August 18, 2005 - Portland, OR - Ryan Guettler, 22, from Brisbane, AUS, took the overall lead in points at the Rose Garden Friday evening with his second consecutive first place finish in BMX Dirt Finals. He currently has 237 points in the overall Dew Action Sports Tour standings. Guettler also finished first at the second stop of the Dew Action Sports Tour, the Right Guard Open.
Guettler’s best run of the evening included a 360 off the start ramp, followed by a front flip and a tailwhip 360. His final score, an average of his best two of three runs, was a 94.13.
The two-time BMX Dirt winner was pleased with his victory at the Vans® Invitational.
“I’m just all nerves right now; I’m so excited to pull out this win,â€? said Guettler.
Fellow Aussie Corey Bohan, 23, of Brisbane, AUS, took second place in BMX Dirt with a score of 91.38. Bohan, who finished first at the Tour’s Panasonic Open, and fifth at the Right Guard Open, is currently in second place in the Dew Action Sports Tour points standings with 224 total points.
Ryan Nyquist, 26, of Greenville, NC, rounds out the top three with a final score of 90.88. Nyquist will face off against Guettler again tomorrow in the BMX Park discipline.
Dew Action Sports Tour
Vans® Invitational BMX Dirt Finals Results
ORDER LAST FIRST HOMETOWN RUN 1 RUN 2 RUN 3 RESULT
1 Guettler Ryan Brisbane, AUS 93.50 85.00 94.75 94.13
2 Bohan Corey Brisbane, AUS 93.75 89.00 83.50 91.38
3 Nyquist Ryan Los Gatos, CA 83.75 89.25 92.50 90.88
4 McCann Steven Melbourne, AUS 91.50 88.50 83.25 90.00
5 Aitken Mike Murray, UT 90.00 89.50 85.50 89.75
6 Cooke Allan Greenville, NC 89.25 89.00 85.25 89.13
7 Young Gary San Diego, CA 88.00 88.75 84.75 88.38
8 Doyle Chris Pittsburgh, PA 85.25 88.00 88.50 88.25
9 Lavin T.J. Las Vegas, NV 89.50 85.75 84.75 87.63
10 Foster James Redlands, CA 86.00 84.75 84.75 85.38
BMX Dirt Points Standings after three events
PANASONIC RIGHT GUARD VANS
RANK LAST FIRST HOMETOWN OPEN OPEN INVITATIONAL TOTAL
1 Guettler Ryan Brisbane, AUS 37 100 100 237
2 Bohan Corey Brisbane, AUS 100 49 75 224
3 Doyle Chris Pittsburgh, PA 49 63 41 153
4 White Cameron Canberra, AUS 75 75 150
5 Aitken Mike Murray, UT 41 55 49 145
6 McCann Steven Melbourne, AUS 10 39 55 104
7 Lavin T.J. Las Vegas, NV 20 45 39 104
8 Mackay Colin Brisbane, AUS 55 28 6 89
9 Nastazio Cory Flushing, NY 63 1 20 84
10 Young Gary San Diego, CA 18 22 43 83
11 Darden Rob Concord, CA 45 9 28 82
12 Kintner Paul Burien, WA 39 14 26 79
13 Foster James Redlands, CA 37 37 74
14 Nyquist Ryan Los Gatos, CA 8 63 71
15 Murray Stephen Newcastle, GBR 43 2 24 69
16 Cooke Allan Greenville, NC 7 10 45 62
17 Dillewaard Dave Redcliffe, AUS 14 24 22 60
18 Gerber Chris Ft. Wayne, IN 1 43 14 58
19 Wade Morgan Tyler, TX 41 16 57
20 Wirch Scott McHenry, IL 24 30 3 57
21 Pinter Heath Corona, CA 26 16 10 52
22 Laguna Ricardo Las Vegas, NV 28 8 8 44
23 Foster Brian South Plainfield, NJ 22 3 18 43
24 Parslow Luke Melbourne, AUS 4 5 30 39
25 Hancock Thomas Phoenix, AZ 30 4 5 39
26 Walker Brett Corona, CA 9 18 9 36
27 Marks Joey Fort Wayne, IN 6 26 1 33
28 Mosley Lance Nashville, TN 16 12 4 32
29 Hall Tim Kaysville, UT 12 6 12 30
30 Erickson Reuel Henderson, NV 2 20 2 24
31 Miranda Robbie Huntington Beach, CA 5 7 12
32 Baker Adam Prescott, AZ 7 7
33 Napolitan Anthony Youngstown, OH 3 3