Jeremiah Bishop and Cassie Smith won the cross country race at the Massanutten Hoo Ha! on Sunday.
Bishop spent much of his day with fellow Harrisonburg local Nick Waite. The two worked together to distance the competition and go one-two.
"Nick opened it up on the climb and I opened it up on the downhill on the first lap," said Bishop, "then we worked together to get rid of the guys and make it a two-man race."
"We were together the whole time. At the top of the mountain, I said I never got to thank him for the help here last year. I told him that at the least, I owed him first place prize money. Technically, I got the first place and he got the first place prize money."
Bishop was on his eighth day of racing in a row after completing the seven-day Trans-Sylvania Epic in Pennsylvania.
"I had no clue what my legs would be like. I wanted to bring the Trans-Sylvania leader's jersey home and do a parade ride. I saved a little yesterday and was riding careful. I wanted to come back to my home race on my home trails. I couldn't miss out on it, but I didn't have a lot of snap."
"Now I'm ready for a big time rest week."
Scott Frederick finished third in the men's race.
In the women's contest, Cassie Smith took off from the start and never looked back on her way to winning. Susan Musante chased alone in second place while Shiela Scott earned third. The three riders motivated themselves by racing the other nearby men.
"My race was awesome. The trails were fast and fun," said Smith, who is coached by local Sue Haywood, who was absent from the race after completing the Trans-Sylvania Epic. "I didn't see any other women after I went off the front. I rode smoothly from the start and was chasing some guys."
Full Results
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Elite men
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Jeremiah Bishop
1:56:34
2
Nick Waite
0:00:22
3
Scott Frederick
0:06:42
4
Bradford Perley
0:06:51
5
Alex Ryan
0:07:29
6
Ryan Fawley
0:08:48
7
Keith Jennings
0:08:49
8
Jordan Kahlenberg
0:14:56
9
Pat Miller
0:16:10
10
Martin Kell
0:18:26
11
Jed Prentice
0:18:46
12
Scott Hoffner
0:18:59
13
Jon Gdowik
0:20:53
14
Collin Becker
0:26:39
15
Jay Catlett
0:33:09
16
Joseph Grimes
0:40:26
17
Byron Rice
0:42:13
18
Andrew Devier-Scot
0:54:53
DNF
Ross Anderson
Row 18 - Cell 2
DNF
Jeff Dickey
Row 19 - Cell 2
DNF
Wilson Hale
Row 20 - Cell 2
DNF
Erik Jensen
Row 21 - Cell 2
DNF
Terry Kolb
Row 22 - Cell 2
DNS
Jeff Pendlebury
Row 23 - Cell 2
DNF
Bryan Underwood
Row 24 - Cell 2
DNF
Dave Weaver
Row 25 - Cell 2
DNF
Michael Runnals
Row 26 - Cell 2
DNF
Wesley Lamberson
Row 27 - Cell 2
DNF
Matthew Bailey
Row 28 - Cell 2
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Elite women
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Cassie Smith
2:35:24
2
Susan Musante
0:12:54
3
Sheila Scott
0:21:14
4
Misty Tilson
0:29:10
5
Paula Smith
0:45:13
6
Grace Ragland
0:46:00
7
Jennifer Whedbee
0:49:30
8
Pam Frentzel-Beyme
0:51:00
9
Anne Mader
1:14:27
DNF
Jennie Belt
Row 9 - Cell 2
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Singlespeed men
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Jason Millington
1:19:55
2
Robert Maye
0:16:28
3
Jason Thorne
0:20:21
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Expert junior men 18 & under
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Connor Bell
2:16:36
2
Kyle Miller
0:16:17
DNF
Jacob Ehlinger
Row 2 - Cell 2
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Expert men 35+
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Thomas Jenkins
2:20:57
2
Mike Capraro
0:02:14
3
Brent Williamson
0:02:54
4
Dave Oneill
0:04:40
5
Bill Marciniak
0:06:51
6
Tom Richeson
0:10:57
7
Chris Scott
0:14:06
8
Christopher King
0:15:01
9
Travis Mitchel
0:20:21
10
Spinning Lizard
0:20:55
11
Michael Cosgrove
0:21:19
12
Ken Bell
0:22:03
13
Scott Stahl
0:22:14
14
Andrew Stackhouse
0:27:32
15
Richard Pence
0:35:15
16
Chris Smead
0:52:59
17
Bradley Arehart
1:09:26
18
Paul Morris
1:22:39
19
David Kirkpatrick
1:48:16
DNF
Joe Therrell
Row 19 - Cell 2
DNS
Jason Berry
Row 20 - Cell 2
DNS
Paul Johnston
Row 21 - Cell 2
DNS
Matt Lough
Row 22 - Cell 2
DNS
David Olsen
Row 23 - Cell 2
DNS
Eric Schofield
Row 24 - Cell 2
DNF
Clarke Tanner
Row 25 - Cell 2
DNF
Matt Trybus
Row 26 - Cell 2
DNS
Colby Waller
Row 27 - Cell 2
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Beginner Men
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Eric Sjoerdsma
0:48:18
2
Damon Pearson
0:00:07
3
Carl Roach
0:00:21
4
Nolan Felts
0:03:21
5
Joel Davis
0:03:29
6
Rodd Kugler
0:07:01
7
Steven Cook
0:07:45
8
D.Travis Layman
0:09:47
9
Marty Neary
0:11:17
10
Eric Beckmann
0:11:50
11
Tom Riddle
0:12:36
12
Acror Zdinak
0:13:06
13
Robert Vay
0:13:16
14
John Thompson
0:14:07
15
Jordan Fuhr
0:16:04
16
Bryan Vay
0:19:23
17
Fred Waldron
0:20:56
18
Rich Hall
0:22:14
19
John Cloutier
0:22:54
20
Joel Geisert
0:30:23
DNS
Scott Davison
Row 20 - Cell 2
DNS
Robert Smith
Row 21 - Cell 2
DNS
Sebastian Sturges
Row 22 - Cell 2
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Beginner women
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Emily Croft
0:53:40
2
Melissa Milan
0:01:47
3
Cathy Hovis
0:06:56
4
Elaine Hess
0:10:57
5
Marti Merritt
0:13:25
6
River Mason Hopkins
0:16:13
7
Christine Neary
0:22:39
8
Jomarie Hoholik
1:21:18
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Clydesdale
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
John Bobb
1:29:04
2
Phil Ehlinger
0:00:20
3
Justin Campbell
0:06:27
4
Travis Muhler
0:13:04
5
Michael Willi
0:19:36
6
Michael Yriart
0:25:31
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Women first timers
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
DNS
Nicole Davison
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Men first timers
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Matthew Kennedy
0:50:25
2
Dave Wilson
0:18:43
3
Douglas Ritcher
0:19:37
4
Luke Minter
0:28:47
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Junior men 18 & under
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Austin Bell
0:49:20
3
Breton Nicholas
0:15:37
4
Dominick Desimone
0:16:44
5
Walker Thompson
0:31:59
6
Jake Bowen
0:36:13
7
Brennan Sharp
1:09:30
8
Cameron Hoholik-Ca
1:25:29
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Junior women 18 & under
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Sadie Crockett
1:25:56
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Junior sport men 18 & under
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Clair Walizer 4
1:11:40
2
Jonas Zimmermann
0:02:48
3
Derek Elliott
0:09:13
4
Andrew Bobb
0:10:57
5
Adam Croft
0:11:09
6
Dakota Detwiler
0:16:44
7
Cameron Ritcher
0:16:58
8
Travis Carmichael
0:25:40
9
Tyler Arnold
0:31:23
10
Drew Cloutier
0:54:27
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Junior sport women
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
DNF
Emily Croft
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Sport men 19-39
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Jeff Plassman
1:15:18
2
Joshua Teets
0:00:07
3
Josh Doorly
0:01:57
4
Andrew Massonneau
0:03:37
5
Will Hagy
0:04:41
6
Kylan Shirley
0:05:16
7
Ryan Douglas
0:06:43
8
Matthew Mccorkle
0:11:12
9
Brian Weisgerber
0:12:16
10
Steve Simmons
0:13:17
11
Mark Scafidi
0:13:28
12
Nathan Wigley
0:15:27
13
Shaun Strippel
0:17:47
14
Samuel Rhoades
0:19:02
15
Jonathan Garrett
0:23:46
16
Robert Medlin
0:25:37
17
Michael Bowen
0:26:33
18
Hunter Mccardle
0:26:54
19
Lester Brown
0:30:32
20
Matt Juaneza
0:30:37
21
John Scott
0:33:03
22
Kazuo Suzuki
0:35:12
23
Kevin Ford
0:56:21
Dns
Timothy Jansen
Row 23 - Cell 2
Dnf
Brian Lancaster
Row 24 - Cell 2
Dns
Jason Sliwa
Row 25 - Cell 2
Dnf
Paul Stanley
Row 26 - Cell 2
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Sport men 40+
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Jim Fisher
1:16:09
2
Jeffrey Sheehan
0:06:16
3
Bob Smith
0:08:07
4
Scott Hetherington
0:08:08
5
Luther Barden
0:08:35
6
Joe Hoskins
0:10:10
7
Steven Stein
0:12:16
8
Jim Mitchell
0:12:51
9
Clair Walizer
0:13:25
10
Paul Croft
0:13:29
11
David Osgood
0:13:30
12
Marc Stecker
0:13:36
13
Chip Rice
0:15:14
14
Eric Turcotte
0:17:14
15
Donald Loomis
0:19:20
16
Glen Hobart
0:21:50
17
Jon Hicks
0:22:01
18
Christopher Masson
0:22:05
19
Ludek Kolesa
0:22:07
20
Jeffrey Smith
0:24:04
21
Barry Nobles
0:24:43
22
Frank Krajcirovic
0:28:58
23
Patrick Gunn
0:32:59
24
Tom Licata
0:34:16
25
Tommy Thompson
0:41:29
26
Barry Frazier
0:47:08
27
Allen Mccorkle
0:47:48
28
Tim House
0:52:57
29
Jon Devier-Scott
0:58:21
30
Wade Carmichael
1:07:56
DNF
Steven Prestyly
Row 30 - Cell 2
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Sport women
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Laura Snyder
1:39:43
2
Brandy Adams
0:05:33
3
Sonya Gagnon
0:10:00
4
Arden Sperty
0:22:57
5
Lisa Stover
0:28:41
DNF
Rebecca Walizer
Row 5 - Cell 2
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