By Loren Eggenschwiler
The MSU Cycling Team hosted a collegiate race this weekend.
The event began with a video showing of American Flyers Friday night at 7 p.m.
Saturday morning began with Road Races held out near Hatton and Old Windthorst road. The men’s C category began grabbing the medals with Caden Burross taking 2nd and teammate David Barrett took 4th. Men’s B and women’s A categories raced together. Claire Routledge stayed with the men to take 1st. Teammates Loren Eggenschwiler, Jessi Prinner and Ashley Weaver took 3rd,4th and 5th respectively. Fidel Goytia took 3rd in the Road Race.
The men’s A category was represented well. Evan Bybee took 2nd, followed by Danny Robertson and Jason Short in 3rd and 4th.
After a lunch break, Team Time Trials were hosted in the same area. Men’s B took 2nd place. Bybee, Short, Alexi Martinez and Ricky Randall took 1st with 12:58.4.
Teammates Robertson, Josh Carter, Tony Baca and Sean Brown took 2nd with 13:18.8. The women’s A team Routledge, Prinner, Weaver and Eggenschwiler took 1st with 15:18.2.
Sunday morning races were held on campus. Barrett was able to take 2nd with Burross in 3rd for the men’s C. Bailey Hess took 8th for the Women’s B. Fidel Goytia came in 2nd followed by Erick Goytia in 3rd and Aldo Curiel in 8th.
Prinner, Routledge and Eggenschwiler took top 3 and Weaver took 6th. Bybee was able to lap the field with a few other riders and took 1st. Carter, Baca, Short and Randall took 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th consecutively.
It was another successful weekend for the MSU Cycling Team.
The team will be heading down to Baton Rouge to race Conference Championships at LSU.
The team is also preparing to attend Nationals May 3 in Utah.