The second race in the Zia Taqueria Cyclocross Series, which took place Saturday in Cortez, saw different bikers claim the open division titles.
The course in Cortez featured a sand pit, steep hills and turns through through a BMX track. Fort Lewis College rider Natalie Quinn and Kolben Preble of Segment 28, however, handled the obstacles the best to win the open division races.
On Saturday, the third race in the series will take place at Durango Mesa with its raw terrain, longer paved section and maybe just one more spiral of doom. The races will begin at 11 a.m. with the Open Women, B Men, 50-plus Men and Junior 14-and-under divisions competing.
At noon, the Open Men and 35-plus men will race.
On Wednesday, there will also be cyclocross practices at the FLC Stadium, starting and finishing on the track, at noon and then 4:30 p.m. for FLC and Devo riders ahead of the series’ final races.
The fourth and fifth races in the series will take place Nov. 20 and 21 at Fort Lewis’ Ray Denison Memorial Field. There won’t be race-day registration so competitors will need to register by midnight Friday at https://bit.ly/30j6KBM
More information on the series can be found at http://cycling.fortlewis.edu/4ccx/
Cortez results
Open Women
1. Natalie Quinn
2. Madelyn Roberson
3. Jennifer Gersbach
4. Hannah Garvey
5. Kim Bear
6. Martha Iverson
7. Charlotte Lenssen
Open Men
1. Kolben Preble
2. Guy Leshem
3. Rotem Ishay
4. George Piepgras
5. Ivan Sippy
6. Cobe Freeburn
7. Alex Green
8. James Hiyler
9. Luca Haines
10. Kobi Gyetvan
11. Austin Peters
12. Travis Brown
13. Toby Hassett
14. Maxwell Jordan (SS)
15. Henry Nelson
16. Dylan Atkinson
17. Ryan Chaney
18. Nicholas Narraway
19. Owen Bertany
20. Tom Haines
21 Aidan Palmer
22. Garrett Payer
23. Henry Lord
24. Ty Yellowman
25. Jarier Laureano
26. Connor Gizinski
27. Kirk Morrison (SS)
DNF. Kye Cordes
DNF. Todd Wells
B Men
1. Gene Hilton
2. Sam Riess
3. Jacob Huber
4. Emmett McManus
5. Tony Cady
6. Eric Hjermstad
7. Connor
8. Ryan Simonovich
9. Cannon Hilton
50+ Men
1. Joseph Shults
2. Andy Fox
3. Dave Hagen
4. Jan Bear
5. Ries Robinson
6. Field Blevins
7. David Strobel
8. Jack McManus
9. Bill Stanley
10. Reece Blincoe
11. Kirk Morrison
12. Craig Campbell
13. Richard Bagienski
Junior (14 and under)
1. Cooper Wells
2. Benjamin Andrea
3. Ethan Hilton
4. Fielder LeCompte
5. Myles Bowman
DNF. Darin Hilton
Men 35+
1. Caleb Thompson
2. Mike Wilk
3. Matthew McGee
4. Heath Garvey
5. Miles Venzara
6. Casey Roberts
