Monster Energy congratulates its team of mountain bike athletes
on a dominant performance at the Monster Energy Pro Downhill US
Mountain Bike Championship competition at Snow Summit Resort in
Big Bear Lake, California.
BIG BEAR
LAKE, Calif., Aug. 19,
2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --
- Top Three Podium Spots in Pro Men Division: Monster Army Rider
Austin Dooley Takes Win, Ryan Pinkerton
Second Place, and Nathan Kitchen
Third Place
- Monster Army Rider Erice van Leuven from New Zealand Takes
First Place in the Pro Women Division
"Snow Summit is my home mountain that I
grew up racing at and to now have such a prestigious event here is
super special to me. Excited to keep the ball rolling for the rest
of the season." - Austin
Dooley
Double wins in the Pro Men and Pro Women divisions at Snow
Summit! Monster Energy congratulates its team of mountain bike
athletes on a dominant performance at the Monster Energy Pro
Downhill US Mountain Bike Championship competition at Snow Summit
Resort in Big Bear Lake,
California.
In the Pro Men division race, the team took the top three spots:
In first place, 22-year-old Monster Army rider Austin Dooley from Riverside, California, rose above the
competition. He was joined on the podium by 19-year-old Monster
Army rider Ryan Pinkerton from
Aliso Viejo, California, in second
place. Nathan Kitchen, 19, from
Bakersfield, California, took
third place. Hitting the podium in fifth place, 22-year-old
Dante Silva from San Diego, California, completed the Snow
Summit track in 2:57.413.
In the Pro Women division race, 17-year-old Monster Army rider
Erice van Leuven from Aotearoa,
New Zealand, took first place.
From August 16-18, the Monster
Energy Pro Downhill Mountain Bike Championship's third stop brought
the MTB racing elite to Snow Summit Resort. The event features pro
and amateur racing and will crown this year's US national champions
at the fourth stop.
In the highly contested Pro Men's division final, Monster Army
riders took the top three spots: In first place, Monster Army rider
Austin Dooley rose above the
competition. After dominating the qualifier rounds and heading into
the final in the top position, Dooley maintained his momentum and
finished the winding track with a total time of 2:54.616 for the
win.
"Super stoked to take the win at round three of the Monster
Energy Pro Downhill Series," said Austin
Dooley. "Snow Summit is my home mountain that I grew up
racing at and to now have such a prestigious event here is super
special to me. Excited to keep the ball rolling for the rest of the
season."
Monster Army rider Ryan Pinkerton
joined Dooley on the podium in second place. Pinkerton qualified
for Sunday's final in second place and finished closely behind his
teammate with a finish time of 2:55.128.
Nathan Kitchen took third place
with a finish time of 2:56.605. Kitchen recently became the
national champion in the dual slalom discipline at the 2024 USA
Cycling Gravity Mountain Bike National Championships.
The Pro Women's division race saw 17-year-old Monster Army rider
Erice van Leuven from Aotearoa,
New Zealand, rise to first place
with a finish time of 3:24.604.
Next, stay tuned for the Monster Energy Pro Downhill US Mountain
Bike Championship, which concludes with the Fox US OPEN of Mountain
Biking at Killington Resort in Vermont from September
26-29.
For more on Austin Dooley,
Erice van Leuven, Ryan Pinkerton, Nathan
Kitchen, Dante Silva,
and our team of mountain bike athletes, visit
http://www.monsterenergy.com. Also, follow Monster Energy on
YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok for exclusive
updates from the 2024 MTB season.
About Monster Energy
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