Sam Young (1.59:12) and Billy Olson (2.00:30) were the fastest Pro Men riders in Saturday's Galena Grinder 22.5-mile cross-country race on the Galena Lodge trail system 23 miles north of Ketchum.
Top cross-country women were Jana Repulski (2.13:25) and Stacey Scanlan (2.17:30). In all, there were 101 mountain bikers riding the 22.5-mile, 17.5 mile and 10-mile courses that constituted the cross-country portion of Saturday's event.
Start and finish of Saturday's 50% singletrack course was at 7,000 feet, with a total elevation gain of 3,200 feet in one 22.5-mile loop.
The Galena Grinder, also called the fifth annual Whit Henry Memorial Race, included a 45-mile marathon that had 67 riders. Marathon results weren't available from the Knobby Tire Series organizers by press time but will be published when they're available.
Whit Henry was a 20-year-old mountain bike and skiing enthusiast from Bellevue who died July 2, 2003 in an auto accident on the road to Fairfield.
Here are cross-country results from Knobby Tires:
Pros, Experts (22.5 miles)
Pro Men: 1—Sam Young 1.59:12. 2—Billy Olson 2.00:30. 3—Brandon Firth 2.02:17. 4—Darren Lightfield 2.04:54. 5—Michael McDonald 2.10:55.
Pro Women: 1—Jana Repulski 2.13:25. 2—Stacey Scanlan 2.17:30.
Expert Men 30-39: 1—Steve Ouelette 2.11:17. 2—Robb Floth 2.11:55. 3—Erik Antink 2.15:08.
Expert Men 40-49: 1—Scott Potter 2.00:42. 2—Chuck Keene 2.22:13. 3—Rick Fahey 2.32:38.
Expert Men 50-59: 1—Mark Klinger 2.12:47. 2—Mark Enders 2.16:22.
Expert Women 30-39: 1—Naya Antink 2.45:06.
Junior Men's Expert 15-16: 1—Logan Phippen 2.12:17. 2—Zane Enders 2.16:09. 3—Austin Bourret 2.24:33.
Singlespeed Expert: 1—Jake Kirkpatrick 2.11:17. 2—Steve Baker 2.23:53.
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Sport (17.5 miles)
Men 19-29: 1—Carter Ramsey 1.41:53. 2—Mike Stemp 1.44:28. 3—Kai Applequist 1.44:44. 4—Erik Rolf 1.47:25. 5—Weston Snyder 1.48:06. 6—Matthew Howard 2.41:43. DNF—Mose Duchano.
Men 30-39: 1—Garland Thayer 1.45:49. 2—Shae Maynor 1.47:16. 3—Jeremy Bergquist 1.48:15. 4—Curtis Hawkley 1.50:55. 5—Michael Smith 1.52:50. 6—Hal Miller 1.58:58. 7—Greg Furuiye 1.59:07. 8—Ben Young 2.05:13. 9—Sean Stephens 2.06:12. 10—J. Fry 2.07:15. 11—Rhett Zyla 2.16:21. 12—Tony Buoncristiani 2.19:02. 13—Brian Denker 2.21:24. 14—Mike Winans 2.28:30. 15—Brett Bowden 2.44:37.
Men 40-49: 1—Jay Fitzgerald 1.50:58. 2—David Williams 1.51:23. 3—Michael Bading 1.51:24. 4—Chris Gardner 1.52:15. 5—Chris Haunold 1.57:20. 6—Bryan Newberry 2.02:16. 7—Rich Phippen 2.12:30. 8—Herberth Corrales 2.13:00. 9—Scott Mary 2.13:43. 10—Ross Brown 2.22:01.
Men 50-59: 1—Carl Praeger 1.52:16. 2—Kyle Kunz 1.57:24. 3—Tom Reimbolt 1.59:13. 4—Tom Praggastis 2.00:02. 5—Dick Newson 2.05:30. 6—David Wheelock 2.08:08. 7—Alan Bland 2.13:16. 8—Jeff Mikaelin 2.15:40. 9—Gary Shelton 2.22:11. 10—Steve Edsall 2.23:51. 11—Sigi Vogl 2.31:35. 12—Michael McClendon 3.35:41.
Men 60-and-over: 1—Del Pletcher 2.00:02.
Women 19-29: 1—Kate Whitcomb 2.02:17.
Women 30-39: 1—Erin Zell 2.03:32. 2—Wendy Rector 2.04:05. 3—Monika Schernthanner 2.18:07.
Women 40-49: 1—Anne Marie Gardner 2.08:18. 2—Josie Magee 2.47:25.
Junior Men 15-16: 1—Hudson Thyr 1.51:20. 2—Joshua Elston 2.01:10. 3—Koby Keene 2.01:17. 4—Ben Moore 2.03:00.
Junior Men 17-18: 1—Keaton Keene 2.04:22.
Junior Women 17-18: 1—Lydia Brown 2.36:39. 2—Hilary McClendon 2.40:15.
Singlespeed Sport: 1—Scott Grill 1.51:56.
Clydesdale Sport: 1—Ross Alexander 1.49:44. 2—Charles Mills 2.16:40. 3—Ken Edwards 2.36:38.
Beginners (10 miles)
Men 19-29: 1—Travis Guy 57:51. 2—Chris Fedullo 57:52.
Men 40-49: 1—Dean Jennings 1.09:57. 2—Jeff Coward 1.20:48.
Men 60-and-over: 1—Ed Miller 1.11:27.
Women 19-29: 1—Norah Parkinson 1.03:44.
Women 30-39: 1—Colleen Hayes 1.02:07. 2—Shanti Sosienski 1.10:13.
Women 40-49: 1—Sandy Fahey 1.03:19.
Junior Men 10-and-under: 1—Garrett Thyr 1.07:24.
Junior Men 13-14: 1—Connor Smith 51:58. 2—Erich Kolan 1.24:11. 3—Mathieu Sorrell 1.37:19.
Junior Women 13-14: 1—Destrey Enders 1.07:03.
Junior Women 15-18: 1—Emily Brown 1.27:42.
Trailblazers: Fast!—Krystofer Sorrell, Elijah Williams, Carissa Christensen and Alec Miller.
Top: Women?s Sport 40-49 winner Anne Marie Gardner (2.08:18) had fun along the Galena Grinder course.
Bottom: Steve Baker won the Singlespeed Expert class Saturday with a time of 2.11:17.
Photo by David N. Seelig
