MOUNT SNOW, Vermont (transcendmagazine.com) -- Greg Minnaar tore Mt Snow apart this weekend to win the 2006 NMBS race by almost an entire second. The course was dry, fast and loose and was raced under a blazing sun.

Qualifiers went off this morning with Graves, Leikhonen, Minnaar and Fairclough looking fastest. They were not about to dissapoint, as along with Sam Hill, comprised this years podium.

Men
1 - Greg Minnaar 3:19.09
2 - Sam Hill 3:20.06
3 - Matty Leikhonen
4 - Jared Graves
5 - Brendan Fairclough

Women
1 - Sabrina Jonnier 3:57.20
2 - Tracey Hannah 3:59.92
3 - Kathy Pruitt
4 - Berny Pizarro
5 - Melissa Buhl

Minnaar on his winning run