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NUE #6 High Cascades 100

August 6, 2010 - August 9, 2010 • Bend, Oregon Coverage created by Colt McElwaine

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Smith and Butler top the podium at High Cascades

In its second year as a race and its first year as a stop on the NUE (National Ultra Endurance) series, the High Cascades 100 left racers utterly beaten down but entirely impressed.

In the men's race a group broke away early, separating themselves by the top of the first dusty climb. Defending champ Chris Sheppard (Rocky Mountain Bicycles), Cary Smith (Hammer Nutrition), Josh Tostado (Bach Builders/Santa Cruz), and Jeff Schalk (Trek Mtn Co-op) were in that group. Fifth place finisher Troy Barry (Hammer Nutrition) would give chase, riding through the ghost-like dust clouds left by the leaders for a while, never quite making contact. Tostado suffered two flats early, the sidewalls of his tires succumbing to the jagged lava rocks. He would ultimately battle back to third place. Sheppard gapped the group, blazing away on his hometown trails only to go off course and lose several minutes. (Tostado would win Garmin Edge 705 that evening in the raffle, maybe he'll donate it to Sheppard.) Sheppard would still come charging back to finish in second place. Jeff Schalk, admittedly, did not have a good day. Coming off his win at last week's Wilderness 101 in Pennsylvania, he was feeling fatigued. A terrifying battle with a belligerent grouse on course (see his post-race interview) and a flat tire didn't help matters. Cary Smith wasn't told until mile 80 that Sheppard had gone off course and was no longer leading, he would ride in "hunter-mode" through most of the day, gunning for Sheppard. When he was told, he only re-doubled his efforts, once he "knew what was a stake." Smith won in a time of 8:09:15.

The women's race was a battle between two tough competitors â NUE series leader Cheryl Sornson (Team CF) and local Sue Butler (Rivercity Cycles). They rode away from the rest of the women's field early, staying together until they hit the large, dusty, exposed singletrack climb out of the falls. At that point Butler looked back and found she had a gap. She would build that gap up to over fifteen minutes by the end, finishing an incredible 15th overall. Local Serena Bishop, a relative newcomer to mountain biking in general and endurance racing in particular finished third, Kari Studley 4th, and defending champ Angela Suich would round out the podium in 5th.

The Single-Speed race saw another crushing performance by Gerry Pflug (Salsa/SPK/Pro Bikes). Although Dejay Birtch (Niner/Ergon/No Tubes) would finish a scant two minutes back. Third place finisher Andrew Genco (Drunkcyclist/32FU) spent much of the day yo-yoing back and forth with some obnoxious guy wielding a video camera (look for his mid-race interview).

Overall this event was outstanding, a must do race for 2011. The trails were killer, the views spectacular, the post-race barbecue was slammin', and the beer from Deschutes Brewery might have been the only thing capable of cutting through the dust coating the riders' throats at the end of the day.

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Colt McElwaine 2 years ago

Full Results
Men
Result
1 Cary Smith (Hammer Nutrition) 8:09:15
2 Chris Sheppard (Rocky Mountain Bikes/Rebound PT) 0:06:21
3 Josh Tostado (Bach Builders/Santa Cruz) 0:14:18
4 Jeff Schalk (Trek Mtn Co-op) 0:20:52
5 Troy Barry (Hammer Nutrition) 0:29:48
6 Geoff Huber (Life Cycle/Lost Coast) 1:08:30
7 Andrew Rosette (Second Ascent) 1:09:17
8 Matt Woodruff (Broken Spoke) 1:15:03
9 Aaron Phillips (Cutthroat Racing) 1:15:18
10 Ryon Butterfield (Idaho Cycling Enthusiasts) 1:16:50
11 Mark Matson (Kona/Team S & M) 1:24:12
12 Daniel Cooley (Scotts Cycle & Sports) 1:24:59
13 Richard Hulit (Recycled Cycles) 1:31:06
14 Thom Parson (Trek/Sram/International Bicycle Centers) 1:31:46
15 Jake Maedke (Trek 29er Crew) 1:34:44
16 Jeff Dengal (Sagebrush Cyclery) 1:35:25
17 Cordino Longiotti (Desalvo Custom Cycles) 1:42:35
18 Derek Carter (Team Aerobie) 1:46:29
19 Jonathan Davis (Trek Bike Store Boulder) 1:48:39
20 Monte Sanford 1:52:42
21 Ian Tubbs (Lenovo) 2:07:37
22 Brian Butler (sbracing.org/Hammer/Santa Cruz) 2:10:02
23 Justin Mark (Steed Cycles) 2:11:30
24 Brandon Marshall (Fundamental Bike) 2:16:04
25 Paul Sullivan (Vista Ridge Racing) 2:20:21
26 Ian Spivack (DCMTB) 2:23:15
27 Brian Evans 2:24:59
28 John Hughson (High Adventure Ski & Bike) 2:27:23
29 Paul Lacava (Giant Bicycles) 2:45:31
30 Jason Vandersluis (Arlbert Sports) 2:49:17
31 Derek Eysenbach (Lagunitas-Niner) 2:54:45
32 Andrew Clarke (Corsa Cycles) 3:03:18
33 Marcus Biancucci (TAI Cycling/GENR8) 3:03:57
34 Powell Jones (Quiet Waters Racing) 3:04:27
35 Tyson Lancaster (Yakima) 3:05:20
36 Seth Barnard (Ashland Bicycle Works) 3:16:56
37 Benjamin Wheeler 3:27:40
38 Scott Wazny 3:41:38
39 David Prause (Super Relax) 3:43:57
40 Thomas Hainisch 3:45:07
41 Jon Collins (BikeCo.com) 3:45:39
42 Andrew Weiner (Roaring Movie) 3:50:53
43 Gregory Voyles (Quiet Waters Racing) 3:51:09
44 Charles Wooley (CARVE) 4:24:35
45 Robert Lee (Yakima Bike Vigilantes) 4:24:39
46 Brian Binge 4:39:06
47 Andrew Crisp 4:40:45
48 Bill Hade (Cranford Bike Team) 4:43:33
49 Dan Gilmour (Village Bike and Ski) 4:44:00
50 William Anderson (Joyride/Highlife) 4:49:37
51 Anthony Cree (Redneck) 4:51:07
52 Matt Lutz 5:00:03
53 Joe Durkee (bicycleattorney.com) 5:01:18
54 Michael McGowan 5:02:03
55 Rui Zhu (Willamette Valley tr. Club) 5:35:21
56 Joe Ostermiller 5:54:17
57 Niall Pinder (Returned Beer Bottles & Cans) 6:06:24
58 David Keller 6:08:45
59 Garrett Willliams 6:11:25
60 Andrew Abdelnour 6:11:26
61 Chris Brotzler 6:19:55
62 Jeff Logan 6:26:20
63 Brian Gunn 7:04:19
Women
Result
1 Sue Butler (Rivercity Bicycles) 9:31:33
2 Cheryl Sornson (Team CF) 0:15:33
3 Serena Bishop (Sunnyside Sports) 1:19:33
4 Kari Studley (Mafia Racing) 1:38:41
5 Angela Sucich (Diamondback) 1:54:37
6 Tina Martinez 3:21:15
7 Claire Duncan 3:28:55
8 Heather Westfall (Me and Mr Fisher) 3:58:16
9 Michelle Monroe (buy-cell.com) 3:59:04
10 Laura Gould (Quiet Waters Racing) 4:24:38
11 suzanne Pattinson 4:34:53
12 Kirsten Dehart 4:36:40
13 Cassandra Goode (Zuster) 4:49:07
Singlespeed men
Result
1 Gerry Pfulg (Salsa/SPK/Pro Bikes) 8:55:32
2 Dejay Birtch (Niner/Ergon/No Tubes) 0:01:59
3 Andrew Genco (Drunkcyclist.com/32FU) 0:44:23
4 Jared Franzoia (Global Biorythm Events) 1:26:06
5 Tom Letsinger (GVH Bikes) 1:33:59
6 Rich McChrystal (Team Heinous) 2:10:51
7 Matt Erlensusch (Webcyclery.com) 2:16:31
8 Jeff Anderson 2:29:06
9 Erik Weeman (Grundelbruisers) 2:33:49
10 Chris Howell 2:44:47
11 Aaron Griffith (First Rate Mortgage) 4:33:44
Master men
Result
1 Randy Iddings (Ragnarok Racing) 10:33:03
2 John Solomito (Marks Baywood Bikes) 1:13:32
3 Terry Winger 1:21:59
4 David Grauer (Orthopro) 1:24:45
5 Paul Marquart (BD Roofing Racing) 1:51:57
6 Christopher Holmes (Team Mad Cat) 1:57:50
7 Dieter Hoffman (Team S & M) 2:02:36
8 Larry Jensen (Chinook Cycling Yakima) 2:04:26
9 Dale Wentworth (Vicious Cycle) 2:09:37
10 Robert Kronkhyte 2:15:33
11 William Bronson 2:55:48
12 Larry Wilson 2:59:12
13 Vince Sikorski (Webcyclery.com) 3:06:28
14 Mark Cleaver (Revolution Cycles) 3:10:33
15 Martin Rand 3:31:49
16 Gordon King (Chinook Cycling Club) 3:51:08