Cameron White Wins BMX Dirt at Right Guard Open
July 18, 2008 – 7:14 pm PT by GregTags: AST, Cameron White, Right Guard Open, Ryan Guettler, Ryan Nyquist —
Cameron White has won the BMX Dirt final at the 2008 Right Guard Open in Cleveland, OH. Ryan Guettler placed second while the winner of last month’s Panasonic Open, Ryan Nyquist, placed third. The win means White and Nyquist are tied in the race for the Dew Cup — the top honor awarded to the best athletes in each sport of the AST Dew Tour. Nyquist won the honor in 2007.
Despite White’s close finish to Nyquist in last year’s Dew Cup race, White hasn’t won a AST Dew Tour final since the Vans Invitational in Portland in August 2006.
For Guettler, the second-place finish is all the sweeter since he missed the finals last month in Baltimore. James Foster. Steve McCann and Dennis Enarson rounded out the top five while top qualifier Corey Bohan (last month’s top three finalists were pre-qualified) ended up in 8th place. Hometown hero, Anthony Napolitan, who won the Dew Cup in 2006, finished a disappointing 12th place.
Keep reading for some more details from the AST about his win. Otherwise, here are your final results:
BMX Dirt Finals Results - 2008 Right Guard Open
July 18, 2008 - Cleveland, OH
1st - White, Cameron - 93.92
2nd - Guettler, Ryan - 92.50
3rd - Nyquist, Ryan - 91.59
4th - McCann, Steven - 89.58
5th - Enarson, Dennis - 89.34
6th - Parslow, Luke - 89.34
7th - Darden, Rob - 89.25
8th - Bohan, Corey - 88.75
9th - Foster, James - 88.58
10th - Dosch, Brandon - 88.08
11th - Berkheimer, Nate - 86.92
12th - Napolitan, Anthony - 86.00
Cameron White Wins AST Dew Tour BMX Dirt event in Cleveland
CLEVELAND -Cameron White established his dominance on the dirt course and won the BMX Dirt event in the Right Guard Open on Friday night.
The 24-year old White, of Australia, landed his signature trick, a backflip barspin tailwhip, to secure the victory with a 93.92 score. Fellow Australian Ryan Guettler finished second at 92.50 and Ryan Nyquist of Greenville, N.C. was third at 91.59.
The 90-minute final was full of technical tricks, with a 1080 from Guettler and a double backflip from Luke Parslow, who finished sixth.
White is the current points leader in the quest for the Dew Cup but he doesn’t dwell on the standings.
“If you start looking long term it’s just added pressure,” White said. “I try to alleviate all the pressure I can and just compete against myself every run. Those runs I did today were the best I can do. I gave it everything and landed it and that’s all you can ask for.”
