McClendon & Burch win National Gravity Calendar races at Yee-Ha!

Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar May 11, 2009 McClendon and Burch win Yee-Ha! Sean McClendon (Ventura, Calif.) made the trip across the country to win the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar's third event, the Massanutten Yee-Ha! in Virginia. McClendon only finished less than a second ahead of 16-year old Neko Mulally (Redding, Pa./Specialized) in the downhill event. Allegra Burch (Patterson, N.Y./Velo Bella) came out on top of the pro women's race at Massanutten Resort. Click here for complete results from all of Saturday's races at the Yee-Ha! With the third of eight events on the 2009 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar complete, Keene and Holden currently lead the standings. The 2009 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar standings are as follows: Men's Standings 1. Curtis Keene (Freemont, Calif.) 75 2. Luck Strobel (Renton, Wash./Maxxis) 60 3. Ryan Condrashoff (Colorado Springs, Colo./X-Fusion-Intense) 50 4. Andrew Mitchell (CAN) 40 5. Dan Atherton (GBR) 30 5. Sean McClendon (Ventura, Calif.) 30 5. Joey Schusler (Boulder, Colo./Yeti-Fox Shox) 30 Women's Standings 1. Katie Holden (Kirkland, Wash.) 75 2. Kathy Pruitt (Santa Cruz, Calif./Jamis) 60 3. Katrina Strand (CAN) 50 4. Darian Harvey (Durango, Colo.) 45 5. Abagail Hippely (Aptos, Calif.) 40     *For complete 2009 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar men's standings, click here and click here for complete women's standings. The next event on the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar and the Pro Gravity Tour (Pro GRT) will be the Chile Challenge in Angel Fire, N.M., May 23-25. *Photo courtesy Ian McAlexander/Massanutten Resort. Back to top About the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar Created in 2006 to increase opportunities for competitors and race promoters alike, the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar consists of eight mountain bike races across six states and represents the most prestigious collection of off-road gravity events in the nation. The calendar employs a season-long rankings system that results in an overall men’s and women’s champion at the end of the year. The calendar’s winners are recognized by the mountain bike community as the best Gravity riders on American soil. Recognized as the top national-level gravity mountain bike calendar in the country, the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar features all disciplines of gravity racing, including Downhill, Dual Slalom, 4-Cross and Super D. For more information on the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar, visit www.usacycling.org/mbnc, or to become a part of the nation’s premier Gravity mountain bike calendar, contact USA Cycling Mountain Bike Events and Program Director, Kelli Lusk at 719-434-4285 or klusk@usacycling.org.

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