The rain fell on Sunday in Ahwatukee, but it couldn’t stop the Hungry Dog Criterium.

Races in 8 different categories took place, and got under way with the Juniors 12-14 and 15-18 divisions. Fourteen year-old Kevin Polley of the Landis Trek team took first place, while 11-year old David Polley, also of Landis Trek finished second and Victor Colex of Trib placed third in the 12-14 division.

In the 15-18 division, Nick Thorpe of Notre Dame Prep Cycling beat out the other 12 riders in the field for the win, while Owen Groves of Bicycle Haus finished second and Daniel Ecton of Strada Racing placed third.

In the next race of the day, the Men’s Category 5, Scott Skinner of AZ Masters broke the tape first, ahead of David Wilcox of Tribe Racing and Aaron Matos of Swiss-Jobing.

In the Men’s Cat 4 race, Jose Migoni of Tribe took the honors, while Team Progressive’s Jason Boley and David Craw of AZ Masters took second and third.

Men’s 30+ honors went to Craig Streit of Team Carlos O’Brien who finished ahead of Landis/Trek’s Danny Bennett and Mark Fosenburg of Team Honeywell.

Team Honeywell’s Chris Poole won the Men’s 40+ category, followed by RPM’s Joe Cunningham and AZPhalt Cycling’s Doug Powell.

The Mens’ 50+ victor was RPM’s David Bixby. Kenneth Doss of Bicycle Haus finished 2nd and Robert Tompkins of AZ Masters took third.

And finally, in the Men’s Category 3, Jeff Herra of Procon bested William Westfall and Ryan Bagley of Bicycle Haus to win the category.