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Deer Valley Pedalfest
Deer Valley - June 9, 2007 Deer
Valley had perfect conditions, as a recent soaking rain left just the
right amount of grip in the soil with no slippery spots. UMB fielded 25
racers, with 13 scoring team points. The weather was a sunny but cool
"just right" for fast riding. We had first place finishes by Justin
Griffin, Carlee Hunsaker, and Dave Larsen, with second-places by Todd Neumarker and Kellie
Williams. Photo: Holly Nelson
(left) and Catherine Reay (right)
get their ribbons at Deer Valley. |
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Left: Justin Griffin rocks
around a turn
on the way to his 7th consecutive 1st place
finish this season. Justin leads the team
in points as he dominates his 10-12
category and often races again in
the sport-expert 13-15 class.
Right: Carlee Hunsaker is again
the top girl
finisher in the category, riding to the 8th
position overall. |
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| Beginner Men 13-15: No
team rider. Beginner Men 16-18:
No team rider.
Beginner Men 19-29: No
team rider. |
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Scott Reynolds prepares
to pivot a turn
on Deer Crest, 3rd
place in BM 30-39.
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Dale Hutchings
flies past the fir trees,
motoring on to take 10th in his category. |
Coming off an illness, Jeff Frederick
gives it a try but takes a DNF. |
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Todd Jackson is on the home stretch,
finishing his lap for 4th place in BM 40+. |
Brad Sneed cranks hard to chase Todd,
coming in close at 5th place. |
Scott Hunsaker rolls a downhill
section
on his way to take 8th
place. |
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Left: Catherine Reay makes another strong
ride (with
no blood this time) to take 3rd in BW.
Right: Holly Nelson shoots down the hill
to come in just behind Catherine at 4th.
Nice job, ladies!
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Left: In a huge SE 13-15 category,
Danny Van Wagoner makes a strong ride
to come in at 8th place.
Right: Justin
Griffin rockets around the
switchback in his 2nd race of the day,
taking the 10th-place spot.
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Left: Dave Larsen
continues his dominance
of the Sport/Expert 16-18 class as he takes
1st place again.
Right: Kellie Williams
powers the bike into the
home stretch coming down the Gap Bypass
on her way to take 2nd in Sport/Expert 16-18.
Dave and Kellie continue to produce those
team points for UMB! |
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Ben Hutchings flies into the Deer
Crest
switchbacks, finishing in the ribbons
and team points at 6th in SM 19-29.
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Eric Taylor accelerates out of a turn
on the Gap trail as he heads for 10th
place in the category. |
Casey Jensen carves a turn. Later,
Casey gets T-boned in a collision,
but hangs on to finish at 12th. |
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Sport Men 35-39: |
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Dan Hutchings
puts the pedal down as
he comes out of a tight turn, taking the
13th place spot in SM 30-34. |
Mike Engberson eyes the
upcoming
switchback on Deer Crest as he battles
his way to take 4th in SM 35-39.
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| Sport Men 40-plus: |
Sport Women:
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In the huge and competitive SM 40-plus
category, John Van Wagoner fights
through to 16th place. |
Amber Hatfield powers along the
trail
in the Sport Women category, finishing
in the 12th position.
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Left: Todd Neumarker makes
the big move to
the expert category with this race, and proves
that he belongs there with a strong 2nd place
finish. At this time, Todd is our only expert-class
rider. |
Hanging for the awards near the lodge...
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Left: Jolene Nosack again
turns in a strong
performance in the Women 35-plus category
to take the 5th place spot for team points and
a ribbon.
Right: Sally Hutchings
is almost home as she
heads into the last switchback before the
finish line, taking 12th. |
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| Singlespeed: |
Men 57-plus: |
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Brian Oliver picks his line as he
rolls
into a switchback on the way to take
15th in Singlespeed. |
Bruce Argyle carves a sharp turn
as he heads to a podium finish at
3rd place in Men 57+.
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| Clydesdale: No team rider.
Men 50-plus:
No team rider. |
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The Deer Valley race tied our smallest
turnout in the 7 races of this season. We especially missed our young
beginning riders -- but so did all the other teams, as these categories
had only one or two participants. Must be the call of summer... We took a
close 2nd in the team competition. A big
thanks to all who were able to make it to Deer Valley. It was a beautiful
day on a great trail.
Photo: Justin is a little bored with the award
ceremony, so he's practicing his "air time."
A
big "thank you" to Jay
Griffin for the awesome race photos!
For
downloadable high-res photos of this race, go to:
http://picasaweb.google.com/1mtnbiker/UMBDeerValley2007 |
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