MONTE VISTA – The San Luis Valley Rattlers mountain bicycling team competed at a new venue at the Lazy B Ranch Rally at the Fountain Valley School in Fountain on Saturday for the third of four regular season races.
The Rattlers improved their position from 13th to ninth in their division. The position is based on the scores of their Top 5 riders.
The freshman boys were first with Cooper Webb of Sargent and Kife Mashburn of Del Norte competing. Mashburn logged a time of 1:02:00 to finish in 23rd place. Webb was five seconds behind and improved his standing to 24th.
The sophomore boys were next. Will Walker of Monte Vista had the team’s fastest course time and improved to 10th place. Owen Barr, also of Monte Vista, improved to 20th. Both course times were in less than one hour.
There are 66 riders in the sophomore boys division.
In the boys JV race, senior Summit Mashburn and juniors Chevy Kincannon and Aiden Mashburn competed. Summit had a time of less than an hour and finished 44th out of 108 racers. Kincannon also completed the course in less than one hour and placed 63rd. Aiden Mashburn finished in 73rd place dispute struggling with a cold.
In the freshman girls division, newcomer Savannah Schaefer competed. In her first mountain bike race, she finished the two-lap course and had a seven-second difference in her lap time.
Sisters Sydney and Jayda Woodke missed their races because of injuries.
The Rattlers compete in the Crystal Division of the Colorado High School Cycling League. There are four regular season races and a state competition, if all riders qualify.
The regular season finale will be on Oct. 5 in Nathrop.
