Missouri State Pedal Pullers Association

First of all what a nice place to hold a Pedal Pull. the Boone County Fairgrounds was able to give us a great spot and it will only improve in the future as the scheduling is worked out more in advance. Thank you George and Sam for your support.

Getting all the pats on the back was greatly appreciated. The crew worked hard and the pull went well.

We had over 100 competitors and 51 of 54 qualifiers signed up for Nationals. We expect great things from these young people. exactly the same number of boys as girls pulled.

 Please make sure that you qualifiers have a birth certificate with you at Nationals. They will be very strict on this.

 Results of 2009 Missouri Pedal Pull

*Top 3 finishers in each age class qualify for nationals in Mitchell SD on September 26th. If you would like to attend as a spectator the Sarting time in the morning is about 10 AM. Visit http://www.nationalpedalpullers.webs.com/ for more details.

4 year old Girls:

1. Lainey Calkins                   Fulton MO*

2. Emily Rose Buck                Holliday MO*

3, Lily Boschert                      O'Fallon MO*

4. Tori Mudd                         Silex MO

4 year old Boys:

1. Wyatt Bridgeman                 Owensville MO*

2. Michael Dierking                  Malta Bend MO*

3. Austin Orth                         Centralia MO*

4. Wyatt Bonnett                      Jefferson City MO

5. Jaren Ingersoll                     Unionville MO

5 year old Girls:

1. Kennedy Eggering                 Foley MO*

2. Molly Bryant                         Anxvasse MO*

3. Kylie Gannon                        Princeton MO*

4. Abbigail Kleinsorge               Middletown MO

5. Elle Sapp                             Columbia MO

5 year old Boys:

1. Kirby Stevens                        Albany MO*

2. Easton McAfee                       Vandalia MO*

3. Gage Emmendorfer                 Savannah MO*

4. Colton Wake                          Columbia MO

5. Eastin Burgher                       Fulton MO

6 year old Girls:

1. Trista McDannald                   Rocheport MO*

2. Morgan Shields                      Winfield MO*

3. Kynadie James                       Kingdom City MO*

4. MaKayla Wolfmeier                  Fulton MO

5. Abbie Hullinger                      Lineville IA

6 year old Boys:

1. Austin Warren                        Excello MO*

2. Colton Webb                          Cincinnati IA*

3. Justin Duenke                         Laddonia MO*

4. Collin Sager                           Stanberry MO

5. Jake Haines                           Wellsville MO

7 year old Girls:

1. Hannah Andrews                     Carthage MO*

2. Sydney Tomlin                        Unionville MO*

3. Kelsey Atchley                         Troy MO*

4. Kylie Viebrock                         Stover MO

5. Megan Schnieder                      Hermann MO

7 year old Boys:

1. Tyler Buck                              Holliday MO*

2. Trey Mudd                              Silex MO*

3. Miles Bailey                             Clinton MO*

4. Alexander Kliensorge                Middletown MO

5. Joe Havelka                             Owensville MO

We are so sorry the 7 year old boy picture did not come out. If you have an electronic copy of the picture from your digital camera we would be happy to use it if possible. Ours are jpg

8 year old Girls:

1. Maddee Gastler                       Martinsburg MO*

2. Madilyn Sager                          Stanberry MO*

3. Kristen Clevenger                     Kansas City MO*

4. Tala Saulmon                           Keosauqua IA

5. Addie Ficken                            Chillicothe MO

8 year old Boys:

1. Drake Eggering                         Foley MO*

2. Leo Hager                                Eugene MO*

3. Nathan Gastler                          Martinsburg MO*

4. Jacob Dierking                          Malta Bend MO

9 year old Girls:

1. Kylie James                               Kingdom City MO*

2. Morgan Allen                             Martinsburg MO*

3. Hannah Hullinger                       Lineville IA*

9 year old Boys:

1. Bryce Mistler                              Owensville MO*

2. Eric Steinberg                             Washington MO*

3. Corban Bonnett                           Jefferson City MO*

4. Anthony Conwell                          Princeton MO

10 year old Girls:

1. Symone Demanett                         Randolph IA*

2. Rachel Easter                               Holden MO*

10 year old Boys:

1. Austin Hall                                   Norborne MO*

2. Noah Boehm                                 Freeburg MO*

3. Micheal Luebbering                        St. Thomas MO*

4. Justin Shields                                Lineville IA

5. Justin Schneider                            Hermann MO

11 year old Girls:

1. Kayla Myers                                  Lenox IA*

2. Ashlyn Stout                                  Unionville MO*

3. Whitney McFee                               Princeton MO*

4. Karissa Skibinski                            Troy MO

5. Abi Miller                                      Mexico MO

11 year old Boys:

1. Bryan Havens                                 Browning MO*

2. Jacob Hager                                   Eugene MO*

3. Matthew Nobbe                               Spring TX*

4. Tristen Clark                                  Stanberry MO

5. Richard Stamy                                 Mexico MO

12 year old Girls:

1. Kristen Nielson                                Conception Jct. MO*

2. Kendra Myers                                  Lenox IA*

3. Courtney Watson                               Fulton MO*

4. Lainey Stuart                                    Stanberry MO

5. Brittani Sparks                                 Stanberry MO

12 year old Boys:

1. Austin Pulley                                    Guilford MO*

2. Morgan Watson                                 Unionville MO*

3. Creed Pulley                                     Guilford MO*

4. Kyle Skibinski                                   Troy MO

5. Tyler McMahan                                  Hallsville MO

What a great percentage of the participants were home state kids or kids that pull most of the time in Missouri. Most State Pulls feature many more out of state competitors. All competitors qualify by pulling at local pulls in the State of Missouri. Check the Sanctioned pullers list to find a puller for your next event and qualify your kids for the State pull. I know we had one question about size of the tractor used for 10 year old boys and fact is, it is the biggest used or as big as any State uses in particular is a good deal larger than the Iowa State one used every year for many years. With our girls as large as they are you know we are aware of the need for stretch tractors and we are one of only four or five in the midwest that have as many stretched as we do. We will continue to take your thoughts into advisement for future pulls. We have been investigating the tire spin issue and believe we have already found an answer for the next indoor event with a slick floor. If we run this event again we will have some great plans for how to do it better, yet. We neeed to get our qualifiers up to 400-500 and our participants up to 300 in the future. Please find us some folks willing to invest in quality equipment and run these events then they need to become members so we can reach more children in the State of Missouri.

 Thank you to our Crew. Shannon Saulmon, Travis Mistler, Erma (mom/grand ma) Myers, Janet (my sister) Workman, Gladys Demanett, Symone (participation ribbons) Demanett, Sam Sullivan, George Harris, Willo (my wife) Myers, Kendra (announcer) Myers, and Kayla (white board/Photos) Myers.

 Thanks to all who made it to the pull. Great cheering for all contestants and for the most part few unsportsmanlike moments. I think most folks understood it about the best effort of every child and in some cases the child that never gets in the spot light has a moment. Such as Kendra our daughter trying after 5 years of trying to make national in her last chance. She works so hard at every pull and then jumps in to pedal. She was crying because she made it to Nationals and she really did not care the place. As we often say it is the journey that shows your character not what you get from it. No one tries harder than some of the children in our states and they seldom have their moment. We are so blessed to try in our ministry for children to do just that for many. We have one girl retiring after Nationals and another a year away, then we really will have all our focus on other's children. Thanks for letting us be involved with your children. And last but not at all least Thank you to our heavenly father for the safe travel and no injuries at our event. With out his blessing all the trophies in the world won't gain you admittance to the greatest event of all.

We dedicate our pulls to my father's memory. I would like to say we dedicated this pull to my wife Willo who was just diagnosed with a form of Leukemia a couple of weeks before the pull and never broke stride in helping to make this work for the children of Missouri.