Ryan Nyquist Tops BMX Park Prelims at Right Guard Open; McCann Makes History
July 18, 2008 – 4:27 pm PT by GregTags: AST, Craig Mast, Garrett Reynolds, Right Guard Open, Ryan Nyquist, Steve McCann —
Ryan Nyquist | cr. AST
Ryan Nyquist topped a tight nine-man field in the Right Guard Open BMX Park prelims Friday, as a little over three points seperated the top from the bottom.
Nyquist led the field with a 93.83, comfortably ahead of Garret Reynolds (92.00) and Craig Mast (91.83), but four riders tied in the middle of the pack with a 91.17, including James Foster, who is better known for his strong dirt skills.
Missing the cut were Morgan Wade, Dennis Enarson, Diogo Canina and local Anthony Napolitan, but that allowed some fresh faces to make the contest exciting, including Alessandro Barbero and Drew Bezanson.
Steve McCann also made the finals, meaning for the first time in AST history someone will be competiting in the finals of BMX Dirt, Vert and Park (he has made the finals of all three in the past, but never at the same time).
Already qualified for the finals are Daniel Dhers, Ryan Guettler and Mike Spinner.
The finals will take place Sunday and be shown live on NBC from 4-6 p.m. ET.
Here’s the lineup for Sunday’s final (in order)
12. Alessandro Barbero
11. Drew Bezanson
10. Marcus Tooker
9. James Foster
8. Rob Darden
7. Steven McCann
6. Craig Mast
5. Garrett Reynolds
4. Ryan Nyquist
3. Mike Spinner
2. Ryan Guettler
1. Daniel Dhers
BMX Park Prelim Results - 2008 Right Guard Open
July 18, 2008 - Cleveland, OH
(Top Nine Advance)
1st Nyquist, Ryan 93.83
2nd Reynolds, Garrett 92
3rd Mast, Craig 91.83
4th McCann, Steven 91.67
5th Darden, Rob 91.17
6th Foster, James 91.17
7th Tooker, Marcus 91.17
8th Bezanson, Drew 91.17
9th Barbero, Alessandro 90.5
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10th Young, Gary 90.33
11th Enarson, Dennis 90.17
12th Kiraly, Kevin 89.5
13th Hunt, Brian 89.33
14th Wade, Morgan 88.83
15th Harrington, Josh 88.67
16th Wirch, Scott 88.33
17th Napolitan, Anthony 88.33
18th Dosch, Brandon 88
19th Thompson, William 87.17
20th Whitton, Alistair 86.67
21st Perry, Joshua 86.5
22nd Watkinson, Anthony 86.17
23rd Canina, Diogo 85.33
24th Smith, Jeremiah 85.33
25th Vasquez, Eric 85.17
26th Sieg, Dan 84.83
27th Snowden, Ben 84
28th Toohey, Jaie 83.5
29th Coleman, Austin 83.5
30th Mackay, Colin 82.5
31st Klinger, Seth 77
32nd Cooke, Allan 73.5