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The World’s Greatest Off-Road Triathlon returns to RVA for the 14th year / Press Guide 1 XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP SPONSORS

The 2012 XTERRA East Championship is presented by Paul Mitchell, AVIA, and Luck Stone. Sponsors include PowerBar, Gatorade, Rudy Project, Breakthrough Nutrition, Zorrel, XTERRAShop.com, XTERRA Wetsuits, XTERRA Footwear, XTERRA Fitness, and Choice Hotels.

2 In 1996 mountain biking and triathlon met in a duel of the fittest on the island of Maui. The race consisted of an open- ocean swim, a mountain bike race, and a trail run. It represented a bold new racing format that attracted outdoor enthusiasts, adventure seekers, mountain bikers and triathletes. The mountain bikers brought their laid-back style and bold self-assurance. The triathletes brought their hard-core training and avid dedication. They soon discovered a common spirit and attitude that pulled them together.The relationship would become an internationally- recognized brand called XTERRA. Since that day, XTERRA has grown into the world’s leading off-road triathlon with more than 100 races in 15 countries, including 70 in the XTERRA America Tour alone. A typical XTERRA is comprised of the following: 1.5 kilometer (0.93-mile) swim in an ocean, lake, or river Luck Stone, a family-owned and operated company whose primary business is 30 kilometer (18.6-mile) mountain bike on off-road trails providing crushed stone products, was founded in 1923 with their first quarry in 10 kilometer (6.2-mile) trail run on a variety of surfaces Richmond. Last year they used that expertise to craft something special - a truly unique trophy that was designed, cut, and welded all in house. The granite is 2012 marks the 17th consecutive year of XTERRA racing. called Virginia Mist – reminiscent of the geographical location of the race. The three steel bars supporting the top of the XTERRA logo signify each leg of the The XTERRA East Championship is the third of four race, as well as the number 13 in Roman numerals (XIII) was symbolic of the regionals in the America Tour, and offers up $15,000 in 13th annual event. The length of each leg of the race inspired the structural prize money for pros and 47 qualifying spots into the dimensions. Spacing between the steel legs was measured to .6 of an inch XTERRA World Championship for amateurs. Age group symbolic of .6 mile swim, it’s seven inches tall symbolic of the seven mile run, competitors will also earn points in pursuit of winning their and sits 12 inches wide + 7 inches tall equaling 19 inches symbolic of the 19-mile bike.The date and location were sandblasted on the top of the XTERRA logo, and region and qualifying for the invite-only XTERRA USA the Luck Stone logo was sandblasted to the top right corner. Can’t wait to see Championship held in Utah on Sept. 22. what they’ve come up with this year! This guide will breakdown the who, what, when, where and why of the XTERRA East Championship - and introduce TABLE OF CONTENTS you to the professional athletes that will race in the world’s Luck Stone and XTERRA Team Up to Crush It! ...... 4 premier off-road triathlon in downtown Richmond, Virginia Team X-T.R.E.M.E. at home in Richmond ...... 5 on June 10. Paul Mitchell Cut-a-thon and XTERRA University ...... 6 XTERRA Trail Run, Kids Zone, Course Info & Schedule . . . .7-9 Pro Race Preview and Start list ...... 10-11 Men’s Elite Profiles ...... 12-20 Women’s Elite Profiles ...... 21-28 XTERRA U.S. Pro Series Standings and Information . . . .29-33 2012 XTERRA World Tour Championships Schedule ...... 34 2012 XTERRA World Championship Preview ...... 35 Produced by 2011 XTERRA USA And World Age Group Champions . . . . .36 2012 XTERRA America Tour Schedule and how it works .37-39 2011 XTERRA Regional Champions ...... 40-41 2012 XTERRA Nationals Preview ...... 42 2012 XTERRA U.S. Trail Run Series Schedule ...... 43 Media Contact :Trey Garman How XTERRA Started and info on TEAM Unlimited . . . . .44-45 808.216.8606 // [email protected] XTERRA.TV ...... 46 - Live updates: luckstone.xterra.com and facebook.com/xterraplanet Past XTERRA East Championship Results ...... 47-56 - On twitter @xterraoffroad ... #xterraRVA XTERRA in Richmond through the Years ...... 57-60 - Results posted at jtltiming.com/multisport.htm 3 LUCK STONE & XTERRA TEAM UP TO CRUSH IT!

As part of a three-year sponsorship that kicked off last year Events include the XTERRA Luck Stone will be a presenting sponsor of the 14th annual Fugitive 10k trail run, the XTERRA XTERRA East Championship off-road triathlon and trail Richmond half-marathon trail run, running races Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10. free kids races, free clinics taught by pro athletes, the Paul Mitchell Luck Stone shares a common goal with XTERRA to Cut-a-Thon to raise money for the empower others to achieve their personal best in an outdoor Challenged Athletes Foundation, rugged terrain and to honor the environment. It takes and two off-road triathlons, a half-distance XTERRA Sport leadership, tenacity and commitment to train for an race (perfect for newcomers) and the XTERRA East XTERRA event. Bob Grauer, president of Luck Stone, said, Championship. “We are inspired by XTERRA’s athletes and outdoor enthusiasts. Their grit and determination to be the best in The entire course is open to the public so there are literally the world and to exceed their goals is something we admire thousands of places to watch from, but the best spot is and strive to emulate daily in our business.” Brown’s Island - site of the start, finish, and XTERRA Expo excitement. Luck Stone is setting up trainer bikes in front of Luck Stone’s commitment to XTERRA, to the City of big TV screens showing real Richmond XTERRA course Richmond and to the Friends of James River Park remains footage, creating a Kids Zone area for little ones, letting stronger than ever. “We are thrilled to be partnering with spectators operate the Loader Simulator they train XTERRA on the East Championship to be able to bring elite associates with so they can experience what it is like athletes to a City that encourages healthy outdoor activities working in a quarry pit, and broadcasting an athlete-tracker and environmental stewardship.” Grauer noted. for the pro race on Sunday (8am start) that will allow friends, family, and fans to follow their favorites on big screens In partnership with the Friends of James River Park, Luck during the race. Stone’s sponsorship will also bring focus on environmental stewardship and showcase one of the best urban park To learn more about Luck Stone and XTERRA, visit systems in the nation. http://www.luckstone.com/xterra-world-tour-2012. Capturing XTERRA’s essence and spirited competition and Luck Stone continues to demonstrate its commitment to the competitors, the new site features upcoming XTERRA environment by preserving open spaces, providing products events and schedules, athlete profiles and helpful visitor for public trails and parks and cleaning up trail way systems information. throughout the state of Va.

“Richmond has been a crew and racer favorite for more than a decade now, and the trails have gotten better every year” said Dave Nicholas, the managing director of the XTERRA World Tour. “We commend Luck Stone for their support of the James River Park System, it is truly a gem. Here you have a bike course that resembles a wild forested rollercoaster ride right in the middle of a major city.” About Luck Stone Luck Stone is a customer-inspired business that offers more This will be the 14th year for XTERRA in Richmond. The than 30 different products such as crushed stone, sand and River City is widely regarded as the sport’s finest urban gravel, topsoil and ball field mixes to the road-building, adventure venue. Both the off-road triathlon and trail commercial and residential construction industries. running events feature a unique combination of natural and A privately-held company founded in 1923 in Richmond, man-made obstacles as well as the best metropolitan trail Va., Luck Stone is one of the largest crushed stone system in the country. The epic ride through the James providers and has more than 17 construction aggregate River Parks System lures athletes from more than 30 states plants in Va. and N.C. and three distribution yards in Va. To and pros from around the world to Richmond each year. learn more about Luck Stone go to luckstone.com 4 TEAM X-T.R.E.M.E. ON ANOTHER INSPIRING XTERRA MISSION

TEAM X-T.R.E.M.E. TO HONOR, EMPOWER & MOTIVATE WOUNDED HEROES WHERE IT ALL STARTED IN 2009

Team X-T.R.E.M.E., a non-profit organization honoring wounded military service members, returns home to Richmond, VA and XTERRA, where it all started in 2009 with one Marine veteran, a gas mask and his mission to empower the lives of his fellow Wounded Brethren.

In three short years Team X-T.R.E.M.E. has grown into a nationally recognized organization that is highly motivated and dedicated to the future of our nation’s Wounded Warriors. On June 9th and 10th Team X-T.R.E.M.E. X-Athletes, Warrior Athletes, Community Athletes and most importantly our Wounded Warrior Honoree will assault Brown’s Island from the air, land and water. fund-raising, media promotion, registration comps and As part of their XTREME DREAMS initiative, Team outreach that is defined nothing short of extraordinary. X-T.R.E.M.E. tandem master, Mike Elliott will skydive combat wounded Marine, Sgt. John Peck into the start of Team X-T.R.E.M.E. would like to thank the following the XTERRA Trail 21k on Saturday morning at sponsors for their continued support in our ongoing mission approximately 7:30 am. Sgt. Peck lost his arms and legs to to Honor, Empower and Motivate our nations Wounded an IED while on patrol in Afghanistan on May 23, 2010. The Heroes: XTERRA Foundation 2XU, Luck Stone, Camel Bak, jump will accompany the national anthem performed by Extreme Outfitters, Inov-8, Avon Protection Systems, celebrity vocalist and Team X-T.R.E.M.E. Community Survival Straps. Athlete, Sarah Mattea. X-Athletes will then be joined by a Wounded Warrior Athlete donning gas mask to run the About TEAM X-T.R.E.M.E. (team-x-treme.org) XTERRA Trail 21K in honor of Sgt. John Peck’s sacrifice for TEAM X-T.R.E.M.E. (Train, Rehabilitate, Empower, our freedom. Motivate and Endure) is a non-profit organization (501(c)3) with an ongoing mission to Honor, Empower & Motivate our On Sunday morning history will be made as Team nations Wounded Service Members through a physical, X-T.R.E.M.E. Wounded Warrior Athletes attack the mental and emotional rehabilitative cycle that is model for XTERRA Sport Triathlon course to empower and motivate overcoming adversity and hardship through innovation, other Wounded Patriots to never give up and live life to the teamwork and perseverance. XTREME DREAMS is their extreme. Cpl. Todd Love, a triple amputee Marine will don latest initiative and is specifically designed for Wounded the modified amphibious Avon Protection C50 Gas Mask Veterans with injuries ranging from PTSD (Post Traumatic and take on the James River for the 500 meter open water Stress Disorder) to single through quadruple amputations. swim. Marine Sgt. Jonathan Mozingo, a below the knee The goal of this initiative is to provide and safely facilitate amputee will then take over and assault the 17K cross the opportunity for these young veterans to experience and country mountain bike course wearing the Team enjoy, skydiving, surfing, scuba diving, alpine expeditions X-T.R.E.M.E. signature gas mask. Finally, Love and and other extreme activities they may have thought Mozingo will be joined by X-Athletes to complete the final impossible due to their mechanisms of injury. 7K-trail run to put an exclamation point on a two-day display of brotherhood, perseverance and teamwork. To Join the Mission or to make secure online donations, visit: http://teamxtreme2011.kintera.org. The XTERRA Foundation continues to support the Team X-T.R.E.M.E. mission and our nation’s Wounded Warriors. Contact: Jeremy Soles, Team X-T.R.E.M.E. Over the last three years XTERRA has contributed through Founder/President, [email protected] 5 PAUL MITCHELL CUT-A-THON AND XTERRA UNIVERSITY

Founded to help physically challenged athletes reach their athletic goals, the non-profit Challenged Athletes Foundation is the official charity of the Paul Mitchell Cut-a-thon at each championship stop on the XTERRA America Tour.

Stylists will cut hair from 9am-1pm on Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10 at the finish line area and all proceeds will go to the CAF.

XTERRA UNIVERSITY Presented by Paul Mitchell

Learn the art of XTERRA from the best off-road multisport athletes on the planet - XTERRA World Champions Conrad Stoltz and Shonny Vanlandingham. XTERRA University is a must for first-timers and anyone looking to sharpen their skills in swimming, mountain biking, trail running, and nutrition. Conrad and Shonny will even break down into Richmond course specifics and answer any and all questions. Best part is, the clinic is FREE. Saturday, 11:30am @ Brown’s Island

6 XTERRA 10K AND 21K TRAIL RUNS & XTERRA KIDS ZONE

For the sixth year in a row XTERRA is offering an off-road half-marathon distance trail run - the XTERRA Richmond 21km. It features the same great riverfront attributes shared by the XTERRA Fugitive 10k including Brown’s Island, the Canal Walk, James River Park, Belle Isle, and the Floodwall, but throws in another six+ miles of adventure in Forest Hill Park! With features like the “Mayan Ruins” climb and rock hopping across the riverbed known as the “dry way”, runners be immersed in a truly unique XTERRA experience. The XTERRA Kids Zone on Saturday is a daylong schedule of events providing youngsters with the chance to participate like their parents in a positive and fun environment. Activities include the bike race, Kids sprint, skills riding course, cargo climbing net, balance beam, and soccer style penalty-kick shootout. Entry is free and all participants receive fun prizes and awards!

Key Times - Saturday, June 9: 9am-3pm - XTERRA Kids Zone Challenge Stations Open 10:00am - XTERRA Kids Sprint 11:00am - XTERRA Kids Bike Race Key Times - Sunday, June 10: 9am-2pm - XTERRA Kids Zone Challenge Stations Open

XTERRA FUGITIVE 10K It’s called the Fugitive 10K because it’s just like Harrison Ford’s escape route from the movie The Fugitive. Runners will experience an adventure second to none - featuring many of the elements from the movie...the chase, the culvert, and the train tracks too. Runner’s World Magazine named this race one of “32 of the top trail races, from sea to shining sea”. 7 RICHMOND IS ALL ABOUT THAT CRAZY, EPIC COURSE

The Richmond course is classic, and renowned for having some of the most technical trails in XTERRA despite being in the heart of a big city. It starts with a 1k swim (0.6-miles), follows with a 32k (20-mile) mountain bike, and finishes with a 10k (6.2-mile) trail run. The swim has become a poster child for the XTERRA creed that "Mother Nature is your toughest competitor". It's slated to start at the boat ramp at Brown's Island, where competitors swim across the James River to Belle Isle, get out of the water - shuffle a few hundred feet across Belle - and then swim back. The James isn't very cooperative, however, so expect the unexpected. The bike is just as crazy. Riders go under and over bridges, through tunnels, and up stairs. Thanks to countless hours of volunteer work a full loop connects the north and south James River trails via the Boulevard Bridge to the west and the Belle Island footbridge to the east. The course staples include the Buttermilk trail, Belle Isle sections, tough short climbs and fast downhills through Forest Hills Park, and the man-made miracle "Hodson Ramp". For the second-year now the bike will be two laps of roughly 10 miles each. To eliminate the elite athletes having to pass Sport and Age Group fields we’ve staggered start times so elites will have a clean bike, and the majority of the age group racers will be on their second lap of the bike before the sprint race riders get on the track for their first lap. The run starts easy enough, a pleasant jog along the canal, across the river, and on top of the floodwall with a great view of the city. Then athletes turn onto a dirt trail and suddenly an 80-foot vertical climb up railroad ties stares them in the face. They call it the Mayan ruins because it looks just as gnarly as a 2000-year-old temple. After that quad burner, things get easy again for a little while but all kinds of climbs and twists and turns lie ahead. A cool section of forested singletrack mean- ders through the woods along the river, leading to a water crossing over a small island where athletes encounter rocky ter- rain and the legendary riverbed crossing. From there racers climb up an old iron ladder to Belle Isle, cross over the James on the footbridge, and head back to Brown's for the finish.

8 XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

BROWN’S ISLAND - RICHMOND, VA Tentative as of 5.30.12

Thursday, June 7 4-7pm 10K/21K Trail Run Registration and Packet Pickup – Crowne Plaza (555 E Canal)

Friday, June 8 3-6pm 10K/21K Trail Run Registration and Packet Pickup – Crowne Plaza (555 E Canal) 6-9:30pm “Friday Night Cheers” – ALO with Former Champions in concert (admission $5)

Saturday, June 9 6:30am XTERRA Fugitive 10K and Richmond 21K Packet Pickup 7:30-7:45am Team X.T.R.E.M.E parachute drop on Brown’s Island 8:00am XTERRA Richmond 21K Trail Run start 8:30am XTERRA Fugitive 10K - 1st wave start 8:40/50/9am XTERRA Fugitive 10k - 2nd, 3rd, and 4th wave starts, as needed 9:00am-3:00pm XTERRA Expo and XTERRA Kids Zone Open 9:00am-1:00pm Paul Mitchell Cut-a-thon, a benefit for Challenged Athletes Foundation 9:00am-3:00pm XTERRA East Championship and Sprint Registration and Packet Pick-up* 10:00am XTERRA Kids Sprint (free) 10:30am XTERRA Fugitive 10K / XTERRA Richmond 21K Awards Ceremony 11:00am XTERRA Kids Bike Race (free) 11:30am XTERRA University, presented by Paul Mitchell hosted by Conrad Stoltz and Shonny Vanlandingham 12:30pm Kahuna's XTERRA East Championship and Sport Race Briefing

Sunday, June 10 6:00am Transition Open for Set-up and Body Marking 8:00am XTERRA East Championship – Pro Race Start 9:30am XTERRA East Championship – Age Group and Teams Race Start 10:20/10:35am 1st place male/female Championship pros expected 10:30am XTERRA Sprint Race – Age Group and Teams Start 9:00am – 2:00pm XTERRA Expo and XTERRA Kids Zone Open 9:00am-1pm Paul Mitchell Cut-a-thon, a benefit for Challenged Athletes Foundation 12:00/12:30pm 1st place male/female Championship age groupers expected 12:15/12:45pm 1st place male/female Sprint racers expected 1:30pm Championship and Sprint Awards Ceremonies 1:30pm Cut-off at T2 7:00pm After Party – Location TBD

9 XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP PRO RACE PREVIEW

There is a lot of XTERRA history to be found in Richmond – In the women’s field the tide is turning towards toasting from wacky stories about the swim (walk, crawl, or run) in Lesley Paterson as the sports leading lady. She’s the the James River, snakes and switchbacks in Forest Hills defending XTERRA World Champ, just won the ITU Cross Park, hitting the wall at the Mayan Ruins, taking the right (or Tri World Championship, fell just three-tenths of a second wrong) route through the “Dry Way”, the suffering to be had short of winning the first race in Nevada, and is running so on Belle Isle, and of course the thrill of victory – even just fast that almost no lead off the bike is safe for the other elite the thrill of finishing - on Brown’s Island. women.

More than a decade worth of racing (since 1999 in The Scottish star will be up against Richmond champions Richmond) on the most unique, most profound urban from the past three years with Shonny Vanlandingham adventure XTERRA has ever created, can do that. (2011), Renata Bucher (2010), and Melanie McQuaid (2009) all in the hunt. Couple that with promising early The man with perhaps the most history in Richmond is none season performances by Suzie Snyder, Emma Garrard, and other than Conrad “the Caveman” Stoltz, who started his Danelle Kabush and it is anyone’s guess who will win it all XTERRA career here in the River City back in 2001. Stoltz this year. has won six of the last seven (Josiah Middaugh won in 2008) and captured the 2009 crown despite slicing his foot open minutes before the swim start. PATERSON

Stoltz comes into this one as hot as a sizzling Richmond summer day. He just won his second straight ITU Cross Tri World Championship title (sixth WC combined) and seems unstoppable.

That said there is a quality cast of characters in the men’s elite field who will attempt just that, led by seven-time XTERRA National Champ Josiah Middaugh, the only American to win in Richmond since Michael Tobin in 2000.

Dan Hugo has come close here in the city on a few occasions, and Craig Evans just put up a career-best runner-up performance to Stoltz in Alabama. With so much unpredictability in the urban jungle setting nothing is for sure, but smart money is on Stoltz.

STOLTZ 10 XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP TENTATIVE PRO START LIST

The professionals competing in the East Rank - Name - Age, Hometown Championship are among the best mountain bikers, 1 - Conrad Stoltz - 38, Stellenbosch, South Africa triathletes, and adventure racers on the planet. 2 - Josiah Middaugh - 33, Vail, Colorado 4 - Craig Evans - 34, Hendersonville, Tennessee Rank = Current rank in 2012 XTERRA U.S. Pro Series (after 2) 5 - Branden Rakita - 31, Manitou Springs, Colorado NR = Not ranked in 2012 XTERRA U.S. Pro Series 7 - Dan Hugo - 26, Stellenbosch, South Africa 8 - Will Ross - 22, Anchorage, Alaska EVANS 9 - Cody Waite - 33, Lakewood, Colorado 11 - Will Kelsay - 30, Boulder, Colorado 15 - Adam Wirth – 33, Boise, Idaho 21 - Ryan DeCook - 31, Rochester Hills, Michigan 26 - Patrick Valentine - 26, Colorado Springs, Colorado NR - Tim Snow - 36, Brockton, Massachusetts NR - Bradley Weiss - 23, Cape Town, South Africa

Rank - Name - Age, Hometown 1 - Lesley Paterson – 31, San Diego, California 2 - Melanie McQuaid - 38, Victoria, B.C., Canada 3 - Renata Bucher – 34, Lucerne, Switzerland 4 - Danelle Kabush – 36, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 5 - Suzie Snyder - 29, Fredericksburg, Virginia 6 - Emma Garrard - 31, Park City, Utah 9 - Shonny Vanlandingham - 43, Durango, Colorado 13 - Shae Vaughn - 32, Austin, Texas 16 - Tamara Donelson – 36, Edwards, Colorado 17 - Courtenay Brown – 33, Boulder, Colorado 19 - Heather Holmes - 31, Pocatello, Idaho 21 - Caroline Colonna - 46, Taos, New Mexico NR - Cheryl Sornson - 42, Fairfield, Pennsylvania

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11 MEET THE ELITES

CONRAD “The Caveman” STOLTZ Stellenbosch, South Africa 2010 & 4-time XTERRA World Champ 9-time XTERRA U.S. Pro Series Champ 2011/12 ITU Cross Triathlon World Champ

2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 1 PERSONAL: Born October 23, 1973...a two-time Olympic triathlete, finished 20th in 2000 when he was the first off the 2007: Won XTERRA South Africa for fourth straight year, bike, then dnf’d in Athens...started BMX racing at age then the XTERRA West Champs. Won Southeast and East seven, running at nine, biathlon at 13, triathlon and cycling Champs on back-to-back weekends. DNF’d at Utah at 14, and pro triathlon at 18...“It’s in my blood.” Was because of a mechanical. Won USA Championship, Pro married in the off-season, and says he is living his dream. Series title, then World Champs for third time. Named the WEBSITE: conradstoltz.com Off-Road triathlete of the year at Endurance Sports Awards. TWITTER: @ConradStoltz 2008: Placed 4th at XTERRA South Africa, won the West SPONSORS: Specialized, Avia, Suunto, Clif Bar, Oakley, Champs for 6th time in his career, won the Southeast title, Squirt Lube, Profile Design, BEX Runners, Kelfords Ford, DNF in Richmond, was 2nd at XTERRA UK, 6th at XTERRA Powasol Bike Wash Czech, and 2nd at XTERRA France. Won the XTERRA BIKE/SHOE: Specialized Sworks 29er Epic/AVIA Bolt ZXR Mountain Championship in August, placed 8th at the USA XTERRA EXPERIENCE: 12th year. Championship but still edged countryman Dan Hugo to win RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Is XTERRA’s all-time XTERRA U.S. Pro Series title for the 6th time. Suffered a flat championship race wins leader with 45, is the only pro to while leading at the XTERRA World Championship in Maui win four XTERRA World Titles, and has an unprecedented and eventually finished 12th after a series of mechanicals. nine XTERRA U.S. Pro Series Championships (2001-03, 2009: Won XTERRA West, Midwest, and Southeast Cup ‘05 & ‘07-’11). Also won the 2011 and 2012 ITU Cross Tri Races, was 5th at the Northwest Cup, won the Atlantic Cup, World Titles. finished 3rd in a photo-finish at the Northeast Cup, and won 2001: Burst onto the XTERRA scene and won three races, the XTERRA USA Championship (and the U.S. Pro Series including the Pro Series and the World title as a rookie. for the 7th time). Placed 5th at XTERRA Worlds. 2002: Won in Keystone, California, Tahoe, and Maui. 2010: Won all four regionals he entered - the XTERRA West, 2003: Won first race at Big Bear, placed 2nd in Richmond, South Central, Southeast and East Champs. Placed 6th at 3rd in Keystone, won in Tahoe, and won Pro Points Series. the XTERRA Canada Championships, won XTERRA USA 2004: Won XTERRA South Africa, placed second in Championship (and the Pro Series for 8th time), and became Richmond, 6th in Keystone, second in Big Bear, and fifth in the first pro to win a fourth XTERRA World Championship. Tahoe. Finished third in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series, and 2011: Won XTERRA Buffelspoort, was 2nd at XTERRA dnf’d at XTERRA Worlds. West Champs, won his record-breaking 38th career champi- 2005: Won five straight before placing 2nd in Keystone. onship at South Central Champs in Waco, won ITU Cross Tri Won XTERRA South Africa, the West, East, and Midwest World Title, won the Pacific and Southeast titles on back-to- Champs in Milwaukee, was second in Keystone before win- back weekends in May, captured East title in Richmond in ning the inaugural XTERRA Brazil. Placed second in Tahoe June, and the XTERRA Japan Championship in August. but still won XTERRA Pro Series title. Placed 9th at Worlds. Placed 5th at XTERRA USA Championship and won the Pro 2006: Won XTERRA South Africa, missed the first U.S. Series crown for 9th time (fifth straight). Was in third place race of the year in California with injuries, returned in time coming off the bike at XTERRA Worlds, but pulled with for Alabama where he was fourth, and a week later he won worsening asthma-type conditions on the run. the East Championship. Placed 8th in Milwaukee after a 2012: Won the XTERRA South Africa Championship for the series of crashes and injuries and then 4th at the Mountain fifth time, won the XTERRA West Championship, and won Championships in Utah. A pre-ride crash at the XTERRA the ITU Cross Tri World Championships/XTERRA Southeast USA Championship kept him out of nationals and worlds. Championship in Shelby County, AL on May 19. 12 MEET THE ELITES

JOSIAH MIDDAUGH Eagle-Vail, Colorado 2011 XTERRA West/Mtn/Canada Champ 2011 & 7-time XTERRA National Champ

2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 2 PERSONAL: Born July 25, 1978from East Jordan, Michigan...earned a bachelor of science degree in health Josiah fitness from Central Michigan Univ. where he ran x-country and track...recently earned his masters in human movement from AT Still University...works as an endurance coach and personal trainer at Dogma Athletica. WEBSITE: josiahmiddaugh.com TWITTER: @josiahmiddaugh SPONSORS: Dogma Athletica, AVIA, First Endurance, Felt Bicycles BIKE: Felt Edict 26” or 29”, both full suspension SHOE: AVIA Bolt XZR XTERRA EXPERIENCE: 11th year. 2009: Placed 4th at XTERRA Winter Worlds in Utah, 2nd at RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Has been the top XTERRA West Cup, 3rd at Midwest Cup, 2nd at Southeast American in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series seven of the last Cup, won Teva Mtn Games in his hometown, was 2nd at eight years. Has won the USSSA Snowshoe National Atlantic Cup, won South Central Cup, was 3rd at Mtn Cup Championships and North American Snowshoe and 3rd at the XTERRA USA Championship. Placed 9th at Championships several times, 2006 and 2011 USAT Winter XTERRA Worlds (2nd fastest bike), and was 2nd American. Triathlon National Champ, and 2005 USAT Long Course 2010: Placed 2nd at the XTERRA West Championship, National Champ. Before turning pro he won the 2002 South Central Championship, and Southeast Championship XTERRA Amateur USA & World Championship titles in the and posted the fastest run split at all three. Placed third at the 20-24 division. Did first XTERRA at Keystone in 2001. XTERRA East and Mountain Championships. Won the 2004: 7th in Richmond, won Keystone, 3rd in Big Bear and XTERRA Canada Championship on Sept. 5, and placed 3rd Lake Tahoe, won XTERRA Canada. Top American finisher (top American) at the XTERRA USA Championship. Placed in Tahoe where he posted the fastest bike and run. Placed 32nd at XTERRA Worlds after a series of flats that had him 2nd in Pro Series and top American (3rd overall) at Worlds. running with his bike the last mile of the course. 2005: 7th in Temecula, 10th in Richmond, 6th in Milwaukee, 2011: Won the USAT Winter Triathlon National 3rd in Keystone, 9th in Tahoe, 6th in Pro Series (top Championship and North American Snowshoe American). Was also the top American at the World Championship over the winter. Won the XTERRA West Championship (10th overall) for 2nd straight year. Championship on April 10, finished second by just eight 2006: Finished 3rd at Temecula then broke his knee-cap in seconds at the South Central Championship, was 4th at ITU a training ride before the second race of the year in Cross Tri Worlds, was fourth at the Pacific Champs, third at Alabama. Came back in time for Tahoe where he finished the Southeast Champs, won the Mountain Champs in home- 7th, followed that with a 4th at XTERRA Worlds. town of Vail in July, and won the XTERRA Canada 2007: Finished 4th at West Champs, 3rd in Alabama, 4th in Championship for second straight year on Sept. 4, and was Richmond, 2nd in Utah, 4th at the USA Championship and 3rd at XTERRA USA Champs despite having to run with 3rd in the Pro Series (top American). Was 17th at Worlds. his bike the last mile of the bike. Placed fourth at XTERRA 2008: Placed 2nd at XTERRA Winter Worlds (by 1 second). Worlds (and was the top American for the fourth time). Placed 4th at West Champs, won East Champs, was 5th at 2012: Placed 2nd at the XTERRA West Championship, and Mountain Champs, 3rd at XTERRA USA. Top American in 4th at the ITU Cross Tri World Championships/XTERRA Pro Series for 4th time. 7th at Worlds (3x top American). Southeast Championship in Shelby County, AL on May 19. 13 MEET THE ELITES

CRAIG EVANS Hendersonville, TN Craig

2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 4 PERSONAL: Born March 29, 1978...originally from Ocala, Florida...earned a degree in healthcare administration from Western Kentucky University where he was an All-American swimmer...works as medical device manager for Arthrex and coach of Team Optimum Endurance. WEBSITE: teamcraigevans.com TWITTER: @teamcraigevans SPONSORS: Skinfit, Pearl Izumi, Infinit Nutrition, Oakley BIKE/SHOE: Specialized S-Works 29er SHOE: Pearl Izumi Syncro Fuel XTERRA EXPERIENCE: 11th year. Turned pro in 2006 after winning the amateur overall at the Southeast Championship in Alabama. Won every XTERRA Points Series race he entered as an amateur in 2004 and 2005. 2006: Finished 12th in Milwaukee, then injured. 2007: Finished 16th at XTERRA West Champs, 5th in Alabama and 6th in Richmond. Had the fastest swim in both ‘Bama and Richmond. Placed 10th at Mountain Champs despite racing with a broken bone in his foot. 2008: Finished 7th at XTERRA West Champs, a career- best 3rd in Alabama and 5th in Richmond. Led the Pro Series in points heading into Mountain Champs where he placed 9th. Was 14th at USA Champs and 25th at XTERRA Worlds. 2009: Finished 9th at XTERRA West and Midwest Cups, 6th at Southeast and Northwest Cup, 8th at Atlantic Cup, 6th at South Central Cup, and 11th at USA Championship. 2010: Placed 7th at XTERRA West Champs, 4th at the South Central Championship, third at the Southeast Champs, 5th at the East Champs, 13th at the USA Championship, and 22nd at the World Championship. 2011: Placed 11th at the XTERRA West Championship, 6th at the South Central Championship, 10th at ITU Cross Tri Worlds, 8th at the Pacific Champs, 4th at the Southeast Champs, 5th at the East Champs, and 16th at the USA Champs. Finished 8th in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series. 2012: Placed 7th at the XTERRA West Championship, and a career-best second at the ITU Cross Tri World Championships/XTERRA Southeast Championship in Shelby County, AL on May 19.

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BRANDEN RAKITA Colorado Springs, Colorado

2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 5 PERSONAL: Born March 25, 1981...from Durango, CO...earned degree in civil engineering at Colorado State University...works as a sales associate/bike fitter at Pro Cycling when he’s not racing. WEBSITE: brandenrakita.com TWITTER: @btrakita SPONSORS: 2XU, Pro Cycling, First Endurance, Sidi, SRM, Rudy Project, Ergon, Rotor USA, The Colorado Running Company, and Effetto Mariposa/Caffelatex. SHOE: Inov-8 XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Fifth year. BEST XTERRA FINISH: 3rd at XTERRA West Champs 2011, and 5th at XTERRA USA Champs 2008 FAVORITE XTERRA: XTERRA USA in Lake Tahoe and XTERRA Mountain Champs in Keystone. 2008: Finished 14th at the XTERRA West Champs, 12th at the Southeast Champs, 16th at the East Champs, 6th at Mountain Champs, a career-best 5th at the XTERRA USA Championship and 18th at XTERRA Worlds. 2009: Finished 10th at West Cup, 8th at Midwest Cup, 8th at Southeast Cup, 4th at Northwest Cup, 7th at Northeast Cup, 5th at Mountain Cup, 6th at USA Championship, and 20th at XTERRA Worlds. 2010: Placed 10th at XTERRA West Champs, 7th at South Central Champs, 5th at XTERRA Amazon (Brazil), 6th at East Champs, 4th at Mountain Champs, 3rd at XTERRA Canada, 7th at USA Champs, and 15th at XTERRA Worlds. 2011: Placed 3rd at the XTERRA West Champs, 5th at the XTERRA South Central and Pacific Champs, 8th at ITU Cross Tri Worlds, 7th at the Southeast Champs, 4th at the East Championship, 5th at the Mountain Championship, 2nd at XTERRA Mexico and 4th at XTERRA Canada, 6th at XTERRA USA Champs, and 20th at the XTERRA World Championship. 2012: Placed 4th at XTERRA Guam, 5th at XTERRA Philippines, 7th at XTERRA Saipan, 5th at XTERRA West Championship, and 9th at the ITU Cross Tri World Championships/XTERRA Southeast Championship in Shelby County, AL on May 19.

Branden

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DAN HUGO Stellenbosch, South Africa Dan 2011 XTERRA South Africa Champion

2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 7 PERSONAL: Born July 1, 1985 in Worcester...moved to Stellenbosch, Conrad Stoltz’ hometown, as a youngster... racing with songo.info logo on kit to raise awareness for hometown Foundation supporting youth development. WEBSITE: dghugo.com TWITTER: @dghugo SPONSORS: Specialized, Totalsports, Puma, Garmin, and Oakley. BIKE/SHOE: Specialized Epic 29er / Puma Faas 250 Trail XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Seventh year. Placed 4th at the 2006 XTERRA Brazil Championship in his first XTERRA. 2007: Finished 2nd at XTERRA South Africa and 6th at the XTERRA West Champs. Was in third during the bike at the Southeast Champs when he crashed and broke his hand. 2008: Won XTERRA South Africa Championship, was 2nd at XTERRA West Champs, Southeast Championship (by just 16 seconds to Stoltz) and East Championship (by 24 seconds to Middaugh). Placed 9th at XTERRA UK, DNF at XTERRA Czech, was 12th at XTERRA France-Auron, 4th at USA Championship, missed winning the Pro Series by 8 points (to Stoltz) and placed 8th at XTERRA Worlds. 2009: Placed 3rd at XTERRA West Cup, 4th at Midwest and Southeast Cups, won Northwest Cup, 5th at Atlantic Cup, 3rd at South Central Cup, 5th at Northeast Cup. Finished 5th in XTERRA U.S. Pro Series. 2010: Won XTERRA South Africa Championship, and XTERRA Estrade Real off-road tri in Brazil. Placed 2nd at XTERRA East Champs, 8th at Mountain Champs, won XTERRA Brazil, was 2nd at XTERRA Mexico, 4th at XTERRA USA Champs, 9th in final U.S. Pro Series Standings, and 35th at Worlds after series of mechanicals. 2011: Won the XTERRA South Africa Championship for the third time in four years, and was 2nd behind his fellow countryman Conrad Stoltz at the Pacific, Southeast, and East Championship races. Led for most of the race at the XTERRA USA Championship before being passed by Nico Lebrun at mile four, and ultimately finished 2nd. Placed 5th in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series. Finished 2nd at the XTERRA World Championship by just 33 seconds despite a crash on the bike that cost him some time. 2012: Placed second at XTERRA Buffelspoor, third at XTERRA South Africa, third at XTERRA West Champs. 16 MEET THE ELITES

WILL ROSS Anchorage, Alaska Will

2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 8 PERSONAL: Born May 1, 1989...works as a bike mechanic at Chain Reaction Cycles...won the Alaska state biathlon as a 17-year-old...went to the Arctic Winter Games twice for cross-country skiing. WEBSITE: willrossracing.blogspot.com SPONSORS: Stan’s NoTubes, SPY Optics, Kaladi Brothers/Subway Cycling Team BIKE/SHOE: Trek Superfly 29er / Inov-8 X-Talon 190 XTERRA EXPERIENCE: 6th year, second as a pro 2011: Placed 8th at the XTERRA South Central Championship, a career-best 7th at the East Champs, and was 17th at the USA Championship. Finished 18th in the Pro Series and was 33rd at XTERRA Worlds. 2012: Finished 10th at the XTERRA West Championship, and 12th at the ITU Cross Tri World Championships/XTERRA Southeast Championship in Shelby County, AL on May 19.

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CODY WAITE Lakewood, Colorado Cody

2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 9 PERSONAL: Born September 25, 1978...originally from Cave Creek, AZ...is an XTERRA and triathlon specific coach with EPC Multisport...married XTERRA super fan turned age group standout Kathy Tank in the off-season. WEBSITE: codywaite.me TWITTER: @codywaite SPONSORS: ASEA, Pearl Izumi, Shimano, First Endurance, Rudy Project, Adrenalin Cycles, Cannondale BIKE/SHOE: Cannondale Scalpel 26. Yes, a 26. SHOE: Pearl Izumi, custom made tri upper with trail lower XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Eighth year...won the 25-29 XTERRA National Championship in 2006. Best pro finish was 4th at XTERRA Mountain Champs in 2009. 2007: 15th in Temecula, 9th in Alabama, 12th in Richmond, 5th in Utah, 15th at the USA Champs and 7th in Pro Series. 2008: 12th in Temecula, 13th in ‘Bama, 17th in Richmond, 7th in Utah, 13th at XTERRA USA, and 34th pro at XTERRA Worlds in Maui. 2009: 13th at XTERRA West Cup, 11th at Midwest, 7th at Southeast Cup, 9th at the Northwest Cup, 4th at the Mountain Cup, 7th at XTERRA USA Championship, and 27th at XTERRA Worlds. 2010: Placed 6th at XTERRA West Champs and the South Central Championships, was 5th at the Southeast Champs, 9th at the East Championship, 5th at the Mountain Champs, 4th at XTERRA Canada, 8th at the USA Championship, and 20th at the World Championship. 2011: Placed 9th at the XTERRA West Champs, 10th at the South Central Champs, was 15th at ITU Cross Tri Worlds, seventh at the Pacific Champs, a season-best 6th at the Southeast Champs, 8th at the East Champs, 9th at the Mountain Champs, 7th at the XTERRA Canada Championship, 10th at the USA Champs. Finished 7th in XTERRA Pro Series, and 31st at XTERRA Worlds. 2012: Placed 12th at the XTERRA West Championship, and 10th at the ITU Cross Tri Worlds/XTERRA SE Champs.

18 WILL KELSAY Boulder, Colorado Will

2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 11 PERSONAL: Born August 5, 1981...attended the University of Colorado where he raced on the national championship tri team and earned a degree in mechanical engineering. WEBSITE: willkelsay.com TWITTER: @WillKelsay HEIGHT: 6-3 SPONSORS: Timex, Quintana Roo/Litespeed, PowerBar, Rudy Project, Holy Crap, Challenge Tires, mix1, Champion System, Shimano, LifeSport Chiropractic BIKE/SHOE: Litespeed Cohutta 29er/New Balance MT110 XTERRA EXPERIENCE: 10th year. Named Mr. XTERRA after going on a 12,630-mile, 12-week, 12-race, x-country road trip in a beat-up RV to share his love for XTERRA. In 2011 he went on a six-week, six-country XTERRA road trip. BEST XTERRA FINISH: 2nd XTERRA Japan 2011, 3rd XTERRA Mexico 2011, 9th XTERRA USA Champs 2010 FAVORITE XTERRA? Japan. Hands down! Super technical. A real adventure and the true definition of XTERRA's motto - Live More! 2006: Finished 11th in California, 11th in Alabama, DNF in Richmond, was a career-best 9th in Milwaukee, 10th in Utah, 17th at USA Championship and 114th in Maui. 2007: 14th at XTERRA West Champs, 10th in Alabama, 14th in Richmond, 8th at Mountain Champs in Utah, his best career finish. Was 13th at USA Champs & 64th in Maui. 2008: Finished 18th in Temecula, 19th in ‘Bama, 14th in Richmond, 12th in Utah, and 12th at the XTERRA USA Championship. Placed 16th overall in the Pro Series. 2009: Finished 14th at XTERRA West and Midwest, 9th at Southeast, 11th at Northwest Cup, 9th at Atlantic and South Central, 8th at Northeast Cup, 10th at Mountain Cup, 10th at USA Championship, and 25th at XTERRA Worlds. 2010: Placed 17th at the XTERRA West Champs, 8th at South Central, 6th at Southeast Champs, 7th at the East and Mountain Champs, 9th at the USA Champs, and DNF at XTERRA Worlds. 2011: Finished 19th at XTERRA West Champs, 14th at the South Central Championship, DNF at East Champs, won the XTERRA Forest Drive point series race, was 3rd at XTERRA Mexico, 15th at XTERRA Czech, 10th at the XTERRA European Championship/XTERRA Germany, 2nd at XTERRA Japan, and 11th at the USA Championship. Finished 20th in XTERRA U.S. Pro Series and 18th on XTERRA European Tour. consecutive weekends in March, and was 6th at the ITU 2012 XTERRA RACES: Finished 7th at XTERRA Guam, Cross Tri World Championships/XTERRA Southeast 7th at XTERRA Philippines, and 8th at XTERRA Saipan on Championship in Shelby County, AL on May 19. 19 MEET THE ELITES

ADAM WIRTH RYAN DeCOOK Boise, Idaho Rochester Hills, Michigan

2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 15 2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 21 FINAL 2011 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 12 PERSONAL: Born October 10, 1980...ran cross country, PERSONAL: Born April 30, 1978...earned an MBA in indoor track and outdoor track at Michigan State University accounting at the University of Nebraska, and works as an where he earned a degree in accounting...earned his MBA accountant when not racing. from Oakland University. WEBSITE: adamwirth.com XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Ninth year, missed half of 2010 BIKE/SHOE: Trek Superfly 100 Elite 29er/Avia and all of 2011 with knee injuries. Won the XTERRA RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Placed 5th at XTERRA National Championship in the 20-24 division in 2005. Canada in 2010. BEST XTERRA FINISH: 5th at the 2010 XTERRA South XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Fifth year. Central Championship in Waco, Texas. 2010: Placed 18th at XTERRA France in first race as a pro, 2012: Finished 15th at the XTERRA West Championship, was 5th at XTERRA Canada, 11th at XTERRA USA and DNF at ITU Cross Tri World Championships/XTERRA Championship, and 29th at XTERA Worlds. Southeast Championship in Shelby County, AL on May 19 2011: Placed 13th at the XTERRA West Champs, 12th at the South Central Championship, DNF at the Pacific PATRICK VALENTINE Champs due to mechanical, was 10th at the Southeast Colorado Springs, Colorado Champs, 11th at the Mountain Champs, 9th at XTERRA Canada Championship, and 15th at USA Champs. Finished 12th in Pro Series and was 34th at XTERRA Worlds. 2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 26 2012: Finished 11th at the XTERRA West Championship, FINAL 2011 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 13 and DNF at ITU Cross Tri World Championships/XTERRA PERSONAL: Born March 19, 1986...originally from Southeast Championship in Shelby County, AL on May 19. Pendleton, Indiana...earned a degree in exercise science from Purdue University...is a full-time endurance coach for Carmichael Training Systems. WEBSITE: patrickvalentine.blogspot.com TWITTER: @pat_valentine SPONSORS: Honey Stinger, Bontrager Off-Road Team, Aqua Sphere BIKE/SHOE: 29er hardtail / Inov-8 XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Fifth year. 2010: 18th at XTERRA USA Championship (3rd amateur). 2011: Placed 20th at the West Champs, 9th at the South Central Champs, 8th at the Southeast Champs, 10th at the Mountain Championship, and 22nd at XTERRA USA Championship. Finished 13th in the Pro Series. 2012: Finished 20th at ITU Cross Tri World Championships/XTERRA Southeast Championship.

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LESLEY PATERSON San Diego, California (via Scotland) Lesley 2011 XTERRA World Champion 2012 ITU Cross Tri World Champion

2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 1 PERSONAL: Born October 12, 1980...moved from Sterling, Scotland to the U.S. in 2001...earned bachelor’s degree in performing arts from England and a master’s in theatre acting from San Diego State...works constantly as a film producer, writer, and tri coach...ambition is to win an Oscar & be on the podium at XTERRA Worlds in same year. WEBSITE: lesleypaterson.com TWITTER: @lesleydoestri SPONSORS: Trek, KSwiss, CEP, Xendurance, Bonk, Breaker, Aquasphere, GU, Oakley BIKE/SHOE: Trek Superfly 29er / KSwiss Kwicky Blade XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Fifth year. Finished in top 3 in 7-straight XTERRA Championship races from ‘09 to 2010. RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Placed 2nd at XTERRA Worlds in 2009 and 2nd at Ironman 70.3 California in 2010. Won the 2007 Subaru Sprint triathlon in San Diego and Scotland National Triathlon Championship in 2007. 2008: Finished 9th at XTERRA West Champs, 2nd at the Southeast Champs, 7th at the East Champs, 7th at the Mountain Champs, 4th at the USA Champs and 10th at XTERRA Worlds. 2009: Placed 3rd at XTERRA West Cup, 2nd at the Southeast Cup, 3rd at the USA Championship, and 2nd at XTERRA Worlds. 2010: Placed 3rd at XTERRA West and Southeast Championships, was 2nd at XTERRA USA Champs, and 7th at XTERRA Worlds. 2011: Won the XTERRA Pacific Championship in Santa Cruz, CA on May 15, and was 2nd at the XTERRA USA Championship on Sept. 24 in Utah. Finished 10th in the Pro Series with just those two results, then won her first XTERRA World Championship. 2012: Placed 2nd at the XTERRA West Championship, and won the ITU Cross Tri World Championships/XTERRA Southeast Championship in Shelby County, AL on May 19.

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MELANIE McQUAID Victoria, B.C., Canada 2011 ITU Cross Tri World Champion 4-time XTERRA U.S. Pro Series Champ 2003, ‘05 & ‘06 XTERRA World Champ

2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 2 PERSONAL: Born May 17, 1973 in Victoria, BC, Canadahas a degree in biochemistryraced with Canada’s National Cycling team for six years...started up the MelRad racing team in 2009. WEBSITE: racergirl.com SPONSORS: AVIA, PowerBar, Nathan, Sundog eyewear, Shimano, CycleOps, USANA, Big Air, Champion System, and Saltstick XTERRA EXPERIENCE: 11th year. 2002: Finished in the runner-up position in both the XTERRA East and Central Championships before winning the West title at Half Moon Bay. Finished 4th at the USA Championship and was the runner-up in Pro Series. 2003: 2nd at Big Bear and Richmond, won in Canada, was 2nd in Tahoe, and 2nd in Pro Series. Won XTERRA Worlds. Melanie 2004: Won in Richmond, then finished runner-up to Whitmore in Keystone, Big Bear, and Tahoe. Also finished Northeast Cups, then won XTERRA USA Championship second in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series. Won XTERRA and XTERRA US Pro Series title for the second straight year Canada and placed second at XTERRA Worlds. (her third overall - also won in 2006). Finished 3rd at 2005: Won in Temecula, finished 7th at XTERRA Czech, XTERRA Worlds, her seventh time in the top 3 at Maui. won XTERRA Italy, placed 2nd in Richmond and 2010: Placed 2nd at the XTERRA West Champs, 3rd at the Milwaukee, won Keystone to tie Whitmore for the Series South Central Championship, won the XTERRA European lead heading into Tahoe. Placed second in Tahoe and 2nd Championship in Italy, was 2nd at the Southeast Champs, in the Pro Series. Was 9th in the XTERRA European Tour 3rd at the East Champs, won Ironman Lake Stevens 70.3, standings. Became the first female to win her second won the XTERRA Canada Championship, won the XTERRA XTERRA World Championship in Maui. USA Championship, placed 11th at the XTERRA World 2006: 2nd in Temecula, won inaugural XTERRA Southeast Championship, and was third at the XTERRA Trail Running Championship, 2nd in Richmond and Milwaukee, won the World Championship. Mountain Championship to create a virtual tie with 2011: Won the XTERRA West and South Central Whitmore for Pro Series lead, then won in Tahoe to capture Championships, then captured the inaugural ITU Cross-Tri her first Pro Series crown after three runner-ups. Followed World Title in Spain, was 5th at the Pacific Champs, won the with 2nd straight & unprecedented 3rd XTERRA World Title. Southeast title, was 2nd at East Champs, 2nd at the 2007: Won in California, was second in Alabama, Mountain Champs, won XTERRA Canada second straight Richmond, and Utah. Placed 5th at USA Champs, 2nd in year, and the USA Championship for fourth year in a row. Pro Series, and was the runner-up at XTERRA Worlds. Won the Pro Series for the fourth time, and was on her way 2008: Won West Champs for second straight year, 8th at to winning XTERRA Worlds before exhaustion struck and Southeast, won the East, Mountain, USA Champs, and US she collapsed just 60 yards from the finish and DNF. Pro Series crown. DNF’d at XTERRA Worlds. 2012: Placed 5th at the XTERRA West Championship, and 2009: Won XTERRA West, Midwest, Southeast, Northwest, 2nd at the ITU Cross Tri World Championships/XTERRA and Atlantic Cup races, was 2nd at South Central and Southeast Championship in Shelby County, AL on May 19. 22 MEET THE ELITES

RENATA BUCHER Lucerne, Switzerland Renata 2012 Guam, Philippines, Saipan Champ 4-time XTERRA European Tour Champ

2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 3 PERSONAL: Born May 30, 1977...attended the University of Zuerich. WEBSITE: renata-bucher.onlinetri.com BIKE/SHOE: Cannondale Flash 29er/Asics Fuji Racer XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Eighth year. RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Has won 24 XTERRA Championship races in 11 countries, the U.S. Territory of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan). FAVORITE XTERRA: Saipan 2004: 9th at XTERRA Germany in first-ever XTERRA. 2005: Won XTERRA Saipan, and was second at Tagaman to win the PIC Double with a combined time of 6:14:11. won XTERRA Northeast Cup (her first win in the U.S.), won Was 3rd at Temecula, won XTERRA Czech (beating three XTERRA European Championship in Austria and the Euro World Champs in Angle, McQuaid, and Whitmore in the Tour for the fourth time, was 8th at XTERRA USA Champs, process), 3rd at XTERRA Italy, 5th in Richmond, won and 14th at XTERRA Worlds. XTERRA Austria, second at XTERRA Spain, and third at 2010: Won five races, starting with XTERRA Saipan for the XTERRA Germany. Won the XTERRA European Tour and 6th straight year, and the Pacific Islands Club Resort was 9th in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series. Placed 4th at Double award. Won XTERRA Guam, won inaugural XTER- World Champs in Maui. RA Portugal Championship, won XTERRA South Central 2006: Won everything she entered starting with XTERRA Championship, placed 2nd at XTERRA European Saipan, then a clean sweep in Europe with victories at Championship in Italy, placed 4th at the Southeast Champs, France, Italy, Czech, Spain, and UK. Won second straight won the East Champs, was 2nd at XTERRA France, won XTERRA European Title. Placed 5th at World Champs. XTERRA Czech, and was 2nd at XTERRA Switzerland. Placed 4th at Tagaman and was 2nd in the PIC Double Finished in a points tie for first with Marion Lorblanchet for standings behind Whitmore. the Euro Tour title, but lost tie-breaker (position at last race). 2007: Won XTERRA Saipan Championship then injuries DNF at XTERRA Worlds. kept her sidelined for the rest of the season. 2011: Finished 2nd at XTERRA Philippines, 3rd at 2008: Won XTERRA Saipan for the fourth straight year, XTERRA Saipan, 2nd at XTERRA Italy, won XTERRA plus the Tagaman Triathlon and Pacific Islands Club Double France, was 7th at ITU Cross Tri Worlds, was third at award, placed 2nd at XTERRA European Championship in XTERRA Czech and Germany, and 5th at XTERRA Italy, won XTERRA France-Auron, was second at XTERRA Switzerland. Placed 2nd at the XTERRA Pacific Austria, won XTERRA France-Mondelieu and her third Championship, third at the Southeast Championship, and straight Euro Tour title. Also won XTERRA Japan, was 2nd fourth at XTERRA World Championship. Finished 2nd in at XTERRA USA, and 4th at XTERRA Worlds. the XTERRA European Tour and 11th in the U.S. Pro Series 2009: Won XTERRA Saipan for 5th straight year, the 2012: Won the XTERRA Guam, Philippines, and Saipan Tagaman road tri on Saipan a week later and the Pacific Championship races on consecutive weekends - a clean Islands Club Resort Double award for having the fastest sweep of the XTERRA Asia Pacific triple crown, then won combined time in the 2 races. Finished 4th at XTERRA the XTERRA West Championship. Placed 10th at the ITU West, 2nd at Midwest, 3rd at Southeast Cup, won XTERRA Cross Tri World Champs/XTERRA Southeast Champs, and Malaysia, won XTERRA Italy, was 2nd at XTERRA Czech, was 6th at XTERRA Italy. 23 MEET THE ELITES

DANELLE KABUSH Calgary, Alberta, Canada Danelle 2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 4 PERSONAL: Born April 26, 1975...originally from Courtenay, British Columbia...was a track & cross-country Runner for University of Washington in Seattle, 1998 NCAA Division One 1500m finalist...earned PhD in sport psychology from the Univsity of Ottawa in 2007...has a 4-year-old girl, Zoe, and a boy “Nico” born in May, 2010. WEBSITE: teamlunachix.com BIKE/SHOE: Orbea Oiz and Orbea 29er/Avia XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Eighth year. RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: 4th & 5th overall in 2003/2004 Canada Cup Mountain Bike Series, was 9th in 1998 NCAA 1500m Final. 2004: 2nd at XTERRA Canada, 3rd at XTERRA Worlds. 2005: Finished 6th in Temecula, 9th in Richmond, 7th in Milwaukee, 9th in Keystone, and 4th in Tahoe. Placed 6th in XTERRA U.S. Pro Series and 6th at XTERRA Worlds. 2006: Finished 8th at Temecula, 4th in Alabama, 5th in Richmond, 8th in Milwaukee, 4th in Utah, 3rd at the XTERRA USA Championship in Tahoe, and career-best 2nd at XTERRA World Championship. 2007: Took year off to have her first child. 2008: Placed 4th at West Champs, 7th at Southeast Champs, 5th at East Champs, 4th at Mtn Champs, 6th at USA Champs and 2nd at Worlds (fastest run split). 2009: Placed 9th at XTERRA West Cup, 7th at Southeast Cup, 2nd at Northwest Cup, 3rd at Atlantic Cup, 5th at Northeast Cup, 2nd at Mountain Cup, and 7th at the XTERRA USA and World Championships. 2010: Won the XTERRA Alberta off-road tri, placed third at the XTERRA Canada Championships, and was 12th at XTERRA Worlds. 2011: Placed 5th at the XTERRA West Championship, 3rd at the XTERRA Canada Championship, and 3rd at the USA Championship. Finished 12th in XTERRA U.S. Pro Series and was 5th at XTERRA Worlds (her fourth top 5 in Maui). 2012: Placed 4th at the XTERRA West Championship, and was 6th at the ITU Cross Tri World Championships/XTERRA Southeast Championship in Shelby County, AL on May 19.

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SUZIE SNYDER Fredericksburg, Virginia

2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 5 PERSONAL: Born March 30, 1982...originally from Averill Park, NY...was a three-sport state champ in cross country, pole vault, and Slalom waterskiing...earned a masters degree in exercise science from Springfield College...was a competitive slalom waterskier from the ages of 12- 18...works as a human performance coach for a federal law enforcement agency. TWITTER: @SnyderSuzie SPONSORS: Luna Pro Team BIKE/SHOE: Orbea Alma 29er / AVIA Stoltz & Bolt XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Ninth year. Won the 20-24 division XTERRA World Title in 2004 and 2006. Is also a 4-time XTERRA age group National Champion. 2010: Finished 5th at the XTERRA Mountain Champs in first race as a pro, was 9th at the XTERRA USA Championship, and a career-best 5th at XTERRA Worlds. 2011: Placed 4th at the XTERRA Saipan Championship and won the Tagaman road triahtlon a week later in Saipan. Placed 7th at the XTERRA West Champs, 4th at the South Central Champs, 13th at ITU Cross Tri Worlds, 7th at the Pacific and Southeast Championships, a career-best 3rd at the East Champs,8th at the Mountain Champs, and 9th at the USA Champs. Finished 5th in the Pro Series and was 15th at XTERRA Worlds. 2012: Finished 6th at the XTERRA West Championship, and 4th (top American) at the ITU Cross Tri World Championships/XTERRA Southeast Championship in Shelby County, AL on May 19.

Suzie

25 MEET THE ELITES #63 EMMA GARRARD Park City, Utah Emma 2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 6 PERSONAL: Born June 11, 1981...originally from Anchorage, Alaska...a writer/photographer now living in Park City, Utah...also serves as a ski instructor, Computrainer class instructor, and junior nordic team coach WEBSITE: emmagarrard.com TWITTER: Emma_Garrard SPONSORS: Specialized, Salomon, Champion System, Blue Seventy, ProBar, Gu Energy Labs BIKE/SHOE: Specialized Fate 29er/Salomon Speedcross 3 XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Sixth year, won the overall amateur XTERRA National title in 2007. RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Was a cross-country skier at the University of Nevada, Reno qualifying for the NCAA Championships in 2002, 2003 and 2004. 2008: Finished 7th at XTERRA West Champs, 13th at the East Champs, 7th at the XTERRA United Kingdom Championship, 12th at the Mountain Champs, 12th at the USA Championship and 13th at XTERRA Worlds 2009: Placed 6th at XTERRA West Cup, 7th at the Midwest Cup, 5th at Southeast and Atlantic Cups, 6th at Northeast Cup, 8th at the Mountain Cup, 11th at the USA Championship, and 11th at XTERRA Worlds. 2010: Finished 7th at the West Champs, 4th at South Central Champs, 5th at Southeast Champs, 4th at East Champs, 4th at Mountain Champs, 8th at USA Championship, and 10th at XTERRA Worlds. 2011: Won the USAT Winter Triathlon National Championship. Placed 6th at the West Champs, 5th at the South Central Champs, career-best 3rd at ITU Cross Tri Worlds and matched that with a 3rd at the Pacific Champs, was 5th at the Southeast Champs, 5th at the Mountain Champs, won the XTERRA Brazil Costa Verde off-road tri, was fourth at XTERRA Canada, and 5th at XTERRA USA Champs. Finished 4th in the Pro Series and was 8th at XTERRA Worlds. 2012: Finished 3rd at the XTERRA West Championship, and was 11th at the ITU Cross Tri World Championships/XTERRA Southeast Championship in Shelby County, AL on May 19.

26 MEET THE ELITES

SHONNY VANLANDINGHAM Durango, Colorado Shonny 2010 XTERRA World Champion 2008-11 XTERRA National Champion

2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 9 PERSONAL: Born May 29, 1969...earned her degree in nutrition and played NCAA I basketball at East Texas State Universityroasts her own coffee at her second home on the Big Island of Hawaiiin 1993 she was leading bike tours in Maui that eventually spurred her professional racing career. WEBSITE: teamlunachix.com SPONSORS: Luna Pro Team, Clif Bar, Orbea, Orca, Avia, Mavic, Maxxis, Lazer, Fox, Selle Italia, Camelbak, Pedros, Genuine Innovations, Shimano, Vetta, Squadra, Chariot, Sock Guy, High Sierra, Selle Italia, Kicker, Cytek, Planet Sun, KonaRed, Dedicated Athlete. BIKE/SHOE: Orbea Alma 29er/AVIA Bolt XZR XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Seventh year, fourth full season. In her first-ever XTERRA at the World Championship in 2005 she posted fastest bike split and finished 7th. RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: With 15 NORBA National race wins and three NORBA Series Championship titles, top American for the second straight year). Placed 5th at Vanlandingham is the most successful rider in NORBA XTERRA Worlds, her third straight year in the top 5. history. A 7-time U.S. National Mountain Bike Team 2010: Placed 2nd at the XTERRA Saipan Championship Member, 3x (2004-06) NORBA National Series X-Country and XTERRA Guam in March. Won the XTERRA West Champ & 2005 U.S. National Short Track Champ. Championship on April 25, was second at the South Central 2006: Finished 9th (5th best bike split) at both the XTERRA Championship, won XTERRA Southeast, was 2nd at USA Championship in Tahoe and the XTERRA World XTERRA East Championship, won the Mountain Champs, Championship in Maui (third-best bike). won XTERRA Brazil, was second at XTERRA Mexico, third 2007: Placed 5th at Mountain Champs, 7th at XTERRA at the USA Championship, and won the XTERRA World USA, and 7th in Pro Series. Finished XTERRA-best 4th at Championship in Maui at the age of 41. XTERRA World Champs and the fastest bike. 2011: Won the inaugural XTERRA Philippines 2008: Won the Southeast Champs (her firs XTERRA Championship on March 6 and the XTERRA Saipan victory), was 3rd at the East Champs, 2nd at the Mountain Championship for the second year in a row a week later. Champs, 7th at the XTERRA USA Championship (Top Placed second at both the XTERRA West and South American), was also the top American in the U.S. Pro Central Championship races in April, was 2nd at ITU Cross Series (2nd overall) and finished 3rd at XTERRA Worlds Tri Worlds, was 4th at Pacific Champs, 2nd at Southeast where she once again posted the fastest bike split. Champs, won the East and Mountain Championships, won 2009: Had the fastest bike split and placed 3rd at XTERRA XTERRA Mexico, was 5th at XTERRA Czech and 2nd at Saipan behind Julie Dibens and Renata Bucher. Finished the XTERRA European Championship in Germany. Placed 2nd at XTERRA West Cup, 4th at the Midwest and 7th at the XTERRA USA Championship despite racing on Southeast Cups, 2nd at the Atlantic Cup, won the XTERRA torn ACL. Finished 2nd in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series. South Central Cup in Arkansas, was third at the Northeast 2012: Placed 5th at the ITU Cross Tri World Cup in Vermont, won the Mountain Cup, won XTERRA Championships/XTERRA Southeast Championship in Mexico, and was second at XTERRA USA Champs (and Shelby County, AL on May 19. 27 MEET THE ELITES

SHAE VAUGHN HEATHER HOLMES Austin, Texas Atlanta, Georgia

2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 13 2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 19 PERSONAL: Born February 16, 1980...earned degree in PERSONAL: Born September 24, 1980...from Pocatello, kinesiology from the University of Texas at Austin Idaho but in the last two years has lived in South Korea, Salt XTERRA EXPERIENCE: 5th year, won the 2004 XTERRA Lake City, Germany and Atlanta...earned undergrad degree USA and World Championships in the 20-24 division. in mechanical engineering from Montana State and MS and 2012: Finished 8th at the ITU Cross Tri World PhD degrees in same from the University of Championships/XTERRA Southeast Championship in Utah....currently doing her postdoc at Georgia Tech Shelby County, AL on May 19. researching air quality. XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Second year. TAMARA DONELSON 2011: Placed 8th at XTERRA Italy in her first-ever triathlon Edwards, Colorado (let alone XTERRA). Was 7th at XTERRA France and XTERRA Czech, 8th at XTERRA Germany and XTERRA Switzerland. Finished 7th in the XTERRA European Tour. 2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 16 2012: Finished 6th at the XTERRA West Championship, PERSONAL: Born August 29, 1975. and 13th at the ITU Cross Tri World WEBSITE: tamaradonelson.com Championships/XTERRA Southeast Championship in TWITTER: @tamdonelson Shelby County, AL on May 19. XTERRA EXPERIENCE: First year pro. Won amateur XTERRA World title in 2011, placing 14th overall. 2012: Placed 11th at the XTERRA West Championship, CAROLINE COLONNA and 18th at the ITU Cross Tri World Taos, New Mexico Championships/XTERRA Southeast Championship in Shelby County, AL on May 19. 2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 21 PERSONAL: Born April 20, 1964...won collegiate COURTENAY BROWN Taekwondo Championship in 1986 while at UC Boulder, Colorado Berkeley...works as doctor of oriental medicine. WEBSITE: colonnadare2tri.com SPONSORS: Hammer, K-TAOS, Fat Tire Cycles, Willow 2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES RANK: 17 Clinic, Biomedical Research Laboratories PERSONAL: Born September 7, 1978...from Annapolis, BIKE/SHOE: Specialized Epic 29er / AVIA Bolt Maryland, living in Boulder, Colorado...earned degree from XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Ninth year, first XTERRA in 2000. the University of Virginia and currently working toward PhD RACING ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Won the 45-49 division from the University of Colorado at Boulder. XTERRA World Championship in 2010. WEBSITE: courtenaybrown.com 2011: Placed 7th at XTERRA Saipan Championship, 8th at TWITTER: @cour10nay the South Central Championship, 9th at the Pacific and SPONSORS: Rev3 Racing Team, RecoveryPump, Pearl Southeast Champs, 6th at the East Champs, 11th at the Izumi, PowerBar, Lazer Helmets, Splish, Rolf Prima Mountain Champs, and 16th at XTERRA USA Champs. BIKE: Trek Superfly Elite hardtail 29er Finished 7th in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series. SHOE: Pearl Izumi IsoTransition 2012: DNF at XTERRA West Championship, and was 15th XTERRA EXPERIENCE: Second year. Won the XTERRA at the ITU Cross Tri World Championships/XTERRA Forest Drive points series race in first-ever XTERRA in 2011. Southeast Championship in Shelby County, AL on May 19. 2012: Placed 12th at the XTERRA West Championship, and 19th at the ITU Cross Tri World Championships/XTERRA Southeast Championship in Shelby County, AL on May 19. 28 2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES STANDINGS (AFTER 2)

PRO MEN Pl Name West S'East East Mtn USA Totals Key 1 Conrad Stoltz, RSA 100 100 200 1=100 2 Josiah Middaugh, USA 90 75 165 2=90 3 Chris Legh, AUS 75 82 157 3=82 4 Craig Evans, USA 58 90 148 4=75 5 Branden Rakita, USA 69 49 118 5=69 6 David Henestrosa, ESP 63 53 116 6=63 7 Dan Hugo, RSA 82 DNS 82 7-58 8 Will Ross, USA 45 37 82 8=53 9 Cody Waite, USA 37 45 82 9=49 10 Richard Stannard, GBR DNF 69 69 10=45 11 Will Kelsay, USA DNS 63 63 11=41 12 Kelly Guest, CAN DNS 58 58 12=37 13 Doug Hall, GBR 53 DNS 53 13=34 14 Lewis Elliot, USA 49 DNS 49 14=31 15 Adam Wirth, USA 41 DNF 41 15=28 16 Sergio Sarmiento, MEX DNS 41 41 17 Chris Ganter, USA 34 DNS 34 18 Jean-Philippe Thibodeau, CAN DNS 34 34 19 Damian Gonzalez, USA 31 DNP 31 20 Llewellyn Holmes, GBR DNS 31 31 21 Ryan DeCook, USA DNS 28 28

PRO WOMEN Pl Name West S'East East Mtn USA Totals 1 Lesley Paterson, GBR 90 100 190 2 Melanie McQuaid, CAN 69 90 159 3 Renata Bucher, SUI 100 45 145 4 Danelle Kabush, CAN 75 63 138 5 Suzie Snyder, USA 63 75 138 6 Emma Garrard, USA 82 41 123 7 Sara Tarkington, USA 49 37 86 8 Carla Van Huyssteen, RSA DNS 82 82 9 Shonny Vanlandingham, USA DNS 69 69 10 Kate Major, AUS 58 DNS 58 11 Michelle Flipo, MEX DNS 58 58 12 Beth Walsh, USA 53 DNS 53 13 Shae Vaughn, USA DNS 53 53 14 Brandi Heisterman, CAN DNS 49 49 15 Kathryn Ross, USA 45 DNF 45 16 Tamara Donelson, USA 41 DNP 41 17 Courtenay Brown, USA 37 DNP 37 18 Jennifer Todd, USA 34 DNS 34 19 Heather Holmes, USA DNS 34 34 20 Kim Baugh, USA DNS 31 31 21 Caroline Colonna, USA DNF 28 28

29 ABOUT THE 2012 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES

The 2012 XTERRA U.S. Pro Series consists of five events - four regional championships and Nationals.

April 14 XTERRA West Championship Lake Las Vegas Resort (Henderson, NV) May 19 XTERRA Southeast Championship Oak Mountain State Park (Pelham, AL) June 10 XTERRA East Championship James River Park System (Richmond, VA) July 14 XTERRA Mountain Championship Beaver Creek Resort (Avon, CO) Sept. 22 XTERRA USA Championship Snowbasin Resort (Ogden, UT)

The top 15 pros at each event are awarded points based on overall pro finish. Pros will count their best three of four regional scores plus the points they get (or don’t get) at the XTERRA USA Championship in Utah. Thus, the final point total combines an athletes’ best three scores in the first four races, plus the USA Championship race points. He/she with the most points in the end is declared the U.S. Pro Series Champ. The U.S. Series will dish out $145,000 in prize money: $15,000 at the West, East and Mountain Championships, $20,000 at the Southeast and USA Championship races, and $60,000 to the top overall points scorers in the Series. Note: The XTERRA World Championship Oct. 28 in Kapalua, Maui is a stand-alone event worth $105,000.

2012 Pro Points Score Breakdown: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 100 90 82 75 69 63 58 53 49 45 41 37 34 31 28

ELIGIBILITY Athletes racing pro must have been accepted as a professional by a recognized multisport governing body (USA Triathlon, USA Cycling - road, cyclocross, track or mountain bike; any national governing body for triathlon; and any national governing body for cycling), and USA Triathlon offers an elite off-road pro license specifically designed for XTERRA specialists. You can find this information at http://usatriathlon.org/content/index/670. Questions should be directed to Katie Baker, USA coordinator at [email protected].

In addition, athletes holding elite licenses in cycling, running, swimming or that have participated in the Olympics in the past 10 years can be eligible by writing to Dave Nicholas [email protected] and presenting their qualifications.

2011 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES CHAMPS

Conrad Stoltz Melanie McQuaid Stellenbosch, South Africa Victoria, B.C., Canada

The “Caveman” is a 9-time McQuaid won the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series XTERRA Pro Series Champion, having won the crown for the fourth time title in his rookie season of in her career in 2011. 2001, and also in 2002, ‘03, Only Jamie Whitmore ‘05, then five straight from has more, with five. 2007-to-2011.

30 2012 XTERRA AMERICA TOUR PRIZE MONEY BREAKDOWN

XTERRA West, East, Mtn ITU Cross Tri Worlds // XTERRA USA Championship Championship Races XTERRA Southeast Champs Pro Purse ($20,000) Pro Purse ($15,000) Pro Purse ($20,000) Rank Men Women Rank Men Women Rank Men Women 1st $2,500 $2,500 1st $2,300 $2,300 1st $2,500 $2,500 2nd $2,000 $2,000 2nd $1,700 $1,700 2nd $2,000 $2,000 3rd $1,500 $1,500 3rd $1,300 $1,300 3rd $1,500 $1,500 4th $1,200 $1,200 4th $900 $900 4th $1,000 $1,000 5th $900 $900 5th $600 $600 5th $800 $800 6th $700 $700 6th $400 $400 6th $700 $700 7th $500 $500 7th $300 $300 7th $600 $600 8th $350 $350 8th $400 $400 9th $200 $200 9th $300 $300 10th $150 $150 10th $200 $200

XTERRA U.S. Pro Series Pro Purse ($60,000) awarded in Utah Rank Men Women 1st $10,000 $10,000 2nd $6,000 $6,000 3rd $3,500 $3,500 4th $2,500 $2,500 5th $2,000 $2,000 XTERRA World Championship 6th $1,500 $1,500 Pro Purse ($100,000) @ Maui 7th $1,200 $1,200 Rank Men Women 8th $1,000 $1,000 1st $20,000 $20,000 9th $800 $800 2nd $12,000 $12,000 10th $600 $600 3rd $7,000 $7,000 11th $400 $400 4th $4,000 $4,000 12th $300 $300 5th $2,500 $2,500 13th $200 $200 6th $1,500 $1,500 7th $1,000 $1,000 8th $800 $800 *The Hawaiian Airlines “Double” Purse is awarded to the pro 9th $600 $600 man and woman with the fastest combined 2012 XTERRA 10th $500 th World Championship and Ironman Hawaii Championship 11 $400 time, a feat reserved for the world’s leading endurance th 12 $300 athletes as the two races are held just two weeks apart. *Double $2,500 $2,500 31 2011 XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES FINAL STANDINGS

The XTERRA USA Championship on Sept. 24 in Utah was the last of seven races in the XTERRA U.S. Pro Series that featured six regionals and the national championship. Here’s a look at the final standings: PRO MEN Pl Name West SC Pacific S'East East Mtn USA Totals 1 Conrad Stoltz 90 100 100 100 100 DNR 75 565 2 Josiah Middaugh 100 90 75 82 DNR 100 82 529 3 Nicolas Lebrun 75 75 DNR 69 82 75 100 476 4 Branden Rakita 82 69 69 x-58 75 69 63 427 5 Dan Hugo DNR DNR 90 90 90 DNR 90 360 6 Seth Wealing 58 82 82 DNF DNR 90 37 349 7 Cody Waite 49 x-45 58 63 53 49 45 317 8 Craig Evans 41 63 53 75 69 DNR DNP 301 9 Trevor Glavin 53 58 63 41 DNR DNR DNR 215 10 Brad Zoller 31 DNR DNR DNR 63 63 49 206 11 Jason Michalak 28 34 DNR 49 DNR 58 34 203 12 Adam Wirth 34 37 DNF 45 DNR 41 28 185 13 Patrick Valentine DNP 49 DNR 53 DNR 45 DNP 147 14 Brian Smith 45 DNR DNR DNR DNR 82 DNP 127 15 Matt Boobar DNR DNP DNR 37 49 37 DNR 123 Also: Shiloh Mielke (119), Chris Stehula (118), Will Ross (111), Damian Gonzalez (96), Will Kelsay (72), Lance Armstrong (69), Jim Thijs (63), Ben Allen (58), Tim Reed (53), David Henestosa (53), Eric Clarkson (45), Barry Wicks (37), Jimmy Archer (34), Tim DeBoom (31), Chris Vander Linden (31).

PRO WOMEN Pl Name West Scentral Pacific S'East East Mountain USA Totals 1 Melanie McQuaid 100 100 x-69 100 90 90 100 580 2 Shonny Vanlandingham 90 90 x-75 90 100 100 58 528 3 Christine Jeffrey 82 82 63 75 75 x-58 63 440 4 Emma Garrard 63 69 82 69 DNR 69 69 421 5 Suzie Snyder 58 75 58 58 82 x-53 49 380 6 Jessica Noyola 53 63 53 63 69 DNR 45 346 7 Caroline Colonna DNR 53 49 49 63 41 DNP 255 8 Tracy Thelen 45 58 DNR 53 DNR 45 34 235 9 Kelley Cullen 75 DNR DNR DNR DNR 82 75 232 10 Lesley Paterson DNR DNR 100 DNR DNR DNR 90 190 11 Renata Bucher DNR DNR 90 82 DNR DNR DNR 172 12 Danelle Kabush 69 DNR DNR DNR DNR DNR 82 151 13 Sara Tarkington DNR DNR DNR DNR DNR 75 53 128 14 Luisa Bryce DNR DNR DNR DNR DNR 63 37 100 15 Jaime Brede DNR DNR DNR DNR 58 DNR DNR 58 Also: Rosemarie Gerspacher (49), Kim Baugh (49), Stella Carey (45), Carina Wasle (41), Tammy Jacques (31), Mical Dyck (28)

April 10 - XTERRA West Championship (Lake Las Vegas, NV) - April 17 // XTERRA South Central Championship (Cameron Park - Waco, TX) May 15 - XTERRA Pacific Championship (Wilder Ranch State Park - Santa Cruz, CA) // May 22 - XTERRA Southeast Championship (Pelham, AL) June 12 - XTERRA East Championship (Richmond, VA) // July 16 - XTERRA Mountain Championship (Beaver Creek Resort - Avon, CO) Sept. 25 - XTERRA USA Championship (Ogden/Snowbasin Resort, UT) DNR = Did Not Race Key: 1=100, 2=90, 3=82, 4=75, 5=69, 6=63, 7-58, 8=53, 9=49, 10=45, 11=41, 12=37, 13=34, 14=31, 15=28 DNP = Did Not Place

32 TOP 5 IN XTERRA U.S. PRO SERIES SINCE 1999

2011 U.S. PRO POINTS SERIES RESULTS 2004 U.S. PRO POINTS SERIES RESULTS Men Women Men Women 1. Conrad Stoltz 565 1. Melanie McQuaid 580 1. Sylvain Dodet 290 1. Jamie Whitmore 300 2. Josiah Middaugh 529 2. S. Vanlandingham 528 2. Josiah Middaugh 264 2. Melanie McQuaid 280 3. Nico Lebrun 476 3. Christine Jeffrey 440 3. Conrad Stoltz 249 3. Candy Angle 239 4. Branden Rakita 427 4. Emma Garrard 421 4. Nicolas LeBrun 247 4. Janae Deverell 209 5. Dan Hugo 360 5. Suzie Snyder 380 5. Justin Thomas 179 5. Lynley Allison 208

2010 U.S. PRO POINTS SERIES RESULTS 2003 U.S. PRO POINTS SERIES RESULTS Men Women Men Women 1. Conrad Stoltz 500 1. S. Vanlandingham 452 1. Conrad Stoltz 290 1. Jamie Whitmore 300 2. Josiah Middaugh 434 2. Melanie McQuaid 444 2. Steve Larsen 280 2. Melanie McQuaid 270 3. Seth Wealing 378 3. Renata Bucher 401 3. Nicolas LeBrun 264 3. Melissa Thomas 232 4. Nico Lebrun 341 4. Emma Garrard 347 4. Justin Thomas 218 4. Jenny Tobin 202 5. Craig Evans 318 5. Christine Jeffrey 345 5. Jason Chalker 207 5. Candy Angle 200

2009 U.S. PRO POINTS SERIES RESULTS 2002 U.S. PRO POINTS SERIES RESULTS Men Women Men Women 1. Conrad Stoltz 572 1. Melanie McQuaid 600 1. Conrad Stoltz 300 1. Jamie Whitmore 290 2. Nico Lebrun 562 2. S. Vanlandingham 552 2. Nicolas LeBrun 248 2. Melanie McQuaid 265 3. Josiah Middaugh 534 3. Renata Bucher 463 3. Kerry Classen 235 3. Raeleigh Tennant 234 4. Mike Vine 487 4. Danelle Kabush 447 4. Mike Vine 228 4. Kerstin Weule 222 5. Dan Hugo 414 5. Christine Jeffrey 426 5. Andrew Noble 201 5. Melissa Thomas 214

2008 U.S. PRO POINTS SERIES RESULTS 2001 U.S. PRO POINTS SERIES RESULTS Men Women Men Women 1. Conrad Stoltz 353 1. Melanie McQuaid 400 1. Conrad Stoltz 465 1. Anke Erlank 469 2. Dan Hugo 345 2. S. Vanlandingham 330 2. Nicolas LeBrun 404 2. Monique Merrill 375 3. Josiah Middaugh 326 3. Jenny Smith 316 3. Ned Overend 373 3. Raeleigh Tennant 343 4. Brian Smith 290 4. Danelle Kabush 282 4. Mike Vine 365 4. Jenny Tobin 326 5. Mike Vine 276 5. Lesley Paterson 281 5. Kerry Classen 319 5. Cheri Touchette 309

2007 U.S. PRO POINTS SERIES RESULTS 2000 U.S. PRO POINTS SERIES RESULTS Men Women Men Women 1. Conrad Stoltz 400 1. Jamie Whitmore 400 1. Michael Tobin 826 1. Kerstin Weule 890 2. Mike Vine 337 2. Melanie McQuaid 349 2. Mike Vine 820 2. Jody Purcell 810 3. Josiah Middaugh 322 3. Jennifer Smith 329 3. Kerry Classen 802 3. Lorraine Barrows 688 4. Seth Wealing 322 4. Candy Angle 314 4. Ned Overend 697 4. Jenny Tobin 635 5. Andrew Noble 303 5. Amber Monforte 258 5. Dave Harrison 596 5. Linda Gabor 524

2006 U.S. PRO POINTS SERIES RESULTS 1999* U.S. PRO POINTS SERIES RESULTS (First year) Men Women Men Women 1. Seth Wealing 428 1. Melanie McQuaid 480 1. Michael Tobin 886 1. Kerstin Weule 886 2. Brent McMahan 413 2. Jamie Whitmore 459 2. Jimmy Riccitello 732 2. Jody Purcell 827 3. Andrew Noble 391 3. Candy Angle 403 3. John Koenig 676 3. Lorraine Barrows 718 4. Conrad Stoltz 303 4. Danelle Kabush 354 4. Ned Overend 660 4. Jenny Wood 708 5. Brian Smith 300 5. Janae Pritchett 320 5. Kerry Classen 635 5. Linda Gabor 675

2005 U.S. PRO POINTS SERIES RESULTS Men Women 1. Conrad Stoltz 390 1. Jamie Whitmore 390 2. Mike Vine 310 2. Melanie McQuaid 380 3. Olivier Marceau 309 3. Candy Angle 302 4. Brent McMahon 283 4. Jessica Harrison 282 5. Francisco Serrano 275 5. Melissa Thomas 271 6. Josiah Middaugh 252 Bold denotes top American (National Champ) in Pro Series 33 2012 XTERRA WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP RACES

Date Event Location Feb 26 XTERRA South Africa Championship Western Cape Conrad Stoltz and Carla van Huyssteen Mar 10 XTERRA Guam Championship Guam Ben Allen and Renata Bucher Mar 10 XTERRA Motatapu South Island, New Zealand Braden Currie and Fleur Lattimore Mar 18 XTERRA Philippines Championship Cebu Ben Allen and Renata Bucher Mar 24 XTERRA Saipan Championship Northern Marianas Ben Allen and Renata Bucher Apr 14 XTERRA New Zealand Championship Rotorua Ben Allen and Jacqui Slack May 27 XTERRA Italy Championship+ Orosei, Sardinia Nicolas Lebrun and Jacqui Slack June 23 XTERRA Brazil Championship Manaus, Amazon July 8 XTERRA France Championship+ Xonrupt, Gerardmer Aug 4 XTERRA Czech Championship+ Prachatice Aug 4 XTERRA Mexico Championship Tapalpa Aug 11 XTERRA Germany Championship+ Zittau Aug 25 XTERRA Japan Championship Marunuma Sept 2 XTERRA Canada Championship Canmore, AL Sept 8 XTERRA Switzerland Championship+ Prangins Sept 16 XTERRA Venezuela Championship Villa de Caribe Sept 22 XTERRA USA Championship Ogden/Snowbasin, UT Oct 28 XTERRA World Championship Maui, Hawaii

Race winners in Bold + XTERRA European Tour events - Schedule tentative and subject to change. As of April 4, 2012

34 2012 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - OCTOBER 28

Following an action-packed racing season that will span 16 countries with more QUALIFYING FOR MAUI than 100 events, XTERRA will host its 17th XTERRA World Championship at the Kapalua Resort in Maui on October 28. A season-ending blow-out like no Amateur athletes can qualify for the other, the World Championship is the culmination of a worldwide series of races XTERRA World Championship by held in South Africa, Guam, Philippines, Saipan, New Zealand, Italy, Brazil, finishing in one of the 40 qualifying France, Czech, Mexico, Germany, Japan, Canada, Switzerland, Venezuela, spots available at each World Tour and the United States. Championship event or one of the 47 qualifying spots (see below) at any of The race course, considered one of XTERRA's toughest and most grueling, will the four XTERRA Championship consist of a 1.5-kilometer roughwater swim, a grueling 30- kilometer mountain Series races. There are also a limited bike, and a 10-kilometer trail run. number of at-large slots available early in the year. The maxed-out field is limited to 750 competitors, who represent the best off- road, multisport athletes on the planet. It is a "winner take all" race, with one of DIVISION Men Women Total the richest pro purses in multisport at $100,000, and it is awarded solely on the 15-19 1 1 2 basis of the Maui performance. Since this race is a stand-alone event, it offers 20-24 1 1 2 a unique opportunity to competitors. Even those who have had a less than 25-29 2 2 4 stellar season, are given an opportunity to redeem themselves and earn the 30-34 3 2 5 coveted title of XTERRA World Champion. 35-39 3 2 5 40-44 3 2 5 45-49 2 2 4 A special prime, the Hawaiian Airlines Double, will pay $2,500 to the man and 50-54 2 2 2 woman with the fastest combined Hawaii Ironman and XTERRA World 55-59 2 2 2 Championship time. Only two weeks and a narrow channel of ocean separate 60-64 1 1 1 the two events, which each year attract a growing number of endurance 65+ 1 1 1 athletes. 65-69 1 1 1 70-74 1 NA 1 75+ 1 NA 1 PC 3 3 6 Total 25 21 47 35 2011 XTERRA USA AND WORLD CHAMPIONS

XTERRA USA CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP) Division Name Time Hometown Div Name Hometown Time 15 - 19 Hannah Rae Finchamp 3:17:52 Altadena, CA 15-19 (2) Hannah Rae Finchamp Altadena, California 3:16:16 20 - 24 Laurel Peak 3:55:07 Augusta, MI 20-24 Danielle Kehoe Arvada, Colorado 3:22:14 25 - 29 Margaret Peterson 3:20:31 Wenatchee, WA 25-29 Lizzie Orchard Auckland, New Zealand 3:10:05 30 - 34 Heather Lyman 3:05:06 South Lake Tahoe, CA 30-34 Maia Ignatz Boulder, Colorado 3:12:44 35 - 39 Tamara Donelson (2) 3:04:01 Edwards, CO 35-39 Tamara Donelson Edwards, Colorado 3:09:47 40 - 44 Gina Rau 3:13:45 Sandy, UT 40-44 Kim Baldwin Boulder, Colorado 3:22:52 45 - 49 Keri Grosse (3) 3:25:13 Spokane, WA 45-49 Sue Lambert Anchorage, Alaska 3:30:42 50 - 54 Beverly Enslow (6) 3:27:52 Metamora, IL 50-54 Tamara Tabeek San Diego, California 3:29:04 55 - 59 Barbara Peterson (7) 3:50:14 Berkeley, CA 55-59 (6) Barbara Peterson Berkeley, California 3:56:52 60 - 64 Cindi Toepel (7) 3:45:53 Littleton, CO 60-64 (4) Cindi Toepel Littleton, Colorado 3:59:45

XTERRA USA CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) Division Name Time Hometown Div Name Hometown Time 15 - 19 Nielsen Powless 2:54:24 Roseville, CA 15-19 Marvin Gruget Beaumes De Venise, France 2:35:22 20 - 24 Mathieu Signoretty 2:48:49 Sammamish, WA 20-24 (2) Alexander Haas Georgensgmuend, Germany 2:33:37 25 - 29 Nick Fisher 2:38:15 Ogden, UT 25-29 Daniel Carleton Sheffield Beach, South Africa 2:49:21 30 - 34 Ryan Ignatz 2:37:26 Boulder, CO 30-34 Ryan Ignatz Boulder, Colorado 2:36:53 35 - 39 Jason Jablonski (2) 2:40:31 Wenatchee, WA 35-39 (2) Thomas Vonach Schwarzach, Austria 2:40:10 40 - 44 Kevin Donovan 2:49:39 Boise, ID 40-44 (4) Calvin Zaryski Calgary, Canada 2:39:28 45 - 49 Rob Laurie 2:54:55 Incline Village, NV 45-49 (2) Mark Geoghegan Honolulu, Hawaii 2:50:17 50 - 54 Brent Peacock 3:00:07 Jackson, WY 50-54 David Maclean Ludington, Michigan 3:02:36 55 - 59 Steve Cole 3:20:14 Olive Branch, MS 55-59 Jaroslav Balatka Jablonec, Czech Republic 3:19:56 60 - 64 Michael Orendorff 3:21:03 Pueblo, CO 60-64 Mike Lyons Mairangi Bay, New Zealand 3:52:52 65 - 69 Bruce Wacker 3:37:46 Colorado Springs, CO 65-69 (2) Bruce Wacker Colorado Springs, Colorado 3:33:27 70+ Nataniel Grew (2) 6:05:58 South Woodstock, VT 70+ (2) John Stover Jackson, Michigan 4:37:55 PC Willie Stewart (3) 3:18:17 Boise, ID CEO Mike Byam Grand Rapids, Michigan 4:10:00 * TOP AMATEURS PC (6) Fouad Fattoumy Honolulu, Hawaii 3:32:51

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36 2012 SCHEDULE

DATE Race Location Region 2/19 XTERRA Puerto Rico San Juan SE 3/10 XTERRA Guam Championship Piti W 3/11 XTERRA Miami North Miami, Florida SE 3/24 XTERRA Saipan Championship Northern Marianas W 3/31 XTERRA Renegade San Dimas, California W 4/1 XTERRA REAL Granite Bay, California W 4/1 XTERRA Camp Eagle Rocksprings, Texas SC 4/14 XTERRA West Championship Lake Las Vegas, NV W 4/22 XTERRA Hickory Knob McCormick South Carolina SE 4/22 XTERRA Bluebonnet Burnet, Texas SC 4/28 XTERRA Fort Yargo Winder, Georgia SE 4/29 XTERRA Jersey Devil Barnegat, New Jersey AT 5/5 XTERRA Epic - Rustman Ruston, Louisiana SC 5/6 XTERRA Gator Terra Ruston, Louisiana SC 5/13 XTERRA King Of The Hill Lebanon, New Jersey AT 5/19 XTERRA Southeast Championship Pelham, Alabama SE 5/20 XTERRA Last Stand Augusta, Michigan MW 6/2 XTERRA Four Corners Farmington, New Mexico SC 6/3 XTERRA Tsali Bryson City, North Carolina SE 6/9 XTERRA Moab Moab, Utah MT 6/9 XTERRA Eureka Springs Eureka Springs, Arkansas SC 6/10 XTERRA East Championship Richmond, Virginia AT 6/10 XTERRA East Fork Bethel, Ohio MW 6/17 XTERRA Torn Shirt Brighton, Michigan MW 6/17 XTERRA Muleshoe Spicewood, Texas SC 6/23 XTERRA Clemson Clemson, South Carolina SE 6/23 XTERRA Scales Lake Boonville, Indiana MW 6/23 XTERRA Pipestem Creek Jamestown, North Dakota MT 6/23 XTERRA Tahoe City Tahoe City, California W 6/24 XTERRA Dawg Dayz Arkadelphia, Arkansas SC 6/24 XTERRA Curt Gowdy Cheyenne, Wyoming MT 6/30 XTERRA Dairyland Sheboygan, Wisconsin MW 6/30 XTERRA Lock 4 Blast Gallatin, Tennessee SE 7/8 XTERRA Magnolia Hill Navasota, Texas SC 7/8 XTERRA Vashon Island Vashon Island, Washington NW 7/8 XTERRA Freedom Fest Ka’a’awa, Hawaii W 7/14 XTERRA Mountain Championship Beaver Creek Resort, Avon, CO MT 7/14 XTERRA Hammerman Anchorage, Alaska NW 7/15 XTERRA EX2 Flintstone, Maryland AT 7/15 XTERRA Whitewater Charlotte, North Carolina SE 7/21 XTERRA La Grande La Grande, Oregon NW 7/21 XTERRA DINO Versailles Versailles, Indiana MW 7/21 XTERRA Dread Mon Truth or Consequences, New Mexico SC 7/22 XTERRA Dirty Grizzly Macungie, Pennsylvania AT 7/28 XTERRA Sky High Grafton, New York NE 7/29 XTERRA Wild Horse Creek Bozeman, Montana MT 7/29 XTERRA Panther Creek Morristown, Tennessee SE 7/29 XTERRA Sugar Bottom North Liberty, Iowa MW 8/4 XTERRA Indian Peaks Nederland, Colorado MT 8/4 XTERRA Snow Valley Running Springs, California W 8/5 XTERRA Appalachia Indiana, Pennsylvania AT 8/5 XTERRA Black Diamond Black Diamond, Washington NW 8/11 XTERRA DINO Logansport Logansport, Indiana MW 8/11 XTERRA B.O.L.T. Raymond, Nebraska MT 8/11 XTERRA Portland Forest Grove, Oregon NW 8/12 XTERRA STOAKED Hanover, New Hampshire NE 8/12 XTERRA Charlottesville Charlottesville, Virginia AT 8/18 XTERRA Iron Creek Spearfish, South Dakota MT 8/18 XTERRA Illinois Wilds Hanna City, Illinois MW 8/19 XTERRA Wild Ride McCall, Idaho NW 8/19 XTERRA Cameron Park Waco, Texas SC 8/19 XTERRA MountainMan Ka’a’awa, Hawaii W 8/25 XTERRA Lake Tahoe Incline Village, Nevada W 8/26 XTERRA Lory Bellvue, Colorado MT 8/26 XTERRA Schiff Scout Wading River, New York NE 9/8 XTERRA Central Oregon Sisters, Oregon NW 9/9 XTERRA Big Bear Hazelton, West Virginia AT 9/9 XTERRA Pueblo Pueblo, Colorado MT 9/9 XTERRA Dueces Wild Show Low, Arizona W 10/27 XTERRA Epic - Iron Mountain Arkadelphia, Arkansas SC 10/27 XTERRA Degray Lake Arkadelphia, Arkansas SC 9/22 XTERRA Utah Ogden/Snowbasin Resort, UT 9/22 XTERRA USA Championship Ogden/Snowbasin Resort, UT 10/28 XTERRA World Championship Kapalua, Maui, HI Red = America Tour Championship Race (Worlds Qualifier) NOTE: Races shown in GREY award points toward the 2013 season Regions: NE - Northeast / AT - Atlantic / SE - Southeast / MW - Midwest / SC - South Central / MT - Mountain / NW - Northwest / W - West Tentative as of 2.16.12. For more information visit www.xterraplanet.com or call toll-free to 877-751-8880 HOW THE XTERRA AMERICA TOUR WORKS FOR AMATEURS

The XTERRA America Tour is designed to provide age group athletes with a bona-fide championship to compete for within their geographic region. At the end of the regular season the top performers in each of eight regions are invited to compete against other athletes their same age - but from different regions - at the national championship in Utah on September 22. This year there are 70 races in 39 states across the country, as well as the U.S. Territory of Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan). It marks the 16th straight year of expansion for XTERRA.

Here's how the Series works: 1) CHOOSE REGION: There are 8 regions, determined by a competitor's primary residence at the time of their first race:

NORTHEAST (NE) - Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York. ATLANTIC (AT) - Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington D.C. SOUTHEAST (SE) - Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands. MIDWEST (MW) - Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky. SOUTHCENTRAL (SC) - Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas. MOUNTAIN (MT) - Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming. NORTHWEST (NW) - Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska. WEST (W) - California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific Territories.

2) DETERMINE YOUR DIVISION/AGE GROUP: "XTERRA Age" is based on a competitor's age on December 31, 2011. Athletes compete in the following age categories: 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65+ (w), 65-69 (m), 70-74 (m), and 75+ (m), and we also have Physically Challenged Divisions.

Physically Challenged Division: There are two physically challenged age groups, 15-39 and 40+, and 6 categories: Below the knee amputee, above the knee amputee, below the elbow amputee, above the elbow amputee, blind and impaired/les autres.

3) RACE AND SCORE: Series competitors race for points at their choice of 70 events - including XTERRA Points Series (XPS) races & XTERRA Championship Series (XCS) races. Competitors can enter as many events as they'd like and their best four finishes count towards their total points score. Competitors are required to race in at least one event in their region, and must COUNT two events in their region. Note: You don’t have to race in two, but you have to count two in your region. Bottom line, to play the game (to qualify for nationals and win a regional championship) you have to race in at least one event in your region, and everything more than that is gravy and increases your chances of winning.

4) COUNT ‘EM UP: Points are awarded to the top 15 finishers in each age group at each race. Athletes can earn more points at XCS races and XTERRA Epic because, generally, participation is higher and the courses are tougher. If an athlete races at more than one XCS event, only the best finish counts at full points. Any other finishes earn points at the same rate as an XPS race. There are two points systems: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th XTERRA Championship Series Races: 100 90 82 75 69 63 58 53 49 45 41 37 34 31 28 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th XTERRA Points Series Races: 75 67 61 56 51 47 43 39 36 33 30 27 25 23 21

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5) BECOMING A REGIONAL CHAMP: At the end of the regular season in late August, the athlete with the most points - by gender, by division, by region - earns the title of XTERRA Regional Champion. In addition, the highest points scorers in each region are invited to compete for a national title at the XTERRA USA Championship in Utah (qualifying spots based on chart below).

XTERRA USA Championship Slots Available in each of eight regions:

DIVISION 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75+ PC Male 4 14 18 18 20 20 14 14 10 6 4 4 2 2per cat Female 4 8 18 18 16 12 10 10 4 4 2 2per cat

And then comes the showdown! Win in Utah, and you are the XTERRA National Age Group Champion.

All the technical details on How the Series Works can be found online at xterraplanet.com

Note: All XTERRA America Tour events are sanctioned by USA Triathlon, the national governing body of multisport in the United States. As such all athletes are subject to the rules and regulations set forth by the USAT. Details available at usatriathlon.org.

The XTERRA Points Series races are a collection of independently produced off-road triathlons owned and operated by local promoters, while the Championship Series events are bigger races with pro purses on full-length courses operated by the TEAM Unlimited / XTERRA staff.

Mathieu Signoretty of Sammamish, Washington (pictured) won the 20-24 division XTERRA National Championship in 2011, and had some fun along the way... 39 ------2011 XTERRA WOMEN’S REGION 15-19 DIVISION 20-24 DIVISION 25-29 DIVISION 30-34 DIVISION 35-39 DIVISION NE Julia Slyer 3 Emily Gassman Kate Mitchell Courtney Kaup Heather Wentworth Averill Park, NY Jericho, VT Stratton Mountain, VT Bolton Valley, VT Portsmouth, NH A Emily Anthony Nicole Valentine 2 Emily Bashton Meredith Jones Richmond, VA Rioville, MD Richmond, VA Chadds Ford, PA SE Rachel Raby 2 Jill Zemsta 4 Julia Radmann Christine Jones Nashville, TN Hampstead, NC Smyrna, GA Durham, NC MW Meghan Mahoney Laurel Peak Kathleen Fitzpatrick Amanda Frost 2 Mimi Stockton Carmel, IN Augusta, MI Madison, WI Columbiana, OH Stevensville, MI SC 2 Cady Simpson Jessica Martin 2 Robyn Reyes Dionnie Hoelsken Melanie Etherton Farmington, NM Bentonville, AR Beaumont, TX San Angelo, TX Austin, TX MT Erin Quinn * 3 Danielle Kehoe Amelia Van Dyke Maia Ignatz * Tamara Donelson Littleton, CO Arvada, CO Avon, CO Boulder, CO Edwards, CO NW Gabrielle Dyment Lauren Keele 2 Kristin Jo Markham 6 Brandyn Roark Sara Lloyd Everett, WA Pocatello, ID Olympia, WA Silverdale, WA Boise, ID W 3 Katherine Pollard Victoria Rochat Stephanie Miller 2 Sian Turner 2 Lisa Heisinger Roseville, CA Chula Vista, CA Woodland, CA Redwood City, CA Santa Rosa, CA ------2011 XTERRA MEN’S R

Region 15-19 DIVISION 20-24 DIVISION 25-29 DIVISION 30-34 DIVISION 35-39 DIVISION 40-44 DIVISION NE 2 Logan Marshall Ian King 2 Drew Hess Shawn Jackson 4 Anthony Snoble Michael Chase Altamont, NY New London, CT New Haven, CT Marlboro, NY Selden, NY Bowdoin, ME A Connor Bell Joel Nankman Andrew Blatecky Dominik Van Der Deen Bob Horn Karl Gordon Harrisonburg, VA Bethlehem, PA Washington, DC Rockville, MD Red Bank, NJ Richmond, VA SE Morgan Marable 2 Matthew Robbins Alex Modestou Daniel Morse 2 Fred Smith Frank Fernandez-Posse Franklin, TN Cordova, TN Durham, NC Blairsville, GA Knoxville, TN Deerfield Beach, FL MW Ryan Hospelhorn 3 Sean Hyser Jake England Dominic Couturier 4 Chris Scott Brian Parker Hudson, IL Normal, IL Chicago, IL Grand Rapids, MI Morrison, IL Morrison, IL SC 2 Thomas Hernandez Jack Parks 9 Kyle Grieser 2 Joey Guajardo 3 Adrian Barron Dustin Roberson Tomball, TX Bellaire, TX Marble Falls, TX Richardson, TX Austin, TX Owasso, OK MT Hunter Tolbert Spencer Hallowell Matthew Hallowell Jason Hilgers Kevin Noleen 6 Ed Oliver Heber City, UT Boulder, CO Boulder, CO Englewood, CO Colorado Springs, CO Broomfield, CO NW Egan Dunning 2 Taylor Seavey David Conley 4 Justin Barnhart Eric Atwood Michael Williams Seabeck, WA Seward, AK Ashland, OR Portland, OR Sammamish, WA Nine Mile Falls, WA W Neilson Powless Brian Crooks 2 David Miller Isaac Smead Bryce Phinney John Hatala Roseville, CA Murrieta, CA Esparto, CA Reno, NV Tucson, AZ San Marcos, CA

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40+ W Les Autres 40+ NW Arm Impairment 40+ MT Blind 15-39 MT Les Autres # Fouad Fattoumy 4 Willie Stewart 3 Michael Stone 4 Craig Vogtsberger Honolulu, HI Boise, ID Boulder, CO Highlands Ranch, CO 40 2011 marks the 11th year of the XTERRA USA Championship Series REGIONAL CHAMPIONS ------KEY 40-44 DIVISION 45-49 DIVISION 50-54 DIVISION 55-59 DIVISION 60-64 DIVISION 2 2 8 NE - Northeast Region Cindi Wight Celeste St. Pierre Stephanie Landy Vianna Zimbel Linda Usher AT - Atlantic Region Rutland, VT Lincoln, NH Ballston Spa, NY Glastonbury, CT Upton, MA SE - Southeast Region 5 Kathleen Couthino Audrey Kane 7 Valerie Hardin 2 Lynne Collard MW - Midwest Region Fairfax Station, VA Richmond, VA Doylestown, PA Gaithersburg, MD SC - South Central Region MT - Mountain Region Karen Masson 2 Lori Goldweber 5 Lucia Colbert 2 Ruth Ference $ 6 Libby Harrow NW - Northwest Region Asheville, NC Birmingham, AL Cordova, TN Rome, GA Vero Beach, FL W - West Region 2 5 10 Christina Halioris Ellen Sauter * $ Beverly Enslow Eileen Sherburne # denotes number of Crestwood, KY Powell, OH Metamora, IL Milwaukee, WI regional championships * Maria Hernandez Joy Billeaud 2 Renee Laperriere denotes 2010 XTERRA USA Champion Reklaw, TX China Spring, TX Laredo, TX $ denotes 2010 XTERRA Gina Rau 3 Paula Maresh Deanna Mclain Susan Kaklikian * 9 Cindi Toepel World Champion Sandy, UT Littleton, CO Kremmling, CO Casdtle Rock, CO Littleton, CO Kristen Armstrong 4 Keri Grosse Lisa Brummond 3 Celia Rozen 4 MaryEllen LaBerge Spokane, WA Leavenworth, WA Canby, OR Anchorage, AK LaGrande, OR Regina Detolve 5 Meiling Yee 2 Tamara Tabeek 9 Barbara Peterson 9 Kathy Frank Valencia, CA Sunnyvale, CA San Diego, CA Berkeley, CA Santa Cruz, CA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS ------

45-49 DIVISION 50-54 DIVISION 55-59 DIVISION 60-64 DIVISION 65-69 DIVISION 70+ DIVISION 8 Ken Robins David Desantis 2 Douglas Usher 8 Russell Clark 2 Stuart Christie 4 Nathaniel Grew Cutchogue, NY Milton, MA Upton, MA Scotia, NY Dedham, MA Montpelier, VT 2 Jon Schafer 2 Bruce McLaughlin 2 Brad Altman 4 Don Morrison Wynnewood, PA Royersford, PA York, PA West Brandywine, PA 2 Mark Rudder 10 Casey Fannin 6 Audie Smith Frank George 5 Peter Lilley Dunwoody, GA Birmingham, AL Knoxville, TN Rome, GA Charlotte, NC 2 Bert Wellens 2 David Maclean Kenneth Frankenbery 7 Marc Hawley 7 GL Brown 5 John Stover Chicago, IL Ludington, MI Peninsula, OH Mount Vernon, IN Ada, MI Jackson, MI Armando Guerrero David Chapman 11 Steve Cole 3 James Dewlen 6 Richard Suggs Rockwall, TX Cashion, OK Olive Branch, MS Stillwater, TX Nacogdoches, TX Brent Bieshaar 2 Craig Harrison 2 Woody Noleen Michael Orendorff 2 Bruce Wacker Johnny Chapin Highlands Ranch, CO Aberdeen, SD Colorado Springs, CO Pueblo, CO Colorado Springs, CO Boulder, CO Troy Bucy Phil Barnhart Glenn Matsuda 2 Ed Dunning $ 5 Ron Hill Beaverton, OR Portland, OR Lynnwood, WA Seabeck, WA Hayden, ID Todd Gottfried Wayne Avery 3 John Royson 2 Ricardo Gonzalez Roger Kern * 9 Hans Dieben Valencia, CA Reno, NV Albany, CA San Jose, CA Scotts Valley, CA Chula Vista, CA

ED REGIONAL CHAMPIONS ------

15-39 MT Moderate Leg Impairment 40+ SE Moderate Leg Impairment 15-39 AT Les Autres 15-39 W Moderate Leg Impairment Arthur Plonka 2 Paul Leonard 2 Syd Lea 2 Monamed Lahna Aspen, CO Fayetteville, NC Taneytown, MD Daly City, CA 41 OGDEN, SNOWBASIN = “TITLE TOWN OF XTERRA”

ALL 140 OF XTERRA’S U.S. OFF-ROAD TRIATHLON AND TRAIL RUNNING EVENTS LEAD TO UTAH

For the second year-in-a-row the XTERRA USA off-road triathlon and Trail Run National Championship races will be held at Snowbasin Resort near Ogden, Utah, on Sept 22.

The XTERRA Trail Run Nationals will be held one day after the XTERRA USA Championship of off-road triathlon to create the ultimate XTERRA racing weekend.

The two events will bring more than 1,000 of the nation’s very best amateur and professional triathletes and trail runners to Northern Utah to battle for the title of XTERRA National Champion.

While the USA Championship off-road triathlon is an invite “Ogden and Snowbasin are proven winners – between the only race, the XTERRA Trail Run National Championship is facilities at Snowbasin, the great restaurants and open to the public, so one and all can challenge the best-of- atmosphere along Historic 25th Street in Ogden, and the the-best trail runners and race for a national championship. unbelievably supportive community – we couldn’t have asked for a better situation.” XTERRA Trail Run Nationals is the final event of the 70-race XTERRA U.S. Trail Run Series, which is currently underway The invite only off-road tri nationals will be held on Saturday, with races across the country. Runners from the 12 Sept. 22, along with full and half-distance XTERRA Utah off- respective regions in the U.S. Series can now focus on road tris that are open to everyone. Snowbasin in September as one of their goals. The Trail Run Nationals will take place on Sunday, Sept. 23, The trail run championship is a 21-kilometer half-marathon, and will be accompanied by 5km and 10km trail runs and the course will start and finish at Snowbasin Resort – a (registration for all events except the invite-only tri nationals world-class ski resort that hosted the downhill and super G is open now at www.xterrautah.com). races for the 2002 Winter Olympics, and most recently served as the final stop of the Winter Dew Tour. Both the tri and trail running races will be filmed for nationally syndicated TV programs that will expose the Located just 35 miles north of Salt Lake City, and just up the beauty of Utah to millions. In addition to the races, XTERRA road from the adventure capitol of Ogden, Snowbasin is an will host an expo in downtown Ogden with free kids races, easy get to and increasingly popular adventure travel vendor booths, Paul Mitchell hair cut-a-thon for charity, and destination. evening dinner parties.

It has an incredible collection of trails, which are nothing 2012 marks the sixth year XTERRA has hosted a trail short of spectacular in late September as the fall colors start running national championship race. In the inaugural bursting in an array of red, pink, orange, and yellow. season of 2007 nationals was a 10km race at Incline Village, NV. In 2008 XTERRA switched the championship “We are terribly excited to bring our entire XTERRA Tribe – distance to the 21km half-marathon, and moved to Bend, both triathletes and trail runners - together in Utah this Oregon, who played host to the past three title races from September. The energy level is going to be off-the-charts,” 2008-2010. said Janet Clark, president of TEAM Unlimited/XTERRA. For more information visit www.xterraplanet.com or www.xterratrailrun.com, or call toll-free to 877-XTERRA-1. 42 2012 XTERRA TRAIL RUN SERIES SCHEDULE DATE RACE LOCATION DISTANCE/PART OF SERIES 1/8/12 XTERRA Boney Mountain Xduro Trail Run Newbury Park, CA 6/21km – SoCal Series #4 1/8/12 XTERRA White Tanks Trail Run Waddell, AZ 6/19km – Arizona Series #2 1/29/12 XTERRA Bayamon Trail Run Bayamon, PR 5km – Puerto Rico Series#1 2/5/12 XTERRA Mission Gorge Trail Run Santee, CA 5/15km – SoCal Series #5 2/5/12 XTERRA McDowell Mountain Trail Run Fountain Hills, AZ 7/24km – Arizona Series #3 2/25/12 XTERRA Thrill in the Hills Trail Run Winder, GA 21/42km – Georgia Series #5 3/24/12 XTERRA Fort Steilacoom Trail Run Lakewood, WA 8/16km – Pacific NW Series #1 3/25/12 XTERRA Black Canyon Trail Run Rock Springs, AZ 9/21km – Arizona Series #4 3/25/12 XTERRA Black Mountain Trail Run Rancho Penasquito, CA 5/15km – SoCal Series #6 3/25/12 XTERRA Trout Creek Trail Runs Tampa, FL 5/15km – Florida Series #2 4/7/12 XTERRA Power to the Tower Trail Run Kingsport, TN 8/21km – Tennessee Series #1 4/14/12 XTERRA Cheyenne Mountain Trail Run Colorado Springs, CO 12/24km – Colorado Series #2 4/15/12 XTERRA Lake Las Vegas Trail Run Henderson, NV 5/10/21km – America Tour 4/21/12 XTERRA Bluebonnet Trail Run Burnet, TX 5/10km – Texas Series #1 4/21/12 XTERRA Hickory Knob Trail Run McCormick, SC 5/12km – South Carolina Series #1 4/29/12 XTERRA Claw Trail Run Lithia, FL 8/16km – Florida Series #3 4/29/12 XTERRA Malibu Creek Xduro Trail Run Malibu, CA 6/22km – SoCal Series #7 5/5/12 XTERRA Big Pocono Trail Run Tannersville, PA 5km – Pocono Series #1 5/19/12 XTERRA Seven Tubs Trail Run Wilkes-Barre, PA 5km – Pocono Series #2 5/19/12 XTERRA Tanasi Trail Run Copperhill, TN 5/21km – Tennessee Series #2 5/20/12 XTERRA Oak Mountain Mud and Trail Runs Pelham, AL 5/10/21/42km – Alabama Series #4 5/27/12 XTERRA Salinas Trail Run Salinas, PR 8km – Puerto Rico Series #2 6/2/12 XTERRA Deep South Trail Run Jackson, GA 15km – Georgia Series #6 6/2/12 XTERRA Hickory Trail Run White Haven, PA 11km – Pocono Series #3 6/2/12 XTERRA Balarat Trail Run Jamestown, CO 10/21km – Colorado Series #3 6/2/12 XTERRA Lord Hill Trail Run Snohomish, WA 10/21km – Pacific NW Series #2 6/8/12 XTERRA Moab Trail Run Moah, UT 5km – America Tour 6/9/12 XTERRA Richmond Trail Run Richmond, VA 10/21km – America Tour 6/16/12 XTERRA Earth Conservancy Trail Run Mocanaqua, PA 21km – Pocono Series #4 6/17/12 XTERRA Muleshoe Trail Run Spicewood, TX 5/10km – Texas Series #2 6/30/12 XTERRA Gouldsboro Trail Run Gouldsboro, PA 9km – Pocono Series #5 7/7/12 XTERRA Freedom Fest Trail Run Ka’a’awa, Oahu, HI 10km – America Tour 7/8/12 XTERRA Magnolia Hill Trail Run Navasota, TX 5/10km – Texas Series #3 7/8/12 XTERRA Harbison Half Marathon Trail Run Columbia, SC 5/21km – South Carolina Series #2 7/14/12 XTERRA Whitewater Trail Run Charlotte, NC 6/13km – North Carolina Series #1 7/15/12 XTERRA Beaver Creek Trail Run Avon, CO 10/21km – Colorado Series #4 7/28/12 XTERRA Beech Mountain Trail Run Beech Mountain, NC 5/15km – North Carolina #2 7/28/12 XTERRA Sugar Bottom Trail Run Solon, IA 5/10km – America Tour 8/5/12 XTERRA Snow Valley Trail Run Running Springs, CA 10/21km – America Tour 8/12/12 XTERRA Cabo Rojo Trail Run Cabo Rojo, PR 5km – Puerto Rico Series #3 8/12/12 XTERRA Portland Trail Run Forest Grove, OR 10/22km – America Tour 8/18/12 XTERRA Table Rock Trail Run Pickens, SC 6/15km – South Carolina Series #3 8/18/12 XTERRA Cameron Park Trail Run Waco, TX 5/10km – Texas Series #4 8/26/12 XTERRA Snow Mountain Ranch Trail Run Granby, CO 20km – Colorado Series #5 9/1/12 XTERRA Fisher Farm Trail Run Davidson, NC 8/16km – North Carolina Series #3 9/1/12 XTERRA Puget Sound Trail Run Puget Sound, WA TBD – Pacific NW Series #3 9/22/12 XTERRA Harbins Park Trail Run Dacula, GA 10km – Georgia Series #1 – 2013 9/23/12 XTERRA Trail Running National Championship Ogden, UT 5/10/21km – America Tour 9/29/12 XTERRA Cheaha Trail Run Delta, AL 10km – Alabama Series #1 - 2013 10/6/12 XTERRA Marathon of Trail Races Colorado Springs, CO 5/21/42km – Colorado Series #1 – 2013 10/7/12 XTERRA Estrella Mountain Trail Run Goodyear, AZ 8/20km – Arizona Series #1 – 2013 10/13/12 XTERRA Harvest Half Trail Run Kirkland, WA 10/21km – Pacific NW Series #1 – 2013 10/13/12 XTERRA Fall Fitness Trail Run Buford, GA 5km – Georgia Series #2 – 2013 10/14/12 XTERRA Point Mugu Trail Run Oxnard, CA 11/18km – SoCal Series #1 – 2013 10/20/12 XTERRA Red Mountain Park Trail Run Birmingham, AL 5/8/16km – Alabama Series #2 – 2013 10/20/12 XTERRA Fairy Park Trail Run Stuart, VA 2/8/12km – America Tour 10/27/12 XTERRA Kapalua Trail Run Kapalua, Maui, HI 5/10km – World Tour 11/3/12 XTERRA Battle at Big Creek Trail Run Roswell, GA 8/15km – Georgia Series #3 – 2013 11/4/12 XTERRA Wild Horse Trail Run Tampa, FL 5/10/16/21km – Florida #1 – 2013 11/11/12 XTERRA Oak Mountain Trail Run Pelham, AL 5/10/21km – Alabama Series #3 – 2013 11/17/12 XTERRA Little Mulberry Park Trail Run Dacula, GA 5/10km – Georgia Series #4 - 2013 11/18/12 XTERRA Vega Alta Trail Run Cerro Gordo, PR 5km – Puerto Rico Series #1 - 2013 11/22/12 XTERRA Topanga Turkey Trot Trail Run Calabasas, CA 5/10/15km – SoCal Series #2 - 2013 12/1/12 XTERRA Victoria Bryant Trail Run Royston, GA 5/10km – Georgia Series #5 – 2013 12/2/12 XTERRA Trail Running World Championship Ka’a’awa, Oahu, HI 5/10/21km – World Tour 12/9/12 XTERRA Crystal Cove Trail Run Laguna Beach, CA 5/17km – SoCal Series #3 – 2013 FOR REGISTRATION, MORE INFORMATION, OR TO SIGN UP FOR THE XTERRA TRAIL MIX NEWSLETTER VISIT…XTERRATRAILRUN.COM. As of 3.25.12 HOW XTERRA GOT STARTED IT REALLY STARTED in the late '80's. That's when Tom Tyler Hamilton, and dozens of others. Looking back, the Kiely (CEO of TEAM Unlimited - owners and producers of field was a who's who of international cycling." XTERRA) was tasked with creating more publicity for the A few years later the Olympics allowed pros to compete, Waikiki Oahu Visitors Association. His idea was sports TV. road cycling in the U.S. was on the decline, and the Tour O' "First, sports is part of our life blood in Hawaii, and second, Hawaii was no more. At the same time, however, mountain what looks good on TV? The beaches and the ocean," biking was taking off. So in 1995, in addition to 12 other TV explained Kiely. shows and several events, TEAM Unlimited produced the The concept was pretty simple. TV sports and Hawaiian Mountain Tour. entertainment is one of the biggest industries in the world. In doing so Nicholas and mountain bike Hall-of-Famer The travel industry is THE BIGGEST industry in the world. Dean Crandall established the rules and held the first-ever Bring those two together in programming, and you've got mountain bike stage race. This is also where many of the something big. XTERRA greats first appeared. The likes of Ned Overend, So he came up with the idea for the Hawaiian International Shari Kain, Melanie McQuaid, Steve Larsen, Mike Kloser, Ocean Challenge - a lifeguard skills competition that Leslie Tomlinson, and host of others were taking part in the attracted water safety specialists from Australia, New Hawaiian Mountain Tour. Now these races took place at Zealand, California, and of course, Hawaii. Kualoa Ranch on Oahu, where the Koolau mountain range Then, he forged a relationship with ESPN - the worldwide meets the ocean, and the story goes that after their races leader in sports. the mountain bikers would ride down to the beach and jump In 1990 the Ocean Challenge was broadcast on ESPN, in the water. It sparked a thoughtwhy not have a and millions of viewers were exposed to the beauty of mountain bike triathlon? Waikiki - the sun, sand, and crystal clear blue water of the By 1996 TEAM Unlimited had produced more than 50 Pacific Ocean. Subsequently, this is where David "Kahuna" shows and sporting events, and while the idea of an off-road Nicholas enters the picture - as "race director." triathlon was enticing - who'd pay for it? "So we get into producing the Ocean Challenge," says Almost simultaneously, the Aston Hotel in Maui (now the Kiely. "And now I'm thinking I've got all these athletes and Wailea Marriott Resort) was shopping for a good idea for TV crews and if it costs me this much to produce one show, their grand opening and the Maui Visitors Bureau was it'll cost less for another, and even less for a third." looking for a new event that could tell a different story about ESPN approves two more shows (Waikiki King's Race and Maui's south shore because all the exposure up to that point Diamond Head Wahine Windsurfing Classic) and in 1991 was golf. Well, what better way to show off the hotel and TEAM Unlimited produces three events and three TV south shore than 1) starting the race at this beautiful beach shows. The concept is working, and Hawaii is reaping the in front of the sponsor hotel, 2) follow a race that covers 21 benefits of the outdoor exposure the shows are generating. miles of terrain with two dozen camera's, and 3) put it on TV "So the next year (1992) we produced seven Hawaiian for the whole world to see? Sports Adventure Showsmultiple segments, different Add a phone call to Kiely from a friendly competitor in the stories, great scenics, and 30-minutes of entertaining, good marketplace (to remain unnamed) inquiring on the very fun stuff," said Kiely. subject of producing an off-road triathlon and you have all Those seven shows were in addition to the Ocean the main ingredients for XTERRA's birth. Challenge and a few others televised events, including the Kiely likes to define luck as the "intersection of inaugural Tour O' Hawaii. opportunity and activity." He recalls bringing Nicholas and "Now that was a great event," said Nicholas - now the VP of Marketing Janet Clark into his office. managing director of the XTERRA Global Tour. "The Tour "Look, I said, so-and-so called me and said that they were O' Hawaii happened before professional cyclists were thinking about doing an off-road tri and if they do, then we're allowed to compete in the Olympics so the top riders from forever second, so we have to be the first ones to do it. I every country kept their amateur status so they could race immediately called Aston and the MVB and said O.K., I've in the Olympics. We just missed Lance because he signed got the idea, here's the thing, bing, bang, boom," said Kiely. with Motorola, but we had George Hincapie, Jan Ulrich, "And that's what got us started in XTERRA."

44 TEAM UNLIMITED

TEAM Unlimited is a Hawaii-based television events and marketing company, founded in 1988. It owns and produces XTERRA and in 2011 produced more than 100 XTERRA off-road triathlon and trail running races in 15 countries worldwide. In the U.S. alone nearly 200,000 participants took part in the XTERRA lifestyle last year while XTERRA’s TV, publicity, advertising, online, and grassroots marketing efforts generated more than 400 million impressions. In addition, TEAM TV has produced more than 300 adventure television shows resulting in three Emmy’s and 42 Telly Awards for production excellence since 1990. View samples at www.xterra.tv, and learn more at xterraplanet.com and xterratrailrun.com.

XTERRA THROUGH TIME 1996: Jimmy Riccitello and Michellie Jones win inaugural event in Wailea, Maui. 1997: XTERRA adds two events in California, and one in Louisiana in addition to World Championship. 1998: The XTERRA tour goes to Michigan, Colorado, Oregon, and back to Louisiana. 1999: 11 races spanning from California to New Jersey. First year of Pro Points Series. 2000: XTERRA goes global with its first international races in England, Japan, and Canada. 2001: The first year of the XTERRA USA Championship Series, Australia and the Netherlands. 2002: The inaugural XTERRA Saipan Championship, and races in Germany and the Czech Republic. The XTERRA USA Championship Series expands to 31 races. 2003: The seventh consecutive year of expansion provides more than 50 events to compete in. 2004: Forty-five events in the U.S., plus 33 international races and a full-fledged XTERRA European Tour 2005: First year of the stand-alone XTERRA Trail Running Series and Nevada Passage Adventure Competition. 2011: More than 100 XTERRA off-road triathlon races and 70+ XTERRA Trail Runs. First year for XTERRA Philippines. 2012: First year for the XTERRA Guam Championship and the “Triple Crown” of Guam, Philippines, and Saipan on back- to-back-to-back weekends in March.

TEAM TV

Since 1990 TEAM TV has produced more than 300 television shows resulting in three regional Emmy’s and 42 Telly Awards for production excellence.

45 XTERRA.TV - FREE 24/7 WEB TV NETWORK

Check out XTERRA.TV to watch a wide variety of XTERRA programming right now. Available content, which is updated weekly, features everything from the XTERRA World Championship show to adventures in Utah. To see the XTERRA broadcast schedule listing shows that are on in your hometown check out our network TV Schedule.

46 2011 XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

Richmond, Virginia (June 12, 2011)

PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Time Pts Purse 1 Conrad Stoltz 37 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:20:21 100 $1,800 2 Dan Hugo 25 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:22:37 90 $1,250 3 Nicolas Lebrun 38 Digne, France 2:28:02 82 $800 4 Branden Rakita 30 Manitou Springs, Colorado 2:28:10 75 $500 5 Craig Evans 33 Hendersonville, Tennessee 2:32:12 69 $400 6 Brad Zoller 33 Avon, Colorado 2:34:23 63 $300 7 Will Ross 21 Anchorage, Alaska 2:37:25 58 $200 8 Cody Waite 32 Lakewood, Colorado 2:43:15 53 9 Matt Boobar 38 Stratton Mountain, Vermont 2:47:25 49

PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Time Pts Purse 1 Shonny Vanlandingham 41 Durango, Colorado 2:37:58 100 $1,800 2 Melanie McQuaid 37 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:41:53 90 $1,250 3 Suzie Snyder 29 Fredericksburg, Virginia 2:49:01 82 $800 4 Christine Jeffrey 38 Guelph, Ontario, Canada 2:59:35 75 $500 5 Jessica Noyola 28 San Diego, California 3:00:20 69 $400 6 Caroline Colonna 47 Taos, New Mexico 3:02:46 63 $300 7 Jaime Brede 33 Breckenridge, Colorado 3:07:28 58 $200

XTERRA EAST CHAMPS CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) XTERRA EAST CHAMPS CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) Division Name Time Hometown Division Name Time Hometown 15 - 19 Damian Lavender 3:33:29 Rhinebeck, NY 25 - 29 Katie Button 3:18:59 Stouffville, Canada 20 - 24 Michael Keith 2:48:11 Somerset West, RSA 30 - 34 Emily Bashton 3:14:45 Richmond, VA 25 - 29 Alexander Modestou 2:52:50 Durham, NC 35 - 39 Sue Anne Clark 3:43:45 Bryn Mawr, PA 30 - 34 Michael Danish 2:46:49 Miami, FL 40 - 44 Kathy Coutinho 3:10:01 Fairfax Station, VA 35 - 39 Fred Smith 2:37:40 Knoxville, TN 45 - 49 Ellen Sauter 3:43:25 Powell, OH 40 - 44 Eric Sorensen 2:41:57 Annandale, VA 50 - 54 Beverly Enslow 3:25:30 Metamora, IL 45 - 49 Ali Arasta 2:50:55 Asheboro, NC 60 - 64 Linda Usher 5:08:26 Salina, PA 50 - 54 David MacLean 2:55:58 Ludington, MI * TOP AMATEURS 55 - 59 Kenneth Frankenbery 3:06:28 Peninsula, OH 60 - 64 Michael Orendorff 3:09:02 Pueblo, CO 65 - 69 Peter Lilley 4:34:49 Charlotte, NC

47 2010 XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

Richmond, Virginia (June 20, 2010)

PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Time Pts Purse 1 Conrad Stoltz 36 Stellenbosch, South Africa 1:46:28 100 $1,800 2 Dan Hugo 25 Stellenbosch, South Africa 1:47:39 90 $1,250 3 Josiah Middaugh 31 Vail, Colorado 1:50:40 82 $800 4 Seth Wealing 31 Boulder, Colorado 1:52:16 75 $500 5 Craig Evans 32 Hendersonville, Tennessee 1:55:40 69 $400 6 Brandon Rakita 29 Manitou Springs, Colorado 1:55:49 63 $300 7 Will Kelsay 28 Boulder, Colorado 1:56:20 58 $200 8 Trevor Glavin 30 San Diego, California 1:57:29 53 9 Cody Waite 31 Lakewood, Colorado 1:58:33 49 10 Kevin Carter 36 College Park, Maryland 1:58:55 45 Also: Brad Zoller (41), Damian Gonzalez (37), Matt Boobar (34), Chris Newell (31).

PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Time Pts Purse 1 Renata Bucher 32 Lucerne, Switzerland 1:59:27 100 $1,800 2 Shonny Vanlandingham 40 Durango, Colorado 2:00:35 90 $1,250 3 Melanie McQuaid 36 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:03:42 82 $800 4 Emma Garrard 28 Truckee, California 2:07:28 75 $500 5 Christine Jeffrey 37 Guelph, Ontario, Canada 2:08:59 69 $400 6 Fabiola Corona 30 Mexico City, Mexico 2:11:16 63 $300 7 Kristy Lanier 39 Marlinton, West Virginia 2:18:53 58 $200

XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONS (FEMALE AGE GROUP) XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) Division Name Time Hometown Division Name Time Hometown 20 - 24 Laura Jorgensen 2:21:43 Miami, FL 15 - 19 Carson Hogge 2:16:29 Richmond, VA 25 - 29 Katie Danahy 2:51:36 Richmond, VA 20 - 24 Grayson Cobb 2:12:03 Richmond, VA 30 - 34 Amber Monforte 2:16:20 Reno, NV 25 - 29 Blake Voges 2:05:50 Santa Claus, IN 35 - 39 Danelle Grant 2:29:55 Charlottesville, VA 30 - 34 Fred Smith 1:56:42 Knoxville, TN 40 - 44 Kathy Coutinho 2:24:32 Fairfax Station, VA 35 - 39 Frank Febbraro 2:04:33 Frank Febbraro 45 - 49 Susan Petronio 2:42:43 Crested Butte, CO 40 - 44 Konrad Heller 2:07:43 Fredericksburg, VA 50 - 54 Julia Peck 3:14:57 Culpeper, VA 45 - 49 Henry Loving 2:14:17 Midlothian, VA 50 - 54 Jean-Paul Martin 2:20:45 Oakton, VA * TOP AMATEURS 55 - 59 Nils Holten 2:41:43 Aurora, CO 60 - 64 Charlie Redmond 2:56:16 Demarest, NJ 65 - 69 Peter Lilley 3:16:07 Charlotte, NC PC Kent Solheim 2:45:46 Raeford, NC

48 2009 XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

TOP PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Time Pts Purse 1 Conrad Stoltz 35 Stellenbosch, South Africa 1:54:57 100 $1,800 2 Josiah Middaugh 30 Vail, Colorado 1:55:19 90 $1,250 3 Nico Lebrun 35 Digne-les-Bains, France 1:55:44 82 $800 4 Mike Vine 35 Victoria, B.C., Canada 1:57:14 75 $500 5 Dan Hugo 23 Stellenbosch, South Africa 1:57:27 69 $400 6 Brian Smith 33 Gunnison, Colorado 1:57:33 63 $300 7 Ryan DeCook 28 Rochester, Michigan 2:01:26 58 $200 8 Craig Evans 31 Spring Hill, Tennessee 2:05:57 53 9 Will Kelsay 27 Boulder, Colorado 2:07:20 49 10 Seth Wealing 30 Boulder, Colorado 2:08:37 45 Also: Matt Boobar (41), Chris Newell (37)

TOP PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Time Pts Purse 1 Melanie McQuaid 35 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:13:01 100 $1,800 2 Shonny Vanlandingham 39 Durango, Colorado 2:14:32 90 $1,250 3 Danelle Kabush 34 Canmore, Alberta, Canada 2:15:55 82 $800 4 Jenny Smith 36 Westport, New Zealand 2:19:07 75 $500 5 Sari Anderson 30 Carbondale, Colorado 2:23:00 69 $400 6 Rebecca Dussault 28 Crested Butte, Colorado 2:26:32 63 $300 7 Erin Kummer 24 Boulder, Colorado 2:37:28 58 $200 8 Alexendra Borrelly 33 Digne-les-Bains, France 2:41:29 53

TOP SPLITS Fastest swim (time taken out of transition): Seth Wealing (12:16), Brandyn Roark Gray (13:47) Fastest mountain bike: Conrad Stoltz (1:01:44), Melanie McQuaid (1:13:16) Fastest trail run: Nico Lebrun (36:53), Danelle Kabush (40:58)

XTERRA ATLANTIC CUP CHAMPIONS (FEMALE) XTERRA ATLANTIC CUP CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) Division Name Time Hometown Division Name Time Hometown 20 - 24 Sara Hanson 2:49:02 Blacksburg, VA 15 - 19 Carson Hogge 2:22:51 Richmond, VA 25 - 29 Suzie Snyder 2:37:49 Wallingford, CT 20 - 24 Jared Levin 2:36:47 Richmond, VA 30 - 34 Brandyn Roark Gray 2:33:56 Aztec, NM 25 - 29 Andrew Jones 2:18:50 Rock Hill, SC 35 - 39 Kathleen Coutinho 2:37:43 Fairfax Station, VA 30 - 34 Kristoffer Nielsen 2:11:24 North Haverhill, NH 40 - 44 Missy Grant 3:20:44 Raleigh, NC 35 - 39 Frank Febbraro 2:13:37 Falls Church, VA 45 - 49 Valerie Hardin 2:53:10 Doylestown, PA 40 - 44 Eric Sorensen 2:17:04 Falls Church, VA 50 - 54 Julia Peck 3:29:20 Culpeper, VA 45 - 49 Mark Rudder 2:20:35 Atlanta, GA 55-59 Vicky Carter 4:08:42 Satellite Beach, FL 50 - 54 Greg Seaman 2:33:08 Brighton, MI 55 - 59 Henry Hauenstein 3:06:42 Peninsula, OH 60 - 64 Tom Doyle 3:20:16 Midlothian, VA 65-69 Peter Lilley 3:32:53 Charlotte, NC 70+ Nathaniel Grew 4:09:56 Puerto Rico

49 2008 XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

TOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse Pts 1 Josiah Middaugh 29 Vail, Colorado 2:02:51 $2,500 100 2 Dan Hugo 23 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:03:15 $2,000 90 3 Tyler Johnson 28 Chester, Connecticut 2:03:42 $1,500 82 4 Andrew Noble 42 Gold Coast, Australia 2:05:44 $1,200 75 5 Craig Evans 30 Spring Hill, Tennessee 2:07:03 $900 69 6 Ryan Ignatz 29 Boulder, Colorado 2:07:12 $700 63 7 Rom Akerson 24 Tambor, Costa Rica 2:07:28 $500 58 8 Kelly Guest 31 Vancouver, B.C., Canada 2:07:39 $350 53 9 Dominic Gillen 30 Milford, Connecticut 2:08:33 $250 49 10 Ryan DeCook 27 Rochester, Michigan 2:09:21 $200 45 Also receiving points: Mark Leishman ($150, 41), Seth Wealing ($100, 37), Mike Vine (34), Will Kelsay (31), Trevor Glavin (28).

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse Pts 1 Melanie McQuaid 35 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:18:45 $2,500 100 2 Jenny Smith 34 Westport, New Zealand 2:23:06 $2,000 90 3 Shonny Vanlandingham 38 Durango, Colorado 2:23:12 $1,500 82 4 Candy Angle 37 Weymouth, Massachusetts 2:24:54 $1,200 75 5 Danelle Kabush 33 Canmore, Alberta, Canada 2:25:46 $900 69 6 Kristy Lanier 37 Marlinton, West Virginia 2:26:00 $700 63 7 Lesley Paterson 28 Stirling, Scotland 2:27:53 $500 58 8 Marion Summerer 26 Freiburg, Germany 2:29:39 $350 53 9 Nic Leary 24 Palmerston, New Zealand 2:32:06 49 10 Jenny Tobin 39 Boise, Idaho 2:32:08 45 Also receiving points: Amber Monforte (41), Christine Jeffrey (37), Emma Garrard (34), Sara Tarkington (31), Alisha Lion

TOP SPLITS Fastest 0.93-mile river swim (time taken out of transition): Dan Hugo (14:41), Christine Jeffrey (15:48) Fastest 17.2-mile mountain bike: Tyler Johnson (1:10:01), Melanie McQuaid (1:18:34) Fastest 6.2-mile trail run: Ryan Ignatz (36:29), Danelle Kabush (42:42) XTERRA EAST CHAMPS (FEMALE BY DIV.) XTERRA EAST CHAMPS (MALE BY DIV.) DivisionName Time Hometown DivisionName Time Hometown 15 - 19 Sarah Carter 4:21:33 Mattituck, NY 15 - 19 Matus Kriska 2:34:45 Mt. Airy, NC 20 - 24 Erin Kummer 2:46:07 Boulder, CO 20 - 24 Ian Sullivan 2:22:05 Jericho, VT 25 - 29 Michelle Lindsay 2:47:29 Blacksburg, VA 25 - 29 Brian Barrett 2:23:39 Mesa, AZ 30 - 34 Denelle Grant 2:47:12 Charlottesville, VA 30 - 34 James Walsh 2:15:21 Carlsbad, CA 35 - 39 Laura Home 2:47:25 Santa Cruz, CA 35 - 39 Matt Boobar 2:20:33 Plymouth, NH 40 - 44 Kate Lucas 2:54:00 Richmond, VA 40 - 44 Scott Zavack 2:30:08 Los Gatos, CA 45 - 49 Valerie Hardin 3:00:03 Doylestown, PA 45 - 49 Jim James 2:25:26 Ann Arbor, MI 50 - 54 Annette Macniven 3:19:25 Wainscott, NY 50 - 54 Daniel Nolan 2:26:36 Chapel Hill, NC 55 - 59 Don Morrison 3:03:00 W. Brandywine, PA * TOP AMATEURS 60 - 64 Tom Doyle 3:10:46 Midlothian, VA 65 - 69 Peter Lilley 3:31:46 Charlotte, NC 70+ Nathaniel Grew 4:04:39 Costa Rica PC Rich Ingram 3:13:02 Dahlonega, GA

50 2007 XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

June 17, 2007 - For the third straight year Conrad Stoltz and Jamie Whitmore won their respective pro divisions at the XTERRA East Championship in Richmond. In classic Richmond tradition the race started in concert with the rumbling sound of a CSX freight train rolling on the tracks overhead.

TOP PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse Pts 1 Conrad Stoltz 33 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:05:47 $2,500 100 2 Seth Wealing 28 Boulder, Colorado 2:07:40 $2,000 90 3 Mike Vine 34 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:07:47 $1,500 82 4 Josiah Middaugh 28 Vail, Colorado 2:09:21 $1,200 75 5 Tyler Johnson 27 Chester, Connecticut 2:10:00 $900 69 6 Craig Evans 29 Nashville, Tennessee 2:12:26 $700 63 7 Jimmy Archer 34 Boulder, Colorado 2:12:35 $500 58 8 Ryan Ignatz 28 Boulder, Colorado 2:13:30 $350 53 9 Andrew Noble 41 Gold Coast, Australia 2:16:31 $250 49 10 Luke Way 25 Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2:16:39 $200 45

Also receiving points: Ryan DeCook ($150, 41), Cody Waite ($100, 37), Mark Leishman (34), Will Kelsay (31), Ryan Kelly (28)

TOP PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse Pts 1 Jamie Whitmore 31 Somerset, California 2:23:17 $2,500 100 2 Melanie McQuaid 34 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:25:25 $2,000 90 3 Jennifer Smith 34 Westport, New Zealand 2:29:13 $1,500 82 4 Candy Angle 37 Weymouth, Massachusetts 2:34:37 $1,200 75 5 Amber Monforte 29 Reno, Nevada 2:35:15 $900 69 6 Kristy Lanier 38 Marlinton, West Virginia 2:39:24 $700 63

Fastest 1k Swim (0.62 Miles): Craig Evans (16:02), Candy Angle (18:31) Fastest 27k Bike (16.8 Miles): Conrad Stoltz (1:10:39), Melanie McQuaid (1:18:55) Fastest 10k Run (6.2 Miles): Seth Wealing (36:11), Jamie Whitmore (43:45)

AGE GROUP CHAMPS ------XTERRA SOUTHEAST CHAMPS (MALE BY DIV.) Division Name Time Hometown XTERRA SOUTHEAST CHAMPS (FEMALE BY DIV.) 15 - 19 Karl Kahsar 2:27:41 Richmond, VA Division Name Time Hometown 20 - 24 Ian Sullivan 2:25:17 Jericho, VT 15 - 19 Becca Finley 3:12:21 Johnston, IA 25 - 29 Trevor Glavin 2:22:56 Salinas, CA 20 - 24 Sara Hanson 3:09:53 Blacksburg, VA 30 - 34 Anthony Snoble 2:26:49 Selden, NY 25 - 29 Marion Summerer 2:36:46 Honolulu, HI 35 - 39 Matt Boobar 2:19:25 Plymouth, NH 30 - 34 Allison Hardy 2:55:17 Arden, NC 40 - 44 Mark Junkermann 2:28:17 Richmond, VA 35 - 39 Kate Lucas 3:04:25 Richmond, VA 45 - 49 Jim James 2:25:46 Ann Arbor, MI 40 - 44 Mara Fronhofer 3:08:31 Argyle, NY 50 - 54 Scott Ewing 2:34:05 Destin, FL 45 - 49 Andrea Wagner 3:21:51 Richmond, VA 55 - 59 Don Morrison 3:18:32 W. Brandywine, PA 50 - 54 Annette Macniven 3:31:22 Wainscott, NY 60 - 64 Peter Lilley 3:40:53 Charlotte, NC 55 - 59 Vicky Carter 5:05:25 Satellite Beach, FL 65+ John Deeter 4:56:14 Richmond, VA PC Willie Stewart 3:06:15 Redlands, CA

51 2006 XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

Sunday, June 18, 2006 – Conrad Stoltz and Jamie Whitmore won their respective pro divisions at the 8th annual XTERRA East Championship on a hot and sunny afternoon in Richmond, Virginia. It's the second straight year those two have come out on top, and the third time Whitmore has won in Richmond (she also won in 2003).

TOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse Pts 1 Conrad Stoltz 32 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:02:42 $2,500 100 2 Brent McMahon 25 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:03:51 $2,000 90 3 Nicolas LeBrun 32 Digne, France 2:05:57 $1,500 82 4 Andrew Noble 40 Gold Coast, Australia 2:06:40 $1,200 75 5 Dominic Gillen 28 South Royalton, Vermont 2:07:22 $900 69 6 Brian Astell 25 Hampstead, New Hampshire 2:07:56 $700 63 7 Seth Wealing 27 Boulder, Colorado 2:08:15 $500 58 8 Justin Thomas 31 Fairfax, Virginia 2:08:37 $350 53 9 Brian Smith 31 Gunnison, Colorado 2:09:00 $250 49 10 Ryan Ignatz 27 Boulder, Colorado 2:12:39 $200 45 Also receiving points: (Jimmy Archer, $150, 41), (Ryan DeCook, $100, 37), (Amon Pease, 34), (Jim Vance, 31), (Tim Snow, 28)

TOP 15 PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse Pts 1 Jamie Whitmore 30 Somerset, California 2:19:38 $2,500 100 2 Melanie McQuaid 32 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:21:01 $2,000 90 3 Candy Angle 36 Weymouth, Massachusetts 2:25:48 $1,500 82 4 Janae Pritchett 29 Crested Butte, Colorado 2:30:44 $1,200 75 5 Danelle Kabush 31 Canmore, Alberta, Canada 2:31:12 $900 69 6 Jenny Tobin 37 Boise, Idaho 2:33:51 $700 63 7 Melissa Thomas 36 Boulder, Colorado 2:35:12 $500 58 8 Ingrid Rolles 33 Cape Town, South Africa 2:36:29 $350 53 9 Amber Monforte 28 Reno, Nevada 2:39:51 $250 49 10 Nicole Newton 32 San Diego, California 2:55:58 $200 45 Also receiving points: (Jennifer Perez, $150, 41)

Fastest 1k Swim (0.62 Miles): Brent McMahon (14:08), Candy Angle (16:24) Fastest 27k Bike (16.8 Miles): Conrad Stoltz (1:10:56), Melanie McQuaid (1:20:11) Fastest 10k Run (6.2 Miles): Seth Wealing (35:13), Jamie Whitmore (41:03)

XTERRA EAST CHAMPS (FEMALE BY DIV.) XTERRA EAST CHAMPS (MALE BY DIV.) Division Name Time Hometown Division Name Time Hometown 15 - 19 Sara Hanson 3:17:17 McLean, Virginia 15 - 19 Chris Pickerell 2:33:00 Harrisonburg, Virginia 20 - 24 Marne Smiley 3:07:40 Ann Arbor, Michigan 20 - 24 Kent Finley 2:34:49 Johnstown, Iowa 25 - 29 Amy Bennett 3:01:02 Kailua, Hawaii 25 - 29 Peter Baker 2:29:02 Brookfield, Connecticut 30 - 34 Allison Hardy 2:48:31 Arden, North Carolina 30 - 34 Courtney Cardenas 2:24:36 Somerset, California 35 - 39 Kathleen Coutinho 2:53:21 Fairfax Station, Virginia 35 - 39 Eric Sorensen 2:27:54 Falls Church, VA 40 - 44 Ellen Sauter 3:16:38 Powell, Ohio 40 - 44 Mark Junkermann 2:22:26 Richmond, Virginia 45 - 49 Valerie Hardin 3:07:25 Doylestown, PA 45 - 49 Jim James 2:22:57 Ann Arbor, Michigan * TOP AMATEURS 50 - 54 Steve Cole 2:54:26 Olive Branch, MS 55 - 59 Kent Robison 2:56:34 Reno, Nevada 60 - 64 Jim Donaldson 4:09:54 Sylvania, OH 65+ John Stover 3:35:38 Jackson, Mississippi

52 2005 XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

TOP 15 PRO MEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse Pts 1 Conrad Stoltz 31 Stellenbosch, South Africa 1:59:42 $2,500 100 2 Brent McMahon 24 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:04:13 $2,000 90 3 Olivier Marceau 32 Cannes, France 2:05:22 $1,500 82 4 Seth Wealing 26 Boulder, Colorado 2:05:41 $1,200 75 5 Andrew Noble 37 Gold Coast, Australia 2:05:55 $900 69 6 Justin Thomas 30 Fairfax, Virginia 2:06:40 $700 7 Jason Chalker 30 Canberra, Australia 2:07:08 $500 58 8 Mike Vine 31 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:07:36 $350 53 9 Kelly Guest 28 Vancouver, B.C., Canada 2:08:32 $250 49 10 Josiah Middaugh 25 Vail, Colorado 2:09:47 $200 45 Also receiving points: John Koenig (41), Jimmy Archer (37), Will Kelsay (34), Jim Vance (31), Brian Astell (28).

TOP 12 PRO WOMEN Pl Name Age Hometown Final Time Purse Pts 1 Jamie Whitmore 29 Elk Grove, California 2:19:12 $2,500 100 2 Melanie McQuaid 31 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:19:48 $2,000 90 3 Candy Angle 35 Weymouth, Massachusetts 2:24:54 $1,500 82 4 Jessica Harrison 27 Perpignan, France 2:30:57 $1,200 75 5 Renata Bucher 27 Lucerne, Switzerland 2:31:10 $900 69 6 Melissa Thomas 35 Boulder, Colorado 2:32:54 $700 63 7 Jen Tobin 35 Boise, Idaho 2:34:45 $500 58 8 Ingrid Rolles 32 Cape Town, South Africa 2:35:20 $350 53 9 Danelle Kabush 30 Canmore, Alberta, Canada 2:36:12 49 10 Nicole Newton 31 San Diego, California 2:44:51 45 Also receiving points: Jimena Florit (41), Kristy Mantz (37).

Fastest 800-meter Swim (0.5 Miles): Brent McMahon (11:41), Jessica Harrison (12:34) Fastest 27k Bike (16.8 Miles): Conrad Stoltz (1:08:30), Melanie McQuaid (1:19:55) Fastest 9.5k Run (6 Miles): Tim Menoher (37:50), Jamie Whitmore (43:52)

XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONS (MALE AGE GROUP) XTERRA EAST CHAMPION (FEMALE) Division Name Time Hometown Division Name Time Hometown 15 - 19 James Lascara 2:29:34 Charlotte, NC 15 - 19 Kylie Krauss 3:06:16 Bay Village, OH 20 - 24 Ryan Kelly 2:22:20 Concord, NH 20 - 24 Erin Olafsen 3:03:12 North Sutton, NH 25 - 29 Craig Evans 2:10:31 Spring Hill, TN 25 - 29 Emily Bashton 3:19:16 Richmond, VA 30 - 34 Tim Menoher 2:20:05 Erlanger, KY 30 - 34 Kylie Kavanagh 3:02:57 Winston Salem, NC 35 - 39 Michael Nahom 2:16:37 New Milford, CT 35 - 39 Karen Lefebre 2:56:48 Big Sky, MT 40 - 44 Jim James 2:22:42 Ann Arbor, MI 40 - 44 Linda Lindsay 3:03:28 Petaluma, CA 45 - 49 Howard Jones 2:36:55 Fairfield, CA 45 - 49 Jill Wiest 3:33:36 Lykens, PA 50 - 54 Ian Davidson, Jr. 2:27:40 Clemson, SC 50 - 54 Libby Harrow 3:53:20 Vero Beach, FL 55 - 59 Charlie Redmond 3:32:08 Demarest, NJ 55 - 59 Linda Uscher 4:13:06 Upton, MA 60 - 64 Joe Amato 3:32:18 Ellicott City, MD * TOP AMATEURS

53 2004 XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

RICHMOND, VA (June 13, 2004) – In his XTERRA debut Sylvain Dodet, a 30-year-old from Antibes, France ran away with the 6th Annual Nissan Xterra East Championship title in Richmond, Virginia, edging two-time XTERRA World Champ Conrad Stoltz by just under a minute. In the women’s race reigning XTERRA World Champ Melanie McQuaid (31, of Victoria, B.C., Canada) defeated defending Richmond champ Jamie Whitmore by two minutes.

- - -TOP 10 PRO MEN - - - Place Name Age Hometown Time Purse Points 1 Sylvain Dodet 30 Antibes, France 2:01:04 $2,500 100 2 Conrad Stoltz 30 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:01:59 $2,000 90 3 Nicolas LeBrun 31 Villeneuve-Loubet, France 2:03:34 $1,500 82 4 Dominic Gillen 26 Washington, Connecticut 2:03:43 $1,200 75 5 Justin Thomas 29 Fairfax, Virginia 2:05:04 $900 69 6 Andrew Noble 38 Gold Coast, Australia 2:06:03 $700 63 7 Josiah Middaugh 25 Vail, Colorado 2:06:34 $500 58 8 Francisco Serrano 23 Garza Garcia, Mexico 2:06:54 $350 53 9 John Koenig 34 Phoenix, Arizona 2:07:20 $250 49 10 Kerry Classen 31 Bend, Oregon 2:07:55 $200 45

- - -TOP 10 PRO WOMEN - - - Place Name Age Hometown Time Purse Points 1 Melanie McQuaid 31 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:19:03 $2,500 100 2 Jamie Whitmore 28 Elk Grove, California 2:21:06 $2,000 90 3 Candy Angle 34 Weymouth, Massachusetts 2:22:57 $1,500 82 4 Lynley Allison 31 Auckland, New Zealand 2:30:18 $1,200 75 5 Melissa Thomas 34 Boulder, Colorado 2:32:55 $900 69 6 Chantal Knapp 38 Louisville, Colorado 2:40:26 $700 63 7 Dellys Franke 27 Smiths Gully, Australia 2:41:49 $500 58 8 Kristy Mantz 33 Portsmouth, Virginia 2:42:12 $350 53 9 Nicole Deboom 31 Lyons, Colorado 2:42:51 49 10 Allison Hardy 30 Arden, North Carolina 2:43:38 45

Fastest 1k Swim (0.62 Miles): Sylvain Dodet (16:20), Nicole DeBoom (18:03) Fastest 27k Bike (16.8 Miles): Conrad Stoltz (1:08:13), Melanie McQuaid (1:16:48) Fastest 10k Run (6.2 Miles): Sylvain Dodet (34:01), Nicole DeBoom (39:37)

XTERRA East Female Age Group Champs XTERRA East Male Age Group Champs Division Name Hometown Division Name Hometown 15 - 19 Kalyn English Canyon Country, C 15 - 19 Kent Finley West Carrollton, OH 20 - 24 Joanne Fitzpatrick Harrisonburg, VA 20 - 24 Ryan Decook Rochester, MI 25 - 29 Becky Bashton Mechanicsville, VA 25 - 29 Craig Evans Franklin, TN 30 - 34 Laura Home Santa Cruz, CA 30 - 34 Tim Menoher Erlanger, KY 35 - 39 Mary Misiaszek Monson, MA 35 - 39 Michael Halstead Stone Ridge, NY 40 - 44 Val Hardin Doylestown, PA 40 - 44 Tom Lyons Reno, NV 45 - 49 Barbara Peterson Berkeley, CA 45 - 49 Tom Monica Walnut Creek, CA 50 - 54 Vianna Zimbel Glastonbury, CT 50 - 54 James Dalton Salem, VA 55 - 59 Kent Robison Reno, NV 60+ Errol Lassiter Woodstock, GA * Top Amateur Male and Female

54 2003 XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

TOP 10 PRO MEN Place Name Age Hometown Time Purse Points 1 Nicolas LeBrun 29 Villeneuve-Loubet, France 2:08:38 $2,200 100 2 Conrad Stoltz 29 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:10:27 $1,700 92 3 Dominic Gillen 25 Washington, Connecticut 2:12:23 $1,200 82 4 Justin Thomas 27 Fairfax, Virginia 2:14:23 $800 75 5 Tyler Johnson 23 Chester, Connecticut 2:15:52 $600 69 6 Jimmy Archer 30 Boulder, Colorado 2:15:54 $400 63 7 Bryan Rhodes 30 Taupo, New Zealand 2:16:58 $300 58 8 Jason Chalker 28 Sydney, Australia 2:19:48 $250 53 9 Josiah Middaugh 24 Vail, Colorado 2:22:48 $200 49 10 Ryan Mayne 24 Noosa, Australia 2:23:46 $150 45 Also receiving points: Brian Hughes (41), John Koenig (37), Michael Simpson (34), Lewis Elliot (31), and Brent Reugamer (28).

TOP 10 PRO WOMEN Place Name Age Hometown Time Purse Points 1 Jaime Whitmore 26 Elk Grove, California 2:31:08 $2,200 100 2 Melanie McQuaid 30 Victoria, B.C., Canada 2:33:01 $1,700 92 3 Candy Angle 34 Weymouth, Massachusetts 2:33:46 $1,200 82 4 Karen Masson 35 Atlanta, Georgia 2:39:27 $800 75 5 Anke Erlank 25 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:39:53 $600 69 6 Shari Kain 38 Cupertino, California 2:40:10 $400 63 7 Katherine Zambrana 25 Steamboat Springs, Colorado 2:43:30 $300 58 8 Raeleigh Rogers 34 Canberra, Australia 2:44:51 - 53 9 Jenny Tobin 35 Boise, Idaho 2:45:34 - 49 10 Marjan Huizing 35 Oosterhesseien, Netherlands 2:45:45 - 45 Also receiving points: Linda Gabor (41), Cherie Touchette (37), Kristy Mantz (34), Sarah Kerlin (31), and Jari Kirkland (28).

Fastest 5k Run (3.1 Miles): Nicolas LeBrun/Conrad Stoltz (18:28), Candy Angle (21:35) Fastest 27k Bike (16.8 Miles): Tyler Johnson (1:11:37), Jamie Whitmore (1:21:38) Fastest 10k Run (6.2 Miles): Michael Nahom (35:55), Marjan Huizing (43:54)

XTERRA East Male Age Group Champs XTERRA East Female Age Group Champs Division Name Hometown Time Division Name Hometown Time 15 - 19 David Velez San Juan, PR 2:45:06 15 - 19 Suzanne Pinckney Richmond, VA 4:01:46 20 - 24 Matthew Thompson Springfield, VA 2:33:49 20 - 24 Rebecca Bashton Mechanicsville, VA 2:51:49 25 - 29 Scott Gray Jonestown, PA 2:29:12 25 - 29 Sage Grossi Scottsdale, AZ 3:01:41 30 - 34 Tim Menoher Erlanger, KY 2:20:50 30 - 34 Kathy Coutinho Springfield, VA 3:10:33 35 - 39 Mark Junkermann Richmond, VA 2:24:22 35 - 39 Rhonda Patterson San Diego, CA 3:26:30 40 - 44 Tom Lyons Reno, NV 2:26:44 40 - 44 Marie Rumohr Fairfax, VA 4:56:15 45 - 49 Steve Cole Olive Branch, MS 2:59:35 45 - 49 Annette MacNiven Wayne Scott, NY 4:10:18 50 - 54 Myron Baker Rosendale, NY 3:10:51 50 - 54 Libby Harrow Vero Beach, FL 4:18:08 55 - 59 William Bashton Mechanicsville, VA 3:54:25 * Top Amateur Female 60+ Errol Lassiter Woodstock, GA 3:37:06 * Top Amateur Male

55 1999-2002 XTERRA EAST CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

2002 RICHMOND CHAMPIONS 2001 RICHMOND CHAMPIONS

Division Name (Overall place) Time Division Name (Overall place) Time Men’s Pro Nicolas LeBrun (1st) 2:08:04 Men’s Pro Mike Vine (1st) 1:58:10 Women’s Pro Anke Erlank (16th) 2:25:58 Women’s Pro Jody Mielke (28th) 2:20:28

Age Group Name (Overall place) Time Age Group Name (Overall place) Time Men 15-19 Jeremy Chandler (57th) 2:48:04 Men 15-19 Pearce Creasman (75th) 2:36:40 Men 20-24 Josiah Middaugh (21st) 2:28:48 Men 20-24 Logan Wealing (20th) 2:15:29 Men 25-29 Matt Boobar (23rd) 2:29:58 Men 25-29 Andy Kinley (18th) 2:14:42 Men 30-34 Romolo Forcino (17th) 2:26:17 Men 30-34 Brian Carrigan (35th) 2:24:35 Men 35-39 Todd Scott (20th) 2:28:39 Men 35-39 Todd Scott (32nd) 2:21:23 Men 40-44 Tom Lyons (22nd) 2:28:53 Men 40-44 Casey Fannin (34th) 2:24:02 Men 45-49 Steve Cole (72nd) 2:53:53 Men 45-49 Steve Cole (79th) 2:38:10 Men 50-54 Ron Magee (113th) 3:11:25 Men 50-54 Myron Baker (141st) 2:57:44 Men 55-59 Joe Amato (149th) 3:24:23 Men 55-59 Edward Parchaiski (157th) 3:04:08 Men 60+ Kurt Truax (154th) 3:28:19 Women 20-24 Kara Coolbaugh (116th) 2:49:02 Women 20-24 Farleigh Fitzgerald (114th) 3:11:31 Women 25-29 Catherine Phillips (81st) 2:38:26 Women 25-29 Nicole Newton (99th) 3:05:16 Women 30-34 Kathleen Coutinho (122nd) 2:50:32 Women 30-34 Kathleen Coutinho (96th) 3:03:35 Women 35-39 Leslie Fedon (137th) 2:55:46 Women 35-39 Andrea Wagner (169th) 3:33:06 Women 40-44 Valerie Hardin (143rd) 2:58:17 Women 40-44 Valerie Hardin (97th) 3:03:50 Women 50-54 Susi Chandler (262nd) 3:41:04 Women 45-49 Barbara Peterson (109th) 3:09:53 Women 50-54 Lois Marquart (214th) 4:00:27

2000 RICHMOND CHAMPIONS 1999 RICHMOND CHAMPIONS

Division Name (Overall place) Time Division Name (Overall place) Time Men's Pro Michael Tobin (1st) 2:10:51 Men's Pro Michael Tobin (1st) 2:08:54 Women's Pro Kerstin Weule (17th) 2:36:23 Women's Pro Jody Mielke (14th) 2:36:50

Age Group Name (Overall place) Time Age Group Name (Overall place) Time Men 15-19 Pearce Creasman (79th) 3:23:31 Men 15-19 Pearce Creasman (50th) 3:22:58 Men 20-24 Mark Cockrell (18th) 2:37:39 Men 20-24 Brian Hughes (11th) 2:28:51 Men 25-29 Peter Fixler (16th) 2:35:33 Men 25-29 Brian Hillard (33rd) 3:04:08 Men 30-34 Chris Newell (26th) 2:43:57 Men 30-34 Timothy Covington (8th) 2:26:05 Men 35-39 Todd Scott (21st) 2:40:41 Men 35-39 Dennis Fox (25th) 2:50:38 Men 40-44 Eric Wilkins (34th) 2:48:55 Men 40-44 John King (39th) 3:14:06 Men 45-49 James Dalton (56th) 3:07:43 Men 50-54 Thomas Waldrop 3:33:49 Men 50-54 Alan Clark (106th) 3:34:40 Men 60+ Gene White 4:51:15 Men 55-59 John Deeter (127th) 3:44:41 Women 20-24 Dawn Nida 4:44:48 Women 20-24 Katherine Zambrana (37th) 2:51:55 Women 25-29 Kimberly Theodore 3:21:49 Women 25-29 Windy Hutchings (82nd) 3:24:03 Women 30-34 Kathleen Kinsey 4:00:38 Women 30-34 Sutton Simmons (184th) 4:25:20 Women 35-39 Theresa Morningstar 3:11:28 Women 35-39 Theresa Morningstar (54th) 3:06:26 56 XTERRA LIFE IN RICHMOND SINCE 1999 Are you satisfied with the life your LIVING

XTERRA stumbled across this profound question on its first trip to Richmond for the 1999 XTERRA East Championship. It was spray painted on one of the concrete pillars holding up the “Nickel Bridge,” and directly beneath it during the course of a few Sunday afternoon hours a parade of lycra clad racers made their way up a steep section of boulders, bikes over shoulders, trying to figure out just what in the world they had gotten themselves into.

The image has become a spiritual representation of sorts for the XTERRA “Live More” lifestyle, and likewise Richmond itself has weaved its way into the very fabric of the sport remember being in the best cycling shape of my life and since that inaugural year. getting spanked by guys like Mike Tobin, who knew what Ask a hundred people what they remember about racing in they were doing on a mountain bike.” Richmond and you’ll get 100 different answers, from the 105 2000 – Michael Tobin, an adventure racing legend and degree temps on Mayo Island to the bees nest in Maymont XTERRA Hall of Famer, won the first two in Richmond. “Ten Park. years have passed and I still remember riding over the The constant is the course, a wild forested rollercoaster ride narrow stone bridge, slipping backwards trying to run up a through the middle of a major city where you can get lost in muddy pitch, riding down a stairwell, the heat and humidity, the jungle despite the high rises. Its allure is so strong, each scrambling up the steep stairs on the run, free forming the year athletes from around the world and nearly every state rocks across the river. Ya know, we’re still good friends with in the U.S. travel to Richmond for the experience. our homestay, they’ve even visited us here in Boise,” said Tobin. 2012 marks XTERRA’s 14th year in downtown. Here’s a look back at the extraordinary events and people from the 2001 – Nico Lebrun and Conrad “the Caveman” Stoltz’ first first 13... XTERRA. “Back in 2001 I was just an innocent roadie thinking I had reached the pinnacle of triathlon going to the 1999 –XTERRA World Champion Jimmy Riccitello was part Olympic games and I came to Richmond for my first of the first collection of racers to discover XTERRA’s urban XTERRA,” said Stoltz. “I borrowed this 35-pound soft ride adventure. “The minute I arrived on site, I’d hop on my bike bike a week before the race and came out just to see what and “get lost” on the trails. I’d ride for six hours in the two XTERRA was all about, and I was blown away. Mike Vine days prior to racing, that’s how cool the Richmond course won, I got second, Lebrun was 3rd, Steve Larsen 4th, and is.” Asked what else he remembered, he replied “I Ned Overend 5th. After the race Steve and Ned came over remember getting poison ivy on very sensitive body parts to me and said ‘welcome to XTERRA, great to see you’. (damn speedo), I remember ‘swimming,’ I remember The people were so friendly and I had such a good time that literally cussing my way through the river-bed, I remember XTERRA became my goal. I really lost my heart to being so hot I worried about spontaneous combustion, I XTERRA in Richmond.” 57 XTERRA LIFE IN RICHMOND SINCE 1999

2002 – From a local Virginian age groupers perspective, Dr. Kathy Coutinho chimes in on her XTERRA inauguration in Richmond. “My first impression was how amazingly well organized, colorful, impressive, and almost intimidating it was. I was scared to death, had never done a tri before, and really hadn’t done much of any racing before other than marathon running. But I was also filled with this sense of intense happiness to be able to participate in such a big race with so many fine athletes. When I crossed the finish line, I swore I’d never do another marathon, that XTERRA was made for the likes of me. Nine years later, all I have raced is XTERRA.”

2003 – The James River was raging and class IV rapids swept through the normal swim route causing the swim to be cancelled for the first time in XTERRA history. that I took where you have to run through water and jump This led to a run-bike-run format and the “Great Mayan back up on rocks or go way around the long way. I ended Ruins Meltdown” owned by Tyler Johnson, who had the up with my feet in the water the wrong way, and lost a lot of fastest bike split and went out on the run with a minute lead time.” Interestingly, it was the same exact mistake Jamie but hit the wall, at the wall, and faded to 5th (it happened Whitmore made in 2004. “I fell in a trench and went the again in 2008). wrong way twice and learned a lesson, because there are places out there where you can’t continue on,” said 2004 – One of the rare years when it wasn’t baking hot, in Whitmore. “So in 2005 I practiced it over and over and once fact, race conditions were ideal with cool breezes and temps I got into the rock hopping section I knew where to go. I in the 70’s. “It was a nice April afternoon in the middle of came out behind her (McQuaid) and shot out on a different June,” said one local. Of course, the water level in the line and I just bee-lined it straight to the ladder.” James River forced the swim to get moved to a section with ‘calmer’ waters. “I remember when the swim was moved 2006 –Thanks to countless hours of volunteer work on the across the river into the slough. It was a total obstacle North trail a full loop was created connecting the north and course. The swim start was like being shot out of cannon south James River trails. Huge props to Nathan Burrell, the because of the flow of the river, and then we took a hard trails manager for the James River Park System, the right across shallow rocks and river grass. It’s one of the Richmond Chapter of MORE (Mid-Atlantic Off Road only swims I remember passing people walking during the Enthusiasts) and all the volunteers who created this swim,” recalls Casey Fannin. magnificent trails system for the XTERRA Tribe and outdoor enthusiasts to enjoy. “Pure fun from start to finish,” is how 2005 – The Jamie Whitmore vs. Melanie McQuaid battles Melanie McQuaid described it. “They’ve done so much have become part of XTERRA lore. In Richmond the out- amazing work here. This is the best mountain bike course come has hinged on who picked the better line at the rock I’ve ever ridden on, anywhere.” hopping part of the run known as the “dry way”. “There’s this big field of rocks and periodically there’s an arrow,” 2007 – In classic Richmond tradition the race started in explained McQuaid. “There’s one line that’s fast where concert with the rumbling sound of a CSX freight train rolling you’re actually running on rocks and then there’s the line on the tracks overhead. Despite a couple of wrong turns on 58 XTERRA LIFE IN RICHMOND SINCE 1999 the swim “because he couldn’t hear the race briefing with 2010 – 2010 marked a dozen years in downtown, and an that darn train noise” and a couple of wrong turns on the emotional win for the “Swiss Miss of XTERRA” Renata bike “because he knows the course so well he doesn’t Bucher. She grabbed the tape as she crossed the finish, really need to look at the arrows” Stoltz still had time to walk dropped to her knees and clasped her hands over her face down the finish line stretch giving high-five’s to the fans. in a gripping display of emotion that told a story of triumph “The forest trails are very technical and makes you feel like in the face of adversity. Just a week prior while cooling down you’re out in the middle of nowhere but you’re in the middle on the bike after the XTERRA Southeast Championship of a big city and that’s really quite amazing,” said Stoltz. where she finished fourth, Bucher’s left foot slipped off the “Plus, everywhere on the course there are crowds of people pedal and got jammed into the bike causing a painful toe watching certain obstacles and cheering and encouraging injury. “It was such a tough week,” said Bucher. “I had so you on, and that’s what makes this race so special.” much trouble with my toe, and I wasn’t sure if I should go As audible proof, the crowd let out a deafening roar when home, and I didn’t do much physically at all. I didn’t think I “the Caveman” came out of the tunnel by Reedy Creek, could win, but the doctor here helped me so much. I’m just rounded the corner and scaled up a near-impossible, steep, very grateful for all the help and support I received.” rocky, muddy bank on his way to the twisting track in Forest Hill Park. 2011 – Stoltz won for the sixth time in seven years, but the coolest story revolved around Team X-T.R.E.M.E., who set 2008 – Josiah Middaugh, who was not included among the a Guinness World Record by completing the XTERRA pre-race favorites, became the first American to win in Richmond 21K trail run while wearing Avon Protection’s C50 Richmond since Michael Tobin in 2000 and dedicated the gas masks in honor of Staff Sargeant Ryan Major, a victory “to all the Father’s out there.” Richmond has 26-year-old Army veteran who lost both his legs in 2006 historically been held on Father’s Day, and racer-after-racer when an improvised explosive device was detonated in has dedicated their effort to their Dads through the years. Iraq. Before he was wounded in combat his ambition was Middaugh, himself, is one of the few pros that juggles to become an Army Ranger and jump out of planes. Major diaper duty with fartlek training. After the race Dan Hugo, fulfilled that lifelong dream and jumped out of an airplane who came all the way from South Africa and finished just 24 with the Golden Nights, landing right on Brown’s Island just seconds behind Middaugh in 2nd place, exclaimed “This before the start of the race, and hollered so joyously it made course is insane, certainly worthy of flying half way around everyone around smile and cheer. “That was freakin’ the world to race here.” awesome! Awesome,” yelled Major. ““That was the biggest rush I’ve ever had.” 2009 – “The Bloody Shoe,” XTERRA’s version of Curt Schilling’s bloody sock only featuring the Caveman and a shoe. Stoltz sliced open the top of his foot shuffling across the bottom of the James River while helping to put a course buoy back in place just before the swim start, raced anyway, and won. “I thought about not racing but put in so much effort with the training and the travel and this Series is so very important to me I just had to go. The adrenaline runs so high,” said Stoltz. “I felt fine on the bike, it didn’t hurt at all, and it wasn’t until the run that I started to get tired and a little woozy and I wasn’t sure if it was fatigue or blood loss.”

59 XTERRA IN RICHMOND THROUGH THE YEARS

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