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Mountain bike series kicks off with wins for Ross, Chelf

Will Ross and Megan Chelf powered their way to victory Thursday night in the first race of the Arctic Bicycle Club's season-ending Trifecta mountain bike series.

Ross completed the hillclimb at Kincaid Park in 12 minutes, 34 seconds for a 12-second win over Jeff Ellis. Chelf clocked 15:27.

The three-race series continues Saturday in Girdwood. There's a cross-country race in the morning and a dirt criterium in the evening.

Trifecta Hillclimb

Thursday at Kincaid Park

Expert men -- 1) Will Ross 12:34.6; 2) Jeffrey Ellis 12:46.5; 3) James Stull 12:57.5; 4) Jason Lamoreaux 13:03.2; 5) Tim Berntson 13:03.4; 6) Carey Grumelot 13:03.9; 7) Josh Chelf 13:20.2; 8) Mark Iverson 13:22.7; 9) Brian Bonney 13:33.7; 10) Andrew Duenow 13:34.1; 11) Nathan Abel 14:31.9; 12) Clinton Hodges III 14:34.8; 13) Dante Petri 14:35.4; 14) Luke Kiskaddon 14:50.4; 15) Nicholas Blades 15:07.5; 16) Brad Manderfeld 15:13.4; 17) Fred West 15:16.0 18) Dane Tudor 15:39.8.

Expert women -- 1) Megan Chelf 15:27.5; 2) Danielle Winn 19:49.6.

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Sport men -- 1) Chris Wrobel 15:31.7; 2) Justin Neff 15:41.5; 3) Nathan Jones 16:10.2; 4) John Amore 16:10.8; 5) Timely Cox 16:50.0; 6) Mick Bakker 17:17.9; 7) Dave Bigelow 17:37.8; 8) Bill Fleming 17:42.7; 9) Jacque Drumm 19:58.4; 10) Jennah Jones 20:31.6.

Sport women -- 1) Ellie Mitchell 16:57.1; 2) Stacey Kolstad 16:57.9; 3) Allison Ross 17:42.2; 4) Suzie Hosmanek 20:49.0; 5) Rosemary Theisen 22:11.7.

Beginner men -- 1. Jason Slemons 18:11.2; 2. jay wright 19:58.4; 3. Cody Landenberger 21:34.4; 4. Chris Cavanaugh 22:35.5 5. James Nyquist 28:07.3.

Beginner women -- 1) Brooke Therrien 23:12.0; 2) Alicia Driscoll 23:19.0.

Junior women -- 1) Cadence Stull 25:10.9.

Master men -- 1) Tom Peichel 15:35.2; 2) Craig Walker 15:47.3; 3) Ed Wise 16:54.7; 4) Craig Ottosen 17:27.7; 5) Brian Burnett 19:00.8; 6) Superal Mitchell 19:20.2; 7) Bruce Ross 19:41.4.

Singlespeed men -- 1) Garett Alderman 14:00.1; 2) Chris Schutte. 18:02.5.

Singlespeed women-- 1) Maeve Nevins 22:22.7.

Fat-bike men -- 1) Will Corbridge 19:05.0.

Fat-bike women -- 1) Amber Bethe 17:33.6; 2) Katy Grumelot 31:39.4.

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