XTERRA East Press Guide 08

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XTERRA - CELEBRATING 10 YEARS IN RICHMOND
This June 14-15 Richmond's epic outdoor adventure opportunities are
on display with more than a dozen different dirt-and-river themed
races. Highlighting it all is the XTERRA East Championship, the
gnarliest off-road triathlon on the planet, which first came to
Richmond back in 1999.
XTERRA in the 804 is urban adventure at its finest with a bizarre
combination of natural and man-made obstacles and the best
metropolitan trail system in the country. Indeed, the epic ride through
the James River Parks System lures athletes from more than 35
states and pros from around the world.
There are a ton of great events for locals too, like the off-road halfmarathon Xduro trail run, the legendary XTERRA James River
Scramble 10k, made-for-fun time trials for dogs and their owners, and
free XTERRA Kids Zone activities. To make it even sweeter the
James River Adventure Games offers up swimming, mountain biking,
rowing, kayak, and canoe races, plus live music and fireworks.
In Richmond, the key to the city opens the door to adventure...
T A B L E
O F
C O N T E N T S
XTERRA Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Weekend Schedule of Events and activities descriptions . . . . . . . . . . .6-11
Richmond Course Description, Map, and Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-13
Pro Start List, Race Favorites, and PROfiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-30
Past XTERRA East Championship Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-36
XTERRA U.S. Pro Series Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37-41
XTERRA America Tour Series Info and Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42-44
2008 XTERRA Global Tour Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
2008 XTERRA Trail Run Series Overview and Schedule . . . . . . . . . .46-47
XTERRA Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
XTERRA Eco Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
XTERRA World Championship Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
XTERRA Beginnings and the World of XTERRA now . . . . . . . . . . . . .51-52
About TEAM Unlimited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
For further information contact Trey Garman at 808-216-8606 or trey@xterraplanet.com
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THE XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP SPONSOR TEAM
The XTERRA East Championship is presented by Paul Mitchell and XTERRA Gear.com. Sponsors include Breeder’s
Choice, GU, Gatorade, Rodale, Zorrel, B103, and the Nevada Commission on Tourism.
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MEDIA INFORMATION
The XTERRA East Championship Press Guide is designed to provide the media with useful information about the 2008
race, the pros competing in it, and XTERRA in general. Below are additional items of interest:
Complete race coverage can be found online at xterraplanet.com
TEAM Unlimited will record and post full race results on the web, and will email results upon request.
During the championship race a media van will escort interested press members to key strategic locations
throughout the course to track leaders and course happenings, and get the best possible images.
Please arrange a seat on the van in advance.
TEAM Unlimited will not operate a press room in Richmond; however, we will accomodate any specific
requests within reason.
Professional, high-resolution, full-color images from the race will be available to the media after the event at
http://xterraphotos.com. Contact Trey Garman to obtain the password, or to have photos sent directly to you.
DIRECT ALL MEDIA INQUIRIES AND REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO:
Trey Garman, Vice President
808-216-8606 (cell) or trey@xterraplanet.com
TEAM Unlimited - 720 Iwilei Road, Suite 290 - Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
DIRECTIONS TO BROWN’S ISLAND
From the North and West
Take 64 east to 95 south or just 95 south to the 3rd
Street/Coliseum/Downtown Exit #75. You will be on 3rd
Street. Go about 1 mile and at the 11th light, make a left
on Byrd Street. Once over the hill, take your first right,
this is 5th Street. 5th street dead ends into Brown's
Island.
From the East
Take 64 west to the 5th Street/Downtown/Coliseum Exit
#190. Proceed straight through traffic light, you'll be
on 5th Street. Take 5th street for 1 mile until it dead
ends into Brown's.
From the South
Take 95 north to the Broad Street Exit #74C. Take the West/Coliseum direction. After a ramp takes you towards the right,
you will then merge on to Broad Street. At the 5th traffic light, take a left on 8th Street. Take 8th street to the 5th light and
make a right on Byrd Street. Take Byrd Street to the 2nd light and make a left on 5th Street. 5th street dead ends into
Brown's Island.
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XTERRA KIDS ZONE
The XTERRA Kids Zone on Saturday is a daylong schedule of events providing youngsters with the chance to participate
like their parents in a positive and fun environment. Camp activities include the Shimano Youth Series bike race, Kids
sprint, skills riding course, cargo climbing net, balance beam, and soccer style penalty-kick shootout.
Entry is free and all participants receive fun prizes and awards!
Key Times - Saturday, June 7:
9am-4pm - XTERRA Kids Zone Challenge Stations Open
10:30am - Kids Scramble Jr. one-mile trail run
12:00pm - Shimano Youth Series Kids Bike Race
2:00pm - XTERRA Kids Sprint
Note: Parents must register their children prior to participating in
Base Camp activities.
The Department of Health, in conjunction with the Mid-Atlantic
Off-Road Enthusiasts club are properly fitting - then giving away
kids bicycle helmets all day Saturday.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Brown’s Island - Richmond, VA
June 14-15, 2008
FRIDAY, JUNE 13
6:30am
Friday Cheers – Dirty Dozen Brass Band with Southside Funk (Free)
SATURDAY, JUNE 14
6:30am
XTERRA James River Scramble 10k and Xduro 21k Packet Pickup
7:30am
XTERRA Richmond Xduro 21k start - A Benefit for the James River Park System
8:00am
XTERRA James River Scramble 10k - 1st wave - A Benefit for the James River Park System
8:08/8:16/8:24am
XTERRA James River Scramble 10k - 2nd, 3rd, and 4th wave starts
9:00am
XTERRA Expo Open - Exhibits, Food Booths
9:00am-4pm
XTERRA Kids Zone - Challenge Stations Open
9:00am-5:00pm
XTERRA and XTERRA Sport Registration and Packet Pick-up
10:00am
XTERRA University, presented by Paul Mitchell – Trail Run with Jenny Tobin and Josiah Middaugh
10:00am
Breeder’s Choice XTERRA K9 Challenge Registration/Packet Pickup
10:30am
XTERRA Xduro/James River Scramble Awards Ceremony
10:30am
Kids Scramble Jr. one-mile trail run - Belle Isle
11:00am
Belle Isle Bike Trials - Belle Isle
11:00am
Breeder’s Choice XTERRA Dog Walk start
11:00am
Breeder’s Choice XTERRA K9 Challenge Course open for practice
11:00am
XTERRA Mountain Bike Urban Assault start
11:00am
XTERRA University, presented by Paul Mitchell - Mountain Biking w/Danelle Kabush & Mike Vine
12:00pm
XTERRA Kids Zone - Shimano Youth Series Bike Race (free)
12:00-1:30pm
Registration for River City Rodeo Kayak / Canoe Freestyle Competition
12:00pm
Kahuna's XTERRA Champs and XTERRA Sport Race Briefing
12:30pm
XTERRA University, presented by Paul Mitchell - Art of XTERRA
Hosted by Melanie McQuaid, Conrad Stoltz, Seth Wealing and Jenny Smith
1:00pm
Breeder’s Choice XTERRA K9 Challenge Start
1:30pm
XTERRA University, presented by Paul Mitchell - Swimming with Candy Angle and Dominic Gillen
2:00pm
XTERRA Kids Zone - Kids Sprint (free)
2:00pm
River City Rodeo Kayak/Canoe Freestyle Competition - Hollywood Rapid
4:00pm
Brown's Island Expo Close
6:00pm
Bike Trials Finals
6:30pm
Free Concert on Brown's Island featuring The Coal Men and DJ Williams Projekt
9:30pm
Fireworks Extravaganza
SUNDAY, JUNE 15
6:30am
Transition Open for Set-up and Body Marking
8:00am
XTERRA Sport Race Start
9:00am
Expo Open - Exhibits, Food Booths
10:00am-2pm
Paul Mitchell Cut-a-thon, a benefit for Challenged Athletes Foundation
9:00am
XTERRA East Championship Race Start
11:00/11:30am
XTERRA East Championship Male/Female Winners Expected
1:30pm
XTERRA Cut-off at T2
1:30pm
XTERRA East Championship Awards Ceremony
3:00pm
Expo Close
As of 5/23/08. Schedule subject to change.
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OFF-ROAD SPORTS FESTIVAL
More than just a race, the XTERRA East Championship is filled with festivities for the entire family.
THE EXPO
The gathering place and headquarters for all the outdoor action is Brown’s Island. Come down and jump
around to the beat of music, smell of bbq, and sight of
great racing action. Visitors can get a professional
haircut from the best Paul Mitchell stylists in Virginia,
style-up with XTERRA Gear apparel, and stay fueled
with the latest in GU Energy Gel formulas. It's a
weekend festival specifically designed to get you out
and active.
The XTERRA Village at Brown’s Island is the best
place to watch the race. Open from 9am-4pm on
Saturday and Sunday.
Founded to help physically challenged athletes reach their
athletic goals, the non-profit Challenged Athletes Foundation is
the official charity of the Paul Mitchell Cut-a-thon at each stop on
the XTERRA US Champioinship Series. Stylists will cut hair from
10am-2pm on Sunday.
JAMES RIVER
ADVENTURE GAMES
Get ready, get set for two days filled with fun and
adventure on the James! The James River Adventure
Games provides a myriad of outdoor sports
competitions, live music, and fireworks. It’s the ultimate
outdoor sports party in the heart of Richmond!
For details on the different events visit...
www.sportsbackers.org
CHALLENGED
ATHLETES
FOUNDATION
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XTERRA RICHMOND XDURO
OFF-ROAD HALF-MARATHON
A BENEFIT FOR THE
JAMES RIVER PARK SYSTEM
This year for the first time ever XTERRA is offering an offroad half-marathon distance trail run - the XTERRA
Richmond 21k Xduro! It features the same great riverfront
attributes shared by the James River Scramble 10k
including Brown’s Island, the Canal Walk, James River
Park, Belle Isle, and the Floodwall, but throws in another
six+ miles of adventure in Forest Hill Park! With features
like the “Mayan Ruins” climb and rock hopping across the
riverbed known as the “dry way”, you'll be immersed in a
truly unique XTERRA experience.
XTERRA
JAMES RIVER
SCRAMBLE 10K
A BENEFIT FOR THE
Richmond Mid-Atlantic
Off-Road Enthusiasts
Not your ordinary 10k! The “Scramble” has attracted a
sold-out field of more than 1,000 runners for years due to
its challenging and ultra-interesting features. It is certain
to be the most visually stimulating and fun 10k you’ve ever
experienced.
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XTERRA UNIVERSITY
Presented by Paul Mitchell
Learn the art of XTERRA from the best off-road multisport
athletes on the planet. XTERRA U is a must for firsttimers and anyone looking to sharpen their skills in
swimming, mountain biking, trail running, and nutrition.
The pros will even break down into Oak Mountain course
specifics and answer any and all questions. Best part is,
these hands-on clinics are FREE.
Attend all the lessons or pick your discipline
(see schedule for start times);
- Trail Running with Jenny Tobin and Josiah Middaugh
- Mountain Biking with Danelle Kabush and Mike Vine
- The Art of XTERRA (Transition, Nutrition, Training, and
Course Tips) with expert panel of Jenny Smith, Conrad
Stoltz, Melanie McQuaid, and Seth Wealing
- Swimming with Candy Angle and Dominic Gillen
$25 entry includes t-shirt, doggie bandana, dog tag, and
$5 donation to Petco Foundation. Entry fee includes
walk, challenge, or both! Sign-up onsite Sat. @ 10am.
BREEDER’S CHOICE
XTERRA K9 CHALLENGE & WALK
Made for Fun obstacle course time trials
for dogs and their owners
A 20-yard sprint, a speed-crawl through a tunnel, a bounding
leap over a 2-foot-high block, a hairpin turn into a set of mixed
sized step-overs, another cutting turn to a teeter-totter, up,
over, one last jump, then a 15-yard sprint to the finish. This is
the brand new Breeder’s Choice XTERRA K9 Challenge - a
timed race with owner-dog teams competing against the clock
on a combined trail run and obstacle course. Completing the
challenge will take anywhere from 20 seconds to one minute,
and it’s not limited to highly trained or specialized dogs so all
are welcome to participate in this “made for fun” event.
Plus, don’t miss the dog walk at 11am, a scenic 2k stroll
and the perfect warm-up for the challenge.
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XTERRA RACING
RELAY TEAM CHALLENGE
Athletes now have more incentive than ever to forge
together units of two or three people and challenge
XTERRA as a team in either the sport or
championship race. The top three teams in each relay
division will get invited to race for the national team
championship at Lake Tahoe (Oct. 4), GU is giving
away generous heaps of swags to participants, and
entry fees were slashed dramatically for teams.
This is the best way to get started in XTERRA, and
the crew will even help pair up individuals, so if you
need a teammate to complete a relay squad, simply
send an e-mail to info@xterraplanet.com.
XTERRA SPORT
Jumping into a full-distance XTERRA the first time out can be
intimidating – that’s why organizers created the XTERRA Sport
race. The sport competition uses the same course, but cuts
each discipline in half. This race is ideal for newcomers,
offering a great introduction to the rigors of XTERRA.
500-METER SWIM - 19-KILOMETER MTB - 7K TRAIL RUN
THE MAIN EVENT
At the XTERRA East Championship professional
athletes vie for thousands in cash while amateurs race
for points towards regional standings and spots into the
XTERRA USA and World Championship races. Read
on for information on how the series works, a course
description, pro purse distribution, last year’s winners
and more...
1K SWIM - 29K MOUNTAIN BIKE - 11K TRAIL RUN
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RICHMOND IS ALL ABOUT THAT CRAZY, EPIC COURSE
The Richmond course is classic, and renowned for having some of the most technical trails in XTERRA despite being in
the heart of a big city. It starts with a 1k swim (0.6-miles), follows with a 29k (18.3-mile) mountain bike, and finishes with
a 11k (6.8-mile) trail run. The swim has become a poster child for the XTERRA creed that "Mother Nature is your toughest competitor". It's slated to start at the boat ramp at Brown's Island, where competitors swim across the James River
to Belle Isle, get out of the water - shuffle a few hundred feet across Belle - and then swim back. The James isn't very
cooperative, however, so expect the unexpected. The bike is just as crazy. Riders go under and over bridges, through
tunnels, and up stairs. Thanks to countless hours of volunteer work on the Northtrail over the last couple of years a full
loop has been created that connects the north and south James River trails via the Boulevard Bridge to the west and the
Belle Island footbridge to the east. The course staples include the Buttermilk trail, Belle Isle sections, tough short climbs
and fast downhills through Forest Hills Park, and the man-made miracle "Hodson Ramp". The run starts easy enough, a
pleasant jog along the canal, across the river, and on top of the floodwall with a great view of the city. Then athletes turn
onto a dirt trail and suddenly an 80-foot vertical climb up railroad ties stares them in the face. They call it the Mayan
ruins because it looks just as gnarly as a 2000-year-old temple. After that quad burner, things get easy again for a little
while but all kinds of climbs and twists and turns lie ahead. A cool section of forested singletrack meanders through the
woods along the river, leading to a water crossing over a small island where athletes encounter rocky terrain and the
legendary riverbed crossing. From there racers climb up an old iron ladder to Belle Isle, cross over the James on the
footbridge, and head back to Brown's for the finish.
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PICTURES FROM THE COURSE
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PROS TO WATCH
The men’s pro race favorite is Conrad “The Caveman” Stoltz
from South Africa – the reigning XTERRA World Champ –
who has won the last three XTERRA East Championship
titles and was second in 2003 and 2004. His stiffest competition may come from his running mate, fellow countryman and rising star Dan Hugo, 23, who upstaged Stoltz to
win the XTERRA South Africa crown back in April and kept
it close at the West Championships in California to finish in
second.
America’s best chance at victory has to be Seth Wealing –
the 2006 XTERRA USA Champion who was second here
last year. Other legitimate contenders include Canadian
Mike Vine – who won this race back in 2001, was third last
year, and is at his best on technical mountain bike and run
courses like Richmond.
The local favorite has to be Dominic Gillen who won the
Off-Road Duathlon National Championship on these same
trails back in April. Gillen has finished in the top five here in
three of his last four attempts including a 3rd in 2003. Look
for Craig Evans from Spring Hill, TN to led this race coming
out of the water, and watch out for Aussie Andrew Noble to
catch some guys on the run.
THE WOMEN’S RACE
With Jamie Whitmore, the sports all-time winningest athlete,
on the sideline recovering from having a spindle cell
sarcoma (A nerve tumor with cancer) removed from her
pelvic area, 3x XTERRA World Champ Melanie McQuaid
from Canada is clearly the gal to beat. McQuaid finished
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2nd to Whitmore at this race in four of the last five years
(and won it in 2004). McQuaid showed fine form in winning
the West regionals convincingly last month.
Perhaps her most intriguing opponent is first-year pro
Marion Summerer from Germany who placed second in
California and had the fastest run. Summerer will be coming in from the XTERRA European Championship being
held in Italy.
This is also the race to watch out for the mountain bike
specialists like Jenny Smith (third last year), Shonny
Vanlandingham (a 7-time U.S. National Mountain Bike team
member), and Danelle Kabush (5th here in 2006 and 2nd at
the XTERRA World Champs two years ago). Kabush took
last year off while having a baby.
A pair of newcomers to the sport – Lesley Paterson from
the UK and Christine Jeffrey from Canada – were
impressive in their debuts at the West Champs and clearly
worthy of note. XTERRA Vet Jenny Tobin pulled off her best
performance in years in California finishing in third, and this
kind of run course with lots of hills will play into her
strengths.
You also can’t count out the 2002 XTERRA World Champ
Candy Angle who’s had the best swim and finished third
here four of the last five years, or the continually improving
Amber Monforte who made the podium in Cali last month.
Regardless of the outcome, it is assured to be a thrilling
race on both the men’s and women’s side. If the favorites
play out it’ll be Stoltz and McQuaid, but with Mother Nature
as the toughest competitor – strange things can, and
usually do happen in the sport of XTERRA.
PRO START LIST
The professionals competing in Richmond are among
the best mountain bikers and triathletes on the planet.
# - Name - Age, Hometown
Rom Akerson - 23, Tambor, Costa Rica
Brian Astell - 27, Gualala, California
Matthew Balzer - 27, Arvada, Colorado
Ryan DeCook - 27, Rochester, Michigan
Craig Evans - 30, Spring Hill, Tennessee
Dominic Gillen - 30, Milford, Connecticut
Damian Gonzalez - 31, Stockton, California
Kelly Guest - 31, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Dan Hugo - 23, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Ryan Ignatz - 29, Boulder, Colorado
Brandon Jessop - 29, Cincinnati, Ohio
Will Kelsay - 26, Boulder, Colorado
Mark Leishman - 29, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Josiah Middaugh - 29, Vail, Colorado
Andrew Noble - 42, Gold Coast, Australia
Branden Rakita - 27, Manitou Springs, Colorado
Conrad Stoltz - 34, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Mike Vine - 35, Victoria, B.C., Canada
Cody Waite - 29, Denver, Colorado
START LIST BY COUNTRY/ALPHA
Pro Men
USA - Brian Astell, Matthew Balzer, Ryan DeCook,
Craig Evans, Dominic Gillen, Damian Gonzalez,
Ryan Ignatz, Brandon Jessop, Will Kelsay, Josiah
Middaugh, Branden Rakita, Cody Waite, Seth
Wealing
AUSTRALIA - Andrew Noble
CANADA - Kelly Guest, Mike Vine
COSTA RICA - Rom Akerson
NEW ZEALAND - Mark Leishman
SOUTH AFRICA - Dan Hugo, Conrad Stoltz
----------------------------------------------------------------Pro Women
USA - Candy Angle, Emma Garrard, Amber
Monforte, Jenny Tobin, Shonny Vanlandingham
CANADA - Christine Jeffrey, Danelle Kabush,
Melanie McQuaid
GERMANY - Marion Summerer
NEW ZEALAND - Jenny Smith
UNITED KINGDOM - Lesley Paterson
Seth Wealing - 29, Boulder, Colorado
# - Women - Age, Hometown
Candy Angle - 37, Weymouth, Massachusetts
Emma Garrard - 26, Truckee, California
Christine Jeffrey - 35, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Danelle Kabush - 33, Canmore, Alberta, Canada
Melanie McQuaid - 34, Victoria, B.C., Canada
Amber Monforte - 29, Reno, Nevada
Lesley Paterson - 28, United Kingdom (San Diego, CA)
Jenny Smith - 34, Westport, New Zealand
Marion Summerer - 26, Freiburg, Germany (Honolulu, HI)
Jenny Tobin - 39, Boise, Idaho
Shonny Vanlandingham - 38, Durango, Colorado
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MEET THE PROS
CONRAD “The Caveman” STOLTZ
Stellenbosch, South Africa
2008 XTERRA West Champion
2001-02 & 2007 XTERRA World Champ
5-time XTERRA U.S. Pro Series Champ
CURRENT 2008 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 1
FINAL 2007 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 1
PERSONAL: Born October 23, 1973…a two-time Olympic
triathlete, finished 20th in 2000 and was the first off the bike,
dnf’d in Athens...started BMX racing at age seven, running
at nine, biathlon at 13, triathlon and cycling at 14, and pro
triathlon at 18...“It’s in my blood.”
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Eighth year.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: A five-time XTERRA U.S.
Pro Series Champion (2001, ‘02, ‘03, ‘05 & ‘07), and the
only three-time men’s pro XTERRA World Champion.
2002: Won in Keystone, California, Tahoe, and Maui.
2003: Won first race at Big Bear, placed 2d in Richmond, 3d
in Keystone, won in Tahoe, and won Pro Points Series.
2004: Placed second in Richmond, 6th in Keystone, second
in Big Bear, and fifth in Tahoe. Finished third in the
XTERRA U.S. Pro Series, and dnf’d at XTERRA Worlds.
2005: Won five straight before placing 2nd in Keystone.
Won XTERRA South Africa, the West, East, and Midwest
Champs in Milwaukee, was second in Keystone before winning the inaugural XTERRA Brazil. Placed second in Tahoe
but still won XTERRA Pro Series title. Placed 9th at Worlds.
2006: Won XTERRA South Africa Championship for 3rd
time, missed the first U.S. race of the year in California with
injuries, returned in time for Alabama where he was fourth,
and a week later he won the East Championship. Placed
8th in Milwaukee after a series of crashes and injuries and
then 4th at the Mountain Championships in Utah.
A pre-ride crash at the XTERRA USA Championship kept
him out of nationals and worlds.
LAST YEAR: Won XTERRA South Africa for fourth straight
year, then the XTERRA West Champs. Won Southeast
Champs in Alabama and East Champs on back-to-back
weekends in June. DNF’d at in Utah because of a mechanical. Won USA Championship and Pro Series title, then
World Champs for third time. Named the Off-Road triathlete
of the year at Endurance Sports Awards.
THIS YEAR: Placed 4th at XTERRA South Africa after a
suffering a flat on the bike course, won the West Champs
for 6th time in his career in May.
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The Caveman
MEET THE PROS
DAN HUGO
2008 XTERRA South Africa Champion
2007 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 19
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Third year.
LAST YEAR: Finished 2nd at XTERRA South Africa and
6th at the XTERRA West Championship. Was in third place
during the bike portion of the Southeast Champs in
Alabama when he crashed and broke his hand. The injury
kept him out for the rest of the season.
THIS YEAR:
Won the XTERRA South Africa
Championship in Western Cape, and was 2nd at XTERRA
West Championship in May (best U.S. finish).
Dan
BRIAN SMITH
Gunnison, Colorado
2008 XTERRA Winter World Champ
PERSONAL: Born November 15, 1975 in Glens Falls,
NY...NORBA XC Pro since 2001...ran track and x-country at
Western State College.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Fifth year.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Top American at
XTERRA Worlds last year and first-ever XTERRA Winter
World Champ this year.
2006: Finished 10th in California while posting the fastest
bike split, 5th in Alabama, his best XTERRA finish ever at
the time, 9th in Richmond, and won the Midwest
Championship in Milwaukee (which was a duathlon format
as swim was cancelled) on August 6. Placed 12th at the
USA Championship and 18th at XTERRA Worlds.
LAST YEAR: Finished 5th at XTERRA West Champs, 7th
at Southeast Champs, DNF in Richmond due to mechanicals, was 3rd at Mountain Champs, 8th at XTERRA USA
Champs and was 6th in the Pro Series. Finished 3rd overall and top American at the XTERRA World Champs.
THIS YEAR: Won the inaugural XTERRA Winter World
Championship (bike, snowshoe, run, randonee) at
Snowbasin Resort in Utah and the Fire and Ice award for
having the fastest combined times at the XTERRA World
Championship and Winter Worlds. Placed 3rd (top
American) at West Champs in May.
Brian
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MEET THE PROS
JOSIAH MIDDAUGH
Vail, Colorado
2004-05/07 XTERRA National Champion
Josiah
PERSONAL: Born July 25, 1978…earned a Bachelor of
Science degree in health fitness from Central Michigan
University where he ran cross country and track….a 3-time
U.S. Snowshoe National Champion (2002, ‘03, ‘08)...an
endurance coach and personal trainer.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Top American in the
XTERRA U.S. Pro Series three of the last four years, 2006
USAT Winter Triathlon National Champion, 2005 USAT
Long Course National Champion, & 5-time North American
Snowshoe Champion. Before turning pro he won 2002
XTERRA USA & World Championships in 20-24 division.
2004: Placed 7th in Richmond, won Keystone, placed third
in Big Bear and Lake Tahoe, and won XTERRA Canada.
Was the top American finisher in Tahoe where he posted the
fastest bike and run, thus named the XTERRA USA
Champion. Placed second in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series.
Was the top American (3rd overall) at Worlds.
2005: Placed 7th in Temecula, 10th in Richmond, 6th in
Milwaukee, and 3rd in Keystone by six seconds. Finished
9th in Tahoe and was sixth in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Points
Series (top American). Was also the top American at the
World Championship (10th overall) for 2nd straight year.
2006: Finished 3rd at Temecula then broke his knee-cap in
a training ride before the second race of the year in
Alabama. Came back in time for Tahoe where he finished
7th, followed that with a 4th at XTERRA Worlds.
LAST YEAR: Finished 4th at the XTERRA West Champs,
3rd in Alabama, 4th in Richmond, and 2nd at the XTERRA
Mountain Champs in Utah. Placed 4th at the XTERRA USA
Championship and 3rd in the Pro Series (top American in
the Series). Was 17th at Worlds due to mechanicals.
THIS YEAR: Placed 2nd at inaugural XTERRA Winter
World Championship in Utah (by a second), won the
USSSA Snowshoe Nationals, and finished 13th along with
teammate Greg Krause in the grueling Cape Epic multi-day
mountain bike stage race in South Africa. Placed 4th at the
West Champs in May.
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MEET THE PROS
SETH WEALING
Boulder, Colorado
2007 XTERRA Mountain Champion
2006 XTERRA U.S. Pro Series Champ
2006 XTERRA USA & UK Champion
Seth
PERSONAL: Born November 21, 1978 in Lafayette,
Indiana...earned bachelor degrees in architecture and
environmental design from Ball State University...is a
practicing architect with a 40+ hour a week job. Living this
year in Incline Village, NV.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Raced in selected XTERRA’s
starting in 2000 through 2002 before concentrating on World
Cup and Olympic racing. Returned to XTERRA in 2005.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Won 2002 USA Elite
Triathlon National Championship, member of the 2003
national select team, placed third at ITU World Cup race in
Tongyeong, South Korea.
2005: Placed 4th at Richmond, DNF’d in Keystone, and
was the top American at the XTERRA USA Championship
in Nevada where he finished fourth.
2006: Finished 2nd at the first two races of the year in
California & Alabama, was 7th in Richmond, did not race in
Milwaukee due to injury, was 2nd in Utah, won his first
championship race - the XTERRA United Kingdom
Championship on Sept. 2., then won the XTERRA USA
Championship, becoming the first American to ever win the
race and the first American since Michael Tobin in 2000 to
win XTERRA U.S. Pro Points Series. Placed 3rd, top
American, at the XTERRA World Championship in his firstever attempt.
LAST YEAR: Finished 4th at the XTERRA New Zealand
Championship (wrong turn on the bike course) and 12th at
XTERRA West Championship. Placed 6th in Alabama, and
moved up 4 places during the run in Richmond to finish 2nd.
Won the XTERRA Mountain Championship in Utah to jump
from 5th to 2nd in the Pro Series. Finished 7th at the XTERRA United Kingdom race after a wrong-turn on the bike sent
him off-course. Placed 5th at the USA Championship, 4th in
the Pro Series, and was 177th in Maui after a series of
mechanicals on the bike.
THIS YEAR: Placed 5th at XTERRA West Champs in May.
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MEET THE PROS
ROM AKERSON
Tambor, Costa Rica
PERSONAL: Born September 29, 1984...works in real
estate when not racing.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Third year, second as a pro.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Won XTERRA Amateur
World Championship in 2006, and won Portobelo Triathlon
in Panama last year.
THIS YEAR: Finished a career-best 6th at West Champs in
May.
Craig
Rom
CRAIG EVANS
Spring Hill, TN
2007 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 9
PERSONAL: Born March 29, 1978...manager for Sleep
Apnea Labs..earned a degree in healthcare administration
from Western Kentucky University.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Seventh year. Turned pro in 2006
after winning the amateur overall at the Southeast
Championship in Alabama. Won every XTERRA Points
Series race he entered in 2004 and 2005.
2006: Finished 12th in Milwaukee, and sat out rest of the
season with injuries.
in Alabama and 6th at the East Champs in Richmond. Had
the fastest swim in both ‘Bama and Richmond. Placed 10th
at Mountain Champs in Utah despite racing with a broken
bone in his foot that sidelined him for the rest of the year.
THIS YEAR: Finished 7th at XTERRA West Champs.
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MEET THE PROS
MIKE “The Vineman” VINE
Victoria, B.C., Canada
2007 XTERRA Brazil Champion
PERSONAL: Born May 18, 1973...part-time swim coach,
system analyst consultant and auto mechanic.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Ninth year.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Finished in the top three
in 14 consecutive pro tour races encompassing the entire
2000 XTERRA America Tour and the first three races of the
2001 XTERRA USA Championship series. Won the 2000
XTERRA Canada Championship, the 2001 East and
Central Championships, 2002 Saipan Crown, 2005 & ‘06
Mountain Championships, and XTERRA Brazil in 2007.
Milwaukee, and won impressively in Keystone with a 4:32
margin of victory over Stoltz. Finished 3rd in Tahoe and
second in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Points Series, and was 4th
at the XTERRA World Championship.
2006: Placed 7th in Temecula, 14th in Alabama, and didn’t
race in Richmond. Placed 2nd at the inaugural XTERRA
Mexico Championship on June 24, DNF with mechanical in
Milwaukee, then won the last regional of the year at the
XTERRA Mountain Championship in Utah (second straight
Mountain Championship). Was 14th at XTERRA UK and
finished 2nd at the XTERRA USA Championship where he
posted fastest bike split. DNF at XTERRA Worlds.
LAST YEAR: 2nd at XTERRA West Championship while
posting the fastest run split of the day, 4th at the Southeast
Champs and 3rd at East Champs. DNF’d at Mountain
Champs due to mechanicals. Finished 2nd at the USA
Championship, 2nd in the Pro Series, & 8th in Maui.
The Vineman
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MEET THE PROS
CODY WAITE
Denver, Colorado
Cody
PERSONAL: Born September 25, 1978...originally from
Phoenix, AZ.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Second-year XTERRA Pro...won
the 25-29 XTERRA National Championship in 2006.
LAST YEAR: Finished 15th at the XTERRA West
Championship, 9th in Alabama and 12th in Richmond.
Placed 5th at the Mountain Championship in Utah for his
best career finish. Was 15th at the USA Championship and
finished 7th in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series.
THIS YEAR: Finished 12th at the XTERRA West Champs.
BRANDEN RAKITA
Manitou Springs, Colorado
PERSONAL: Born March 25, 1981, works at Pro Cycling
when not racing.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: First year XTERRA Pro.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 2004 USAT U23 Series
Champion, Inside Triathlon Magazine All-American, 14th at
2007 Escape from Alcatraz.
RYAN DECOOK
Rochester, Michigan
PERSONAL: Born October 6, 1980...2003 and 2005 USA
Triathlon All American...earned an accounting degree from
Michigan State University and an MBA from Oakland
University...ran cross country at both schools.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Third year as pro, won the 20-24
XTERRA National Championship in 2005.
LAST YEAR: Placed 11th at the East Championship and
13th at the Mountain Champs in Utah.
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Ryan
MEET THE PROS
WILL KELSAY
Boulder, Colorado
DOMINIC GILLEN
Milford, Connecticut
PERSONAL: Born August 5, 1981...attended the University
of Colorado and raced on the national championship
triathlon team.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Fifth year. Last year he was
named Mr. XTERRA after going on a 12,630-mile, 12-week,
12-race, cross-the-country road trip in a beat-up RV to
share his love for XTERRA. Along the way he put on 10
clinics at Fleet Feet stores, traveled through 31 states, won
four races, finished in the top 10 at three others, rebuilt the
RV, and ran out of money. The journey was dubbed “Will’s
XTERRA Adventure’ and you can check it out at
willkelsay.com.
2006: Finished 11th in California, 11th in Alabama, DNF in
Richmond, was a career-best 9th in Milwaukee, 10th in
Utah, 17th at USA Championship and 114th in Maui.
LAST YEAR: Placed 14th at XTERRA West Champs, 10th
in Alabama, and 14th in Richmond. Placed 8th at XTERRA
Mountain Champs in Utah for his best career finish and was
13th at USA Championship. Was 64th in Maui.
PERSONAL: Born September 1, 1977...lettered in
swimming at the University of Connecticut.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Sixth year.
2002: Placed fourth at the XTERRA East and USA
Championships. Finished seventh in the Pro Series.
2003: Third at Richmond, and 15th in Tahoe.
2004: Fourth in Richmond, 12th in Keystone, and 8th in Big
Bear. Finished 11th in the U.S. Pro Series, and fourth at the
XTERRA World Championship (2nd American).
2005: Finished 79th in Richmond, and DNF’d at Worlds.
2006: Finished 8th in California, 7th in Alabama, 5th in
Richmond and 4th in Milwaukee. Did not race in Utah, was
20th in Tahoe, and 16th in Maui.
LAST YEAR: Did not race.
THIS YEAR: Won the Off-Road Duathlon National
Championship in Richmond on April 26, placed 19th at the
XTERRA West Champs.
Will
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Dominic
MEET THE PROS
BRIAN ASTELL
Gualala, California
DAMIAN GONZALEZ
Stockton, California
PERSONAL:
Born March 18, 1981.
Grew up in
Hampstead, New Hampshire ...ran cross-country and track
at UNC-Charlotte...a pro mountain biker since 2001.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Fourth year.
2005: Placed 15th in Richmond and 89th at the World
Championships in Maui.
2006: Finished 12th in Temecula, 10th in Alabama a careerbest 6th in Richmond, was 7th in Milwaukee, 11th in Utah,
33rd at USA Championship and 24th at XTERRA Worlds in
Maui (but won the Halloween costume party as the Naked
Cowboy).
LAST YEAR: Finished 9th at XTERRA West Champs and
62nd at XTERRA Worlds (runner-up in costume party).
PERSONAL: Born December 20, 1976, works as an independent video producer and graphic designer when not racing.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Eighth year, first as a pro. Won
the 30-34 XTERRA USA Championship in 2007.
LAST YEAR: Was the top overall amateur at the XTERRA
Southeast Championship.
THIS YEAR: Finished 21st at the XTERRA West Champs.
MATTHEW BALZER
Arvada, Colorado
PERSONAL:
Born February 7, 1981...holds dual
citizenship with USA and Australia...earned chemical
engineering degree from Colorado School of Mines and is a
sales manager for Neopost Inc. when not racing.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Second year (raced in first-ever
triathlon in 2006).
LAST YEAR: Placed 12th at Mountain Champs in Utah
and 16th at USA Champs in Nevada.
THIS YEAR: Finished 22nd at the XTERRA West Champs.
BRANDON JESSOP
Cincinnati, Ohio
Brian
PERSONAL: Born January 28, 1979, works as a bartender
at Dewey’s Pizza when not racing.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Third year (first as a pro).
LAST YEAR: Won the North Central Region in 25-29 age
division.
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MEET THE PROS
RYAN IGNATZ
Boulder, Colorado
CURRENT 2008 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: NR
PERSONAL: Born September 25, 1978 in born in Arcadia,
CA...earned Masters of Science in Kinesiology and Applied
Physiology at Univ of Colorado at Boulder...manages the
Colorado Multisport triathlon store in Boulder.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Fifth year.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 2002 USAT All American,
6th at Collegiate Nationals (2002).
2006: Finished 9th in California, 6th in Alabama, 10th in
Richmond, 6th in Milwaukee, 7th in Utah, 6th in Tahoe, and
9th at XTERRA Worlds.
LAST YEAR: Placed 8th at East Champs, 7th at Mountain
Champs, 6th at XTERRA USA Championship to place 10th
overall in Pro Series. Finished 16th at XTERRA Worlds.
THIS YEAR: Placed 3rd at Duathlon Nationals, DNF at
West Champs in Temecula.
Ryan
MARK LEISHMAN
Palmerston North, New Zealand
PERSONAL: Born October 16, 1978, works as an activity
coordinator for Sport Manawatu when not racing.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Third year
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Won New Zealand mountain bike hill climbing championship.
LAST YEAR: Placed 11th at the Southeast Championship
and 13th at the East Championship.
THIS YEAR: Placed 2nd at XTERRA New Zealand
Championship on April 12.
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ANDREW NOBLE
Gold Coast, Australia
2008 XTERRA Saipan Champion
PERSONAL: Born August 19, 1965...married to 2002
XTERRA World Champion Candy Angle, living in MA.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Fifth at 2001 XTERRA
World’s, 1996 Duathlon World Champion.
2003: 10th in XTERRA Pro Series. 2004: 6th in Richmond.
Milwaukee, DNF’d in Keystone, and was 8th in Tahoe.
Placed 8th in XTERRA U.S. Pro Points Series, and was
40th (34th pro) at the World Championship.
2006: Finished 5th in California, third in Alabama, fourth in
Richmond, 2nd in Milwaukee, 5th in Utah, 4th at XTERRA
UK, 4th in Tahoe, and 12th at XTERRA Worlds in Maui.
LAST YEAR: Placed third at the XTERRA Saipan
Championship, won the Tagaman triathlon a week later and
the Pacific Islands Club Double Award for having the fastest
combined times at the two races in Saipan. Finished 3rd at
XTERRA West Championship, 2nd at the Southeast
Champs and 9th after mechanical set-backs in Richmond.
Did not finish Mountain Champs w/mechanicals Placed
third at USA Champs, finished 5th in Pro Series, and DNF’d
in Maui.
THIS YEAR: Won XTERRA Saipan and the Tagaman
triathlon in the Northern Marianas, won XTERRA Guam
and was 7th at XTERRA Australia. Did not start at
XTERRA West Champs.
Andrew
MEET THE PROS
MELANIE McQUAID
2008 XTERRA West Champion
2003, ‘05 & ‘06 XTERRA World Champ
2006 XTERRA U.S. Pro Series Champ
Melanie
PERSONAL: Born May 17, 1973…has a degree in
biochemistry…raced with Canada’s National Cycling team
for six years.
2002: Finished in the runner-up position in both the
XTERRA East and Central Championships before winning
the West title at Half Moon Bay. Finished 4th at the USA
Championship and was the runner-up in Pro Series.
2003: Second at Big Bear and Richmond, won in Canada,
and was 2nd in Tahoe. Finished 2d in Pro Series.
2004: Won in Richmond, then finished runner-up to
Whitmore in Keystone, Big Bear, and Tahoe. Also finished
second in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series. Won XTERRA
Canada and placed second at XTERRA Worlds.
2005: Won in Temecula, finished 7th at XTERRA Czech,
won XTERRA Italy, placed 2nd in Richmond and
Milwaukee, won Keystone to tie Whitmore for the Series
lead heading into Tahoe. Placed second in Tahoe and 2nd
in the Pro Series. Was 9th in the XTERRA European Tour
standings. Became the first female to win her second
XTERRA World Championship in Maui.
2006: Finished 2nd in in Temecula, won the inaugural
XTERRA Southeast Championship in Alabama, was 2nd in
Richmond and Milwaukee, and won the Mountain
Championship in Utah to create a virtual tie with Whitmore
for Pro Series lead, then won in Tahoe to capture her first
Pro Series crown after three runner-ups. Followed with her
second straight & unprecedented 3rd XTERRA World Title.
LAST YEAR: Won in California, was second in Alabama,
Richmond, and Utah. Placed 5th at USA Champs, 2nd in
Pro Series, and was the runner-up at XTERRA Worlds.
THIS YEAR: Won the XTERRA West Champs for the second straight year in May.
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MEET THE PROS
MARION SUMMERER
Freiburg, Germany
2005 & ‘07 XTERRA Amateur World Champ
DANELLE KABUSH
Canmore, Alberta, Canada
PERSONAL: Born December 28, 1981...now residing in
Honolulu, Hawaii.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Won the amateur
XTERRA World titles in 2005 and 2007.
THIS YEAR: Placed 2nd and had the fastest run split in her
first race as a pro at the XTERRA West Championship.
Jenny
PERSONAL:
Born April 26, 1975...originally from
Courtenay, British Columbia...was a Track & Cross-Country
Runner for University of Washington in Seattle, 1998 NCAA
Division One 1500m finalist...inspiration is her brother - pro
mountain biker Geoff Kabush...earned PhD in Sport
Psychology from the Univsity of Ottawa in 2007.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 2nd at Xterra Worlds in
‘06, 4th & 5th overall in 2003/2004 Canada Cup Mountain
Bike Series, finishing 9th in 1998 NCAA 1500m
Final...Province of Alberta Hill Climb Record holder.
2004: Placed second at XTERRA Canada and third at
XTERRA World Championship.
2005: Finished 6th in Temecula, 9th in Richmond, 7th in
Milwaukee, 9th in Keystone, and 4th in Tahoe. Placed 6th
in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Points Series and 6th at the
XTERRA World Championship.
2006: Finished 8th at Temecula, 4th in Alabama, 5th in
Richmond, 8th in Milwaukee, 4th in Utah, 3rd at the
XTERRA USA Championship in Tahoe, and career-best
2nd at XTERRA World Championship.
LAST YEAR: Took last year off to have a baby.
THIS YEAR: Placed 4th at XTERRA West Champs.
Danelle
JENNY TOBIN
Boise, Idaho
PERSONAL: Born October 31, 1968…married to former
XTERRA Champ and adventure racing star Michael Tobin.
RACING HIGHLIGHTS: 2nd at ‘03 XTERRA Keystone, 5th
at ‘00 XTERRA World Champs, 3rd at ‘01 XTERRA USA.
2005: Finished 9th in Temecula, 8th in Milwaukee, 5th at
Keystone, and 8th in Tahoe. Finished 7th in the Pro Points
Series, and 5th at the XTERRA World Championship.
2006: Finished 6th in Temecula, 7th in Alabama, 6th in
Richmond, 7th in Milwaukee, 6th in Utah,18th in Tahoe, and
6th at XTERRA Worlds.
LAST YEAR: Took 2007 off to have a baby.
THIS YEAR: Placed 3rd at the XTERRA West Champs.
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MEET THE PROS
AMBER MONFORTE
Reno, Nevada
Amber
PERSONAL: Born May 14, 1978...graduated from the
University of Nevada - Reno with a dual major in biology
and nursing and now a nurse in a general surgical unit.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Fifth year, third as a pro.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Won the 2005 XTERRA
USA Amateur Championship...completed the Hawaiian
Airlines Double - finishing XTERRA World Championship a
week after Ironman World Championship in 2005.
2006: Finished 10th in California (her first race as a pro),
14th in Alabama, 9th in Richmond, DNF in Milwaukee, 7th
in Utah, and 11th at USA Championship in Tahoe. Placed
21st at XTERRA Worlds in Maui.
LAST YEAR:
Finished 6th at XTERRA West and
Southeast Champs, a career-best 5th in Richmond and 8th
at Mountain Champs. Finished 6th at XTERRA USA, 5th in
the Pro Series, and 13th at XTERRA Worlds.
CHRISTINE JEFFREY
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
PERSONAL: Born December 13, 1972...earned a degree
in landscape architecture from Arizona State University
where she was a four-time All-American swimmer...works
as a landscape architect when not racing.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: First year.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Won the 2005 Ixtapa ITU
Continental Cup, and the 2007 Villarrica ITU Continental
Cup. Several top 20 ITU World Cup finishes.
THIS YEAR: Finished 6th at XTERRA West Champs and
recorded the fastest swim split.
Christine
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EMMA GARRARD
Truckee, California
2007 XTERRA Amateur National Champ
PERSONAL: Born June 11, 1981...a writer/photographer
in Truckee, California.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: First year as a pro, won the overall amateur XTERRA National title last year and was 21st
female (4th amateur) at XTERRA Worlds.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Was a cross-country
skier at the University of Nevada, Reno qualifying for the
NCAA Championships in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Was also
British National Champion in 2001 representing Great
Britain in international races including World University
Games in 2001, 2003 and 2005.
MEET THE PROS
LESLEY PATERSON
San Diego, California
CANDY ANGLE
Weymouth, Massachusetts
2002 XTERRA World Champion
PERSONAL: Born October 12, 1980...moved to the U.S. in
2001 from the United Kingdom...earned bachelor’s degree
in performing arts from England and a master’s in theatreacting from San Diego State.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: First year.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Won the 2007 Subaru
Sprint triathlon in San Diego, won the Scotland National
Triathlon Championship last year, won a silver medal at the
2000 duathlon junior world championships.
THIS YEAR: Won the XTERRA REAL off-road tri in March
and finished 9th at XTERRA West Champs.
Lesley
PERSONAL: Born August 19, 1969...married to XTERRA
pro Andrew Noble from Australia…grew-up in Greencastle,
PA…played basketball for Quinnipiac University.
RACING HIGHLIGHTS: 2002 XTERRA World Champ.
2002: Placed 8th in Richmond, 6th at Half Moon Bay, third
at XTERRA USA Champs. Won XTERRA Czech. Placed
7th in the Pro Series. Won the XTERRA World Title.
2003: DNF at Big Bear, 2nd in the Czech Republic, 3rd at
Richmond, 9th in Keystone, and 5th in Tahoe. Finished 5th
in the XTERRA Pro Points Series.
2004: Finished 3rd in Richmond, 5th in Keystone, 4th in Big
Bear, and 3rd at Tahoe. Placed third in the Pro Series.
Overseas she was 9th at Czech, 4th in Italy, 7th in
Netherlands. 9th in XTERRA European Tour, & 9th in Maui.
2005: Finished 5th in Temecula, 4th at XTERRA Czech,
3rd in Richmond, 3rd in Milwaukee, DNF’d in Keystone, was
5th in Tahoe, and DNF in Maui.
2006: Finished 3rd at Temecula, Alabama, Richmond, won
the XTERRA Brazil Championship, Milwaukee, was 3rd at
XTERRA U.K., 4th in Tahoe, and dnf’d at XTERRA Worlds
after a spill on the bike.
LAST YEAR: Finished 3rd at XTERRA West and Southeast
Champs, 4th in Richmond, DNF’d in Utah. Won XTERRA
Brazil for 2nd straight year, 4th at Nationals, 5th at Worlds.
THIS YEAR: Did not finish at the XTERRA West Champs.
Candy
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MEET THE PROS
JENNIFER SMITH
Westport, New Zealand
SHONNY VANLANDINGHAM
Durango, Colorado
PERSONAL: Born March 9, 1973...married to XTERRA Pro
Brian Smith...originally from Westport, New Zealand and
now living in Gunnison, CO...works as a personal trainer.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Sixth year.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Finished 2nd at last two
XTERRA USA Championship races. Two-time Colorado
State cross-country mountain biking champ. New Zealand
national team member for mountain bike world championships from 2001-2007...represented NZ on the track, road
and cross country running teams from 1990-97.
2006: Finished 4th in California while posting the fastest
bike split, was 6th in Alabama, did not race in Richmond,
was 5th in Milwaukee, did not race in Utah, and was 2nd at
the USA Championship in Tahoe. Placed 4th at the
XTERRA World Championship in Maui.
in Alabama, 3rd in Richmond, and won the Crested Butte
XTERRA points series race. Placed 3rd at XTERRA
Mountain Champs in Utah. Placed 2nd at XTERRA USA
Championship for the second year in a row and finished 3rd
in the Pro Series. Placed 24th among female pros at
XTERRA Worlds after a series of mechanicals on the bike.
THIS YEAR: Finished 2nd in the women’s division along
with teammate Susan Haywood in the grueling Cape Epic
multi-day mountain bike stage race in South Africa. Did not
race at West Champs.
PERSONAL: Born May 29, 1969...earned her degree in
nutrition and played NCAA I basketball at East Texas State
University…races for the Luna Chix Pro MTB Team…roasts
her own coffee at her second home on the Big Island of
Hawaii…in 1993 she was leading bike tours in Maui that
eventually spurred her professional racing career.
XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Fourth year, first full season. In
her first-ever XTERRA at the World Championship in 2005
she posted the fastest mountain bike split and finished 7th.
RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 7-time U.S. National
Mountain Bike Team Member...Three-time (2004-06)
NORBA National Series Cross Country Champion and
2005 U.S. National Short Track Champion...named
“Comeback Athlete of the Year” by VeloNews after missing
half the 2003 season with a broken collarbone.
2006: Finished 9th (5th best bike split) at both the XTERRA
USA Championship in Tahoe and the XTERRA World
Championship in Maui (third-best bike).
LAST YEAR: Won the Firecracker 50 and the ’07 USA
Cycling marathon cross-country national title that goes with
it on July 4...won the TEVA Games mountain bike race.
Placed 5th at XTERRA Mountain Champs, 7th at XTERRA
USA, and was 7th in Pro Series. Finished XTERRA-best
4th at XTERRA World Champs and posted the fastest bike.
THIS YEAR: Did not race at West Champs.
Jenny
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Shonny
2007 XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
June 17, 2007 - For the third straight year Conrad Stoltz and Jamie Whitmore won their respective pro divisions at the
XTERRA East Championship in Richmond. In classic Richmond tradition the race started in concert with the rumbling
sound of a CSX freight train rolling on the tracks overhead.
TOP PRO MEN
Pl
Name
1
Conrad Stoltz
2
Seth Wealing
3
Mike Vine
4
Josiah Middaugh
5
Tyler Johnson
6
Craig Evans
7
Jimmy Archer
8
Ryan Ignatz
9
Andrew Noble
10
Luke Way
Age
33
28
34
28
27
29
34
28
41
25
Hometown
Boulder, Colorado
Vail, Colorado
Chester, Connecticut
Nashville, Tennessee
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Final Time
2:05:47
2:07:40
2:07:47
2:09:21
2:10:00
2:12:26
2:12:35
2:13:30
2:16:31
2:16:39
Purse
$2,500
$2,000
$1,500
$1,200
$900
$700
$500
$350
$250
$200
Pts
100
90
82
75
69
63
58
53
49
45
Also receiving points: Ryan DeCook ($150, 41), Cody Waite ($100, 37), Mark Leishman (34), Will Kelsay (31), Ryan
Kelly (28)
TOP PRO WOMEN
Pl
Name
1
Jamie Whitmore
2
Melanie McQuaid
3
Jennifer Smith
4
Candy Angle
5
Amber Monforte
6
Kristy Lanier
Age
31
34
34
37
29
38
Hometown
Somerset, California
Westport, New Zealand
Reno, Nevada
Marlinton, West Virginia
Final Time
2:23:17
2:25:25
2:29:13
2:34:37
2:35:15
2:39:24
Purse
$2,500
$2,000
$1,500
$1,200
$900
$700
Pts
100
90
82
75
69
63
Fastest 1k Swim (0.62 Miles): Craig Evans (16:02), Candy Angle (18:31)
Fastest 27k Bike (16.8 Miles): Conrad Stoltz (1:10:39), Melanie McQuaid (1:18:55)
Fastest 10k Run (6.2 Miles): Seth Wealing (36:11), Jamie Whitmore (43:45)
AGE GROUP CHAMPS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
XTERRA SOUTHEAST CHAMPS (MALE BY DIV.)
Division Name
Time
Hometown
15 - 19 Karl Kahsar
2:27:41 Richmond, VA
20 - 24 Ian Sullivan
2:25:17 Jericho, VT
25 - 29 Trevor Glavin
2:22:56 Salinas, CA
30 - 34 Anthony Snoble
2:26:49 Selden, NY
35 - 39 Matt Boobar
2:19:25 Plymouth, NH
40 - 44 Mark Junkermann 2:28:17 Richmond, VA
45 - 49 Jim James
2:25:46 Ann Arbor, MI
50 - 54 Scott Ewing
2:34:05 Destin, FL
55 - 59 Don Morrison
3:18:32 W. Brandywine, PA
60 - 64 Peter Lilley
3:40:53 Charlotte, NC
65+
John Deeter
PC
Willie Stewart
3:06:15 Redlands, CA
XTERRA SOUTHEAST CHAMPS (FEMALE BY DIV.)
Division Name
Time
Hometown
15 - 19 Becca Finley
3:12:21 Johnston, IA
20 - 24 Sara Hanson
3:09:53 Blacksburg, VA
25 - 29 Marion Summerer 2:36:46 Honolulu, HI
30 - 34 Allison Hardy
2:55:17 Arden, NC
35 - 39 Kate Lucas
40 - 44 Mara Fronhofer
3:08:31 Argyle, NY
45 - 49 Andrea Wagner
50 - 54 Annette Macniven 3:31:22 Wainscott, NY
55 - 59 Vicky Carter
5:05:25 Satellite Beach, FL
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Sunday, June 18, 2006 – Conrad Stoltz and Jamie Whitmore won their respective pro divisions at the 8th annual
XTERRA East Championship on a hot and sunny afternoon in Richmond, Virginia. It's the second straight year those
two have come out on top, and the third time Whitmore has won in Richmond (she also won in 2003).
TOP 15 PRO MEN
Pl
Name
1
Conrad Stoltz
2
Brent McMahon
3
Nicolas LeBrun
4
Andrew Noble
5
Dominic Gillen
6
Brian Astell
7
Seth Wealing
8
Justin Thomas
9
Brian Smith
10
Ryan Ignatz
Age
32
25
32
40
28
25
27
31
31
27
Hometown
Digne, France
South Royalton, Vermont
Hampstead, New Hampshire
Boulder, Colorado
Fairfax, Virginia
Gunnison, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Final Time
2:02:42
2:03:51
2:05:57
2:06:40
2:07:22
2:07:56
2:08:15
2:08:37
2:09:00
2:12:39
Purse
$2,500
$2,000
$1,500
$1,200
$900
$700
$500
$350
$250
$200
Pts
100
90
82
75
69
63
58
53
49
45
Also receiving points: (Jimmy Archer, $150, 41), (Ryan DeCook, $100, 37), (Amon Pease, 34), (Jim Vance, 31), (Tim Snow, 28)
TOP 15 PRO WOMEN
Pl
Name
1
Jamie Whitmore
2
Melanie McQuaid
3
Candy Angle
4
Janae Pritchett
5
Danelle Kabush
6
Jenny Tobin
7
Melissa Thomas
8
Ingrid Rolles
9
Amber Monforte
10
Nicole Newton
Also receiving points: (Jennifer
Age Hometown
30
Somerset, California
32
36
29
Crested Butte, Colorado
31
37
Boise, Idaho
36
Boulder, Colorado
33
Cape Town, South Africa
28
Reno, Nevada
32
Perez, $150, 41)
Final Time
2:19:38
2:21:01
2:25:48
2:30:44
2:31:12
2:33:51
2:35:12
2:36:29
2:39:51
2:55:58
Fastest 1k Swim (0.62 Miles): Brent McMahon (14:08), Candy Angle (16:24)
Fastest 10k Run (6.2 Miles): Seth Wealing (35:13), Jamie Whitmore (41:03)
AGE GROUP CHAMPS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Purse
$2,500
$2,000
$1,500
$1,200
$900
$700
$500
$350
$250
$200
Pts
100
90
82
75
69
63
58
53
49
45
SEE ALL THE PRO AND AGE
GROUP CHAMPIONS FROM THE
LAST 8 YEARS OF RACING IN
RICHMOND AT THE BACK OF THE
BOOK...
XTERRA EAST CHAMPS (MALE BY DIV.)
Division Name
Time
Hometown
15 - 19 Chris Pickerell
2:33:00 Harrisonburg, Virginia
20 - 24 Kent Finley
2:34:49 Johnstown, Iowa
25 - 29 Peter Baker
2:29:02 Brookfield, Connecticut
30 - 34 Courtney Cardenas 2:24:36 Somerset, California
35 - 39 Eric Sorensen
2:27:54 Falls Church, VA
40 - 44 Mark Junkermann 2:22:26 Richmond, Virginia
45 - 49 Jim James
2:22:57 Ann Arbor, Michigan
50 - 54 Steve Cole
2:54:26 Olive Branch, MS
55 - 59 Kent Robison
2:56:34 Reno, Nevada
60 - 64 Jim Donaldson
4:09:54 Sylvania, OH
65+
John Stover
3:35:38 Jackson, Mississippi
XTERRA EAST CHAMPS (FEMALE BY DIV.)
Division Name
Time
Hometown
15 - 19 Sara Hanson
3:17:17 McLean, Virginia
20 - 24 Marne Smiley
3:07:40 Ann Arbor, Michigan
25 - 29 Amy Bennett
3:01:02 Kailua, Hawaii
30 - 34 Allison Hardy
2:48:31 Arden, North Carolina
35 - 39 Kathleen Coutinho 2:53:21 Fairfax Station, Virginia
40 - 44 Ellen Sauter
3:16:38 Powell, Ohio
45 - 49 Valerie Hardin
3:07:25 Doylestown, PA
* TOP AMATEURS
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TOP 15 PRO MEN
Pl
Name
1
Conrad Stoltz
2
Brent McMahon
3
Olivier Marceau
4
Seth Wealing
5
Andrew Noble
6
Justin Thomas
7
Jason Chalker
8
Mike Vine
9
Kelly Guest
10
Josiah Middaugh
Also receiving points: John
Age
Hometown
Final Time
Purse
Pts
31
1:59:42
$2,500
100
24
2:04:13
$2,000
90
32
Cannes, France
2:05:22
$1,500
82
26
Boulder, Colorado
2:05:41
$1,200
75
37
2:05:55
$900
69
30
Fairfax, Virginia
2:06:40
$700
30
Canberra, Australia
2:07:08
$500
58
31
2:07:36
$350
53
28
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
2:08:32
$250
49
25
Vail, Colorado
2:09:47
$200
45
Koenig (41), Jimmy Archer (37), Will Kelsay (34), Jim Vance (31), Brian Astell (28).
TOP 12 PRO WOMEN
Pl
Name
Age
Hometown
1
Jamie Whitmore
29
Elk Grove, California
2
Melanie McQuaid
31
3
Candy Angle
35
4
Jessica Harrison
27
Perpignan, France
5
Renata Bucher
27
Lucerne, Switzerland
6
Melissa Thomas
35
Boulder, Colorado
7
Jen Tobin
35
Boise, Idaho
8
Ingrid Rolles
32
Cape Town, South Africa
9
Danelle Kabush
30
10
Nicole Newton
31
Also receiving points: Jimena Florit (41), Kristy Mantz (37).
Final Time
2:19:12
2:19:48
2:24:54
2:30:57
2:31:10
2:32:54
2:34:45
2:35:20
2:36:12
2:44:51
Purse
$2,500
$2,000
$1,500
$1,200
$900
$700
$500
$350
Pts
100
90
82
75
69
63
58
53
49
45
Fastest 800-meter Swim (0.5 Miles): Brent McMahon (11:41), Jessica Harrison (12:34)
Fastest 9.5k Run (6 Miles): Tim Menoher (37:50), Jamie Whitmore (43:52)
NISSAN
Division
15 - 19
20 - 24
25 - 29
30 - 34
35 - 39
40 - 44
45 - 49
50 - 54
55 - 59
60 - 64
XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONS
Name
Time
James Lascara
2:29:34
Ryan Kelly
2:22:20
Craig Evans
2:10:31
Tim Menoher
2:20:05
Michael Nahom
2:16:37
Jim James
2:22:42
Howard Jones
2:36:55
Ian Davidson, Jr. 2:27:40
Charlie Redmond 3:32:08
Joe Amato
3:32:18
(MALE AGE GROUP)
Hometown
Charlotte, NC
Concord, NH
Spring Hill, TN
Erlanger, KY
New Milford, CT
Ann Arbor, MI
Fairfield, CA
Clemson, SC
Demarest, NJ
Ellicott City, MD
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NISSAN XTERRA EAST CHAMPION (FEMALE)
Division Name
Time
Hometown
15 - 19 Kylie Krauss
3:06:16 Bay Village, OH
20 - 24 Erin Olafsen
3:03:12 North Sutton, NH
25 - 29 Emily Bashton 3:19:16 Richmond, VA
30 - 34 Kylie Kavanagh 3:02:57 Winston Salem, NC
35 - 39 Karen Lefebre
2:56:48 Big Sky, MT
40 - 44 Linda Lindsay
3:03:28 Petaluma, CA
45 - 49 Jill Wiest
3:33:36 Lykens, PA
50 - 54 Libby Harrow
3:53:20 Vero Beach, FL
55 - 59 Linda Uscher
4:13:06 Upton, MA
* TOP AMATEURS
RICHMOND, VA (June 13, 2004) – In his XTERRA debut Sylvain Dodet, a 30-year-old from Antibes, France ran away
with the 6th Annual Nissan Xterra East Championship title in Richmond, Virginia, edging two-time XTERRA World
Champ Conrad Stoltz by just under a minute.
In the women’s race reigning XTERRA World Champ Melanie McQuaid (31, of Victoria, B.C., Canada) defeated
defending Richmond champ Jamie Whitmore by two minutes.
Place
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Name
Sylvain Dodet
Conrad Stoltz
Nicolas LeBrun
Dominic Gillen
Justin Thomas
Andrew Noble
Josiah Middaugh
Francisco Serrano
John Koenig
Kerry Classen
Age
30
30
31
26
29
38
25
23
34
31
- - -TOP 10 PRO MEN - - Hometown
Time
Antibes, France
2:01:04
2:01:59
Villeneuve-Loubet, France
2:03:34
Washington, Connecticut
2:03:43
Fairfax, Virginia
2:05:04
2:06:03
Vail, Colorado
2:06:34
Garza Garcia, Mexico
2:06:54
Phoenix, Arizona
2:07:20
Bend, Oregon
2:07:55
Place
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Name
Melanie McQuaid
Jamie Whitmore
Candy Angle
Lynley Allison
Melissa Thomas
Chantal Knapp
Dellys Franke
Kristy Mantz
Nicole Deboom
Allison Hardy
Age
31
28
34
31
34
38
27
33
31
30
- - -TOP 10 PRO WOMEN
Hometown
Auckland, New Zealand
Boulder, Colorado
Louisville, Colorado
Smiths Gully, Australia
Portsmouth, Virginia
Lyons, Colorado
Arden, North Carolina
--Time
2:19:03
2:21:06
2:22:57
2:30:18
2:32:55
2:40:26
2:41:49
2:42:12
2:42:51
2:43:38
Purse
$2,500
$2,000
$1,500
$1,200
$900
$700
$500
$350
$250
$200
Points
100
90
82
75
69
63
58
53
49
45
Purse
$2,500
$2,000
$1,500
$1,200
$900
$700
$500
$350
Points
100
90
82
75
69
63
58
53
49
45
Fastest 1k Swim (0.62 Miles): Sylvain Dodet (16:20), Nicole DeBoom (18:03)
Fastest 10k Run (6.2 Miles): Sylvain Dodet (34:01), Nicole DeBoom (39:37)
Nissan Xterra East Female Age Group Champs
Division
Name
Hometown
15 - 19
Kalyn English
Canyon Country, C
20 - 24
Joanne Fitzpatrick
Harrisonburg, VA
25 - 29
Becky Bashton
Mechanicsville, VA
30 - 34
Laura Home
Santa Cruz, CA
35 - 39
Mary Misiaszek
Monson, MA
40 - 44
Val Hardin
Doylestown, PA
45 - 49
Barbara Peterson
Berkeley, CA
50 - 54
Vianna Zimbel
Glastonbury, CT
Nissan Xterra East Male Age Group Champs
Division Name
Hometown
15 - 19
Kent Finley
West Carrollton, OH
20 - 24
Ryan Decook
Rochester, MI
25 - 29
Craig Evans
Franklin, TN
30 - 34
Tim Menoher
Erlanger, KY
35 - 39
Michael Halstead
Stone Ridge, NY
40 - 44
Tom Lyons
Reno, NV
45 - 49
Tom Monica
Walnut Creek, CA
50 - 54
James Dalton
Salem, VA
55 - 59
Kent Robison
Reno, NV
60+
Errol Lassiter
Woodstock, GA
* Top Amateur Male and Female
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TOP 10 PRO MEN
Place Name
Age Hometown
Time
Purse
Points
1
Nicolas LeBrun
29
Villeneuve-Loubet, France
2:08:38
$2,200
100
2
Conrad Stoltz
29
2:10:27
$1,700
92
3
Dominic Gillen
25
Washington, Connecticut
2:12:23
$1,200
82
4
Justin Thomas
27
Fairfax, Virginia
2:14:23
$800
75
5
Tyler Johnson
23
Chester, Connecticut
2:15:52
$600
69
6
Jimmy Archer
30
Boulder, Colorado
2:15:54
$400
63
7
Bryan Rhodes
30
Taupo, New Zealand
2:16:58
$300
58
8
Jason Chalker
28
Sydney, Australia
2:19:48
$250
53
9
Josiah Middaugh
24
Vail, Colorado
2:22:48
$200
49
10
Ryan Mayne
24
Noosa, Australia
2:23:46
$150
45
Also receiving points: Brian Hughes (41), John Koenig (37), Michael Simpson (34), Lewis Elliot (31), and Brent
Reugamer (28).
TOP 10 PRO WOMEN
Place Name
Age Hometown
1
Jaime Whitmore
26
2
Melanie McQuaid
30
3
Candy Angle
34
4
Karen Masson
35
Atlanta, Georgia
5
Anke Erlank
25
6
Shari Kain
38
Cupertino, California
7
Katherine Zambrana
25
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
8
Raeleigh Rogers
34
Canberra, Australia
9
Jenny Tobin
35
Boise, Idaho
10
Marjan Huizing
35
Oosterhesseien, Netherlands
Also receiving points: Linda Gabor (41), Cherie Touchette (37), Kristy
(28).
Time
2:31:08
2:33:01
2:33:46
2:39:27
2:39:53
2:40:10
2:43:30
2:44:51
2:45:34
2:45:45
Mantz (34),
Purse
$2,200
$1,700
$1,200
$800
$600
$400
$300
Sarah Kerlin
Points
100
92
82
75
69
63
58
53
49
45
(31), and Jari Kirkland
Fastest 5k Run (3.1 Miles):
Nicolas LeBrun/Conrad Stoltz (18:28), Candy Angle (21:35)
Fastest 27k Bike (16.8 Miles): Tyler Johnson (1:11:37), Jamie Whitmore (1:21:38)
Fastest 10k Run (6.2 Miles): Michael Nahom (35:55), Marjan Huizing (43:54)
Nissan Xterra East Male Age
Division Name
15 - 19 David Velez
20 - 24 Matthew Thompson
25 - 29 Scott Gray
30 - 34 Tim Menoher
35 - 39 Mark Junkermann
40 - 44 Tom Lyons
45 - 49 Steve Cole
50 - 54 Myron Baker
55 - 59 William Bashton
60+
Errol Lassiter
* Top Amateur Male
Group Champs
Hometown
San Juan, PR
Springfield, VA
Jonestown, PA
Erlanger, KY
Richmond, VA
Reno, NV
Olive Branch, MS
Rosendale, NY
Mechanicsville, VA
Woodstock, GA
Time
2:45:06
2:33:49
2:29:12
2:20:50
2:24:22
2:26:44
2:59:35
3:10:51
3:54:25
3:37:06
Nissan Xterra East Female Age Group Champs
Division Name
Hometown
15 - 19 Suzanne Pinckney
Richmond, VA
20 - 24 Rebecca Bashton
Mechanicsville, VA
25 - 29 Sage Grossi
Scottsdale, AZ
30 - 34 Kathy Coutinho
Springfield, VA
35 - 39 Rhonda Patterson
San Diego, CA
40 - 44 Marie Rumohr
Fairfax, VA
45 - 49 Annette MacNiven
Wayne Scott, NY
50 - 54 Libby Harrow
Vero Beach, FL
* Top Amateur Female
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Time
4:01:46
2:51:49
3:01:41
3:10:33
3:26:30
4:56:15
4:10:18
4:18:08
1999-2002 XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
2002 RICHMOND CHAMPIONS
Division
Men’s Pro
Women’s Pro
Name (Overall place)
Nicolas LeBrun (1st)
Anke Erlank (16th)
Time
2:08:04
2:25:58
Division
Men’s Pro
Women’s Pro
Mike Vine (1st)
Jody Mielke (28th)
Time
1:58:10
2:20:28
Age Group
Men 15-19
Men 20-24
Men 25-29
Men 30-34
Men 35-39
Men 40-44
Men 45-49
Men 50-54
Men 55-59
Men 60+
Jeremy Chandler (57th)
Josiah Middaugh (21st)
Matt Boobar (23rd)
Romolo Forcino (17th)
Todd Scott (20th)
Tom Lyons (22nd)
Steve Cole (72nd)
Ron Magee (113th)
Joe Amato (149th)
Kurt Truax (154th)
Time
2:48:04
2:28:48
2:29:58
2:26:17
2:28:39
2:28:53
2:53:53
3:11:25
3:24:23
3:28:19
Age Group
Men 15-19
Men 20-24
Men 25-29
Men 30-34
Men 35-39
Men 40-44
Men 45-49
Men 50-54
Men 55-59
Pearce Creasman (75th)
Logan Wealing (20th)
Andy Kinley (18th)
Brian Carrigan (35th)
Todd Scott (32nd)
Casey Fannin (34th)
Steve Cole (79th)
Myron Baker (141st)
Edward Parchaiski (157th)
Time
2:36:40
2:15:29
2:14:42
2:24:35
2:21:23
2:24:02
2:38:10
2:57:44
3:04:08
Women
Women
Women
Women
Women
Women
Women
Farleigh Fitzgerald (114th)
Nicole Newton (99th)
Kathleen Coutinho (96th)
Andrea Wagner (169th)
Valerie Hardin (97th)
Barbara Peterson (109th)
Lois Marquart (214th)
3:11:31
3:05:16
3:03:35
3:33:06
3:03:50
3:09:53
4:00:27
Women
Women
Women
Women
Women
Women
Kara Coolbaugh (116th)
Catherine Phillips (81st)
Kathleen Coutinho (122nd)
Leslie Fedon (137th)
Valerie Hardin (143rd)
Susi Chandler (262nd)
2:49:02
2:38:26
2:50:32
2:55:46
2:58:17
3:41:04
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
50-54
Division
Men's Pro
Women's Pro
Michael Tobin (1st)
Kerstin Weule (17th)
Time
2:10:51
2:36:23
Division
Men's Pro
Women's Pro
Michael Tobin (1st)
Jody Mielke (14th)
Time
2:08:54
2:36:50
Age Group
Men 15-19
Men 20-24
Men 25-29
Men 30-34
Men 35-39
Men 40-44
Men 45-49
Men 50-54
Men 55-59
Mark Cockrell (18th)
Peter Fixler (16th)
Chris Newell (26th)
Todd Scott (21st)
Eric Wilkins (34th)
James Dalton (56th)
Alan Clark (106th)
John Deeter (127th)
Time
3:23:31
2:37:39
2:35:33
2:43:57
2:40:41
2:48:55
3:07:43
3:34:40
3:44:41
Age Group
Men 15-19
Men 20-24
Men 25-29
Men 30-34
Men 35-39
Men 40-44
Men 50-54
Men 60+
Brian Hughes (11th)
Brian Hillard (33rd)
Timothy Covington (8th)
Dennis Fox (25th)
John King (39th)
Thomas Waldrop
Gene White
Time
3:22:58
2:28:51
3:04:08
2:26:05
2:50:38
3:14:06
3:33:49
4:51:15
Women
Women
Women
Women
Katherine Zambrana (37th)
Windy Hutchings (82nd)
Sutton Simmons (184th)
Theresa Morningstar (54th)
2:51:55
3:24:03
4:25:20
3:06:26
Women
Women
Women
Women
Dawn Nida
Kimberly Theodore
Kathleen Kinsey
Theresa Morningstar
4:44:48
3:21:49
4:00:38
3:11:28
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
36
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
2008 XTERRA U.S. PRO POINTS SERIES AND
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZE PURSE BREAKDOWN
XTERRA World Championship
Pro Purse ($130,000) @ Maui
Rank
Men
Women
1st
$25,000
$25,000
2nd
$15,000
$15,000
3rd
$8,000
$8,000
$5,000
$5,000
4th
5th
$3,000
$3,000
th
6
$1,750
$1,750
7th
$1,200
$1,200
$1,000
$1,000
8th
$800
$800
9th
10th
$700
$700
11th
$600
$500
12th
$400
13th
th
14
$300
15th
$300
*Double $2,500
$2,500
XTERRA USA Championship
Pro Points Series Purse ($70,000)
awarded @ Lake Tahoe
Rank Men
Women
st
1
$14,000
$14,000
2nd
$7,000
$7,000
3rd
$4,500
$4,500
4th
$3,000
$3,000
th
5
$2,000
$2,000
6th
$1,200
$1,200
7th
$900
$900
8th
$700
$700
th
9
$500
$500
10th
$450
$450
$400
11th
$350
12th
th
$300
13
14th
$250
$200
15th
Pro Purse ($40,000) @ Lake Tahoe
Rank Men
Women
1st
$5,000
$5,000
$4,000
$4,000
2nd
3rd
$3,000
$3,000
4th
$2,400
$2,400
5th
$1,800
$1,800
6th
$1,400
$1,400
7th
$1,000
$1,000
8th
$700
$700
9th
$500
10th
$400
11th
$300
12th
$200
XTERRA Regional Championships
Pro Purse ($20,000) @ Temecula, Pelham,
Richmond and Ogden
Rank Men
Women
st
1
$2,500
$2,500
2nd
$2,000
$2,000
3rd
$1,500
$1,500
4th
$1,200
$1,200
th
5
$900
$900
6th
$700
$700
7th
$500
$500
8th
$350
$350
th
9
$250
10th
$200
11th
$150
12th
$100
*The Hawaiian Airlines “Double” Purse is awarded to the pro man and woman with the fastest
combined 2008 XTERRA World Championship and Ironman Hawaii Championship time, a feat
reserved for the world’s leading endurance athletes as the two events are held only eight days
apart. Eneko Llanos from Spain and Sibylle Matter from Switzerland won the men’s and women’s
pro double awards last year.
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ABOUT THE 2008 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES
The 2008 XTERRA National Championship Series for pros consists of five events:
May 18
XTERRA West Championship
Temecula, CA
June 8
XTERRA Southeast Championship
Pelham, AL
June 15
XTERRA East Championship
Richmond, VA
August 16
XTERRA Mountain Championship
Ogden/Snowbasin, UT
Oct. 5
Lake Tahoe, NV
The top 15 pros at each event are awarded points based on overall pro finish. Pros can drop one of their scores from the
first four events, but must count the points they get (or don’t get) in Nevada. Thus, the final point total combines athletes
best three scores in the first four races, plus the USA Championship race points. He/she with most points in the end is
declared Series Champ. The U.S. Series will dish out $190,000 in prize money. $20,000 in Temecula, Pelham, Richmond,
and Ogden, $40,000 in Nevada, plus $70,000 will be distributed to the top overall points scorers in the Series.
Note: The XTERRA World Championship Oct. 26 in Makena, Maui is a stand-alone event worth a $130,000.
2007 Pro Points Score Breakdown:
1
100
2
90
3
82
4
75
5
69
6
63
7
58
8
53
9
49
10
45
11
41
12
37
13
34
14
31
2008 XTERRA U.S. Pro Points Series Standings (after 1st race in Temecula)
MEN
Rk Name
1 Conrad Stoltz
2 Dan Hugo
3 Brian Smith
4 Josiah Middaugh
5 Seth Wealing
6 Rom Akerson
7 Craig Evans
8 Kelly Guest
9 Jimmy Archer
10 Jim Vance
West
Temecula
100
90
82
75
69
63
58
53
49
45
S'east
Pelham
East
Richmond
Mountain
Ogden
USA
Tahoe
Total
Also receiving points: Mike Vine (41), Cody Waite (37), Jordan Jones (34), Branden Rakita (31), Ryan DeCook (28).
MEN
Rk Name
1 Melanie McQuaid
2 Marion Summerer
3 Jenny Tobin
4 Danelle Kabush
5 Amber Monforte
6 Christine Jeffrey
7 Emma Garrard
8 Kristy Lanier
9 Lesley Paterson
10 Michellie Jones
West
Temecula
100
90
82
75
69
63
58
53
49
45
S'east
Pelham
East
Richmond
Also receiving points: Linda Gallo (41), Lisa Isom (37).
38
Mountain
Ogden
USA
Tahoe
Total
15
28
RACE #1 - 2008 XTERRA WEST CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
Featuring a 1.5-kilometer swim, 30k mountain bike, and 10k trail run
TOP 15 PRO MEN
Pl
Name
Age Hometown
Final Time
Purse
1
Conrad Stoltz
34
2:23:02
$2,500
2
Dan Hugo
23
2:25:20
$2,000
3
Brian Smith
32
Gunnison, Colorado
2:28:21
$1,500
4
Josiah Middaugh
29
Vail, Colorado
2:30:05
$1,200
5
Seth Wealing
29
Boulder, Colorado
2:31:47
$900
6
Rom Akerson
24
Tambor, Costa Rica
2:32:04
$700
7
Craig Evans
30
Spring Hill, Tennessee
2:33:00
$500
8
Kelly Guest
31
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
2:33:31
$350
9
Jimmy Archer
35
Boulder, Colorado
2:34:09
$250
10
Jim Vance
31
2:34:23
$200
Also receiving points: Mike Vine ($150, 41), Cody Waite ($100, 37), Jordan Jones (34), Branden Rakita (31),
DeCook (28).
Pts
100
90
82
75
69
63
58
53
49
45
Ryan
TOP 12 PRO WOMEN
Pl
Name
Age Hometown
1
Melanie McQuaid
35
2
Marion Summerer
26
Freiburg, Germany (Honolulu, HI)
3
Jenny Tobin
39
Boise, Idaho
4
Danelle Kabush
33
5
Amber Monforte
29
Reno, Nevada
6
Christine Jeffrey
35
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
7
Emma Garrard
26
Truckee, California
8
Kristy Lanier
37
Marlinton, West Virginia
9
Lesley Paterson
28
10
Michellie Jones
38
Carlsbad, California
Also receiving points: Linda Gallo (41), Lisa Isom (37)
Pts
100
90
82
75
69
63
58
53
49
45
Final Time
2:51:31
2:52:58
2:59:48
3:00:42
3:01:19
3:02:49
3:05:39
3:07:10
3:07:58
3:13:40
Purse
$2,500
$2,000
$1,500
$1,200
$900
$700
$500
$350
TOP SPLITS
Fastest 0.93-mile lake swim: Craig Evans (20:17), Christine Jeffrey (20:41)
Fastest 24-mile mountain bike: Conrad Stoltz (1:25:03), Melanie McQuaid (1:41:42)
Fastest 6.2-mile trail run: Brian Smith (34:07), Marion Summerer (44:04)
XTERRA WEST CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP)
Division Name
Time
Hometown
15 - 19
Joshua Olmstead
2:57:56
20 - 24
Kody Reed
3:12:28
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
25 - 29
Trevor Glavin
2:41:59
Salinas, California
30 - 34
James Walsh
2:45:25
Carlsbad, California
35 - 39
Chad Green
2:54:22
40 - 44
Andrew Duenow
2:54:58
Anchorage, Alaska
45 - 49
Casey Fannin
2:51:16
Birmingham, Alabama
50 - 54
Tom Monica
3:05:27
Walnut Creek, California
55 - 59
John Royson
3:17:34
Albany, California
65 - 69
Art Gardenswartz
4:34:26
Albuquerque, New Mexico
PC
Willie Stewart
3:51:06
Redlands, California
XTERRA WEST CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP)
Division Name
Time
Hometown
15 - 19
Shayna Powless
3:40:29
Roseville, California
20 - 24
Erin Kummer
3:39:10
Boulder, Colorado
25 - 29
Rachel Cieslewicz 3:39:43
Salt Lake City, Utah
30 - 34
Julie Bruckman
3:22:15
Littleton, Colorado
35 - 39
Cary Kinross-Wright 3:30:13
Golden, Colorado
40 - 44
Jayne Peterlin
4:04:00
San Ramon, California
45 - 49
Meiling Yee
3:36:26
Sunnyvale, California
50 - 54
Beverly Enslow
3:39:12
Metamora, Illinois
60+
Katherine Frank
6:10:22
Bend, Oregon
* TOP AMATEURS
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2007 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES FINAL STANDINGS
MEN
Rk Name
1 Conrad Stoltz
2 Mike Vine
3 Josiah Middaugh
4 Seth Wealing
5 Andrew Noble
6 Brian Smith
7 Cody Waite
8 Greg Krause
9 Craig Evans
10 Ryan Ignatz
West
Temecula
100
90
75
37
82
69
28
45
0
DNS
S'east
Pelham
100
75
82
63
90
58
49
DNS
69
DNS
East
Richmond
100
82
75
90
49
DNF
37
DNS
63
53
Mountain
Ogden
DNF
DNF
90
100
DNF
82
69
75
45
58
USA
Tahoe
100
90
75
69
82
53
28
58
DNS
63
Total
400
337
322
322
303
262
183
178
177
174
Also receiving points: Jimmy Archer (170), Will Kelsay (163), Luke Way (131), Tyler Johnson (122), Andrew Biglow (76), Ryan
DeCook (75), Mark Leishman (75), Michael Simpson (63), Dan Hugo (63), Jim Vance (58), Jamie Cleveland (53), Bucky Schafer (49),
Brian Astell (49), Spencer Powlison (41), Rom Akerson (41), Matthew Balzer (37), Sam Gardner (31), Ryan Kelly (28).
MEN
Rk Name
1 Jamie Whitmore
2 Melanie McQuaid
3 Jennifer Smith
4 Candy Angle
5 Amber Monforte
6 Dara Marks Marino
7 Shonny Vanlandingham
8 Kristy Lanier
9 Sara Tarkington
10 Shae Rainer
West
Temecula
90
100
69
82
63
75
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
S'east
Pelham
100
90
75
82
63
DNS
DNS
DNS
DNS
69
East
Richmond
100
90
82
75
69
DNS
DNS
63
DNS
DNS
Mountain
Ogden
100
90
82
DNF
53
75
69
63
58
DNS
USA
Tahoe
100
69
90
75
63
82
58
DNS
49
DNS
Total
400
349
329
314
258
232
127
126
107
69
Also receiving points: Heather Fuhr (58), Erin Ford (53), Jari Kirkland (49), Sabra Davison (45), Jennifer Gersbach (45), Kim
Jennings (41), Jolene Wilkinson (41).
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TOP 5 FROM PRO SERIES PASTS
2007 U.S. PRO POINTS SERIES RESULTS
Men
Women
1. Conrad Stoltz
400
1. Jamie Whitmore
2. Mike Vine
337
2. Melanie McQuaid
3. Josiah Middaugh
322
3. Jennifer Smith
4. Seth Wealing
322
4. Candy Angle
5. Andrew Noble
303
5. Amber Monforte
400
349
329
314
258
Men
Women
1. Seth Wealing
428
1. Melanie McQuaid
2. Brent McMahan
413
2. Jamie Whitmore
3. Andrew Noble
391
3. Candy Angle
4. Conrad Stoltz
303
4. Danelle Kabush
5. Brian Smith
300
5. Janae Pritchett
480
459
403
354
320
Men
Women
1. Conrad Stoltz
390
1. Jamie Whitmore
2. Mike Vine
310
2. Melanie McQuaid
3. Olivier Marceau
309
3. Candy Angle
4. Brent McMahon
283
4. Jessica Harrison
5. Francisco Serrano
275
5. Melissa Thomas
6. Josiah Middaugh
252
390
380
302
282
271
Men
Women
1. Sylvain Dodet
290
1. Jamie Whitmore
2. Josiah Middaugh
264
2. Melanie McQuaid
3. Conrad Stoltz
249
3. Candy Angle
4. Nicolas LeBrun
247
4. Janae Deverell
5. Justin Thomas
179
5. Lynley Allison
300
280
239
209
208
Men
Women
1. Conrad Stoltz
290
1. Jamie Whitmore
2. Steve Larsen
280
2. Melanie McQuaid
3. Nicolas LeBrun
264
3. Melissa Thomas
4. Justin Thomas
218
4. Jenny Tobin
5. Jason Chalker
207
5. Candy Angle
300
270
232
202
200
Jamie Whitmore has won five of the last six Pro Series crowns.
290
265
234
222
214
Men
Women
1. Michael Tobin
826
1. Kerstin Weule
2. Mike Vine
820
2. Jody Purcell
3. Kerry Classen
802
3. Lorraine Barrows
4. Ned Overend
697
4. Jenny Tobin
5. Dave Harrison
596
5. Linda Gabor
890
810
688
635
524
469
375
343
326
309
1999* U.S. PRO POINTS SERIES RESULTS (First year)
Men
Women
1. Michael Tobin
886
1. Kerstin Weule
2. Jimmy Riccitello
732
2. Jody Purcell
3. John Koenig
676
3. Lorraine Barrows
4. Ned Overend
660
4. Jenny Wood
5. Kerry Classen
635
5. Linda Gabor
886
827
718
708
675
Men
Women
1. Conrad Stoltz
300
1. Jamie Whitmore
2. Nicolas LeBrun
248
2. Melanie McQuaid
3. Kerry Classen
235
3. Raeleigh Tennant
4. Mike Vine
228
4. Kerstin Weule
5. Andrew Noble
201
5. Melissa Thomas
Men
Women
1. Conrad Stoltz
465
1. Anke Erlank
2. Nicolas LeBrun
404
2. Monique Merrill
3. Ned Overend
373
3. Raeleigh Tennant
4. Mike Vine
365
4. Jenny Tobin
5. Kerry Classen
319
5. Cheri Touchette
Names in Bold denote top American in Pro Series
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XTERRA AMERICA TOUR FOR AMATEUR COMPETITORS
The XTERRA America Tour is designed to provide age group athletes with a bona-fide championship to compete for
within their geographic region. At the end of the regular season the top performers in each of eight regions are invited to
compete against other athletes their same age - but from different regions - at the national championship in Nevada on
October 5. This year there are 60 races in 32 states across the country, as well as the U.S. Territories of Guam and Saipan.
It marks the 12th straight year of expansion for the sport of XTERRA.
Here's how the Series works:
1) There are eight regions, determined by a competitor's primary residence at the time of their first race:
NORTH EAST (NE) - Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York.
MID ATLANTIC (MA) - Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington D.C.
SOUTH EAST (SE) - Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
NORTH CENTRAL (NC) - Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky.
SOUTH CENTRAL (SC) - Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas.
MOUNTAIN (MT) - Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming.
NORTH WEST (NW) - Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska.
SOUTH WEST (SW) - California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, Pacific Territories.
2) Age Group: "XTERRA Age" is based on a competitor's age on December 31, 2008. Athletes compete in the following
age categories: 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60+ (w), 60-64 (m), 65-69 (m), 70+ (m),
the Physically Challenged Division (15-39 and 40+) in five categores = severe leg impairment, les autres, arm impairment, moderate leg impairment, and visual impairment/legally blind, and new for 2008 the Collegiate Division (see p 37).
3) Series competitors race for points at their choice of 60 events - including XTERRA Points Series (XPS) races &
XTERRA Championship Series (XCS) races. Competitors are required to race and count points in at least one event in
his/her region. Competitors can enter as many events as they'd like, however, they count just their best three finishes.
4) Points are awarded to the top 15 finishers in each age group at each race. If you race at more than one XTERRA
Championship event, only the best finish counts at full points. Any other finishes earn points at the same rate as the
XTERRA Points Series races. There are two points systems:
XTERRA Championship Series:
1st
100
2nd
90
3rd
82
4th
75
5th
69
6th 7th 8th
63 58 53
9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
49 45 41
37 34
31
28
XTERRA Points Series:
1st
75
2nd
67
3rd
61
4th
56
5th
51
6th 7th 8th
47 43 39
9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th
36 33 30
27 25
23
21
5) The highest points scorers in each region are invited to compete for a national title at the XTERRA USA Championship
in Nevada (qualifying spots based on chart below). The competitor with the most points in their age group in each
XTERRA Region earns the title of XTERRA Regional Champion, and wins a custom racing jersey.
XTERRA USA Championship Slots Available in
DIVISION 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39
Male
2
5
9
10
10
Female
2
4
10
9
7
each of
40-44
8
5
eight regions:
45-49 50-54
4
3
3
2
55-59
2
2
60+
2
60-64
2
65-69 70+
PC
2
2 2per cat
2per cat
THE NEW XTERRA COLLEGIATE DIVISION
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS:
Any collegian with a current photo ID can race for their
school as an individual. You do need to be a member of a
school club or team.
There are no age groups in the collegiate division, just
male and female categories.
Collegiate racers do not collect points in the XTERRA
America Tour Series and are not eligible for age group
awards - they only race against other collegiate entries.
Whenever there are three athletes from two or more
schools entered in the same race they’ll go against each
other for school pride in the college team division. There
must be at least two schools with teams for a team award to
be presented.
A “team” must consist of at least 3 male or female
members. There are no mixed teams. A team can have
more entrants, but less than three will not constitute a team.
Points for team awards (male and female) will count the
finishing positions of the smallest number entered by a
qualifying team. Example: College A has 5 men; College B
has 7 men; College C has 9 men. Only the fastest 5
finishers will count towards the team awards.
Points for team awards will be calculated based on the finishing positions of the team members. The lowest total is the
winner. Example: Each team counts 3 athletes. Team A finishes 1, 8 and 15 overall for a total number 24. Team B
finishes 5, 6 and 10 for a total number 21. Team C finishes 2, 9 and 20 for a total number of 31. Team B wins. In no
case will more than 7 athletes count towards the team awards regardless of the total number of entries by any one
team. Should a club enter more than 7 men or women, the coach must nominate the 7 individuals he wants scored for
team awards. Other members are still eligible for individual awards, but their finishing position will not be counted
towards the team totals. Positions counted are overall positions in gender, not just collegiate entrants. This would
include professional entries.
Collegiate Cup:
A Collegiate Cup award will be given when two or more schools have at least 3 men and 3 women per school represented. Example: College A has 5 men, 2 women; College B has 7 men, 3 women. There can be no Collegiate Cup award
as there are not 2 teams that meet the overall requirements. Should two or more schools have the necessary entries
scoring will be similar to the team scoring method with all finishing positions of qualified team members added.
Also:
Collegiate entrants race for separate awards. Awards will be presented to the top three male and female individual
collegiate division finishers, the winning men’s and women’s teams, and the winner of the Collegiate Cup competition (if
applicable). Pre-Registration is required for the XTERRA Collegiate Cup to be presented. Athletes competing in the
Collegiate Division do not prevent XTERRA Age Group athletes from receiving XTERRA America Tour points.
At the XTERRA Regional Champ races collegians can enter the Sport distance but as an age group athlete. There is
no college division in the half-distance XTERRA Sport race.
Oct. 4 - XTERRA Collegiate Nationals - All college students are welcome to race for the inaugural XTERRA
Collegiate National Championship on Saturday, Oct. 4 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada!
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2008
Schedule
DATE
3/8
3/29
3/30
3/30
4/26
4/26
5/3
5/4
5/18
5/18
5/18
5/18
5/18
5/25
6/1
6/1
6/7
6/7
6/8
6/15
6/21
6/21
6/21
6/22
6/28
6/29
6/29
7/6
7/12
7/13
7/13
7/19
7/20
7/20
7/20
7/20
7/26
7/27
7/27
8/2
8/3
8/3
8/3
8/3
8/3
8/9
8/9
8/10
8/10
8/16
8/16
8/17
8/17
8/17
8/24
8/24
8/24
8/31
10/4
Race
XTERRA Saipan Championship
XTERRA Guam
XTERRA Miami
XTERRA REAL
XTERRA Ft. Yargo
XTERRA Arizona Xtreme
XTERRA Gator Terra
XTERRA Uwharrie
XTERRA West Championship
XTERRA Patanella's King of the Hill
XTERRA Caloosahatchee
XTERRA Last Stand
XTERRA Dirty
XTERRA Smith Lake
XTERRA ACE Big Canyon
XTERRA Deuces Wild
XTERRA Eureka Springs
XTERRA Four Corners
XTERRA Southeast Championship
XTERRA East Championship
XTERRA Dawg Dayz
XTERRA Buffalo Creek
XTERRA Solstice
XTERRA Torn Shirt
XTERRA Tahoe City
XTERRA Race at the Rez
XTERRA Trimax
XTERRA Lock 4 Blast
Quarq XTERRA Iron Creek
XTERRA EX2
XTERRA Vashon Island
XTERRA Hammerman
XTERRA Thompson Lake
XTERRA O.N.E.
XTERRA Austin
XTERRA Wild Horse Creek
XTERRA DINO New Castle
XTERRA First Coast
Crested Butte Bank XTERRA
Fleet Feet XTERRA Indian Peaks
XTERRA Sky High
Nature Cure XTERRA Appalachia
XTERRA Panther Creek
XTERRA Black Diamond
XTERRA Snow Valley
Jamba Juice XTERRA Mountainman
XTERRA Beaver Creek
XTERRA STOAKED
XTERRA Iron Will
XTERRA Mountain Championship
XTERRA DINO Logansport
XTERRA M2Xtreme
XTERRA Charlottesville
XTERRA Camp Eagle
XTERRA Schiff Scout
XTERRA Blackhawk
XTERRA Wild Ride
XTERRA Onteora
XTERRA Nevada
Location
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Piti, Guam
North Miami, FL
Granite Bay, CA
Winder, GA
Mesa, AZ
Ruston, LA
Uwharrie, NC
Temecula, CA
Lebanon, NJ
Ft Myers, FL
Augusta, MI
Canyon Lakes, TX
Fort Bragg, NC
Oak Hill, WV
Show Low, AZ
Eureka Springs, AR
Farmington, NM
Pelham, AL
Richmond, VA
North Little Rock, AR
Buffalo Creek, CO
La Grande, OR
Brighton, MI
Tahoe City, CA
Essex, VT
Mifflinburg, PA
Gallatin, TN
Spearfish, SD
Flintstone, MD
Vashon Island, WA
Anchorage, AK
Poland, ME
Ravenna, OH
Austin, TX
Bozeman, MT
New Castle, IN
Jacksonville, FL
Crested Butte, CO
Nederland, CO
Grafton, NY
Indiana, PA
Morristown, TN
Black Diamond, WA
Running Springs, CA
Kualoa Ranch (Oahu, HI)
Avon/Beaver Creek, CO
Hanover, NH
Jonesboro, AR
Ogden/Snowbasin, UT
Logansport, IN
Ellicottville, NY
Charlottesville, VA
Rock Springs, TX
Wading River, NY
Muskegon, MI
McCall, ID
Livingston Manor, NY
Lake Tahoe, NV
10/5
10/26
Lake Tahoe, NV
Makena, Maui, HI
XTERRA Points Series Races (XPS) / XTERRA Championship Series Races (XCS)
Schedule subject to change. As of 2/16/08. Info: www.xterraplanet.com or call toll-free to 877-751-8880
Region
SW
SW
SE
SW
SE
SW
SC
SE
SW
MA
SE
NC
SC
SE
MA
SW
SC
SC
SE
MA
SC
MT
NW
NC
SW
NE
MA
SE
MT
MA
NW
NW
NE
NC
SC
MT
NC
SE
MT
MT
NE
MA
SE
NW
SW
SW
MT
NE
SC
MT
NC
NE
MA
SC
NE
NC
NW
NE
2 0 0 8 S ch e d u l e
Date
Race
Location
March 8
XTERRA Saipan Championship
Saipan, CNMI
Men’s and Women’s Pro/Amateur Winners: Andrew Noble/Mieko Carey ... Eli Torgeson/Stephanie Alcivar
April 5
XTERRA Australia Championship
Daylesford, Victoria
Men’s and Women’s Pro/Amateur Winners: Chris Legh/Susie Wood ... Andrew Steel/Nicola Leary
April 12
XTERRA New Zealand Championship
Rotorua
Men’s and Women’s Pro/Amateur Winners: Terenzo Bozzone/Sonia Foote ... Patrick Harvey/Monique Avery
April 19
XTERRA South Africa Championship
Grabouw, W. Cape
Men’s and Women’s Pro/Amateur Winners: Dan Hugo/Eszter Erdelyi ... Marc Price/Alexia Loizou
May 17-18
XTERRA West Championship*
Temecula, CA
Men’s and Women’s Pro/Amateur Winners: Conrad Stoltz/Melanie McQuaid ... Trevor Glavin/Julie Bruckman
June 1
XTERRA Italy Championship+
Cala Ginepro, Sardinia
June 7-8
XTERRA Southeast Championship*
Pelham, AL
June 14-15
XTERRA East Championship*
Richmond, VA
June 14
XTERRA Brazil Championship
Angra dos Reis
June 21
XTERRA Wales Championship+
Neath Valley
June 28
XTERRA Czech Championship+
Hluboka nad Vltavou
July 6
XTERRA France Championship+
Auron
August 15-16
XTERRA Mountain Championship*
Snowbasin/Ogden, UT
August 16
XTERRA Denmark Championship+
Arhus, Jutland
August 23
XTERRA Austria Championship+
Klopeinersee, Carinthia
August 30
XTERRA Japan Championship
Marunuma
September 27
XTERRA France 2**+
Mandelieu
October 4-5
XTERRA USA Championship*
Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, NV
October 26
Maui, Hawaii
* XTERRA America Tour events /// + XTERRA European Tour events
** Awards Pro Prize purse but does not have slots to XTERRA World Championship
Note: Does not include in-country series such as the XTERRA America Tour, XTERRA South Africa Series, Czech
Tour, German Tour, Japan Tour, Brazil Tour, and French Tour.
For more info visit www.xterraplanet.com or call toll-free to 877-751-8880
Powered by Travelocity,
adventurers can book their trip
online through XTERRA Travel
at xterraplanet.com
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THE 2008 XTERRA TRAIL RUNNING SERIES
At the heart of XTERRA is the fundamental idea of putting
on great races in epic places with friendly faces. Pretty
simple, really, but it’s a formula that has proven successful
over the years and that same philosophy is being used to
grow the XTERRA Trail Run Series.
Now in its fourth year as a stand-alone set of races outside
of the off-road triathlon circuit, the XTERRA Trail Run Series
boasts 50 runs in 16 states and 8 countries, giving runners
the opportunity to race their way around the world…literally.
New in 2008 is the focus on the off-road half-marathon
distance, what XTERRA calls an “Xduro”. When asked
about the paradigm shift (XTERRA Trail Runs used to be
mostly 5k and 10k runs) Tom Kiely, CEO of XTERRA,
explained that “after 12 years of producing trail runs alongside our XTERRA off-road triathlons we’ve learned that our
audience wanted a bigger challenge than a 10k. What the
market told us was to create a series of half-marathons that
have a physical challenge parallel to that of a road
marathon, but with Mother Nature along for the ride.”
Two new big-time races, in truly stunning adventure
destinations, have been added to this year’s line up with the
XTERRA Trail Running National Championship in Bend,
Oregon on September 27 and the first-ever XTERRA Trail
Running World Championship on the Hawaiian Island of
Oahu on December 7.
Not long ago Bend was named “America’s Best Trail
Running Town” by Outside Magazine, and with its wide variety of terrain, mild fall climate, endless miles of pristine trails
and a local community full of enthusiasm and support for the
race, runners can expect a one-of-a-kind experience at
Nationals.
“The U.S. Trail Run Series is the fastest-growing segment
of XTERRA and the National Championship race is turning
into a really big deal,” said Kiely. “We think Bend is an
amazing place to visit and explore, and an ideal venue for
the last race in the series.”
There are 10 regional series in the U.S. - Oregon, Utah,
Georgia, New York, New England, Chicago, Tennessee,
Philadelphia, Southern California and the Chesapeake Area
– and each hosts between 3 and 7 races through the course
of the year. The winner of each age group in each series
earns free entry into the XTERRA Trail Running National
Championship race.
In Bend the championship event is an Xduro (21k/13.1
mile), but the day-long running celebration will also feature
races of 10k and 5k distances, a festival/expo center for
participants and spectators, and live entertainment so the
entire community can get involved. While the race field will
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include competitors who have qualified for Nationals at
other events, participation is still open to the general public.
Following Nationals, say Aloha! Held the weekend prior
to the Honolulu Marathon, the XTERRA Trail Running World
Championship will kick off the “greatest week of running on
Earth” for athletes from around the globe. For competitive
runners, $10,000 in prize money will be awarded to the top
male and female finishers and racers from Xduro events in
Brazil, New Zealand, Italy, France, Austria, and Japan are
expected to come join in the adventure.
The site at Kualoa Ranch on the northeastern side of Oahu
is nothing short of magical. Arguably the most stunning
landscape in Hawaii, the 4,000 acre working cattle ranch
has been the setting for major motion productions such as
Jurassic Park, Godzilla and LOST. From the steep mountain
cliffs to the sparkling sea, the terrain varies from dense rainforest to broad open valleys and from beautiful white sand
beaches to awesome verdant cliff faces.
This inaugural gathering of international trail runners is
highlighted by the 21k Xduro but is accompanied by numerous events ranging from shorter distance trail runs and kids’
races to a walk-a-thon for charity and family entertainment.
“XTERRA is thrilled with the growth of its Trail Running
Series” said Janet Clark, President of TEAM
Unlimited/XTERRA. “XTERRA Trail Runs give runners an
opportunity to explore some wildly natural environments
and challenge Mother Nature’s diverse and unique offerings
from roots to rocks, to stream crossings and unexpected
scenic vistas.”
For more details visit www.xterratrailrun.com.
2008
Schedule
Date
2/2
2/3
3/1
3/22
3/29
3/30
4/12
4/12
4/20
5/7
5/10
5/17
5/17
5/18
5/21
5/24
5/31
5/31
6/1
6/4
6//7
6/7
6/7
6/7
6/14
6/14
6/18
6/28
7/6
7/12
7/19
7/20
8/2
8/9
8/9
8/10
8/16
8/16
8/17
8/23
8/31
9/20
9/27
9/28
10/4
10/12
10/18
10/25
10/25
11/22
12/7
12/14
TBD
Race
XTERRA Runnin’ the Rocks Trail Run
XTERRA Mission Gorge Trail Run
XTERRA Thrill in the Hills Xduro
XTERRA Seven Islands Trail Run
XTERRA Chanoko Trail Run
XTERRA Dirt Dash Trail Run
XTERRA New Zealand Xduro
XTERRA Merrimack River Trail Run
XTERRA Muddy Moose Xduro
XTERRA Warwick Park Revenge Trail Run
XTERRA Malibu Creek Trail Challenge Xduro
XTERRA Havoc at the Hideout Trail Run
XTERRA Vail Lake Xduro
XTERRA Forks of the River Trail Run
XTERRA Hibernia Park Blast Trail Run
XTERRA Black Bear Hollow Trail Run
XTERRA Deep South Trail Run
XTERRA Italy Xduro
XTERRA France Xduro
XTERRA Warwick Park Ruckus Trail Run
XTERRA X-Country Trail Run
XTERRA Wolf Mountain Trail Run
XTERRA Gwynns Falls Trail Run
XTERRA Oak Mountain Xduro
XTERRA James River Scramble
XTERRA Richmond Xduro
XTERRA Hibernia Park Challenge Trail Run
XTERRA Snowbird Challenge Trail Run
XTERRA Twin Lakes Trail Run
XTERRA Renegade Trail Run
XTERRA Antelope Island Trail Run
XTERRA Nottingham Xduro
XTERRA Panther Creek Trail Run
XTERRA STOAKED Trail Run
XTERRA XTREME Trail Run
XTERRA Boordy Vineyards Trail Run
XTERRA Mohonk Preserve Xduro
XTERRA Wheeler Canyon Xduro
XTERRA Tillamook Burn Trail Run
XTERRA River Valley Ranch Trail Run
XTERRA Japan Xduro
XTERRA Austria Xduro
XTERRA Trail Running National Championship Xduro
XTERRA Pt. Mugu Xduro
XTERRA Nevada Trail Run
XTERRA Haw Ridge Xduro
XTERRA Camp Edge Trail Run
XTERRA Makena Beach Trail Run
XTERRA Boney Mountain Xduro
XTERRA Topanga Turkey Trot
XTERRA Trail Running World Championship Xduro
XTERRA Crystal Cove Trail Run
XTERRA Brazil Xduro
Location
Conyers, GA
San Diego, CA
Winder, GA
Knoxville, TN
Folsom, CA
Forest Grove, OR
Rotorua
Andover, MA
Wolfeboro, NH
Pottstown, PA
Malibu, CA
North Plains, OR
Temecula, CA
Knoxville, TN
Coatesville, PA
Hurley, NY
Dauset, GA
Berchida, Sardinia
Gerardmer, France
Pottstown, PA
Palatine, IL
Huntsville, UT
Baltimore, MD
Pelham, AL
Richmond, VA
Richmond, VA
Coatesville, PA
Snowbird, UT
Hurley, NY
Palatine, IL
Antelope Island, UT
Nottingham, PA
Morristown, TN
Hanover, NH
Palatine, IL
Hydes, MD
New Paltz, NY
Ogden, UT
Pacific City, OR
Manchester, MD
Marunuma, Japan
Pragraten, Austria
Bend, Oregon
Oxnard, CA
Incline Village, NV
Oak Ridge, TN
Alloway, NJ
Makena, Maui
Thousand Oaks, CA
Topanga, CA
Kualoa Ranch, Oahu, HI
Newport Beach, CA
Rio de Janeiro
FOR MOREINFORMATION AND TO SIGN-UP FOR THE XTERRA TRAIL MIX NEWSLETTER VISIT …
Distances - Series Descriptor
10k - Georgia Series #3
5k/15k - SoCal Series #5
10k – Tennessee Series #1
16k
8k – Oregon Series #1
10k/21k - Global
16k- New England Series # 1
6k/22k- New England Series #2
5k – Philly Series #1
6k/22k - SoCal Series #6
5k/10k/21k - SoCal Series #7
8k- New York Series #1
5k/10k/21k – Global Tour
11k/53k – Global Tour
8k - Chicago Series #1
10k - Utah Series #1
6k- Chesapeake Series # 1
5k/10k/21k - America Tour
10k - America Tour
21k- Chesapeake Series #2
8k - Utah Series #2
12k- New York Series # 2
10k/21k – Philly Series #5
16k- New England Series # 3
5k - Chesapeake Series #3
21k- New York Series #3
5k/10k - Chesapeake Series #4
27k – Global Tour
TBD – Global Tour
5k/10k/21k
11k/18k - SoCal Series #1 for ‘09
5k/10k - America Tour
20k- Tennessee Series #1 for ‘09
5k- Chesapeake Series #1 for ‘09
5k/10k
5k/10k/15k - SoCal Series #3 for ‘09
21k Xduro
TBD - Global
XTERRATRAILRUN.COM
XTERRAGEAR.COM
Lightweight XTERRA Shoes Designed to Help Athletes
Stalk Their On-Course Prey
TJ Gray and Ashley Brown — designers of XTERRA’s new
line of footwear and apparel — stood at the finish line of the
XTERRA World Championship in Maui last October. While
many of the competitors lay in bed the night before counting
sheep in anticipation of the race, that afternoon Gray and
Brown were counting shoes.
Road shoe, road shoe, road shoe. As athletes poured
down from the lower slopes of Mount Haleakala from their
nearly seven-mile trail run over roots, rocks and ravines,
Gray and Brown couldn’t believe their eyes.
“Maybe one in 100 was a trail runner,” said Brown, who
along with partner Gray have also developed shoes for
Nike, adidas and Salomon. “They were all sacrificing stability for less weight.”
They returned to the drawing board, determined to make
XTERRA the lightest — but still, most stable — trail running
shoe on the market. With four months until the launch of the
shoes at the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City,
designs were tweaked, materials tested — including a
unique combination of lighter blown rubber in the forefoot
and a heavier high-abrasion carbon rubber in the heel.
But their biggest scientific sport discovery was yet to come.
After much trial and error in their New Hampshire lab, a
molding model never before seen in the category was
created. Gone was a traditional glued-together midsole,
replaced by a dual-injected, dual-density EVA made of two
layers — the top soft, the bottom harder — giving comfort
and stability while taking away weight.
The result: an eco-friendly design that’s one of the lightest
trail runner ever, weighing in at less than 10.5 ounces for
men, 9.5 for women.
With the weight issue solved, multi-sport competitors Gray
and Brown began to research every movement taken on a
trail — the footplant and lateral pushoff around a 90-degree
directional path change, the flexed-footed jump over water,
the balanced gripped-toe run across a log.
As they were going for a timed run in the woods near their
studios — furiously passing each other, taking turns as the
lead — the big-picture design inspiration for XTERRA’s new
footwear line came: a big-cat predator’s paw.
“Chasing its prey, a big cat grips into the earth — digging
into loose gravel, dirt, gaining time and distance on every
step, every leap,” said Gray, a former collegiate decathlete
at Syracuse.
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“The outer part of their foot acts like a traction pad,” he
continued. “It’s from there that we came up with XTERRA’s
unique outsole lug concept.”
The concept’s name: WILDTred. According to Gray and
Brown, its carved claw-like perimeter lug design forms
independent touch pads from forefoot to heel with deep flex
zones for controlled, wrap-around grip. They also noted the
lugs are higher than the shoe bottom’s concave center,
helping it act as its front and rear suspension while creating
a larger surface area.
“With the cat’s paw, we liked the symbolism of man’s
co-existence with all things found in the environment, said
Brown. “We adapt to our surroundings, whether it be
animal, plant or any of nature’s elements.
Continued Brown: “The thought behind XTERRA’s new line
is that the outdoors are no longer to be conquered; they’re
to be connected with.”
XTERRA’s fall 2008 footwear launch includes five styles:
trail runner, trail trainer (each $115), ultra trainer ($95), performance sandal ($75) and performance slide ($55). They
hit retail in July and will be available at outdoor specialty,
running, tri and independent sporting goods stores.
The line includes a wide selection of race- and trainingspecific apparel and accessories as well, among
them jackets, singlets, speedsuits and shorts.
For more information on the product — or what retailers
are carrying XTERRA — multi-sport athletes can go to
www.xterragear.com.
XTERRA ECO TEAM
The Eco Team is an athlete initiated program to engage the XTERRA
community in environmental initiatives to help protect and preserve the areas
we race in, and give back to the communities that host us.
The program started in 2007 by organizing ecological restoration work
parties at our race venues and initiating a gear recycling program for donation
to local bicycle advocacy programs.
Highlights from 2007 include:
- At the XTERRA World Championship in Maui nearly 20 volunteers gathered
for a three-mile trash sweep that extended from the far side of Makena “Big”
Beach along the coast back to the host hotel at the Maui Prince.
- At the XTERRA USA Championship in Nevada the XTERRA Eco Team, with
more than a dozen volunteers, planted 10 trees, mixed and poured over 30
bags of concrete for the foundation of bear-proof recycling boxes, installed 7
stream and natural habitat protection signs, and filled several trash bags with
litter picked up along 5 miles of trail and a stream in Incline Village.
- In August in North Bend, WA the XTERRA Eco Team joined forces with
Seattle's Back Country Bicycle Trails Club (BBTC) to restore a section of a
popular mountain bike trail in the North Cascades. More than a dozen volunteers worked 15ft of trail "turnpike" that had been damaged by winter storms.
The crew scrounged for rock and mineral soil to make the section suitable for
horses and mountain bikes.
- Back in July for the XTERRA Vashon Island race XTERRA athletes cleaned
out their garages for the Eco Team’s first "bike-cycling" event.
At the race they collected bicycle parts, clothing, and any bike related components for donation to Seattle's BikeWorks: a bicycle advocacy non-profit
that teaches bicycle maintenance skills to children of low-income families.
BikeWorks uses
donated equipment to teach teens how to build or repair
bikes and teens are allowed to keep the bikes they build. Younger children
receive free bikes from Bikeworks and earn prizes for the number of miles
they ride. BikeWorks also donates recycled bicycles to The Village Project in
Africa.
Gear donations were already piled up at the registration table one hour before
the race, and the two boxes the ECO TEAM brought were at capacity as soon
as they were set down. Donations included tires and tubes, new bike clothing
and socks, seats, pedals, cables, chains, cranks, wheel sets, bike shoes,
lights, water bottles, stickers, a steel roadbike frame, and a wonderful kids'
BMX bike!
In 2008 and beyond the XTERRA Eco Team will continue to make a difference
ecologically by offering a few hours of time to local environmental initiatives
near our race courses. This could be anything from trail maintenance to park
clean-up, ecological restoration, or tree planting work parties.
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THE 13th XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - Oct. 26, 2008
Following an action-packed racing season that will span 16 countries with more
than 100 events, XTERRA will host its 13th XTERRA World Championship in
Maui on October 26th. A season-ending blow-out like no other, the World
Championship is the culmination of a worldwide series of races held in Saipan,
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Italy, Denmark, Brazil, Japan, Austria,
United Kingdom, France, the Czech Republic and the U.S.
The race course, considered one of XTERRA's toughest and most grueling, will
consist of a 1.5-kilometer roughwater swim at Makena Beach, a grueling 30kilometer mountain bike on the slopes of Haleakala, & an 11-kilometer trail run.
Access to this legendary course is permitted once a year - on race day.
Conditions change radically from year to year, diminishing the advantage to
repeat competitors, and perpetuating the course's stature as among the most
intimidating in the series.
The maxed-out field is limited to 600 competitors, who represent the best offroad, multisport athletes on the planet. It is a "winner take all" race, with one of
the richest pro purses in multisport at $125,000, and it is awarded solely on the
basis of the Maui performance. Since this race is a stand-alone event, it offers a
unique opportunity to competitors. Even those who have had a less than stellar
season, are given an opportunity to redeem themselves and earn the coveted
title of XTERRA World Champion.
Last year Conrad Stoltz captured the men’s championship and Julie Dibens
from the UK won the women’s crown.
A special prime, the Hawaiian Airlines Double, will pay $2,500 to the man and
woman with the fastest combined Hawaii Ironman and XTERRA World
Championship time. Only two weeks and a narrow channel of ocean separate
the two events, which each year attract a growing number of endurance athletes.
In 2007, Spain’s Eneko Llanos won the men’s double and Hungary’s Erika
Csomor won the women’s double.
The award-winning TEAM TV crew will be there to televise all the action for a
one-hour sports special which will air across the national via national syndication
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QUALIFYING FOR MAUI
Amateur athletes can qualify for the
XTERRA World Championship by
finishing in one of the 34 qualifying
spots available at each Global Tour
Championship event or one of the 36
qualifying spots (see below) at any of
the five XTERRA Championship
Series races in Temecula, Pelham,
Richmond, Ogden, or Lake Tahoe.
There are also a limited number of
at-large slots available early in the
year and a special Hawaii qualifier at
the Mountainman on Oahu Aug. 9.
DIVISION
15-19
20-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
60-64
65-69
70+
PC
Total
Men
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
23
Women
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
3
18
Total
2
2
4
5
5
5
4
2
2
2
1
1
6
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XTERRA BEGINNINGS
IT REALLY STARTED in the late '80's. That's when Tom
Kiely (CEO of TEAM Unlimited - owners and producers of
XTERRA) was tasked with creating more publicity for the
Waikiki Oahu Visitors Association. His idea was sports TV.
"First, sports is part of our life blood in Hawaii, and second,
what looks good on TV? The beaches and the ocean,"
explained Kiely.
The concept was pretty simple. TV sports and
entertainment is one of the biggest industries in the world.
The travel industry is THE BIGGEST industry in the world.
Bring those two together in programming, and you've got
something big.
So he came up with the idea for the Hawaiian International
Ocean Challenge - a lifeguard skills competition that
attracted water safety specialists from Australia, New
Zealand,
California,
and
of
course,
Hawaii.
Then, he forged a relationship with ESPN - the worldwide
leader in sports.
In 1990 the Ocean Challenge was broadcast on ESPN,
and millions of viewers were exposed to the beauty of
Waikiki - the sun, sand, and crystal clear blue water of the
Pacific Ocean. Subsequently, this is where David "Kahuna"
Nicholas enters the picture - as "race director."
"So we get into producing the Ocean Challenge," says
Kiely. "And now I'm thinking I've got all these athletes and
TV crews and if it costs me this much to produce one show,
it'll cost less for another, and even less for a third."
ESPN approves two more shows (Waikiki King's Race and
Diamond Head Wahine Windsurfing Classic) and in 1991
TEAM Unlimited produces three events and three TV
shows. The concept is working, and Hawaii is reaping the
benefits of the outdoor exposure the shows are generating.
"So the next year (1992) we produced seven Hawaiian
Sports Adventure Shows…multiple segments, different
stories, great scenics, and 30-minutes of entertaining, good
fun stuff," said Kiely.
Those seven shows were in addition to the Ocean
Challenge and a few others televised events, including the
inaugural Tour O' Hawaii.
"Now that was a great event," said Nicholas - now the
managing director of the XTERRA Global Tour. "The Tour
O' Hawaii happened before professional cyclists were
allowed to compete in the Olympics so the top riders from
every country kept their amateur status so they could race
in the Olympics. We just missed Lance because he signed
with Motorola, but we had George Hincapie, Jan Ulrich,
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Tyler Hamilton, and dozens of others. Looking back, the
field was a who's who of international cycling."
A few years later the Olympics allowed pros to compete,
road cycling in the U.S. was on the decline, and the Tour O'
Hawaii was no more. At the same time, however, mountain
biking was taking off. So in 1995, in addition to 12 other TV
shows and several events, TEAM Unlimited produced the
Hawaiian Mountain Tour.
In doing so Nicholas and mountain bike Hall-of-Famer
Dean Crandall established the rules and held the first-ever
mountain bike stage race. This is also where many of the
XTERRA greats first appeared. The likes of Ned Overend,
Shari Kain, Melanie McQuaid, Steve Larsen, Mike Kloser,
Leslie Tomlinson, and host of others were taking part in the
Hawaiian Mountain Tour. Now these races took place at
Kualoa Ranch on Oahu, where the Koolau mountain range
meets the ocean, and the story goes that after their races
the mountain bikers would ride down to the beach and jump
in the water. It sparked a thought…why not have a
mountain bike triathlon?
By 1996 TEAM Unlimited had produced more than 50
shows and sporting events, and while the idea of an off-road
triathlon was enticing - who'd pay for it?
Almost simultaneously, the Aston Hotel in Maui (now the
Wailea Marriott Resort) was shopping for a good idea for
their grand opening and the Maui Visitors Bureau was
looking for a new event that could tell a different story about
Maui's south shore because all the exposure up to that point
was golf. Well, what better way to show off the hotel and
south shore than 1) starting the race at this beautiful beach
in front of the sponsor hotel, 2) follow a race that covers 21
miles of terrain with two dozen camera's, and 3) put it on TV
for the whole world to see?
Add a phone call to Kiely from a friendly competitor in the
marketplace (to remain unnamed) inquiring on the very
subject of producing an off-road triathlon and you have all
the main ingredients for XTERRA's birth.
Kiely likes to define luck as the "intersection of opportunity and activity." He recalls bringing Nicholas and VP of
Marketing Janet Clark into his office.
"Look, I said, so-and-so called me and said that they were
thinking about doing an off-road tri and if they do, then we're
forever second, so we have to be the first ones to do it. I
immediately called Aston and the MVB and said O.K., I've
got the idea, here's the thing, bing, bang, boom," said Kiely.
"And that's what got us started in XTERRA."
THE XTERRA PLANET
At the finish line of the very first XTERRA race in 1996 it was clear that
XTERRA was going to be more than just a one-off event. There was
passion in the eyes of the competitors and an unwavering feeling that
XTERRA was destined to become a lifestyle…a movement. We believed.
So much so we restructured the company to keep it growing.
And look at what XTERRA has become…
- The first piece of expansion started with more races, a lot more. From one to 100+ in 17 countries in a 11-year span
including a 60-stop America Tour for amateurs and a full-blown European Tour. XTERRA races can now be found on
every continent in the World (including Antarctica in 2009).
- We initiated a series of XTERRA Camps across the U.S. to help prepare athletes to race and get them started
towards an active lifestyle. To that end, we offer up half-distance races for newcomers at our major events, plus the
chance to race as part of a relay team. We also offer free XTERRA University clinics taught by our top pros.
- We dish out a half-million dollars in prize money to attract some of the world's leading multisport athletes and garner
the attention of national and international media.
- We make champions. In the U.S. off-road triathlon series alone we recognize 184 amateur regional champions and
22 amateur national champions, plus relay team and collegiate national champs, XTERRA Trail Run Series, National
and World Champs, and now XTERRA Winter World Champions.
- We get kids involved wherever we go with the XTERRA Kids Zone. It's a free schedule of events with running and
bike races, obstacle courses, and other fun games. The notion is to get kids outdoors and active.
- We put the lifestyle on display for millions to see with XTERRA TV. A dozen shows reaching into homes all over the
world with inspiring images of fun activities in great places.
- We became consumer friendly. First with XTERRA Gear - equipment designed for rugged competition. Then, with
races in more than a dozen countries and nearly every state in the U.S., we knew traveling was part of the game so
we selected Travelocity to power XTERRA Travel on our website. We recently re-created XTERRAPlanet.com, which
is soon to be a complete resource for any outdoor adventure.
- With the introduction of the XTERRA Foundation - we gave XTERRA heart. The XTERRA Foundation is a non-profit
specifically designed to provide educational opportunities for at-risk kids.
- We've opened the doors for runners, not just multisport athletes, with the XTERRA Trail Running Series. This year
there were more than 50 5k, 10k, and 21k runs reaching into 15 U.S. States. - providing more chances to participate in
the healthy, active, outdoors lifestyle. We’ll host the inaugural XTERRA Trail Running World Championship - a 21k
Xduro - on Dec. 7, 2008 on the island of Oahu and the U.S. National Championship in Bend, OR on Sept. 27.
- We took the XTERRA format into the snow with the creation of the XTERRA Winter World Championship.
- We created a week-long XTERRA-style adventure competition that is now the Land Rover G4 Challenge - Nevada
Passage.
- We launched the XTERRA Eco Team to protect and preserve the areas we race in, and give back to the
communities that host us.
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TEAM UNLIMITED
TEAM Unlimited is a Hawaii-based television events and marketing company,
founded in 1988. It owns and produces XTERRA, and in 2008 there will be more than
100 off-road triathlon events held in 16 countries. It all started with 123 competitors
one afternoon in Maui, and has since evolved into the most prestigious off-road
multisport race in the world. There are 20,000+ competitors, ages 13-71, from all 50
states and more than 40 countries competing in XTERRA events.
TEAM Unlimited also produces a 50-race XTERRA Global Trail Running Series with
National and World Championship races, the Land Rover G4 Challenge-Nevada
Passage adventure competition, the XTERRA Winter World Championship, and more
than a dozen TV shows each year.
XTERRA THROUGH TIME
1996: Jimmy Riccitello and Michellie Jones win inaugural event in Wailea, Maui.
1997: XTERRA adds two events in California, and one in Louisiana in addition to World Championship.
1998: The XTERRA tour goes to Michigan, Colorado, Oregon, and back to Louisiana.
1999: 11 races spanning from California to New Jersey. First year of Pro Points Series.
2000: XTERRA goes global with its first international races in England, Japan, and Canada.
2001: The first year of the XTERRA USA Championship Series, Australia and the Netherlands.
2002: The inaugural XTERRA Saipan Championship, and races in Germany and the Czech Republic.
The XTERRA USA Championship Series expands to 31 races.
2003: The seventh consecutive year of expansion provides more than 50 events to compete in.
2004: Forty-five events in the U.S., plus 33 international races and a full-fledged XTERRA European Tour
2005: First year of the stand-alone XTERRA Trail Running Series and Nevada Passage Adventure Competition.
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