Gravity East Series - Blue Mountain 2009: Dual slalom Results

42 riders showed up for Saturday's Gravity East Dual Slalom at the newly-opened Vertical Earth Mountain Bike Park at Pennsylvania's Blue Mountain ski area. The Neko Mulally-designed course was universally praised.

"The dual slalom course is just the best I've been on this year," said women's dual slalom points leader Karen Eagan during a break following qualifying.

The section became spectator central as word spread that Neko Mulally had tripled the section in practice. Sure enough, Mulally not only tripled the combination in the second round, he pumped the back side so hard that he gained a four bike-length advantage on that one element to the collective "whoa!" of the crowd. Two heats later Alejandro Ortiz also tripled the section, essentially throwing down the gloves. Even though he didn't triple the element, Jason Beckley threw his hat in the ring with a unique line that appeared to be nearly as fast.

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Elite men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Neko Mulally (Specialized Team America)
2	Allejandro Ortiz (Morpheus Cycle/Bicycle Pro)
3	Jason Memmelaar (Hayes, Manitu, 5 Ten, Smith)
4	Jason Beckley (MMR/Marin/Kenda/NEMA/Fox Shox)
5	Lars Tribus (Chumba Racing)
6	Jon Gabor (Cutters Bike Shop)
7	BJ Treglia (Kenda/661/Fox Shox/Sunline/Turner)
8	Kyle Sangers (J & J Cycles)
9	Tom Oakes (Trailmasters/EWR)
10	Jay DeJesus (EWR Bikes Factory)

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Elite / Cat. 1 Women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Dawn Borque (RhinoBike)
2	Kate Parhiala (Wachusett Brewery)
3	Karen Eagan (Sam Adams)
4	Hannah Trimble

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Cat. 1 Junior men 14 & under
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Raeshaune Sangers (J & J Cycles)

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Cat. 1 Men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Phillip Noto
2	Alex Moschitti (Morpheus Cycle/Bicycle Pro)
3	Kyle Kutzler (Team Marty's)
4	Eric Fleming (Finish Line)
5	Jacob Dallegro (Sinical Racing, Keswick Cycles)
DNS	Matt Slater

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Cat. 1 Junior men 18 & under
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Richie Rude (Allride Academy)
2	Max Syron (Sinister/United Freeride)
3	Logan Mulally (Specialized Team America)

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Cat. 2/3 Men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Chris Chmielewski (Wayfarer Bike)
2	Lane Boertmann (Beachwood Bikes)
3	Richard Patty (Wayfarer Bike)
4	Andrew Clemenson
5	Cory Blan (Trailmasters Touring)
6	Aaron Fry
7	Chris Worrell
8	Dieter Ward (MMR/NEMA)

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Cat. 2 Junior men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Curtis Shook
2	Nikolas Dudukovich
3	Anthony Viselli
4	Jon Kuntz (VMB)
5	Andrew Kuntz (Saucon Valley Bikes)
6	Seth Ritchie

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Cat. 2/3 Women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Karen Clymer (my honey b)
2	Rachael Baxter
3	Christy Allebach (Mt. Perk)

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Junior women 14 & under
#	Rider Name (Country) Team
1	Madison Barron

Sue George is an editor at Cyclingnews. She coordinates all of the site's mountain bike race coverage and assists with the road, 'cross and track coverage.