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Point Blank
Thanksgiving Point, May 27, 2006
The UtahMountainBiking.com team fielded 23 racers for
the Point Blank race at Thanksgiving Point. Once again, for the second
week in a row, we broke our record for racers on-course, and set a new
high for team point production! During the race, it was cold and windy,
but tolerable. Mother Nature got unpleasant during the award ceremony,
which was downright freezing.
In the photo at left, the 9-and-under and 10-12 racers
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At left, Travis Millward (Beginner Men
19-29) carves a turn with Mount
Timpanogos in the background.
Travis took
5th place.
Dallin Searle, right, nails another
1st-place in 9-and-under. |
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Audrey Searle, left, rides to a
second-place finish in 9-and-under.
Ben Hutchings grabs a team point
with
his 7th-place finish in Sport Men 19-29. |
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In singlespeed, Chad Hunter
rides
under the big sign (reading 55 degrees)
on his way to 10th place. |
Eric Taylor motors through the
winding race course, riding to
1st place in Beginner Men 16-18. |
Dan Hutchings fights into the wind
as he rides to #8 in Beginner Men 19-29. |
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Justin Griffin tallies another
1st-place finish in 10-12 with his
performance at Point Blank.
Danny Van Wagoner grabs another
1st-place finish
for the team in
Beginner Men 13-15. |
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Jolene Nosack gets a promising start,
then DNF's with a non-fixable flat tire. |
Sally Hutchings seems to be having
a
good time as she rides to 7th place
in Women 35-plus. |
Julie Hunter learns the joys of
passing
other riders on her way to 5th place
in Women 35-plus. |
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Dominic Bria (left) turns away from
the wind as he races to a 5th-place
finish in Beginner Men 40-plus.
Josh Hutchings (right) makes his
racing debut for the UMB team
with 18th-place in 10-12. |
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Also making his first appearance for the
team is Lynn Stephens, capturing 7th in
Men 50-plus. |
Suzie Bria chases her sister Julie
as she nails down 6th in
Women 35-plus. |
Matt Flygare fights through a
turn
into the vicious wind, claiming
11th in Sport Men 30-39. |
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Kris Nosack (left) gives another
strong performance to take 2nd
place in Beginner Men 40-plus.
Kellie Williams (right) makes a
great ride and shocks the boys by
taking 1st place in Sport Men 16-18. |
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Rachel Hutchings (left), in her first
UMB race, takes
15th place in 10-12.
At right, Mike Engberson lowers his
head into the wind as he
fights his
way to 6th place in Sport Men 30-39. |
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| In this race, the UtahMountainBiking team
posted five 1st-place finishes and two 2nd-place finishes. Team members
combined for 72 points (after one point was dropped due to three top-seven
finishers in a single category. An incredible 17 riders scored team
points! We missed getting photos of David Wilde (3rd place,
Beginner Men 19-29), and Sammy Bria (17th place, 10-12).
Thanks to Jay Griffin for our racer photos!
(Some photos also by Kris Nosack and Bruce.)
At right, Bruce flattens against
the bike frame to maintain
speed into the wind, finishing at 3rd place in Men 50-plus. |
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