{"id":21642,"date":"2025-06-30T16:50:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T22:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/photos-cortez-bmx-hosts-state-qualifying-races\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T22:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:08:19","slug":"photos-cortez-bmx-hosts-state-qualifying-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/photos-cortez-bmx-hosts-state-qualifying-races\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Cortez BMX hosts state qualifying races"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Racers
Racers descend the starting hill on Saturday at the state qualifying BMX races in Cortez. Erika Alvero\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

\"Youngsters
Youngsters prepare to take off for the \u201cStriders\u201d or \u201cBalance Bike\u201d race on Saturday, June 21 at the state qualifying BMX races in Cortez. Erika Alvero\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Mila
Mila Devoy from Dillon strides down a hill during the 5&Over Balance Bike race on Saturday, June 21 at the state qualifying BMX races in Cortez. Erika Alvero\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Intermediate
Intermediate riders Julia Koskinen and Ronin Cox race neck-and-neck after the opening start on Saturday, June 21 at the state qualifying BMX races in Cortez. Erika Alvero\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"From
From left, novice riders Gunner Cupps and Madelynn Young embark on the first stretch of their race on Saturday, June 21 at the state qualifying BMX races in Cortez. Erika Alvero\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"From
From left, Rhett Tabor, Camden Weimer, and Vincent Metoyer compete in one of the Balance Bike heats on Saturday, June 21 at the state qualifying BMX races in Cortez. Erika Alvero\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Expert
Expert rider Tiegan Stiebel flies high as he looks to catch competitor Nathan Hulk Smash on Saturday, June 21 at the state qualifying BMX races in Cortez. Erika Alvero\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Racers
Racers descend the starting hill on Saturday at the state qualifying BMX races in Cortez. Erika Alvero\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Quincy
Quincy Hunt catches some air as a cohort of expert riders make their way down the track on Saturday, June 21 at the state qualifying BMX races in Cortez. Erika Alvero\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Riders
Riders bend around a curve as they prepare for another rhythm section on Saturday, June 21 at the state qualifying BMX races in Cortez. Erika Alvero\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dustin
Dustin Kelso stays laser-focused on the track ahead in one of the intermediate races on Saturday, June 21 at the state qualifying BMX races in Cortez. Erika Alvero\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dustin
Dustin Kelso stays laser-focused on the track ahead in one of the intermediate races on Saturday, June 21 at the state qualifying BMX races in Cortez. Erika Alvero\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Competitors
Competitors prepare for the starting gates to be lifted on Saturday, June 21 at the state qualifying BMX races in Cortez. Erika Alvero\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Nixon
Nixon Padilla from Aztec, New Mexico looks down toward his destination on Saturday, June 21 at the state qualifying BMX races in Cortez. Erika Alvero\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Camden
Camden Weimer from Durango eyes his competition mischievously before taking off down the final hill of his Balance Bike race on Saturday, June 21 at the state qualifying BMX races in Cortez. Erika Alvero\/Special to The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

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100 riders from youth striders to adults competed Saturday at the Baxter Family BMX track in Cortez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38,39,28,37,36],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-21642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dolores-high-school","tag-dove-creek-high-school","tag-headlines","tag-mancos-high-school","tag-montezuma-cortez-high-school"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21642"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77396,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21642\/revisions\/77396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21642"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=21642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}