Mountain bikes keep rolling with PsychoCross, Mark Your Improvement races

  • By Staff Report
  • Sunday, September 13, 2015 11:32pm
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The Tsalteshi Cycle Series culminated with the PsychoCross 2015 on Saturday at Tsalteshi Trails.

PsychoCross was a 14-mile loop which used some of the trails, some of the singletrack, and some of the areas of Tsalteshi riders never even knew existed.

Nathan Kincaid was the first to complete the lap, coming in at 1 hour, 15 minutes, 17 seconds. Adam Rothmans was second at 1:16:32, while Tony Eskelin was third at 1:16:57.

Angie Brennan was the first woman across the line, clocking 1:29:42 to also take eighth overall. Catriona Reynolds was the second woman at 1:43:05, while Jen Showalter was the third woman at 1:52:11.

Thursday, a Mark Your Improvement Race was held at Tsalteshi. The course was the same as the first in the Tsalteshi Cycle Series this summer, so riders could see how much they had improved.

Kincaid also won this one in 24:21, while Brian Beeson was second at 25:12 and Scott Huff was third at 26:38. Simone Owens was the lone woman to do the race, finishing 11th at 33:30.

PsychoCross 2015

Saturday at Tsalteshi Trails

1. Nathan Kincaid 1:15:17 (1st Men’s); 2. Adam Rothmans 1:16:32 (2nd Men’s); 3. Tony Eskelin 1:16:57 (3rd Men’s); 4. Brian Beeson 1:23:09; 5. Matt Neisinger 1:24:02; 6. John-Mark Pothast 1:24:09; 7. Scott Huff 1:27:24; 8. Angie Brennan 1:29:42 (1st Women’s); 9. John Pothast 1:31:16; 10. Tyle Owens 1:32:28; 11. Ryan Nelson 1:36:38; 12. Jamie Nelson 1:36:47; 13. Catriona Reynolds 1:43:05 (2nd Women’s); 14. Will Morrow 1:45:59; 15. Jen Showalter 1:52:11 (3rd Women’s); 16. Simone Owens 1:53:45; 17. Peter DiCarlo 1:57:39; 18. Jon Demilta 3:05:52.

Mark Your Improvement

Thursday at Tsalteshi Trails

1. Nathan Kincaid 24:21 (1st Mens); 2. Brian Beeson 25:12 (2nd Mens); 3. Scott Huff 26:38 (3rd Mens); 4. Mike Crawford 26:56; 5. Tyle Owens 27:08; 6. Rob Carson 27:23; 7. Jamie Nelson 27:37; 8. Ryan Nelson 27:57; 9. Jon Tabor 28:27; 10. Bradley Carver 31:17; 11. Simone Owens 33:30 (1st Womens).

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