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Tostado, Horanyi crowned national 24-hour champions

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Cycling News
Published:
October 11, 2009, 19:37,
Updated:
October 13, 2009, 15:41

Harris, Wallenfels take top singlespeed honors

Eleven national champions were crowned at the USA Cycling 24-Hour Mountain Bike National Championships on Sunday after the nation's best ultra-endurance mountain bikers wrapped up 24 grueling hours racing in beautiful Moab, Utah.

Riders set out on Saturday with a LeMans-style start before undertaking as many laps as they could complete on the 15-mile course. After the 24 hours had expired, Josh Tostado (Bach Builders) and Eszter Horanyi (Waltworks) recorded more laps than any other solo riders in the male and female divisions to earn their respective solo national titles.

After finishing second to five-time defending champion Chris Eatough (Trek Coop) last year, Tostado assumed the stars-and-stripes in 2009 by logging 17 laps. He rode the first few laps nearly side-by-side with eventual silver medalist Kelly Magelky before getting a small gap on lap three. Tostado never looked back and held the lead for the rest of the race. Magelky finished with 16 total laps.

Horanyi also dethroned the reigning champion in the women's division, Pua Sawicki (Team Mata) who finished fifth in this year's contest. Horanyi logged 13 laps of the Moab course to finish just ahead of Sarah Kaufmann (Roaring Mouse) on her final go around.

Both Eatough and Sawicki were suffering from flu-like symptoms and were unable to defend their solo national titles of 2008.

St. George, Utah, residents Dave Harris (2-Epic) and Linda Wallenfals (LWCoaching) earned the men's and women's singlespeed solo national titles, completing impressive 15 and 11 laps respectively on their one-geared bikes.

One of last year's mixed duo champions Rebecca Tomaszewski teamed up with a new partner to win another stars-and-stripes in that category. She and Dax Massey made up the Niner-Ergon-Bach Builders team that logged 17 laps on their way to the title. The duo held off a strong surge from the Sho-air duo of Mario Correa and Heidi Volpe, who also completed 17 laps, to take the win.

With 18 total laps, the men's duo crown was earned by the Grand Targhee Resort Squad of Troy Barry and Cary Smith. Also logging 18 laps, former USA Cycling Mountain Bike Marathon National Championship medalist Gretchen Reeves teamed up with long-time ultra-mountain bike racer Rebecca Rusch to earn the women's duo national title in formidable fashion for their Specialized-Tokyo Joe's squad.

The Pro Cycling squad of Kalan Beisel, Russell Finsterwald, J.J. Clark and Rob Sousa earned the men's four-person title, while the Quadruple Gnar quad of Ryan Geiger, Kallan Creager, Casey Williams and Daniel Conley bettered the elder group 19 laps to 18 and win the male junior four-person division.

The sole women's junior four-person team to enter the contest, The Justice League comprised of Wesley Geer, Ellen Patton, Ellie Atkins and Meghan Kane, turned in an impressive 14 laps to take that title.

In the men's master (35+) division the Washed Up and Faded Away squad of Stephen White, Mike Gibbs, Edward Oliver and Mark Roebke finished their 19th lap just ahead of the Flab Four and Trek Store-Boulder MTB Racing squads to earn the gold.

In its first year hosting the national championship event, the 15th-annual 24-Hours of Moab drew hundreds of athletes who competed in various national championship and non-national championship categories in both 12 and 24-hour divisions. The record number of competitors also shared in a record cash purse of more than $24,000.

A list of newly crowned national champions is below. Due to a lack of entries, there were no national titles awarded to the Women's Four-Person Team and Women's Four-Person Masters (35+) Team divisions.

Male Solo: Josh Tostado (Bach Builders)

Female Solo: Eszter Horanyi (Waltworks)

Male Singlespeed Solo: Dave Harris (2-Epic) Linda Wellenfals (LWCoaching)

Female Singlespeed Solo: Linda Wallenfels (LWCoaching)

Mixed Duo: Rebecca Tomaszewski & Dax Massey (Niner-Ergon-Bach Builders)

Male Duo: Troy Barry &Cary Smith (Grand Targhee Resort)

Female Duo: Gretchen Reeves & Rebecca Rusch (Specialized/Tokyo Joe's)

Men’s Four-Person Team: Kalan Biesel, Russell Finsterwald, J.J. Clark & Rob Sousa (Pro Cycling)

Male Junior Four-Person Team: Ryan Geiger, Kallan Creager, Casey Williams &Daniel Conley (Quaduple Gnar)

Female Junior Four-Person Team: Wesley Geer, Ellen Patten, Ellie Atkins & Meghan Kane (The Justice League)

Male 4-Person Masters (35+) Team: Stephen White, Mike Gibbs, Edward Oliver & Mark Roebke (Washed-Up and Faded Away)

Results

Men's solo national championship
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Josh Tostado 17  laps
2 Kelly Magelky 16  
3 Ben Koenig 15  
4 Ernesto Marenchin 15  
5 Robert Anderson 14  
6 Andrew Carney 14  
7 Jesse Jakomait 13  
8 Ezekiel Hersh 13  
9 Wade Newsome 13  
10 Steve Schwarz 12  
11 James Young 12  
12 Sampson Bruesewitz 12  
13 Matt Woodruff 11  
14 Aaron VanderWaal 11  
15 Joseph Fortin 11  
16 Matt Juth 10  
17 Scott Strode 10  
18 Evan Plews 8  
19 Eddie O'Dea 8  
20 Charly Tri 7  
21 Brandon Draugelis 7  
22 Jody White 7  
23 Chris Strout 5  
24 Ray Rasker 5  
25 Taylor Lideen 2  
26 Jim Simons 2  
Women's solo national championship
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Eszter Horanyi 13  laps
2 Sarah Kaufmann 13  
3 Spring Clegg 12  
4 Kerry White 12  
5 Pua Sawicki 11  
6 Laureen Coffelt 11  
7 Elizabeth Sugar Boese 7  
8 Timari Pruis 7  
9 Monilee Atkinson 6  
10 Teri Walberg 2  
11 Jari Kirkland 1  
Men's solo singlespeed national championship
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Dave Harris 15  laps
2 Greg Martin 14  
3 Barry Davis 14  
4 Shawn Gregory 14  
5 Randy Sooter 13  
6 Tom Diegel 12  
7 Geoffery Lane 11  
8 Art Vandaleigh 10  
9 Doug Smith 8  
10 Ben V. Bradford III 7  
11 Dejay Birtch 6  
12 Neil Adams 6  
13 Sean Sullivan 5  
Women's solo singlespeed national championship
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Lynda Wallenfels 11  laps
2 Chelsea McGowan 9  
3 Jo Schwartz 8  
Mixed duo national championship
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Rebecca Tomaszewski / Dax Massey 17  laps
2 Mario Correa / Heidi Volpe 17  
3 Sonya Looney / Yuki Saito 12  
4 Alan Rishel / Karen Rishel 7  
Men's duo national championship
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Troy Barry / Cary Smith 18  laps
2 Derek Hermon / Benjamin Bostrom 16  
3 Ely Woody / Romolo Forcino 12  
4 Tod Turley / Peter Sullivan 11  
5 Richard Price / Mike Driver 9  
Women's duo national championship
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Rebecca Rusch / Gretchen Reeves 18  laps
Men's 4-person national championship
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Pro Cycling 20  laps
2 Hammer Nutrition 20  
3 Honey Stinger/Trek 20  
4 Star Spangled Bangers 19  
Men's junior national championship
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Quadruple Gnar 19  laps
2 Rubber Side Up 17  
3 Team Mata 16  
Women's junior national championhip
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 The Justice League 14  laps
Men's masters national championships
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Washed Up and Fading Away 19  laps
2 Fab4: flomax, viagra, rogaine & vas 19  
3 Trek Store /Boulder MTB Racing 19  
Solo men
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Josh Tostado 17  laps
2 Kelly Magelky 16  
3 Rib Mountain Cycles 15  
4 Ernesto Marenchin 15  
5 Robert Anderson 14  
6 Nate Ginzton 14  
7 Andrew Carney 14  
8 Jesse Jakomait 13  
9 Ezekiel Hersh 13  
10 Wade Newsome 13  
11 SnapShop LLC 13  
12 Todd Carpenter 13  
13 WBR-Siren Bicycles 13  
14 Steve Schwarz 12  
15 James Young 12  
16 Sampson Bruesewitz 12  
17 Matt Woodruff 11  
18 Mafia Racing 11  
19 Joseph Fortin 11  
20 Matt Juth 10  
21 Jeff Clapp 10  
22 Jesse Parker 10  
23 Lucas Chandler 10  
24 Rob Pierce 10  
25 Dean Vigil 10  
26 Flow 10  
27 Scott Strode 10  
28 Kerry Novak 9  
29 Bill Young 9  
30 Aaron Dallas 9  
31 Beardog 9  
32 Evan Plews 8  
33 Eddie O'Dea 8  
34 Hardcorechuck 8  
35 Don Wiseman 8  
36 Ford Sterling 8  
37 Charly Tri 7  
38 Brandon Draugelis 7  
39 Jody White 7  
40 Nicholas Brummer 7  
41 Piraat 7  
42 Dennis Potter 7  
43 Alex Earl 6  
44 Cullen Barker 5  
45 Chris Strout 5  
46 Ray Rasker 5  
47 Robert Payne 4  
48 Taylor Lideen 2  
49 Jim Simons 2  
Solo women
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Waltworks Dream Team 13  laps
2 Roaring Mouse/Titus/elete 13  
3 Spring Clegg 12  
4 Kerry White 12  
5 Pua Sawicki 11  
6 Laureen Coffelt 11  
7 Elizabeth Sugar Boese 7  
8 Pruis, Timari 7  
9 Monilee Atkinson 6  
10 Rachel Warren 6  
11 NiteRider & Intense 2  
12 Jari Kirkland 1  
Men's Pro Teams
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Pro Cycling 20  laps
2 Hammer Nutrition 20  
3 Honey Stinger/Trek 20  
4 Star Spangled Bangers 19  
5 bLaH 19  
6 Beaver Hammer 15  
7 Lowe Down Dirty Dawgs 15  
Co-ed Pro Am
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Subaru/GaryFisher-MadDog1 20  laps
2 Brick Oven/CB Builders 19  
3 Devil's Thumb Ranch 18  
4 Midnight Trail Seshi 13  
5 Human-Powered Harleys 12  
6 Four Nuts Racing 10  
Duo Pro
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Grand Targhee Resort 18  laps
2 Specialized / Tokyo Joes 18  
3 Niner - Ergon - Bach Builders 17  
4 Risen from the Ashes 17  
5 Sho-Air 17  
6 New Mexico Bike N Sport 17  
7 God's Unit 16  
8 LabierKnar 16  
9 FCCT 16  
10 Deschutes Brewery 14  
11 The Misery of Brian Taylor 14  
12 Old El Paso 13  
13 Rome n Woody 12  
14 Topeak-Ergon 12  
15 Los Dos Papas 12  
16 Dead Cow Locals 11  
17 Buddha Belly Biker 11  
18 Stevith Materholt 11  
19 Terrengsykkel.no 11  
20 Sourlands 10  
21 livetrainrace.com 9  
22 Off The Couch 8  
23 Light & Motion - First Endurance 7  
24 Red Bike 5  
25 Alan & Fraser 5  
26 New-Mart 3  
27 Sisyphus Needed a Muni 3  
Men's expert
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Mad Dog #5/K9s on 29s 18  laps
2 Boa Technology/Honeystinger 17  
3 Frozen Assets 17  
4 Steel Panthers 17  
5 Outdoor Element Sports 13  
Women's expert
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 The Dusty Booties 16  laps
5-Person Co-ed
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Just Stimulated 17  laps
2 Bike Rox 17  
3 Old School 17  
4 Miracle Racing 16  
5 Pamichexans 15  
6 Pedal Power/Street Swell Open 15  
7 See Boa Race 15  
8 X-Men 15  
9 Two Spokes Three Jerks 15  
10 Adventure Cycling 15  
11 Caballos de aluminio iluminados 15  
12 Mojito Racing 14  
13 Garrhs 14  
14 The Plateau Crushers 14  
15 Xanada 14  
16 Peak To Peak Bicycles 14  
17 Bruise Brothers 14  
18 Hermosa Dirt Bags 14  
19 Juneau Jumpers 13  
20 Four Women and Their Female Dog 12  
21 Clam Caravan 11  
22 The Zymotic Guinea Pigs 10  
23 Midnight Express 10  
24 Tenfrickenyears 7  
5-Peron Men
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 WartHogs 18  laps
2 Perpetual 18  
3 Urine Yellow 16  
4 Blood sugar Bike Magic 16  
5 Danish nordic24 Team 3 HMTBK SRAM 16  
6 Pedalicious 16  
7 W.A.D. (Weapons of Ass Destruction) 15  
8 Ass Over Tea Kettle 14  
9 Man Cub 5 (a tribute) 14  
10 5 Ironclad Amigos 14  
11 Sweep the Leg 14  
12 Ricky Bobby 14  
13 Maladroidiots 14  
14 Flomax Five 14  
15 Krak Munkyz 14  
16 Easy Rider 14  
17 FreeHub 13  
18 Not Tonight, Honey 13  
19 Chasin Jason 12  
20 Hermanos En Lucha Libre (HELL) 12  
21 Magic Bullets 12  
22 Beer Me 12  
23 Gear Heads 10  
24 Detroit Dirt Bags 10  
25 Grundle Pigs 9  
26 Skidmarks 9  
5-Person Women
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Rehab Riders 11  laps
Men's sport
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Danish nordic24 Team 1 HMTBK SRAM 19  laps
2 Danish nordic24 Team 2 HMTBK SRAM 18  
3 Smith Optics 17  
4 Zubaz 16  
5 9's over 6's 16  
6 The Left Over's 16  
7 E.Z. RUBY 16  
8 Sofa Kings 16  
9 The Mustache Riders 16  
10 The Sand People 16  
11 Alpine DaBomb Squad 16  
12 Mountain Men 16  
13 Mystery Men 15  
14 Grimsleys Garage 15  
15 The Atta Boys 15  
16 Zambi 15  
17 Wheat Ridge Cyclery 15  
18 Dirt Digglers 15  
19 Obviously you're not a golfer 15  
20 The Insomniacs 15  
21 Tahoe 15  
22 MACnCheez 15  
23 Hoco Loco 15  
24 Into the Wild 15  
25 Gitchigumi Revenge's Last Chance 15  
26 Moniker 14  
27 Mind the Gap 14  
28 Battling Demons 14  
29 Down-to 4, Rollin-on 2, Up-to 8. 13  
30 Mxyzptlk 13  
31 William Tell and the 3 Bad Apples 13  
32 3 Freds and a Roadie 13  
33 Big Sky Bandits 13  
34 See Boa Ride 13  
35 Astro Portamento 13  
36 Cheyenne Fire Ash Holes 13  
37 narsassistic fu's 13  
38 Overstock.com 12  
39 therapy masters 12  
40 Stiff Link 12  
41 beat ted 12  
42 Durango Derailleurs 11  
43 Jaywalker 11  
44 Jimmy Fell 11  
45 El Chupacabras 9  
46 Rum Runners 8  
47 Los Cuatro Perros 7  
Women's sport
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 The No Pants Party 13  laps
2 Older Than We Look 10  
Singlespeed / Rigid Open
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Stomparillaz 18  laps
2 Fatty 18  
3 Blind Stab 17  
Men's veteran
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Washed Up and Fading Away 19  laps
2 Fab4: flomax, viagra, rogaine & vas 19  
3 Trek Store /Boulder MTB Racing 19  
4 Smith Optics - Type A's 18  
5 B List 18  
6 Mad Dog #6/Go Dog Go 18  
7 Married to Milfs 17  
8 IronClad 3 and 1 17  
9 Animals Without Backbones 17  
10 Slickrock Conspiracy 17  
11 Vomitamos 17  
12 40 Year Old VIrgins 17  
13 Rich's Bitches 17  
14 Fly'n Naked Apes 17  
15 2 Beers Short of a 6 Pack 17  
16 Sleestack Virus 16  
17 Halusky 16  
18 The Flippin Heck Fetchers 16  
19 Racers Cycle Service #2 16  
20 Golden Belt Bikers 16  
21 Cranky Dads 16  
22 Crazy Ivan and the Soggy Bottom Boys 16  
23 3 committers and a FENCE sitter 15  
24 Old War Horses 2009 15  
25 Dominquez and his Smelly Finquez 15  
26 Los Mas Chingones 15  
27 three virgins and a whore 15  
28 The Dirty Birds 15  
29 Action Heroes 15  
30 Hazel Valley Rancheros 14  
31 DragonFire Racing 14  
32 Charlie don't surf 14  
33 Lap Dancers 14  
34 Long John's Sons 13  
35 The Traveling Wheelbillys 13  
36 Over The Hill & Waiting To Grey 13  
37 Powder Monkey 12  
38 Winnie Warriors 12  
39 Team Bicycles Plus / Sierra Nevada 11  
40 Crack Monkeys 9  
Women's veteran
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Sofa King Mamas 16  laps
2 Mad Dog #3/Great Dames 12  
Men's masters
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Uno Testicali Dutch Rudder 18  laps
2 Dusty Boots 18  
3 NiteRider 18  
4 Pedal Power/StreetSwell 18  
5 Screaming Perineums 16  
6 Ironclad Colorado 15  
7 Pedal Power - Ti Amo 15  
8 Trans-FrontRange Masters Express 13  
9 Old and In the Way 12  
10 F.I.S.T. 12  
11 Dark Horse Cycles 8  
Men's Grand Masters
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Mad Dog #2/Gray Hounds 16  laps
Men's Juniors
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Quadruple Gnar 19  laps
2 Rubber Side Up 17  
3 Team Mata 16  
4 Colorado Rocky Mountain School 14  
Women's Juniors
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 The Justice League 14  laps
Clydesdales
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Muffin Top Brigade 16  laps
2 Too Big to Fail 16  
3 Why Try Again 14  
4 Intermountain Clydesdale 13  
Solo men singlespeed
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Dave Harris 15  laps
2 Spot/DPA 14  
3 Barry Davis 14  
4 Shawn Gregory 14  
5 Randy Sooter 13  
6 Tom Diegel 12  
7 Geoffrey Lane 11  
8 Riding Dirty 10  
9 Levi Borst 10  
10 Art Vandeleigh 10  
11 Doug Smith 8  
12 Team Sissypants 8  
13 Ben V. Bradford III 7  
14 Back of the Pack Racing 7  
15 Tedd Rohwer 7  
16 Niner - Ergon SS 6  
17 Team Monkeyboy 6  
18 Neil Adams 6  
19 Independent Fabrication-Sully 5  
20 WTF 1  
Women's solo singlespeed
# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Lynda Wallenfels 11  laps
2 Dales Pale Ale \ Spot Brand Bikes 9  
3 Jo Schwartz 8