Mulally and Bourque lead Gravity East Series
Plattekill hosting final round this weekend, October 9-11
As racers prepare to battle the trails at New York's Plattekill Mountain for double points and season championships at this weekend's Gravity East Finals on October 9-11, it's useful to not only look at the who's on top of the chart, but also how they got there.
When the chairlift was turned on at Massanutten, Virginia, back in the beginning of May, few realized the impact the sophomore year of Gravity East would have. Since then, 94 men and women have scored points in the pro downhill classes alone. A total of 1,620 entries (up 32 percent from last year, with one race still remaining) have pulled to the start of at least one Gravity East race this year in both pro and amateur categories. The best of the best, however, have been Dawn Bourque, Karen Eagan and, of course, Neko Mulally.
Sanger may have some help from the downhillers in setting-up a blockade to keep Mulally out. Though currently sitting in third place in the downhill standings behind Jason Memmelaar and Alejandro Ortiz, Mulally has the virtual lead in the standings because of dropped races and only needs a 23rd place or better to clinch both Gravity East Divisions.
When taking into account dropped races, Ben Hulse and Zach Faulkner move up from sixth and seventh, respectively, in the official standings to third and fourth respectively. Hulse, however, hasn't shown up for the last three races. Will he attend Plattekill and try to take home a share of the US$5,000 season's point money being awarded?
Plattekill first opened for riding in 1995, when Missy Giove was still World Champion and Neko Mulally was wearing diapers. Since then, Plattekill has been host to tens of thousands of visitors and countless races.
Plattekill's Marketing Advisor George Ulmer described the downhill course as "loose and steep," and said racers can expect "a lot of shale and drops with good flow on natural terrain".
For more information on this weekend's Gravity East Finals at Plattekill, see www.GravityEastSeries.com and www.Plattekill.com.
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Complete standings are below.
Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jason Memmelaar | 6175 | pts |
2 | Alejandro Ortiz | 6155 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Neko Mulally | 5815 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Jeff Cayley | 5765 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Erik Gosselin | 5598 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Ben Hulse | 5197 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Zach Faulkner | 5103 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Ben Moody | 4820 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Chris Higgerson | 3799 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Gavin Vaughan | 3793 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Bj Treglia | 3556 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Conor Rowan | 3550 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Tim Howland | 3008 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Luke Snyder | 3000 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Jason Beckley | 2914 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Justin Gregory | 2889 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Marvin Scanland | 2810 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | David Haas | 2792 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Geritt Beytagh | 2352 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | David Flynn | 2208 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Geoffrey Ulmer | 2193 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Kyle Sanger | 2174 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Tyler Wilson | 2154 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Patrick Noonan | 2148 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Brian Yannuzzi | 2107 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Dan Whitehead | 2101 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Andrew Bressem | 2033 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Jergen Beneke | 1650 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Chris Heath | 1605 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Sean Mcclendon | 1600 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Adam Morse | 1560 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Trevyn Newpher | 1515 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Dan Sim | 1501 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Jonthan Gaber | 1500 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Ethan Quehl | 1495 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Lars Tribus | 1483 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Dan Ferreira | 1471 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Tim Price | 1455 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Michael Thomas | 1441 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Christopher Talotta | 1432 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Kevin Green | 1416 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Bert Boyce | 1408 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Josh Misevcis | 1398 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
44 | Avery Busch | 1392 | Row 43 - Cell 3 |
45 | Tom Bubier | 1385 | Row 44 - Cell 3 |
46 | Willem Cooper | 1381 | Row 45 - Cell 3 |
47 | Matty Komar | 1377 | Row 46 - Cell 3 |
48 | Justin Beers | 1361 | Row 47 - Cell 3 |
49 | Tim White | 1359 | Row 48 - Cell 3 |
50 | Paul Adams | 1358 | Row 49 - Cell 3 |
51 | Beniot Mioux | 815 | Row 50 - Cell 3 |
52 | Shaums March | 795 | Row 51 - Cell 3 |
53 | Szymon Kowalski | 780 | Row 52 - Cell 3 |
54 | George Ryan | 780 | Row 53 - Cell 3 |
55 | Heikki Hall | 765 | Row 54 - Cell 3 |
56 | Trevor Hallenbeck | 750 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dawn Bourque | 5945 | pts |
2 | Karen Eagan | 5745 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Stephanie Gubernat | 5620 | 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 | 1590 | 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 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Neko Mullaly | 300 | pts |
2 | Allejandro Ortiz | 155 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Kyle Sangers | 133 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Brian Piper | 113 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Kyle Ebbett | 105 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Jason Beckley | 100 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | James Patterson | 95 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Lars Tribus | 90 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Zack Faulkner | 70 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Tim While | 55 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Jason Memmelaar | 50 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Avery Buch | 50 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Geritt Beytagh | 50 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Steve Avery | 45 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Benjamin Hulse | 45 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
17 | Trevyn Newpher | 40 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
18 | John Gabor | 35 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
19 | Tyler Wilson | 35 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
20 | Harold Woolnough | 35 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
21 | Bj Treglia | 30 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
22 | David Flynn | 30 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
23 | Matty Komar | 30 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
24 | Erik Gosselin | 28 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
25 | Tom Oakes | 26 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
26 | Heikki Hall | 26 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
27 | Jay Dejesus | 24 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Karen Eagan | 280 | pts |
2 | Kate Parhiala | 210 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Lauren Daney | 120 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Dawn Bourque | 120 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Hillary Elgert | 55 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Hannah Trimble | 45 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
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