Bobcat Riders Dominate Home Track Over the Weekend Article Date: 2009-09-17

BANNER ELK, N.C. -- The Lees-McRae men’s and women’s cycling teams compete at the home race courses Saturday and Sunday in the downhill, short track and dual shalom events.

The downhill race was a technical rocky and rooty terrain. Ben Hulse brought home the victory in the men’s A downhill by fractions of a second. In the women’s A downhill race, Hannah Trimble took second, and Kerry Werner, as the lone Lees-McRae rider, in the men’s B downhill race won the event.

Next up was the Short Track race with a field of 37 riders in the men’s A on a very tight and technical course. Top Bobcat honors went to Brad Perley with a second place finish. In the women’s A race Carla Swart, last year’s national champion, won the event. In the men’s B race, Sam Keesler won by a wide margin of victory, and Kathryn Smith concluded with a win in the women’s B race.

Men’s A Downhill Women’s A Downhill Men’s B Downhill

1^st Ben Hulse 2^nd Hannah Trimble 1^st Kerry Werner

4^th PJ Noto 4^th Erica Zaveta

5^th Steve Solt 12^th Jo Markham

28^th Ben Corbalis

34^th Peter Haile

38^th Sean Condrin

Men’s A Short Track Women’s A Short Track Men’s B Short Track Women’s B Short Track

2^nd Brad Perley 1^st Carla Swart 1^st Sam Keesler 1^st Kathryn Smith

4^th Eric Thompson 3^rd Jo Markham

5^th Peter Haile 4^th Erica Zaveta

7^th Jon Doyle 7^th Ally Stacher

14^th Nick Dale 13^th Chloe Jackson

22^nd Kerry Werner 14^th Kira Shoemaker

23^rd Zach Felpel

27^th Nate Trimble

28^th Nathan Larson

29^th Sondre Thorbergsen

31^st Ben Corbalis

37^th Scott Stewart

Starting Saturday and finishing with the final 16 men’s A and final 8 in all other fields was the Dual Slalom race. Top women’s A finisher was Dual Slalom Collegiate National Champion Chloe Jackson. In the men’s A race top bobcat honors went to PJ Noto with a fourth place finish, and in the men’s B race once again Kerry Werner took home the win. In the men’s A cross country with Brad Perley once again putting together a brilliant ride that had him in first until a flat with a mile to go left him running in to a second place finish; and Carla Swart leveled the competition in the women’s A race winning by an astounding margin. Sam Keesler and Kathryn Smith again snatched victory away in the men’s and women’s B races.

Men’s A Dual Slalom Women’s A Dual Slalom Men’s B Dual Slalom

4^th PJ Noto 1^st Chloe Jackson 1^st Kerry Werner

6^th Ben Corbalis 4^th Erica Zaveta

16^th Steve Solt 10^th Ally Stacher

11^th Jo Markham

16^th Hannah Trimble

Men’s A XC Women’s A XC Men’s B XC Women’s B XC

2^nd Brad Perley 1^st Carla Swart 1^st Sam Keesler 1^st Kathryn Smith

4^th Peter Haile 4^th Jo Markham

8^th Nick Dale 5^th Ally Stacher

10^th Jon Doyle

12^th Nate Trimble

14^th Nathan Larson

19^th Sondre Thorbergsen

23^rd Ben Corbalis