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At Soldier Hollow, 35 racers represented the UMB team for the 5th race of the 2012 Intermountain Cup season. The day before the race a rainstorm dampened the trails, drying just in time to make the surface absolutely perfect for riding. Raceday weather was sunny but pleasantly cool. UMB had first-place wins by Dallin Hatch and Lee Nitchman, plus second-place finishes by Draeden Jensen, Ryan Margetts, Michael Dodge, Tim Martindale, Jake Van Wagoner, Ian Beaty, Jay Griffin, and Joel Quinn.

Left:  Racers head up the singletrack to the first XC ski run with Midway in the background. That's Mike in the middle.

With early-morning mud sticking to her
tires, Katie Dodge zips over the ski area
on the way to 4th place in 9-and-under.

Josh Nielsen pedals his bike up a
grassy slope on the meadow to nail the
5th place position in the category.

Michael Dodge follows Katie around the 9-and-under loop.
The two youngest groups raced at 9 am, with the main race
starting after the mud dried at 10.

Right:   Looking west from the race
area toward Mount Timpanogos.

Left:   Dylan Payne cranks around
an uphill turn between cross-country
ski slopes on the way to the 6th place
ribbon in Beginner 13-15.

Right:  The racers assemble for the
pre-race briefing. The timing tower
is on the left. The UMB canopy is
right in the middle of the photo, just
above the ICup trailer and tent.

Right:   Chasing behind Dallin, Ryan Margetts cranks
toward the red ribbon for 2nd place in Beginner
Men 19-29. It's worth 6 points to the team.

Left:   Michael Dodge fires uphill on the narrow
singletrack as he nails a nice 2nd place finish in
Beginner Men 30-39. In addition to team points
for UMB, Michael gets Daddy Points for riding
with daughter Katie in the first race.

Right:   Carving a hard turn as he nears the finish
line, Spencer Neeley grabs a 4th place ribbon
for himself as he contributes to the UMB team
win at Soldier Hollow.

The cross-country ski run heads up a canyon. After making
a big fat T on the upper slope, it will drop back down again
on a ski run just a few yards to the left of this photo.

Tim Martindale carves a turn early in
the race, fighting his way to a podium
spot with 2nd place.

New to the team with this race, Mike 
Mclaughlin rockets downhill to get his
first ribbon by nailing 5th place.

Adam Reynders cranks hard uphill late
in his lap to take the 7th place finish
in Beginner Men 40-plus.

Right:   On the ski runs, there's plenty
of room to pass, as long as you're
willing to go into the grass. Jason leads
Mitt in the Expert 40-plus group. 

Right:   Narrow singletrack on the upper
mountain. The terrain has oak mixed with
sage, with balsamroot (and the occasional
cactus) at trailside.

Left:    Lee Nitchman cranks hard along the ski run
on his first lap, grabbing the 1st place win in the
Sport Men 35-39 group.

Right:   In his second race in the Sport category,
 Christian Burrell sprints toward the next turn
on his 17-mile race, getting the ribbon with 6th place.

Left:    Cat Kalwies hammers down as
she exits a turn on lap number one,
finishing with the 4th place spot in
Sport Women.

Right:   The view from the top of the hill.
The water at mid-right is Deer Creek
 Reservoir. Just below the trees at
the middle of the photo is the lawn
containing the finish area.

Left:   Almost two laps finished and
one more to go. Ben Schmalz pops over
a small rise in the meadow above the
finish zone as he rides to 8th place
in Expert Men 30-39.

Right:  Drafting works on some of
the flatter ski runs. A group of 13-15
category riders (including Dylan in the
UMB yellow) lets Sally give them
a pull.

Right:  Coming close behind, Mitt Stewart rolls into the same
turn as he takes the 8th place position in Expert Men 40-plus.
UMB riders took finishes number 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12.

Jason Sparks is two laps out of three
as he eyes the next slope, finishing
with 9th place in the category.

Mike Engberson crests the first grassy
uphill and turns onto the ski path on lap
number one, racing to 10th place. 

Geno Smith fires across the meadow as
he nears the final turn into the finish
area, nailing the 12th place position.

Right:   Denmark Jensen carves a turn in the meadow
above the finish area as he races to 4th place
in Singlespeed.

Right:  About two miles into the main loop, Ryan Payne
rolls a corner to transition from downhill to uphill,
finishing with 4th place in the category. Team points
are awarded to the top 7 finishers in each category,
but no more than two riders per team in that category.
So both Ryan and John grab points for UMB -- for a
total of 11 from our clydes.

Right:  Racers that have finished swap
war stories and check the leaderboard
for their finishing times and their
finishing order within their categories.

Right:   Three miles into his first lap, Jeff Kingsford 
cranks uphill toward the next ski run, taking 14th place
in the Men 50-plus group.

Showing team dedication with a color-
coordinated bandage, Bruce Argyle gets
the 5th place finish.

Gene Poncelet drops off the hill into a
switchback above the meadow, taking
6th place in the category.

Right:  The team gets together for the post
race picnic. The cool temperature means
that many racers are working on their tans
instead of eating under the canopy.

Right:  Oriental chicken salad. Fruit. Chips.
Burger. Cookies. Including those
sinful Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
cookies. 

More pictures:
      Kay Hutchings photos     (Over 600 photos from the race!)

  GPX track of Soldier Hollow race loop   Track 10-12 ("half") loop
  Satellite view map of race loop

Left:  In Beginner Men 19-29, Dallin Hatch gets the top podium spot while Ryan Margetts takes the second tier.

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