Lauren De Crescenzo (LDC) took a third women’s title at The Mid South gravel race while Torbjørn Røed (Trek Driftless) won the elite men’s race in a six-rider sprint after 100 miles of racing on the red dirt of Oklahoma. In the nonbinary category, Li King took the victory over Rach McBride.
In a two-up battle just over seven minutes behind De Crescenzo, Jenna Rinehart crossed the line for second place, two seconds ahead of Caroline Wreszin, who took a podium spot for the second consecutive year. A pack of six contenders chased another seven minutes back, with Haley Smith winning the bunch sprint for fourth. De Crescenzo set a new best mark for women with a time of 4:47:42, 7:21 faster than 2023.
