Ciclismo Racing’s coach, Jeremy Norris, has the race report from this past weekend’s Colorado High School Cycling League’s State Championships in Glenwood Springs
Our NoCo high school athletes wrapped up a great season this past weekend with the Colorado League State Championships in Glenwood Springs. The Colorado Mountain College course built with the Colorado League in mind featured more technical challenges than the preceding conference races. The weather held for beautiful racing conditions both days of racing and our athletes showed up with some great rides!
With the fastest riders from all four Colorado League conferences participating in State Championships, every field was deep and competitive. Tied for largest fields, both the Freshman and JV Boys race had 154 athletes with 932 athletes total competing for their respective State Champion titles.
Of the 33 NoCo athletes competing in State Championships, 11 seniors were lining up for the last time in high school mountain bike. 7 athletes as Legacy Riders having competed in the league all four years of high school.
Let’s recognize and congratulate the seniors who completed their high school mountain bike careers this past weekend, at State Championships or elsewhere.
From Rocky Mountain High School: Darcie Henley, Jake McDill (Legacy Rider), Alexa Naschold, Sawyer Campion (Legacy Rider), Walker Evans (Legacy Rider), Isaac Brennan (Legacy Rider), Ronan Pollock (Legacy Rider), Ashton Madden (Legacy Rider), Sawyer Madden (Legacy Rider), Nolan Tidwell, and Leonardo Foote.
From Fort Collins: Alaina Smith (Legacy Rider), Christopher Barna, and Jonathan Warziniack (Legacy Rider).
From Fossil Ridge: Eli Strote (Legacy Rider), Owen Diehl (Legacy Rider), and Josh Yoder.
From Poudre: Liam Massing-Vincent, Paul Olson (Legacy Rider), and Connor Shuff (Legacy Rider).
Congratulations to our seniors on an incredible final year of high school mountain bike. Happy trails and may they all be shreddy.
Now for the State Championship weekend:
The Varsity Girls race was a firework show of national talent with 54 of Colorado’s best and some of the best in the US. Our Korryne Collins finished 6th for Rocky Mountain to round out an incredible sophomore year. Fort Collins Senior and Legacy Rider Alaina Smith finished 23rd, a strong finish to an incredible final season spent on the conference podium. Isabel Troxell, Fort Collins, finished 40th.
Varsity Boys saw Fort Collins’ Abe Cooley in 33rd, Nate Lowe in 53rd for Rocky Mountain, Zachary Watkins 57th(Fossil), Callen Solley 67th(Rocky), Rocky Senior and Legacy rider Jake Mcdill 81st, Page Liggett 111th(Rocky), Christopher Barna 126th(Fort Collins), Max Abernathey 142nd(Rocky). Sawyer Campion was unfortunately unable to finish due to mechanical issues.
In JV Girls a NoCo neighbor from Estes Park, Eliana Kostadinov finished 10th. Darcie Henley finished 40th for Rocky Mountain, Smantha Mackay 45th for Fort Collins, and 89th was Alexa Naschold for Rocky.
In the JV Boys race Lachlan Morrison finished 13th for Rocky Mountain, Liam Massing-Vincent in 23rd for Poudre, 37th was Rowan Christiansen(Rocky), 50th Will Hicks(Fort Collins), Poudre’s Senior and Legacy rider Paul Olson in 54th, 80th Kale Barnes(Fort Collins), Fossil Ridge Senior and Legacy Rider Eli Strote 85th, and Rocky Mountain Seniors and Legacy Riders Walker Evans and Ronan Pollock 124th and 130th respectively.
Sophomore Boys saw Grant Girdler finish 39th for Fossil Ridge, Shane McDill 45th for Rocky Mountain, and Ethan Hawley 139th also for Rocky.
In Freshman Girls Emmaline Jarnevich finished strong in 16th for Rocky Mountain and Greyson Spruell in 43rd for Poudre.
In the Freshman Boys race Joe Zukowski finished 2nd for Rocky Mountain to wrap up a successful 2024 season. Rocky teammate Hudson Collins was not far behind in 18th. Elijah Winner was 39th for Poudre, Benjamin Brown 58th for Rocky.
That concludes the 2024 Colorado League season. I (coach Jeremy) am already looking forward to riding with our NoCo athletes in 2025 and seeing what these incredible people will overcome and accomplish next!
See you all on the trails.
-Coach Jeremy
Full results can be found here.
Photos can be found here.
Norris races professionally for Health Advocates Racing Team, Coaches High School with Ciclismo Racing, and is a coach with Ignition Coaching.
About the Colorado High School Cycling League and how it works in NoCo
- The Colorado High School Cycling League consists of teams from the Rocky Mountains, with participating schools in Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
- The league is divided into four regions. NoCo kids race in the Platte region, which includes athletes from three states and 18 high schools/composite metro areas.
- Divisions are based on the size of each team. D3 is 5 to 15 athletes (Fort Collins, Poudre, and Fossil Ridge). D2 is 16-30 (no NoCo team currently in this division). D1 is 30+(Rocky Mountain High School). For example, Fairview has 105 athletes, Goulden has 115, and Rocky has 30.
- NoCo kids race for their high schools: Rocky Mountain, Fort Collins, Poudre, and Fossil Ridge. If they do not attend one of these schools for whatever reason (home school, not in PSD, etc.), they race for whatever high school is closest to their home address. They can live in other cities and race for Fort Collins high schools if their high school doesn’t have a team.
- All NoCo athletes race and train under the Ciclismo Racing umbrella. Ciclismo organizes practices, pays coaches, purchases clothing, manages race day operations, develops training plans, and does a litany of other things. Sendtown Bike Club no longer has a high school mountain bike program.
- Ciclsimo Racing has 65 athletes and 14 coaches.
- There are boys and girls varsity, junior varsity, sophomore, and freshman races.
- Platte Region races occur in Frisco, Eagle, Steamboat, and Nathrop, and the State Championships are in Glenwood Springs.
- During the opening weekend, over 1400 high school athletes participated in races in Frisco and Leadville.
League Information here.
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