Craig Named to Pan American Cross Country Team

Bend's Adam Craig will be one of 20 riders representing the United States at the 2009 Pan American Mountain Bike Championships, March 20-23 in Santiago, Chile.

Craig will be joined in the Elite Men's Cross Country category by Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Boulder, Colo.), Michael Broderick (Chilmark, Mass.) and Sam Schultz (Missoula, Mont.), according to USA Cycling.

Todd Wells (Durango, Colo.), ranked 14th in the world and second among Americans, earned an automatic nomination but declined his invitation.

Elite Men’s Cross Country
Adam Craig (Bend, Ore.)
Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Boulder, Colo.)
Michael Broderick (Chilmark, Mass.)
Sam Schultz (Missoula, Mont.)

Elite Women’s Cross Country
Georgia Gould (Boulder, Colo.)
Mary McConneloug (Fairfax, Calif.)
Heather Irmiger (Boulder, Colo.)
Willow Koerber (Asheville, N.C.)

U23 Men’s Cross Country
Tad Elliott (Durango, Colo.)
Mitchell Peterson (Sandy, Utah)
Macky Franklin (Taos, N.M.)

U23 Women’s Cross Country
Chloe Forsman (Tucson, Ariz.)