NEW RECORD FOR DUOMONT /WIEGLES HILL CLIMB 11/09/15

MIVA 5.1 KM HILL CLIMB Duomont Road /Wiegles Road, Nanaimo

^{September 15th.}, 2011

Just like last year, tonight's hill climb was almost called off due to heavy rain but the skies cleared just an hour before the scheduled start and seven hardy souls turned up to contest MIVA's longest hill climb. In the men's event, first off was master e Dave Kenny just failed to beat his time from last year because he forgot to borrow the organiser's Dura Ace Wheels. Next off was Corey Friesen who attempted the Duomont climb for the first time and finished thirty seconds down on Kenny. Then came our Comox visitor, Doug Merrick, who is studying in Nanaimo for the winter. Despite not having competed in any of MIVA's previous climbs, he still managed a very creditable sub 14' 30” ride. Next was Bryan Rehill, who has been steadily improving all season and just missed Stefan Jacobsen's record by eleven seconds. Last off was Paul Auton who was coming into sight as Rehill finished and was obviously on a record ride. As he crossed the line, the watch indicated 12' 20”, so he beat the previous record by a scant seven seconds.

In the women's event Janna Gillick almost beat fifteen minutes for the climb, beating Cheryl Morch by just over half a minute and repeating her last year's win.

Now that the regular time trial series is complete, there is only the hill climb championship on October 8^th but participants in this can still score points to up their year's totals. The first place in all categories is already sewn up but in both the men's competition, there's just two points separating Paul Auton and Corey Friesen and in the women's contest there are only four points between Cheryl Morch and Colleen Wtorek!

RESULTS

MEN			Pts.
Paul Auton	ABA	12' 20” (new men's record)	12
Bryan Rehill	HCTC	12' 38”	10
Doug Merrick	CVCC	14' 17”	9
Dave Kenny	MIVA/LMCC	16' 38”	8
Corey Friesen	MIVA	17' 08”	7

WOMEN

Janna Gillick	MIVA/HCTC	15' 06”	12
Cheryl Morch	MIVA/HCTC	15' 37”	10