Nationals

The college mountain bike national championships will be held at Powderhorn Mountain Resort Oct. 9-12.

.Six? Six in a row?

The Colorado Mesa University cycling team stomped on the pedals this week, kicking off the team’s quest for a sixth consecutive national mountain bike championship.

The cycling Mavericks, back on campus barely a month, hosted the season-opening CMU Rumble at Powderhorn Mountain Resort featuring college mountain bike teams from the Rocky Mountain region.

Over two days, the collegians competed in cross country racing, short track cross country, downhill and dual slalom — a new event on the CMU/Powderhorn program. And a key event for next month’s upcoming Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships, also set for Powderhorn Mountain Resort.

“Our dual sl

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