Puebla, Mexico (April 9, 2012) -- The United States really put its mark on the 2012 Pan American Continental Mountain Bike Championships in Puebla, Mexico this weekend with four gold medals, two silvers, and one bronze.


 
The weekend capped off on Sunday with Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./Specialized) winning the elite men’s cross country race. The lone American in the contest, Wells improved on his bronze medal performance in last year’s continental championships by soloing over the line to earn the victory ahead of second- and third-place finishers Andres Soto (ARG) and Rubens Valeriano (BRA).
 
Earlier in the day, Russell Finsterwald (Colorado Springs, Colo./Subaru-Trek) crossed the finish line a minute ahead of his nearest competitors to take the win for the U.S. in the U23 men’s cross country race. Joining him on the podium was fellow American Kerry Werner (Banner Elk, N.C.BMC MTB Dev. Team) with the bronze medal. The silver went to Colombian Diyer Rincon.
 
Way to go Russell Finsterwald for winning the U23 cross-country race at the Continental Mountain Bike Championships in Mexico today. Kerry Werner joined him on the podium in 3rd while Howard Grotts was 6th. Way to go guys!  Second was 2.-Diyer Rincon COL 1:18.10
 
Sunday’s triumphs followed a very successful Saturday that saw Grace Alexander (Boise, Idaho/BMC MTB Dev. Team) and Jacqueline Harmony (Sedona, Ariz.) claim continental titles while compatriots Keegan Swenson (Park City, Utah/Cannondale Factory Racing) and Neko Mulally (Reading, Pa./Trek World Racing) each rode to silver medals.

Elite men
    Result
1 Todd Wells (United States Of America) 1:32:15  
2 Catriel Andres Soto (Argentina) 0:01:29  
3 Rubens Valeriano (Brazil) 0:03:12  
4 Fabio Hernando Castaneda Monsalve (Colombia) 0:03:48  
5 José Juan Escarcega (Mexico) 0:04:05  
6 Hector Rivero (Colombia) 0:04:15  
7 Ricardo Pscheidt (Brazil) 0:04:20  
8 Cristobal Silva Ibaceta (Chile) 0:05:54  
9 Javier Eduardo Puschel (Chile) 0:06:14  
10 Ignacio Torres (Mexico) 0:06:29  
11 Dario Alejandro Gasco (Argentina) 0:06:44  
12 Luciano Caraccioli (Argentina) 0:07:36  
13 Edivando Cruz De Souza (Brazil) 0:08:04  
14 Daniel Carneiro Brum Ribeiro Zoia (Brazil) 0:08:52  
15 Mauro Berrocal (Argentina) 0:11:04  
16 Marcos Escarcega (Mexico) 0:11:25  
17 Antonio Guzman (Venezuela) 0:12:13  
18 Miguel Valdez (Mexico) 0:14:44  
19 Armando Orellana (Hungary) 0:15:08  
20 Henrique Avancini (Brazil) 0:15:23  
21 Mario Bojay (Mexico) 0:17:48  
22 Patricio Andres Campbell Vilches (Chile)    
24 Cesar Lettoli (Argentina)    
25 Miguel Valle (Guatemala)    
26 Carlos Rodriguez (Venezuela)    
27 Juan Endara (Ecuador)    
28 Marco Rodriguez Rincón (Colombia)    
30 Oscar Velasquez (Guatemala)    
31 Charles Venutolo Petrozzino (Guatemala)    
32 Filippo Barbieri (Brazil)    
DNF Paolo Cesar Montoya Cantillo (Costa Rica)    
DNF Emmanuel Valencia Guadarrama (Mexico)    
DNF Rafael Escarcega Salazar (Mexico)
 		    
Elite women
    Result
1 Daniela Campuzano (Mexico) 1:31:36  
2 Agustina Maria Apaza (Argentina) 0:00:38  
3 Laura Lorenza Morfin Macouzet (Mexico) 0:02:27  
4 Jaqueline Alvarez (Argentina) 0:03:14  
5 Alexandra Gabriela Serrano Rodriguez (Ecuador) 0:04:07  
6 Adriana Rojas (Costa Rica) 0:04:43  
7 Viviana Andrea Maya Tabares (Colombia) 0:05:37  
8 Elisa Maria Garcia (Chile) 0:06:21  
9 Anayantzi Guzmàn Fuerte (Mexico) 0:06:49  
10 Noelia Rodriguez (Argentina) 0:07:02  
11 Roberta Kelly Stopa (Brazil) 0:09:56  
12 Ashley Hinestroza (Colombia) 0:14:28  
13 Vanessa Marin (Venezuela) 0:17:06  
14 Euliyimel Del Valle Aguilar Lozada (Venezuela)    
15 Rosalba Valerio Ortega (Dominican Republic)    
DNF Florinda De León (Guatemala)
 		    
U23 men
    Result
1 Russell Finsterwald (United States Of America) 1:17:15  
2 Diyer Rincon (Colombia) 0:00:55  
3 Kerry Werner (United States Of America) 0:01:06  
4 Evan Mcneely (Canada) 0:01:32  
5 Evan Guthrie (Canada) 0:02:09  
6 Howard Grotts (United States Of America) 0:02:26  
7 Sandro Munoz (Venezuela) 0:03:21  
8 Jhonnatan Botero Villegas (Colombia) 0:03:41  
9 Andrey Fonseca (Costa Rica) 0:03:55  
10 José González (Ecuador) 0:03:57  
11 William Alexi (Brazil) 0:04:02  
12 Antoine Caron (Canada) 0:04:15  
13 Leandre Bouchard (Canada) 0:04:17  
14 Ivan Lizardi (Mexico) 0:04:38  
15 Cesar Trejo Gachuzo (Mexico) 0:04:54  
16 Jeremy Martin (Canada) 0:05:19  
17 Luis Rojas (Argentina) 0:05:48  
18 Misael Vega (Mexico) 0:06:12  
19 José Aurelio Hernández (Mexico) 0:06:15  
20 Franco Molina (Argentina) 0:06:24  
21 Patricio Maximiliano Farias Diaz (Chile) 0:07:30  
22 German Dorhmann (Argentina) 0:07:42  
23 Baruc Castillo Trejo (Mexico) 0:07:54  
24 Marcelo Damian Sapino (Argentina) 0:08:02  
25 Bernardo Javier Fernandez Claussen (Chile) 0:08:27  
26 Kevin Ingratta (Argentina) 0:08:47  
27 Nicolas Prudencio (Chile) 0:09:34  
28 Alvaro Macias (Argentina) 0:09:42  
29 Mitchell Bailey (Canada) 0:10:02  
30 Daniel Pesantez 0:10:43  
31 Victor Francisco Hernandez Alvarez (Mexico) 0:11:58  
32 Emmanuel Castillo (Mexico) 0:13:03  
33 Jaime Yesid Chia Amaya (Colombia) 0:13:32  
34 Daniel Castillo (Mexico) 0:13:57  
35 Miguel Londono Naranjo (Colombia) 0:15:00  
36 Brandon Castillo (Mexico) 0:17:47  
37 Jaiker Colmenares (Venezuela) 0:19:12  
39 Javier Altamirano Rodrigo (Argentina)    
40 Georwill Perez Roman (Puerto Rico)    
DNF Frederico Mariano (Brazil)    
DNF Aguilar Daniel (Mexico)    
DNF Joaquin Hernandez Allan (Honduras)
 		    
U23 women
    Result
1 Raiza Goulao Henrique (Brazil) 1:12:26  
2 Laura Valentina Abril Restrepo (Colombia) 0:00:38  
3 Ines Carolina Gutiérrez (Argentina) 0:01:07  
4 Daniela Rojas (Chile) 0:02:15  
5 Laura Bietola (Canada) 0:06:19  
6 Gabriela Ortega Coria (Mexico) 0:06:29  
7 Michela Molina (Ecuador) 0:08:09  
8 Angela Isabel Mora Carrillo (Mexico) 0:08:16  
9 Andréanne Pichette (Canada) 0:08:28  
10 Florencia Espineira (Chile) 0:09:15  
11 Diana Espinoza (Ecuador) 0:10:26  
12 Claudia Alejandra Espinoza Ojeda (Mexico) 0:10:50  
13 Melissa Zaldivar (Mexico) 0:12:59  
14 Paola Torres Alejandra (Mexico) 0:13:45  
15 Sandra Jimenez (Mexico) 0:15:10  
16 Maria Teresa Pureco (Mexico) 0:17:36  

Junior men
    Result
1 José Hernández (Colombia) 0:58:56  
2 Keegan Swenson (United States Of America) 0:00:31  
3 Luis Camacho (Costa Rica) 0:01:54  
4 Franco Nicolas Adaos Alvarez (Chile) 0:01:55  
5 Sergio Valero (Colombia) 0:05:00  
6 Willy Sandoval (Colombia) 0:05:01  
7 Sergio Ortega (Mexico) 0:05:39  
8 Felipe Rodrigo Garry Rojas (Chile) 0:05:51  
9 Hugo Hernan Serrano (Colombia) 0:06:39  
10 Jorge Ascencio (Mexico) 0:06:47  
11 Ricardo Pelegrina (Argentina) 0:07:23  
12 Joaquin Badillo (Mexico) 0:07:57  
13 Victor Oliveira (Brazil) 0:08:10  
14 Brian Villa (Argentina) 0:08:41  
15 Moises Selman (Dominican Republic) 0:08:49  
16 Gustavo Pedroza (Mexico) 0:09:03  
17 Rodrigo Diaz (Mexico) 0:09:11  
18 Ignacio Peña (Chile) 0:09:38  
19 Julian David Espitia (Colombia) 0:10:12  
20 Roman Montenegro (Argentina) 0:10:58  
21 Valentin Herrera (Mexico) 0:10:59  
22 Jonathan Mejias (Venezuela) 0:11:49  
23 Luis Francisco Murgia (Mexico) 0:12:47  
24 Ricardo Santacruz (Mexico) 0:13:00  
25 Nicolas Gutierrez (Colombia) 0:14:17  
26 Manuel Rodrigo (Argentina) 0:14:30  
27 Mizrain Mora (Mexico) 0:18:28  
28 Dante Garcia (Mexico) 0:19:18  
29 Mateo Herrera (Colombia)    

Junior women
    Result
1 Grace Alexander (United States Of America) 0:25:15  
2 Xiomara Guerrero (Colombia) 0:00:07  
3 Andrea Fuentes (Mexico) 0:00:25  
4 Sofia Gomez Villafañe (Argentina) 0:01:27  
5 Daisy Ortega (Colombia) 0:03:15  
6 Catalia Paz Fuentes Correa (Chile) 0:03:29  
7 Irene Lizbeth Flores (Mexico) 0:03:44  
8 Laura Jasiel Robles (Mexico) 0:03:51  
9 Tania Perez (Mexico) 0:04:04  
10 Alisson Paola Talero (Colombia) 0:05:01  
11 Jessenia Santi (Venezuela) 0:05:07  
12 Monica Vega (Mexico) 0:05:08  
13 Bruna Rafaela Moura (Brazil) 0:06:37