2012 USA Cycling Mountain Bike Cross-Country National Championships
Women - Pro
1. Georgia Gould (Fort Collins, Colo./LUNA PRO TEAM) 1:45:21
2. Lea Davison (Jericho, Vt./Specialized Factory Racing) 1:47:03
3. Heather Irmiger (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-Trek) 1:48:07
4. Pua Mata (Anaheim , Calif./Sho-Air) 1:49:34
5. Mary McConneloug (Chilmark, Mass./KENDA-Seven-NoTubes) 1:49:35
Professional Women's Cross-Country
The two women selected to represent the United States in the Olympic Games, Georgia Gould (Fort Collins, Colo./LUNA PRO TEAM) and Lea Davison (Jericho, Vt./Specialized Racing), also dazzled the large crowd scattered throughout Bald Mountain with their performance on Saturday. Gould, who began her mountain bike cross-country career as a resident of Ketchum, Idaho, built an early lead and did not relent as she rode away with the fourth national championship of her career.
"It's really special," Gould said of winning the national championship. "It never gets old. To be able to wear the national champion's jersey at all the races all year always makes me proud. Every time is special. It never gets old. I'm always proud to be the national champion," according to the official press release by USA Cycling.
Women - 1 - U23 - 19-22
1. Lauren Catlin (Fairfax, Calif./Durango Devo) 1:32:48
2. Deidre York (Indio, Calif./The Gear Movement-Epic Pro Cycle) 1:34:09
3. Jill Behlen (Boulder, Colo./Tokyo Joe's-Whole Foods-Primal) 1:36:02
4. Kaila Hart (Durango, Colo./NO TUBES ELITE WOMENS RACING) 1:36:24
5. Katie Sodergren (Breckenridge, Colo./Tokyo Joe's-Whole Foods-Primal) 1:39:57
Women - 1 - Junior - 17-18
1. Grace Alexander (Boise, Idaho/MTB PRO Team: BMC Mountainbike Development Team) 1:07:46
2. Shayna Powless (Roseville, Calif./MTB PRO Team: BMC Mountainbike Development Team) 1:09:01
3. Kate Courtney (Kentfield, Calif./Whole Athlete-Specialized) 1:10:33
4. Josie Nordrum (Corte Madera, Calif./Whole Athlete-Specialized) 1:11:24
5. Kaylee Blevins (Durango, Colo./Durango Devo) 1:11:38
Women - 1 - Junior - 15-16
1. India Waller (Durango, Colo./Durango Devo) 1:14:36
2. Tiziana DeHorney (Albuquerque, N.M./Get Out! New Mexico) 1:18:03
3. Ksenia Lepikhina (Boulder, Colo./BJC-Tokyo Joe's Junior Development) 1:18:49
Women - 1 - Junior - 13-14
1. Haley Batten (Park City, Utah) 49:47
2. Hailey Swirbul (Carbondale, Colo.) 49:54
3. Mina Anderberg (Louisville, Colo./T.E.A.M. Fuji) @1Lap
4. Emma Drummond (Springdale, Ark./Bell & Company Mountain Biking) @1Lap
5. Camryn Sippy (Durango, Colo./Durango Devo) @1Lap
Women - 1 - Junior - 11-12
1. Katie Clouse (Park City, Utah/Cole Sport) 43:22
2. Abigail Youngwerth (Boise, Idaho/BYRDS (Boise Young Rider Dev Squad) 45:57
3. Elle Williams (Big Bear City, Calif.) 47:00
4. Morgan Fortin (Albuquerque, N.M./Goathead Jr. Devo) @1Lap
5. Phoebe Dunn (Chino Valley, Ariz./Absolute Bikes Team) @1Lap
Women - 1 - Junior - 1-10
1. Sydney Palmerleger (Park City, Utah) 36:19
2. Lauren Bingham (Sandy, Utah/DNA Cycling-UT) 38:34
