Mount Snow hosting next Gravity East Series on brand new "Trail 13"
Ortiz, Gubernat lead downhill standings with two events to go
In what has become a regular occurrence in the 2009 season, Gravity East downhillers will once again charge down a brand-new trail when they visit Mount Snow in Vermont on October 3-4. Dubbed "Trail 13", the new trail will add additional variety to the mountain's trail system.
"We've held off opening the trail until race weekend because we wanted to unveil it with the Gravity East," said Vinnie Lewis, Event and Public Relations Manager for the resort. "This will be our fourth downhill this year, and on the fourth different course."
Lewis added that bike set-ups for the new, mostly-wooded, course should be very similar to that used for previous downhills at Mount Snow. "It's the same surface, just a different flow down the mountain."
Following his wins at Vertical Earth Mountain Bike Park at Blue Mountain last weekend, Neko Mulally is closing in on a possible double championship. Though still trailing Alejandro Ortiz, Jason Memmelaar, Ben Hulse, and Jeff Cayley in the standings, Mulally moved up two positions with his win in Pennsylvania; and he has at least one more "no score" to drop from his final points tally than any of the competitors currently above him in the standings. In the dual slalom Standings, Mulallay has a comfortable lead over Brian Piper and Kyle Ebbett.
On the women's side, the downhill title chase is a virtual tie with the points gap between current points leader Stephanie Gubernat, Dawn Bourque and last week's winner Karen Eagan being so small as to be meaningless. With just two race weekends left, it looks like the chase for the women's title could come down to the final run by the final competitor. The women's dual slalom standings are even murkier, with Eagan and Bourque again in the mix, along with Lauren Daney and Kate Parhiala. With the unpredictable nature of dual slalom, coupled with the double points on tap at the final race at Plattekill, any of these four could be this year's "Queen of Dual".
The weekend will also include the a Gravity East dual slalom series event plus a non-series super D race.
For more information, visit www.GravityEastSeries.com.
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Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Alejandro Ortiz | 6093 | pts |
2 | Jason Memmelaar | 5465 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Ben Hulse | 5197 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Jeff Cayley | 5035 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Neko Mulally | 4960 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Erik Gosselin | 4863 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Zach Faulkner | 4389 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Ben Moody | 4005 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Bj Treglia | 3556 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Chris Higgerson | 3049 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Tim Howland | 3008 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Gavin Vaughan | 2998 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Jason Beckley | 2914 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Justin Gregory | 2889 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Conor Rowan | 2810 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Marvin Scanland | 2810 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | David Haas | 2792 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Geritt Beytagh | 2352 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Luke Snyder | 2255 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Geoffrey Ulmer | 2193 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Tyler Wilson | 2154 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Patrick Noonan | 2148 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Brian Yannuzzi | 2107 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Dan Whitehead | 2101 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Andrew Bressem | 2033 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Jergen Beneke | 1650 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Chris Heath | 1605 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Sean Mcclendon | 1600 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Trevyn Newpher | 1515 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Dan Sim | 1501 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Jonthan Gaber | 1500 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Ethan Quehl | 1495 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | David Flynn | 1490 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Lars Tribus | 1483 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Tim Price | 1455 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Kyle Sanger | 1452 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Michael Thomas | 1441 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Christopher Talotta | 1432 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Kevin Green | 1416 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Bert Boyce | 1408 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Josh Misevcis | 1398 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Avery Busch | 1392 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Tom Bubier | 1385 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Willem Cooper | 1381 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Matty Komar | 1377 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Justin Beers | 1361 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Tim White | 1359 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Paul Adams | 1358 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Beniot Mioux | 815 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Shaums March | 795 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Adam Morse | 795 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Szymon Kowalski | 780 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | George Ryan | 780 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
54 | Heikki Hall | 765 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Trevor Hallenbeck | 750 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
56 | Dan Ferreira | 745 | Row 55 - Cell 3 |
57 | Yann Gauvin | 730 | Row 56 - Cell 3 |
58 | James Rennie | 726 | Row 57 - Cell 3 |
59 | Logan Binggeli | 726 | Row 58 - Cell 3 |
60 | John-Ryan Quick | 722 | Row 59 - Cell 3 |
61 | Pete Fougere | 722 | Row 60 - Cell 3 |
62 | Steve Avery | 722 | Row 61 - Cell 3 |
63 | Naish Ulmer | 722 | Row 62 - Cell 3 |
64 | John Leslie | 714 | Row 63 - Cell 3 |
65 | James Pattertson | 714 | Row 64 - Cell 3 |
66 | Jenny Jade | 710 | Row 65 - Cell 3 |
67 | Billy Melone | 710 | Row 66 - Cell 3 |
68 | Sam Mellen | 710 | Row 67 - Cell 3 |
69 | Chris Scannell | 702 | Row 68 - Cell 3 |
70 | Vincent Paliseno | 698 | Row 69 - Cell 3 |
71 | Daniel Hultgen | 698 | Row 70 - Cell 3 |
72 | Jon Gabon | 694 | Row 71 - Cell 3 |
73 | Paul Mcneil | 694 | Row 72 - Cell 3 |
74 | Vincent Tremblay | 694 | Row 73 - Cell 3 |
75 | James Jeannet | 687 | Row 74 - Cell 3 |
76 | Dave Trumpure | 681 | Row 75 - Cell 3 |
77 | Ken Walter | 678 | Row 76 - Cell 3 |
78 | Bryan Willis | 678 | Row 77 - Cell 3 |
79 | Brian Piper | 675 | Row 78 - Cell 3 |
80 | Sam Adams | 673 | Row 79 - Cell 3 |
81 | Taylor Rowlands | 669 | Row 80 - Cell 3 |
82 | Tom Kakamousias | 665 | Row 81 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
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1 | Stephanie Gubernat | 5620 | pts |
2 | Dawn Bourque | 5090 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Karen Eagan | 4930 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Hillary Elgert | 3225 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Alexis Wruble | 2370 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Gandolf Rae | 2038 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Allegra Burch | 1635 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Lauren Petersen | 795 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Alexandra Lacroix | 795 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
9 | Jennifer Wolf | 780 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
9 | Ellen Adams | 765 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
10 | Alicia Jakomait | 750 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
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