Speers is cycling coach of the year

Tribal member, Andrew Speers of Evergreen, Colorado, was honored as the Colorado High School Cycling League’s Coach of the Year.

The Colorado League hosts 2000+ racers from 180 high schools. Andrew has coached the Evergreen High School Mountain Bike team for 13 years, the last two as head coach.

The team consists of 70 students and over 20 assistant coaches. This year, under Coach Speers’ direction, the team has added mountain bike trails on the campus of their high school, created a film festival to fund raise for the purchase of a new trailer for the team and led the team to a 1st place finish, in its region and a 4th place overall finish at the State Race in 2022, the best finish in the school’s history.