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Cyclocross racers compete in Cortez

Saturday’s race at Durango Mesa
Competitors in the Zia Taqueria Cyclocross Series raced around Cortez's Parque de Vida, pictured, on Saturday. Courtesy map

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