Jeff Schalk

Jeff Schalk
Personal information
Jeff Schalk in the Frederick Municipal Forest in 2011
Full name	Jeffrey Schalk
Born	(1974-02-06) February 6, 1974 United States
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	72.6 kg (160 lb; 11.43 st)
Team information
Current team	Trek Mountain Co-Op
Discipline	Mountain Bike
Role	Rider
Rider type	Ultra Endurance
Professional team(s)
2006-2008	Trek-Volkswagen East
2009-2011	Trek Mountain Co-Op
Infobox last updated on September 18, 2008

Jeff Schalk (born February 6, 1974 in Santa Cruz, California) is a retired professional mountain bike racer. His racing career began in 2006 when he took hiatus from a career in structural engineering, practicing in San Francisco, California. He moved to Washington, D.C. to pursue racing full-time with the Trek Volkswagen East Coast factory team. Schalk's major career breakthrough occurred in 2007 when he won the Shenandoah 100, establishing himself as a primary name in the domestic MTB endurance scene. When the Trek and Volkswagen partnership dissolved at the end of 2008, the Trek Bicycle Corporation continued its support of Jeff by directly signing him to full sponsorship. After his breakthrough in 2007, he moved to Frederick, Maryland and began to specialize in ultra-endurance racing events, namely 100-mile mountain bike races. Over the course of his 6 year career, he amassed 17 wins in 100-mile MTB racing, winning the National Ultra Endurance Series for three consecutive years. Schalk's sponsors for the majority of his career included: Trek Bicycle Corporation, Bontrager, Fox Racing Shox, Shimano, PowerBar, Dumonde Tech Racing Oils, and ESI Grips. All of his racing victories came aboard Trek's flagship cross country race bike at the time, the Trek Top Fuel.

He retired from racing at the end of the 2011 season, returning to his career in structural engineering. He currently lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, and works for JVA Consulting Engineers.

Major Achievements / Results

2011

1st, Mohican MTB 100 (NUE Race), Ohio - course record^[1]
1st, Breckenridge 100 (NUE Race), Colorado - course record^[2]
1st, Wilderness 101 (NUE Race), Pennsylvania - course record^[3]
1st, Pierre's Hole 100 (NUE Race), Wyoming - course record^[4]
2nd, Lumberjack 100 (NUE Race), Michigan
2nd, Syllamo's Revenge 125k (NUE Race), Arkansas
3rd, Cohutta 100 (NUE Race), Tennessee

2010

National Ultra Endurance Series Champion
1st, Cohutta 100 (NUE Race), Tennessee^[5]
1st, Mohican MTB 100 (NUE Race), Ohio^[6]
1st, Lumberjack 100 (NUE Race), Michigan^[7]
1st, Wilderness 101 (NUE Race), Pennsylvania^[8]
1st, Fool's Gold 100 (NUE Race), Georgia
1st, Stoopid 50, Pennsylvania
2nd, Shenandoah 100 (NUE Race), Virginia
3rd, Breckenridge 100 (NUE Race), Colorado

2009

National Ultra Endurance Series Champion
1st, Cohutta 100 (NUE Race), Tennessee - course record^[9]
1st, Lumberjack 100 (NUE Race), Michigan
1st, Wilderness 101 (NUE Race), Pennsylvania
1st, Stoopid 50, Pennsylvania
2nd, Breckenridge 100 (NUE Race), Colorado
3rd, Mohican MTB 100 (NUE Race), Ohio
3rd, Shenandoah 100 (NUE Race), Virginia

2008

National Ultra Endurance Series Champion
1st, Cohutta 100 (NUE Race), Tennessee^[10]
1st, Mohican MTB 100 (NUE Race), Ohio^[11]
1st, Lumberjack 100 (NUE Race), Michigan^[12]
1st, Wilderness 101 (NUE Race), Pennsylvania^[13]
2nd, BC Bike Race, British Columbia, Canada (with teammate Chris Eatough)
3rd, Shenandoah 100 (NUE Race), Virginia

2007

1st, Shenandoah 100 (NUE Race), Virginia^[14]
1st, BC Bike Race, British Columbia, Canada (with teammate Chris Eatough)

2006

3rd, Shenandoah 100 (NUE Race), Virginia

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