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Deer Valley Pedalfest
Deer Valley  -  June 9, 2007

Deer Valley had perfect conditions, as a recent soaking rain left just the right amount of grip in the soil with no slippery spots. UMB fielded 25 racers, with 13 scoring team points. The weather was a sunny but cool "just right" for fast riding. We had first place finishes by Justin Griffin, Carlee Hunsaker, and Dave Larsen, with second-places by Todd Neumarker and Kellie Williams.

Photo: Holly Nelson (left) and Catherine Reay (right)
get their ribbons at Deer Valley.

Category 10-12:

Left:  Justin Griffin rocks around a turn
on the way to his 7th consecutive 1st place
finish this season. Justin leads the team
in points as he dominates his 10-12
category and often races again in
the sport-expert 13-15 class.

Right: Carlee Hunsaker is again the top girl
finisher in the category, riding to the 8th
position overall.

Beginner Men 13-15: No team rider.   Beginner Men 16-18: No team rider.    Beginner Men 19-29: No team rider.
Beginner Men 30-39:

Scott Reynolds prepares to pivot a turn
on Deer Crest, 3rd place in BM 30-39.

Dale Hutchings flies past the fir trees,
motoring on to take 10th in his category.

Coming off an illness, Jeff Frederick
gives it a try but takes a DNF.

Beginner Men 40-plus:

Todd Jackson is on the home stretch,
finishing his lap for 4th place in BM 40+.

Brad Sneed cranks hard to chase Todd,
coming in close at 5th place.

Scott Hunsaker rolls a downhill section
on his way to take 8th place.

Beginner Women:   
Left:  Catherine Reay makes another strong
ride (with no blood this time) to take 3rd in BW.


Right:  Holly Nelson shoots down the hill
to come in just behind Catherine at 4th.
Nice job, ladies!

Sport-Expert 13-15:
Left:  In a huge SE 13-15 category,
Danny Van Wagoner
makes a strong ride
to come in at 8th place.

Right:  Justin Griffin rockets around the
switchback in his 2nd race of the day,
taking the 10th-place spot.

Sport/Expert 16-18:

Left:  Dave Larsen continues his dominance
of the Sport/Expert 16-18 class as he takes
1st place again.

Right:  Kellie Williams powers the bike into the
home stretch coming down the Gap Bypass
on her way to take 2nd in Sport/Expert 16-18.
Dave and Kellie continue to produce those
team points for UMB!

Sport Men 19-29:

Ben Hutchings flies into the Deer Crest
switchbacks, finishing in the ribbons
and team points at 6th in SM 19-29.

Eric Taylor accelerates out of a turn
on the Gap trail as he heads for 10th
place in the category.

Casey Jensen carves a turn. Later,
Casey gets T-boned in a collision,
but hangs on to finish at 12th.

Sport Men 30-34: Sport Men 35-39:

Dan Hutchings puts the pedal down as
he comes out of a tight turn, taking the
13th place spot in SM 30-34.

Mike Engberson eyes the upcoming
switchback on Deer Crest as he battles
his way to take 4th in SM 35-39.

Sport Men 40-plus: Sport Women:

In the huge and competitive SM 40-plus
category, John Van Wagoner fights
through to 16th place.

Amber Hatfield powers along the trail
in the Sport Women category, finishing
in the 12th position.

Expert Men 30-39:
Left:  Todd Neumarker makes the big move to
the expert category with this race, and proves
that he belongs there with a strong 2nd place
finish. At this time, Todd is our only expert-class
rider.


Hanging for the awards near the lodge...

Women 35-plus:
Left:  Jolene Nosack again turns in a strong
performance in the Women 35-plus category
to take the 5th place spot for team points and
a ribbon.

Right:  Sally Hutchings is almost home as she
heads into the last switchback before the
finish line, taking 12th.

Singlespeed: Men 57-plus:

Brian Oliver picks his line as he rolls
into a switchback on the way to take
15th in Singlespeed.

Bruce Argyle carves a sharp turn
as he heads to a podium finish at
3rd place in Men 57+.

Clydesdale:   No team rider.     Men 50-plus:  No team rider.

The Deer Valley race tied our smallest turnout in the 7 races of this season. We especially missed our young beginning riders -- but so did all the other teams, as these categories had only one or two participants. Must be the call of summer... We took a close 2nd in the team competition. A big thanks to all who were able to make it to Deer Valley. It was a beautiful day on a great trail.

Photo:  Justin is a little bored with the award ceremony, so he's practicing his "air time."

A big "thank you" to Jay Griffin for the awesome race photos!
For downloadable high-res photos of this race, go to:
http://picasaweb.google.com/1mtnbiker/UMBDeerValley2007
 


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