[FWM News] FIS Masters/Western Regionals Results

[Far West Masters news]

A team of twenty-five Far West racers headed to Park City Utah last week for the FIS Masters 
Cup/Western Regional championship races. The event started with cold weather for the two training 
days available to competitors on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by SG races on Friday and Saturday 
on Payday. The weekend weather for the Sat/Sun SL races shifted to conditions more familiar to the 
maritime west coasters of PNSA and FW, with the first strong winter storm to reach the Sierras 
bringing warm wet snow into the normally dryer Wasatch.

Over 140 competitors gathered at Park City, from all the western region divisions (AK, PNSA, N, IM, 
FW, RM) along with 7 central and eastern division competitors and 10 international competitors. A 
new face on the masters racing scene but familiar to bike racing fans, Levi Leipheimer posted very 
respectable finishes in the two SG races. While the strong Intermountain team dominated the overall 
results for the women, Far West men coming home wearing the jacket of regional champion were Gate 
De Mattei (M12), Don Smith (M10), Tim Stewart (M8), and Mike Shklovski (M3).

Complete weekend results are posted on ussamasters.org

Results by FIS Masters Cup international age classes:
    http://ussamasters.org/2014/imc#event_results

Results by USSA age classes and WR champions:
    http://ussamasters.org/2014/wr#event_results

(Note: FIS Masters classes start at age 30 for class 1, so age classes are "off by one" from the 
USSA masters age classes that start with class 1 for ages 20-29)