In a shockingly fast start, Colorado Mesa University mountain bikers opened the national championships at Powderhorn with three individual national titles in the first four races.

The Mavericks surged into the team lead, powered by cross country dominance, at the USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships. CMU is seeking its sixth consecutive national mountain bike team title.

CMU senior Ivan Sippy captured two national championships in the same day when he won the short track cross country event in the morning and the longer, traditional cross country race in the afternoon.

Teammate Makena Kellerman, also a CMU senior, pedaled home to a national title in short track early on a blustery Thursday morning — the first event of the mountain bike nationals, which will contin

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