Tall Oak 6 hour Duo

Mark Gullett and Jeff Yielding team at the 6 hour Tall Oak Challenge for 2nd place.

Welcome to the Team Travis Finan

Travis Finan
Defiance, MO
Age 19
Cat 4
Primary Discipline: Road races and Crits

Thursday Night Dirt Crits

Jeff, Patrick and Alex mixed it up on Thursday in St. Louis for the first in a 5 race dirt crit series.



Brommelsiek Challenge

EXPERT OVERALL
Bib = 251 Tim Kakouris 0:20:15 0:41:04 1:01:25 1:22:32 1:43:41 2:05:08
Bib = 227 Mark Gullett 0:20:23 0:41:26 1:02:29 1:23:53 1:45:37 2:06:58 Race Report
Bib = 230 Chris Ploch 0:20:16 0:41:06 1:01:45 1:22:33 1:44:38 2:07:29
Bib = 226 Dan Miller 0:20:19 0:41:08 1:01:33 1:23:11 1:45:40 2:07:48
Bib = 229 Bob Arnold 0:20:17 0:41:10 1:03:26 1:25:49 1:49:06 2:12:40
Bib = 262 Tom Albert 0:20:59 0:42:38 1:05:05 1:27:52 1:51:05 2:14:44
Bib = 252 Jeff Yielding 0:21:01 0:42:35 1:05:09 1:28:17 1:52:10 2:17:39 Race Report
Bib = 261 Marty Weaver 0:24:40 0:50:16 1:17:18 1:46:06 2:18:36
Bib = 201 DNF Andrew Black 0:20:57 0:42:37 1:05:06 1:28:16
Bib = 228 DNF Matt James 0:50:36 1:14:22 1:38:47

Lost Valley XC

Men - 01 - 30-39
1 Chris Ploch DRJ 29'r Crew
2 John Matthews DRJ Racing
3 Dave Breslin Mesa Cycles Racing
4 Mark Gullet Revolution Cycles race report
5 Nate Means
6 Dan Miller Team Seagal
7 Wes Bierman DRJ Racing
8 Chris Connolly Mesa Cycles Racing

MO State MTB Championship

Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed
Class Cat1M19_29
1 24 Jonathan SCHOTTLER 4 1:52:03.159 26:21.877 1 13.655
2 23 Drew BLACK 4 2:05:53.689 13:50.530 28:00.850 1 12.851
3 27 Dan MCCARTHY 4 2:15:14.846 23:11.687 29:41.091 1 12.127

Class Cat1M30_39
1 2269 John RINES 4 1:55:38.127 26:57.196 1 13.356
2 2279 John MATTHEWS 4 1:56:57.845 1:19.718 26:58.697 1 13.344
3 216 Chris PLOCH 4 1:57:55.668 2:17.541 26:43.411 1 13.471
4 2219 Dave BRESLON 4 1:59:20.038 3:41.911 27:12.063 1 13.235
5 224 Aaron ELWELL 4 2:00:43.712 5:05.585 27:13.491 1 13.223
6 217 Travis DONN 4 2:03:09.525 7:31.398 28:42.395 1 12.541
7 2229 Mark GULLETT 4 2:06:38.254 11:00.127 28:11.918 1 12.767
8 2209 Bryce LAWRENCE 3 2:03:58.192 1 Lap 32:09.656 1 11.194
9 225 Aaron FADER 2 1:00:42.016 2 Laps 27:26.636 1 13.118
10 2239 Rock WAMSLEY 2 1:12:02.947 11:20.931 30:32.129 1 11.790
11 218 Bob ARNOLD 2 1:31:53.613 31:11.597 29:10.683 1 12.338

Class Cat1M50+
1 2769 Tom ALBERT 4 2:08:02.164 29:50.142 1 12.066
Not classified ()
DNF 275 Doug LONG 4 1:52:12.512 13:33.965 3 26.537

Class Cat1M40+
1 2569 Jeff YIELDING 4 2:15:06.090 31:08.815 1 11.558 Race Report
2 2579 Brian DUFF 4 2:22:45.269 7:39.179 32:12.750 1 11.176
3 2599 Andy LUCAS 2 59:44.783 2 Laps 24:18.840 2 14.806
4 2559 Tim KAKOURIS 1 31:08.823 3 Laps 27:20.724 1 13.165
5 2589 Rich RUDOLPH 1 38:18.635 7:09.812 33:30.386 1 10.744

Class Cat1W40+
1 61 Loreen MATTSON 3 2:00:38.816 35:17.312 1 10.202

Class Cat1W30_39
1 62 Christine FORD 3 2:05:18.883 35:53.581 1 10.030

Down and Dirty in Warsaw

Class Name Result Remark

Cat1 19-29
2 Steinmetz, Garet 40:27 - 1:20:38 - 2:07:07
2 Griest, Justin 36:36 - 1:16:41 - 2:44:56

Cat1 30-39
1 Wamsley, Rock 38:23 - 1:19:43 - 2:01:50
2 Donn, Travis 36:33 - 1:22:19 - 2:02:23
3 Lawrence, Bryce 40:36 - 1:26:17 - 2:11:55
4 Gullett, Mark 999 38:00 - DNF Race Report

Cat1 40-49
1Hoppe, Craig 39:16 - 1:21:06 - 2:03:32
2Duff, Brian 2 39:46 - 1:21:57 - 2:05:44
3 ?
4 Yielding, Jeff 4 40:40 = 1:24:13 - 2:06:48 Race Report
5Taylor, Josh 5 41:37 - 1:25:10 - 2:10:38

Cat1 50+
1 Long, Doug 41:55 - 1:23:49 - 2:07:07
2 Riedy, Lyle 43:29 - 1:30:20 - 2:16:13
3 Fridley, Todd 42:22 - 1:25:48 - 2:17:39

Cat1
1 Femal Brocket, Karen 51:31 - 1:48:45 - 2:49:59
2 Chwaliaski, Vivian 53:43 - 1:50:24 - 2:51:17

Mid Fork XC

1 3:24:08 Matt James - Men Open
2 3:24:50 Dan Fuhrmann - SS Open
3 3:30:51 Jeff Yiedling - Men Open Race Report
4 3:36:35 Mitch teh Morshor - Men Open
5 3:38:46 Larry Koester - SS Open
6 3:49:20 Scott Peipert - Men Open
7 3:50:01 Nico Toscani - SS Open
8 3:52:43 John Donjoian - SS Open
9 3:52:46 Brian Busken - SS Open
10 3:59:37 Paul Krewet - Men Open
11 4:01:26 Drewballs - Men Open
12 4:01:43 Tom Lauria - Men Open
13 4:09:52 Todd Holtman - Men Open
14 4:31:11 Roger Mackay - Men Open
15 4:31:12 Stove - SS Open
16 4:39:24 Rob Ballou - Men Open
17 4:44:28 Jason Pryor - Men Open
18 4:44:29 John Hatchor - SS Open
19 4:44:46 Karen Holtman - Women Open
20 4:44:50 Stephanie McCreary Women Open
21 4:46:44 Punchor - SS Open
22 4:51:53 Karl Kimball - SS Open
23 4:57:38 Rock Wamsley - Men Open
24 5:20:50 Taggort - SS Open
25 5:23:10 Keith Weinkein - Men Open
26 5:37:14 Guy in Veloforce jersey - Mn Open
27 6:19:20 Sasha - Women Open
28 6:19:21 T-Tocs - SS Open
29 6:44:25 Borb Jerkins - Men Open
30 6:44:26 Lukas Lamb - Men Open
31 7:10:04 John Farinella - Men Open
32 7:10:06 Guy in Salsa jersey (Justin?) - Men Open
33 7:25:00 Ben G - Men Open

Hellbender Road Race

Masters 40 Plus

1) Alan Christanell
2) Andy Hunsaker
3) Douglas Davis
4) Jeff Yielding Details Here
5)Mark Gowler
6)John MAthews
7)Ted Edwards Weiss
8)Patrick Gibbon
9) Steve Mass
10)Jeff Kloha
11)Russ Murphy
12) Lief Irgent

Greensfelder XC

Results from Greenfelder XC.


Place First Name Last Name Category Race Time
1 Chris Ploch Cat 1 Men - 30-39 2:03:06
2 Eric Pirtle Cat 1 Men - 30-39 2:05:45
3 Mike Best Cat 1 Men - 30-39 2:07:30
4 John Rines Cat 1 Men - 30-39 2:08:22
5 Bob Arnold Cat 1 Men - 30-39 2:10:30
6 Mark Gullett Cat 1 Men - 30-39 2:10:51 Race Report
7 Ryan Pirtle Cat 1 Men - 30-39 2:11:00
8 Dan Miller Cat 1 Men - 30-39 2:11:30
9 Cale McAninch Cat 1 Men - 30-39 2:12:47
10 Rock Wamsley Cat 1 Men - 30-39 2:16:03
11 Luke Musselman Cat 1 Men - 30-39 2:18:54
12 Tom Albert Cat 1 Men - 50+ 2:20:18
13 Scott Peipert Cat 1 Men - 19-29 2:22:36
14 Drew Black Cat 1 Men - 19-29 2:22:49
15 Paul Quindry Cat 1 Men - 30-39 2:23:37
16 Wes Biermann Cat 1 Men - 30-39 2:23:59
17 Jeff Yielding 1 Cat 1 Men - 40-49 2:29:03 - Race Report
18 Ira Brown Cat 1 Men - 30-39 2:31:27
19 Andrew Morman Cat 1 Men - 19-29 2:33:55
20 Jim Krewet Cat 1 Men - 30-39 2:38:08
21 Loreen Mattson Cat 1 Women 2:45:38
22 Martin Weaver Cat 1 Men - 50+ 2:51:57
23 Jon Schottler Cat 1 Men - 19-29
24 John Matthews Cat 1 Men - 40-49
25 Matt Schweiker Cat 1 Men - 19-29
26 Dan McCarthy Cat 1 Men - 19-29

Bone Bender

Huge turnout at Smithville Lake trails for the 2nd annual Bone Bender.  I competed in the 6 hour solo and took 3rd in the 35+ class and 4th overall.


Ouachita Challenge

Probably my best and hardest race ever.  Finished 9th out of 250 riders in 5:15:44.  It was an awesome day.  Garmin Link

UFD Leadbelt XC

The Leadbelt XC race was this weekend.  It was a tough day with cold/muddy conditions but our team did very well.  Zdenek finished 2nd in the Marathon class on his singlespeed and I finished 3rd overall and in the Expert 30-39 class.

I did a full writeup of the race here.

Spa City 6 hour

Saturday was a great day for racing in Hot Springs, AR.  The weather was perfect and the trails were a blast to ride.  I ended up 1st in the 30-39 solo class and 9th overall.  Here's a picture of the 30-39 podium.

Syllamo's Revenge


Just signed up for Syllamo's Revenge.  This is going to be one of my A races and I'm really looking forward to it.  I love the trails there and I'm hoping that familiarity will help me with a strong finish.