Author: By AARON REISS aaron.reiss@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Motorcyclists reach Pikes Peak summit in honor of fallen Carl Sorensen
Motorcyclists hugged on a mountain summit Sunday. A dead man’s bike sat in the center of it all. The motorcycle belonged to Carl Sorensen, who died Thursday during a practice run up Pikes Peak. At a turn in the mountain’s top section, he flew off the edge. Sunday would’ve been his third Broadmoor Pikes Peak…
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Romanian Andrei Mitrasca drives right from New York to Hill Climb
The man seemed more urban legend than racer. Pikes Peak International Hill Climb competitor Dan Aweida told a small group Thursday morning there was this racer who drove the car he’s competing in for – get this – almost two days straight from New York. Then, the seemingly crazy mystery man appeared. Andrei Mitrasca made…
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U.S. Cup Pulpit Rock course changes suit mountain bikers, particularly the winners
A man stood confused midway up the path to Pulpit Rock. The spectator at the final event of the USA Cycling U.S. Cup, a five-race series that finishes this weekend in Colorado Springs, wasn’t sure what the mountain bikers were doing. Though they moved quickly around a corner, the man didn’t know if the men’s…
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Widefield grad Boris Berian has re-emerged as threat in 800 heading into outdoor track and field nationals
Boris Berian disappeared. It was 2011, when Joe Vigil told running coach Carlos Handler about Berian, a Widefield High School graduate, who was headed to Adams State. When Vigil, the coach of Handler’s wife, Brenda Martinez, and a former Adams State coach, touted Berian as a great recruit, Handler decided he’d keep tabs. He noticed…
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Miss USA cites sport for success
Before anything broke, Nia Sanchez removed her leopard print heels. Her Miss USA sash, too. Then, in a red jumpsuit with The Broadmoor World Arena spotlight shining on her, she went to work. She offered a flurry of kicks. She broke five wooden boards with one kick. Three with another. When she was done her…
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Ascent Cycling Series race called early because of poor conditions
The mountain bike riders at Bear Creek Terrace on Wednesday stood near each other but in no particular order, like the mud splattered on them. “Who’s the dirtiest rider out there?” Sand Creek Sports president Andy Bohlmann asked through his microphone. “I’ll give you a prize.” “You’ve got blood,” Bohlmann called out to one woman,…
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Under-19 USA Basketball tryout draws underhand free throws from Chinanu Onauku
When Harry Giles saw Chinanu Onuaku shoot free throws, he inquired. “What’s up with that?” Giles asked his potential USA Basketball U19 teammate. That would be the underhand form Onauku, one of 16 players competing for a spot on the roster, uses. He places one hand on each side of the ball, with the ball…
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Caleb Swanigan became a U19 USA hoops candidate when he shed the weight
Caleb Swanigan would be the best power forward in the world. His taste buds just needed changing. When Swanigan was a 6-foot-4 and 360-pound eighth-grader, his adopted father, Roosevelt Barnes, believed that. He thought Swanigan had the talent to be among the best, even if his body said otherwise. “He was really, really fat,” Barnes…
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Three top U19 hoop players say being No. 1 ranked prospect not an issue
If you want to separate the three best basketball players in the prep class of 2016, good luck. At times during USA Basketball’s Men’s U19 World Championship Team training camp at Colorado Springs’ Olympic Training Center, three of the country’s top prospects – Jayson Tatum, Josh Jackson and Harry Giles – are inseparable. They warm…