Hailey's Cody Peterson clocked the fastest time of 117 finishers in the 23rd version of the White Knob Challenge mountain bike race Aug. 4 near Mackay. The event was sponsored by Intermountain Orthopedics.
Peterson won the longest running mountain bike cross-country race in the Northwest with a final time of one hour, 17 minutes and 39 seconds—one second ahead of Tamarack Resort's Keith Hickerson (1.17:40).
Not far behind in third place among Pro Men was Ketchum's Matt Luhn (1.22:00).
The NORBA cross-country classic started from Mackay's Main Street and featured a nine-mile ascent with 2,300 feet in elevation gain. That was followed by a roller coaster descent to the valley floor.
Posting the fastest women's time was New England racer Joanna Peters (1.32:26).
Among local class winners in the Lost River Cycling biking event were Matt McNeal, Dave Bell, Carl Praeger, Dan Daigh, Austin Bourret, Scott Grill and Sandy Fahey.
Pros and Experts
Pro Men: 1—Cody Peterson 1.17:39. 2—Keith Hickerson 1.17:40. 3—Matt Luhn 1.22:00. 4—Josh Oppenheimer 1.22:30. 5—Justin Horeldt 1.23:03. 6—Dave Harrison 1.23:08. 7—Ryan Butterfield 1.24:17. 8—Billy Olson 1.27:01. 9—Sam Young 1.29:38. 10—Darren Lightfield 1.29:48. 11—Mike McDonald 1.32:37.
Pro Women: 1—Stacy Scanlan 1.33:28. 2—Lorien Lightfield 1.38:38.
Expert Women Master 30-39: 1—Joanna Peters 1.32:26. 2—Naya Antink.
Expert Men Singlespeed: 1—Scott Potter 1.29:28. 2—Alex Phipps 1.32:09. 3—Wayne Hofeldt 1.37:31. 4—Chris Howell 1.39:02.
Expert Men Master 40-49: 1—Alan Newton 1.33:44. 2—Charles Keene 1.36:02. 3—Richard Fahey 1.42:25. 4—Steve Baker 1.49:02.
Expert Men 50-59: 1—Dave Bell 1.42:33.
Expert Men Junior 17-18: 1—Josh Barry 1.26:56.
Expert Men Junior 15-16: 1—Austin Bourret 1.36:36.
Sport classes
Men 19-29: 1—Matt McNeal 1.33:34. 2—Paul Pazdan 1.37:01. 3—John Koudelka 1.37:49. 4—Thomas Anderson 1.39:01.
Women 19-29: 1—Jessica McAleese 2.03:02.
Men 30-39: 1—Shae Mayner 1.36:09. 2—Mike Win 1.36:28. 3—Tim Bradshaw 1.37:29. 4—Scott Corkey 1.38:21. 5—Hal Miller 1.40:30. 6—Andy Pazdan 1.41:02. 7—David Wendt 1.41:36. 8—Shawn Welk 1.48:37. 9—John Carrack 1.57:23. 10—Theo Vandershaaf 2.15:00.
Men 40-49: 1—David Williams 1.35:15. 2—Chris Gardner 1.36:26. 3—Michael Bading 1.39:17. 4—Bryan Newberry 1.39:30. 5—Jay Fitzgerald 1.43:22. 6—Lance Tayson 1.44:22. 7—Jim Santa 1.44:26. 8—Kelly 1.46:41. 9—Stacy Erickson (no time listed). 10—Dave Anderson 1.50:34. 11—Jim Baxter 1.58:19. 12—Steve Pline 2.00:43. 13—Scott Dewall 2.07:27. 14—David Weber 4.34:30.
Women 40-49: 1—Josie Magee 1.43:26.
Men 50-59: 1—Dan Daigh 1.31:02. 2—Tom Reinbolt 1.41:34. 3—Dick Newsome 1.43:05. 4—Mitch White 1.43:07. 5—Tom Praggastis. 6—Bob Marcicko. 7—Bill Dickerson. 8—Marv White. 9—Felix Pazdan. DNF—Jim Fraser.
Junior Men 11-12: 1—Jesse Tayson 2.24:40.
Junior Men 15-16: 1—Hudson Thyr 1.35:31. 2—Angelo Roman 1.42:47. 3—Stephen Anderson 1.49:58. 4—Koby Keene 1.56:07. 5—Jacob Weber 1.56:18. 6—Ross Hartley 2.00:40.
Junior Men 17-18: 1—Keaton Keene 1.56:07. 2—Tyler Swank 2.24:21.
Singlespeed: 1—Scott Grill 1.38:42. 2—Kim Veda 1.47:14. 3—Scott Dewall 2.07:27.
Clydesdale: 1—Henry Harper 1.46:31. 2—John Baker 1.58:00. DNF—Charles Mills.
Beginner classes
Men 19-29: 1—Aaron Wydra 1.51:00. 2—Dave Moore 2.00:25. 3—Scott Dixon 2.22:36. 4—Kent Risher 2.36:18. 5—Zac Bidwell 2.37:00.
Women 19-29: 1—Callie Moore 3.12:32. DNF—Alicia Fabela.
Men 30-39: 1—Brett Bawder 2.04:50. 2—David Broussard 2.05:30. 3—Greg Little. 4—Brian Foley 2.42:16.
Women 30-39: 1—Cami Bearup 1.56:27. 2—Tracey Leatham 3.09:18. DNF—Lisa Mills.
Men 40-49: 1—Alan Jones 1.56:51. 2—Michael Jarvis 2.37:57. 3—Jeff Coward 2.38:42. 4—Bill Mitchell 2.44:49.
Women 40-49: 1—Sandy Fahey 2.11:41. 2—Anna Johnson 3.43:15.
Men 50-plus: 1—Carl Praeger 1.40:41. 2—Ed Miller 2.33:12. 3—John Laird 3.00:30. 4—Gene Newsome 3.25:23.
Men 10-and-under: 1—Garrett Thyr 2.47:03.
Men 11-12: 1—Jordan Jarvis. 2—Zachary Weber.
Men 13-14: 1—Justin Tayson 2.31:03. 2—Mathieu Sorrell.
Trailblazers: 1—Alec Miller. 2—Izack Dixon. 3—Chad Bearup. 4—Krystofer Sorrell.
