BANNER ELK, N.C. – Lees-McRae women's cycling hosted its annual Collegiate Mountain Bike Challenge right here in Banner Elk and the Bobcats collected multiple top-ten placements on their home course.
THE BASICS
RACE: Collegiate MTB Challenge at Lees-McRae
LOCATION: Banner Elk, North Carolina
NOTABLES:
- Anabel Miller earned the victory in the Cross Country Pro 1-2 on Saturday morning and led four Bobcats in the top ten. Tatum Dalton followed in fourth with Abby Manson and Errin Mackridge following in sixth and eighth.
- Avery Wortendyke led Lees-McRae in the Dual Slalom with a ninth-place finish. Olivia Young collected 11th place in the discipline. Aisley Gentry earned 14th for the Bobcats.
- On Sunday, Mackridge and Miller joined Omar Wilson and Phillip Naude to place first in the Team Relay.
- Miller continued her successful weekend with third place in the Short Track and the Bobcats took third through sixth in the Pro 1-2 discipline. Dalton, Manson, and Mackridge followed Miller in fourth through sixth.
- The Bobcats concluded the home race weekend in the Downhill. Young finished eighth and Miller recorded 10th place. Gentry collected 12th in the final race of the weekend.
UP NEXT:
Lees-McRae women's cycling continues its mountain bike season at the SECCC Championships in Ride Rock Creek, North Carolina on Saturday, September 26.
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