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Hundreds of mountain bikers flocked to Cortez for the 12 Hours of Mesa Verde event Saturday at the famed Phil\u2019s World Mountain Bike Trail.<\/p>\n
Athletes could compete solo or in teams of four. Tamara Donelson, a 43-year-old from Edwards, was the first finisher of the women\u2019s solo race and the only competitor in the category to finish seven laps, as she finished in 11 hours, 30 minutes, 54 seconds. Suzie Livingston of Fort Collins was second. Eirin MacLaren of Mancos was fifth, while Durango\u2019s Liz Carrington was seventh.<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s solo top finisher was Mike Mcauley, a 37-year-old from Crested Butte. He finished seven laps in 9:55:46. Five men finished all seven laps, as Nathan Berg of Albuquerque was second and Graham Robinson of Cortez was third. Robinson finished in 10:24:07. Durango\u2019s Lee James Paustain finished sixth, Moses Cooper of Durango was 15th, Scott Arter of Cortez was 18th, Dolores\u2019 Scott Clow was 19th, Durango\u2019s Bryan Lott was 21st and Durango\u2019s Mark Mastalski finished 22nd. Christopher Brock of Cortez also placed 32nd.<\/p>\n
Some solo competitors even opted for a singlespeed attack of the course. Grand Junction\u2019s Nicholas Sandstrom was first in 10:42:21, while Durango\u2019s Travis Palmer also did all seven laps and finished in 11:12:54. Veronika Hewitt of Dillon was the top woman on a singlespeed, as she did six laps in 10:59:28. Durango\u2019s Stuart Buergler finished sixth overall in singlespeed, while Durango\u2019s Ted Compton was 14th.<\/p>\n
Another 13 solo riders competed at the age of 50-or-over. Crested Butte\u2019s Sean Riley was first, as he did six laps in 9:49:53. Durango\u2019s Kevin Hall was fourth in 11:35:36. Dolores\u2019 Stephen Axt also placed sixth, while Mancos\u2019 William Vaughn was 11th.<\/p>\n
The co-ed race was won by the team named Snot Spit & Fury, made up of Bettina Wills, Jeff Fox, Michael Grajeda and Terry Gorsuch. They won after completing eight laps in 10:26:10. Another group of Caitlyn Kneller, Dale Knelle, Ben Kneller and Todd Wells did eight laps in 11:09:08.<\/p>\n
The all-female team \u201cLady Sharks\u201d won in 11:16:41 with riders Trish Thomas, Elizabeth Lanman and Sarah Warren. They were the only all-women\u2019s team to finish eight laps.<\/p>\n
The all-men\u2019s team \u201cBad Hombres\u201d won after doing nine laps in 11:03:14. The team was made up of Cody Stephenson, Alec Pasqualina, Bryan Alders and Dave Schell.<\/p>\n
The 50-and-over team \u201cRippin Geezers\u201d of Grajeda, Fox, Andrew Ward and Charles Shaw won in 11:15:19 as the only squad to complete eight laps in the category.<\/p>\n
The under-19 co-ed team of Durango\u2019s Ruth Holcomb, Maddie Jo Robbins, Riley Amos and Ian Kutzleb won with nine laps completed in 11:11:08. Another Durango squad of Abbey Shepard, Lauren Aggeler, Nick Glotfelty and Sean Holley finished seven laps in 11:06:11.<\/p>\n
The under-19 girls team race was won by Durango\u2019s Maggie Holcomb, Hannah Garvey and Willow Lott with seven laps completed in 10:30:49.<\/p>\n
The under-19 boys team race was claimed by Tate Larking, Euan Lamprecht and Isaac Zabriskie, who did eight laps in 11:00:57. The Cortez-based High Desert Devo team of Thorin Howell, Gabe Frizzell, Tyson Schmidlin and Will Brown did seven laps in 10:59:50.<\/p>\n
The team singlepeed race was won by Will McDonald, Dax Massey and Nathan Miller, as they did eight laps in 10:13:07. The duo singlespeed race was claimed by Aaron Adams and Darrell Roundy with eight laps completed in 10:44:46.<\/p>\n
The two-person co-ed team of KC and Chris Holley did eight laps in 10:46:03 to win the category. The two-woman team of Becky Edmiston and Hannah Bingham did seven laps in 10:07:08. The two-man team of Christopher Baddick and Samuel Dolzani won with nine laps in 10:53:51.<\/p>\n
The 50-and-over duo of Stuart Mann and Todd Barth did eight laps to win their category in 11:38:27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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