Race Information
This year's race will feature a multiple lap cross country mountain bike course designed by Don Powers and Joe Malone. The race course is approximately 17 miles for Expert Men, Singlespeed, Vet Expert, Masters 45+ and 55+, Expert Women, Sport Men, Master's Women 40+, Sport Women, and Fat Bikes.
Beginner Men, Beginner Women, High School, Juniors, and Unicycles will complete the 8.5 mile race course.
·Day-of registration starts at 8:00 AM and closes promptly at 9:30 AM for all classes.
RACE DAY REGISTRATION: Men- $30, Women- $30, Youth-$15
Registration will be at the Olympia Shelter on Pearce Mill Road (across from the Ice Rink). The race course will be on the north ridge trail system.
Points awarded at each race: 15 points for 1st, 14 points for 2nd, 13 points for 3rd..etc.
· Helmets are required for all races.
· No headphones, IPods, MP3 players, etc… during races.
· Please arrive early to register. Registration closes 30 minutes prior to start of first race.
Race Results
| 29th Annual Month of Mud | |||||
| North Park CX | |||||
| Allison Park, PA | |||||
| Sunday, October 22, 17 | |||||
| Weather: Sunny 77° at finish | |||||
| Expert Men | |||||
| PLACE | BIB | FIRST | LAST | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | 1 | Anthony | Grinnell | Syndicate Cycling p/b Pro Bike + Run | 1:20:29 |
| 2 | 3 | Joe | Fraas | Syndicate Cycling p/b Pro Bike + Run | 1:24:44 |
| 3 | 4 | Ryan | Johnson | Pro bike + Run | 1:25:56 |
| 4 | 13 | David | Toth | UPMC/Pro Bike+Run | 1:27:24 |
| 5 | 10 | Andrew | Orischak | Flat Tire Co. | 1:30:27 |
| 6 | 26 | Nathanial | Manchin | Pro Mountain Outfitters | 1:32:25 |
| 7 | 5 | Steven | Kurpiewski | Team GPOA | 1:32:58 |
| 8 | 11 | Negley | Rodgers | 1:35:35 | |
| 9 | 14 | Steve | Bedilion | Freddie Fu | 1:36:24 |
| 10 | 15 | Todd | Harper | Nugo Racing | 1:37:05 |
| 11 | 6 | Joshua | Malone | UPMC Pro Bike and Run | 1:40:01 |
| 12 | 17 | Eric | Bergman | 1:40:48 | |
| 13 | 16 | Jason | Henze | 1:47:06 | |
| Single Speed | |||||
| PLACE | BIB | FIRST | LAST | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | 101 | James | Litzinger | Syndicate Cycling p/b Pro Bike + Run | 1:21:11 |
| 2 | 102 | Donald | Powers | UPMC Pro Bikes | 1:27:05 |
| 3 | 104 | Simon | Clark | Silverback Racing | 1:28:36 |
| 4 | 114 | Tj | Platt | Dirty Harrys | 1:28:48 |
| 5 | 113 | Aaron | Shelmire | NovaCare p/b JMac Cycling | 1:30:51 |
| 6 | 108 | Joe | Malone | UPMC Pro Bikes | 1:33:11 |
| 7 | 115 | Josh | Stough | Braap Farmers | 1:34:56 |
| 8 | 107 | Ryan | Hoehn | Ag3r-ButlerHealthSystem | 1:36:43 |
| 9 | 125 | randy | damato | 1:37:47 | |
| 10 | 110 | Jason | Prosseda | 1:40:53 | |
| 11 | 128 | Kevin | Casey | 1:43:28 | |
| 12 | 126 | Joshua | Sayre | NuGo Racing | 1:45:11 |
| 13 | 105 | Chase | Davis | THE Bad Lad | 1:52:09 |
| 14 | 127 | Nathan | Black | Ag3r-ButlerHealthSystem | 1:57:53 |
| DNF | 106 | randall | gaertner | Bear dog bicycles | |
| Vet Expert | |||||
| PLACE | BIB | FIRST | LAST | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | 209 | David | Mrkonja | SYNDICATE/Pro Bikes | 1:22:21 |
| 2 | 210 | Regis | Ricketts | Iron City Bikes/Super Relax | 1:22:57 |
| 3 | 217 | Frankie | Ross | Sette Nove | 1:27:22 |
| 4 | 202 | Joe | Fotia | FMBR | 1:28:15 |
| 5 | 227 | Mark | Nicoll | 1:36:16 | |
| 6 | 201 | Jereme | Fischer | Cycle symphony | 1:36:59 |
| 7 | 207 | Chris | Micelli | Silverback Racing | 1:39:20 |
| 8 | 226 | Tim | Carson | 1:39:47 | |
| 9 | 222 | Mike | Schultz | Dirty Harrys/highland Training | 1:42:38 |
| 10 | 208 | Kirk | Morrison | Ag3r-ButlerHealthSystem | 2:06:02 |
| DNF | 228 | Matthew | Bemardini | ||
| Expert Women | |||||
| PLACE | BIB | FIRST | LAST | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | 301 | Ryanne | Palermo | Naked Bicycles | 1:45:45 |
| 2 | 303 | Suz | Falvey | Iron City Bikes | 1:57:03 |
| Masters Sport Men 45+ | |||||
| PLACE | BIB | FIRST | LAST | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | 414 | scott | ogden | 1:36:25 | |
| 2 | 403 | Jeff | Curry | NuGo Racing | 1:37:20 |
| 3 | 440 | Jeffrey | Griffin | 1:37:22 | |
| 4 | 402 | Mike | Carpenter | 1:39:46 | |
| 5 | 415 | Douglas | Orischak | Flat Tire Company | 1:42:47 |
| 6 | 445 | Brian | Mcdonald | 1:42:24 | |
| 7 | 431 | Thomas | Prusak | 1:45:09 | |
| 8 | 417 | Eric | Smith | Silverback Racing | 1:45:51 |
| 9 | 411 | Mark | Lindsay | N+1 cycling | 1:48:05 |
| 10 | 419 | Harry | Geyer | 1:56:17 | |
| 11 | 428 | Tad | Gorske | alleghenyVELO | 1:57:11 |
| 12 | 407 | Chuck | Gurchak | Jerkface cycling | 1:57:14 |
| 13 | 404 | Brian | Debo | Debo Moving and Storage | 2:03:04 |
| 14 | 441 | Mark | Briercheck | 2:09:13 | |
| 15 | 408 | David | Hickey | Ag3r-ButlerHealthSystem | 2:13:58 |
| 16 | 442 | Brad | Kriley | 2:35:48 | |
| 17 | 443 | Brian | Trdina | 1:31:35 | |
| DNF | 444 | Edgar | Villegas | ||
| Sport Men | |||||
| PLACE | BIB | FIRST | LAST | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | 507 | David | Good | alleghenyVELO | 1:31:59 |
| 2 | 509 | Ed | Karnage | Silverback Racing | 1:36:16 |
| 3 | 516 | aaron | shafer | Snitgers | 1:36:23 |
| 4 | 524 | Robert | Weber | 1:37:37 | |
| 5 | 557 | Dennis | Patton | alleghenyVELO | 1:39:19 |
| 6 | 510 | Nathan | LaValla | Bear Dog Bicycles | 1:42:01 |
| 7 | 529 | Edward | King-Smith | iron city bikes | 1:42:33 |
| 8 | 503 | Jeffrey | Caulkins | 1:42:56 | |
| 9 | 512 | Russell | Manski | East End Cycling Club | 1:43:51 |
| 10 | 513 | Michael | Monyok | 1:46:26 | |
| 11 | 508 | Nathan | Hamm | Bear Dog Bicycles | 1:47:09 |
| 12 | 564 | David | Carulli | Beardog Bicycles | 1:48:23 |
| 13 | 565 | Mark | Hanselman | 1:48:28 | |
| 14 | 520 | Travis | Wertman | Full Pint Brewing | 1:50:05 |
| 15 | 567 | Kevin | Park | 1:50:29 | |
| 16 | 526 | Seth | Pierson | 1:50:52 | |
| 17 | 558 | Tyler | Quinn | Full Psych Adventure Team | 1:52:31 |
| 18 | 568 | Chas | Narne | 1:54:46 | |
| 19 | 561 | Eric | Schreibeis | 1:55:44 | |
| 20 | 559 | Derek | Reager | NuGo Racing | 1:56:10 |
| 21 | 566 | Ryan | Williams | Full Pint | 1:56:12 |
| 22 | 560 | Brian | Rengers | 1:56:55 | |
| 23 | 563 | Patrick | Barnes | 1:57:27 | |
| 24 | 570 | Joerg | Buttler | 2:02:19 | |
| 25 | 504 | Brion | Cooke | 2:03:21 | |
| 26 | 527 | Ian | Saracco | 2:06:02 | |
| 27 | 556 | ryan | parker | Full Pint | 2:06:58 |
| 28 | 569 | Michael | Allinder | 2:12:56 | |
| 29 | 562 | Mark | Kuzirian | 2:29:23 | |
| DNF | 528 | Marcus | McGuire | Allegheny Velo | |
| Sport Women | |||||
| PLACE | BIB | FIRST | LAST | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | 651 | Shaena Berlin | Ulissi | 1:49:09 | |
| 2 | 654 | Melissa | Hiller | 1:51:06 | |
| 3 | 655 | Sarah | Ralich | Dirty Harry's | 2:04:47 |
| 4 | 660 | Suzanne | Kinsky | 2:06:33 | |
| Grand Masters Sport Men 55+ | |||||
| PLACE | BIB | FIRST | LAST | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | 717 | Steve | Hutter | 1:36:00 | |
| 2 | 705 | Jay | Miller | 1:42:55 | |
| 3 | 702 | Joe | Fraas | Dirty Harrys | 1:43:51 |
| 4 | 722 | Donald | Hall | 1:56:44 | |
| 5 | 724 | Tom | Clayton | 2:01:09 | |
| 6 | 709 | Rich | Allen | 2:17:53 | |
| 7 | 708 | Larry | Harper | WLC | 2:20:24 |
| DNF | 723 | John | Humphrey | ||
| DNF | 719 | DAN | PALERMO | MIDNIGHT CLOWN POSSE | |
| Masters Women 40+ | |||||
| PLACE | BIB | FIRST | LAST | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | 801 | Christa | Ross | 2:03:24 | |
| 2 | 802 | Michelle | Thomas | 2:04:35 | |
| Beginner Men | |||||
| PLACE | BIB | FIRST | LAST | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | 924 | Matt | Backman | 55:28 | |
| 2 | 917 | Mitchell | Mathews | Top Gear Bicycle Shop | 55:35 |
| 3 | 951 | Alex | Dunaway | 55:38 | |
| 4 | 955 | Jeff | Pokrajac | 57:48 | |
| 5 | 907 | Chris | Juliano | 58:30 | |
| 6 | 906 | Alex | Hays | Aero Tech Designs Factory Team | 59:01 |
| 7 | 921 | Rob | Stoudt | 59:54 | |
| 8 | 918 | Matt | Petersen | 1:03:21 | |
| 9 | 959 | Ryan | Falsulkey | 1:04:21 | |
| 10 | 954 | Chris | Persic | 1:06:03 | |
| 11 | 960 | Patrick | Backman | 1:06:03 | |
| 12 | 961 | John | Swafford | 1:07:01 | |
| 13 | 957 | timothy | wolfe | 1:08:39 | |
| 14 | 904 | richard | dahlgren | Hollow Oak Coyotes | 1:10:46 |
| 15 | 905 | John | Dunn | 1:10:50 | |
| 16 | 953 | Paul | Persic | 1:11:28 | |
| 17 | 956 | Jason | Taylor | Steel City Dual Sport | 1:13;15 |
| 18 | 958 | Mark | Smith | 1:13:52 | |
| 19 | 903 | Arthur | Cain | 1:29:57 | |
| DNF | 952 | Bill | Jordan | HereForTheBeer | |
| Beginner Women | |||||
| PLACE | BIB | FIRST | LAST | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | 1007 | Sarah | Ross | 1:11:44 | |
| 2 | 1008 | Brandi | Gaertner | Bear Dog Bicycles | 1:13:27 |
| 3 | 1001 | Sharon | Leavitt | 1:14:24 | |
| Fatbike | |||||
| PLACE | BIB | FIRST | LAST | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | 1107 | Joseph A | Stroz | 1:37:01 | |
| 2 | 1110 | Ed | Stemby | 1:53:35 | |
| 3 | 1102 | Ron | Chamberlain | Trail Gorillas | 1:54:51 |
| 4 | 1105 | Tom | Talerico | 1:59:22 | |
| 5 | 1109 | bryan | routledge | ACA-Sette Nove | 2:09:39 |
| 6 | 1101 | Christopher | Camp | 2:16:09 | |
| High School | |||||
| PLACE | BIB | FIRST | LAST | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | 1202 | Conner | Ogden | 47:49 | |
| 2 | 1201 | Timber | Kriley | Pittsburgh North Composite Team NICA | 57:22 |
| 3 | 1207 | Ethan | Cadwell | 1:06:32 | |
| Juniors Under 14 | |||||
| PLACE | BIB | FIRST | LAST | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | 1324 | Noah | Petersen | 58:34 | |
| 2 | 1325 | Thomas | DeVecchis | 1:01:12 | |
| 3 | 1316 | Alex | Platt | Dirty Harrys | 1:01:49 |
| 4 | 1309 | Noah | Stoudt | Beaver County Composite Team | 1:04:19 |
| 5 | 1326 | Michael | Spadafora | 1:17:45 | |
| 6 | 1310 | Tanner | Wilson | 1:26:15 | |
| 7 | 1327 | Tom | Wolfe | 1:26:58 | |
| 8 | 1313 | Maxwell | Weiland | Honey Stinger | 1:40:01 |
| Unicycle | |||||
| PLACE | BIB | FIRST | LAST | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | 1404 | dave | krack | Butler Wobble / THICK Bikes Uni Squadron | 1:15:24 |
| 2 | 1403 | Daniel | Collins | THICK Bikes Uni Squadron | 1:19:17 |
| 3 | 1401 | Jesse | Coyne | THICK Bikes Uni Squadron | 1:33:04 |
| 4 | 1402 | Kevin | Burr | THICK Bikes Uni Squadron | 2:02:56 |
| 5 | 1405 | Tim | Slason | THICK Bikes Uni Squadron | 2:16:38 |
| MOM Head Honcho | Greta Daniels | ||||
| Course Prep / Set Up | Don Powers, Josh Malone | ||||
| Course Tear Down | Rob Riddell, Greta Daniels, Ann Burr | ||||
| Course Marshals | Greg Klaus, Kate Tipton, Jeremy Palermo, Scott Holland, Mary Moore | ||||
| Registration | Rob Riddell, Ann Burr, Bobbi Jo Truax Bywaters | ||||
| Race Official | Dennis Schlott, Nikki Berrian | ||||
