Norcal Race #2- fort Ord
The conditions at Fort Ord were ideal for the NorCal High School Mountain Bike Race on Sunday March 27th. Sunny and warm just after a set of huge storms, left the course perfectly smooth and compact. With very little climbing and barely any technical terrain the pace was sure to be set for a high speed challenge. A few little steep rises and plenty of corners lined with poison oak, fast an accurate were necessary components to victory.
The Pretty Fast Girls: Sofia Hamilton, Kate Courney, Mackinzie Stanley, and Victoria Yoham lined up smiling next to the clearly marked Shayna Prowless and Maren Cosen for what was sure to be an exciting race. At 10am the Varsity ladies took off for 4 laps of 5 miles of single-track.
A determined Sofia Hamilton took the holeshot on the singletrack at the top of the first little hill with the top 7 right on her wheel. With a little bit of rotation in the first lap the top 6 settled into an order that would last the extent of the race: Sofia, Kate, Shayna, Mackenzie, Rayne, and Victoria. By the 3rd lap Sofia had broken free from the rest of the field and was charging her smile off the front. By the 4th lap Kate had caught up to her and together they opened a significant gap on the reigning series leader, Shayna. The two couldn’t have been happier, sprinting to the line together finishing 1st (Sofia) and 2nd (Kate) with a big enough gap to 3rd to put Sofia in the Leaders jersey. An amazing victory for the pretty fast girls with Mackenzie finishing strong in 4th and Victoria in 6th. In the JV Girls Race, Josie Nordrum took another victory as the undefeated sophomore.
