Ciclismo Racing’s coach, Jeremy Norris, has the race report from this past weekend’s Colorado High School Cycling League’s in Nathrop.
The final conference race of the 2024 high school season went down in Nathrop this weekend. The Chalk Creek Stampede took place under the shadow of Mt. Princeton on a NORBA venue from ancient North American mountain bike history setting an epic backdrop for our Fort Collins athletes to battle it out one more time against their Platte region peers before State Championships later this month.
As usual, 48 NoCo athletes put on a show with seven athletes on their respective podiums and more in the top 10 of their races. Every result in Colorado League races is an outstanding accomplishment with world class riders growing up through the high school ranks every year of the league’s history.
Korryne Collins yet again took the podium for Rocky Mountain in 2nd place for Varsity Girls with Alaina Smith from Fort Collins also on the podium again in 5th. Fort Collins teammate Isabel Troxell was just behind in a strong 6th.
Abe Cooley held on for another podium for Fort Collins in Varsity Boys with 5th place. Rocky Mountain’s Jake Mcdill and Callen Solley were the next NoCo finishers in 15th and 16th.
In the JV Girls’ race, Rocky Mountain’s Darcie Henley took a strong 6th place with Samantha Mackay not far behind in 8th for Fort Collins.
JV Boys saw another podium for Rocky Mountain with Lachlan Morrison in 4th place, Poudre’s Liam Massing-Vincent close behind in 7th, and Rowan Christensen rounding out the top ten for Rocky Mountain.
In Sophomore Boys, the top finishers from NoCo were Shane Mcdill(Rocky) and Grant Girdler(Fossil) in 16th and 17th respectively.
Emmeline Jarnevich took yet another podium in Freshman Girls with 2nd place for Rocky Mountain with teammate Audrey Abernathey inside the top 10 in 8th place.
No stranger to wins, Joe Zukouski once again dominated the Freshman Boys field for Rocky Mountain with teammate Hudson Collins in 3rd place and Poudre’s Elijah Winner rounding out the top 10.
Fort Collins moved into 1st place to take the conference win in D3 with Poudre in 4th and Fossil in 5th in D3. Rocky Mountain finished out the conference races with 3rd place in D1.
Divisions within the conference are determined by team size (see below).
It has been incredible watching athletes in every category grow more competent and confident on their bikes whether just riding trails in the great out-of-doors or winning highly competitive races. With Conference races done for the season, qualified athletes are preparing for Colorado League State Championships in Glenwood Springs, October 19th and 20th.
As the World Cup riders love to say, one last dance for the 2024 season!
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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