Colorado State University junior Elin Hartmann captured the Women’s Club Cross-Country Olympic (XCO) national title for the second straight year on Friday, October 16th, at Collegiate Nats at Powderhorn.

Bikes have been a constant for the Minneapolis native. Hartmann got her start racing on her high school cycling team with her father as head coach and her mother coaching alongside, developing through the Loppet Foundation’s Loppet Cycle Works (similar to SendTown) and Donkey Label Racing, competing in three junior nationals with the team before heading to Fort Collins. Hartmann also races on the road for CSU and the Rio. CX? "I'm definitely down to try CX! Probably should learn how to dismount and remount first! I have never really got into CX because I normally like a little rest season after MTB finishes up!"  Hartmann credits much of her success to longtime support from Freewheel out of Minneapolis and Orbea Bikes.

Fort Collins Police Services has concluded its investigation into the fatal vehicle crash that occurred on Saturday, August 29th, 2026, in the 100 block of West Mountain Avenue. The driver of the Chevrolet pickup truck, identified as 88-year-old Van Lemaster of Cheyenne, Wyoming, was booked into the Larimer County Jail on Friday, October 16th, 2026.

The collision took place in downtown Fort Collins near the end of Tour de Fat, which victims attended earlier that day. Joshua Robert Douglass, 33, of Denver, was killed in the crash. His partner, Karen Manley, was among those injured and hospitalized. A community fundraiser established to help cover her medical care, recovery expenses, and living costs remains active on GoFundMe.