Race: Camp Mack, PA Date: 5/9/99
Written By: Justin Thompson

      Clear skies and warm weather brought many talented riders to the Lancaster area for the Camp Mack Cross Country Race. The course was a very fast, rocky, technical 8 mile loop. Bone shaking downhills and lung-busting fire road climbs made the 3 lap race very challenging. Although this was not a race on the Team TREK calendar, dominating results by TREK riders made this a "TREK DAY".
      The Senior Expert Race showcased TREK riders Jed Schrober and Ryan DeWalt, two of the most talented, up and coming racers in our region. Jed rode an impressive race finishing 3rd place. Ryan also gave a great effort finishing close behind Jed for a 4th place. In the Expert Women's Race Tara "the jet" Keefer continued to show that she is a force to be reckoned with by winning the women's event. Tara has had some bad luck so far this season like being sick before Fuller Nissan and crashing hard in North Carolina but on this day all of Tara's hard work really paid off.
      There was an unusually small Junior Expert field at Camp Mack with there being only two juniors racing. This was not an important factor because Jason Moore and Justin Thompson are two of the strongest juniors in the region and often find themselves battling it out with each other. On this day Justin was looking for a little revenge after being beaten by Moore last week at Fairmount by a mere 11 seconds. The race started out casually as the two were in no hurry to put the hurt on each other. On the second major climb of the first lap Justin decided to attack early knowing Moore is a very strong finisher. From that point on Justin raced his own race and won by a margin of over 6 minutes. His time would have placed him in the top five of the Senior Expert Race.
      In the Pro/Expert race Greg Ferguson finished a respectable 6th place. Although Fergie had a couple minor crashes and used the race for training purposes he still showed his eye catching stamina. Fergie even took the time to give Justin Thompson a water bottle exchange lesson in the middle of the race!!!!!