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Team Photo Scrapbook 09
2009 Intermountain Cup Mountain Bike Racing Series

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The weekend rain saturated the trails in Corner Canyon. Ghost Falls and Clarks Trail were too muddy to ride. The race was pushed back a couple of hours while a new loop was marked on the sandy trails of the lower mountain. The large crowd of racers made it dicey to put all categories on the course at one time. The expert and pro categories were put off until the afternoon. Most racers felt that the substitute trail made a great ride. Salvaging the race (and making it a great race) was a superb feat by Ed and his volunteers. UMB had no first-place finishes in this race. There were second place wins by Jakob Haderlie, Jay Griffin, and Dallin Johnson.

Left:  Randy and Andrew hit the "water hazard" together as they come off the main loop. Love that second lap in wet shoes!

Left:  Jakob Haderlie bursts out of the trees on the
far side of his second lap, headed toward a 2nd place
finish.

Right:   Hunter Ransom cranks hard to get up the
steep final hill to the finish line, getting team points
at 4th place in 9-and-under.

Jacob Watkins makes his first ride for
the UMB team and nails 12th.

Alex Pferdner also finishes his first
race, taking the 13th place spot.

Jaycob Winnett coasts downhill through
the tall grass in the 17th place position.

Baylor Payne takes his first start as a
UMB racer and gets 18th place.

Sawyer Ransom cranks through the
oak brush in 27th place.

 Aiden Thayer pedals the bike through
his first race and a 29th place finish.

Left:  Zachary Peterson pops out of the tunnel and
heads into the swift-flowing creek, fighting on to take
the 4th place in the 10-12 category.

Right:  Brayden Nielsen heads into a hard turn
at the far side of the loop, getting team points
with his 7th place finish.

Harrison Woodard powers the pedals
to get the 10th spot.

Shawn Nielsen cranks toward the opposite
side of the creek on the way to 12th place.

Right:  The UMB racers hang out during
the rain delay, as they wait for word
on the trail reroute.

Right:  Andrew Weber heads up the hill at the start
of the lap, finishing with a ribbon and team points at 5th.

Right:  Corbin Young gets wet in the creek as he rides
to the 14th spot in Beginner Men 30-39.

Nathan Thayer hurries through the
oak trees to take 19th place.

 As the race starts, Erek Winnett
cranks uphill and gets the 23rd spot.

Cort Ashton is close behind with the
7th place finish in BM 40-plus.

Randy Croall makes his first start
for UMB with a 9th place finish.

David Hall joins his brother on the UMB
team and nails the 13th spot.

Bill Becker heads toward the finish
line and a 22nd place finish.

Right:  The UMB 10-12 racers are on the
line and ready to rumble. After a two-hour
delay, the race will finally begin!

Right:  Ribbons in hand, the 9-and-under
racers have their moment of recognition
for a job well done.

Sam Watkins #776 is new to UMB and
not in team jersey, finishing 10th.

 Also new and unphotographed is
Mitchell Peart #774, who finishes 11th.

Right:  Not a mere splash, the creek crossing
was a long ride through hub-deep water.
Rachel heads toward the deep end.

Right:  Jake Weber hits the water on his way to
the 16th spot in Sport Men 30-34.

Right:  Dan Hutchings takes the term "tree hugger" literally
as he wraps his body around a stout trunk, but
somehow gets to the finish line at 22nd.

Darren Harris powers along the trail
and gets the ribbon at 6th place.

 Jonathan Hall makes a good ride in
this tough category to take 10th.

Michael MacDonald gets a good finish
with the 11th place spot.

 Stephen Bergen grabs the 21st place
finish in this tough race.

Right:   Colleen Tvorik has moved up to the Sport
category with this race and follows Cat around the
course to finish in 11th place.

Right:  The trail re-route delay made
appetites good for the post-race picnic.
Racers and families enjoyed an assortment
of salads and deserts, drinks, and of course
burgers and dogs.

Right:  The 9-and-under winners get
their ribbons and loot.

Right:  Ryan Payne takes the plunge in another strong
performance that's good for 5th place.

Right:  Karl Parkinson heads up the hill in this
pre-crash photo. Karl soldiers on, getting his knee
(seen in one of the photos at the bottom) and the
 bike across the line in 12th place.

Right:  Sally Hutchings heads up the hill on her
way to the 7th place spot in the category.

Right:  Jeff Kingsford gets another strong ride to
get the ribbon and team points with a 6th place
finish in Men 50-plus.

Right:  Bruce Argyle hits the water on the first of his two
laps, finishing in 5th place. In a moment of senility, the
grown-ups vote to do an extra lap for the full sport distance.

Revolution dominated this race, held in their back yard. UMB came in at 2nd place, but without giving up much of our lead toward the season championship. With the rain-delay, this race ate up most of the holiday. This sacrifice by racers and their families is much appreciated. If this was your first ICup experience, understand that race delays have happened only 4 times in the last 6 years. With mother nature's cooperation, things should proceed much more smoothly during the upcoming second half of the season.

Thanks to everyone who took photos!
Additional photos, Bruce: http://picasaweb.google.com/bikerbruceargyle/Draper09#
More photos:  http://picasaweb.google.com/UMBTeam2009/Draper#
Hutchings photos:  http://picasaweb.google.com/bikersal35/ICUP2009Draper52509#
And by the way, new team racers, if you want to see yourself on our team scrapbook page, wear a team jersey so our photographers can spot you!

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