Norge Cross, Illinois

I went down to Norge Cross which was some where in illinois. My sister Emma Swartz got second in the Cat 1,2,3 women. I did the Cat 4 A's because juniors were too late in the afternoon. I thought I was gonna be last row at the start because only three people registered after me in the field of 58 men. But to my surprise I got called up second row and got to start behind Andrew Schmidt the junior national champion and my friend. I had a bad start because it was on loose gravel/broken concrete but I instantly recovered started working my was up through the field, taking inside lines and basically riding as smart as I could. I held my ground in 6th place for awhile but in the last two laps I dropped back to 9th. I was pretty happy with that but my back started hurting towards the end and I lost some of my power.   

Many Races

My Dad and I on the Continental divide trail

On top of the fly over at a Chicago
Cross Cup Race 

Well I haven't updated since May so I am about 25 races behind but I have gotten 3rd overall in the WORS kinetic citizen series. I went to Brian Matters Mountain bike camp in June. I then went on a long mountain biking vacation out west and went to Crested Butte, Colorado and many other mountain biking hot spots.  At USGP of cyclocross Sun Prairie, Wisconsin I Got first on Saturday and Second on Sunday. It was a good week end of racing and was very fun. After that was Jingle Cross Rock in Iowa City. I mopped the floor with the Juniors and got the double win. I also got a 9th and a 13th in the Cat 4 races. I am currently tied for first place in the Wisconsin cyclocross cup series. The season is finishing up here and I think I only have a few more races here and then a break before nationals.

At the top of the 401 trail in Crested Butte

Crossing a small bridge at the Franklin WORS race