March 03, 2012 (Dripping Springs, TX) – Canadian mountain bikers Catharine Pendrel of Kamloops, BC (Team Luna Pro) and Max Plaxton of Victoria, BC (Team Specialized), both defending Canadian MTB champions, took the first place of the Pro UCI MTB race at the Mellow Johnny’s Classic, the opening race of the USA Pro XCT Race Series down near Austin, Texas.

Pendrel is the current World Champion in women’s mountain biking, while Plaxton won the overall season rankings of the 2011 USA ProXCT series.

Plaxton has won for the third consecutive time the men’s Pro race at the Mellow Johnny’s Classic.

Geoff Kabush of Courtenay, BC, who recently switched cycling teams to race for SCOTT-3RoxRacing, finished second, while Derek Zandstra of Trenton, ON, and who also races for SCOTT-3RoxRacing took the fourth place.

Emily Batty of Brooklin, Ontario, riding for Team Subaru-Trek, placed eighth of the women’s field.

Results

Elite Women 

1. Catherine Pendrel (Team Luna Chix)  1:12:56
2. Judy Freeman (Crankbrothers Race Club)  0:44
3. Monique Mata (Sho-Air/Specialized)  1:16
4. Katie Compton (Giant RaboBank Team)  1:27
5. Georgia Gould (Luna Pro Team)  1:42
6. Lea Davison (Specialized Racing)  2:21
7. Heather Irmiger (Subaru/Trek)  3:14
8. Emily Batty (Subaru-Trek)  3:34
9. Chloe Woodruff (Crankbrothers Race Club 11)  4:29
10. Amanda Sin (Scott-3 Rox Racing)  6:59
11. Daniela Chavz  7:56
12. Mariske Strauss (Pepper Palace.Spin-Tech Training p/b ABR)  8:02
13. Zephanie Blasi (WXC World Racing)  8:20
14. Sarah Kaufmann (Stan’s No Tube Elite Women’s Team)  8:28
15. Erica Tingey (Kuhl/Rocky Mountain)  8:32
16. Sage Wilderman (Kenda/Felt)  9:29
17. Erin Huck (Tokyo Joes)  0:11:37
18. Lisa Uranga (PACC)  0:11:57
19. Christina Gokey-Smith (Colonels/Sho-Air)  0:13:22
20. Meghan Korol (Pepper Palace.Spin-Tech Training p/b ABR)  0:14:44
21. Haley Smith (Team Canada)  0:16:22
22. Melanie Long (Tough Girl/ Scott)  0:18:16
DNF  AnnaJean Dallaire (Racin’ for Riley p/b Alderfer Bergen)
DNF  Kaila Hart (Stan’s No Tubes Elite Women’s Team)
DNF  Kelli Emmett (Giant Factory Team)

Elite Men

1. Max Plaxton (Specialized Racing)  1:16:22
2. Geoff Kabush (Scott-3Rox)  0:43
3. Todd Wells (Specialized Racing)  2:05
4. Derek Zandstra (Scott-3 Rox Racing)  3:10
5. Sam Schultz (Subaru-Trek)  3:50
6. Jeremiah Bishop (Cannondale Factory Racing)  3:51
7. Adam Craig (Giant Rabo Bank)  4:35
8. Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Subaru-Trek)  4:44
9. Spencer Paxson (Team S&M)  5:01
10. Brendon Davids (Sho-Air/Specialized)  5:02
11. Ryan Woodall (Top Gear Bicycles/MTFmx.com)  5:24
12. Jason Sager (Team Jamis)  5:28
13. Colin Cares (Kenda/Felt)  5:34
14. Cameron Jette (Scott-3 Rox Racing)  5:58
15. Russell Finsterwald (Subaru-Trek)  6:01
16. Carl Decker (Giant Factory Team)  6:26
17. Raphael Gagne (Rocky Mountain Factory)  6:51
18. Evan Guthrie (Team Canada)  7:04
19. Kris Sneddon (Kona)  7:23
20. Victor Alber (Super Cool Bike Shop/American Classic)  7:34
21. Howard Grotts (Specialized)  7:36
22. Adam Morka (Trek Canada)  7:43
23. TJ Woodruff (Momtentum Endurance Arizona Cyclist)  7:44
24. Payson McElveen (Rock Mountain Chocolate Factory Devo)  7:53
25. Bryan Alders (Epic Pro Cycling Team)  8:08
26. Seamus Powell (Giant-Mid Atlantic MTB Team)  8:36
27. Ben Bostrom (Sho-Air/Specialized)  8:57
28. Cody Canning (Trek Red Truck p/b Mosaic Homes)  8:58
29. Zachary Valdez (Whole Athlete-Specialized)  9:15
30. Tyson Wagler (SCOTT-3RoxRacing)  9:16
31. Andy Schultz (Kenda-Felt)  9:58
32. Macky Franklin (Orbea Tuff Shed)  0:14
33. Bryan Fawley (Orbea Tuff Shed)  0:10:11
34. Matt Gordon (Team Cycle Progression)  0:10:24
35. Kerry Werner (BMC Mountainbike Development Team USA)  0:10:43
36. Robert Marion (American Classic/Xpedo p/b Max)  0:10:54
37. Brennan Wodtli  0:11:11
38. Rotem Ishay (Team Jamis)  0:11:13
39. Kalan Beisel (Orbea Tuff Shed)  0:11:14
40. Blake Harlan (Ya Gotta Giv’r)  0:11:36
41. Drew Edsall (Kenda-Felt)  0:11:39
42. Graham Aldredge (Specialized/Carmichael Training Systems)  0:11:49
43. Chris Drummond (Bike One Racing)  0:11:50
44. Evan McNeely (Team Canada)  0:12:18
45. JT Cody (Bicycle Heaven)  0:12:19
46. Cole Oberman (Breakawaybikes.com)  0:12:57
47. Tony Smith (Whole Athlete-Specialized)  0:13:00
48. Lucas Brusseau (Athletes on Track/Subaru/Sun & Ski)  0:13:49
49. Stephen Dempsey  0:13:51
50. Jordan Kahlenberg (GIANT Mid-Atlantic Off-Road Team)  0:14:07
51. Kevin Bradford-Parish (Unattached)  0:14:08
52. Craig Wohlschlaeger (The Hub Bicycle Shop)  0:14:31
53. Hadji Corona (Ra Racing Apparel)  0:14:51
54. Rick Wetherald (Athletes On Track)  0:15:00
55. John Nobil (Bear Valley Bikes)  0:15:03
56. Scott Henry (Chicken and Waffles)  0:15:56
57. Travis Glysson (AZ Devo)  0:16:32
58. Jack Hinkens (BMC Mountainbike Development Team USA)  0:16:38
59. David Hanes (Ride Away Bicycles)  0:16:40
60. Craig Kunz (Team Bicycle Sport Shop)  0:18:49
61. Matt Miller (Giant Mid-Atlantic Off-Road Team)  0:20:19
62. Frank Webber (Orbea Tuff-Shed)  0:20:59
63. Felix Wilberg (Cyclemeisters/Bow Cycle)  0:21:35
DNF  Alex Vasquez (Team Tilson Homes)
DNF  Keith Hargis (RBM/Matrix)
DNF  Brent Steinberg (Livetrainrace.com)
DNF  Wiley Mosley (Team Super Awesome)
DNF  Aaron Elwell (TwinSix)
DNF  Rich Weis (Trek-Subaru)
DNF  Ernie Watenpaugh (Peloton/Specialized)