-Macon, GA-The Mountain bikers of the Mercer Cycling team traveled 4 hours north this weekend to race in Greenville, South Carolina. Elizabeth Lee represented the team in the Womens B/Cat2 division, Charles Weaving represented the team in Men's C/Cat5, and Gabriel Denes represented in the Men's B/Cat3 division.
Lee Swept up this weekend with a first place finish in both the short track cross country races. Freshman Charles Weaving has made his mark on the Men's C circuit, taking second place in both the short track and cross country races. Charles now holds second place in the southeast for Men's C cross country and third place for short track.
Denes crashed hard in his short track race, only able to fight up to 8th place before the finish. In the Men's B/Cat3 cross country race, Denes placed second, 26 seconds behind the win. Denes recalls," The race sunday was brutal. It started out raining in the morning, which made the course completely soupy. We all ran super low pressure in our tires to try to get at least some grip through the course, though we had to get off the bikes and sprint up several of the hills. There were several big crashes in my category due to all the muck and mud. I sprinted in the holeshot to make first in the woods, and made a gap along with two other riders on the rest of the pack. We led out for a while, until I caught a tree with my bars and was thrown off the bike. It put me far enough back to have a brutal fight to finish in second."
-Men's B Start-
The Team plans to finish the Collegiate MTB Season this weekend with the Conference Championships in Conyers, GA at the GA Tech race. Look forward to more podium finishes next week!
