Wednesday, June 15, 2011

2011 Missouri State MTB Championship

The 2011 Missouri State MTB Championships were held on Sunday. The KC Cup hosted the championships for the first time and did a great job. Here are the Missouri State MTB Championship results.Congratulations to the new 2011 Missouri State Mountain Bike Champion Ashley Blum. Ashley rode am impressive KC Cup to take his age-group title and overall in the Cat 2 division.
Damian Almanza showed some great form stepping up on the podium in the very competitive Cat 1 division. Look for Damian to defend his Kansas State MTB championship at the upcoming Kansas MTB Championships.
Rich Anderson put in a good showing in the very popular Marathon class. He just missed out on a podium spot and took home 6th on the day. Nice chops Rich....
Tim Greene got in 4 laps for a solid ride and was very happy to survive 4 times through the slick Rim Job.


We had staked field in the Cat 2 division to support Ashley. Jeff Arnaud put in a great ride for 2 nd place in the 30 - 39 division. Sean Gaulter continues to improve and took home 7th place and Chris Love paid for his early pacing and rounded out the field for 9th. Now if Sean could just learn how to put a number plate on....
Brent Gowin came out of a brief retirement and spent the entire day looking over his shoulder but still managed to take home 12th in the always tough Single Speed division.
Chris Locke continues a slow comeback and rode to a 9th place in the Cat 1 40 - 49 division.
Never let this guy borrow your bike - John Williams tries out MTB racing. Tim's Turner will never be the same...

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