Courtesy Alexandra Chiafery / Leadville Race Series
LEADVILLE — Double digit Summit County athletes finished Saturday’s Leadville 100 trail mountain bike race, led by 53-year-old Ross Herr’s 147th-place finish with a time of 8 hours, 21 minutes and 24 seconds. More than 1,600 athletes entered the race.
Herr’s time of 8:21:24 earned him 40th place in his age group, 36 spots ahead of the second-best Summit County mountain biker on the day, Scott Carew of Breckenridge. Carew took 481st place, 76th in the men’s 50-59 age division, with a time of 9:36:28.
The top Summit County woman on the day was Veronika Hewitt of Dillon. The 35-year-old won the women’s 30-39 age group with a time of 9:49:43.
The Leadville Trail 100 MTB is regarded as the “race of all races” in the annual Leadville 100 series. The race requires mountain bikers to complete 103.3 miles of high-elevation, extreme terrain surrounding Leadville. The course begins and ends at 10,152 feet and climbs to a climax of 12,424 feet, with 12,612 feet of elevation gain along the way.
Place. Athlete, Age, Town, Divisional place, Time
147. Ross Herr, 53, Silverthorne, 40, 8:21:24
481. Scott Carew, 56, Breckenridge, 76, 9:36:28
557. Veronika Hewitt, 35, Dillon, 1, 9:49:43
589. Tom Wisdom, 62, Dillon, 20, 9:54:46
635. Lee Hewitt, 39, Dillon, 13, 10:02:20
665. Eddie Rose, 33, Silverthorne, 159, 10:10:33
817. Emily Solverson, 31, Dillon, 20, 10:36:42
1061. William Comcowich, 45, Silverthorne, 367, 11:19:55
1132. Sean VonFeldt, 52, Silverthorne, 255, 11:27:45
1133. John Forest, 48, Dillon, 392, 11:27:52
1212. Sue Stokes, 57, Breckenridge, 10, 11:39:27