Deja vu in Mount Snow with Mulally and Bourque wins
More mud and rain for Gravity East Series at penultimate round
The Gravity East Series downhill at Mount Snow followed a familiar script this weekend. Rainy weekend, check. Muddy, sloppy practice runs on Saturday, check. Sun comes out just in time for the start of Sunday's race runs, check. Dawn Bourque wins the women's race, check. Neko Mulally squeaks out a victory by about half a second, check.
If it sounds familiar, it probably is. There has been so much rain at Gravity East races this year that there is a story going around that Series Director Dan McDonald sat down with the Farmer's Almanac last year to find the rainiest weekends before setting up this year's schedule.
As he survived challenger after challenger, others began to believe that Moody, a regular at Mount Snow's own Kenda Series, would take this one from Mulally. They apparently had not read the script. The Specialized Team America teenager once again eked out a heartstopper by stopping the clock at 4:23.63 to send Moody to the runner-up position. Gavin Vaughn finished third with a time of 4:29.03.
Another surprise was the run by Michael Gross. The Team DROP Cat. 1 Junior was having issues with his shoulder dislocating on Saturday, ending his practice early. On race day, however, junior points leader Gross was back on the mountain with help from Cat. 1 19-29 Racer Willem Cooper of the Voncooper Race team who helped in getting Gross' shoulder back in place. With a tight wrapping, a shoulder brace and just two practice runs, he just wanted to cross the line and get some points prior to next weekend's Gravity East Finals at Plattekill in Roxbury, New York. Shockingly, Gross raced down and took the hot seat with a time of 4:45.04, faster than Specialized Team America's Logan Mulally (Neko's younger brother) in the process. It seemed like a fairytale ending, but again a surprise happened as Canadian rider Dylan Morely, the last rider in the class to start and a first time Gravity East racer, crossed the line with a great time of 4:38.76 to win the junior class.
The Gravity East Series will finish the season this weekend with a double-points finale at New York's Plattekill Mountain.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Dawn Bourque | 0:05:23.57 |
2 | Karen Eagan | 0:00:09.85 |
3 | Lauren Petersen | 0:08:28.71 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Neko Mulally | 0:04:23.63 |
2 | Benjamin Moody | 0:00:00.46 |
3 | Gavin Vaugnan | 0:00:05.40 |
4 | Alejoundro Ortiz | 0:00:19.48 |
5 | Adam Morse | 0:00:20.77 |
6 | Chris Haggerson | 0:00:21.99 |
7 | Luke Snyder | 0:00:22.34 |
8 | Connor Rowan | 0:00:33.33 |
9 | Erik Gosslin | 0:00:35.55 |
10 | Jeff Cayley | 0:00:37.01 |
11 | Dan Ferreira | 0:00:46.75 |
12 | Kyle Sanders | 0:00:47.53 |
13 | David Flynn | 0:00:57.17 |
14 | Zauk Faulkner | 0:01:06.02 |
15 | Jason Memmekaar | 0:04:10.66 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Ben Bodycoat | 0:06:37.52 |
DNS | Gregory Eiruulo | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Dylan Morley | 0:04:38.76 |
2 | Michael Gross | 0:00:06.28 |
3 | Logan Mulally | 0:00:13.80 |
4 | Alex Couture | 0:00:20.47 |
5 | Richard Rude | 0:00:22.31 |
6 | Evan Mallory | 0:00:24.92 |
7 | Luen Proft | 0:00:34.07 |
8 | David Milkrewicz | 0:00:35.15 |
9 | Hunter Budd | 0:01:35.21 |
10 | Peter Mcnulty | 0:07:11.60 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Dyaln Conte | 0:05:16.69 |
2 | Ian Bloomfield | 0:00:10.14 |
3 | Colby Nugent | 0:00:25.48 |
4 | Matthew Halupowski | 0:00:36.93 |
5 | Derek Mushro | 0:00:37.75 |
6 | Trevor Santo Christo | 0:00:43.57 |
7 | Kory Koehler | 0:00:48.07 |
8 | Nick Richer | 0:00:55.67 |
9 | Tony Viselli | 0:01:24.52 |
10 | Damon Morin | 0:11:03.77 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Zack Taylor | 0:05:27.11 |
2 | William Gzaja | 0:00:14.83 |
3 | Matthew Mastrodomenico | 0:00:35.71 |
4 | Michael Klausen | 0:00:42.01 |
5 | Zach Morrison | 0:00:53.32 |
6 | Chris Anderson | 0:01:37.61 |
7 | Shawn Ginter | 0:01:55.04 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Kyle Karpuska | 0:04:50.42 |
2 | Peter Mihalick | 0:00:02.13 |
3 | Willem Cooper | 0:00:03.71 |
4 | Jason Bourgeois | 0:00:04.06 |
5 | Alex Moschitti | 0:00:13.82 |
6 | Christopher Brown | 0:00:14.12 |
7 | Chris Flynn | 0:00:16.63 |
8 | Halston Mendes | 0:00:21.87 |
9 | Ryan Gardner | 0:00:28.46 |
10 | Adam Plumley | 0:00:33.44 |
11 | Nicholas White | 0:00:42.38 |
12 | Peter Scannell | 0:00:43.05 |
13 | David Schoon | 0:00:59.80 |
14 | Sam Chipin | 0:01:02.40 |
15 | Geoff Ayr | 0:01:04.07 |
16 | Eric Allocco | 0:01:04.96 |
17 | Matt Dahlmeyer | 0:01:18.60 |
18 | Andrew Farrell | 0:01:40.18 |
19 | Casey Swanson | 0:02:00.18 |
DNF | Garson Fields | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Jake Goss | 0:05:09.35 |
2 | David Gambarchella | 0:00:14.88 |
3 | Michael Mcennan | 0:00:18.99 |
4 | Richard Patty | 0:00:21.14 |
5 | Steven Czaplicki | 0:00:33.50 |
6 | Kevin Robbins | 0:00:34.18 |
7 | Scott Bureau | 0:00:34.73 |
8 | Michael Oliver | 0:00:36.36 |
9 | Chris Chmielewski | 0:00:41.41 |
10 | Tucker Nugent | 0:01:02.17 |
11 | Patrick Flynn | 0:01:02.43 |
12 | Brendan Silkey | 0:01:17.48 |
13 | Michael Flynn | 0:01:32.60 |
14 | Chris Gilbert | 0:01:53.92 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Sam Wiggin | 0:05:54.72 |
2 | Marc Schneider | 0:00:09.07 |
3 | Jon Obrien | 0:00:25.32 |
4 | John Ricardi | 0:00:27.28 |
5 | Brandon Nadeau | 0:01:18.83 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Robin Klinkert | 0:04:43.95 |
2 | Neil Snyder | 0:00:08.88 |
3 | David Bersmefsky | 0:00:15.59 |
4 | Dave Mee | 0:00:26.22 |
5 | Donnie Roberts | 0:00:27.15 |
6 | John Pentecost | 0:00:34.63 |
7 | Tim Frederick | 0:00:36.26 |
8 | Leif Erickson | 0:01:16.31 |
9 | Kurt Sibrinzt | 0:01:22.23 |
10 | Erik Little | 0:01:43.21 |
11 | Doug Quinn | 0:02:01.80 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Jason Knecht | 0:05:22.47 |
2 | Lane Bortmann | 0:00:02.64 |
3 | Luke Wenschhof | 0:00:07.40 |
4 | Andy Haskell | 0:01:46.83 |
5 | Jeremy Matson | 0:01:49.36 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Joaquin Canizales | 0:07:29.98 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Dennis Laclair | 0:05:02.18 |
2 | Derek Pierce | 0:00:02.32 |
3 | Fred Bassett | 0:00:16.73 |
4 | Darrell Szlachetka | 0:00:21.76 |
5 | Thomas Anderson | 0:00:22.73 |
6 | Doug Wilson | 0:00:31.65 |
7 | Rich Decarlo | 0:00:33.22 |
8 | Ed Smith | 0:00:35.90 |
9 | Reid Kiniry | 0:00:56.38 |
10 | Richard Rude | 0:01:04.45 |
11 | John Palloto | 0:02:08.69 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Frank Enderson | 0:05:57.29 |
2 | George Bodycoat | 0:01:25.72 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Susan Del Pino | 0:06:11.70 |
2 | Becky Gardner | 0:00:22.09 |
3 | Charlene Smith | 0:00:22.53 |
4 | Kate Parhiala | 0:00:45.12 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Rebecca Bagley | 0:06:53.72 |
2 | Laura Drenen | 0:00:01.84 |
3 | Miranda Cox | 0:01:46.67 |
4 | Jennifer Tammam | 0:03:42.10 |
5 | Jennel Ortiz | 0:06:20.59 |
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