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Five Mile Pass
May 6, 2006
A nice day, despite recent rains. Left, Suzie Bria (10th),
Julie Hunter (11th), and Sally Hutchings (8th) leave the starting line in
the Women's 35-plus category.
Right: Kellie Williams raises a wall of mud
on the backside of the mountain. |
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Mike Engberson fights his way to his
highest finish ever, 2nd place in Sport
Men 30-39. |
Trevor Simper rode to a 2nd place
in
Pro Men, despite a serious shoulder
injury early in the race. |
Chad Hunter rolls into 9th place
in the tough singlespeed division. |
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Justin Griffin dips through the gully
on his way to second place in 10-12. |
Dan Hutchings gets lucky number
666
for his #16 finish in Beginner Men 19-29. |
Dave Larsen climbs out of a wash on
his way to 3rd place in Sport Men 16-18. |
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Jolene Nosack (left) earned another trip
to the podium with 6th place in Women 35-plus.
At right, John Van Wagoner joins
the team to capture a 1st place in
Mens Beginner 40-plus. |
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Jordan Petersen
jumps
off the line. In his
first start for the UMB
team, Jordan took
1st place in
Beginner Men 16-18. |
Travis Millward approaches a deep
puddle. Travis took 7th place in
Begginner Men 19-29. |
In his first race for the UMB team,
Danny Van Wagoner took a 3rd
place in Beginner Men 13-15. |
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Three-season veteran Ben Hutchings
takes 12th place in Sport Men 19-29. |
Matt Flygare hits the mud as he
rides
to 16th in Sport Men 30-39. |
Here's Sally Hutchings heading for
the 8th place finish in Women's 35-plus. |
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In action that escaped photography, Dallin
Searle took another 1st place in 9-and-under. That's Dallin at left.
Evan Christensen placed
19th in Beginner Men 30-39. Sammy
Bria finished 10th in the 10-12 category. Jeremiah Smith
placed 18th in Expert Men 19-29. |
| Bruce (6th place) and the 50-plus guys
start their two laps. The 50-plus group was split this year. Only one
rider made the cut into the 57-plus group for this race, but Bruce will
move up into that category next year. |
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| In the Five Mile Pass race, UtahMountainBiking.com
racers took three 1st places, three 2nd places, with a total of 9 riders going
to the podium. We earned 54 team points, second-highest for this race and
our highest of the season, to put us in 3rd place for the
2006 Intermountain Cup season with 3 of 14 races completed. Dave
Larsen, Dallin Searle, and Justin Griffin currently hold the #1 position
for the season in their categories. |
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Thanks to Richard
Williams for providing the team bivouac area, getting the Gatorade cold,
and heating up the after-race BBQ.
And thanks once again to Jay Griffin
for taking these photos!
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