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Triple Valley Stage Race - Salt Lake City, Utah - April 12-13
- Team CMJC competed in their first combined race as part of
the Montana Junior Cycling Foundation, Team Hammer. We
were able to take 6 riders and combine forces with other
riders from Rimrock United & GAS/Intrinsik. Team Hammer
swept the 3 podium spots, Team CMJC took 2nd (Wyatt) &
3rd (Clayton). All riders rode well in the 3 stages on Sat. &
Sun.
Stage #1 started with a 40 mile Road Race in the morning,
followed by Stage #2, an 8 mile Time Trial a few hours later.
Sunday rounded out the racing with a Stage #3, 20 mile
Circuit Race.
Ice Breaker Road Race - Great Falls, Montana - April 27
- Team CMJC competed in their first running event of the
year. This is an annual event for team CMJC, and as usual
we had team members at the top of their age groups.
Wyatt & JP competed in the 3 mile run and Matt in the 1 mile
run. Running is just another way our team member stay in
shape through the year. There may even be a Triathlon or
two yet this year, who knows.
Belt Creek Omnium - Belt, Montana - May 10
- Team CMJC competed in their first sanctioned race in
Montana. The race included a 13 rider junior group. Junior
teams in attendance included T5VV - Missoula, GAS -
Bozeman, Headwinds - Lethbridge, AB, Canada, Delphine -
Bozeman, As well as CMJC - Great Falls.
Overall Junior winners were Zach McAllister - Headwinds
and Allison Rognile - Delphine. Conor finished 2nd (17-18),
Clayton 1st, Wyatt 2nd, JP 3rd, Matt 4th (15-16), Tory 2nd
(F15-16) and Tiller 1st (10-12). Good job against a VERY
strong headwind for the TT & RR.
Wenatchee Omnium - Wenatchee, WA - May 17th & 18th
- MJCF, Team Hammer traveled to central Washington for the
2nd of 5 Team series events. This was a 3 stage event,
Road Race, Crit, & Time Trial, all in 2 days. We arrived
after traveling ALL day Friday. Sat morning was the 9 mile
TT followed later that day by a 30 minute Crit. Sunday was
the 42 mile Road Race. The weather was hot (near 100
degrees) both days. It was a good weekend, and made
going back to school on Monday just that much more fun.
Tour of the Bitterroot - Hamilton, MT - May 14th & 25th
- MJCF, Team Hammer got to stay home for this, the 3rd of 5
Team series events. Again it was a 3 stage event, Road
Race, Crit, Time Trial. At least it wasn't 100 degrees this
weekend, but heavy rain & 50 degrees wasn't an
improvement. The Sat. Road Race was just one small step
above miserable, at least the crit was nice Sun. morning,
Time Trial was again wet & windy.
Cow Country Classic - Wolf Creek, MT - June 1st
- Today was a nice day for a road race, a 38 miler at that. Not
all the junior riders were able to make it, but still had a 10
person junior field. The first big hill was a 9% - 1.75 mile
challenge, and it split the field up rather good. All in all it
was a good ride.
Fish Tails Criterium State Champ - Whitefish, MT - June 7th
- Today was a great day if you were a duck, it rained all day
during the State Criterium Championships. The weather has
been interesting this year, very little sunshine. We had all
the regular riders in attendance, and also had Travis join us
from Team Vertical Earth. The State Title was earned by
18yo Junior rider Nate Weston, congratulations Nate.
Star Meadows Road Race - Whitefish, MT - June 7th
- It rained again today, but it seems as if we have gotten used
to it. This is the most beautiful & interesting ride in the
State, lots of hills and turns. A little smaller field, as the girls
took a day off. All in all it was a great weekend, everyone
enjoyed the hot tub.
Eden Road Race State Champ - Great Falls, MT - June 22nd
- This was another VERY difficult race, 40 miles, as well as
awful wind conditions. 18yo Junior Nate Weston won his 2nd
State Championship Title, though he had his hands full with
15yo Junior Wyatt Hatch who finished a very close 2nd.
Gate City Grind Stage Race - Pocatello, ID - June 28 - 29
- Race 4 of 5 in the Team series. Pocatello is always good for
some hot weather racing, this time was no different. After
taking a big chance in the Road Race, Eijai was able to ride
to a 2nd Place GC finish with the help of his teamates. It
was a nice weekend for racing, and included a Road Race,
Time Trial & Criterium.
Big Sky State Games - Billings, MT - July 19 - 20
- This race is always used as a training race between other
races on the schedule. The weather was nice and all riders
did well in the 40 mile event as well as the Time Trial. Just
hoping to get through this weekend as the biggest race on
the schedule starts in a few days.
Tour of Idaho - Boise ID - July 24-27
Congratulations to all the riders for their hard work during the
week. We hope to be able to do even better next year.
- This 4 day, 5 event Stage Race is the most anticipated
racing event of the year. As it has in the past years, this
year did not disappoint. There were 81 juniors in
attendance this year, about 30 less than last year. Even
though the numbers were down a bit, the competition level
was way up. We had 6 riders make the 800 mile trip to
Boise, all the usual suspects, but this time we welcomed
Allison from Bozeman.
- Stage 1 - 2.5 mile Prologue Time Trial. This race was held
at the new, under construction Idaho Velodrome.
- Nate - 3:10.154 - 12th place
Wyatt - 3:12.466 - 19th place
Clayton - 3:14.451 - 20th place
Eijai - 3:25.756 - 14th place
Matt - 3:32.022 - 26th place
Allison - 3:39.482 - 3rd place
Stage 2 - 65 mile / 50 mile Road Race through rural areas
around Boise Idaho, with a killer final climb to the finish.
- Nate - 3:21:30.561 - 8th place 65 Miler
Eijai - 4:03:13.000 - 14th place 65 Miler
Clayton - 2:27:15.938 - 20th place 50 Miler
Wyatt - 2:33:16.212 - 25th place 50 Miler
Matt - 2:45:58.297 - 26th place Miler
Allison - 2:35:53.281 - 3rd place Miler
- Stage 3 - 60 / 50 minute circuit race on the ANG Base,
Boise Idaho, flat and fast racing at it's best.
- Nate - 6th place 60 minute
Eijai - 13th place 60 minute
Wyatt - 18th place 50 minute
Clayton - 19th place 50 minute
Matt - 26th place 50 minute
Allison - 4th place 50 minute
- Stage 4 - 4.6 mile Hill Climb Time Trial up Bogus Basin
north of Boise, 1359 ft of uphill climbing against the clock.
Eijai - 15:19.448 7th place
Nate - 15:36.620 10th place
Wyatt - 16:46.874 18th place
Clayton - 16:47.107 19th place
Matt - 20:37.787 26th place
Allison - 22:22.510 3rd place
- Stage 5 - 60 / 50 minute Criterium race on the roads of
Corrento Bello Estates in Eagle, flat and fast racing at it's
best.
- Nate - 10th place 60 minute
Eijai - 13th place 60 minute
Wyatt - 12th place 50 minute
Clayton - 22nd place 50 minute
Matt - 25th place 50 minute
Allison - 4th place 50 minute
- Final GC Standings - After 5 days of continuous hard
fought racing, all riders completed every stage.
Nate - 9th place
Eijai - 13th place
Clayton - 20th place
Wyatt - 21st place
Matt - 25th place
Allison - 3rd place
Congratulations to all the riders for their hard work during the
week. We hope to be able to do even better next year.
Montana Time Trial Championship - Bozeman, MT - Aug 9
- This was the last TT event for the year, Time to let it all out
one last time. 20K race for glory
- Clayton - 30:52 - 1st place
Wyatt - 33:09 - 2nd place
Matt - 36:13 - 3rd place
Valley West Criterium - Bozeman, MT - Aug 10
- This was the last Criterium event for the year, Time to let it
all out one last time. All our Juniors rode with the Adults in
Cat 5 for this race, since it was the last one.
Wyatt - 3rd place Cat 5
Clayton - 30:52 - 4th place Cat 5
Matt - 36:13 - 7th place Cat 5
Copper Mtn Cyclocross Race - Butte, MT - Sept. 28
- This is a new experience in racing, kind of like mixing Road,
Mountain Biking & Cross Country Running. This has to be
the most demanding racing around. After riding all year in
the Junior Class & Cat 5, Wyatt moved up to Cat 4 and is
now racing with the elite in the NW US.
Wyatt - 11th place Cat 4
Helena Cyclocross Race - Helena, MT - Oct 4 & 5
- A new twist on some old formats. An uphill dirt road Time
Trial, Cyclocross and a Dirt Criterium
Wyatt - DNS - Time Trial
- 11th place Cyclocross race
- 12th place Dirt Criterium
Rolling Thunder Cyclocross Race - Missoula, MT - Oct 18
- Easily one of the largest fields in Montana cyclocross racing.
Wyatt competed in both the Junior & Cat 4 races
Wyatt - 3rd place Junior race
- 37th place Cat 4 race
Helena Cyclocross Race - Helena, MT - Nov 2
- A very technical race on many different terrains. After a very
good race in which Wyatt was making great strides, a crash
about 1/2 way through finished his season with a broken
hand. Oh well there will always be next year.
