AJCC had an impressive turnout at the season’s first Down Hill and Super-D events, held concurrently at Kelso Conservation Area. Seven of our eight new DH riders were on hand, in their new kit and did us proud.
Mike Andruszkiw, Kelsey Krushtl, Kyle Shultz, Monika Luebke and John Fisher Jr. competed in the Super D race on Saturday with John Jr. taking 1st in the Men Under 25 category.
In the Minime category Desmond “Pepper” Jones claimed his first podium in 3rd place with Raith Woods following him in fourth. Oskar Andersen, Logan Earhart, Dan Moriarity and Elliott Watson fought it out with 36 other riders in the cadet category. Monika Luebke had a great start to the season winning the All Female. Mike Andruszkiw and Dave Seibald placed 6th and 13th respectively in Master 30-39. Shane Joachim just missed a podium with a fourth place finish in Master 40+ followed closely by Scott Sinclair in 7th. New teamates Kris Evoy and Taylor Bruce gave us strong representation in the Junior Expert category, where we previously didn’t have any riders. Kris finished 4th and Taylor a respectable 14th. John “The Fish” Fisher added another medal to his rather large collection with a 2nd place finish in Senior Expert with less than half a second separating 1st and 2nd. Steven Gauci was there to represent us in the tough Senior Elite field.
It was great to see our team bond over the weekend with new riders fitting right in. Look to see the team in action at Horseshoe on May 29-30.
Logan Earhart flying down the course at 2010 DH OCup #1 (Kelso)