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Park City’s Keegan Swenson podiums in 100 mile gravel bike race

Michele Roepke
Oct 25, 2022

Keegan Swenson Photo: USA Cycling

BENTONVILLE, Arkansas — On Saturday, Keegan Swenson placed second in the Big Sugar Gravel 100 bike race. The Park City athlete representing the U.S. in the Tokyo Summer Olympics on USA Cycling currently resides in Heber.

For the 100-mile race held primarily on a gravel course, Swenson averaged a pace of 20.95 miles per hour and finished with a time of 4:58;24, about 30 seconds behind the winner Russel Finsterwald of Colorado Springs, CO.

The race had an elevation gain of 7,000 feet.

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By: Michele Roepke

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I've lived in Park City for 30 years but right off the starting line, my journalism professors expressed plaudits after class for writing more so about the small-town sports in the surrounding mountains than the urban updates they assigned. Therefore, I’m on par punning and penning Parkites' pastimes. Turning high and early through my career, I’ve worked communications for The Olympics, the Paralympics and the Special Olympics. Additionally, there's been National Geographic, Patagonia, NCAA, USA Nordic and the United States Library of Congress, so I guess you could say this ain't my first rodeo.

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