Sun Valley road cyclist and mountain biker Josh Berry is making a name for himself for the RealCyclist.com Pro Team this year. He's an Olympic hopeful. He's traveling the country out of Portland, Ore.
Berry had a break in his road racing schedule last week and made the most of it with some local mountain biking.
Last Saturday, Berry was one of 106 Gem State mountain bikers at the Knobby Tire Series event called the Soldier Mountain Smoker cross-country race. And Berry won the 23-mile Pro Men's Category 1 race by nearly 10 minutes.
He won in a course record 1.49:23 over Pocatello's Ryon Butterfield (1.59:20).
Women's winner on the long course was Brooke Hovey in a course record 2.21:04. The event was a qualifier for the USA Cycling Mountain Bike Cross Country National Championships July 11-17 in Sun Valley.
Race organizer Marc Driver said, "We had a real good turnout and a lot of good and impressive efforts. Weather conditions were great, a little overcast and cool. It rained only after all the racing was done."
The fifth of five 2011 Knobby Tire Series events is the annual Galena Grinder/Whit Henry Memorial scheduled for Saturday, July 23 at Galena Lodge.
Here are the results by class from the Soldier Smoker:
23 miles
Pro Men's Cat. 1 Open: 1—Joshua Berry 1.49:23. 2—Ryon Butterfield 1.59:20. 3—Sam Young 2.06:24. 4—Eric Chizum 2.08:02. 5—Alex Phipps 2.10:27. 6—Dave Harrison 2.15:41. 7—Keith Bryant 2.26:28.
Pro Women's Cat. 1 Open: 1—Brooke Hovey 2.21:04. 2—India Wysong 2.31:12. 3—Liv Jensen 2.42:46.
Men's Cat. 1 19-29: 1—John Reuter 2.03:16.
Women's Cat. 1 19-29: 1—Sara Schroeder 2.30:19. 2—Corinne Prevot 2.30:49.
Women's Cat. 1 17-18: 1—Maranda Stopol 2.59:43.
Men's Cat. 1 30-39: 1—Troy Olson 2.04:59. 2—Colin Rodgers 2.05:44. 3—Armando Mireles 2.06:57. 4—Nate Ginzton 2.07:21. 5—Thomas Grant 2.08:00. 6—Joseph Jensen 2.11:38. 7—Erik Antink 2.15:27. 8—Brian Cavanagh 2.18:02. 9—Matt McNeal 2.24:02. 10—Jason Miller 2.32:40.
Women's Cat. 1 30-39: 1—Peggy Boggs 2.27:09. 2—Cherese McLain 2.53:44.
Men's Cat. 1 40-49: 1—Douglas Herlocker 2.04:43. 2—Erik Carlson 2.07:35. 3—Mike Sherman 2.17:04. 4—Ron Miller 2.18:12. 5—Garland Thayer 2.18:36. 6—Rich McChrystal 2.25:41. 7—Joel Brazil 2.32:40. 8—Slow Gould 2.52:48. DNF—Jeff Cramer, Steve Gustafson and Tom Ahlrichs.
Men's Cat. 1 50-plus: 1—Steve Butler 2.13:59. 2—Matt Morell 2.17:06. 3—Adam Winstral 2.19:11. 4—Bill Reed 2.22:16. 5—Dave Bell 2.29:56. 6—Don Wiseman (mechanical problems but finished nonetheless).
Men's Single Speed: 1—Cameron Lloyd 2.14:46. 2—Bryon Waite 2.19:29. 3—Tim Phillips 2.22:18. 4—Blasé Reardon 2.32:38. 5—Chris Howell 2.39:23.
16 miles
Men's Cat. 2 19-29: 1—Tim Nelson 1.10:09. 2—Jedd Young 1.10:11. 3—Brad Walker 1.15:57.
Men's Cat. 2 30-39: 1—Ben Flandro 1.11:22. 2—Bradley Bitz 1.11:44. 3—Ian Sundby 1.13:38. 4—Zach Latham 1.13:39. 5—Troy Clark 1.15:24. 6—Cory Smith 1.21:06.
Women's Cat. 2 30-39: 1—Jordan Schlekeway 1.26:51.
Men's Cat. 2 40-49: 1—Brian Price 1.07:29. 2—Hal Miller 1.13:23. 3—Geoff Baker 1.18:32. 4—Paul Jozwik 1.19:45. 5—Herberth Corrales 1.21:26. 6—Ed Daniels 1.53:57.
Women's Cat. 2 40-49: 1—Gretchen Flint 1.27:29. 2—Colleen Hayes 1.38:27.
Men's Cat. 2 50-plus: 1—Jim Santa 1.13:49. 2—Frederic Boloix 1.17:14. 3—Dennis Botkin 1.18:37. 4—Weston Wheat 1.19:22. 5—Steve Edsall 1.21:40. 6—Steve Pline 1.35:53.
Women's Cat. 2 50-plus: 1—Susan Katsilometes 1.30:21.
10 miles
Men's Cat. 3 11-12: 1—Leo Corrales 1.34:48. 2—Evan Hesselbacher 2.01:58.
Men's Cat. 3 17-18: 1—Sam Heinrich 1.06:14.
Men's Cat. 3 19-29: 1—Clinton Strate 1.07:01. 2—Nick Stroud 1.43:19.
Women's Cat. 3 19-29: 1—Mikayla Lyman and Savannah Rice 1.32:34.
Men's Cat. 3 30-39: 1—Derek Vallejos 1.08:34. 2—Mike Procsal 1.11:26.
Women's Cat. 3 30-39: 1—Kristy Wong 1.36:10. 2—Ushawna Ekatrom 1.39:15. 3—Kam Taylor 1.42:48.
Men's Cat. 3 40-49: 1—Roger Neth 1.09:27.
Junior Boys' 13-14: 1—Justin Clark 1:05.00. 2—Alec Miller 1.12:28. 3—Kayden Saxton 1.59:30.
Junior Boys' 11-12: 1—James Roloff 1.14:13. DNF—Trevor Winstral.
Junior Boys' 10-under: 1—Dylan Fluckiger 1.27:26.
Trailblazers (3 miles)
Boys' 10-under: 1—Adam Fluckiger 26:19. 2—Torry Clark 27:21. 3—Jackson Daniels 27:57. 4—Xander Mayner 32:31. 5—Grayson Cramer 34:30. 6—Ethan Wong 38:35. 7—Lance Wong 3.02:57.
Girls' 10-under: 1—Aurora Cramer 29:22. 2—Madison Ekstrom 32:21. 3—Autumn Mayner 33:12. 4—Riley Miller 3.02:39.
Boys' 11-12: 1—Thomas Clark 26:40.
Girls' 11-12: 1—Kylee Mayner 32:17.
