Mt. Diablo Hill Climb Time Trial - JPS Finale - Three Podiums!

The Junior Points Series (JPS) concluded this weekend with the Mt. Diablo Hill Climb, a 10 km time trial that went up to the first ranger station on Mt. Diablo. The weather was perfect - clear and sunny, with some wind, but not too hot.

We had a small AC contingent racing, with Skyler holding up the Junior 13-14 crew, and Bjorn and Bob representing the Junior 15-16 group. I raced the Men's 45+ group as well, though all the boys were significantly faster ;-)

We were fortunate that Katie Fox brought their Sprinter, which provided the boys a place to hang out, and listen to teeth-rattling bass:

Hanging out with Katie in the Sprinter

First out was Skyler, who attacked the course, and won his first podium - First Place for the season-ending race, with a 34:55.3 finish time. Podium #1.

Skyler Taylor - First Place - Junior 13-14

Bjorn and Bob headed out to do battle against the usual suspects in the 15-16 group, and finished in 6th and 7th places respectively. Their times were pretty fast (31:16.9 and 31:47.8), but Torey Phillip from the Davis Bike Club finished with a 28:23.

Bob in the starting box, ready to head out on the first rollers.

The boys return from the top of the hill to find out about their results.

The Junior Points series ended with this race, and the points for all the contenders were added up. We had two AC Junior racers finish on the podium - Spence Peterson took 2nd Place overall for Junior 13-14, after a hard-fought battle with Dylan Drummond (who Skyler beat on the hill climb). Spence missed the First Place finish by the slimmest of margins. Spence had to attend a wedding back East, so he wasn't there to collect his bag of winner's schwag (don't worry - we have it for you Spence!). Podium #2.

Bjorn Fox took Fourth Place in the Junior 15-16 category - against a VERY strong field of competitors and beating out the fifth place finisher by about one point! Podium #3.

Bjorn Fox - Fourth Place - Junior Points Series - Boys 15-16

Congratulations to all the winners for a strong JPS season - this shows lots of promise for the coming year, when we'll have boys in the 15-16, and the 17-18 categories. Should be an interesting year ahead!

Final Race Results at http://www.c4racing.org/www/results/diablo9.html

JPS Series Results here

More Photos here