Tornado Cycling Races Through the Storm at Lees-McRae

Banner Elk, N.C. – The King University Cycling team competed at the Collegiate MTB Challenge at Lees-McRae for the first day yesterday, with strong storms coming through and changing the condition of the courses halfway through the day. The team was still able to come out strong, with some good times across the board for the Tornado. The day started with Cross Country, where King had multiple athletes competing in multiple levels. For the women: Alexa Whaley and Kaitlyn Mezo both competed in the two and threes, with Whaley finishing in 59:02.30 with a third-place finish. Mezo finished two places…