GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – The Lees-McRae women's cycling completed the three-day event at the USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals in Grand Junction, Colorado.
Anabel Miller led the Bobcats with a fifth-place finish in the individual Omnium.
THE BASICS
RACE: USA Cycling Collegiate MTB Nationals
LOCATION: Grand Junction, Colorado
NOTABLES:
- Eliška Hanáková led Lees-McRae on the second day of nationals with a bronze medal finish in the Cross Country discipline on Friday. Miller followed in 11th place and Abby Manson placed 19th. Errin Mackridge, Haley Ellison, and Tatum Dalton rounded out the Bobcats in the Cross Country event.
- On Friday, Lees-McRae placed third in the Varsity Team Relay. Hanakova and Miller joined Omar Wilson and Phillip Naude for the third-place finish.
- Hanakova continued her strong national performance with a fourth-place finish in the Short Track Cross Country on Saturday. Miller followed in 15th place and Manson placed 21st for the Bobcats. Mackridge, Ellison, and Dalton also placed in the top 50 for Lees-McRae.
- Miller led the Bobcats in Downhill with 19th place. Olivia Young and Aisley Gentry followed in 25th and 27th for the Bobcats.
- Miller earned fifth place individually in the individual Omnium and Mackridge narrowly missed a top-ten finish with 11th place.
- Lees-McRae women's cycling tallied fifth place in the Team Omnium. Colorado Mesa earned the team title with 304 total points.
UP NEXT:
Lees-McRae women's cycling gears up for the cyclocross season in the next few weeks.
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