James Stull and Jenna App won the men's and women's expert classes, respectively, in Friday night's first stage of the Arctic Bicycle Club's Spring Stage Race.
Stull covered the Clarks Road Hill Climb, a 6.25-mile journey that rises 1,400 feet in elevation in 24 minutes, 28 seconds. App clocked 27:37.
Beginners covered a four-mile course climbing 1,000 feet.
The stage race continues with two more stages Saturday.
Arctic Bicycle Club
Spring Stage Race
Stage 1 -- Clarks Road Hill Climb
Expert Men -- 1) James Stull 0:24:28; 2) Tim Berntson 0:24:40; 3) Jeff Ellis 0:24:41; 4) Daniel Folmar0:24:50; 5) Brian Bonney 0:24:50; 6) Tony Turrini 0:24:54; 7) Jason Lamoreaux 0:25:27; 8) Jordan Heffner 0:25:27; 9) Scott Patterson 0:25:29; 10) Chet Fehrmann 0:25:49; 11) Tony Brugliera 0:26:38; 12) Richard Tilton 0:26:41; 13) Jens Beck0:26:55; 14) Mackie Derrick 0:27:13; 15) Tom Peichel 0:27:13; 16) Joshua Smith 0:27:36.
Expert Women -- 1) Jenna App 0:27:37; 2) Sheryl Loan 0:27:51; 3) Laura Gardner 0:31:47.
Master Men (40 and older) -- 1) Andrew Duenow 0:25:53; 2) Paul Anderson 0:27:41; 3) Michael Wheatall 0:28:13; 4) Dick Quinn 0:28:41; 5) Greg McDuffie 0:29:09; 6) Bill Fleming 0:29:31; 7) Joe Pollock0:29:33; 8) Christopher Knott 0:29:42; 9) Shawn Nield 0:29:42; 10) Ed Sniffen 0:30:13; 11) Matt Claman 0:30:24; 12) Jeffrey Thurston 0:30:33; 13) David Knopp 0:30:36; 14) Jim Winegarner 0:32:18.
Master Women (40 and older) -- 1) Lori Deschamps 0:28:53; 2) Stacey Kolstad 0:33:29; 3) Stacy Steinberg 0:33:52; 4) Cindy Drinkwater 0:34:09; 5) Janus Reyes 0:35:49; 6) Karen Morrison 0:36:04.
Master Women (55 and older) -- 1) Pam Cassidy 0:43:48.
Sport Men -- 1) Jason Hartz 0:27:37; 2) Erik Ostberg 0:28:21; 3) Alex Kubitz 0:28:32; 4) Tully Labelle-hamer 0:28:46; 5) Keeton Kroon 0:29:35; 6) Kirk Louthan 0:30:22; 7) Mike Hancock 0:31:22; 8) Craig Walker 0:31:33; 9) Johnny Kay 0:32:33; 10) Nathan Stevenson 0:33:12; 11) Peter Jones 0:34:01; 12) Trevor Jones 0:34:06.
Sport Women -- 1) Jessie Donahue 0:31:55; 2) Christina Grande 0:34:55; 3) Rose Theisen 0:44:48.
Beginner Men -- 1) Peter Malecha 0:21:04; 2) William Wright 0:23:18; 3) Eric Troisi 0:23:52; 4) Peter Mejia 0:24:19; 5) Jeff Campbell 0:25:02; 6) Max Kubitz 0:25:15; 7) Gunnar Knapp 0:25:25; 8) Norm Sharp 0:31:48; 9) Jonathan Woodman 0:34:42.
Beginner Women -- 1) Jennifer Bostick 0:25:30; 2) Cheryl Duda 0:26:51; 3) Jillian Barroquillo 0:28:14.
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