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Intermountain Cup Season Champions:
UtahMountainBiking.comIn
the 2010 season, a record-setting 20 UMB racers earned a spot on the season podium.
Many others came close. For each
individual racer in a Sport, Expert, or Open category, racer points were
counted for the top 11 of that racer's 13 races. Winning an individual
category season championship takes a lot of effort and sacrifice. But all
team members deserve a nod for their contributions to winning the 2010
team championship, thereby retiring the 12-year trophy with four season
wins.
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| After the race, UMB racers gather at the UMB
canopy in the gravel parking area below the race loop. Active-status
racers (those who've completed four races in the season) received free
championship "3-peat" t-shirts. Sweatshirts have also been
printed up for the cold cyclocross season. As the Intermountain Cup tally
was being completed, a rainstorm moved the racers indoors for the award
ceremony. |
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Hattie
Ransom 2nd place, 537 points.
Photo at Deer Valley.
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Jacey Messer 3rd place, 507
points.
Photo at St. George. |
Joshua
Peterson 1st place, 897 points.
Photo at Draper's race. |
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Joshua won this Scott bicycle as
the winner of the 10-12 category. |
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Zachary Peterson 1st place,
743 points.
Photo at Cholla Challenge. |
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Brayden Nielsen 3rd
place, 453 points.
Photo at Deer Valley. |
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Jack Gage 1st place, 798 points.
Photo at Snowbasin. |
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Jake Weber 3rd place, 396
points.
Photo at Draper. |
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Mark Messer 1st
place, 803 points.
Photo at The Canyons.
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Ryan Nielsen 2nd
place, 522 points.
Photo at Solitude
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Mike Horne 3rd
place, 434 points.
Photo at St. George. |
| With UMB team members sweeping all three
podium spots in this category, it's also noteworthy that Darren Harris
started in this category, but moved up to Expert 30-39 in the middle of
the season. His placements would have given him a spot on the season
podium. At left and right are the design for front and back of the season
championship t-shirt. |
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Jason Sparks 2nd
place, 803 points.
Photo at Cholla Challenge. |
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Angelica Jameriez 1st place, 492
points.
Photo at The Canyons. |
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Colleen
Tvorik 2nd place, 460 points.
Photo at Draper. |
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Justin Griffin 2nd place, 1074
points.
Photo at Snowbird.
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Left: Derek
Ransom 2nd place, 813 points.
Photo at Jackson Hole. |
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Shane Horton 1st place, 568
points.
Photo at Cholla Challenge. |
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Chris Cole 2nd place, 526
points.
Photo at Draper. |
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Those who've been to a lot of races
appreciate the friendly professionalism that Ed brings to the
Intermountain Cup. At left, he doesn't surprise anybody with the
announcement of the 2010 team competition winner. At right, Bruce and Mike
pose with the trophy, now ours to keep. |
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Sally Hutchings 3rd place, 499
points.
Photo at Sundance. |
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Jay Griffin 2nd place, 692
points.
Photo at The Canyons.
Note: a couple of races in the Expert Men 40-plus
category (those points are not credited toward
the season 50-plus standings) moved Jay down
from the #1 spot. |
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Joel Quinn 2nd place, 764 points.
Photo at Sherwood Hills, Logan. |
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The UtahMountainBiking.com ICup squad has won the IMBA trailwork trophy
every year since the racing credit-for-trailwork program was created. Team
members could earn up to 30 individual points by working 4 hours. Up to
100 hours could be turned into team points, one point per hour worked by a
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| For the 3rd straight year,
UtahMountainBiking.com has won the Intermountain Cup team competition.
Points are awarded to the top 7 finishers in each category -- more points
for a better finish, higher points for a harder category. This year, it
was a close race until just after mid-season, when the competition just
couldn't get enough tires on the trail to keep up with our dedicated
racers. With 4 wins in the past 5 seasons, UMB now owns the 1999-2010
trophy forever. There will be a new traveling trophy next year.
There are many people who helped make this season a
success. It includes not only the racers who spent their Saturday
exhausted and wheezing, but their families who came to cheer and help
their racer succeed. (For the record, I also consider "staying home,
but letting the racer go out of town" to be a significant
contribution to the team.) Mike Horne helped create the 2010 team uniform
and arrange manufacturing. Bruce set up the team camp early each raceday
morning, bringing water and gatorade, cooking the burgers, and creating
each race web page. Mike Engberson fixed bikes between races (and on
raceday), made sure spare parts were delivered, and brought tables and
burgers for the post-race picnics. Kay Hutchings cheered us from the
sidelines while taking the many incredible racer photos on this season's
race pages. For all those who were part of the 2010 ICup squad, thanks for
helping to create the sense of family that has made our team so
successful.
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