Christie and Matt hang out at the Subaru/Gary Fisher pit.
Christie prepares to do battle in Saturday's Pro Women's XC Race.
The battle begins...
One more lap to go.
Pro Women Cross Country
1. Georgia Gould
2. Katerina Nash
3. Willow Koerber
4. Shonny Vanlandingham
5. Susan Haywood
39. Christie Pleiss
46. Mandy Eakins
Single Speed
1. Alexis Seletzky
2. Todd Stephenson
3. Matt Chaney
4. Colt McElwaine
5. Bert Blanchette
6. Trevor Walton
Pro Women Short Track XC
1. Georgia Gould
2. Katerina Nash
3. Alison Sydor
4. Katie Compton
5. Willow Koerber
40. Christie Pleiss
Pro Women Short Track
1. Katerina Nash
2. Georgia Gould
3. Shonny Vanlandingham
4. Willow Koerber
5. Jennifer Smith
34. Christie Pleiss
Pro Women Cross Country
1. Georgia Gould
2. Shonny Vanlandingham
3. Katerina Nash
4. Heather Irmiger
5. Willow Koerber
35. Christie Pleiss
41. Mandy Eakins
Pro/Semi-Pro Singlespeed
1. Cameron Brennemen
2. Brad Stephenson
3. Bert Blanchette
4. Matt Freeman
5. Trevor Walton
The NMBS season opener at McDowell Mountain Regional Park in Fountain Hills, AZ found Team Pass Physical Therapy in the desert testing our early season fitness on the fast, rocky, cacti-laden NOVA Nationals course.
The rocks took their toll, and more than one team member was afflicted by flat tires, both in races and during pre-rides. The only one who wasn't affected by flats all weekend was Trevor on his Gary Fisher Rig. The 29-inch wheels are definitely the hot-ticket on a fast XC course like at McDowell. Fortunately the whole team will be riding Gary Fisher 29ers for the remainder of the season.
NOVA Nationals Results:
Pro Women Time Trial
1. Georgia Gould
2. Katerina Nash
3. Jenna Zander
4. Kelli Emmett
5. Jennifer Smith
22. Mandy Eakins
28. Christie Pleiss
Singlespeed Time Trial
1. Tom Ament
2. Chris Grove
3. Trevor Walton
4. Travis Hosman
Pro Men Super D
1. Carl Decker
2. Travis Brown
3. Aren Timmel
4. Bryan Fawnley
5. Dana Weber
21. Matt Freeman
Men 30 - 39 Super D (Singlespeeds ranked with geared class. Scored separately for stage-race points.)
1. Kent McNeill
2. Eric Salstrand
3. Shane Bresnyan
4. Jason Quenzler
5. Chris Peariso
27. Trevor Walton
Pro Men Short Track
1. Geoff Kabush
2. Todd Wells
3. Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski
4. Sam Schultz
5. Ross Schnell
46. Matt Freeman
Pro Woman Short Track
(Results unavailable due to broken link on promoter site.)
Semi-Pro Men Short Track
1. Cris Fox
2. Ward Baker
3. Tim Allen
4. Michael Hosey
5. Robert Marion
22. Trevor Walton
Pro Men Cross Country
1. Geoff Kabush
2. Todd Wells
3. Ryan Trebon
4. Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski
5. Adam Craig
DNF Matt Freeman (mechanical)
Pro Women Cross Country
(Results unavailable due to broken link on promoter site.)
Singlespeed Cross Country
1. Tom Ament
2. Trevor Walton
3. Travis Hosman
4. Foye Troute
5. Greg Miranda
Expert Men 25 - 29 Cross Country
1. Zack Heim
2. Jeff Herrera
3. Aaron Elwell
9. Jeremy Templeman