Right from the gun Todd Wells hit the gas. On the second lap the pack started to hit the sweet fly over. In most of the other races people tried to keep it on the ground, but the Pro Men took flight. Whips, cross ups, and tailtaps galore. As the race progressed Jeremiah Bishop attacked Adam Craig for second. Slowly the peleton broke off into smaller groups. Starting on the back row 'Cross super star Jonathan Page worked his way through the field. He eventually finished a solid sixth. Stephen Ettinger went under the radar till he crossed the finish line one spot ahead of Page. In the end Wells took the Jeresy followed by Bishop, Craig, JHK, and Ettinger.
Specialized racing was out for retaliation this afternoon after being shut out of the top step in the podium in the XC. Howard Grotts, Lea Davison, and Todd Wells all finished second in their respective XC events. From the gun it looked as though Georgia Gould would add another jersey to her closet as she set a blistering pace on the front. One by one the top 10 dropped off the group until only Davison was left. Lea was content to let Georgia set the tempo as she saved her legs for one monster move. With half a lap remaining, Davison went by Gould on the laps one small climb and never looked back, crossing the line first with Gould just off her wheel. Behind, Mary Mcconneloug rode a smart tachtical race to grab third ahead of Chloe Woodruff, and Meredith Miller.
Short Track Video coming soon here!
| Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todd Wells (Specialized Racing) | 0:29:46 | |
| 2 | Jeremiah Bishop (Cannondale Factory Racing) | 0:00:16 | |
| 3 | Adam Craig (Rabobank/Giant Offroad Team) | 0:00:21 | |
| 4 | Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Subaru/Trek) | 0:00:27 | |
| 5 | Stephen Ettinger (Wenatchee Valley Velo) | 0:00:34 | |
| 6 | Jonathan Page | 0:00:37 | |
| 7 | Sam Schultz (Subaru-Trek) | 0:00:38 | |
| 8 | Mitchell Hoke (Team Clif Bar) | 0:00:47 | |
| 9 | Russell Finsterwald (Front Rangers Junior Cycling) | 0:00:59 | |
| 10 | Spencer Paxson (Kona Bicycles) | 0:01:02 | |
| 11 | Troy Wells | ||
| 12 | Howard Grotts (Fort Lewis College) | 0:01:10 | |
| 13 | Macky Franklin (Orbea-Tuff Shed) | 0:01:16 | |
| 14 | Skyler Trujillo (Niner Stans Ergon) | 0:01:23 | |
| 15 | Cody Kaiser (California Giant Berry Farms) | 0:01:37 | |
| 16 | Zachary Valdez (Whole Athlete-Specialized) | 0:01:41 | |
| 17 | Carl Decker (Giant Factory) | 0:01:46 | |
| 18 | Ryan Trebon | 0:01:50 | |
| 19 | Michael Broderick (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) | 0:01:51 | |
| 20 | Colton Andersen (Durango Devo) | 0:01:52 | |
| 21 | Colin Cares (Kenda/Felt) | ||
| 22 | Alexander Grant (Cannondale Factory Racing) | 0:02:03 | |
| 23 | Robert Marion (American Classic Pro Team) | 0:02:10 | |
| 24 | Kevin Bradford-Parish | 0:02:16 | |
| 25 | Tad Elliott (Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory) | 0:02:20 | |
| 26 | Braden Kappius (Team Clif Bar) | 0:02:30 | |
| 27 | Samuel Morrison (The Gear Movement/Epic Pro) | 0:02:33 | |
| 28 | Corey Stelljes | 0:02:39 | |
| 29 | Cole Oberman (Guys Racing Club) | 0:02:44 | |
| 30 | Seamus Powell | 0:02:51 | |
| 31 | Kerry Werner (USA u23 BMC development team) | 0:03:33 | |
| -3laps | Tyler Gauthier (Culvers Racing p/b Meyer Family) | ||
| -3laps | Travis Glysson (AZ Devo) | ||
| -3laps | Greg Krieger (Eriksen Cycles) | ||
| -3laps | Payson Mcelveen (USA U23) | ||
| -4laps | Davis Bentley (Above Category Racing) | ||
| -4laps | Mason Bond | ||
| -4laps | Drew Edsall (Kenda / Felt) | ||
| -4laps | Lewis Gaffney (Team F.I.Taos) | ||
| -4laps | David Harrison (Wild Rockies Racing Team) | ||
| -4laps | Tanner Hurst (Carpe Diem Racing) | ||
| -4laps | Peter Ostroski (Wild Things/Rocky Mountain) | ||
| -4laps | Rich Weis (Trek/Subaru) | ||
| -4laps | Travis Woodruff (Trek Bicycle Store Boulder) | ||
| -4laps | Brent Gorman (Volkswagen Boise) | ||
| -5laps | Darren Lightfield (Wild Rockies Inc) | ||
| -5laps | Jorge Munoz (Dominion - Falcon Bank) | ||
| -5laps | Alex Wild | ||
| DNS | Thomas Sampson (Team Alpine Clinic RCN) | ||
| DNS | Andy Schultz | ||
| DNS | Matthew Freeman (Team Redlands) | ||
| DNS | Colin Osborn (Honey Stinger) | ||
| DNF | Bryan Fawley (Obrea USA) |
| Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lea Davison (Specialized Factory Racing) | 0:29:23 | |
| 2 | Georgia Gould (Luna Pro Team) | 0:00:01 | |
| 3 | Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) | 0:00:35 | |
| 4 | Chloe Woodruff (Crankbrothers Race Club 11) | 0:00:49 | |
| 5 | Meredith Miller (California Giant Berry Farms/Sp) | 0:00:55 | |
| 6 | Teal Stetson-Lee (Luna Pro Team) | 0:01:06 | |
| 7 | Kelli Emmett (Giant Mountain Bike Team) | 0:01:09 | |
| 8 | Heather Irmiger (Subaru/Trek) | 0:01:15 | |
| 9 | Erin Huck (Tokyo Joes) | 0:01:19 | |
| 10 | Pua Mata (Sho-Air) | 0:01:35 | |
| 11 | Rebecca Gross (Tough Girl Cycling) | 0:01:43 | |
| 12 | Nina Baum | 0:01:53 | |
| 13 | Katherine Sherwin (Stan's NoTubes Elite Women's Team) | ||
| 14 | Judy Freeman | 0:02:18 | |
| 15 | Lauren Catlin (Durango Devo) | 0:02:22 | |
| 16 | Rose Grant (Sportsman & Ski Haus) | 0:02:24 | |
| 17 | Evelyn Dong | 0:02:25 | |
| 18 | Amy Dombroski (Crankbrothers Race Club) | 0:02:53 | |
| 19 | Heidi Rentz | 0:02:56 | |
| 20 | Kaila Hart (No Tubes Elite Women's Racing) | 0:02:57 | |
| 21 | Sage Wilderman (Durango Devo) | 0:03:01 | |
| -2laps | Sarah Sturm (Durango Devo) | ||
| -2laps | Deidre York (The Gear Movement/Epic Pro Cycling) | ||
| -3laps | Rebecca Blatt (Ronin Racing) | ||
| -3laps | Jena Greaser (NorEast Cycling) | ||
| -3laps | Aliciarose Pastore (BMC Mountain Bike Development Team) | ||
| -6laps | Katie Sodergren (Tokyo Joe's -Whole Foods) |
Sam Schultz (Missoula, Mont./Subaru-Trek) were unable to reel Wells in.
In the professional women's short track cross-country race, the two 2012 Olympians quickly distinguished themselves as the cream of the 28-rider crop. The same duo, Georgia Gould (Fort Collins, Colo./LUNA PRO TEAM) and Lea Davison (Jericho, Vt./Specialized Factory Racing), that battled in Saturday's cross-country race were off the front in the early stages of the short track cross-country race on Sunday. In the end, Davison, who finished second to Gould in Saturday's cross-country race, attacked Gould late in the last lap and held on to win by only one second. Mary McConneloug (Chilmark, Mass./KENDA-Seven-NoTubes) earned the bronze medal while Chloe Woodruff (Tucson, Ariz./Crankbrothers Race Club 11) and Meredith Miller (Boulder, Colo./California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized) placed fourth and fifth, respectively.
"My strategy was for the first half of the race just to patrol the front," Davison said. "I wanted to make sure nobody got away, no big gaps. Then the second half of the race I started to think about where to pass. I left it until the last lap which is kind of risky, but it paid off."
After two laps, the top five finishers led the field with a slight advantage on a hard-charging Kelli Emmett (Colorado Springs, Colo./Giant Mountain Bike Team), who was stuck between the leaders and the field. Gradually, McConneloug and Woodruff were unable to keep up with the pace set by Davison and Gould as the gap steadily grew between the two leaders and the field. Davison attacked on a climb late in the lap and sprinted to the finish line.
In the juniors men 15-18 short track cross-country race, two riders, Keegan Swenson (Park City, Utah/Cannondale Factory Racing) and Tobin Ortenblad (Santa Cruz, Calif./Ritte Elite U23 Development Team) set a blistering pace from the beginning of the race, forcing the field's hand. In the end, Swenson won his third national title of the event, finishing the race 23 seconds ahead of Ortenblad. Casey Williams (Big Bear City, Calif./Whole Athlete-Specialized), who rode with Swenson and Ortenblad through the first half of the race, placed third eight seconds in front of Chase Dickens (Mount Airy, N.C.) and 10 seconds ahead of Sepp Kuss (Durango, Colo.).
"I didn't expect to sweep," Swenson said. "My main goal was the cross-country. After that, it was just to do the best I could. It feels awesome to win the other two jerseys."
Pro Men's Super D
Adam Craig (Bend, Ore./Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team) was the first rider to tame the Super D on Sunday morning and he posted the best time, traversing the six-mile course which loses over 2,000 feet of elevation in 21:26.11 to collect his seventh national title in the downhill race.
Craig's time was only 1.32 seconds faster than the silver medalist, Carl Decker (Bend, Ore./Giant Factory), who finished his race in 21:27.43. Macky Franklin (Taos, N.M./Orbea-Tuff Shed), who finished fifth in this race in 2011, placed third this year while Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-Trek) and Colton Andersen (Durango, Colo./Durango Devo) round out the five-man podium.
"It's always good," Craig said of winning the national championship. "It's good that we have this. It continues making people more aware that we have Super D and enduro racing and that it's a pretty good time up there. We had a pretty strong field today. This is the strongest national championship field I've seen, I think. It's good to take another one, for sure."
Pro Women's Super D
Kelli Emmett (Colorado Springs, Colo./Giant Mountain Bike Team), who was second place in the 2011 Super D, took the next step up the podium this year, traversing the course in 24:33.02 to win her third Super D national title. Emmett's time was 18 seconds faster than Elizabeth English (Whitefish, Mont.), who earned the silver medal. The defending national champion, Lea Davison (Jericho, Vt./Specialized Factory Racing), rode away with the bronze medal this year, finishing ahead of Heather Irmiger (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-Trek) and Katherine Sherwin (Heber City, Utah/Stan's NoTubes Elite Women's Team).
"I had a pretty clean run out there," Emmett said. "I really went for it on the climb. It was a pretty long Super D, it was almost 25 minutes. There was probably an eight-minute climb in there. I just really went for it. I tried to ride a smooth race on the descents. It was good, it was fun."
Keegan Swenson (Park City, Utah/Cannondale Factory Racing) scorched the Super D course and finished with a time of 21:57.1, which would have placed fifth in the pro men's results. In fact, the top three finishers of the juniors men 15-18 Super D posted faster times than the fifth-place rider in the pro men's Super D. The juniors silver medalist, Bryan Duke (Salinas, Calif./Ritte Elite U23 Development Team), registered a 22:00.3 and Casey Williams (Big Bear City, Calif./Whole Athlete-Specialized) posted a time of 22:02.2 while Colton Andersen (Durango, Colo./Durango Devo), who placed fifth in the pro men's Super D, recorded a time of 22:02.5.
Chris Jackson (Somis, Calif./Castex Rentals) swept the seniors men 19-29 by winning the Super D with a time of 22:21.2 while Ty Kady earned his second gold medal of the week after winning the masters men 30-39 with a 22:48.5 mark. Michael Pastore (Avon, Colo.) was nearly 45 seconds faster than his closest competitor in the masters men 40-49 after posting a time of 22:34.7. Cary Smith (Littleton, Colo./Golden Bike Shop) traversed the course in 24:10.3 to win the masters men 50-and-over category.
India Waller (Durango, Colo./Durango Devo) earned her second gold medal of the week after descending the course in 26:35.3 while Sara Schroeder (Hailey, Idaho/Mud Honey) was over one minute faster than her closest competitor in the seniors women 19-29 category. Elizabeth Sampey (Boulder, Colo./Pedal Pushers Cyclery) registered a time of 27:16.7 to top the masters women 30-39 group while Shannon Gibson (Durango, Colo./Stan's NoTubes Elite Women's Team) was only five seconds faster than Heidi Volpe (Topanga, Calif.) in the women's 40-and-over group.
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2012 USA Cycling Mountain Bike Cross-Country National Championships
July 5-8, 2012
Ketchum, Idaho
Short Track Cross-Country
Men - Pro
1. Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./Specialized Racing) 29:46
2. Jeremiah Bishop (Harrisonburg, Va./Cannondale Factory Racing) 30:02
3. Adam Craig (Bend, Ore./Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team) 30:07
4. Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-Trek) 30:13
5. Stephen Ettinger (Cashmere, Wash./BMC Mountain Bike Team) 30:20
Women - Pro
1. Lea Davison (Jericho, Vt./Specialized Factory Racing) 29:23
2. Georgia Gould (Fort Collins, Colo./LUNA PRO TEAM) 29:24
3. Mary McConneloug (Chilmark, Mass./KENDA-Seven-NoTubes) 29:58
4. Chloe Woodruff (Tucson, Ariz./Crankbrothers Race Club 11) 30:12
5. Meredith Miller (Bouler, Colo./California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized) 30:18
Men - Category 1 - 15-18
1. Keegan Swenson (Park City, Utah/Cannondale Factory Racing) 31:19.4
2. Tobin Ortenblad (Santa Cruz, Calif./Ritte Elite U23 Development Team) 31:42.7
3. Casey Williams (Big Bear City, Calif./Whole Athlete-Specialized) 32:05.2
4. Chase Dickens (Mount Airy, N.C.) 32:13.8
5. Sepp Kuss (Durango, Colo.) 32:15.7
Super D
Men - Pro
1. Adam Craig (Bend, Ore./Rabobank/Giant Offroad Team) 21:26.1
2. Carl Decker (Bend, Ore./Giant Factory) 21:27.4
3. Macky Franklin (Taos, N.M./MTB PRO Team: ORBEA-TUFF SHED) 21:39.2
4. Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-TREK) 21:47.7
5. Colton Andersen (Durango, Colo./Durango Devo) 22:02.5
Women - Pro
1. Kelli Emmett (Plymouth, Mich./Giant Mountain Bike Team) 24:33.0
2. Elizabeth English (Whitefish, Mont.) 24:51.1
3. Lea Davison (Jericho, Vt./Specialized Factory Racing) 24:58.5
4. Heather Irmiger (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-Trek) 25:24.6
5. Katherine Sherwin (Heber City, Utah/Stan's NoTubes Elite Women's Team) 25:40.9
Men - Junior - 1-18
1. Keegan Swenson (Park City, Utah/Cannondale Factory Racing) 21:57.1
2. Bryan Duke (Salinas, Calif./Ritte Elite U23 Development Team) 22:00.3
3. Casey Williams (Big Bear City, Calif./Whole Athlete-Specialized) 22:02.2
4. Sepp Kuss (Durango, Colo.) 22:17.1
5. Cody Phillips (Monrovia, Calif.) 22:32.2
Men - Senior - 19-29
1. Chris Jackson (Somis, Calif./Castex Rentals) 22:21.2
2. Nathan Petter (Fort Collins, Colo./Colorado State University Rams Cycling Team) 22:44.7
3. Kolby Preble (Forestgrove, Ore.) 23:10.4
4. Bobby Zidek (Novato, Calif.) 23:48.8
5. Derek Yarra (San Francisco, Calif.) 23:56.6
Men - Master - 30-39
1. Ty Kady (Brea, Calif./Sho-Air) 22:48.5
2. Matthew McNeal (Ketchum, Idaho/Sun Valley Road and Dirt Camps. L.L.C.) 23:11.3
3. Doug Schuler (Boulder, Colo./Boulder Cycle Sport) 23:15.7
4. Ian Fitzpatrick (Eagle, Idaho) 24:39.5
5. Tim Evens (Bend, Ore./Giant) 25:04.2
Men - Master - 40-49
1. Michael Pastore (Avon, Colo.) 22:34.7
2. Stosh Bankston (Nevada City, Calif./Bicycle Emporium) 23:15.0
3. Scott Robinson (Ketchum, Idaho/Sun Valley Road and Dirt Camps. L.L.C.) 23:33.1
4. Jon Freckleton (Steamboat Springs, Colo./Steamboat Velo) 23:43.4
5. Mario Correa (Chino Hills, Calif.) 24:18.1
Men - Master - 50-99
1. Cary Smith (Littleton, Colo./Golden Bike Shop) 24:10.3
2. Jordan Swenson (Park City, Utah/Cole Sport) 24:34.4
3. Chris Grove (Flagstaff, Ariz./Absolute Bikes Team) 26:11.9
4. Mark Enders (Pleasant View, Utah/Autoliv Cycling Club-Ogden Cycling Education Foundation) 26:31.9
5. Ed Binnie (Ketchum, Idaho) 27:38.1
Women - Junior - 1-18
1. India Waller (Durango, Colo./Durango Devo) 26:35.3
2. Shayna Powless (Roseville, Calif./MTB PRO Team: BMC Mountainbike Development Team USA) 27:10.6
3. Mackinzie Stanley (Fairfax, Calif./Whole Athlete-Specialized) 28:26.4
4. Avery Morin (Roseville, Calif./Victory Velo Racing) 28:43.2
5. Julie Barton (Meadow Vista, Calif./Victory Velo Racing) 29:30.0
Women - Senior - 19-29
1. Sara Schroeder (Hailey, Idaho/Mud Honey) 27:01.4
2. Victoria Yoham (San Rafael, Calif./Whole Athlete-Specialized) 28:10.2
3. Corinne Prevot (East Burke, Vt./Mud Honey) 28:19.7
4. Nina Otter (Waterbury, Vt.) 28:22.1
5. Andrianna Zolton (Edmonds, Wash.) 29:37.3
Women - Master - 30-39
1. Elizabeth Sampey (Boulder, Colo./Pedal Pushers Cyclery) 27:16.7
2. Ellen Sherrill (South Lake Tahoe, Calif./Bike Station Aptos) 27:36.0
3. Heather Ranoa (Murrieta, Calif.) 28:42.7
4. Erin Alders (Nevada City, Calif.) 29:07.9
5. Karen Krasley (Coplay, Pa.) 30:28.9
1. Shannon Gibson (Durango, Colo./Stan's NoTubes Elite Women's Team) 28:00.1
2. Heidi Volpe (Topanga, Calif.) 28:05.1
3. Gretchen Flint (Ketchum, Idaho/Mud Honey Cycling) 30:21.1
4. Tanya Swenson (Park City, Utah/Cole Sport) 36:55.1
5. Helene Drumm (San Anselmo, Calif./Whole Athlete-Specialized) 39:52.8
Updated on May 19, 2013, 6:47am
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