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Team Photo Scrapbook 08
2008 Intermountain Cup Mountain Bike Racing Series

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Bright sunshine, perfect temperature, and a trail in great condition. What could be better? Well, winning. In the Hammerfest at the Hollow, UMBs bicycle warriors attacked the leg-busting course and scored another team victory. A few of our key riders were hit with bad luck, but the team's depth and some fine individual performances pulled us through. Kyle Jackson, Jim Jackson, Darren Stirland, and Joshua Peterson scored first-place wins. Second-place finishers were Dylan Tanner, Derek Ransom, Justin Griffin, Jay Griffin, Kendra Clark, and Bruce Argyle.

Left:  The 10-12 and 9-and-under classes line up in the starting chute, as Ed gives them instructions about the course.

Shawn Nielsen hits the bottom of the
hill flying and gets the gears ready for
the next hill as he nails 3rd place.

Mandy Clark cranks up the narrow
singletrack. Mandy finishes in the
14th position in this category.

Left:  Zachary Peterson leans into a fast turn
as he nears the bottom of his first lap. Zachary
cranked himself onto the podium at 3rd place.

Right:  Brayden Nielsen cranks hard as he exits
the turn and sets his sights down the trail
as he rides to team points at 6th place.

Right: Hitting the first stiff singletrack climb
after leaving the shakeout pavement, Mike
pedals up away from the valley with the
expert-class riders.

Left:  Kyle Jackson gets low as he flies downhill
at the head of the BM 13-15 pack, riding to
another 1st  place finish.

Right: Jake Van Wagoner powers around a
turn on the singletrack high on the mountain.
Jake makes a strong ride to get the 4th place
spot.

With the signs of a wipeout on his knee,
Lance Jarvis powers on to 3rd place.

Vincent Bria pops off the lip of the XC
ski run on the way to 7th place.

Right: Hanging out waiting for the awards,
the temperature is perfect for either sun-basking
or sitting in the shade. 

Left:  Derek Ransom sprints along the
XC ski course as the loop zigs and zags,
climbs and descends. Derek rides another
fine race to take 2nd place.

Right:  Shane Horton cranks through the brush
and muscles to the 6th position.

Left:  Dale Hutchings grabs the 9th place
spot for the UMB team.

Right:  Nathan Thayer puts air under the tires
as the trail rolls down the meadow, taking 10th.

Jason Sparks gets another 4th place
finish with a fine race.

Russ Margetts puts in a great effort
and has an excellent 5th-place finish..

Right:  Denmark, Dan, and Stephen fly
downhill in the SM 35-39 pack. Our
team really sticks together...

Right: Ryan and Jared do their wrenching
magic to get the machines ready to
roll. Jared's about to head up the
mountain with the camera to capture
the action. 

Stephen Brown launches on the downhill
and gets the 7th place finish.

Eric Ellis follows quickly behind to take
9th place in the category.

Right:  Ben Hutchings finishes in the 17th
position in SM 19-29.

Dan Broadbent sprints across the meadow
as he nears the finish line and 6th place.

Darren Harris gets the 9th spot in
this very fast and competitive category.

Right:  Greg Meyers broke his chain at the top of
the mountain on the first lap, but with help from
Derek and Justin who supplied a chain tool and
 quick link, got his steed moving again and
finished 12th.

Left:  Jay Griffin takes flight during a strong
effort that gave him another 2nd place win.

Right:  Dirt plus sweat equals interesting makeup.
Dan Broadbent is looking a bit brown around
the eyes.

Right: At a debriefing near the leaderboard,
UMB's racers discuss what went right
and what went not-so-right. 

Sally Hutchings heads into the finish
line with a happy finish at 4th place.

Jolene Nosack looks strong as ever,
but a broken chain gives her a DNF.

Right:  Mike washes the sweat and dirt from his
face with a cool-down splash from the water
station, as he heads out for his third lap.

Right:  Ryan and Jim try out Lance's unicycle.
No word on whether the ICup will start a
Unicycle Category.

Soldier Hollow was a great experience for most of our UMB racers, and a disaster for a few. We again scored over 100 team points. Revolution also made a strong showing, but it looks like we'll edge them for the victory in the final results. It was a great effort!

Next week the team invades Revolution Territory for the Draper race. As the event sponsor, Revolution will put a lot of riders on the trail. See you there!

More race photos are available at http://picasaweb.google.com/utahmb/SoldierHollow08

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