A really great article with some humorous quotes on the xterraplanet.com website. Still working on getting some good photo’s from the day. Here is one pearler from the lens of Rich Cruse and some from Ruth and I just messing about.
(The first major downhill - a roller coaster on hardpacked smooth soil)
(Cooling in the mist tent)
(Brian Smith - one of the nicest guys I’ve met here - after his demon run)
(Lake Vail - Venue to Xterra West Championship on the Xterra American Tour)
(Men’s Podium: Josiah Middaugh, myself, Conrad Stoltz, Brian Smith, and Seth Wealing)
(Ruth and I playing with my Hawaiian Wreath)
(Recovering on some Ben and Jerry’s)
2008 XTERRA West Championship Results ($20,000 Pro Purse)
TOP 15 PRO MENPl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse Pts1 Conrad Stoltz 34 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:23:02 $2,500 1002 Dan Hugo 23 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:25:20 $2,000 903 Brian Smith 32 Gunnison, Colorado 2:28:21 $1,500 824 Josiah Middaugh 29 Vail, Colorado 2:30:05 $1,200 755 Seth Wealing 29 Boulder, Colorado 2:31:47 $900 696 Rom Akerson 24 Tambor, Costa Rica 2:32:04 $700 637 Craig Evans 30 Spring Hill, Tennessee 2:33:00 $500 588 Kelly Guest 31 Vancouver, B.C., Canada 2:33:31 $350 539 Jimmy Archer 35 Boulder, Colorado 2:34:09 $250 4910 Jim Vance 31 San Diego, California 2:34:23 $200 45Also receiving points: Mike Vine ($150, 41), Cody Waite ($100, 37), Jordan Jones (34), Branden Rakita (31), Ryan DeCook (28).
TOP 12 PRO WOMENPl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse Pts1 Melanie McQuaid 35 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:51:31 $2,500 1002 Marion Summerer 26 Freiburg, Germany (Honolulu, HI) 2:52:58 $2,000 903 Jenny Tobin 39 Boise, Idaho 2:59:48 $1,500 824 Danelle Kabush 33 Canmore, Alberta, Canada 3:00:42 $1,200 755 Amber Monforte 29 Reno, Nevada 3:01:19 $900 696 Christine Jeffrey 35 Guelph, Ontario, Canada 3:02:49 $700 637 Emma Garrard 26 Truckee, California 3:05:39 $500 588 Kristy Lanier 37 Marlinton, West Virginia 3:07:10 $350 539 Lesley Paterson 28 San Diego, California 3:07:58 4910 Michellie Jones 38 Carlsbad, California 3:13:40 45Also receiving points: Linda Gallo (41), Lisa Isom (37)
TOP SPLITSFastest 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)
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May 20th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
Wow! I can’t even begin to digest all the impressions of this past weekend. Thank you Dan for having us be part of something very special, you are the finest of competitors. Ruth was a doll cheering me on in transitions; I will not forget being lifted by her voice, that and the good soaking the kids gave me. I am honored that you posted my mug and I am envying your adventures ahead. After a short recess I will engineer my strategy to push closer to your slip stream. Conrad gave me some pointers that strangely did not include floaties.