Keegan Swenson
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| Born | February 16, 1994 Park City, Utah | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Specialized Off-Road | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2013–2014 | Cannondale Factory Racing | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Cannondale 3rox | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Stans-Pivot Pro Team | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2025 | Santa Cruz SRAM HTSQD | |||||||||||||||||
| 2026–2028 | Specialized Off-Road[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Keegan Swenson (born February 16, 1994) is an American mountain bike and gravel racing cyclist, riding for the Specialized Off-Road Team, and is the current Marathon Mountain Biking World Champion. He has won the Leadville Trail 100 MTB for 5 consecutive years (2021-2025), and holds the course record of 5:43:31, which he set in 2023.[2] He also won the first three editions of the Life Time Grand Prix overall race series.[3]
Road cycling
In September 2022 he received a late call-up to represent USA Cycling in 2022 UCI Road World Championships.[4] He finished the road race in 73rd place.[5]
Major results
Mountain bike
- 2012
- 1st Cross-country, National Junior Championships
- 2nd Cross-country, Pan American Junior Championships
- UCI Junior World Cup
- 2nd Windham
- 3rd Houffalize
- 3rd Mont Sainte Anne
- 2014
- 1st Cross-country, National Under-23 Championships
- 2015
- 2nd Cross-country, National Championships
- 2016
- 2nd Cross-country, National Championships
- 2nd Missoula Challenge
- 2017
- 1st Chile Challenge
- 1st Missoula XC
- 2018
- 2nd SOHO Bike Fest PRO XCT
- 3rd Overall Swiss Epic
- 2019
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 1st SOHO Bike Fest - Elite XCO
- 1st Missoula XC
- 2nd Team relay, UCI World Championships
- 2021
- National Championships
- 1st Cross-country
- 1st Short track
- 1st Leadville Trail 100 MTB
- 1st Telluride 100
- 1st OZ Trails U.S Pro Cup XCC
- 1st OZ Trails U.S Pro Cup XCO
- 2022
- 1st Cross-country, National Championships
- 1st Sea Otter Fuego 80k
- 1st Leadville Trail 100 MTB
- 2023
- 1st Sea Otter Fuego XL
- 1st SOHO Bike Fest - Elite XCO
- 1st Leadville Trail 100 MTB
- 2nd Life Time Chequamegon MTB Festival
- 2024
- 1st Sea Otter Fuego XL
- 1st Leadville Trail 100 MTB
- 1st Life Time Chequamegon MTB Festival
- 3rd Little Sugar MTB 100k
- 2025
- 1st Marathon, UCI World Championships
- 1st Leadville Trail 100 MTB
Gravel
- 2020
- 1st Belgian Waffle Ride[6]
- 2022
- 1st Crusher in the Tushar
- 1st SBT GRVL
- 2nd Big Sugar
- 2nd Unbound Gravel 200
- Men's Life Time Grand Prix Overall Winner
- 2023
- 1st Unbound Gravel 200
- 1st Crusher in the Tushar
- 1st Belgian Waffle Ride Arizona
- 1st SBT GRVL
- 1st US Men's Gravel National Championship
- Men's Life Time Grand Prix Overall Winner
- 5th UCI World Championships
- 2024
- 1st Belgian Waffle Ride Arizona
- 1st SBT GRVL
- 1st The RAD Dirt Fest
- 4th Big Sugar
- 6th US Men's Gravel National Championship
- Men's Life Time Grand Prix Overall Winner
- 2025
- 1st Life Time Sea Otter Classic Gravel
- 1st Belgian Waffle Ride Arizona
- 2nd SBT GRVL
- 2nd Lauf Gravel Worlds
- 4th Men's Life Time Grand Prix
Road
- 2024
- 1st Levi's GranFondo Growler - Pro Men
- 2025
- 1st Levi's GranFondo Growler - Pro Men
Personal life
Keegan is married to fellow racing cyclist Sofía Gómez Villafañe.
References
- ^ https://www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/transfers/gravel-superstar-keegan-swenson-signs-for-specialized-off-road-taking-squad-towards-super-team-status/
- ^ https://velo.outsideonline.com/gravel/gravel-racing/from-columbine-to-glory-keegan-swenson-kate-courtney-rule-leadville-100/
- ^ https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/the-rad-dirt-fest-2024/life-time-grand-prix-6-elite-men/results/
- ^ Fretz, Caley (September 23, 2022). "Keegan Swenson has seven hours to learn how to race road bikes". CyclingTips. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
- ^ "World Championships ME - Road Race 2022 One day race results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
- ^ Delaney, Ben (October 17, 2020). "Keegan Swenson wins Belgian Waffle Ride without a front brake. Rose Grant takes women's race". Velonews. Pocket Outdoor Media.
External links
- Official Website
- Keegan Swenson at ProCyclingStats
- Keegan Swenson at MTB Data
- Keegan Swenson at InterSportStats
- Profile on USA Cycling
- Keegan Swenson on MTBCrossCountry.com
- Keegan Swenson on ProCyclingStats.com