More than a hundred riders from across Northern California showed up Sunday for the first-ever Harvey Bear Mountain Bike Race.
The impressive turnout nearly matched the afternoon temperature. Riders battled stiffling heat through a challenging course that took them up steep hills and into Harvey Bear Ranch County Park. Beginners did 13 miles, and the sport class and experts covered 21.
Sixty-seven beginners took part in the event, hosted by South Valley Bike and Run Club, with Matt Destro of San Jose winning the men's beginners title and Robin Kreider taking the women's.
Ryan Kish crossed in one hour, 40 minutes, 33 seconds to win the men's sport class, and Julianna Perry secured the women's title in 2:07:19.
The experts winners were Chad Deherrera (1:31:15) and Rebekah Reifsnyder (2:03:50).
A promising number of sponsors also were on hand Sunday, including Concept Cyclery, Joselyn's Bicycles, Mind, Body, Motion, Hammer Nutrition and Assured Photographs.
South Valley Bike and Run Club has more upcoming races and rides scheduled such as the Aug. 2 Mid Summer Race at Harvey Bear Ranch. Visit www.svbikeandrunclub.com for more information.
Results
Beginner
1. Matt Destro, 33, San Jose, 1:03:08; 2. Ted Thomas, 26, Morgan Hill, 1:07:35; 3. Chris Amsden, 38, Los Gatos, 1:07:40; 4. Brett Hahn, 35, Los Gatos, 1:08:40; 5. Mark Bernal, San Jose, 1:08:57; 6. Stephen Lai, 35, Cupertino, 1:09:22; 7. Laurent Lambert, 39, Redwood City, 1:09:43; 8. Gavin Whitis, 38, Alamo, 1:11:15; 9. Brad Basford, 37, San Jose, 1:13:09; 10. Rodney Spencer, 50, San Martin, 1:13:29; 11. Robin Kreider, 32, San Jose, 1:15:10; 12. Steve Harris, 26, Morgan Hill, 1:15:43; 13. Matt Mcgee, 17, Los Gatos, 1:15:59; 14. Kevin Erickson, 30, San Martin, 1:16:34; 15. Patrick Eilert, 49, San Juan Batista, 1:18:32; 16. Gary Raley, 42, Turlock, 1:19:02; 17. William Mason, 60, Los Gatos, 1:19:18; 18. Satoko Luba, 42, Santa Cruz, 1:19:26; 19. Shannon Devine, 26, Morgan Hill, 1:19:37; 20. Lucas Montiel, 30, San Martin, 1:20:13; 21. Keith Honda, 54, Salinas, 1:20:20; 22. Richard Alanis, 30, Morgan Hill, 1:20:49; 23. Trace Brazil, 45, Union City, 1:20:54; 24. Buckley Tole, 30, Morgan Hill, 1:21:20; 25. Alex Thomas, 50, Morgan Hill, 1:22:50; 26. Chris Willett, 55, Ben Lomand, 1:24:03; 27. Todd Carlsen, 43, San Jose, 1:24:44; 28. Randall Souza, 58, Saratoga, 1:25:21; 29. John Roberts, 45, Fremont, 1:25:23; 30. Ben Bruce, 46, Gilroy, 1:26:49; 31. Steven Spisak, 42, San Jose, 1:27:35; 32. Penny Miller, 48, Gilroy, 1:27:42; 33. Jennifer Grifall, 38, Morgan Hill, 1:27:56; 34. Anthony Matan, 46, San Jose, 1:28:12; 35. Martin Hendess, 39, San Jose, 1:28:34; 36. Xavier Alcaraz, 38, Morgan Hill, 1:29:00; 37. Nichole Murphy, 34, Morgan Hill, 1:29:11; 38. Rich Sims, 47, Hayward, 1:29:37; 39. Ron Clementi, 53, San Jose, 1:32:52; 40. Joseph Moraida, 32, San Jose, 1:33:38; 41. Nick Ampon, 48, Dublin, 1:33:57; 42. Brian Hawley, 37, Burlingame, 1:35:13; 43. Raul Lopez, 34, San Jose, 1:35:16; 44. Juan Perez, 24, Sacramento, 1:35:39; 45. Devon Van Hook, 33, Campbell, 1:36:24; 46. Ed Ferri, 60, Gilroy, 1:36:38; 47. Steve Forman, 37, San Martin, 1:36:42; 48. Anthony Russell, 42, San Jose, 1:37:23; 49. Mark Deimling, 32, Morgan Hill, 1:40:16; 50. Veronica Torrez, 37, San Jose, 1:41:22; 51. Elliot Carlisle, 36, Los Gatos, 1:42:12; 52. Jason Ross, 40, Gilroy, 1:42:32; 53. Dana Stringer, 23, San Jose, 1:42:57; 54. Brett Stringer, 52, San Jose, 1:42:59; 55. Craig Harman, 38, Morgan Hill, 1:44:03.
SPORT
1. Ryan Kish, 34, Walnut Creek, 1:40:33; 2. Adrian Hinman, 35, Oakland, 1:42:14; 3. Nick Dellamaggiore, 41, Morgan Hill, 1:44:39; 4. Franco Campilongo, 31, Menlo Park, 1:45:50; 5. Alphonse Le-Duc, 17, San Jose, 1:46:10; 6. Gary Broeder, 55, Morgan Hill, 1:46:11; 7. Rick Gould, 51, Concord, 1:46:45; 8. Steve Kelley, 40, Salinas, 1:48:58; 9. Eddie Broeder, 17, Morgan Hill, 1:56:34; 10. Mike Grifall, 39, Morgan Hill, 1:56:44; 11. Karl Fritzsche, 34, Santa Cruz, 1:58:46; 12. Stewart Cho, 42, Alameda, 1:59:46; 13. Ed Rippert, 48, San Jose, 2:05:36; 14. Julianna Perry, 40, Santa Cruz, 2:07:19; 15. Richard Miller, 38, Reno, Nev., 2:10:37; 16. James Donley, 37, San Jose, 2:13:25; 17. Joe Carpenter, 39, San Jose, 2:14:28; 18. Peter Piepul, San Jose, 2:15:02; 19. Karen Kefauver, 39, Santa Cruz, 2:23:43.
EXPERT
1. Chad Deherra, 29, New Almaden, 1:31:15; 2. Antonio Ricalde, 33, San Francisco, 1:37:08; 3. Mike Holt, 38, Morgan Hill, 1:39:03; 4. William Kemper, 31, Cupertino, 1:39:06; 5. Leif Rohrbach, 38, Concord, 1:44:28; 6. Nathan Wood, 34, Salinas, 1:45:31; 7. David Gill, 43, Bonny Doon, 1:56:05; 8. Rebekah Reifsnyder, 28, Los Gatos, 2:03:50; 9. David Crum, 45, Santa Cruz, 2:08:25.
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