Competing—and winning—is in the blood of both Lees-McRae’s cycling team and in its athletes.
During the Mountain Bike National Championships in Snowshoe, West Virginia, on October 21 through the 23, USA Cycling officials crowned a pair of Lees-McRae National Champions.
Senior Phil Kmetz took gold in downhill and freshman Veronica Laughton in dual slalom.
The team, and several others from around the country, were forced to push both themselves and their bikes to the physical limits in the snow, ice and mud.