world domination by Utah riders! **PHOTOS!!**

[greg]

Well, let me be the first on here to say congrats to TP!!

I heard that he dominated the field at the worlds this past weekend.

Nice win, Todd!

And there were others as well

Airborn Martin 2nd girl pro
Ashley Topham 8th 14 girls
Mitch Ropelato 5th 13x, 7th cruiser
Jason Melton 5th 36x, 6th cruiser
Steve Spencer 8th 36x, 7th cruiser
Heather Allred 2nd girl cruiser
Ian Elliott 5th 28-35 int
Jason Halverson 4th 28-35 x

I hope I didn't miss anyone, but that is what i seen.

Great job everyone.

[mackdaddy]

Those are Friday's Pre Race National finiashes. I will post more when I have had some sleep

[sspencer]

Beat ya' to it Jas'! Ha ha ha!

ABA World Championships Results - for Utards
Arielle Martin - 8th girl pro (bad crash in first main put her, as well as Kim Hayashi, out the rest of the day)
Todd Parry 1st Vet Pro!
Ashley Topham 7th 14 girls
Heather Allred 2nd 21-25 girl cruiser
Mitch Ropelato 5th 13 boys, 8th 13 cruiser
Travis Healey 4th 16 boys
Jason Halverson 8th 28-35 boys
Jason Melton 2nd 25 & over open, 4th 36-40 cruiser
Steve Spencer 7th 36-40 cruiser, 5th 36 & over boys (along two dislocated knuckles, ruptured butt cheek/tailbone and multiple bruises and abrasions )

The Utah riders did awesome! Proud of 'em all!

Steve

[J Gallo]

In case you're interested in rider counts, here's the results from ababmx.com:

Friday Results:

GIRLS PRO Total Riders = 9
2nd Place - ARIELLE"AIRBORN"MARTIN, FACTORY STAATS/EAGL, CEDAR HILLS, UT

VETERAN PRO Total Riders = 18
1st Place - (TP) TODD PARRY, FACTORY SUPERCROSS, AMERICAN FORK, UT

14 GIRLS Total Riders = 14
8th Place - FLASH ASHLEY TOPHAM, TOPHAM`S TNT, LEHI, UT

13 CRUISER Total Riders = 15
7th Place - MITCH"MAVERICK" ROPELATO, FACTORY SUPERCROSS/FLY, OGDEN, UT

16 CRUISER Total Riders = 20
3rd Place - TRAVIS HEALEY, BMX HEX-AVENT/BOMBSHELL-, SOUTH JORDAN, UT

36-40 CRUISER Total Riders = 18
6th Place - JASON "JJ" MELTON, STAATS/LIZARD SKINS, WEST JORDAN, UT
7th Place - STEVE SPENCER, MIYAGI DOJO/ABA, DRAPER, UT

21-25 GIRLS CRUISER Total Riders = 4
2nd Place - HEATHER ALLRED, STAATS/LIZARD SKINS, MURRAY, UT

13 EXPERT Total Riders = 27
5th Place - MITCH"MAVERICK" ROPELATO, FACTORY SUPERCROSS/FLY, OGDEN, UT

28-35 INTER Total Riders = 6
5th Place - IAN"BELLY" ELLIOTT, PEFORMANCE BIKE PARTS, MURRAY, UT

28-35 EXPERT Total Riders = 11
4th Place - JASON (GRAND MASTER) HALVERSON, STAATS BICYCLES, SALT LAKE CITY, UT

36 & OVER EXPERT Total Riders = 13
5th Place - JASON "JJ" MELTON, STAATS/LIZARD SKINS, WEST JORDAN, UT
8th Place - STEVE SPENCER, MIYAGI DOJO/ABA, DRAPER, UT

Sunday Results:

GIRLS PRO Total Riders = 9
8th Place - ARIELLE"AIRBORN"MARTIN, FACTORY STAATS/EAGL, CEDAR HILLS, UT

VETERAN PRO Total Riders = 19
1st Place - (TP) TODD PARRY, FACTORY SUPERCROSS, AMERICAN FORK, UT **ABA World Champion!**

25 & OVER OPEN Total Riders = 8
2nd Place - JASON "JJ" MELTON, STAATS/LIZARD SKINS, WEST JORDAN, UT

14 GIRLS Total Riders = 13
7th Place - FLASH ASHLEY TOPHAM, TOPHAM`S TNT, LEHI, UT

13 CRUISER Total Riders = 17
5th Place - MITCH"MAVERICK" ROPELATO, FACTORY SUPERCROSS/FLY, OGDEN, UT

31-35 CRUISER Total Riders = 17
3rd Place - JASON (GRAND MASTER) HALVERSON, STAATS BICYCLES, SALT LAKE CITY, UT

36-40 CRUISER Total Riders = 19
4th Place - JASON "JJ" MELTON, STAATS/LIZARD SKINS, WEST JORDAN, UT
7th Place - STEVE SPENCER, MIYAGI DOJO/ABA, DRAPER, UT

21-25 GIRLS CRUISER Total Riders = 6
2nd Place - HEATHER ALLRED, STAATS/LIZARD SKINS, MURRAY, UT

13 BOYS Total Riders = 37
8th Place - MITCH"MAVERICK" ROPELATO, FACTORY SUPERCROSS/FLY, OGDEN, UT

16 BOYS Total Riders = 37
4th Place - TRAVIS HEALEY, BMX HEX-AVENT/BOMBSHELL-, SOUTH JORDAN, UT

28-35 BOYS Total Riders = 13
8th Place - JASON (GRAND MASTER) HALVERSON, STAATS BICYCLES, SALT LAKE CITY, UT

36 & OVER BOYS Total Riders = 20
5th Place - STEVE SPENCER, MIYAGI DOJO/ABA, DRAPER, UT

[greg]

sorry fo rthe mistake.

I did hear that TP had a first, but the rest I was just parusing the ABA site and missed the date i guess. Still, good finishes by the utah group.

[J Gallo]

Check out these pictures from www.istv.com!

Mitch Ropelato

Travis Healey

Arielle Martin (#2, 2nd from left)

Todd Parry Out in front!

Heather Allred You go girl!

Arielle Martin (left)

Todd Parry

Todd and Ryan Parry

Arielle Martin (Podium shot, left)

Todd Parry (Podium shot, #1)

Arielle Martin Wow!!

Arielle Martin

Todd Parry

Cody Kelley

Todd Parry

Mitch Ropelato

Jeremiah Fazzio (Going OFF the track!)

Todd Parry & Family

Todd Parry, #1 ABA World Champion

I'm sure I missed a few....

[Diesel]

Greetings from the beaches of Salter Path, NC!!!

"TP" World Champ!!! Now on to the next big title!!!

Congrats to all the Utah riders at the Worlds weekend!!! Outstanding!!!

Time to go body surfing!

See ya next week!

Diesel