Montana crowns scholastic mountain bike state champions in Helena

While Montana's most illustrious alumni were on display internationally - Butte's Levi Leipheimer at the Tour of Missouri, Missoula's Sam Schultz at the Mountain Bike World Cup inChampéry Switzerland and Bozeman's Tejay Van Garderen finishing second in the biggest road cycling stage race in the world for Under 23 racers at the Tour de l'Avenir), the next generation was just getting started at the Montana Scholastic Mountain Bike State Championships in Helena. With 24 racers in the middle school championships and seven in the high school category, the second annual event doubled in field-size in just one year.

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High school boys
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Eric Carlson (Helena Dynamos)0:57:59
2Colton McCullough (Helena Dynamos)0:03:32
-1lapHans Harris (Helena Dynamos)Row 2 - Cell 2
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High school girls
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Tara Hines (Helena Dynamos)0:59:06
2Mara Menehan (Helena Dynamos)0:01:59
-1lapSidney Barrey (Helena Dynamos)Row 2 - Cell 2
DNFShawn Loy (Helena Dynamos)Row 3 - Cell 2
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Middle school boys
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Landon Beckner (Helena Dynamos)0:45:23
2Alex Bardsley (Missoula/Unatt.)0:04:04
3Atticus Proctor (Helena Dynamos)0:04:08
-1lapAndriy Proctor (Helena Dynamos)Row 3 - Cell 2
-1lapSam Miller (Bozeman/Unatt.)Row 4 - Cell 2
-1lapSean Kiely (Helena Dynamos)Row 5 - Cell 2
-1lapSawyer Linke (Helena Dynamos)Row 6 - Cell 2
-2lapsGarret Carlson (Helena Dynamos)Row 7 - Cell 2
-2lapsTodd Thayer (MslaSheepheads)Row 8 - Cell 2
-2lapsColin Habeck (Helena Dynamos)Row 9 - Cell 2
-2lapsCameron Dole (Helena Dynamos)Row 10 - Cell 2
-2lapsSilas Rea (Helena Dynamos)Row 11 - Cell 2
-2lapsKeenan Charlton (Helena Dynamos)Row 12 - Cell 2
-2lapsKeaton Habeck (Helena Dynamos)Row 13 - Cell 2
-3lapsJonah Elston (Helena Dynamos)Row 14 - Cell 2
-3lapsAndy Harris (Helena Dynamos)Row 15 - Cell 2
-3lapsBenji Nallick (Bozeman/GAS)Row 16 - Cell 2
-3lapsJacob Rex (Helena Dynamos)Row 17 - Cell 2
-3lapsJosh Barrows (Helena Dynamos)Row 18 - Cell 2
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Middle school girls
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Erika Ackerlund (Helena Dynamos)0:51:42
2Hadley Schoderbeck (Helena Dynamos)0:00:15
-1lapJulianne Jones (Helena Dynamos)Row 2 - Cell 2
-1lapJacki Copenhaver (Helena Dynamos)Row 3 - Cell 2
-3lapsMacKenzie Dexter (Helena Dynamos)Row 4 - Cell 2

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