One grand race through the Heights - News

Scott Seiss of Rocky Ridge, Md., prepares to take a corner Saturday during the handcycling competition, part of the Grandview Grand Prix held in the Grandview Heights neighborhood of Manheim Township. Seiss won the race.
Geoff Hopkins of Fredericksburg, Va., finished third as a member of the Paralized Veterans Racing team.
Joe Biemfohr, of Annandale Va., races during the handcycling competition, part of the Grandview Grand Prix, Saturday.
Chris Kaag, of Reading, founder of the IM Able Foundation, takes a corner during the handcyclist competition of the Grandview Grand Prix, Saturday.
Jean Altomari, of Brookhaven, a Pennsylvania State Trooper stationed in Media, competes during the handcyclist competition of the Grandview Grand Prix, Saturday.
Scott Seiss, of Rocky Ridge Md., right, keeps pace with Todd Richardson, Raleigh N.C., during the handcyclist competition of the Grandview Grand Prix, Saturday.
David Swaim, with Paralized Veterans Racing team, prepares to take a corner during the handcyclist competition of the Grandview Grand Prix, Saturday.
Handcycling competitors head up a small hill in the Grandview Grand Prix, Saturday.
Ken Bestine, of Buffalo N.Y., rests before the start of the handcyclist competition in the Grandview Grand Prix, Saturday.
Geoff Hopkins, Fredericksburg Va., with Paralized Veterans Racing team, rests before the start of the handcycling competition in the Grandview Grand Prix, Saturday.

By STAFF

Lancaster

Published Jul 25, 2010 00:08

Scott Seiss (first photo) of Rocky Ridge, Md., prepares to take a corner Saturday during the handcycling competition, part of the Grandview Grand Prix held in the Grandview Heights neighborhood of Manheim Township.

Seiss won the race.

The U.S. Handcycling Federation, based in Colorado Springs, Colo., put the race on its national challenge. The nonprofit corporation "is designed to create integrated cycling opportunities for wheelchair users and athletes with lower-mobility impairments," its website notes.

Finishing third Saturday was Geoff Hopkins (second photo) of Fredericksburg, Va. He is a member of the Paralized Veterans Racing team.

The competition is one of the U.S. Handcycling Series — 37 individual races at 19 events — and is the only federation event in the mid-Atlantic this year.

It was also the first time Grandview opened its competition, which has categories for cyclists of all ages, to handcyclers.