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.
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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