim Rollins 5:13:17 5:03 11:16:56
5 Jason Hall 5:03:22 4:54 11:36:33
6 Jason Molyet 5:29:24 5:19 11:57:34
7 Todd Mullins 5:19:52 5:10 11:57:52
DNF Bodo Knudsen 5:19:09 5:09
DNS Chris Hitchcock
DNS Acie Hylton
DNS Arthur Smith
DNS Eli Orth
DNS Mark Damschroder

200K Single Speed 

1) Chris Joice 4:46:30 10:20:02

Scott Phillips 451:19 DNF




Wednesday, April 30, 2025

15th Funk Bottoms Gravel The Route

For the 15th edition of Funk Bottoms Gravel we have made another amazing route.  There will be over 18 miles on new roads never ridden in previous versions. That makes 15 years and 15 different routes.  There will be 11.7 miles of pavement in 10 sections, 82% of the route will be gravel. Just like the previous years there will be one secret checkpoint on the route along with a small town where you will be able to purchase food. 

Here are the details for the 15th Funk Bottoms Gravel on June 14, 2025. Important course notes with sections of this year's route where you need to pay extra attention to navigation and safety. Once again this year the 200K will start at 7:00 am, and the 100K will start at 8:00 am.  The starting location is Glenmont Park.

The course will be marked the day before with color-coded turns.  Think like a pirate as you navigate the gravel seas of Ohio. All Starboard turns will have green signs, and all Port turns will have red signs. Fluorescent Green arrows will be painted on the route to help assist with your navigation. Course markings may be removed or damaged by race morning.  Use your cue sheet, it is accurate.

   

Full details on the route can be found on the Course Maps page.  I will update course notes or make changes if needed.


Want to learn about how Funk Bottoms started?  Check out the History page which has maps and results for all the previous year's. 




Note the Garmin route will have additional cues embedded in the GPX file to display on your Garmin device.  


Thursday, October 10, 2024

15th Funk Bottoms Gravel June 14, 2025

 


Registration for the 15th Funk Bottoms Gravel will open December 1, 2024, https://www.bikereg.com/funk-bottoms-gravel-100201



The 15th edition of the Funk Bottoms Gravel will be held on Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Glenmont, OH. The 200K will start at 7:00 am and the 100K will start at 8:00 am.

This year there will be a limit of 100 racers for the Men's 100K and Men's Masters 100K. There will be no registration limits for Women, Single Speed, or the 200K. 

Funk Bottoms Gravel will once again challenge cyclists to Ohio’s Toughest Gravel Grinder. As usual, we have come up with an exceptional course this year. Two races, one brutal course! A one-lap 100K race and a double-lap 200K race for the ultimate challenge. The course will take riders along some of Ohio’s most scenic backcountry roads. On each lap, riders will be challenged with over 7,000 feet of vertical climbing! The 200K race is an Ohio epic. It is a relentless and grueling climber’s course.

The Funk Bottoms Gravel 100K/200K is a self-supported event and riders must be prepared for any mechanical and nutritional needs. No outside support is allowed. The course will go through small towns so you can resupply with food and water. Our good friends at Hammer Nutrition will again be providing support with Hammer Fuels before the race, and at the secret checkpoint. Be prepared to ride 25-30 miles between water stops

Road conditions are a mix of paved, chip & seal, and 80% gravel & dirt roads.  Details on this year's course with maps, cue sheets, and GPX files will be posted in May. Keeping with Funk Bottoms tradition of not using the same route each year. This year’s race will be an entirely new course incorporating various roads from previous years along with some new sections.  Funk Bottoms Gravel is a cue sheet race. The roads are open to normal traffic in the area.  Expect to encounter cars, trucks, horses, buggies, farm equipment, ATV’s, buzzards, road kill, and the occasional farm dog at any given time. Rain or shine, it’s Funk time!

 


Registration will be $40 until April 30th, $50 after May 1st, and $60 after June 1st.  All racers who register before May 31st will receive a T-Shirt.  Racers who enter the 200K will be eligible to earn points for the Ohio Gravel Race Series.  Registration will close on Friday, June 6, 2025, and there will be no race day registration. 

 

The winners of each category will receive a custom trophy and a case of Yuengling beer. There will be awards for the Top 3 in  Men’s 100K open,  Men’s 100K Masters, Woman's 100K open, Woman’s 100K Masters, 100K Single Speed, Men’s 200K open, Men’s 200K Masters, Woman's 200K open, Woman’s 200K Masters and 200K Single Speed. 

The Funk Bottoms Gravel the 200K will start at 7:00 am and the 100K will start at 8:00 am sharp at Glenmont Park 108 Main Street, Glenmont, OH   44628.

A portion of this year’s proceeds will be donated to the Holmes County Rails-to-Trails Coalition.




You can learn about the history of Funk Bottoms Gravel and view all previous routes on the History Page




Previous starting locations for Funk Bottoms Gravel

2011 Funk Bottoms
2012 Funk Bottoms
2013 Blachleyville
2014 Lakeville
2015 Lakeville
2016 Lakeville
2017 Big Prairie
2018 Big Prairie
2019 Glenmont
2020 Glenmont
2021 Glenmont
2022 Glenmont
2023 Glenmont
2024 Glenmont
2025 Glenmont




 

100K Route will be released in May 2025.

200K Route will be released in May 2025.



Tuesday, June 25, 2024

2024 Funk Bottoms Gravel Results

 Here are the results for the 14th Funk Bottoms Gravel on Saturday, June 15, 2024. The cool weather in the morning and with 1200 feet less climbing than last year several course records were set.





Men 100K Open


1          Ben Ewert        3:33:14
2 Michael Mihalik 3:43:00
3  Jordan Snyder 3:43:00

Women 100K Open

1  Minori Minagawa 4:08:24
2   Ames Mclaughlin  4:51:54
Wendy Billings 5:50

100K Single Speed

1 David Helmuth 4:21:09
2 Logan Wallace 4:41:46
3 Joshua Kunz    4:47:41

100K Men Master



1 Dave Stewart  3:52
2 Tom Weaver  3:56
3 Jim Rollins  4:10


100K Women Master

1 Sima Tavazoie         4:14
2 Kathleen Hughes     5:32
3 Paula Stewart         5:55

200K Men
1 Jimmy Toner 3:55:32 8:16:03
2 Mike Kaldy 3:55:28 8:19:10
3 Adam Susong 4:14:20 9:04:04

200K Women

1 Andy Zoldak 5:14    11:30

200K Men Master



1 Garth Prosser     4:34     9:33
2 Eli Orth             4:21     9:35
3 Jason Hall         4:52    10:50

200K Women Master
1 Judith Stutes 5:14    11:30

2024 Funk Bottoms Gravel Results By Distance *Denotes Past Champion

100K MEN

Place Name Time
1 Ben Ewert 3:33:14
2 Michael Mihalik 3:43:00
3 Jordan Snyder 3:43:00
4 Stuart Houltham 3:45:51
5 Andrew Boissiere 3:51:05
6 Dave Stewart 3:59:52
7 Ron Hayden 4:00:15
8 Ryan Jenkins 4:03:27
9 Tom Weaver 4:03:32
10 Jason Suppan 4:03:38
11 Joshua Tarrant 4:06:19
12 Peter Shotwell 4:06:23
13 Adam Karpowicz 4:07:58
14 Chris Minor 4:09:19
15 Charlie Denk 4:10:11
16 Ryun Mielke 4:13:14
17 Cale Mcnamara 4:13:15
18 Jim Rollins 4:17:58
19 Adam Bennett 4:18:00
20 Nathanael Ziccardi 4:19:12
21 Garett Schreier 4:20:24
22 Brad Mccleary 4:20:38
23 Stewart Pozzuto 4:20:51
24 Nate Loman 4:20:56
25 Lucas Porinsky 4:20:58
26 Jack Mcnamara 4:21:46
27 Donald Ahrens 4:24:02
28 Dan Kauffman 4:24:03
29 Patrick Burdett 4:24:09
30 Mike Rucker 4:25:19
31 James Baldesare 4:26:49
32 Ryan B 4:28:28
33 Jake Carr 4:30:56
34 Daniel Margagliotti 4:31:30
35 Andrew Jalbrzikowski 4:33:36
36 Andrew Buford 4:34:01
37 Rick Rick 4:38:19
38 Roma Rukh 4:38:30
39 Paul Miles 4:38:49
40 Zach Thorsky 4:39:14
41 Mark Milliren 4:42:51
42 Ivan Reed 4:47:08
43 Neal Schmitt 4:48:17
44 Ken Bazydlo 4:50:30
45 Brian Campbell 4:51:30
46 Nicolas Zevchek 4:52:45
47 Andy Jones 4:54:11
48 George Stacko 4:56:25
49 Tibor Voros 5:01:10
50 Kevin Kelley 5:03:12
51 Albert Falkenstein 5:04:16
52 Craig Dimitris 5:06:06
53 Scott Young 5:06:10
54 Ezra Bukky 5:06:13
55 Matthew Woodyard 5:07:16
56 Ross Clark 5:09:05
57 Tanner Wooddell 5:09:44
58 Timothy Hansberry 5:09:53
59 John Seydlitz 5:12:30
60 Doug Lohf 5:12:30
61 Garry Blair 5:14:16
62 Patrick Daugherty 5:14:21
63 Jason Lutz 5:16:27
64 Brian Davis 5:16:33
65 Daniel Resetar 5:34:12
66 Michael Matrka 5:38:47
67 Greg Guess 5:39:50
68 David Rowe 5:41:51
69 Joseph Arters 5:42:07
70 Randy Slaubaugh 5:42:35
71 Philip Hershberger 5:43:00
72 Michael Jarosick 5:44:03
73 Larry Pandy 5:47:34
74 Justin Clark 5:55:29
75 Derek Romney 6:00:10
76 Ruslan Devyatko 6:00:11
77 John Barbour 6:00:34
78 Jonathan Bobel 6:17:40
79 Robert Bilinski 6:19:45
80 Richard Nieto 6:20:21
81 Scott Liechty 6:22:22
82 Boris Brezo 6:23:16
83 Mickey Archacki 6:23:52
84 Rick Andersen 6:32:13
85 Eric Kousaie 6:33:06
86 Sam Kloss 6:33:46
87 Noah Donald 6:38:38
88 James Davidson 6:44:34
89 Gene Toy 6:44:35
90 Damen Defago 6:46:37
91 Andrew White 6:50:44
92 Sean Hughes 6:53:01
93 Daniel Blevins 6:56:23
94 Nathaniel Colston 7:06:46
95 Robert Hoff 7:06:46
96 Michael Burnett 7:06:56
97 Devin Daugherty 7:17:05
98 David Nonno 7:27:54
99 Mark Miller 7:29:49
100 Dale Klinect 7:44:15
101 Thomas Bower 7:50:13
102 Joe Connelly 8:30:15
103 Tom Alexander 9:06:50
104 Mark Jones 9:36:10
105 Nick Toney 9:47:01
DNF Morris Miller DNF
DNF Brett Mckay* DNF
DNF Jason Brock DNF
DNS Zach Goodrich DNS
DNS Troy Stehlin DNS
DNS Radu Herbei DNS
DNS Patrik Sartz DNS
DNS Michael Straus DNS
DNS Matt Gockstetter DNS
DNS Matt Butler DNS
DNS Josh Mottor DNS
DNS John Day DNS
DNS Chris Hess DNS
DNS Brian Scozzaro DNS
DNS Bill Childers DNS
DNS Alex Spectorsky DNS
DNS David Tupponce DNS
DNS Dorel Stoia DNS
DNS Douglas Beaulieu DNS
DNS Jeff Davis DNS
DNS Lonnie Welch DNS
DNS Patrick Louchouarn DNS
DNS Sam Patrizi DNS
DNS Steve Patton DNS


100K Women

Place Name Time
1 Minori Minagawa 4:08:24
2 Sima Tavazoie 4:22:25
3 Ames Mclaughlin* 4:51:54
4 Kathleen Hughes 5:43:21
5 Wendy Billings* 6:01:21
6 Paula Stewart 6:07:12
7 Gillian Prater-Lee 6:22:54
8 Alli Greening 6:52:55
9 Jill White* 7:29:41
10 Amy Hoover 9:34:16
DNS Miriam Morgan DNS
DNS Lisa Houser DNS
DNS Amanda Bohley DNS
DNS Rachel Weaver DNS

100K Single Speed

1 David Helmuth 4:21:09
2 Logan Wallace 4:41:46
3 Joshua Kunz* 4:47:41
4 Jack Richardson* 5:44:31
DNS James Pichler DNS

200K Men
Place Name 100K SPLIT Time
1 Jimmy Toner 3:55:32 8:16:03
2 Mike Kaldy 3:55:28 8:19:10
3 Adam Susong 4:14:20 9:04:04
4 Garth Prosser* 4:34:31 9:33:39
5 Eli Orth* 4:21:18 9:35:37
6 Scott Phillips* 4:27:50 9:36:33
7 Joshua Mace 4:21:19 9:48:55
8 Chad Lacher 4:51:24 10:28:40
9 Jason Hall 4:52:13 10:50:14
10 Robert Goetz 5:00:08 10:55:00
11 Matt Orosz 5:15:35 11:37:16
12 Evan Guarr 5:13:56 11:37:26
13 William Rea 5:43:07 12:00:37
14 Arthur Smith 4:59:57 12:00:53
15 Caleb Coates 5:57:28 12:36:24
16 Jeff Shaull 5:51:36 13:30:27
DNF Mason Campbell 5:31:23 DNF
DNF Scott Sutton 5:38:50 DNF
DNF Cody Raudebaugh 6:01:43 DNF
DNF Avery Sponsler 7:13:38 DNF
DNF Aric Sponsler 7:21:21 DNF
DNF Benjamin Horrigan 8:24:06 DNF
DNF Christian Petilli DNF
DNF Grant Feichter 5:09:57 DNF
DNF Nic Hall 4:46:58 DNF
DNF Adam Maier 4:36:21 DNF
DNF Taylor Allen 4:10:00 DNF
DNF Chris Hitchcock 4:03:36 DNF
DNF Jamieson Giefer 4:58:57 DNF
DNF Homero Elizondo 5:00:05 DNF
DNF Mark Damschroder 5:27:12 DNF
DNF Jeff Wass 6:33:54 DNF
DNF Bodo Knudsen* DNF
DNS William Paskett DNS
DNS Nathaniel Orndorf DNS
DNS Jeremy Gudorf DNS
DNS Douglas Ritzert DNS

200K Women
Place Name 100K SPLIT Time
1 Judith Stutes* 5:14:18 11:30:51
2 Andy Zolyak 5:37:04 12:06:23
DNF Kari Hutson 6:36:00 DNF
DNS Mountain Niedermann DNS







See you on Flag Day June 14, 2025 for the 15th Funk Bottoms Gravel!