Ore to Shore Mountain
Bike Epic
Diane Ursu, August 14, 2008
Eight Red Jackets
headed down to Marquette last weekend for the Ore to
Shore Epic mountain bike race. Ryan Labar gave a stellar
performance with a 6th place age group finish, coming
in 67th overall. Pat Szubielak tackled the Hard Rock,
once again, finishing in 17th place in his veteran age
group, and James Bialas crossed the finish line in 27th
place with his usual determination.
Bruce Pletka
rolled into 4th place for his age group in the Soft
Rock 28-mile race and Chris Lehto was in 10th. Terry
Kinzel was beaming as he crossed the finish line to
snag 24th in his age group..
It was the Red Jacket – Bluesky Health women, however,
who made their podium debuts in the Soft Rock. Tammi
Lehto brought home 2nd place and Diane Ursu 3rd, both
women finishing in the top 25 of the Women's Division
with 199 racers.
The Red Jacket - BlueSky Health team is back on familiar
turf this weekend and will be lining up at the 3rd Annual
Great Deer
Chase in Calumet.