The season continued last weekend with a XC and TT race in Gallup, NM. Saturday's XC race featured rolling single track along Gallup's famous High Desert trail. The Men's A field went first for 30 miles and was won by the unstoppable David Carlson (UA), in 2nd was NAU's Kyle Gandy, and 3rd Alex Winkler (NAU). David clawed back a few more points on Winkler and closed the gap to 15 for the leader's jersey! The Women's A field was won by NAU's Lindsey Dye, who finally broke the 3-way tie in the individual omniumn. 2nd place was her teammate Amy Chandos.
In the lower categories, NAU ran the show! With all 5 Men's B riders and all 3 Men's C riders, the school was guaranteed max points for the weekend. NAU's Makenzie Wright also won the women's B race over UA's Leslie Sullivan. Kudos to NAU on bringing the largest team each weekend- keep up the solid recruiting!
Sunday's TT was an interesting event held on Gallup's new Brickyard Bike Park. Yet again, David Carlson (UA) laid down the fastest time of the day over a tie for second between Alex Winkler (NAU) and Douglas Torres (UNM). Winkler needed to finish no less than 2nd to defend his jersey and he delivered the goods, clinging on to a slim 5 point lead. NAU swept the women's podium with Lindsey and Amy going 1-2 again. As it was on Saturday, NAU dominated the lower categories on Sunday taking maximum points.
NAU holds the lead in both the men's and women's individual omnium and the Div 1 team omnium...but will they keep UA at bay? Only two weekends of racing remain!
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