Monday, 5/19/08 at 1:09 PM
by Tiffany Brown
by Tiffany Brown
More great racing from Kelli Emmett!
KELLI EMMETT CLAIMS FIRST XC WIN IN NATIONAL RACE!
She’s Also 2nd in Short Track!
In a weekend of extreme temperatures – over 100 degrees – Kelli Emmett and Carl Decker of Giant’s Mountain Bike Team had great performances at the National Mountain Bike Series race #3 at the Chamberlain Ranch in California’s Santa Ynez Valley. On Saturday, Kelli scored her first cross country win in a national race. In an event where one of her competitors had to be taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion (Georgia Gould of the Luna team), Kelli picked off her rivals one at a time. She told cyclingnews.com: "I knew it was a matter of survival out there today. Heat generally doesn't bother me too much so I knew that if I rode steady I would work my way up. I've been riding a dirt bike so it has been helping me with the descending skills." Kelli added, "I've been riding with Katie Compton (U.S National Cyclo-cross Champion) back home and she has been putting the screws to me every day so it's paid off nicely."
Full results of Kelli’s race and photos can be found at: http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=mtb/2008/may08/NORBA_3_08/NORBA_3_085
Kelli’s good form served her well on Sunday, too, as she finished 2nd in the women’s Short Track!
She’s Also 2nd in Short Track!
In a weekend of extreme temperatures – over 100 degrees – Kelli Emmett and Carl Decker of Giant’s Mountain Bike Team had great performances at the National Mountain Bike Series race #3 at the Chamberlain Ranch in California’s Santa Ynez Valley. On Saturday, Kelli scored her first cross country win in a national race. In an event where one of her competitors had to be taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion (Georgia Gould of the Luna team), Kelli picked off her rivals one at a time. She told cyclingnews.com: "I knew it was a matter of survival out there today. Heat generally doesn't bother me too much so I knew that if I rode steady I would work my way up. I've been riding a dirt bike so it has been helping me with the descending skills." Kelli added, "I've been riding with Katie Compton (U.S National Cyclo-cross Champion) back home and she has been putting the screws to me every day so it's paid off nicely."
Full results of Kelli’s race and photos can be found at: http://www.cyclingnews.com/mtb.php?id=mtb/2008/may08/NORBA_3_08/NORBA_3_085
Kelli’s good form served her well on Sunday, too, as she finished 2nd in the women’s Short Track!
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