For the week of August 29 - September 4, 2001

State finals next for mountain bikers

At Brundage Mountain Sept. 1-2

---

The 2001 Wild Rockies "Unplugged" Mountain Bike Series comes to a rousing conclusion with the 10th annual Brundage Mountain Bike Festival near McCall on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 1-2.

Organizer Ron Dillon said the Brundage event also serves as the Idaho State Championships. Over 300 bikers are expected at McCall for the ninth and final round.

Wild Rockies bikers, 251 strong, last competed Aug. 18-19 in the Pomerelle Pounder cross-country and downhill races at Albion. Boise cyclists Shawn Mitchell (1.49:08, 20.8 miles) and Brooke Blackwelder (1.32:29, 15.6 miles) prevailed.

Ketchum’s Whitney Albright (1.54:39) finished seventh and Jason Eder of Hailey (2.01:32) was eighth in the tough Pro/Semi-Pro cross-country race over four laps of the 5.2-mile Pomerelle loop.

Moses Mexia (2.36.69) and Tony Chaves (2:46.70) placed third and fifth in the Pro/Semi-Pro men’s downhill on a treacherous 1.1-mile drop. Whit Harbaugh (3:00.62) won the Expert Men’s 18-under DH.

Winning their age classes among 15 Wood River Valley cross-country racers at Pomerelle were Troy Quesnel (1.59:56 for 20.8 miles), Carl Verislow (1.34:01 for 15.6 miles), Dave Bell (1.44:00 for 15.6 miles), Kathleen Eder (2.37:00 for 15.6 miles) and Steve Harris (1.14:17 for 10.4 miles).

Check the Web site at www.wildrockies.com for more details. Here are other Pomerelle class placings/times:

• 20.8 miles: 
  5—Ivan Kubeldis 2.10:54. 6—Chad Howard 2.12:40.
  
  

• 15.6 miles: 
  3—Whit Harbaugh 1.45:44 and Julie McGregor 2.09:49. 4—Sam Young 1.34:53 and Cherry Thornton 2.12:16. 6—Michael Lloyd 1.43:29. 10—David Lloyd 1.48:41.

The Idaho Mountain Express is distributed free to residents and guests throughout the Sun Valley, Idaho resort area community. Subscribers to the Idaho Mountain Express will read these stories and others in this week's issue.