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Area mountain biker makes Pan Am team

Colorado Springs resident Russell Finsterwald was named to the 20-member 2015 Pan American Continental Mountain Bike Championship cross-country and downhill rosters by USA Cycling on Monday. The event will be held March 25-29 in Cota, Colombia.

The team, which features four men’s and six women’s elite cross-country riders, will vie for valuable UCI points to qualify the maximum number of mountain bike rider slots for the Rio Olympic Games next summer.

Cross-Country Elite MenStephen Ettinger* (Bozeman, Mont./Sho-Air-Cannondale)Russell Finsterwald (Colorado Springs/SRAM-Troy Lee Designs Race Team)Spencer Paxson (Bellingham, Wash./Kona Bicycles Factory Team)Todd Wells (Durango/Specialized Factory Racing)Cross-Country Elite WomenLea Davison* (Jericho, Vt./Specialized Factory Racing)Georgia Gould* (Fort Collins/LUNA Pro Team)Erin Huck* (Boulder/SCOTT-3Rox Racing)Evelyn Dong (Park City, Utah/Sho-Air-Cannondale)Mary McConneloug (Chilmark, Mass./Team KENDA-M&M Racing)Chloe Woodruff (Tucson, Ariz./Team Stan’s NoTubes-Niner)Cross-Country U23 MenHoward Grotts* (Durango/Specialized Racing XC)Keegan Swenson (Escondido, Calif./Sho-Air-Cannondale)Cross-Country U23 WomenKate Courtney* (Kentfield, Calif./Specialized Factory Racing)Cross-Country Juniors MenChristopher Blevins (Durango/Whole Athlete-Specialized Cycling)Cross-Country Juniors WomenKsenia Lepikhina* (Boulder/University of Colorado)Downhill Elite MenDylan Conte (Stowe, Vt.)Shane Leslie (Birmingham, Mich./Northern Arizona University)Max Morgan (Duluth, Ga.)Neko Mulally (Pisgah Forest, N.C./Gstaad-Scott)Downhill Juniors MenCharlie Harrison (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.)* Indicates athlete was an automatic qualifier based on USA Cycling’s Mountain Bike Pan American Continental Championships athlete selection criteria.



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