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Eastern Mountain Sports wins the 2007 Berryman Adventure

11.10.2007

Van Buren, MO - Eastern Mountain Sports wins the 2007 Berryman Adventure, held in the rugged hills of the Ozarks near Van Buren, Missouri. Eastern Mountain Sports appears to be in top racing form heading into the GoLite USARA Adventure Racing National Championships in November, held about 2 hours North of Van Buren in Potosi, Missouri.

The 4-Person co-ed team out of the Northeastern U.S., consisting of Jennifer Shultis, Dave Lamb, Chad Denning and Dmitry Drozdov, were at the top of their game during the Berryman Adventure, held September 29-30, and raced almost flawlessly for the duration of the race. They completed the 120+ mile course in just less than 25 hours, at 24 hours and 59 minutes.

Team WEDALI, consisting of Scott Lund, Justin Bakken, Molly Moilanen and Jason Nielsen, were on the tails of Eastern Mountain Sports for the majority of the race, and crossed the finish line in second place, less than an hour behind Eastern Mountain Sports. Eastern Mountain Sports said they really had to push themselves to stay ahead of WEDALI during the race, and had many great things to say about the team from Minnesota and Iowa afterwards.

About an hour after WEDALI came across the finish line, Springfield Bike Company came in to secure third place, respectively. Like the other two teams, Springfield Bike Co., consisting of Scott Davis, Ryan Meschke, Anna
Assenmacher and Scott Rogers, had a great race and worked hard for their great finish. They had the fastest split time for the final biking leg of the top three teams, but were unable to make up enough ground to overtake Eastern Mountain Sports and WEDALI.

David Marks and Windy Marks, out of Phoenix, AZ, won the top honors in the 2-Person 36-Hour division. They came in 5th Place Overall with a racing time of 29:38. Steeve Pomerleau and Kurt Searvogel of the team Ozark Extreme - GT, both out of Arkansas, finished second in the 2-Person division with a time of 33:09.