within the past 2 months I have competed in 2 national championships.
1. Collegiate Track National Championships here in Indianapolis where my school, Marian University won the competition overall and we had a few individual wins as well. It was definitely a great experience for me and I learned a lot about track racing since I came to Marian. Big thanks to Coach Dean Peterson and my team for helping me throughout the way and my sponsor Don Walker/Don Walker Bikes.
2. Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals in Lake Tahoe, Ca. What a wild trip... I didn't have the best start heading out there, getting very sick on the way to the airport questioning if I should even get on the airplane or not.. but I did...
Our small squad of 3 riders, Sierra, Alder, and myself, and coach came too, we headed out to CA on Wednesday looking for a top 20 by the end of the week and we pulled off 13th, we were pretty happy about that! Alder and Sierra both raced in the XC and Short track events. Alder having trouble with flats in his XC race but doing a lot better in the Short track event and Sierra pulling through with top 20's in both events! I did Short track, 4x, and Downhill. I not the best at endurance MTBing haha, and in 4x a girl and I were battling for 2nd to the first corner so I threw her a bow and she crashed and I went off the track and the 4th place ride got ahead of me in time before I could get going again and I didnt have enough time to catch her so I ended up 13th. Downhill was just a mess of a day for me but it was a lot of fun and my downhill bike is a lot of fun to ride. I love it out in Lake Tahoe, I swear I will live out there one day. It was nice to see old team mates and some friends that I havent seen in a while!!!
Coach and I
MTB TEAM 4 LYFE
... finally...
