The Durangoan and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory/Durango DEVO Sweet Elite rider finished 16th overall in the 35-rider cross country field, finishing 7 minutes, 58 seconds behing champion Alessandra Keller of Switzerland.
American rider Kate Courtney from Kentfield, Calif., finished sixth.
On Friday, Durango’s Howard Grotts will hit the course in the men’s under-23 race, and Durangoan and three-time Olympian Todd Wells will ride in Saturday’s men’s elite race.