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2008 KING OF THE MOUNTAINS CENTURY CHALLENGE
FINAL RESULTS

Congratulations to all Official Finishers of this third edition of the Planet Ultra King of the Mountains Century Challenge. 148 dedicated and strong riders completed all three of the toughest Southern California Centuries: Mulholland Challenge, Breathless Agony and Heartbreak Hundred - 3 Days, 323 Miles, 30,800 feet of climbing! Completing any one of these rides is a huge accomplishment in and of itself. Riding all three... well, all we can say is, "We Salute You!!!"

All finishers received the exclusive Planet Ultra 2008 King of the Mountains finisher socks, and earned the right to wear the coveted Official Finisher jersey, shorts and vests. For the first time this year, we're also offering our women finishers a "Queen" of the Mountains Official Finisher kit. To order the King of the Mountains gear, click here. For the Queen of the Mountains gear, click here.

Thanks to our product sponsors, the first place finishers each received a VDO Wireless Altimeter/Cyclometer; the second place finishers received a $50 gift certificate from  Hammer Nutrition, and the third place finishers received a  Detours seat bag.

And the winners are:
Women:
1st Place - Kris Jones, Aliso Viejo, CA, Total Time 24:10
2nd Place - Amber Dennison, Glendora, CA, Total Time 24:35
3rd Place - Lara Swanson, Las Vegas, NV, Total Time 24:47

50+ Women:
1st Place - Elizabeth Bernucci, Manhattan Beach, CA, Total Time 24:20
2nd Place - Lauren White, Oak Park, CA, Total Time 25:11
3rd Place - Sharon Ignarro, Beverly Hills, CA, Total Time 25:13

Men:
1st Place - Kevin McNulty, Ramona, CA, Total Time 16:55 (A New Record!)
2nd Place - Christopher McAllister, Goleta, CA, Total Time 16:59
3rd Place - Steve Catena, Torrance, CA, Total Time 18:08

50+ Men:
1st Place - Michael Lind, Huntington Beach, CA, Total Time 18:02 (A New Record!)
2nd Place - James Bowles, Manhattan Beach, CA, Total Time 19:06
3rd Place - Bruce Beattie, Las Vegas, NV, Total Time 20:17

Records were smashed in the Mens categories! Kevin McNulty took 57 minutes off the prior record - and Michael Lind broke the record by 14 minutes. Way to go guys!

Special kudos to our most senior finisher, Paul Furiosi, who's 66 years young. (The oldest finisher ever is still Skip Nevell, who was 72 when he completed the KOM.) We'd also like to give special mention to our youngest finisher ever, Sam Dubin, who's only 16! Sam was actually the only finisher under 20; and one of only two finishers under 30!!!

Ride Stats:
148 Total Official Finishers
19 Women (11 under 50; 8 50+)
122 Men (77 under 50, 45 50+)
7 Double Century Riders who finished without final combined times
(We purposefully ordered each rider's "Place" without skipping numbers after there was a tie. Most riders care more about where their time fell in the rankings of other times, as opposed to what "Place" they took based on how races would place finishers. So please don't email us to let us know we made a mistake.)

Women:

Last Name First Name City State Age   Mulholland Breathless Heartbreak Combined Place
Jones Kris Aliso Viejo CA 45 F 10:09 6:42 7:19 24:10:00 1
Dennison Amber Glendora CA 38 F 10:05 7:13 7:17 24:35:00 2
Swanson Lara Las Vegas NV 38 F 9:35 7:19 7:53 24:47:00 3
Elliott Linda 29 Palms CA ??? F 9:50 7:26 8:11 25:27:00 4
Ricafort Christina Huntington Bch CA 48 F 10:04 7:43 8:00 25:47:00 5
Ashcraft Karen Ventura CA 47 F 10:35 7:31 7:50 25:56:00 6
Hicks Linda Riverside CA 45 F 11:08 8:23 8:17 27:48:00 7
Johnson Karen Thousand Oaks CA 40 F 10:39 8:34 8:51 28:04:00 8
Rebs Jennifer Queen Creek AZ 44 F 11:51 8:41 8:43 29:15:00 9
Westphal Karla Mission Viejo CA 37 F 11:15 8:53 9:14 29:22:00 10
Sadikoff Melissa Irvine CA 36 F 11:18 8:41 10:08 30:07:00 11

50+ Women:

Last Name First Name City State Age   Mulholland Breathless Heartbreak Combined Place
Bernucci Elizabeth Manhattan Beach CA 51 F 9:47 7:08 7:25 24:20:00 1
White Lauren Oak Park CA 50 F 10:06 7:26 7:39 25:11:00 2
Ignarro Sharon Beverly Hills CA 52 F 9:26 7:13 8:34 25:13:00 3
Cobble Gloria Altadena CA 50 F 10:04 7:37 7:59 25:40:00 4
Nicholls Shari Valencia CA 59 F 10:32 7:32 8:01 26:05:00 5
Haussler Elise Huntington Beach CA 50 F 10:28 8:56 9:04 28:28:00 6
La'O Debbie Ventura CA 51 F 11:38 8:55 9:20 29:53:00 7
Delasaux Joan Lemon Grove CA 57 F 12:00 9:30 9:40 31:10:00 8

Men:

Last Name First Name City State Age   Mulholland Breathless Heartbreak Combined Place
McNulty Kevin Ramona CA 44   6:54 4:49 5:12 16:55:00 1
McAllister Christopher Goleta CA 35   6:54 4:40 5:25 16:59:00 2
Catena Steve Torrance CA 46   6:54 5:06 6:08 18:08:00 3
Murray Eric Los Gatos CA 48   7:38 5:13 5:53 18:44:00 4
Herzog Steven Tucson AZ 48   7:38 5:21 5:51 18:50:00 5
Yula Robert Santa Ana CA 38   7:31 5:29 5:51 18:51:00 6
Pavelka Mark Oceanside CA 46   7:24 5:21 6:13 18:58:00 7
McCormick John Corona CA 46   7:41 5:30 6:11 19:22:00 8
Green Michael Newport Beach CA 42   7:54 5:36 6:05 19:35:00 9
Lewis Dave Torrance CA 47   7:49 5:44 6:13 19:46:00 10
Kon Dedrick Los Angeles CA 31   7:38 5:45 6:26 19:49:00 11
Crofford John Huntington Beach CA 37   8:07 5:34 6:21 20:02:00 12
Duffy Andrew Porter Ranch CA 42   8:04 5:42 6:23 20:09:00 13
Cary Jaycee Playa Del Rey CA 42   8:27 5:32 6:14 20:13:00 14
Saunders John Newhall CA 45   8:11 5:38 6:44 20:33:00 15
Brady Patrick Redondo Beach CA 45   8:27 6:07 6:14 20:48:00 16
Ramirez Frank Riverside CA 43   8:15 6:06 6:34 20:55:00 17
Reed James Rancho Palos Verdes CA 47   8:58 5:45 6:24 21:07:00 18
Ziobro Mark Rancho Palos Verdes CA 45   8:31 6:04 6:43 21:18:00 19
Biddinger Scott Aliso Viejo CA 45   8:29 6:27 6:45 21:41:00 20
Wells Glen Placentia CA 44   8:36 6:08 7:11 21:55:00 21
Shirazi Desmund Manhattan Beach CA 44   8:45 6:38 6:55 22:18:00 22
Rybicki Adam Rancho Palos Verdes CA 46   8:30 6:35 7:17 22:22:00 23
Blue Keevin Huntington Beach CA 41   9:05 6:20 7:18 22:43:00 24
Margheritis Luis Canyon Country CA 41   9:42 6:26 6:38 22:46:00 25
Beaudry Stephane San Diego CA 37   9:10 6:24 7:13 22:47:00 26
Picciuto B. Anthony Lindsay CA 47   8:47 6:44 7:19 22:50:00 27
Fuller Jim Riverside CA 44   9:16 6:34 7:05 22:55:00 28
Crider Wilson Corona CA 40   9:49 6:19 6:51 22:59:00 29
Evers Dean Riverside CA 45   9:18 6:47 6:57 23:02:00 30
Tuazon Russell Valencia CA 30   8:17 8:05 6:53 23:15:00 31
Davis Scott Long Beach CA 38   9:39 6:46 7:05 23:30:00 32
Amaya Thomas Fresno CA 44   9:24 7:09 7:06 23:39:00 33
McClung Matt Highland CA 38   9:28 6:46 7:27 23:41:00 34
Casino Joseph Los Angeles CA 37   9:36 6:46 7:20 23:42:00 35
Smith Geoff Moorpark CA 39   9:53 6:50 7:09 23:52:00 36
Altshuler Thomas Newbury Park CA 47   10:07 6:56 7:12 24:15:00 37
Betancourt Nicholas Newbury Park CA 24   9:56 7:09 7:21 24:26:00 38
Ikehara Ronald Cerritos CA 47   10:08 6:52 7:26 24:26:00 39
Hinton Perez Los Angeles CA 41   9:18 7:26 7:51 24:35:00 40
Dubin Sam Beverly Hills CA 16   9:57 7:12 7:43 24:52:00 41
Signor Bart Alta Loma CA 45   9:43 7:25 7:46 24:54:00 42
Eklund Don Yorba Linda CA 46   10:02 7:46 7:19 25:07:00 43
Petrie Doug Vista CA 39   10:11 7:17 7:51 25:19:00 44
Smith Mark Lompoc CA 41   10:05 7:26 7:49 25:20:00 45
May Neil Irvine CA 49   10:15 7:42 7:46 25:43:00 46
Amende Brian Costa Mesa CA 31   10:41 7:27 7:45 25:53:00 47
Sorensen Steve Santa Clarita CA 46   10:28 7:39 7:53 26:00:00 48
Quijano Abdon Rowland Heights CA 46   10:50 7:42 7:32 26:04:00 49
Riley Henry North Hills CA 49   10:24 8:20 7:24 26:08:00 50
Lundgren Paul La Canada CA 48   10:40 7:47 7:42 26:09:00 51
Malget Jimmy San Diego CA 33   10:22 7:38 8:09 26:09:00 51
Esqueda Michael Beaumont CA 39   10:23 7:39 8:08 26:10:00 52
Ochoa Richard Perris CA 31   10:32 7:44 8:00 26:16:00 53
Zivkovic Zivadin San Diego CA 43   10:25 7:47 8:08 26:20:00 54
Hummel Markus Los Angeles CA 37   10:56 7:38 7:53 26:27:00 55
Pierrat Marc Westlake Village CA 42   10:22 8:18 7:55 26:35:00 56
Hernandez Daniel Fullerton CA 41   11:04 8:05 7:29 26:38:00 57
Pinski Jacek La Canada CA 48   10:40 8:04 7:55 26:39:00 58
Lis Stephen Sunland CA 47   10:40 7:47 8:21 26:48:00 59
Kulka John Rancho Santa Margarita CA 38   10:31 8:09 8:10 26:50:00 60
Quan Frank Carlsbad CA 49   10:48 8:11 7:55 26:54:00 61
Garcia Rod Northridge CA 48   10:14 8:20 8:39 27:13:00 62
Ramos Rogelio San Diego CA 44   11:49 7:42 7:52 27:23:00 63
Villarin Inaki Canoga Park CA 39   10:49 8:16 8:32 27:37:00 64
Gibbs Andrew Santa Clarita CA 38   11:38 8:28 7:47 27:53:00 65
Bantay Elmer Tustin CA 39   11:13 7:57 8:46 27:56:00 66
Baniahmad Reza Valencia CA 49   10:56 8:29 8:50 28:15:00 67
Walker Michael Pasadena CA 40   11:28 8:44 8:18 28:30:00 68
Roth Federico Pasadena CA 31   11:28 8:45 8:21 28:34:00 69
Loftus Mark Canyon Country CA 40   10:57 8:54 8:45 28:36:00 70
Ferraz Reginald Valencia CA 39   11:38 8:30 8:45 28:53:00 71
Tran Thanh Westminster CA 39   10:59 8:40 9:20 28:59:00 72
Grimes Gary Mi Wuk Village CA 38   11:20 9:39 8:22 29:21:00 73
Garland Steven Riverside CA 48   11:38 9:30 8:42 29:50:00 74
Steele James Simi Valley CA 47   11:49 8:52 9:28 30:09:00 75
Huffman Matt Irvine CA 41   11:20 8:51 10:08 30:19:00 76

50+ Men:

Last Name First Name City State Age   Mulholland Breathless Heartbreak Combined Place
Lind Michael Huntington Beach CA 51   7:14 5:01 5:47 18:02:00 1
Bowles James Manhattan Beach CA 54   7:18 5:41 6:07 19:06:00 2
Beattie Bruce Las Vegas NV 55   8:11 5:52 6:14 20:17:00 3
Kersey Robert Yorba Linda CA 51   8:08 5:57 6:14 20:19:00 4
Trubenbach Ted Santa Ana CA 52   8:08 5:56 6:18 20:22:00 5
Smith Ken Irvine CA 52   8:32 5:50 6:04 20:26:00 6
Drew Tom Modesto CA 57   8:14 6:03 6:38 20:55:00 7
Whitlock Jeff Grand Junction