Aaron Gwin, Jackie Harmony Win 2012 U.S. National Champs Downhill - Results

Trek World Racing's Aaron Gwin is your new USA National Champ! He stayed upright this year and took it by 3.16 seconds over his US teammate, Neko Mulally. Yeti Cycles pinner Eliot Jackson came in at 3rd, and last year's National Champ, Logan Binggeli took 4th.
Pro Men Results
1...Aaron Gwin...Temecula, CA...02:10.0
2...Neko Mulally...Reading, PA...02:13.2
3...Eliot Jackson...Westlake Village, CA...02:16.8
4...Logan Binggeli...Saint George, UT...02:17.2
5...Kevin Littlefield...Auburn, WA...02:18.3
6...Cody Warren...Alpine, CA...02:18.4
7...Gavin Vaughan...Sharon, VT...02:19.8
8...Austin Warren...Alpine, CA...02:20.1
9...Ethan Quehl...Grayson, GA...02:20.6
10...Kevin Aiello...Rancho Santa Margarita, CA...02:20.7
11...Jason Memmelaar...Chester, NY...02:21.0
12...Duncan Riffle...Santa Barbara, CA...02:21.3
13...Philip Wheeler...Aurora, CO...02:24.1
14...Bradley Benedict...Morgan Hill, CA...02:24.3
15...Austin Hackett Klaube...Dillon, CO...02:24.6
16...Curtis Keene...Fremont, CA...02:24.9
17...Cody Johnson...San Diego, CA...02:25.1
18...Arthur Babcock...Fulton, NY...02:26.7
19...Samuel Pensler...Chevy Chase, MD...02:26.9
20...Jason Scheiding...Beacon, NY...02:28.3
21...Max Morgan...Duluth, GA...02:29.6
22...Kyle Thomas...Bellevue, WA...02:29.8
23...Brandan Bohl...Livermore, CA...02:30.2
24...Logan Mulally...Reading, PA...02:30.3
25...Nate Furbee...Los Osos, CA...02:30.3
26...Michael Haderer...Concord, CA...02:30.5
27...Leland O'Connor...Ithaca, NY...02:30.8
28...Jordan Newth...West Rutland, VT...02:30.9
29...David Flynn...Shrewsbury, MA...02:31.4
30...Hugh Taylor...Candler, NC...02:31.9
31...Alexandre Couture...Conway, NH...02:33.0
32...Christopher Mari...Somers Ny...02:33.2
33...Heikki Hall...Durango, CO...02:33.2
34...Greg Nelson...Marion, NC...02:33.5
35...Ryan Condrashoff...Larkspur, CA...02:35.0
36...Trevor Parson...Everson, WA...02:35.9
37...Ben Calhoun...Pittsboro, NC...02:36.5
38...Tim Mangini...Benicia, CA...02:36.9
39...Michael Buell...Nederland, CO...02:38.2
40...Benedict Treglia...York, PA...02:38.5
41...Burke Saunders...Great Falls, VA...02:38.7
42...Jacob Hinlicky...Keedysville, MD...02:39.2
43...Geritt Beytagh...Fletcher, NC...02:39.5
44...Daniel Godard...Austin Tx...02:40.5
45...Tyler Gilsdorf...Sammamish, WA...02:40.8
46...Alex McAndrew...East Hardwick, VT...02:41.3
47...Brian Buell...Jamestown, CO...02:41.5
48...Graeme Pitts...Nevada City, CA...02:43.0
49...Christopher Canfield...Layton, UT...02:52.6
50...Kyle Hogan...Arroyo Grande, CA...02:54.4
51...Dante Harmony...Sedona, AZ...03:09.2
52...Kenneth (Chuck) Pitts...Mcdonough, GA...03:16.0
53...Wesley Boucher...Hamilton, VA...03:16.2
54...Ben Furbee...Los Osos, CA...03:40.5

Jackie Harmony came through in the ladies field, backing up her killer seeding run and besting Melissa Buhl by nearly 10 seconds for the win.
Pro Women Results
1...Jacqueline Harmony...Sedona, AZ...02:36.6
2...Melissa Buhl...Chandler, AZ...02:45.9
3...Jaime Rees...Spokane, WA...02:53.5
4...Lauren Daney...Stafford, VA...02:56.3
5...Katie Holden...Scotts Valley, CA...03:00.2
6...Katelyn Parhiala...Arlington, MA...03:12.2
7...Taylor Allison...Roxbury, NY...03:14.2
8...Rae Gandolf...Zanesville, OH...03:24.0
9...Elinor Wesner...Wappingers Falls, NY...03:24.2
10...Amber Price...Westminster, CO...03:53.0
Check back later for a gallery recapping the day's events. It was a good one!





maximumradness
7/23/2012 11:44 AM
fuck yeah little feild! we changin that name to big fucking feild!
erik saunders
7/22/2012 10:53 PM
Good job sam pensler in the top 20
Eddie_Banuelos
7/22/2012 10:18 PM
9 out of the top twenty from cali , dam
sspomer
7/22/2012 10:07 PM
factory phil, 13th. noice.
SpiritoftheWolf
7/22/2012 8:06 PM
Congrats to Kevin Littlefield. Jr beating most of the pro men's field. Off to world champs for this junior!
sideshow
7/22/2012 6:26 PM
I think I'm most pumped for Elliot's kickass 3rd, and Gavin Vaughan's 7th!
sideshow
7/22/2012 6:24 PM
I think I'm most pumped for Elliot! That's awesome!
Josh_Swanke
7/22/2012 6:19 PM
Thanks
Brian_Still
7/22/2012 6:14 PM
What happened to Strobel?
Pininator
7/22/2012 6:20 PM
According to his Facebook, big crash...he's not sure how/why he's still alive. Glad he's ok!
Brian_Still
7/22/2012 6:26 PM
I'm glad he's ok, but gutted for him.
thom9719
7/23/2012 2:13 AM
A gust of wind caught him off the high speed drop at the top of the course and he went down.