Last weekend, a team of 6 men and 1 woman from the club traveled to Banner Elk, NC for Collegiate MTB Nationals.
The whole race weekend turned out being some of the muddiest conditions any of us had ridden in, as it had rained for a week straight before the races.
Our team did well as Mike Bartlett, the 2007 Midwest Collegiate Cycling Conference Champion, posted the best results for the team with 25th in the Cross Country and 13th in the Short Track.
Other finishers of the cross country were Mattison Brady in 52nd and Brendan Benson and Nick Boswell rode in together in 55th and 56th. Lizzie Yarina finished 41st in the Women’s race. In Short Track, Brendan Benson finished 34th, Sean Murphy finished 43rd, Nick Boswell finished 48th, and Lizzie finished 41st.
For gravity, Al Ogdon finished 51st in the downhill Event and 30th in the Dual Slalom event.
Overall, the team placed 15th out of 38 teams and Mike Bartlett 19th out of 127 men.
Congratulations to all and great job to the whole team for a great MTB season!