Multi-disciplined professional cyclist applying holistic training philosophies to take aim at track cycling and the Olympic Games

Value-driven athlete deciphering precisely how physical, mental, and spiritual health is fundamental to performance

2025

Program

FEB *Ellis Jude Koontz* Born

APRIL 19-20 Cobb Lake Road Race + Crit - Fort Collins, CO

MAY 16-18 Boulder Omnium - Boulder CO

JULY 9 UCI Summer Slam - Carson, CA

JULY 12 UCI Summer Slam - Carson, CA

JULY 16 UCI Summer Slam - Carson, CA

JULY 19 UCI Summer Slam - Carson, CA

AUG 6-10 USAC Track Nationals - Colorado Springs, CO

AUG 24-31 UCI Track Czechia - Prague + Prostějov, CZE

OCT 22-26 UCI Track World Championships - Santiago, CHI

Race Resume

Career Highlights:

OLYMPIAN PARIS 2024

UCI Track Champions League x2 2022, 2024

Bronze Medalist PanAmerican Games x2 Santiago, CHL 2023 - Team Pursuit, Madison

Gold Medalist PanAmerican Championships x4 - Team Pursuit, Madison, Scratch, Elimination

5th Place UCI Track World Championships Ballerup, DEN 2024 - Team Pursuit

6th Place UCI Track World Championships Paris, FRA 2022 - Points Race

Bronze Medalist UCI Track Nations Cup Adelaide, AUS 2024 - Elimination

Gold Medalist USA Elite National Track x5 - Omnium, Scratch, Points, 2x Team Pursuit

1x 46th Annual Madison Cup Champion, Pennsylvania, USA 2023

1x Green Sprint Jersey - UCI 2.2 Joe Martin Stage Race, Arkansas, USA 2019

Stage 4 Winner - UCI 2.2 Vuelta Guatemala San José El Ídolo, GUA 2019

USA Cycling National Medalist x12 - Track + Road

  • Southern Elite/Sun & Ski, 2012-2013

    Texas A&M University, 2012-2016

    Super Squadra, 2014-2015

    Team Arapahoe Resources, 2016-2017

    UCI PCT: Holowesko-Citadel, 2018

    DNA Racing p/b ALLIED Cycle Works, 2019

    Rodeo Labs Pro Gravel, 2020-2021

    Star Track UCI, 2021-Present

    USA National Track Team 2022-present

  • 16th, 2024 Olympic Games Omnium - Paris, FR

    1st, 2024 PanAmerican Track Championship Madison - LA, USA

    1st, 2024 PanAmerican Track Championship Team Pursuit - LA, USA

    1st, 2024 PanAmerican Track Championship Elimination - LA, USA

    3rd, 2023 PanAmerican Games Madison - Santiago, Chile

    3rd, 2023 PanAmerican Games Team Pursuit - Santiago, Chile

    2022 UCI Track Champions League - Palma, Berlin, Paris, London

    6th, 2022 UCI Track World Championship Points Race - Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, France

    1st, 2022 PanAmerican Track Championships Scratch Race - Lima, Peru

    3rd, 2024 UCI Track Nations Cup Elimination - Adelaide, AUS

    3rd, 2023 PanAmerican Championships Scratch - San Juan, Argentina

    1st, 2022 USAC Elite Track Nationals Omnium, Points, and Scratch - Trexlertown, USA

    6th, 2022 UCI Nations Cup Omnium Cali, Colombia

    3rd, 2023 UCI C1 - Japan Track Cup, Omnium - Izu, Japan

    2nd, 2023 UCI C1 - Tissot Track Cycling Challenge, Madison - Grenchen, Switzerland

    2nd, 2022 UCI C1 - Lehigh Valley GP, Omnium - Trexlertown, USA

    2nd, 2022 UCI C1 - US GP, Omnium -Trexlertown, USA

    1st, 2021 USAC Elite Track Nationals, Team Pursuit - Trexlertown, USA

    1st, 2019 USAC Elite Track Nationals, Team Pursuit - Carson, USA

  • Points Jersey + 2nd Mount Gaylor Stage 2 2019 Joe Martin Stage Race UCI 2.2

    Meta Volantes (Intermediate Sprint Jersey) 2019 La Vuelta Chiriqui (Panama)

    1st Stage 4 Road Race 2019 La Vuelta Guatemala UCI 2.2

    2nd Stage 3b Team Time Trial 2019 La Vuelta Costa Rica UCI 2.2

    1st USAC Collegiate Road Nationals - Individual Time Trial

  • 1st 2021 Mad Gravel Hemi - Elbert, CO

    1st 2021 Robidoux Rendezvous - Gering, NE

    2nd 2020 Grit Nine-O - La Veta, CO

  • Height/Weight: 1.93M/78KG

    DOB: 1/28/1994 (30)

    Home Base: Nederland, CO

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View fullsize Round 1 in France made so many memories come flooding back.. that place is so significant to me in so many ways, and going back there honestly takes a few days of mental processing the past before I can focus on the present. All said and done, the ra
View fullsize So happy to be back on this stage. It’s been a bit of an overwhelming year, so trying to cap it all off with a bit of fun @ucitcl Tomorrow is the big show in Paris! Tune in live in the morning for you US folks. It will be broadcasted on HBO M
View fullsize A few days back I left for Europe to close out my season.. I was driving down to Olympic Training Center to grab some equipment and sneak in a final training session in Colorado Springs for the first time in nearly a year. Our team doesn’t trai
View fullsize The goalposts are naturally going to shift in order to remain just out of reach.. and I can look at this as a positive or a negative depending on my mindset in any given moment (see: confirmation bias). If left unchecked, the ‘never enough&rsqu
View fullsize As soon as I left our pre-Olympic haven in Belgium for the madness of the Games, things changed. I had imagined a perfectly timed happy ending to #thejourney logs, but the Olympic blinders came on, and I was consumed. I left the story in the Spring o
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View fullsize THE JOURNEY LOG #14 February 5, 2023 Santa Barbara, CA I’m getting so close to the start of another huge year. Daph and I have been out in SoCal for a month now preparing for our upcoming seasons.. but I shouldn’t actually be in Santa B
View fullsize THE JOURNEY LOG #13 On the eve of my first World Championships, I was filled with gratitude.. Not only for the situation I was in, but also for the team that I was a part of. We prepared our bodies and minds in Portugal and really fed off each other
View fullsize THE JOURNEY LOG #11 - August 10, 2022 Lima, Peru Here we are again… Contemplative pre-race. Nationals went swimmingly as I won three titles, including the Omnium, which was a big goal for the year. Now I’m in Lima, Peru checking another
View fullsize THE JOURNEY LOG #11 Colombia was a turning point when I needed it most. The National Team started to resume Team Pursuit operations (since 2019) without me, but Cali put me back on their radar - July 10, 2022 Cali, Columbia I didn’t just surv

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