By Paul Holmes
About 250 mountain bike riders attended the USO of MTB at Killington Resort, Aug. 1-5. Some impressive riding was witnessed by crowds of spectators that attended the events.
Results: Grom Bomb Downhill
Boys/Girls 7-9 years old
1. Zack Harper, 24th overall, 2:17.45
2. Questwell Phillips, 32nd overall, 2:33.18
3. Kira Livernois, 33rd overall, 2:34.64
4. Maximus Didomenico, 34th overall, 2:35.90
5. Jacob Manning, 35th overall, 2:37.02
Boys 10-12 years old
1. Rory Meek, 2nd overall, 1:59.67
2. Gabriel Johnson, 3rd overall, 2:01.40
3. Lucas Dedora, 4th overall, 2:01.50
4. Anthony Lombardi, 7th overall, 2:05.49
5. Collin Bourque, 8th overall, 2:05.89
Girls 10-12 years old
1. Maddy Doiron, 36th overall, 2:38.26
2. Addison Voyer, 42nd overall, 2:45.39
3. Gabrielle Sterkx, 49th overall, 3:01.45
Boys 13-15 years old
1. Sky Reznik, 1st overall, 1:59.51
2. Ryder Mosley, 5th overall, 2:03.17
3. Ben Stokes, 6th overall, 2:03.75
4. Austin Clarke, 9th overall, 2:06.08
5. Jackson Waters, 10th overall, 2:06.35
Results: Enduro
Men’s Open
1. Seamus Powell, USA, 21:15.40
2. Martin Maes, Belgium, 21:17.30
3. Franck Kirscher, Canada, 21:50.10
4. Keegan Wright, New Zealand, 22:10.01
5. Shane Leslie, USA, 22:27.64
Women’s Open
1. Nova Korem, Israel, 25:55.22
2. Corinne Prevot, USA, 27:41.95
3. Rachel Strait, USA, 28:05.58
4. Frida Helena Ronning, Norway, 28:21.36
5. Rachel Pageau, Canada, 28:26.85
Men’s Amateur 14 years old and under
1. Daymien Ide, USA, 26:06.22
2. Barrett Hibshman, USA, 28:39.40
3. Eli Gadbois, USA, 28:40.16
4. Oliver Huntington, USA, 30:37.38
Men’s Amateur 15-34 years old
1. Ben Kelley, USA, 22:23.53
2. David Kahn, USA, 23:50.34
3. Nathan Sterckx, Canada, 23:55.13
4. Mike Buonocore, USA, 24:43.27
5. Adam Wesolowski, USA, 24:48.88
Men’s Amateur 35 years old and older
1. Dj Lis, USA, 24:52.63
2. Ronny Sterckx, Canada, 25:03.72
3. Phil Artese, USA, 25:21.26
4. Brandon Cassell, Candada, 25:33.35
5. Eric Miller, USA, 26:06.81
Women’s Amateur
1. Riley Miller, USA, 31:50.75
2. Sara Ellen Godek, USA, 33:55.01
3. Mariah Palmer, USA, 35:51.46
4. Jennifer Yanazzo, USA, 38:21.34
5. Cheryl Russ, USA, 41:03.18
Downhill Results: Fox US Open of Mountain Biking
Men’s Open Class
1. Neko Mulally, USA, 4:54.75
2. Jackson Frew, Australia, 5:00.98
3. Wyn Masters, New Zealand, 5:09.68
4. Isak Leivsson, Norway, 5:11.06
5. Bernard Kerr, United Kingdom, 5:13.06
6. Kiran MacKinnon, USA, 5:13.79
7.Nik Nestoroff, USA, 5:14.41
8. Warren Kniss, USA, 5:16.95
9. Rafael Gutierrez, Columbia, 5:18.54
10. Connor Fearon, Canada, 5:19.78
Women’s Open Class
1. Vaea Verbeeck, Canada, 6:59.23
2. Ella Skalwold, USA, 7:07.31
3. Frida Helena Ronning, Norway, 7:07.96
4. Samantha Soriano, USA, 7:19.43
5. Rachel Pageau, Canada, 7:26.22
6. Mazie Hayden, USA, 7:52.93
7. Heather Munive, USA, 9:49.40
8. Laura Bruneau, USA, 11:06.14
9. Kristin Lenart, USA, 11:40.75
(The remaining five racers did not finish.)
Men’s Amateur Class – 14 years old and under
1. Tristan Lemire, Canada, 5:44.94
2. Lagneau Lucas, France, 5:50.91
3. Toby Meek, New Zealand, 6:13.89
4. Mathis Jacques, Canada, 6:20.06
5. Eric Willetts, USA, 6:23.51
Men’s Amateur Class – 15-34 years old
1. Ben Kelley, USA, 5:26.88
2. Vlad Sherryuble, Canada, 5:31.13
3. Christopher Grice, USA, 5:39.29
4. Chris Sinclair, Canada, 6:04.90
5. Jake Desmarais, USA, 6:05.01
Men’s Amateur Class – 35 years old and older
1. Eric Beauchamp Lachapelle, Canada, 6:14.04
2. Jason Beckley, USA, 6:22.86
3. Nathan Reed, USA, 6:36.23
4. Ian Collins, USA, 6:51.29
5. Brandon Cassell, Canada, 7:05.97
Women’s Amateur Class (all ages)
1. Ivanna Estrada, USA, 9:12.80
2. Abigail Ronca, USA, 11:14.67
3. Vicki Koch, USA, 11:39.66
4. Kylie Budich, USA, 22:55.71