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March 06, 2012 - Team BGB-Mountain Khakis Press Release

First Ride of the Season at a SE Classic - Clemson Freeride

While all the Northerners and Westerners still have a month or so of white stuff keeping the cob webs on the DH

bikes, its a different story for this Southeast based team. You can always count on kicking off the season right with

what has become a classic at Clemson Freeride thrown by a handful and orange purple yielding (Clemson) Tigers.

The Clemson spring race has become synonymous with being wet and nasty, so what did old Mother Nature have

in store for riders this year after the strangest Winters on record? Well, I know this rider was glued to the local

weather Doppler radar all day prior and all night before the race. This year would turn out to be no different;

mother nature yet again delivered what some call the Clemson curse. Or did it?

Practice kicked off bright and early, just 3 hours after the rains had stopped. Less than a handful of riders braved

the trail and Clemsons raw wooden features that early in the morning. First impressions all around, Man that

stuff is uber slick!! Early in the day, before everything had time to dry out, fellow rider Drew Dickson blew his

knee out on the Great Wall Ride Healing Vibes Bro! After that, it was hit that wall at speed at your own risk.

As time went on, something strange began to happen. Things got much better which really surprised pretty

much everybody. Clemson is just 19 miles or so from the GA/SC state line and has lots of that infamous Georgia

clay. That stuff can hold some serious water! But, by the time the first rider, Josh Standish, was released the course

was all but perfect. Junior Team BGB-MK Rider Aaron Bartlett was the second out of the gate posting a time of

1:38.5 on his first run. Followed by the ladies and Team BGB-MK Rider Heither Schultz, the Sport class including

Team Riders, Jay Guidry and Andy Pavlica, with the Expert/Pro Class with Team Rider Max Morgan. Each rider was

given two runs with the better of the two establishing podium positions. Team BGB-MK results can be seen below.

Overall, the event was a ball of fun. Turnout was lower than expected due to the wacky weather the day before,

but those that were turned off. You all really missed excellent trail conditions. Thanks to Richard Demile, Garth

Maree, and all the unknown soldiers from the Clemson Freeride group for another great season opener.

Shout out to all our sponsors kicking it this season: Mountain Khakis, Billy Goat Bikes, Rocky Mountain Bicycles,

Loaded Precision Components, Black Market Bikes, Feedback Sports, Smith Optics, Zerode Bicycles, POC Sports,

Suspension Experts.

Official Results:

Junior:

1st

Josh Standish 01:34.6

2nd

Aaron Bartlett 01:35.9 Team BGB-Mountain Khakis

3rd

Seth Parker 01:41.0

4th

Michael Kane 01:42.9

5th

Ben Richter 02:07.3

Women:

1st

Katie Nolan 01:49.9

2nd

Caroline Westray 01:55.5

3rd

Heither Schultz 02:03.0 Team BGB-Mountain Khakis

4th

Madison Capps 02:05.5

Beginner:

1st

Clealan Watts 01:32.0

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2nd

Tim Anderson 01:38.0

3rd

Corey Willard 01:43.4

4th

Tyler Funk 01:46.4

5th

Matt Lin 01:46.8

6th

Christopher Dufre 01:48.6

7

th

Preston Dieriekx 01:55.08

th Rob Applegate 01:55.6

Sport:

1st

Jimmy Awad 01:27.0

2nd

Zach Gang 01:31.5

3rd

Chris Zangas 01:31.8

4th

Jay Guidry 01:33.2 Team BGB-Mountain Khakis

5th

Matt Creel 01:33.8

6th

Aaron Ingram 01:38.0

7th

James Burkhart 01:38.5

8th

Riley Cooper 01:38.79

th Edwin Cowan 01:40.7

10th

Kent Moody 01:42.3

11th

Dereck Simmons 01:43.6

12th

Michael Caswell 01:47.0

13th

Andy Pavlica 02:03.1

14th

Michael Henson 02:03.2

Expert:

1st

Jay Fesperman 01:21.7

2nd

Cecil Linder 01:23.7

3rd Ben Calhoun 01:24.24

th Max Morgan 01:25.2 Team BGB-Mountain Khakis

5th

Mike Duckworth 01:26.4

6th

Nick Gragtmans 01:26.7

7th

Will Murray 01:28.4

8th

Andy Richter 01:29.0

9th

JT Linville 01:29.7

10th

David Medina 01:30.2

11th

Butch Greene 01:30.4

12th

Trey Cassel 01:30.6

13th

Jason Lohmeyer 01:30.7

14th Richard Pedigo 01:31.2

15th

Dave Davidson 01:31.3

16th

Nathan Swartz 01:33.4

17th

Jerry Mailloux 01:33.9

18th

Derek Maiden 01:34.2

19th

Eric Velt 01:35.5

20th

Justin Rush 01:36.9

21st

Brendan Banville 01:49.6