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Two races and two close finishes for Anchorage biker Will Ross

Two close calls in two mountain bike races left Anchorage’s Will Ross with a share of first place in one of them and second place in the other.

Ross and Jon Cobb tied for the victory in Friday’s Gambler Enduro, a series of five downhill races on the single-track trails at Hillside Park.

On Wednesday, Ross was racing again, this time finishing one-tenth of a second behind winner Jason Lamoreaux in the Little Campbell Lake time trial at Kincaid Park.

Pelle Meissner also turned in strong results in both races. He placed sixth overall in the Gambler and was the sport-class winner at Little Campbell Lake.

More than 80 bikers took on the Gambler Enduro, and after four of the five downhills, Ross held a three-second lead over Cobb. The final descent was on Dig Deep, and Cobb did just that to post the fastest time of the night on that downhill -- 2 minutes, 16 seconds -- to tie Ross for the overall win.

Both men finished with a combined time of 10 minutes, 36 seconds. Andy Petroni was third at 10:39. Jill Simek paced the women in 12:17 for a comfortable margin over second-place Liberty Helgeson (13:00). Hannah Counrer was third at 13:02.

In Wednesday’s 6.2-mile Little Campbell Lake time trial, Lamoreaux clocked 24:40.3 to edge Ross by one-tenth of a second. The top women’s time came from Sheryl Loan (31:55.9), who beat Casey Mapes by more than 10 seconds.

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Little Campbell Lake time trial (6.2 miles)

EXPERT MEN -- 1. Jason Lamoreaux 24:40.3; 2. Will Ross 24:40.4; 3. Lee McAuliffe 25:03.9; 4. Brent Lowen 25:09.0; 5. Eric Flanders 25:38.6; 6. Branden Lashua 25:48.8; 7. James Stull 26:12.9; 8. Owen Ala 26:29.2; 9. Reese Hanneman 26:37.5; 10. Brian Bonney 26:44.8; 11. Mackie Derrick 27:41.1; 12. Brian Waldo 27:42.1; 13. David Stanfield 27:49.5; 14. Adam Looney 28:10.2; 15. Michael Filipowski 28:16.0; 16. Brad Manderfeld 28:33.8.

SPORT MEN -- 1. Pelle Meissner 27:46.7; 2. Todd Jackson 28:24.7; 3. Adam Garrigus 29:05.3; 4. Nicholas Straka 29:11.2; 5. Sean Carpentier 29:22.8; 6. bryce herda 29:54.5; 7. Rodney Murray 30:41.0; 8. Bryan Hudson 30:49.6; 9. Kyle Van Peursem 31:06.3; 10. Ryan Kofoid 31:40.8; 11. Andy Petroni 32:10.9; 12. Brant Grifka 32:24.3; 13. Ethan Plunkett 32:32.7; 14. Dave Gamez 32:35.4; 15. Randy Burnham 34:31.1.

SPORT WOMEN -- 1. Sheryl Loan 31:55.9; 2. Casey Mapes 32:07.6; 3. Jennifer Lamoreaux 38:46.1; 4. Katrina Garner 45:25.6.

MASTER MEN -- 1. Dan Bailey 32:26.4; 2. Jon Berke 33:04.8; 3. Fred Stewart 33:51.9; 4. Jon Schultz 37:15.6; 5. Andy Underwood 38:52.3.

MASTER WOMEN -- 1. Jennifer Schmidt 35:01.2; 2. Rose Garner 35:18.5.

SINGLE SPEED MEN -- 1. Nicolas Baudin 27:06.4; 2. Joshua Lothspeich 28:05.5.

JUNIOR MEN -- 1. Oskar Flora 31:09.4; 2. Walker Battreall 31:10.9; 3. Levi Knickerbocker 35:01.5; 4. Isaac Bonney 36:10.3; 5. Colin Franz 40:38.5; 6. Ethan Holmen 45:30.4; 7. Liam Cleary 45:46.0; 8. Kip Hudson 47:30.9; 9. Luca Eski 1:02:11.7.

JUNIOR WOMEN -- 1. Dara Stull 38:46.5; 2. Camilla Brown 53:06.1.

Gambler Enduro (combined times from 5 downhills)

1) tie, Jon Cobb and Will Ross 10 minutes, 36 seconds; 3) Andy Petroni 10:39; 4) Declan Priddy 10:40; 5) Kevin Murphy 10:42; 6) Pelle Meissner 10:54; 7) Ethan Eski 10:56; 8) David Stanfield 11:03; 9) Anthony Naciuk 11:08;10) Paul Matyas 11:09; 11) tie, David Slyker and Paul Melchert 11:10; 13) tie, David Funatake and Zack Williams 11:20; 15) Cody Gauer 11:21; 16) Sam Jemmings 11:22; 17) Bryan Hudson 11:23;18) Buck Wilder 11:25; 19) Brandon Hughes 11:27; 20) Chris Yelverton 11:27; 21) tie, Cameron Brosnahan and John Glen 11:34; 23) tie, Jared Becker and Joshua Lothspeich 11:40; 25) Ryan Johns 11:46; 26) Brian Meissner 11:48; 27) Otto Gilbert 11:52; 28) Cason Martin 11:56; 29) Rich Peterson 11:57; 30) Mark Elfstrom 12:01; 31) Matt Bonney 12:04; 32) Eric Stocki 12:05; 33) Dade Colberg 12:09; 34) Oliver Brown 12:14; 35) Jill Melland Simek 12:18 (top woman); 36) Kinkade Bell 12:25; 37) Kit Barton 12:29; 38) Nathan Midthun 12:30; 39) Rico Degallo 12:34; 40) Devin Himes 12:35; 41) Alex Dean 12:37; 42) tie, Chad Smyre and David Montgomery 12:42; 44) Bryce Fischer 12:46; 45) Larry Wells 12:49; 46) Liberty Helgeson 13:00 (second woman); 47) Hannah Counter 13:02 (third woman); 48) Zac Nelson 13:03; 49) Wesley Furlong 13:10; 50) Sofia Petroni 13:16; 51) Chris Cavanaugh 13:18; 52) Kyle Samber 13:19; 53) Tanner Betts 13:26; 54) Andrea Kettler 13:27; 55) Libby Kugel 13:30; 56) Magdiel Roldan 13:32; 57) Cody Landenburger 13:36; 58) Rebecca Mamrol 13:37; 59) Gabe Niesen 13:48; 60) Siri Parker 14:13; 61) Sienna Himes 14:16; 62) Amanda Butler 14:20; 63) Emily Schnell 14:27; 64) Ryan Elliott 14:41; 65) samuel hensen 14:43; 66) Rodrigo Grasse 14:46; 67) Charlotte Levy 14:49; 68) Emily Snavely 14:51; 69) Brendan O’Brien 15:03; 70) Sarkis Ovsepyan 15:16; 71) Caitlin McGinn 15:18; 72) Kevin Fox 15:53; 73) Taylor Keegan 16:05; 74) Reidun Todd 16:14; 75) Michael Sholl 16:16; 76) Joshua Tah 16:20; 77) Bruce Ross 17:04; 78) Johnny Butler 18:23; 79) Justin Lucas 19:21; 80) Beck Morman 20:19; 81) Matt Renkert 22:48; 82) Kristina Woolston 23:30.

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