Source: XTERRA // filed: July 21 2006
THIS WEEK: The Nissan Xterra USA Championship series hosts races in Alaska, Maine, Florida, and Montana, we look at the first group of athletes to get invited to nationals and one athlete in particular that's had a really great year, we'll give away Packers tickets at the Midwest Championship race, highlight a few upcoming XTERRA Scramble Trail Runs, and share this weekends XTERRA TV schedule.
COMING UP:
July 22 - Kincaid Hammerman Triathlon (Anchorage, AK)
July 23 - Thompson Lake Off-Road Challenge (Poland, ME)
July 23 - First Coast Off-Road Triathlon (Jacksonville, FL)
July 23 - Moonlight Basin Off-Road Triathlon (Big Sky, MT)
July 29 - DINO Triathlon - Logansport (Logansport, IN)
July 29 - XTERRA Mountain View Scramble (Salt Lake City, UT)
July 29 - XTERRA Spain Championship (Bakio, Euskadi)
July 29 - XTERRA Brazil Championship (Ilhabela)
July 30 - Crested Butte Bank Trails Triathlon (Crested Butte, CO)
Aug 5 - XTERRA Milwaukee Scramble (Milwaukee, WI)
Aug 6 - Nissan Xterra Midwest Championship (Milwaukee, WI)
Aug 6 - Sky High Off-Road Triathlon (Grafton, NY)
Aug 6 - Panther Creek Off-Road Triathlon (Morristown, TN)
Aug 6 - Snow Valley Off-Road Triathlon (Running Springs, CA)
Aug 6 - XTERRA Scramble (Mt. Tamalpais, CA)
NATIONALS’ BOUND: The first round of invitations to compete in the 2006 Nissan Xterra USA Championship race in Lake Tahoe, Nevada on October 1st were sent out this week to a select few racers that have assured their qualification by securing max-points in their division. The list is a virtual who’s-who in amateur XTERRA racing with names like Kalyn English, Jeremy Chandler, Courtney Cardenas, and reigning national champions David Cloninger, Tom Lyons, Kent Robison, as well asXTERRA World Champion Peter Wood.
Cloninger has had a particularly fantastic season so far, having dropped to his knees after crossing the finish line at the Nissan Xterra West Championship in Temecula, CA and proposing to his girlfriend. She said yes and they tied the knot a month later at the Solstice Triathlon in La Grande, OR. For their honeymoon they ventured to France and caught a couple stages of the Tour de France. Defending his 35-39 Title in Tahoe is his next goal.
FIRST
LAST
REGION
AGE
Brett
Wolf
SW
20-24
Trevor
Glavin
SW
25-29
Courtney
Cardenas
SW
30-34
Brian
Grasky
SW
30-34
Scott
Zavack
SW
35-39
Tim
Johnston
SW
40-44
Todd
Gottfried
SW
40-44
Tom
Lyons
SW
45-49
Mike
Erbe
SW
50-54
Kent
Robison
SW
55-59
Peter
Wood
SW
60-64
Chris
Pickerell
MA
15-19
Dan
LaRoque
MA
30-34
Jon
Rittling
MA
35-39
Mark
Junkermann
MA
40-44
Roger
Masse
MA
45-49
David
Cloninger
NW
35-39
Linda
Cole
SC
35-39
Cristianne
Reetz
SC
40-44
Kristin Jo
Markham
SE
20-24
Jeremy
Chandler
SE
20-24
Gabriela
Baranova
NC
25-29
Molly
Bockmann
MT
30-34
Kalyn
English
SW
15-19
Sage
Grossi
SW
25-29
Rebecca
Tschider
SW
30-34
Birgit
Johnston
SW
35-39
Linda
Lindsay
SW
40-44
WIN PACKERS TICKETS! Everybody that comes down to the XTERRA Village at Veterans Park duringthe Nissan Xterra Midwest Championship in Milwaukee on August 5-6will have the chance to enter their name in the drawing for three tickets to the New England Patriots vs. Green Bay Packers game on November 19 at Lambeau Field. The lucky winner will be announced before the start of the XTERRA awards ceremony at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 6.
SCRAMBLE FOR THE Y: On August 5, the day before the Nissan Xterra Midwest Championship, participants in the XTERRA Milwaukee Scramble 5k and 10k trail runs will realize they’ve got themselves into something far from ordinary. Unlike any road run, these are sand slippin’, stair-climbing, tree-ducking, mud-sloshing adventures! It’s all in the name of fun, and to help a great cause - the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee One-on-One mentoring programs.
Why just run, when you can Scramble!
SAN FRAN SCRAMBLIN’: The inaugural San Francisco Bay Area XTERRA Scramble Trail Run is just a few weeks away on August 6 at the renowned Mt. Tamalpais - the birthplace of mountain biking. At this race Scramblers are treated to switchbacks, elevation, the Pacific Ocean and infamous Dipsea Trail, spectacular redwoods, wooden footbridges, wet creek jumps, music at the compound and a post-race BBQ party. There’s a 3-mile out and back run/walk and a 6.5-mile full loop course. For more info visit pacwestathletics.com.
XTERRA TV: Jamie Whitmore’s clan gets to see the annual coverage of the XTERRA Saipan Championship this Sunday at 12:30pm on the ABC affiliate in Sacramento (KXTV). First-year pro and Rochester, Michigan native Ryan "Crash" DeCook will also have the chance to see himself in the Saipan show when it airs in Flint, MI on Sunday at 1:30pm on WNEM. Here's a look at the rest of the listings for this weekend’s XTERRA Planet airings:
City
Date
Network
Time
Show
Bend, OR
7/23
KFXO (FOX)
5:30-6:00 pm
No. 6
Boise, ID
7/23
KTVB (NBC)
4:30-5:00 pm
No. 1
Cedar Rapids, IA
7/23
KCRG (ABC)
3:30-4:00 pm
No. 2
Chico/Redding, CA
7/23
KRCR (ABC)
10:30-11:00 am
No. 1
11:00-11:30 am
No. 2
Clarksburg, WV
7/23
WVFX (FOX)
12:00-12:30 pm
No. 3
Colorado Springs, CO
7/22
KRDO (ABC)
12:30-1:00 pm
No. 1
Dayton, OH
7/22
WHIO (CBS)
2:30-3:00 pm
No. 5
Duluth, WI
7/23
KBJR (NBC)
11:00-11:30 am
No. 2
11:00-11:30 am
No. 2
Elmira, NY
7/22
WTTX (UPN)
3:00-3:30 pm
No. 4
3:30-4:00 pm
No. 5
Eugene, OR
7/23
KEZI (ABC)
5:00-5:30 pm
No. 1
5:30-6:00 pm
No. 2
Eureka, CA
7/23
KAEF (ABC)
10:30-11:00 am
No. 1
11:00-11:30 am
No. 2
Flint, MI
7/22
WNEM (CBS)
1:00-1:30 pm
No. 5
1:30-2:00 pm
No. 6
Fresno, CA
7/22
KGPE (CBS)
10:30-11:00 am
No. 4
Ft. Smith, AR
7/23
KNWA (NBC)
11:30am-12:00pm
No. 1
Grand Junction, CO
7/22
KLCT (ABC)
12:30-1:00 pm
No. 1
Green Bay, WI
7/22
WFRV (CBS)
10:35-11:05 am
No. 5
10:35-11:05 pm
No. 5
Honolulu, HI
7/23
KGMB (CBS)
3:30-4:00 pm
No. 3
Lansing, MI
7/23
WILX (NBC)
12:30-1:00 pm
No. 2
Las Vegas, NV
7/23
KLBC (UPN)
2:00-2:30 pm
No. 3
Little Rock, AR
7/22
KLRT (FOX)
3:30-4:00 pm
No. 2
Medford, OR
7/23
KDRV (ABC)
5:00-5:30 pm
No. 1
5:30-6:00 pm
No. 2
Monroe, AR
7/23
KARD (FOX)
1:00-1:30 pm
No. 1
1:30-2:00 pm
No. 2
Monterey/Salinas, CA
7/23
KCBA (FOX)
4:00-4:30 pm
No. 5
4:30-5:00 pm
No. 6
Norfolk, VA
7/22
WTKR (CBS)
2:30-3:00 pm
No. 6
Palm Springs, CA
7/23
KESQ (ABC)
10:30-11:00 am
No. 2
Phoenix, AZ
7/22
KNXV (ABC)
1:30-2:00 am
No. 4
Sacramento, CA
7/22
KXTV (ABC)
4:00-4:30 pm
No. 4
4:30-5:00 pm
No. 4
12:30-1:00 pm
No. 6
San Francisco, CA
7/23
KGO (ABC)
11:00-11:30 am
No. 1
11:30am-12:00pm
No. 2
Tri Cities, TN
7/22
WCYB (NBC)
TBA
No. 2
Tulsa, OK
7/22
KOKI(FOX)
5:30-6:00 pm
No. 5
Twin Falls, ID
7/23
KTFT (NBC)
4:30-5:00 pm
No. 1
Watertown, NY
7/22
WWTI (ABC)
3:00-3:30 pm
No. 1
3:30-4:00 pm
No. 2