Gravity East Series - Mount Snow 2009: Results

Many thought that Ben Moody would take the win with his brilliant run. (Image credit: Matt DeLorme)

The Gravity East Series downhill at Mount Snow followed a familiar script this weekend. Rainy weekend, check. Muddy, sloppy practice runs on Saturday, check. Sun comes out just in time for the start of Sunday's race runs, check. Dawn Bourque wins the women's race, check. Neko Mulally squeaks out a victory by about half a second, check.

Another surprise was the run by Michael Gross. The Team DROP Cat. 1 Junior was having issues with his shoulder dislocating on Saturday, ending his practice early. On race day, however, junior points leader Gross was back on the mountain with help from Cat. 1 19-29 Racer Willem Cooper of the Voncooper Race team who helped in getting Gross' shoulder back in place. With a tight wrapping, a shoulder brace and just two practice runs, he just wanted to cross the line and get some points prior to next weekend's Gravity East Finals at Plattekill in Roxbury, New York. Shockingly, Gross raced down and took the hot seat with a time of 4:45.04, faster than Specialized Team America's Logan Mulally (Neko's younger brother) in the process. It seemed like a fairytale ending, but again a surprise happened as Canadian rider Dylan Morely, the last rider in the class to start and a first time Gravity East racer, crossed the line with a great time of 4:38.76 to win the junior class.

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Elite women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Dawn Bourque	0:05:23.57
2	Karen Eagan	0:00:09.85
3	Lauren Petersen	0:08:28.71

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Elite men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Neko Mulally	0:04:23.63
2	Benjamin Moody	0:00:00.46
3	Gavin Vaugnan	0:00:05.40
4	Alejoundro Ortiz	0:00:19.48
5	Adam Morse	0:00:20.77
6	Chris Haggerson	0:00:21.99
7	Luke Snyder	0:00:22.34
8	Connor Rowan	0:00:33.33
9	Erik Gosslin	0:00:35.55
10	Jeff Cayley	0:00:37.01
11	Dan Ferreira	0:00:46.75
12	Kyle Sanders	0:00:47.53
13	David Flynn	0:00:57.17
14	Zauk Faulkner	0:01:06.02
15	Jason Memmekaar	0:04:10.66

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Junior men Under 14
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Ben Bodycoat	0:06:37.52
DNS	Gregory Eiruulo	Row 1 - Cell 2

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Cat. 1 Junior men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Dylan Morley	0:04:38.76
2	Michael Gross	0:00:06.28
3	Logan Mulally	0:00:13.80
4	Alex Couture	0:00:20.47
5	Richard Rude	0:00:22.31
6	Evan Mallory	0:00:24.92
7	Luen Proft	0:00:34.07
8	David Milkrewicz	0:00:35.15
9	Hunter Budd	0:01:35.21
10	Peter Mcnulty	0:07:11.60

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Cat. 2 Junior men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Dyaln Conte	0:05:16.69
2	Ian Bloomfield	0:00:10.14
3	Colby Nugent	0:00:25.48
4	Matthew Halupowski	0:00:36.93
5	Derek Mushro	0:00:37.75
6	Trevor Santo Christo	0:00:43.57
7	Kory Koehler	0:00:48.07
8	Nick Richer	0:00:55.67
9	Tony Viselli	0:01:24.52
10	Damon Morin	0:11:03.77

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Cat. 3 Junior men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Zack Taylor	0:05:27.11
2	William Gzaja	0:00:14.83
3	Matthew Mastrodomenico	0:00:35.71
4	Michael Klausen	0:00:42.01
5	Zach Morrison	0:00:53.32
6	Chris Anderson	0:01:37.61
7	Shawn Ginter	0:01:55.04

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Cat. 1 Men 19-29
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Kyle Karpuska	0:04:50.42
2	Peter Mihalick	0:00:02.13
3	Willem Cooper	0:00:03.71
4	Jason Bourgeois	0:00:04.06
5	Alex Moschitti	0:00:13.82
6	Christopher Brown	0:00:14.12
7	Chris Flynn	0:00:16.63
8	Halston Mendes	0:00:21.87
9	Ryan Gardner	0:00:28.46
10	Adam Plumley	0:00:33.44
11	Nicholas White	0:00:42.38
12	Peter Scannell	0:00:43.05
13	David Schoon	0:00:59.80
14	Sam Chipin	0:01:02.40
15	Geoff Ayr	0:01:04.07
16	Eric Allocco	0:01:04.96
17	Matt Dahlmeyer	0:01:18.60
18	Andrew Farrell	0:01:40.18
19	Casey Swanson	0:02:00.18
DNF	Garson Fields	Row 19 - Cell 2

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Cat. 2 Men 19-29
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jake Goss	0:05:09.35
2	David Gambarchella	0:00:14.88
3	Michael Mcennan	0:00:18.99
4	Richard Patty	0:00:21.14
5	Steven Czaplicki	0:00:33.50
6	Kevin Robbins	0:00:34.18
7	Scott Bureau	0:00:34.73
8	Michael Oliver	0:00:36.36
9	Chris Chmielewski	0:00:41.41
10	Tucker Nugent	0:01:02.17
11	Patrick Flynn	0:01:02.43
12	Brendan Silkey	0:01:17.48
13	Michael Flynn	0:01:32.60
14	Chris Gilbert	0:01:53.92

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Cat. 3 Men 19-29
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Sam Wiggin	0:05:54.72
2	Marc Schneider	0:00:09.07
3	Jon Obrien	0:00:25.32
4	John Ricardi	0:00:27.28
5	Brandon Nadeau	0:01:18.83

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Cat. 1 Men 30-39
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Robin Klinkert	0:04:43.95
2	Neil Snyder	0:00:08.88
3	David Bersmefsky	0:00:15.59
4	Dave Mee	0:00:26.22
5	Donnie Roberts	0:00:27.15
6	John Pentecost	0:00:34.63
7	Tim Frederick	0:00:36.26
8	Leif Erickson	0:01:16.31
9	Kurt Sibrinzt	0:01:22.23
10	Erik Little	0:01:43.21
11	Doug Quinn	0:02:01.80

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Cat. 2 Men 30-39
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Jason Knecht	0:05:22.47
2	Lane Bortmann	0:00:02.64
3	Luke Wenschhof	0:00:07.40
4	Andy Haskell	0:01:46.83
5	Jeremy Matson	0:01:49.36

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Cat. 3 Men 30-39
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Joaquin Canizales	0:07:29.98

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Cat. 1 Men 40+
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Dennis Laclair	0:05:02.18
2	Derek Pierce	0:00:02.32
3	Fred Bassett	0:00:16.73
4	Darrell Szlachetka	0:00:21.76
5	Thomas Anderson	0:00:22.73
6	Doug Wilson	0:00:31.65
7	Rich Decarlo	0:00:33.22
8	Ed Smith	0:00:35.90
9	Reid Kiniry	0:00:56.38
10	Richard Rude	0:01:04.45
11	John Palloto	0:02:08.69

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Cat. 2 Men 40+
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Frank Enderson	0:05:57.29
2	George Bodycoat	0:01:25.72

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Cat. 1 Women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Susan Del Pino	0:06:11.70
2	Becky Gardner	0:00:22.09
3	Charlene Smith	0:00:22.53
4	Kate Parhiala	0:00:45.12

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Cat. 2/3 Women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Rebecca Bagley	0:06:53.72
2	Laura Drenen	0:00:01.84
3	Miranda Cox	0:01:46.67
4	Jennifer Tammam	0:03:42.10
5	Jennel Ortiz	0:06:20.59

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.