National Championships

As much as I'd like to have gone to Mt Snow in Vermont, I couldn't because of the France trip. Sam and I are hoping we can make the championships next year. But here is the rundown on the Midwest representation we had there this weekend.
Pro-
Jeff Hall was the top midwesterner taking 9th place.
Mike Simonson who is a powerhouse from MI came in 24th
Jay Richards took 35th place which s pretty good for his age and the amount of stress he has to carry each week at the resort fittng in a workout when he can.
TJ Woodruff pulled in a respectable 38th
Paul Hanson ended up with a dnf

Pro Women-
Jena Zander and Kyia Malenkovich came in 12th and 14th respectively.

semi-pro-
Mike Phillips from WI tore the course up and brought home the coveted stars and stripes jersey.
Chris Pearsio also from WI took 7th
Jesrin Grier was there but I couldn't find his placement

The Young Guns-
Ben Moore the brother of MN series champion Brendan Moore suffered from an early mechanical and struggled to come in 29th among the U23 class
Fellow training companion Eric Thompson was aiming to take home a stars and stripes jersey himself but came in 14th in the Jr Expert class for the xc race; however, the next day at the stxc event he succeeded and will be sporting one of those fancy red white and blue jersey's.
Jake Richards (Jay Richards son) fought hard in th jr 13-14 class but had some mechanical difficulty towards the end and came in a close 2nd place.

I hope I didn't miss anyone but that is a great showing by alot of the top midwesterners. I'd read there blogs for some interesting stories.Good work everyone