Haley Smith and Keegan Swenson top final standings in Life Time Grand Prix Series

Daniel Benson
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This article originally appeared on Velo News

Haley Smith and Keegan Swenson finished at the top of the standings for the 2022 Life Time Grand Prix after the final race of the series concluded with Big Sugar Gravel on Saturday.

Swenson opened up a near-unstoppable gap after dominating the early season races. He earned 30 points apiece at Sea Otter, Unbound Gravel, Crusher in the Tushar and the Leadville 100. Bradyn Lange won Chequamegon, but Swenson earned 28 points with his fourth-place finish.

After Big Sugar in Arkansas, Chequamegon became Swenson’s drop race in the series after Russell Finsterwald won the race. Swenson finished with 149 points overall.

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Alexey Vermeulen finished a distant but highly respectable second overall with 136 points, while Finsterwald’s Big Sugar victory pushed him into third overall, and helped him leapfrog Cole Paton and Peter Stetina for the final spot on the top three podium.

In the women’s standings, it was Sofia Gomez Villafane who opened up an early lead in the series with second at Sea Otter and then a win at Unbound.

However, Smith was consistent through that period, only dropping seven points to Gomez Villafane before winning Crushar in the Tushar. Heading into the final race, Smith had a slender lead over Sarah Sturm, but she held on to claim the series with 138 points after finishing 13th on the day.

Gomez Villafane finished second in the series with 134 points, winning a tiebreaker with Sturm by finishing a narrow two places ahead of her at Big Sugar.

Smith, who comes from a World Cup mountain bike background, entered the Grand Prix as somewhat of a dark horse. She said that she focused on the process rather than the results.

“You can’t think about it. You can’t think about the leaderboard or where you’re standing, you just have to do the work,” she said. “Every mile that you continue to perform, that you continue to deliver what you’re capable of, you build confidence. So it’s an ongoing process.”

Overall – Female

Place

Name

Team name

Team name 2

Gender

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

Race 4

Race 5

Race 6

Total points

1

Haley Smith

female

25

27

30

28

28

(24)

138

2

Sofia Gomez Villafane

female

29

30

25

(0)

24

26

134

2

Sarah Sturm

female

(21)

26

29

27

27

25

134

4

Rose Grant

female

23

(21)

22

29

30

27

131

5

Emily Newsom

female

19

29

24

–

21

29

122

5

Alexis Skarda

female

28

11

–

26

29

28

122

7

Hannah Otto

female

24

–

26

30

16

24

120

8

Evelyn Dong

female

26

25

19

(0)

20

22

112

9

Paige Onweller

female

13

(0)

15

24

26

30

108

10

Melisa Rollins

female

20

28

18

22

19

(13)

107

11

Kristen Legan

female

18

23

21

23

15

(15)

100

11

Maude Farrell

female

16

24

(0)

17

23

20

100

13

Crystal Anthony

female

–

16

27

21

14

18

96

14

Ruth Winder

female

0

–

28

18

22

21

89

15

Ellen Campbell

female

12

(9)

13

25

25

12

87

16

Isabel King

female

17

20

12

16

(12)

16

81

17

Amber Neben

female

15

17

20

–

13

14

79

18

Helena Gilbert-Snyder

female

11

18

11

20

17

–

77

19

Angela Naeth

female

7

19

16

13

–

19

74

20

Rebecca Fahringer

female

14

–

10

14

18

17

73

21

Hannah Shell

female

–

22

17

15

11

–

65

22

Lex Albrecht

female

6

12

14

12

–

–

44

23

Amanda Nauman

female

8

10

9

11

–

–

38

–

Rach Mcbride

female

–

13

23

19

–

–

-1 race

–

Kaysee Armstrong

female

22

15

–

–

0

–

-1 race

–

Lea Davison

female

27

14

–

–

–

–

-2 races

–

Kathy Pruitt

female

9

8

–

–

–

–

-2 races

–

Moriah Wilson

female

30

–

–

–

–

–

-3 races

–

Amity Rockwell

female

10

–

–

–

–

–

-3 races

Overall – Male

Place

Name

Team name

Team name 2

Gender

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

Race 4

Race 5

Race 6

Total points

1

Keegan Swenson

male

30

30

30

30

(28)

29

149

2

Alexey Vermeulen

male

24

28

(21)

28

29

27

136

3

Russell Finsterwald

male

29

26

(20)

24

22

30

131

4

Cole Paton

male

26

–

29

27

24

23

129

5

Peter Stetina

male

(16)

25

28

25

25

25

128

6

Andrew L’Esperance

male

27

17

26

(13)

21

20

111

7

Robert Britton

male

23

27

19

23

–

17

109

7

Adam Roberge

male

19

23

22

(9)

17

28

109

9

Alex Howes

male

20

18

18

(10)

26

26

108

10

Lance Haidet

male

25

22

16

22

(15)

18

103

11

Howard Grotts

male

–

10

24

29

18

19

100

12

Payson Mcelveen

male

–

24

27

21

27

–

99

13

Laurens Ten Dam

male

10

29

23

15

(0)

21

98

14

Bradyn Lange

male

17

13

(10)

19

30

15

94

15

Lachlan Morton

male

22

0

25

26

19

–

92

16

Taylor Lideen

male

21

–

17

11

20

16

85

17

Dylan Johnson

male

18

16

(11)

17

14

13

78

18

Alex Wild

male

28

14

14

18

–

–

74

19

Logan Owen

male

0

19

8

–

23

22

72

19

Cory Wallace

male

12

(12)

13

20

13

14

72

21

John Borstelmann

male

14

21

0

12

(0)

24

71

22

Kiel Reijnen

male

11

20

12

(7)

16

11

70

23

John Keller

male

9

–

9

14

0

12

44

24

Ashton Lambie

male

8

9

5

6

12

–

40

–

Stephan Davoust

male

–

11

15

16

–

–

-1 race

–

Joshua Berry

male

–

8

7

8

–

–

-1 race

–

Ted King

male

15

–

6

–

–

–

-2 races

–

Jeremiah Bishop

male

–

15

–

–

–

–

-3 races

–

Colin Strickland

male

13

–

–

–

–

–

-3 races

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