The Colorado School of Mines Club Cycling team delivered a strong weekend of racing at the Black Hawk in the Oredigger Challenge, earning multiple victories and several top finishes across Enduro, Short Track and Cross Country competition on Sept. 12-13.

Mines opened the weekend with Enduro racing on Saturday, where the Orediggers collected wins in both the Men's Cat. 1 and Men's Cat. 2 fields. Benjamin Mackenzie finished first in Men's Cat. 1 with a time of 13:33.9, while Blue Johnson followed in third at 13:52.9 and Connor Theine finished eighth at 15:13.3.

Trevor Kornmesser led Mines in Men's Cat. 2, winning the event in 10:02.0. Joey Kan added a second-place finish at 10:27.2, while Booker O'Dell, Ethan Wente, Rhys Jones, Benji Salmon, Mathias Hokama and Austin Kaukl also finished inside the top 20.
The Orediggers also turned in a strong showing in Men's Cat. 3 Enduro. Eli Smith placed third with a time of 10:33.4, followed by Noah Lampton in eighth and Lars Gerdes in 10th. Whit McDonald, Aaron Orahood, Rowan Hunting, Emmet Snyder, Zak Dollar, Nathaniel Yen, Sam Baxter, Nolan Proulx and Drew Hayes also completed the race for Mines.
Mines continued its success in the women's Enduro events. Aila Harmala finished third in Women's Cat. 2, while Maren Plumb and Mahika Peterson finished first and second, respectively, in Women's Cat. 3.
Saturday's Short Track competition brought more top finishes for the Orediggers. Ben Stokes finished second in Men's Cat. 1, with Myles Scott right behind him in third. Mines also saw strong finishes from Brendan Giles, Dillon Hall, Josh Dicks, Nathaniel Yen, Jeremy Cefus, James Newman, Alexander Takoudes and Austin Kaukl.

In the women's Cat. 1 Short Track race, Anna Haemer placed fourth and Mahika Peterson finished seventh. Kate Rizzo added an 11th-place finish in Women's Cat. 2.
Sunday's Cross Country Olympic (XCO) races provided another opportunity for Mines to compete at the Oredigger Classic. Maren Plumb capped her weekend with another victory, winning the Women's Cat. 2/3 race.

Dawson Sennes led Mines in Men's Cat. 2 with a seventh-place finish, while the Orediggers also saw August Lincoln, August Gleason and other Mines racers compete throughout the field.

In Men's Cat. 1, Brendan Giles finished 16th, Myles Scott placed 18th, Nathaniel Yen finished 24th, Jeremy Cefus took 25th and Austin Kaukl finished 29th. Dillon Hall, Josh Dicks, James Newman and other Orediggers also completed the race.
The Black Hawk Oredigger Classic gave Mines Club Cycling a strong start to the season, highlighted by multiple victories, several podium finishes and a deep group of Orediggers competing across all three disciplines.