National Champions Crowned at 2024 USA Cycling Gran Fondo National Championships

September 23, 2024

More than 800 riders participated in Gran Fondo Maryland and Gran Fondo National Championships

(Gettysburg, PA – September 23, 2024) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – On September 15, 2024, more than 800 cyclists competed in the 13^th Annual Gran Fondo Maryland and the 2024 USA Cycling Gran Fondo National Championships, presented by Ourisman Automotive Group, in Frederick, Maryland. Twenty-seven national champions were crowned, ranging from 15-year-old Julie Raydo of Virginia and 82-year-old Durward Higgins from Tennessee.

Organized by Gran Fondo National Series, the Gran Fondo Maryland and Gran Fondo National Championships events featured a timed-segment competition format. Instead of competing from start-to-finish, competitors were only timed on distinct segments of the 30-, 60-, and 97-mile courses. Winners were determined by the lowest cumulative time for the course’s timed segments.

For the third year in a row, Andrew Knight (M45-49) of Marietta, GA was the fastest rider over the four timed segments, earning his third USA Cycling Gran Fondo National Championship. Jill Patterson (W40-44) from Arlington, VA was the fastest woman, earning her third USA Cycling Gran Fondo National Championship title.

2024 USA Cycling Gran Fondo National Champions

Category         Name

M14-16            Bennett Rose
M17-18            Dillon Lee
M19-24            Henry Neff
M25-29            Konner Wisniewski
M30-34            Felipe Aros
M35-39            Thomas Gibson
M40-44            Owen Shott
M45-49            Andrew Knight
M50-54            Rail Huster
M55-59            Jay Gump
M60-64            Michael Price
M65-69            Jay Trojan
M70-74            Alan Lesage
M75-79            Mark Mccarthy
M80+               Durward Higgins

W14-16           Julie Raydo
W19-24           Kenna Preiffer
W30-34           Hannah Gibson
W35-39           Kai Luigend
W40-44           Jill Patterson
W45-49           Bridgett Widrig
W50-54           Shannon Scanlon
W55-59           Denise Esposito
W60-64           Beth Leasure-Hudson
W65-69           Gail Waldman
W70-74           Elizabeth Tyrell
W80+              Camilla Buchanan

Support from Ourisman Automotive Group and a grant from the Michael Erin Busch Sports Fund through Maryland Sports Youth and Amateur Sports Grants Program though Maryland Sports Commission were instrumental in bringing the USA Cycling Gran Fondo National Championships to Frederick, Maryland for 2024.

About Gran Fondo National Series (granfondonationalseries.com)

Founded in 2012 by event director Reuben Kline, the Gran Fondo National Series is the largest and most competitive series of gran fondo cycling events in the United States. Gran Fondo National Series was the first series to implement timed-segment racing into US gran fondo events and has crowned Gran Fondo National Champions and Gran Fondo National Series Champions since 2012. Since 2020, Gran Fondo National Series has been the organizer of the official USA Cycling Gran Fondo National Championships.