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Finn Schroder of Breckenridge rides during Wednesday’s second Summit Mountain Challenge mountain-biking event of the season, the Gold Run Rush, which took place in the Wellington and Lincoln Park neighborhoods of Breckenridge. Schroder took 12th place in the junior boys 13-15 division with a time of 56:41.
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Jarrad Christianson of Breckenridge rides during Wednesday’s second Summit Mountain Challenge mountain-bike event of the season, the Gold Run Rush in the Wellington and Lincoln Park neighborhoods of Breckenridge, the summit of Peak 8 in view in the distance. Christianson finished in third place in the pro-open men division with a time of 1:10:27.
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Eva Capozza of Salida rides during Wednesday’s second Summit Mountain Challenge mountain-biking event of the season, the Gold Run Rush in the Wellington and Lincoln Park neighborhoods of Breckenridge. Capozza finished in second place in the junior girls 13-15 division with a time of 56:40.
Antonio Olivero / aolivero@summitdaily.com
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Adam Loomis of Breckenridge pedals during Wednesday’s second Summit Mountain Challenge event of the season, the Gold Run Rush, which took place in the Wellington and Lincoln Park neighborhoods of Breckenridge. Loomis finished in second place in the expert men 40-49 division with a time of 1:15:44.
Antonio Olivero / aolivero@summitdaily.com
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Colin Stingley of Breckenridge rides during Wednesday’s second Summit Mountain Challenge mountain-biking event of the season, the Gold Run Rush in the Wellington and Lincoln Park neighborhoods of Breckenridge. Stingley finished in second place in the expert men 19-39 division with a time of 1:14:29.
Antonio Olivero / aolivero@summitdaily.com
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Dominic Baker of Breckenridge rides during Wednesday’s second Summit Mountain Challenge mountain-biking event of the season, the Gold Run Rush, which took place in the Wellington and Lincoln Park neighborhoods of Breckenridge. Baker finished in fifth place in the pro-open men division with a time of 1:17:17.
Antonio Olivero / aolivero@summitdaily.com
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Eoin Blackburn of Buena Vista leads a pack of riders over a bridge during Wednesday’s second Summit Mountain Challenge event of the season, the Gold Run Rush, which took place in the Wellington and Lincoln Park neighborhoods of Breckenridge. Blackburn finished in 14th place in the junior boys 13-15 division with a time of 1:04:53.
Antonio Olivero / aolivero@summitdaily.com
BRECKENRIDGE — The 2019 Summit Mountain Challenge returned on Wednesday to Breckenridge with the annual Gold Run Rush mountain-biking event, the second race in the summer series.
Breckenridge local Taylor Shelden won the pro-open men’s division and posted the fastest time on the two-loop, 17-mile course with a time of 1 hour, 6 minutes and 52 seconds. Another Breckenridge local, teen rider Lasse Konecny, finished in second place in the pro-open men’s race with a time of 1:09:20 while a third Breckenridge local, Jarad Christianson, placed third with a time of 1:10:27.
On the girls side, Breckenridge teen local Tai-Lee Smith won the pro-open women’s race with a time of 01:24:26, just more than 2-1/2 minutes ahead of Jillian Bearden of Palmer Lake. Clare Hanson of Leadville rounded-out the pro-open women’s podium with a time of 1:29:39.
The Summit Mountain Challenge is scheduled to return with the annual Pennsylvania Gulch Grind event on July 17. Until then, here are the podium-placers in each division for the Gold Run Rush:
Junior girls 10 & under
1. Haley Walsh 33:27, 2. Jacie Lundberg, 35:43, 3. Lucy Greenwood, 36:26
Junior boys 10 & under
1. Nico Florio, 28:53, 2. Kiernan Clark, 29:46, 3. Louie Devito, 32:20
Junior girls 11-12
1. Merrick Neerhof, 29:03, 2. Fiona Florio, 31:18, 3. Madison Haser, 32:36
Junior boys 11-12
1. William Bentley, 22:27, 2. Will Young, 24:04, 3. Blake Hemming, 25:29
Junior girls 13-15
1. Samantha Hessel, 53:01, 2. Eva Capozza, 56:40, 3. Viola Koning, 58:59
Junior boys 13-15
1. Nicholas Konecny, 40:48, 2. Mattehew Cairns, 42:17, Ethan Nejame Zeiset, 43:27
Junior sport girls 16-18
1. Samantha Bertolina, 1:13:49, 2. Gwen Ramsey, 1:25:59
Junior sport boys 16-18
1. Liam Goettelman, 1:07:34, 2. Dane Gerry, 1:14:20, 3. Hunter Giacone, 1:24:26
Beginner women
1. Leslie Rechta, 53:16, 2. Heather Lindh, 1:00:16, 3. Sara Skinner, 1:06:59
Beginner men
1. Daniel Kosel, 44:35, 2. Casey Turner, 1:00:23
Sport women
1. Olivia Andreozzi, 1:12:43, 2. Heidi Gruber, 1:13:39, 3. Amanda Good, 1:16:05
Open women 45+
1. Emily Boyd, 1:13:19, 2. Sheri Gaskill, 1:22:24, 3. Camille Bonta, 1:23:33
Open men 60+
1. Russell Asleson, 1:03:54, 2. Scott Yule, 1:05:28, 3. Kevin Malone, 1:09:37
Sport men 19-34
1. Arthur Elmer, 1:01:01, 2. Austin Kuithe, 1:02:41, 3. Eric Willett, 1:03:38
Sport men 35-49
1. Scott Campbell, 1:00:04, 2. Joel White, 1:01:34, 3. Jeffrey Lifgren, 1:03:28
Sport men 50+
1. Mark Conover, 1:04:00, 2. Brian Weiss, 1:09:37, 3. Scott Giffin, 1:11:05
Clydesdale
1. Jesse Hart, 1:02:56, 2. Brent Mueller, 1:08:03, 3. Hugh Mackey 1:12:59
Big bike open
1. Andrew Carney, 1:01:36, 2. Dennis Vanderschaaff, 1:02:29, 3. Demitiri Carahalios, 1:05:00
Junior expert girls 16-18
1. Opal Koning, 1:31:24, 2. Siena Muscianisi, 1:33:31, 3. Cassidy Gillis, 1:37:38
Junior expert boys 16-18
1. Finn Remias, 1:14:12, 2. Noah Moyer, 1:19:43, 3. Davis Duncan, 1:21:26
Expert + singlespeed women
1. Sierra Anderson, 1:29:49, 2. Ro Mayberry, 1:32:02, 3. Christy Lindh, 1:35:21
Singlespeed men
1. Michael Melley, 1:24:21, 2. Scott Wescott, 1:29:02, 3. Andrew Steele, 1:29:03
Expert men 50+
1. Pete Swenson, 1:15:40, 2. Adam Loomis, 1:15:44, 3. Todd Greenwood, 1:16:17
Expert men 40-49
1. Jeremy Reimer, 1:11:31, 2. Jeff Cospolich, 1:11:35, 3. Andrew Berget, 1:12:25
Expert men 19-39
1. Brandon Hanson, 1:13:13, 2. Colin Stingley, 1:14:29, 3. Max Wipperman, 1:16:03
Pro-open women
1. Tai-Lee Smith, 1:24:26, 2. Jillian Bearden, 1:26:58, 3. Clare Hanson, 1:29:39
Pro-open men
1. Taylor Shelden, 1:06:52, 2. Lasse Konecny, 1:09:20, 3. Jarad Christianson, 1:10:27