Sunday, November 12, 2006

Shriver Cross/Colorado State Championships

Yesterday I had the pleasure of watching a great cyclocross race in Durango at the Ft. Lewis campus.

The womens race did not have many contestants but was action packed. A girl named Sara wrecked at the beginning of the 45 minute battle. She lost serious time with the wreck and pitting. She never gave up though, and managed to finish 3rd.

The men's race had some heavy hitters who call Durango home. National Champ Todd Wells along with his brother U23 National Champ Troy Wells. Former Collegiate National Champ Matt Shriver. The Real Joey Thompson and Ned Overend just to name a few. The Wells brothers along with Shriver and Thompson took off from the start and never looked back. Although Grant Berry and Ned Overend were not far behind.

Shriver and Todd Wells gapped the other 2 and rode away. Wells had trouble and had to switch bikes, dropping him to 4th. He managed to chase back to 2nd but the damage had been done and Shriver soloed in for the win. It was an exciting race and the crowd showed great support.
Here are some photo's, enjoy.

Sara chasing back

The men fixing to start.

Ned Overend before the start
Random Pic's throughout the race.

And your winner....Matt Shriver
Last but not least, Nacho was on hand to pump up the crowd.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

nice pix's! needs more cowbell...