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Super D and Downhill Results;

Super D

Junior Men; 2. Joe Autry, 3. Chase Orrick, 4. Howard Grotts, 5. Gino Pastore, 8. Stephan Davoust, 22. Levi Kurlander of 31.

Junior Women; 1. Alicia Rose Pastore, 2. Hannah Madden, 3. Kaila Hart, 5. Joan Walker of 9

19+ Men; 14. Daniel Walker of 27

Open Men; 7. Chad Cheeney of 18

19+ Women; 8. Annie Cheeney of 10

Downhill

Jr Expert Men; 13. Kyle Horn

Semi Pro Men; 8. Evan Elliott of 26

Junior Sport Men; 16. Joe Autry of 40

Junior Sport U-14; 4. Gino Pastore, 10. Sepp Kuss

Expert Men; 2. Chad Cheeney

Cross Country Results;

Beginner 14 and under; 1. Stephan Davoust, 2. Levi Kurlander, 4. Collin Francom, 5. Hank Stowers, 9. Chris Blevins of 16 racers.

Sport Women 18 and under; 1. Kaila Hart, 2. Hannah Madden, 3. Joan Walker, 5. Sarah Autry, 6. Kaylee Blevins (first U14 DEVO girl to race ever!)  of 9 racers

Sport Men 18 and under; 1. Gino Pastore, Sepp Kuss got lost while roosting

Junior expert women; 1. Alicia Rose Pastore by 16 mins.

Junior expert men; 3. Howard Grotts, 12. Chase Orrick, 14. Kyle Horn

DEVO Coaches and Alumni;

1st Sport Women 30+ Annie Cheeney

2nd Sport 19-29 Evan Elliott

2nd Pro Men Tad Elliott 6:30 off Treefarm

3rd 19-29 expert Brenden Shafer

3rd Singlespeed Robin Guillaume

Day one went well for the Durango DEVO squad. After longer than expected travel due to road work, the teams were eager to hit the course for some sweet pre-ride action. Coach Chad led the first wave on the course and was excited to see a change from last years fire road descent. This year, the descent joins up with the downhill course and sends the xcers down a steep, dusty, bermed out track that really tests the skills of the young rippers. Coaches Kricket and Annie led out the second wave which saw Howard crash in the very downhill described above, and bend his derailuer hanger. Joan rode her brand new Orbea, the teams latest bike sponsor, and giggled a bunch. After all that tasty mountain air, the teams reunited in the team condo, where chef Chad cooked up spaghetti, salad, and buttered bread. Thirteen strong, the footsteps and chatter from the condo was loud with excitement after dinner. Last minute lubing, derailuer hanger bending, and testing oneanothers bikes filled the last hour of sunlight. Lights out at 10. If only it were that easy. Tomorrow brings the first event, the cross country begins at 8am. 

The U-14 and U-19 mens and womens teams will be in Crested Butte this weekend for the Wildflower Rush. Events start saturday with the cross country followed by sundays’ super downhill and downhill races. Check back here through the weekend for updates on the racing action.

Have a nice weekend

Coach Chad

June 16th

* from now on, B category racers will start at 6pm and A racers to follow at 6:30pm

B Women; 1. Hannah Madden, 2. Kaila Hart, 3. Joan Walker, 4. Summer Ellefson

B Men; 1. Elliott Saslow, 2. Daniel Walker, 3. Jack Ellefson

A Women; 1. Alicia Rose Pastore, 2. Kricket Lewis

A Men; 1. Travis Brown, 2. Tad Elliott, 3. Troy Wells, 4. Andy Schultz, 5, Cale Redpath (1×1,) 6. Miles Venzara, 7. Drew Etsall, 8. Dustin Wanstrath, 9. Eric McCalister, 10. Mike Wilk, 11. Brendan Shafer, 12. Martin Cox, 13. Joe Schneider, 14. Howard Grotts, 15. Gino Pastore, 16. Lars Ellefson, 17. Chase Orrick, 18. Sepp Kuss, 19. Joe Burtoni, 20. Kyle Horn

Tonight is the night. The Factory Trails are located on the southernmost tip of the Fort Lewis College campus. To get there, ride you bike to the southernmost tip of the campus mesa. See ya there. A $5 donation to the DEVO team will cover ya.

The date has been changed from the 16th of August to August 30th for Durango Mountain Resort and Durango DEVO’s uphill mtb race. The name for the event has not been picked yet, so if you have any good ideas, contact chad@durangodevo.com.

Tuesday morning, the U-19 mens team met up with 20 summer school students at miller middle school. Mrs. Winston Dines’ class was all ears for the 30 min talk on developing passion for things and stuff like that. The students interests ranged from skateboarding to video games. Daniel, Kyle, Chase, Howard and coach Chad talked of their introduction to mountain bike racing and how it has positively effected their lives.

This weekend I tested the waters in the BMX scene here in Durango and man was it cool. I highly suggest giving BMX a chance. It was not only super fun on the bike, ripping the track, but just being around all the cool little rippers was worth it. There are tons of race dates on the weekends and on wednesday nights. DEVO riders, Stephan Davoust, Chris Blevins, Shane Ellis, Tilden Berriman, Adam Short and Wyatt were all there throwing down. Super fun. Check out their website for more info at DurangoBMX.com.

See you out there

Coach Chad

Last timeses results.

Friday the 13th was fast up ol’ Telephone Hill. A large number of the Dyrango DEVO squad set personal bests on this day. Nice work team! *(pr) means personal record

U-19 Ladies

Hannah 26:24(pr), Kayla 26:35, Joan 27:08, Alicia 20:07(pr)

U-19 Men

Kyle 19:03, Howard 18:06, Daniel 26:30

U-14 Girls

Lily 30:34(pr), Emily 31:46(pr), Amy 31:15(pr), Avra 39:48(pr), Elyse 31:23(pr), Hannah Q 28:58(pr), Martina 34:42(pr), Hanna 34:41(pr)

U-14 Boys 

Gino 18:06, Sepp 19:52(pr), Stephan 22:05(pr), Chris 22:47, Collin 23:27(pr), Levi 24:49, Elliott 25:57(pr), Hank 28:59, Tucker 25:53(pr), James 29:54, Haakon 22:17(pr)

Role Models/Coaches

Coach Annie 27:13(pr), Coach Evan 19:30, FLC Coach Dave 19:59, Coach Jess 34:43, Tad 15:23(pr), Coach Chad 17:16, Lars 18:27

The next DEVO Telegraph Time Trial is July 25th 8-10am.

June 11th

B Open Male; 1. Doug Boykin, 2. Scott Simmons, 3. Field Blevins, 4. Steve Autry, 5. Chris Blevins, 6. Levi Kurlander, 7. Elliott Slaslow, 8. James Shahan 

B Open Female; 1. Hannah Madden, 2. Kaila Hart, 3. Joan Walker, 4. Sarah Autry, 5. Kaylee Blevins, 6. Emily Schaldach, 7. Elyse Massone, 8. Hannah Quick, 9. Avra Slaslow, 10. Martina Panzee

Jr DEVO; Derrick, Adam, Devin, Drew, Kevin, Tilden, Bryce, Grace, Quinn, Ellie, Liam, Wiley, Emorey, Colby, and Abbey

A Women Open; 1. Alicia Rose Pastore, 2. Teal Stetson-Lee

A Men Open; 1. Travis Brown, 2. Tad Elliott, 3. Frank Mapel, 4. Miles Venzara, 5. Chad Wells, 6. Dustin Wanstrath 7. Chad Cheeney, 8. Howard Grotts, 9. Gino Pastore, 10. Joe Burtoni, 11. Chase Orrick, 12. Martin Cox, 13. Kyle Horn, 14. Andrew Wait, 15. Sepp Kuss

Watching kids race, or ride bikes is awesome. Thanks to Brenda, Tim, and Ken at Three Springs. Tim and his cool crew at Zia. Jeanne and Mark, Raquel, Pricilla, Claudia, Bob and Miles for their help with the registration and course set up. And a special thanks to all the parents of kids who ride bikes, you are doing good work.

Results from this first of a bunch, short track race series, will be up soon. Stay tuned as the series schedule will receive a last minute change for several venues. The next scheduled Three Springs races will be July 9th, and August 13th. Sweet!

Tonight is the night to kick off the DEVO short track series out at Three Springs. Registration will begin at 5pm with the first race starting at 5:30 for the B men and women. 6pm will see the elementary aged Jr DEVO riders shredding the course with their fresh skills from spring practice. 6:30 will start the A men and women. The circuit course is a 3-6min lap with a gradual packed dirt climb, to a sandy sweet, wide descent, and a long finishing strait. Zia Taquaria will be serving burritos at the Three Springs hangout area from 6:30 to 8pm. Local musician Robin Davis will be entertaining during the post race grub-fest. Cost for the event is $10 to race and 7$ for the sweet Zia bag dinner. All proceeds go towards the running of the Durango DEVO team. Thanks for the support and we’ll see you there.