Bend’s premier multi-sport race is coming up once again. The US. Band Pole Pedal Paddle is scheduled for Saturday May, 15th in Bend. Registration is available online. For more info click HERE.

Check out the COA links page for lots of links having to do with the PPP.

Just in case you missed the link to all the results, HERE it is.

UPDATE: Please disregard the earlier post of results… they were wrong.

Oregon took second behind Utah @ the 35th Boulder Mountain Tour 2010 nordic ski race in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Bend’s Evelyn Dong won the women’s race, edging Zoe Roy (also of Bend, racing out of Utah).

Bend’s Marshall Greene was third overall to lead Oregon, whose top 10 placers were all from Bend. Greene’s time of 1 hour, 13 minutes and 54.4 seconds was less than two second behind winner Zack Simons of Utah.

Bend’s Brayton Osgood took 6th overall and Bend’s Paul Clark was 18th overall.

Here’s a list of Bend’s top 10 finishers and their overall placing:
3 Greene
6 Osgood
18 Clark
46 Erik Jacobson
55 Evelyn Dong
56 Joe Madden
86 Taylor Leach
87 Sarah Max
104 Mary Wellington
105 Stephanie Howe

Bend age group winners:
Women 18 to 24 – 1 Dong, 2 Zoe Roy (racing for Utah).
Women 25 to 29 – 1 Taylor Leach, 2 Stephanie Howe
Women 30 to 34 – 1 Sarah Max

Click here for full Results.

Golden opportunity
Training and racing at Bachelor, Canadian Jasey-Jay Anderson is eyeing an Olympic medal in Vancouver in his final season of parallel giant slalom snowboarding – By Mark Morical/The Bulletin

Good results from this weekend from Sunday’s Teacup races for nordic skiers with ties to Bend. Inge Scheve, who used to write for the Bend Bulletin won the women’s 15K Classic race. In the men’s race, Samuel Cordell of Parkdale, who grew up in Bend and graduated from Mountain View high school, took 2nd behind Kent Murrdoch by just 3 seconds.

• Results by Class
• Results by Gender

In the beginning
Mini World Cup: An opportunity to ski race every weekend – The Bulletin

Cougs shine at Diamond Lake
Mountain View boys, girls get titles in Southern League – The Bulletin

Bend’s Ford bound for Games
Tommy Ford, 20, set to race in the Vancouver Games – By Mark Morical / The Bulletin

Bend’s Tommy Ford, a Summit graduate was named today to the US Olympic downhill team.

Read the full article here. Bend’s Tommy Ford selected for Olympic team – The Bulletin

Bend’s Eric Martin and Sarah Max were the mens and womens respective winners at the 2010 Crescent Lake Challenge 22k nordic skiing race Saturday. The top 10 finishers were:
1 Eric Martin – 1:09:54
2 Jason Tedrow – 1:11:59
3 Colin Mahood – 1:12:27
4 Jason Adams – 1:14:16
5 Scott Yount – 1:21:03
6 Sarah Max – 1:21:10
7 Sean Rogers – 1:21:16
8 Byron Oberst – 1:21:17
9 Joel Vergona – 1:21:24
10 Scott Frey – 1:23:05

FULL RESULTS